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somebeees.bsky.social
Sam B.
@somebeees.bsky.social
110 followers 290 following 94 posts
🌈 She/They
🎨 Artist and illustrator of nature and more
📷 Native plant and bird photographer
🃏Graphic Designer for Board Games
🪡 Garment/Semi historical sewist
🙈 Human with too many hobbies
☀️ Based in San Diego, CA
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keymonster.bsky.social
One of my biggest inspirations since childhood. I love Jann Brett’s books.
yotecoyote.bsky.social Yote🌵 - comms open! 🌟 @yotecoyote.bsky.social · 25d
absolutely nothing compares to jann brett's anthropomorphic art. i feel like she might've been one of my very first artistic inspirations.
October 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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pterosaur.bsky.social
tea kettle guys
October 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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elizabethminkel.bsky.social
"It's the one hobby I really have that hasn't been saturated by AI and now it's feeling more and more out of reach."

All these small physical connections in globally linked hobbyist communities are being severed...in a moment where our digital communities are being flooded with AI slop. 🫠🫠🫠
‘It's Just a Mess:' 23 People Explain How Tariffs Have Suddenly Ruined Their Hobby
"The real kick in the teeth is no matter how much manufacturing is brought back to the US these items will never be made in the USA. There is no upside."
www.404media.co
September 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
somebeees.bsky.social
Went to the Bird & Butterfly garden in the Tijuana River Valley and got some pics of some lesser goldfinches being some cutie patooties.

#birds #lessergoldfinch #birdphotography
Two yellow lesser goldfinches sit drinking at the side of a small pond. Another one flies in from the right. Four lesser goldfinches stand in a pond. The far left one is drinking, the middle two are dunking their heads for baths, and the far right one is staring at the camera. A lesser goldfinch flies over four other lesser goldfinches bathing in a pond. A lesser goldfinch flies in to touch down in a pond. Four others are already there drinking.
September 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
somebeees.bsky.social
Sat down to doodle and made this little ladybird! I’m really enjoying working with colored pencils.

#art #ladybug #coloredpencil
A little humanoid lady bug is shown from the side, looking back over her shoulder. She has two sets of arms and is holding a big purple flower. She is holding the flower with both her arms. She is wearing a green calf length dress.
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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aspca.org
THANK YOU, @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov, for supporting bills that will address the puppy mill pipeline in Cali! This will help reduce animal cruelty & protect CA's from puppy mills. @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social, @buffywicks.bsky.social, please support these bills! secure.aspca.org/action/ca-pmp
California, Urge State Lawmakers to Stop the Puppy Mill Pipeline
While retail puppy sales ended in California a few years ago, an investigative report conducted by the Los Angeles Times uncovered a disturbing underground puppy resale market that uses deceptive tact...
secure.aspca.org
August 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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breelundberg.com
Such a great article. There is no such thing as an "easy" pet!! Please do your research before getting any pet and realize that some creatures shouldn't be pets at all.
August 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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rheisman.bsky.social
I usually tell people that *so far*, habitat loss, not climate change, has been the major driver of bird population declines... but now we're starting to get analyses directly connecting bird declines to extreme weather events fueled by climate change. 🪶 theconversation.com/70-years-of-...
70 years of data show extreme heat is already wiping out tropical bird populations
A study using more than 90,000 scientific observations shows Earth is getting too hot for many tropical birds.
theconversation.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
somebeees.bsky.social
What a gorgeous photo! I love the contrast of the rattlesnakes colors against the flowers.
inaturalist.bsky.social iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Aug 11
Mexican Black-tailed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus molossus nigrescens) are a subspecies of black-tailed rattlesnakes, and they live in the highlands of Mexico.

📷 albertolobato on iNaturalist
📍 Mexico
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
A dark brown rattlesnake coils among a bunch of small flowers.
August 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
somebeees.bsky.social
Had a bleh week a few weeks ago so went to my local fabric store and picked up this pretty cotton and just finished this little outfit!

The top is the #saguaroset from Friday Pattern Company and the shorts are the #chanterellepants from Sew Liberated.

#sewing
A white person with short curly hair stands with their hands behind their head. They are wearing a shirt with loose sleeves and an elastic waist with a high neckline and shorts with an elastic waistband and pockets. Both the shirt and shorts are made of the same purple and yellow plaid. They have green pom pom earrings that are textured like moss and a pendant with a green dice pendant. A white person with short curly hair stands with their hands on their hips. They are wearing a shirt with loose sleeves and an elastic waist with a high neckline and shorts with an elastic waistband and pockets. Both the shirt and shorts are made of the same purple and yellow plaid. They have green pom pom earrings that are textured like moss and a pendant with a green dice pendant. A white person with short curly hair stands with their hands on their hips with their back visible in the mirror. They are wearing a shirt with loose sleeves and an elastic waist with a high neckline and a deep v on the back and shorts with an elastic waistband and pockets. Both the shirt and shorts are made of the same purple and yellow plaid. They have green pom pom earrings that are textured like moss and a pendant with a green dice pendant. A white person with short curly hair stands with a hand on their hips and a hand taking a picture in the mirror with their phone. They are wearing a shirt with loose sleeves and an elastic waist with a high neckline and shorts with an elastic waistband and pockets. Both the shirt and shorts are made of the same purple and yellow plaid. They have green pom pom earrings that are textured like moss and a pendant with a green dice pendant.
August 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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inaturalist.bsky.social
Ah, to be a globular springtail adventuring among towering fungi.

📷 criag_l on iNaturalist
📍 Australia
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
A small six-legged, colorful creatures ventures across some bark, where translucent and delicate white mushrooms sprout out. This springtail has six legs, two antennae, and a colorful pinkish-red, yellow, and green-ish patterning. Lots of springtails crawl among the bark in between the white translucent mushrooms. The springtails are much smaller than the mushrooms and can be difficult to spot because they blend in quite well with the bark.
August 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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publicdomainrev.bsky.social
John H. White's stunning photographs of Black Chicago, taken as part of the DOCUAMERICA project which sought to produce a visual record of 1970s US: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/john-h-white-documerica
August 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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16pxl.bsky.social
inspired by hiking thru wildflowers 🌷🌾🌻🌼✨

#pixelart
August 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
somebeees.bsky.social
Went with some friends to the El Cajon courthouse to check out the amazon parrot roost! It was so cool to watch these rowdy little friends show up over time and hang out, groom, and be cute.

#photography #birds #parrots
One amazon parrot sits facing the camera while another parrot alights on the branch next to it. One amazon parrot settles in, causing a second parrot to fly off and a third parrot to squawk at both of them. Two amazon parrots cuddling on a telephone wire Two amazon parrots sitting on a telephone wire, one with their eyes pinning and the other one looking fluffy.
August 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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hjm.bsky.social
This is incredible
August 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
somebeees.bsky.social
Working my way through old photo archives. Found these awesome great horned owl photos I took. They were such a cutie, I just watched them for a while one evening up in the tree in 2023.

#greathornedowl #birds #photography
A great horned owl from below, foot lifted to scratch at face. A juvenile great horned owl staring at the camera with big orange eyes. A juvenile great horned owl from behind, demonstrating the owls ability to turn their heads. The tail is short, the eyes are big, and the stomach and tail feathers are glowing in the afternoon light. A juvenile great horned owl from the side, lifting up on taloned foot and crooking their head to look at something on the ground.
August 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
somebeees.bsky.social
Trying to go through my photo archives and actually edit some of the photos I've taken on hikes. These are from May 26th 2023. It's fun editing older photos with the knowledge I know now after a couple of years of photo editing.

www.flickr.com/photos/19737...

#photography #birds #nativeplants
Gold colored crown daisies blur in front of some logs in a pile, bathed in golden afternoon light. Overhead, a crow soars in the blue sky. Gold colored crown daisies blur in front of some logs in a pile, bathed in golden afternoon light. A crow perches ontop of the log pile, looking to the right. The sky behind the crow is a cloudy grey. There is a fence looming behind the logs. A white matilija poppy, also called a fried egg poppy, looks fluffy and white in the center of the frame. It has a large egg yolk yellow center that looks like a pom pom. Around it are green leaves and seed pods from other poppies. Three white matilija poppies, also called fried egg poppies, look fluffy and white. The top one is seen from the side, one of the petals blowing in the breeze. In the center an older flower droops, the petals a creamy yellow. At the bottom is a poppy with it's face toward the camera. It has a large egg yolk yellow center that looks like a pom pom. Around them are green leaves and seed pods from other poppies.
July 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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quailtea.bsky.social
Loving animals does not necessarily mean you are qualified to care for said animals, in the case of many a viral exotic animal “rescue.” The average social media viewer does not understand that what they’re seeing is animal abuse because they don’t know how to identify it
June 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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quailtea.bsky.social
Feeling an intense amount of grief lately about things that once were and are no more. There’s a reason why American history only teaches post European contact. You’re not supposed to think about the thousands of years of human and natural history colonization destroyed in a microsecond
June 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
somebeees.bsky.social
Had the idea to make a little magic american coot! I love coots they have such funny feet. Tempted to get this as a tattoo now.
#art #birds #americancoot
A flat colored illustration of an american coot. Its wings are outstretched, it’s lobed feet facing forward. It is wearing a pointed wizard hat decorated with stars, and there are cartoon stars above it’s wings.
May 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
somebeees.bsky.social
This is a piece that’s taken me a while! My ttrpg group is playing Mythical Bastion soon (a game where you are knights) which inspired me to first attempt drawing armor which then became a whole piece! I’m super proud of how it came out.

#knights #art #illustration #ladyknight #procreate
A person in armor leads their black horse through a dim forest. In the background, a castle shimmers orange through a break in the trees. The trees are surrounded by ferns, lichen, moss, and fungi. The knight has silver armor, including a helm that covers their eyes, a chainmail cowl, a breastplate, and gauntlets. Their sword is drawn. Under their armor they are wearing a long skirt in green covered in gold roses. Their horses tack is covered in the same fabric.
April 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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astraldyke.bsky.social
exhausted janitor jesse answering the hotline is everything 🙏
katserest.bsky.social Kat 🌑 @katserest.bsky.social · Apr 10
Cleaned up some old jesse faden sketches ehe #controlremedy
April 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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ethanmaldridge.bsky.social
Fe Fi Fo Fum
A simplified and colorful illustration based on the English fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk." A young boy scurries down the giant beanstalk, while an enormous hand reaches down from clouds above, trying to snatch him.
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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munespice.bsky.social
the milkweed motel is open :) 🐛
An illustration of little trinket houses amongst narrow leaf milkweed with critters around such as the large milkweed bug, cobalt milkweed beetle, monarch butterflies and monarch caterpillars. The atmosphere is light and spring-colored.
April 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
somebeees.bsky.social
Going to a fun event at the San Diego Natural History Museum this Friday and the theme is “prehistoric prom” so I made a dinosaur crown!

#dinosaurs #flowercrown #diy #crafts
A white person with hazel eyes and dark brown curly hair stands in their bathroom. On their head is a diy dinosaur flower crown. It’s covered with blue hydrangeas with small pink roses, and there are ferns dripping down the left side. On the right side are fluffy white flowers and in the middle is a blue triceratops with a gold crown. A white person with hazel eyes and dark brown curly hair stands in their bathroom. On their head is a diy dinosaur flower crown. It’s covered with blue hydrangeas with small pink roses, and there are ferns dripping down the left side. On the right side are fluffy white flowers and in the middle is a blue triceratops with a gold crown. They are standing in front of a mirror so you can see the back of the crown as well.
April 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM