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Meg
@siares.bsky.social
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Pre-K #teacher (public), mother to the best people ever, collector of banned pictures books, and bonafide history & sarcasm enthusiasts.
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#artist 🎨
#neurodiversity
#Xennial
#trigeminalneuralgia
#kentucky 💙

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#WordoftheDay

At least I have something to call it, instead of wondering WTF my issue is.

🫤
The ocean at sunset. The definition of the word Decathect overlay. Text: To detach oneself emotionally from a person, idea, or object, typically in anticipation of a loss or to cope with a difficult situation.
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Partridges in the Snow
by Józef Chełmoński (1891)

Melancholy with birds.

#artsky
#arthistory
#painting
#cold
A realist painting depicting a bleak winter scene features a small cluster of six speckled partridges huddled together on a vast, low-lying expanse of snow. The snow dominates the composition with a muted, textured blue-gray and white palette, suggesting an immense, cold, and desolate landscape. The birds are centered in the foreground, their dark plumage providing a subtle contrast to the empty white field, emphasizing their small size and exposure within the environment.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Did not know about this! I course corrected....
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Autumn Leaves
John Everett Millais (1856)

Youth, briefly gathered. Fleeting.

#Artsky
#arthistory
#autumn
#painting
The painting is a quiet, melancholic scene depicting four girls in an evening twilight, gathered around a pile of freshly raked and burning autumn leaves. It is a vertical composition, dominated by the group of figures and the dense atmosphere of the garden setting.
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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November First
Andrew Wyeth, 1950
Watercolor

Bone Structure.

#artsky
#arthistory
#Wyeth
#painting
The painting "November First"- a watercolor that depicts a stark, barren farm landscape in late autumn. Subject: The foreground is filled with a dense cluster of tattered, dried cornstalks that have been left standing after the harvest. Composition & Viewpoint: very low to the ground, so you are looking up at the sharp, skeletal stalks as they rise and tilt against the sky. Color Palette: The colors are severely muted, dominated by earthy tones, dry ochres, grays, and pale browns, perfectly capturing the cold, damp feeling of a wind-swept November day. Atmosphere: It is a scene of decay and stillness, awaiting the full onset of winter. The brushwork, though detailed, retains the raw expressiveness of watercolor.
November 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Juno and Argus
Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1611
Oil on canvas

Hella lot going on here. 😳

#arthistory
#artsky
#painting
#randompeacock
The painting depicts the aftermath of the giant Argus Panoptes' death. Argus, a hundred-eyed watchman, was ordered by Juno (Queen of the Gods) to guard Io, whom her unfaithful husband Jupiter had transformed into a heifer to conceal their affair. Jupiter sent Mercury to slay Argus. The painting is celebrated for its powerful narrative, magnificent use of color, and the dramatic light that highlights the figures against a darker background, creating a theatrical and emotional impact.
October 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Took my tired ass back to my classroom to work some much needed magic on the dramatic play center. I turned it into a costume/treat shop🎃.
I'm excited to see the kids'reactions tomorrow! Hopefully it won't be completely destroyed by Halloween... 🤞
#Prek
#teacher
#play
#halloween
It is a photo of a preschool classroom dramatic play center. The center is decorated to be used as a costume shop. There are costumes hanging up on hooks, masks on shelves, and a toy register for children to pretend to buy and sell Halloween items. There is also signage placed around the center that can be used towards learning objectives such as numbers, shapes, colors, etc.
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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"Erosion No. 2—Mother Earth Laid Bare"
Artist: Alexandre Hogue American, 1936 Oil on canvas

#arthistoy
#artsky
#painting

Stark condemnation and betrayed divinity.
This is a powerful oil painting from 1936, painted by Alexandre Hogue to protest the devastation of the Dust Bowl. It shows a parched, desolate landscape, but the forms of the eroded earth are deliberately shaped to resemble a naked, human-like female torso. The undulating hills mimic the curves of a body—hence the title, "Mother Earth Laid Bare." In the foreground, a broken, abandoned plow lies like a weapon across the "body" of the land, symbolizing man's harmful violation and overworking of nature. The colors are dominated by the dry, reddish-brown tones of the exposed, ruined soil, emphasizing the raw, barren, and unforgiving state of the earth.
October 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Avenue of Poplars in Autumn
Vincent van Gogh, 1884

A road, patterned not by light, but by the vast geometry of shadows. The year's descent.

#art
#arthistory
#artsky
#autumn
​The painting is a quiet, vertical scene dominated by two facing rows of very tall, slender poplar trees. Their dark trunks rise steeply on either side of a path, creating a sense of enclosure and great height. ​The mood is one of quiet, late autumn. The light is mellow, not harsh. The colors are rich but slightly sad: the canopy above is a mixture of deep yellows, rusty oranges, and bronze-browns, suggesting the leaves are heavy and about to fall. The ground below is painted with these same earthy colors, showing where some leaves have already dropped. ​The most important element is the long shadows...dark, creeping bands that stretch across the ground between the sunlight. ​
October 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Wind from the Sea
by Andrew Wyeth. 1947 oil on canvas

Solitude, memory, and the melancholy of time-worn, empty spaces.

#arthistory
#artsky
#painting
This is an image of Andrew Wyeth painting, "Wind from the Sea". The painting is a close-up view from inside a quiet, dim attic, looking out through an open window. ​The main focus is on a pair of old, thin, and tattered lace curtains that are being gently blown inward by a breeze from the ocean. This movement makes the small, crocheted birds stitched into the lace appear to be flying. ​The entire scene is dominated by a muted palette of grays and browns, contrasting the dark, weathered interior with the paler, bleak field and distant sliver of sea visible outside the window frame. It captures a fleeting, private moment of stillness and air.
October 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I'm a huge nerd when it comes to #tarot and #Oracle cards. Even though I'm not someone who thinks in images, I find that tarot helps me sort through my emotions and focus the thoughts hidden within them. The Seasons of the #Witch decks are a favorite, especially the Mabon and Samhain cards. 🧡
Three oracle cards laid out on a colorful tablecloth. Each car depicts an image of a female presenting person. The first card is labeled haunted the second card is labeled journey and the third card is labeled coming of winter.
October 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Non-stop parade of these this week...😒
#Wordoftheday
White text on a dark photographic background of trees and sky. Text: "Knobstacle: a person who is constantly getting in the way, either through incompetence, arrogance, or unhelpful behavior- and makes situations more difficult than it needs to be."
October 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Diane Goode

My mother recently gave me an old stack of children's books from when I was a little girl. Seeing this particular book felt like a visit from an old friend.❤️

#childrensbooks
#booksky
#Appalachia
#ReadingRainbow
A hand is holding up an old worn children's book titled when I was young in the mountains. Behind the book is bits of green trees and grass.
October 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Absolute #Truth.

#resist
A quote by Kofi Annan written on a watercolor background. The quote says" There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace."
October 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I have a novice #chicken question...

This is Iggy. Iggy is a chicken (obviously), but what kind of chicken is she exactly?
Really... I have no idea. She came from a random mix of hatching eggs, so each was different.

Iggy is magnificent.❤️
A large chicken stands in grass. She is a mixture of colors, mostly browns, reds, and black. She also has feathery legs. It is a bright sunny day.
September 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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For @caterwaulerin.bsky.social

The Fourth Estate (The Path of Workers) by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo -1901
Oil on canvas

Another #painting for challenging times.

#ArtHistory
#artsky
#Symbolist
#resist
A large, wide painting of a crowd of people, all moving forward as one. In the center, a man with his head held high leads the group. Beside him is a determined woman holding a baby in her arms. These are not just any people; they are workers, dressed in everyday clothes, walking out of the shadows and into the light. The painting uses a style that is like many tiny dots of color, which makes the light shimmer and the figures seem alive and full of motion.
September 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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​ I haven't posted much lately, so I thought I would share this photograph of my great-grandmother.
She died young from TB in the middle of a hard winter. Her coffin was carried to the graveyard on a sled across frozen creeks.
My grandfather was only eight.
#photography
#familyhistory
A photo of a woman from the early 1900s. The photo is black and white. The lady is wearing a top hat and is holding a crop.
September 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Pretty much.
#theOnion
Photo of a hand holding a copy of The Onion newspaper. The headline reads "Breaking: The darkness returns". Underneath the headline, there is a photo of a country lane being engulfed by a dark cloud.
August 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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It's my last Sunday before I start back to work. Plans include decomposing on the couch with Fern-dog until further notice.
Have a restful day, Friends!💖
#dogs
#Sunday
August 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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August 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Thingy is usually my go to.
#WordoftheDay
August 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Today is my Birthday so I finished this little painting as a gift to myself (and my daughter, eventually).💜

#artyear
#artsky
#painting
#infinity
#lionsgate
A small painting of a child in a blue dress sitting quietly among flowers. The child has her hands in her lap and a thoughtful expression. Above her head is a silver infinity symbol. The painting is on an old wooden plank from an abandoned farmhouse.
August 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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...because my inner child still loves unicorns.

A Darkness to End All Daybreaks”
by Victor Grasso.
Oil on linen (late 2010s)

#artsky
#painting
#unicorn 🦄
#fantasy
An realistic oil painting of a little girl dressed in white standing next to a black unicorn. The unicorn is bowing down while the little girl is embracing it's neck.
August 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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My partner is in the other room arguing with his conservative mother about why things suck right now.

I'm in bed with my napping daughter.
This is my current state of being.
#WordoftheDay
An image of a woman staring into the ocean. Word superimposed over top of the image. The words are: boketto- the act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking.
August 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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I've not posted a banned picture book lately, so here's one I received last week.

Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race
By Jessica Ralli, Megan Madison, and Isabel Roxas

Fern-dog for size.
#booksky
#bannedbooks
#picturebooks
#booksky
#Race
A colorful children's book laying on a blanket. A brown puppy has her mouth on the corner of the book.
August 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM