@TheDonsieLass Alas, no. Ours are yellow and cream.

Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto creates delicate fabric sculptures influenced by natural forms

https://mymodernmet.com/mariko-kusumoto-textile-sculpture/

#WomensArt 🇯🇵

“Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”

        — Henry Van Dyke

#Q4TD #Quote #Quotes https://q4td.blogspot.com/2026/02/use-what-talents-you-possess-woods.html

A Little Pied Cormorant making the most of the sun. Although they live and hunt in and around water, their feathers don’t have great waterproofing so you’ll often see them stretch themselves out to dry

#birds #birding #wildoz #wildlife

The stop motion felt art of Andrea Love

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=EDxYQt1Kf5oEMvc2 #music

Some handy hints on doing a tiny bit less this year
First Dog on the Moon

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jan/30/some-handy-hints-on-doing-a-tiny-bit-less-this-year?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Meanwhile, in New Zealand, Detector Gadget has been called out of retirement to track down a rat:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/585514/13-year-old-rodent-sniffer-dog-back-on-the-job-after-rat-found-on-predator-free-island

#RNZ #conservation #nz #dogsOfMastodon

Weather outlook.

My @smh @theage cartoon.

The perfect movie review doesn’t….

Mass wildlife rescue underway with flying foxes entangled at golf club driving range https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/wildlife-rescue-underway-following-noosa-bat-entanglement/106278136

Stop guns.

My @smh cartoon.

Hi All,
I'm excited to join the fediverse, although I have no idea what I'm doing yet!
I'm a visual artist, jeweller, sculptor, and painter based in Melbourne.

#introduction #jewelleryartisan #jeweller #artist
www.astridjewelart.com www.astriddahljewellery.com

Here are some of my recent creations

#NowPlaying
Forever Changes by Love, 1967

Introduced to me by a boyfriend I was seeing in the late 70s (he still has excellent taste).
I really love this album though it initially flopped on release

More than a couple of tracks that are a great fit for today’s screwed up world.
#Music

I'm back! Here is a cartoon about Australia Day but also not. With bandicoots! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jan/26/australia-i-quite-like-bits-of-it

After waiting 10 yrs since planting for our 50 Blue & Black gum trees to have their 1st flowering, Spring ‘25 they finally did.

And today I sighted the 1st 2 Swift parrots (critically endangered) to feed on those trees.

Well worth the wait!

We’ve had occasional visits to random trees in the past, but we planted those seedlings specifically for any Swift parrots that came foraging. They face massive threats to survival from forestry destroying their habitat, to Sugar Gliders eating the adult females.
(Pic is an old one I took in Bruny)

#WildOz #birds #LandForWildlife #parrots #SwiftParrot

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths,_detentions_and_deportations_of_American_citizens_in_the_second_Trump_administration

#USpol #USpolitics

I saw a post recently that mentioned that the fediverse is for talking about your hobbies. I don't usually talk about my hobbies unless someone makes the mistake of asking, but let's give it a try.

The following posts display the clocks I currently own (in non particular order):

@SteveJB About 25yrs ago, my partner bought himself an old Gustav Becker clock, and kept debating with himself over whether he should start a collection. So, for his next birthday I decided to buy him a clock - I found this old Ansonia - and told him that having 2 clocks is now the start of a collection.
And so it was - I’m sitting here surrounded by ticking clocks, chiming clocks, stopped clocks….