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kanzimonkey.bsky.social
Katy
@kanzimonkey.bsky.social
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Compulsively drawing and birding since 2019. Providing medical care for people experiencing homelessness for longer than that. Urban tangle is my landscape.
-obsessed with nibs and inks, the nonchalance of a surprising bird, harm reduction, and HOPE
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Amazing photos taken by my partner from our porch. We live in an urban “cabin in the woods”. (Also, fwiw, Ive never seen a fox whilst staying in a forest “cabin in the woods”…)
dasmoment.bsky.social nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · May 31
every night for a week or so
we hear them chattering all around

mom distributes the young to daytime safe spots
they hang out while she hunts
then after dark begin the call-and-response laughing sounds
as she collects each of them
and they all go off together to sleep
#citynature #fox #photography
a young fox walks towards the camera through thick green lawn a young fox in sea of green with its back turned to the camera. black ears are up as it follows a sound off camera a portrait of a young fox in profile looking right and yawning. the mouth is wide open and the tongue is curled upwards.
May 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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dasmoment.bsky.social
a singing robin
in the spotlight of a setting sun
#photography
vertical photo of a distant robin standing on a branch in a patch of sun, about to sing photo of a Robin in a patch of sun on a low branch. everything is in shadow except the robin and the branch. photo of a Robin in a patch of sun on a low branch. everything is in shadow except the robin and the branch.
April 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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indactonma.bsky.social
😎 Not all of us can attend a rally.

👉 There are many ways to #SpeakUp and #FightBack.

💪 Please share widely. Invite a friend to join you in an action and pass it on.
Protest sign : No one can save us except us.
February 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
kanzimonkey.bsky.social
Got wolves on the brain
A painting of a dilapidated wheelchair parked on a graffiti’d cement walkway near to some random tarps hanging on some scaffolding
February 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Inspired by #winterwatch #mindfulmoment #redsquirrel
A black and white sketch of a red squirrel running, hopping, and eating a nut
January 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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A first attempt at sketching David Lynch. He will be missed. #davidlynch
A black ink sketch of a man in a suit holding headphones to his ears and staring at something intently; sketch is superimposed on a bright ink wash of orange and red
January 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Inks, fine liners, fountain pens, water. Some alley in Cambridge. Based off a photo by Nat
Black ink sketch of the back of a house with an adjacent brick building. 2 toned colors with deep blue purple creating shadows at the bottom and pale aqua green on top. Split image drawing with vertical white line going up the center suggestive of pictures in a scrapbook
January 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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dasmoment.bsky.social nat @dasmoment.bsky.social · Dec 25
Christmas Eve sparrows.

it was quite cold out. the kind of cold where birds become spheres

#housesparrow #photography
female house sparrow in profile an an evergreen branch. male house sparrow staring down the lens. close-up crop. close-up of a male house sparrow in profile close-up of the back and the little wing feathers of a male house sparrow. the sparrow is poofed to insulate against the cold.
December 26, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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Clutter
Digital art work showing clutter on a desk. It’s a close up on folded and wrinkled paper scribbled with song lyrics, pens, stickers, notes, Dublin donut cups, an old boom box with cassette tape, some cassette, cafeteria tape chaos, coasters and more
December 13, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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seasonal WIP
a newly decorated Christmas tree, snug in a corner, surrounded by shelves full of books and graphic novels.
December 13, 2024 at 1:59 AM
kanzimonkey.bsky.social
Ink and water sketch of our friends’ house who hosted Friendsgiving this year. Done live on a chilly morning. I was birding simultaneously- 4 blue birds flitting about behind me! Brain fully occupied- no wonder I stepped in dog poo that morning…
Ink and water sketch of a house and large yard with trees and and a rope swing, done in blue ink
December 11, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Live sketch from Thanksgiving day waiting for the train at South Station
A black and white water sketch of people sitting on benches or milling about in a busy train station
December 11, 2024 at 4:41 PM
kanzimonkey.bsky.social
A couple of sketches from yesterday morning
An open sketch book- on the left a drawing of a black and white cat sticking out their pink tongue; on the right a drawing of a robed woman bowing her head and looking peaceful in blue ink
December 11, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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“Oh, hello…you…”
ink and water sketch of a starling face based on Nat’s pic
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A water sketch of a face on spotty bird
December 11, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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a small swarm of starlings found the feeder. this one was waiting his turn on a branch just outside the window.
#bird #photography
closeup head of a starling, staring directly down the lens.
December 11, 2024 at 1:12 AM
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starling invasion lasted all of 20 minutes
and then they moved on and the house sparrows juncos Cardinals and doves returned to their normal low key squabbling at the feeder.

i love #birds

#photography
starling precariously perched atop a feeder waiting for its turn starling on a feeder looking directly behind to see who's coming in to steal it's spot two starlings on a feeder in a rare moment of peace a starling in profile sitting on a feeder. it is perfectly still, but two other starling blurs are visible.
December 11, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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dasmoment.bsky.social
i want to make a perfect post abt 3 essential books rn but I'm soooo sick it's hard to think straight.

but i can at least share them.

the first is a super fast and ez read:

Free to Be: understanding kids and gender identity

tinyurl.com/j37zf9he

by bsky.app/profile/turb...
Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity a book by Jack Turban
This authoritative guide to understanding and navigating gender identity from an acclaimed expert on the mental health of transgender and gender diverse youth is "a must-read for anyone seeking to bet...
tinyurl.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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dasmoment.bsky.social
new york city from an amtrak train on thanksgiving day
#photography
#minoltarokkor58mmf12
dense city view of new York City. small multi colored row houses in the foreground; a wall of skyscrapers in the back, enveloped in mist and rain. taken through a train window while traveling on Thanksgiving day. dense city view of new York City. small multi colored row houses in the foreground; a wall of skyscrapers in the back, enveloped in mist and rain. taken through a train window while traveling on Thanksgiving day. view of new York City from an amtrak train. a small shadowy park is in the foreground. a wall of skyscrapers in the back, enveloped in mist and rain. a single bird can be seen flying towards the city. massive housing projects beyond a green bridge. the bridge separates the buildings from their reflections in an eerily still body of water. a small flock of blurry birds is in the foregeound. everything is bright grey and rainy.
December 3, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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dasmoment.bsky.social
pictures of nothing, filtered by an amtrak train window

#blackandwhitephotography
#photography
black and white image taken through a train window. mostly water and sky. a distant bridge crosses and meets some shadowy woods on the right. everything is rainy and grey. black and white picture taken from a train. there is a highway in the foreground crossing the frame. in the background, cloaked in misty rain, are some large ironwork structures and buildings. in the foreground is another tall metal structure with guy-wires going out across the image.
December 3, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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Pen and water. Corner of Mass Ave and Albany St, Boston. Drawn from memory on my way to work a shift at McInnis
Blue-gray ink and water sketch of an urban street corner with people milling about on corners and hovering at a bus stop to get out of the rain
November 28, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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Ink and water drawing of things I like to sketch (windows, stones, lines and scribbles)
Ink and water black and white drawing of a stone building with windows, a boarded up door, a tree, and cobblestone pathway
November 28, 2024 at 7:22 PM
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November 18, 2024 at 2:30 AM