Juniper
adesertdryad.bsky.social
Juniper
@adesertdryad.bsky.social
High desert dryad ♧ Albuquerque, NM ♧ Short fiction author and illustrator ♧ Reading thru the Hugo awards
https://adesertdryad.neocities.org/
finished my first book of 2026:
Selected Poems of Ezra Pound

I like the translations of Chinese poetry but am definitely not well read enough to follow some of the other work.
#booksky #reading #literature
January 7, 2026 at 8:53 PM
why isnt the toddler napping
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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August 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
need to make some more biscochitos. the perfect pairing with coffee
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
reading Ezra Pound and kinda lost but look its a dryad!
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Checking out a new shell 😍

#hermitcrabs #pets #photography
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
one of my resolutions is to read to the kids every day. here’s some of the stuff they’ve been into

#booksky #reading #books
January 5, 2026 at 7:37 PM
progress on my unicorn mittens

ive been sick as a dog for weeks so these are not as far along as I’d hoped

#knitting #knitsky
January 3, 2026 at 11:36 PM
wish i could get into fandom but my reading habits are obscure and I cant sit still long enough for tv
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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new avatar ref! :o]

#art #clown
January 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
clowns and harlequins!
this is my theme for 2026 and I want a lino print shirt for the gym
January 3, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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'Guinevere at Christmas'
Clive Hicks-Jenkins, 2018
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
making unicorn mittens to go with the short story I’m currently working on
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
stockings have been hung from the chairs with care
December 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Merry Christmas everyone!

Gino gets to play the noble and ill-fated Rat King in the memorial dance this year
December 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
starting The Decameron on audio and purging closets woo
December 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
made a delightfully floppy goblin and dragon from from scrap fabric and pearl barley
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Finished reading Hothouse by Brian Aldiss as part of my Hugo awards reading project. Some notes:
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Moorcock was proud of having made one of Gene Wolfe’s earliest story sales. He’d assumed he was the first. Of course he was (merely) the fourth.
Michael Moorcock sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/moorco... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (artist: Jack Gaughan, 'AG comunicação visual, arquitetura', Michael Whelan and P Craig Russell):
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Been chugging along on my story about a monastic order of unicorn riders. It's a fun project that I think is going to benefit immensely from a second pass.
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
found this cookie jar at the thrift store so of course had to make gingerbread to put in it
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
another abalone study, this one from an actual shell
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
my library got in some yoshitaka amano artbooks, so I’ve been doing a few studies of his stuff, plus designing an abalone unicorn for a story
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Steve Ditko sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ditko_... was born on this day, so here's some examples of his early cover art (1954-1957):
November 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
if you write your own scifi story, the clothes can eb whatever you want. vaugly victorian blouse, high waisted pleated trousers with side tabs, and neoprene boots - why not?
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM