#beekindac

Thought for the day: you ARE enough. Period. No qualifiers, just breathing in and out. Your worth is not tied anything. Just be you and do your best, whatever that looks like, that's all you need to focus on.

If you could be happy in the everyday and give yourself some space to be you without all the weight of trying to be enough all the time, what would that look like?

Ah, Mx Kind. Lovely to have you in my askbox, really enjoy your art 😄️

The sun is blazing today after 2.5 months of (what felt like) non-stop rain and grey skies.

I have a Bird of Paradise plant that's ~20yo and has been flowering for the past few. What makes me happy is when everyone gives me compliments about that, because outside of a hothouse or dedicated tropical garden, it's apparently very difficult to get them to flower in the UK. Also their blooms are lovely & bright (see below).

Libraries. I recently rediscovered my local, and it's been great for finding books on arts & crafts.

My new curtains. I had a venetian blind which died, and now I have lovely new curtains which let me have plants in my bedroom.

The thought of improving my home. I wanna do this, that and the other to it, to make it nicer for me and no one else. (I am less enthralled about the having to spend money & make phone calls part 😅️)

Chickens!

I hope everyone is hanging in there. Trying to keep my head above water here. Admittedly that has been hard to do as of late. Seems like more and more bad news around every corner. These little guys helped though. I hope they send good vibes into the world.

I get stuck on the blank page thing terribly when I am not feeling well. Andrea Nelson had this video on these little guys on her YouTube channel and it really helped both with the blank page, but also my mood. I really needed it.

My first little painting with my partially paralyzed self. It was MUCH harder to paint than I thought it would be. I can see how control over my right arm is going to be a problem. Fortunately for me I am comfortable with both hands, and only stopped using my left side after my stroke in 2008. Since then I have adapted to the 5-10% mobility loss in that side and it doesn't bother me anymore, I am just not used to writing as a lefty anymore. I did this second picture left handed to start getting back in the habit of being more of a lefty until and if my right side gets better. Looks like I have a ways to go. Wish me luck friends!

For Mermay 2026! Which I very nearly let slip by with all the craziness that has gone on in my personal life.

My oldest child got married, and it was beautiful! It was work, but very much worth it for how lovely it all turned out and how much fun everyone had. Also, have been deep in preparation for a multilevel disc replacement surgery in my cervical spine in just under two weeks, plus doing everything we can to avoid shutting down our local NPO because of shady overseas asshats trying to take over our NPO name, so that means meeting lawyers we cannot afford but must somehow comeup woth the money.

It's National Be Late For Something Day. So.... since we didn't post this yesterday for National Wildlife Day, we're posting today. I always like this octopus. And, always makes me think of conservation.

Happy Friday, and I hope you weren't too late today, whatever/where ever it was. Don't forget to conserve for our wildlife and wilderness!

We handed out about 350 stickers today! It was so much fun to go and hang out with two of my kiddos and add to the merry making. A couple of random snaps of the parade and one of our trove of stickers we handed out. Happy Pride month all! I hope all those celebrating, especially those celebrating for the first time, are having a wonderful pride month.