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Caroline M. Yoachim
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SFF writer. Ignyte Award winner!!! Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Eugie, Sturgeon & Nebula finalist. Stories in BCS, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld & F&SF. Interviewer at Uncanny Magazine. Biracial. She/her.
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Eligibility post time! Catching up on your 2025 reading? I had a couple things out that I'd love for you to read:

My short story "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War" appeared in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...
Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War - Uncanny Magazine
Kestrel House  There have been portals to the Fae realm for at least as long as humans have had fairy tales, but the first one deliberately engineered by humans was opened in an abandoned amusement pa...
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A burst of color for your feed, from today's walk: Pink cosmos #BloomScrolling

#photography #FlowerReport #PNW #garden #pink #ColorADay #PinkMon #cosmos #flowers
Bright pink flower in near full bloom, facing toward the left side of the photo. The flower has a yellow center, and extending off to the right side of the image is a stem with a second bud, still tightly closed. Blurry neutral background.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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And one last shot of my warbler friend to finish off the thread.
The same warbler from the start of the thread, perched on black flowers gone to seed, green blurry background.
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Yes! A really adorable tiny bird :)
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The chickadees continue to enjoy the artichokes that have gone to seed.
Small bird with black and white head, perched atop a brown artichoke with a few tufts of white seeds.Blurry grey background.
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Sparrow, also not shy.
Closeup of the head and upper body of a pale grey bird with brown stripes along the crown. The bird is facing the viewer with head turned to profile. Blurry leaves and greenery in the background.
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I continued on my walk, and my warbler friend followed me to make *SURE* I got a good shot.

#photography #BirdOfTheDay #warblers #PNW #wildlife #nature #BirdSky #birds
Warbler perched on a thin branch, looking straight at the camera/viewer, showing the yellow patches on throat, under the wings, and a tiny bit on the crown of the birds head. The bird's head is slightly tilted, giving it an inquisitive expression. Blurry branches in the background.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Warbler friend wanted to make sure I got their good side.

#photography #BirdOfTheDay #warblers #PNW #wildlife #nature #BirdSky #birds
Closeup of the same bird from the previous thread, turned in profile, facing to the left side of the photo. A bit more of the yellow throat (and a little yellow on the breast) is visible in this shot.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Photos from today's walk (bird thread!). This yellow-rumped warbler REALLY wanted to be photographed, and posed nicely on a clump of flowers gone to seed.

#photography #BirdOfTheDay #warblers #PNW #wildlife #nature #BirdSky #birds
Small bird perched on a clump of tiny flowers that have turned black and gone to seed. The bird is facing away from the viewer with pale brown head and upper back, darker brown and white on the wings and tail. The bird's head is turned to profile, revealing a buttery yellow patch on its throat. Neutral grey background, blurry.
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Thank you! :)
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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A flower for your Monday: zinnia #bloomscrolling
Minimalist digital drawing of a red zinnia flower in bloom, white background. Signed CMY in the lower left.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Thank you!
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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There is leftover cake from my daughter’s birthday, and clearly I have no choice but to have a slice for breakfast because we need the fridge space for Thanksgiving ingredients?
Slice of layer cake on a plate. Lemon cake, raspberry filling between some layers, lemon curd between others.
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Thanksgiving PSA: if you have a turkey in your freezer, move it to your fridge!

Frozen turkeys take about 1 day per 4 lbs to thaw in the fridge, which is by far the easiest method!
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Small bubbles in the fountain, B&W.

#photography #BlueSkyArtShow #small #BNWmacro #ClassicMono #bubbles #macro
Closeup of the surface of the pool at the base of a fountain, with tiny ripples and several small bubbles. The largest bubble that is in focus shows a bit of reflected sky.
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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A pair of less-quick, non-insomnia spotted towhees, from my archive.
Digital painting of a bird with a black head, brown and white body. The bird is perched on a tree branch, facing the viewer with head turned to profile. Green background. Spotted towhee perched on a tiny branch, facing mostly towards the viewer, head turned to profile. This one is done in a similar ink pen brush to the initial post in the thread, but with far more detail. Blurry branches and blue sky background.
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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A quick insomnia bird from 4am: Spotted towhee

#SendCoffee #birds #DigitalArt #NoAI
Bird with black head, wings and tail, red-brown and pale beige body. The bird is perched on a small branch, head raised and beak open, facing the viewer but with head turned to profile such that one bright red eye is visible. Pale blue background, initials CMY in the lower right.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I'm (overly?) fond of digital pencil on black background--looking through my archive folder here's a Great Blue Heron I did a while back.
Digital colored pencils on black background depicting a great blue heron poised to take off. The heron is in profile, with orange beak and blue-grey feathers on its neck and partly-spread wings. The tail of the bird extends beyond the right side of the image. Signed CMY on the lower left.
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Hi. I like sandwiches.
Medium sized yellow-brown dog sitting on the kitchen floor next to the cabinets, looking up at the viewer. How could anyone not put a sandwich into such an adorable face?
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Ugh, sorry to hear it. Sending good thoughts your way!
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Breakfast sandwich. Like Elvis, but without the bacon.

#photography #FoodPhotography #PhonePhotography #yum
Closeup of one edge of a sandwich with bananas, honey, and almond butter. The crust of the bread has sunflower and other assorted seeds pressed into it.
November 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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A photo from yesterday's walk. Euphorbia (spurge), with raindrops.

#photography #macro #ColorADay #BWFri #ClassicMono #PNW #nature #B&W
Closeup of a small section of a plant with long thin leaves, in black and white. Each leaf is covered in tiny water droplets. Black background.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Thanks! Hope you have a good weekend, too!
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Another diptych: Chrysanthemums, front and back.
A cheerful cluster of daisy-like flowers with delicate pink petals and yellow centers, flowers facing towards the viewer.Slightly blurry greenery in the background. The same cluster of chrysanthemums as the previous photo, this time as viewed from the back to show stems and dark green bases from which the delicate pink petals extend. Deep green background, heavily blurred.
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Chrysanthemums. #bloomscrolling
Closeup of of a cluster of pink daisy-like flowers, with blooms filling the entire frame. The angle is such that the underside of the focal flower is visible, and the outline of raindrops on top of the petals can be seen as light shines through their pale pink.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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A diptych of fountain photos. On the left, water that wants to be mushrooms. On the right, the bubbles are watching 👀.
Water cascading down the side of a cube, fast shutter speed on the photograph to freeze the motion. Tendrils of water with round droplets at the end look almost like mushrooms growing off the side of the cube. At the base of the cube, more splashes as the water hits the pool at the bottom of the fountain. A spray of bubbles on the surface of the fountain, including a pair of large bubbles with smaller bubbles partially nested inside, making them look a bit like googly eyes.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM