Natalie J. Case (she/her)
@nataliejcase.com
Author, Poet, Photographer, Animal Lover, LGBTQ+, Star Wars & Star Trek, Music is Life. No DMs without asking first, please.
https://linktr.ee/nataliejcase
https://linktr.ee/nataliejcase
Hey, Skies! I've been out of work since February. I'm struggling to find July's rent. I am traveling to Tucson in 6 days to move my stepmother into assisted living closer to me. I'm stressed the F out.
Any help would be a blessing. #mutualaidrequest
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Any help would be a blessing. #mutualaidrequest
giveahand.com/fundraiser/j...
June 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hey, Skies! I've been out of work since February. I'm struggling to find July's rent. I am traveling to Tucson in 6 days to move my stepmother into assisted living closer to me. I'm stressed the F out.
Any help would be a blessing. #mutualaidrequest
giveahand.com/fundraiser/j...
Any help would be a blessing. #mutualaidrequest
giveahand.com/fundraiser/j...
Usage: The zarf was beautiful, adorned with swirls of blue and green.
June 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Usage: The zarf was beautiful, adorned with swirls of blue and green.
#weirdwordoftheday
Morning Friends!
hammerkop
Pronunciation: /'hɑmərˌkɑp/
Meaning: A bird from southern Africa, of the family Scopidae and related to herons.
Origin: From Afrikaans hamerkop, from hamer (“hammer”) + kop (“head”).
Usage: I watched the hammerkops wading in the shallow water.
Morning Friends!
hammerkop
Pronunciation: /'hɑmərˌkɑp/
Meaning: A bird from southern Africa, of the family Scopidae and related to herons.
Origin: From Afrikaans hamerkop, from hamer (“hammer”) + kop (“head”).
Usage: I watched the hammerkops wading in the shallow water.
May 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
#weirdwordoftheday
Morning Friends!
hammerkop
Pronunciation: /'hɑmərˌkɑp/
Meaning: A bird from southern Africa, of the family Scopidae and related to herons.
Origin: From Afrikaans hamerkop, from hamer (“hammer”) + kop (“head”).
Usage: I watched the hammerkops wading in the shallow water.
Morning Friends!
hammerkop
Pronunciation: /'hɑmərˌkɑp/
Meaning: A bird from southern Africa, of the family Scopidae and related to herons.
Origin: From Afrikaans hamerkop, from hamer (“hammer”) + kop (“head”).
Usage: I watched the hammerkops wading in the shallow water.
#maythefourthbewithyou
My brother David Case wanted to show off his Darth Vader costume at the Giants game yesterday...but helmets aren't allowed.
So I busted out decades-old skills to turn him into this version...
My brother David Case wanted to show off his Darth Vader costume at the Giants game yesterday...but helmets aren't allowed.
So I busted out decades-old skills to turn him into this version...
May 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#maythefourthbewithyou
My brother David Case wanted to show off his Darth Vader costume at the Giants game yesterday...but helmets aren't allowed.
So I busted out decades-old skills to turn him into this version...
My brother David Case wanted to show off his Darth Vader costume at the Giants game yesterday...but helmets aren't allowed.
So I busted out decades-old skills to turn him into this version...
I also write fantasy novels and take pictures of birds (and other things) to chill the heck out. LOL.
I got this little guy at the Humboldt Wildlife Refuge in CA.
I got this little guy at the Humboldt Wildlife Refuge in CA.
April 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I also write fantasy novels and take pictures of birds (and other things) to chill the heck out. LOL.
I got this little guy at the Humboldt Wildlife Refuge in CA.
I got this little guy at the Humboldt Wildlife Refuge in CA.
February 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
January 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Anthony Rapp at Creation Entertainment's ST:SF con last night.
January 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Anthony Rapp at Creation Entertainment's ST:SF con last night.
January 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
January 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Larger than a horse, smaller than an elephant.
Human, elk, moose, deer
Human, elk, moose, deer
January 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Larger than a horse, smaller than an elephant.
Human, elk, moose, deer
Human, elk, moose, deer
January 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Today's art: Inferno, Lichen, Storm
#abstractart #watercolor #intuitiveart
In part inspired by Cindy Kaza's recently posted art.
#abstractart #watercolor #intuitiveart
In part inspired by Cindy Kaza's recently posted art.
January 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Today's art: Inferno, Lichen, Storm
#abstractart #watercolor #intuitiveart
In part inspired by Cindy Kaza's recently posted art.
#abstractart #watercolor #intuitiveart
In part inspired by Cindy Kaza's recently posted art.
I'm working on a project that has me digging through old gig photos, and as I work, I find I can re-edit some to get a better result, but I also find stuff I didn't even remember I had. Like this one.
December 26, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I'm working on a project that has me digging through old gig photos, and as I work, I find I can re-edit some to get a better result, but I also find stuff I didn't even remember I had. Like this one.
#WeirdWordoftheDay Skies!
zaffre
Pronunciation: /ˈzæfə(ɹ)/
Meaning: 1) A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore. 2) A cobalt blue color
Origin: From Italian zaffera, from Latin sapphirus (“sapphire”).
Usage: The zaffre colored Astin Martin was tempting, but less practical than I wanted.
zaffre
Pronunciation: /ˈzæfə(ɹ)/
Meaning: 1) A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore. 2) A cobalt blue color
Origin: From Italian zaffera, from Latin sapphirus (“sapphire”).
Usage: The zaffre colored Astin Martin was tempting, but less practical than I wanted.
December 18, 2024 at 1:14 PM
#WeirdWordoftheDay Skies!
zaffre
Pronunciation: /ˈzæfə(ɹ)/
Meaning: 1) A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore. 2) A cobalt blue color
Origin: From Italian zaffera, from Latin sapphirus (“sapphire”).
Usage: The zaffre colored Astin Martin was tempting, but less practical than I wanted.
zaffre
Pronunciation: /ˈzæfə(ɹ)/
Meaning: 1) A blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore. 2) A cobalt blue color
Origin: From Italian zaffera, from Latin sapphirus (“sapphire”).
Usage: The zaffre colored Astin Martin was tempting, but less practical than I wanted.
#WeirdWordoftheDay Skies!
yaffingale
Pronunciation: /ˈjæfɪŋɡeɪl/
Meaning: the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis
Origin: From English dialect yaffle (and under the influence of nightingale), from the sound.
Usage: There was a single yaffingale somewhere nearby beating out a dramatic rhythm.
yaffingale
Pronunciation: /ˈjæfɪŋɡeɪl/
Meaning: the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis
Origin: From English dialect yaffle (and under the influence of nightingale), from the sound.
Usage: There was a single yaffingale somewhere nearby beating out a dramatic rhythm.
December 17, 2024 at 12:01 PM
#WeirdWordoftheDay Skies!
yaffingale
Pronunciation: /ˈjæfɪŋɡeɪl/
Meaning: the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis
Origin: From English dialect yaffle (and under the influence of nightingale), from the sound.
Usage: There was a single yaffingale somewhere nearby beating out a dramatic rhythm.
yaffingale
Pronunciation: /ˈjæfɪŋɡeɪl/
Meaning: the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis
Origin: From English dialect yaffle (and under the influence of nightingale), from the sound.
Usage: There was a single yaffingale somewhere nearby beating out a dramatic rhythm.
Good Morning friends & neighbors!
This morning over on Threads, I told the story of how this picture came to be.
Give it a read if you're interested... www.threads.net/@nataliejcas...
This morning over on Threads, I told the story of how this picture came to be.
Give it a read if you're interested... www.threads.net/@nataliejcas...
December 9, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Good Morning friends & neighbors!
This morning over on Threads, I told the story of how this picture came to be.
Give it a read if you're interested... www.threads.net/@nataliejcas...
This morning over on Threads, I told the story of how this picture came to be.
Give it a read if you're interested... www.threads.net/@nataliejcas...
#WeirdWordoftheDay Skies!
qiviut
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪv.i.ət/
Meaning: The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
Origin: From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ, ᕿᕕᐅᑦ
Usage: For Christmas, she made me a beautiful cap of qiviut.
qiviut
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪv.i.ət/
Meaning: The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
Origin: From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ, ᕿᕕᐅᑦ
Usage: For Christmas, she made me a beautiful cap of qiviut.
December 9, 2024 at 1:13 PM
#WeirdWordoftheDay Skies!
qiviut
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪv.i.ət/
Meaning: The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
Origin: From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ, ᕿᕕᐅᑦ
Usage: For Christmas, she made me a beautiful cap of qiviut.
qiviut
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪv.i.ət/
Meaning: The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
Origin: From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ, ᕿᕕᐅᑦ
Usage: For Christmas, she made me a beautiful cap of qiviut.
If anyone is interested in my finished sigil.
December 8, 2024 at 12:12 PM
If anyone is interested in my finished sigil.
#WeirdWordoftheDay Skies!
kaka
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːkə/
Meaning: Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
Origin: Borrowed from Maori kākā.
Usage: I saw a kaka on my morning walk.
kaka
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːkə/
Meaning: Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
Origin: Borrowed from Maori kākā.
Usage: I saw a kaka on my morning walk.
December 3, 2024 at 2:30 PM
#WeirdWordoftheDay Skies!
kaka
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːkə/
Meaning: Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
Origin: Borrowed from Maori kākā.
Usage: I saw a kaka on my morning walk.
kaka
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːkə/
Meaning: Any of four taxa of birds in the genus Nestor in the parrot family confined to New Zealand and adjacent islands.
Origin: Borrowed from Maori kākā.
Usage: I saw a kaka on my morning walk.
Good Morn...um...middle of the night, friends!
December 1, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Good Morn...um...middle of the night, friends!
Pics of books:
1) Non-fiction
2) Fiction
3 & 4) Fandom Fiction
If I have no takers by next weekend, I'll be putting them out for neighborhood folks to take what they like and/or donate them somewhere.
1) Non-fiction
2) Fiction
3 & 4) Fandom Fiction
If I have no takers by next weekend, I'll be putting them out for neighborhood folks to take what they like and/or donate them somewhere.
November 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Pics of books:
1) Non-fiction
2) Fiction
3 & 4) Fandom Fiction
If I have no takers by next weekend, I'll be putting them out for neighborhood folks to take what they like and/or donate them somewhere.
1) Non-fiction
2) Fiction
3 & 4) Fandom Fiction
If I have no takers by next weekend, I'll be putting them out for neighborhood folks to take what they like and/or donate them somewhere.
Books free to a food home!
1) fiction
2) Fandom related
3) non-fiction
Sound out if you want one or more..
1) fiction
2) Fandom related
3) non-fiction
Sound out if you want one or more..
November 29, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Books free to a food home!
1) fiction
2) Fandom related
3) non-fiction
Sound out if you want one or more..
1) fiction
2) Fandom related
3) non-fiction
Sound out if you want one or more..
Finally finished editing pictures from the Steve Carlson gig in LA almost two weeks ago!
Here are a few teasers. Link to the full set in the comments.
Here are a few teasers. Link to the full set in the comments.
November 20, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Finally finished editing pictures from the Steve Carlson gig in LA almost two weeks ago!
Here are a few teasers. Link to the full set in the comments.
Here are a few teasers. Link to the full set in the comments.
#SeriousQuestionoftheDay Skies!
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, do you know how many trans people have been murdered this year in the US?
Also, did you know...
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, do you know how many trans people have been murdered this year in the US?
Also, did you know...
November 20, 2024 at 1:02 PM
#SeriousQuestionoftheDay Skies!
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, do you know how many trans people have been murdered this year in the US?
Also, did you know...
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, do you know how many trans people have been murdered this year in the US?
Also, did you know...