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Tapir Girl
@tapirgirl.bsky.social
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Special Skills: Guessing the animal you're trying to remember with minimal clues or context.

Location: Western Massachusetts

Profile picture is a cartoony sketch of a Malayan tapir leaping

She/her

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If you’re in the #Philadelphia area, a cabinet that I made is part of a juried exhibit at the Wayne Art Center until January 24.

There are over 100 beautiful and unusual pieces in all different media.

Also, my cabinet won an Honorable Mention!

#woodworking #crafts
Promotional poster for the CraftForms show at the Wayne Art Center. It shows photos of some of the pieces in the exhibit. The text reads: CraftForms 2025 30th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft December 6, 2025-January 24, 2026 Featuring the work of over 100 contemporary artists in ceramics, wood, fiber, metals, glass, and mixed media from around the world. Visit wayneart.org Wayne Art Center Photo of me standing in front of my cabinet at the gallery. The cabinet is a big wooden cabinet with a marquetry panel on the door depicting some backyard critters viewed through a window. Photo of my hand holding my Honorable Mention award in front of my cabinet
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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@darthbluesky.bsky.social I met this dog today! I saw her with her mom and was going to ask if I could say hi, but before I could, they approached me, and her mom asked, “Can my dog say hi to you?”
Photo of a dog sitting on a warehouse floor, looking up lovingly toward the camera. She looks like maybe a beagle mix. Her fur is brown, black, and white, with some extra white on her sweet little face. She is wearing a harness attached to an orange leash.
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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And here's the sign that I made for my mom to bring to #NoKings in #NorthamptonMA
Protest sign featuring a drawing of a Portland frog wearing a cape that is flowing out like a ribbon to the side. The cape says, "No Kings, No Racists, No Fascists."
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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My dad in a T. rex suit, vibing with a crowd of other inflatables in the middle of Main Street, Northampton, Massachusetts #NoKings #NorthamptonMA
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Sandhill cranes dancing in the marsh, Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, October 2, 2025

#Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #SandhillCrane
Photo of two sandhill cranes in a marsh is autumn. One crane is standing upright. The other is leaping in the air with wings outstretched.
October 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Fawn, seen at Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton, Massachusetts, September 3, 2025 #Deer #Fawn #Wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
Photograph of a white-tailed deer fawn in the forest. The fawn is looking directly at the camera. There are some ferns in the foreground, and the background is blurry, bright green leaves. Photograph of the same fawn in the same location, looking off to the right. Its tail is wagging in the air. Photograph of the same fawn in the same location, looking down and to the left as it starts to move through the ferns.
September 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Great blue heron and red-winged blackbird, seen on June 2, 2025 in Amherst, Massachusetts

#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
Photograph of a great blue heron and a red-winged blackbird in a marsh. The heron is in the background, standing in the water, looking off to the right. The blackbird is in the foreground, also looking to the right. He is perched on a reed with his tail feathers splayed out. He looks like he is pole jumping or getting ready to go into battle or something.
June 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Willow flycatcher, seen in Hadley, Massachusetts on May 30, 2025 🪶

#Birds #Birdwatching #Flycatcher #Wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
Photograph of a small willow flycatcher on a twig. The bird is gray and white with a yellow-orange beak. It is mid-song and has its head thrown back enthusiastically. In the background are green leaves which are out of focus.
May 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Great blue heron catching a fish, seen on May 25, 2025 in Amherst, Massachusetts

#Birds #Birdwatching #Birding #GreatBlueHeron #Wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
Photo of a great blue heron hunting in a marsh. The heron is wading near the edge of the water. The heron is plunging its head into the water. Water is splashing up and over its back. The heron has caught a small fish, which is visible in its beak. The water in the marsh is still rippling and bubbling from when the heron dunked its head under the surface. The heron is holding the fish and starting to walk.
May 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Barn swallows, seen on May 23, 2025, in Amherst, Massachusetts

They were swooping over a field in the rain. They would periodically land on the fence next to the trail and splay out their wings like they were trying to get dry.

#Bird #Birdwatching #Wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
Photograph of a barn swallow perched on a wooden fence. It is very round. Its back is dark blue, its chin is orange-brown, and its underside is white. It has a small, pointy black beak. Its feathers are covered with raindrops. The leaves behind the bird are completely out of focus, so the background is a wash of green. Photo of a different barn swallow on the same fence. It looks similar to the other one, but its underside is honey-colored instead of white. It is staring directly at the camera looking very grumpy.
May 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Fox on a frozen reservoir in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. (The fox didn’t seem to be having any trouble out on the ice. I saw it walking without difficulty.) #Fox #RedFox #Wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
Photograph of a frozen reservoir in Massachusetts on a sunny winter afternoon. There is a red fox seated in the middle of the ice, although it is hard to see because it is far away. There is a pine forest on the opposite bank, and trees surrounding the viewer cast long shadows onto the frozen water. Zoomed-in version of the same photo, showing the fox seated on the ice. It is sitting facing the camera. In the foreground are bare twigs.
February 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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I’m working on a marquetry cabinet with an image of an okapi on it. I made the okapi a while ago, and I finally cut it into the background until today.

#Marquetry #Woodworking #Okapi
Photograph of a marquetry okapi set in a background. The okapi’s butt is towards the viewer, showing off its stripey pajamas. The wood in the background is a golden color, and there is stylized golden foliage around the okapi. Photograph of the same marquetry okapi before being cut into the background. The okapi is taped to the background with a lot of masking tape. Photograph of me smiling and holding the cut-out okapi in the woodshop.
February 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Introduction post: I'm Sasha. I like to make things, and I like animals. Sometimes I make things that look like animals. I post about the woodworking projects that I do, and I post pictures of wildlife and my cats. I follow accounts that post about politics, although I rarely post about that myself.
Photograph of me, a woman in my 40s, standing next to a large cabinet that I made. The cabinet door is a trompe-l'œil scene of the view through a window, with a squirrel reaching out to grab a bird feeder.
January 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM