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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · 13d

They’re some of the best

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · 14d

If you ever forget your pasta shapes, I made you a helpful chart
#illustration #drawing #pasta

A poster titled “know your pasta shapes” with fun loose illustrations of 16 types of pasta. The names are, well, wrong. The bow tie is Mr fancy boy. Rotini - wiggle winders. Large shells - madame’s secret. Small shells - mademoiselle’s smaller, daintier secret. Then we have long twirler, girthier long twirler, and then orzo as “you’re telling me that’s not rice?”. Next is yum yum wheels, potato fluff puffs. Then the tubes: tiny tubes, big honkin tube, twisty tube (macaroni, you get it) and gaping tube. Cavatelli - water slide, and finally ravioli is secret mystery fun surprise

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Sep 2

Oh my gosh you have made my week, there is nothing better in the whole world than when the exact right kind of oddball finds it. Thank you!

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jul 17

I think that was Hobbes, Calvin prayed with a bit of ceasing

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 26

💎💎💎

#painting #cat #illustration #art

A watercolour painting of a white cat. Block lettered writing says “how hard is it to join my cult and give me all of your precious precious jewels”

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 26

It’s very much about a sense of power and control in the world that quietly paying taxes wouldn’t bring

Being able to ghoulishly affect policy so they won’t be punished for myriad harmful behaviours is key

Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 14

Awww that is all so sweet

I had a budgie who fell in love with his own reflection instead of a lovely female budgie I rescued, but I think that was more just narcissism

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 13

The last thing my sides need is to hustle

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 11

Fell down a rabbit hole learning about gay birds. And let me tell you, the birds, they are so gay. Gayer than I ever imagined. Far beyond a few lesbian seagulls and gay penguin dads. So I made a bird-filled pride print!

www.heatherbuchanan.ca/collections/...

A print of digital bird illustrations. They’re fairly realistic, though a little loosely stylized. Big text running down the middle in rainbow letters says “LGBTQ” and it turns out to be an acrostic standing for “gosh I love gay birds those total Q.T. Pies”. For a full list of the birds illustrated, follow the link.

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 12

absolutely accurate. Nuts can also contribute to this self deception

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 12

it worked, this kid was how I knew I could never handle the pressures of motherhood

Illustration of a campbells kid from a retro advertisement

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 12

Penguins are definitely some of the best known queer critters thanks to some who have raised chicks together at zoos, so sweet

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 12

Both sides are incredible!

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 12

And here I was excited to improve my tracy skills

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 12

Oh my gosh!!!

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 11

Reading stories where people realized their chickens were lesbians, and/or developing rooster-like traits, was one of my favourite things! So fun

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Jun 11

Fell down a rabbit hole learning about gay birds. And let me tell you, the birds, they are so gay. Gayer than I ever imagined. Far beyond a few lesbian seagulls and gay penguin dads. So I made a bird-filled pride print!

www.heatherbuchanan.ca/collections/...

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · May 24

Boots AND cats? In this economy?

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Apr 24

Forever drawing/painting the clothes I wish I had!

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Apr 22

Working on it

An illustration of a woman with short hair and bangs, wearing purple glasses and a green turtleneck with an egg pattern on it. The text on the illustration reads: I hope my inner child heals… before my outer adult is dead

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thank you! It’s taken a long time to get to a place where I can just chill with it like this. And I’m sorry you have to deal with multi-day migraines!

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Apr 11

Every day with a migraine is the same but different. Cataloging the days visually one by one

#drawing #migraine

A line drawing of a woman (me!) with a colourful representation of a migraine on the right side of her head

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Apr 11

Truly one of the best and most helpful books ever

When I first listened to the audiobook I actually couldn’t stop laughing, because it was just so accurate. I know it’s not meant to be funny, but the clarity was just somehow hilarious

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Apr 11

For the third time

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Heather Buchanan @heatherbuchanan.bsky.social · Apr 11

How did you know my alarm was going off and I was ignoring it

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