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Happily married crafter, artist, photographer, birder, easily distracted by bugs in East Tennessee. https://wildmaven.wixsite.com/wildmaven Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/marianmurdoch/explore

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Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 18h

Inktober day 8’s prompt is Reckless. #art #inktober

A horned goat perched precariously on a pile of junk including a birdcage, teacup, book, old tire, old style television, and a baseball bat. A butterfly also sits on the bat and a lock and chain hang from the bat. Pen and ink drawing.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 1d

Inktober day 7 Prompt: Starfish. This is the crown of thorns starfish. #art #inktober

Drawing of a starfish with many many legs, all covered by sharp barbs. It rests on coral and kelp can be seen in the background.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 2d

Calligrapher fly checking out my water bottle 🐞 🪰

A tiny calligrapher fly sits on the cap of a water bottle. It has large rust colored eyes and the body is black and yellow striped

A tiny calligrapher fly sits on the cap of a water bottle. It has large rust colored eyes and the body is black and yellow striped

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 2d

Inktober day6’s prompt is Pierce. A pig with a problem. The Buru babirusa has tusks that keep growing, sometimes piercing its skull.

A pen and ink stipple drawing of a large pig. It has two sets of tusks, one set in the usual boar location and another set at the bridge of the nose which curve backwards. One of those has been broken off while the other has pierced the skull above the right eye.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 3d

These weirdos have rabbit ears, fangs, and the face of a kangaroo dog with a deer body. #art 🦊
#inktober #inktober2025

Pen and in drawing of a small deer, head and shoulders, showing its bizarre fangs that continually grow throughout its life

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 4d

For this one, I chose a cuttlefish stirring up the ocean floor.
#inktober #inktober2025 #art 🐠

A pen and ink drawing depicting a cuttlefish stirring up the ocean floor searching for food

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah. I wish there was a workaround for that.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve been really heavy handed with the word filter here lately and now my feed is back to being joyful again.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 5d

Inktober day 3 prompt: Crown. I drew a crested crane looking grumpy LOL. #art 🪶 #inktobet

Pen and ink drawing of the head and neck of a bird with a large crest. The bird has a red wattle and blue eyes. He does not look happy.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you! It definitely took concentration!! ❤️

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve always said that somewhere in the middle of the USA is a monstrous pile of leaves as a result of leaf blowers 😂

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 6d

Forgot the most important tag! 🪶

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 6d

Inktober Day 2’s prompt is Weave, so I chose to draw a weaver bird.
#art #inktober #inktober2025

Pen and ink drawing of a bird hanging from the bottom of an intricately woven, partially constructed nest. The bird is weaving in another strand of plant material.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks! I’m on Otezla. I failed Humira, Enbrel, and Stellara. I’ve had a lot of stress from moving across the country and buying the new house so we’re hoping it’s just a flare not another fail. ❤️

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!! I’ll keep an eye out for it. It’s not available through Libby at my 2 libraries, unfortunately. 🤨

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 7d

Just started month long prednisone pills to hopefully knock down this psoriatic arthritis flare, so I could use a good book series, too. What is this one called? It sounds interesting!

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 7d

The sun god is in my forest. 😂

A very bright sun breaks through the leaves of a forest.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 7d

Little wasp found a hole in our screen. 🤨 🐞

A tiny wasp clings to a window screen.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 7d

Oh dear. Under mattress, behind toilet? In drawer under organizer? So many locations I’ve hid things as a kid. Good luck! ❤️

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 7d

Flares

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 7d

I need to put this in a men’s bathroom

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 7d

Inktober is here! Today’s prompt was Mustache, so I sketched the very distinguished Emperor tamarin. #inktober #inktober25 🐒

The emperor tamarin (Saguinus imperator) is a species of tamarin monkey allegedly named for its beard's resemblance to the German emperor Wilhelm II. It lives in the north Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas and the southwest Amazon Basin, in east Peru, north Bolivia.

The fur of the emperor tamarin is predominantly grey colored, with yellowish speckles on its chest. The hands and feet are black and the tail is brown. Outstanding is its long, white beard, which extends to both sides beyond the shoulders.

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 8d

😂😂😂

Wildmaven @wildmaven.bsky.social · 8d

Had a week of rain so these white and brown mushrooms popped up. East TN. 🍄 I plucked one out to see the gills.