If you’ve received a birthday card in the mail from me this year, the envelope was probably sealed with a vintage illustration sticker. This is my source: the John Derian Sticker Book (I and II). Rajiv Surendra introduced me to these books.
I really should plant this ginger. Later: I did.
When inspiration hides, reach for the collage box.
I’m in a group chat called Bug Group; we post photos of any cool arthropods that we come across. One of our members just came back from Guyana with many dozens of amazing macro shots. We asked him to do a Zoom session where he talked about the trip and the critters he saw, and he was happy to oblige.
There’s been a desert tortoise on the loose in our neighbourhood for a little while, and today it graced our yard with a visit. It’s clearly a (former?) pet, as it approached me and let me scratch its head. I fed it a baby cucumber and it trundled off.
Another of Ma’s travel souvenirs.
This marionette hangs above a door in Ma’s house. She has no memory of when or where they got it.
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