The wizard sleeps deeply. A raccoon climbs the outside of the tower.

I just finished my course on wildlife drawing walking my students through this drawing of a blue-flag iris. It was a lot of fun. My next course is coming up in November. We will be drawing, crows, ravens, and jays. 🌿

what a fuckin day

RUDE

I think it might depend partly on subspecies, but it also likely varies based on climate where the tiger is living.

Coyotes and bobcats seem to develop more fluff in chilly climates. Hyenas grow a winter coat if they live somewhere with cold winters.

holding beem like a baby

Happy birthday to Indah, she's 11 years old today!

I always had to do a head count of my rats, check their food and water, and give them some love after that particular nightmare.

Image: comic of common rat owner's nightmare: pet rats forgotten, abandoned, neglected in a hidden house corne, the inbred babies scattering everywhere.

big fan of that fruit dove in the middle, they're kinda strange-looking birds and it's tricky to make them look like Birds and not a bird-shaped playdoh sculpture

Today is Octidi the 18th of Vendémiaire in the year 234.
Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
Today we celebrate buckwheat.#JacobinDay

More information on buckwheat

Leyendecker had such a physicist brain. The man has no body. There are no stairs. And yet. Something something radial velocity to detect exoplanets.

In class I have frequently described the medieval hogs eating swaddled babies in their cribs (legal fact!) as sort of wandering into a shop and finding a conveniently wrapped candy bar lying in a trolley.

"Lompoc" occasionally comes up in prison plotlines or mentions of Vandenberg AFB on TV, and if they don't check with somebody local they all, reasonably, say "lahm-pock". It's "lahm-POKE".

Available on DVD & Bluray Oct 28!

> The main character, played by Dinklage (and then voiced by Dinklage once he transforms into the titular hero), has a medical condition that could prove fatal unless he gets the necessary treatment for it… which, of course, his pricey insurance refuses to cover.

Image: glossy black rat getting bench-pressed in one hand like a fat burrito and looking deeply unamused by it.

just another day of gripping my animals

FALL SHOP UPDATE! 🍁
New enamel pins, stickers, prints, and so much more will be added to my site this Friday 10/10 @ 11 am PDT!
You can preview everything here!
🛒🐛: shop.fossilforager.art

FRENCH Florida man, at that.

Yeah, but I was able to make this sic video of Tupac rapping with Michael Jackson, so really it's worth it.

A teacher must have an email etiquette autoreplier bot set up.
I know I should NOT reply with:

"Dearest Kevin,

I am dreadfully sorry for the improper email I have burdened you with.

Kindly halt all lessons in email etiquette.

I am a grown ass woman with a PhD.

Auspiciously,

Sarah J. McAnulty"

🥂

for @windtied.bsky.social
found out about these guys recently so I was so totally excited windtied wanted their character drawn <3

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.