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John Lechner
@johnlechner.bsky.social
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I'm an author, illustrator, animator & puppeteer. I write stories and comics about nature, especially insects! Currently seeking an agent. he/him www.johnlechner.com 🍃
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John Lechner @johnlechner.bsky.social · 23d
I met another tree today,
but he didn't have very much to say,
just stood on tiptoe, leaves aflame,
daring me to do the same. 🍂
Photo of a towering maple tree with bright red leaves against a blue sky.
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gwenckatz.bsky.social
All the talks from ThinkyCon are online now, including mine! What does curriculum have to do with puzzles? Turns out, a lot!

youtu.be/FxZ0rXUucn4?...
Puzzle Design through Curriculum Design - Gwen C. Katz (ThinkyCon 2025)
YouTube video by Thinky Games
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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jennygaitskell.bsky.social
cellar creatures
beneath these pavement lights
wild green other
pressing on the prism glass
between their world and mine

#TankaThursday (cellar)
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
I got permission to #CrabPost

#SciArt #invertebrates
a grid of 3x2 square drawings of crabs (and one shrimp) on a black background, red crab, leopard crab, fluffy crab, orange and purple halloween crab, pipe cleaner red and white shrimp, yellow grey crab with googly eyes
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
johnlechner.bsky.social
Overcast sky here too, all I see is aurora cloudealis. ☁️
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 AM
johnlechner.bsky.social
Apparently bees can process time. So I'm going to hire a bee to manage my schedule next year, and see if that helps with my productivity. 🐝 www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s...
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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laurhob.bsky.social
Stop scrolling for a moment and enjoy these excellent tiny mushrooms 🔎🍄
Some delicate tiny orange (chrysomphalina?) mushrooms growing on a very mossy log Some cute orange mushrooms growing from a the cut edge of a downed tree. A greenish mushroom is visible in the lower left corner Some pretty split gill mushrooms growing on a mossy log. They are white and fuzzy on top with elegant gills underneath Some pale pinkish mycena mushrooms growing out of the side of a tree with some green lichens on it
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
johnlechner.bsky.social
One of my favorite writerly newsletters! ✨🦇
kcmeadbrewer.com K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 1d
fresh bats flying your way from the watery depths! spotlighting stories from @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social, @lmanusos.bsky.social, @nuzo.bsky.social, & @angelaliu.bsky.social ⚡🦇

don't want to subscribe to my free tiny letter? weird choice! but you should still read these stories, so here's the link:
a bullet, a lantern, an eyeball, a knife
Oh hi! Check out these cool pebbles I found.
www.kcmeadbrewer.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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dancingvulture.bsky.social
Bird art you say 👀
These are just pieces I completed this year, but I have so much gotdang bird art it'd make your head spin! 😆
This is fun to look at. I think I created more work this year than the previous 5 combined ♥️
Two needle-felted and sculpted juvenile barred owls, sleepily perched on a clay sweet birch branch A needle-felted short-eared owl in flight, with clay beak and doll eyes. He is hanging on a wall A needle-felted Marsh Wren perched on a wire and yarn reed. He has his beak open in song. A needle-felted and wet-felted great blue heron sculpture flies over a yarn- made scene of the Lehigh River, complete with a kayaker and rafters.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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amandamakepeace.bsky.social
My #art store is back online! 🖤
amandamakepeace.com/store

#artshop #drawing #pencilart #wildlifeart #NightMarket
Print of Eight Blessings on the Wind
November 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
johnlechner.bsky.social
No one here, as you can see, so please don't look for me. 🍂🐇
Photo of dry leaves, grass, drooping plants, and a rabbit sitting quietly.
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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jennyhauf.bsky.social
I'm debuting a brand new series of classes devoted to "easing into winter with herbs" & the first workshop is this Thursday! Join me to learn all about the art of tea blending. Learn more—and read up on my other offerings—here!
www.muddyriverherbals.com/events
events — muddy river herbals
www.muddyriverherbals.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
johnlechner.bsky.social
If you see this, post your bird art. 🐦

For a while I was really into papercutting, I should do more of it.
Photo of a hand holding up a papercutting silhouette of a bird flying among swirling branches against an overcast sky.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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allisonchinart.bsky.social
Where the Mist Rises
Artwork of an environment full of rocky platforms, ancient plants and waterfalls all feeding into a giant lake in the center. A mist cloud rises from and covers the lake. A few rhamphorhynchus fly above the mist cloud, hunting for fish. #sciart
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
If you see this, post your bird art 🦉

#birds #SciArt
digital doodle of a scops owls, in a powerful stance, staring at the camera with huge eyes, utterly confused with question marks by their head doodle of a chubby magellanic penguin with a little pin eye shadow standing proudly on a grey background four DND characters on an olive green background, from left: a barbarian owlet with a pack of herbs and an axe, a crow with a bejeweled dagger and a purple orb in a purple robe, a very high looking white fluffy cat in a cream orange robe with a lotus lantern and red and blue patchwork, a weirdo little hooded creature with a huge cyan eyeball peeking under their hood 10 vector drawings of birds in black ink with some red higlights, the birds are eagle, robin, heron, barn owl, ostritch, chicken, parakeet, seagull, teeny hummingbird, joinky sploinky jackdaw
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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whatsupbeanie.bsky.social
New animated short~
Making the bed
YouTube video by What's Up, Beanie?
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
Day 9 of #Nudivember
A whitish nudibranch with finger like gills lining the sides of the body with a tentacle like face in watercolor
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
We're snailposting, post your snails!

#invertebrates #SciArt
grid of 3x2 white square, each one having either a single or a pair of snails, scaly foot snail in black, two banana slugs intertwined, two sea snails in a cream stripey shell poking underneath, two suspicious leopard slugs, two bright green very long shell snails, one lava looking slug with a black and red shell and a red foot.
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
johnlechner.bsky.social
We’re snailposting, post your snails!

I've never photographed one, sadly, but here's a drawing I made of an emerald snail. 🐌
Ink and watercolor drawing of a bright green emerald snail sitting happily on a branch amid blue-green foliage.
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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angelamatteson.bsky.social
Halloween has passed, but the party's not over! Avocado toast bear has just arrived fashionably late.
4th in my costumed character cuties series.

#KidLitArt #HalloweenCostume #HalloweenArt #characterdesign #HalloweenIllustration #Halloween
An illustration by Angela Matteson of an upright bear character wearing a giant avocado around it's head and a toast halloween costume carrying a purple glitter pumpkin.
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
johnlechner.bsky.social
An interesting look at the problem of insect smuggling 🪲🦋🪰 www.earth.com/news/traffic...
Trafficking animals is a well-known problem, but insect smuggling is equally bad and flying under the radar
Insect smuggling rarely grabs headlines, yet it has real consequences. The trades draw far less public concern than big‑animal crime.
www.earth.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
johnlechner.bsky.social
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day, I'm an author/illustrator who likes writing about animals and kids having adventures. I'm currently seeking an agent, see my website for more art: johnlechner.com 🍄🐸 #kidlitart
Ink and watercolor illustration in shades of orange and brown of a girl in the woods looking up at a crow flying overhead. A black cat is beside her, also looking up.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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kcmeadbrewer.com
at long last! fresh bats flying out from the watery depths! spotlighting stories by @nicanstett.bsky.social, @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social, @ezhang77.bsky.social, & Sanni Omodolapo🦇

don't subscribe to my weirdo letter? to each their own but you should still check out these stories! so here's the link
a heart, a tendril, an anchor, a clock
Oh hi! Check out these cool pebbles I found.
www.kcmeadbrewer.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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spyglassart.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce that by popular demand this lovely lobster lad is now a print available in my shop in A4 size (8.3 x 11.7”)

spyglassillustration.com/product/lobs...

He came out very well indeed. Love him.

#art
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
johnlechner.bsky.social
This looks neat! Though with my luck, it would be entirely algae within three months.
weird-wiltshire.bsky.social Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 9d
I do not need anything else to 'look after' but this little underwater world I spotted at the local fish keeping shop is so appealing. I want one! 😀🐟
November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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alexandragallant.com
Who wants to buy some digital zines?

(Thank you so much for sharing this/snagging some zines, cause guess who has to get dental work done tomorrow… and it’s at 8am, which is just mean!)

alexandragallant.itch.io
Screenshot of my itch shop page showing zines available for digital download including Drawing Boston, Fried Zine Tomato, New England Vacation with Frogby, Fashionbaby and Little Beasts.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM