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The art of Amanda Grace Art studio & shop in Mentone AL. www.comingupviolets.com Sign painting • portraits Purple-haired disabled mom in Black with an Icy Blue Heart. Blue dot in a Red state. Manic Pixie Disaster Girl. Pleased to probably never meet you.
Man. This is a bummer. A few years ago I bought this VISWIN portable French easel for $20 at a yard sale. Just now got around to figuring out how to set it up. Turns out there’s supposed to be a drawer in it which would keep supplies from falling out, so it’s useless. I guess the odds are slim, 1/2
Work in progress, on an appropriately bug-sized canvas (about 2” x 2”) Amazing what a little shine and a little shadow can do! #Ladybug #AcrylicPainting #WIP
With thanks to @raspberrybrain.bsky.social and @zieleaych.bsky.social for some good finishing advice, I think I’m calling this one finished! #Handmade #Handpainted #Watercolor #BirthdayCard
Someone explain to me how THIS GUY just started the first day of his SENIOR YEAR of high school? As you can see, he is just a lil guy.
If y’all like sometimes spooky, interesting stuff, I HIGHLY recommend this podcast! @lorepodcast.bsky.social I started from the earliest episodes that aren’t subscriber-only (I’m broke) and this has been my favorite episode so far, [partially] about #NewOrleans. #Podcast #Spooky #History #Folklore
Episode 40: Everything Floats
Podcast Episode · Lore · August 8, 2016 · 24m
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@rednblack.net is added to the "Moderation List Abusers" moderation list. Why? They added my other acct to a block list for people whose "Bio indicates that they're a Leeds fan." - I've never been to the UK - I don't follow any sports AT ALL - I did not even know that was a team - My bio does NOT.
Oh fantastic. Well, you elect clowns, expect a circus… heads up to everyone in #Alabama, #Tennessee, #Georgia, #Florida, #NorthCarolina, #SouthCarolina, #Kentucky, and #Virginia. #RecallAlert on E. Coli blueberries. 🤦🏻♀️😫
AL.com@al.com · last wk.This recall affects those who may have purchased the recalled fruit in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Argh. This is not FINISHED, and I just can’t decide how to make it look more FINISHED. #Handmade #Watercolor #HandpaintedGreetingCards #ArtAdvice
Oh man. A lady had a heart attack while driving & crashed into our Democratic Club, where I volunteer & have made so many of my best friends here in Alabama. The building is fine. The poor driver did not survive. Sadly, people are already asking the local news if this was intentional. 😢 (alt txt)
New York Times are actively enabling these fascists destroying our democracy. I am actually BEGGING you to boycott them in EVERY WAY. #NoMoreWordle #NotEvenTheCrossword #BoycottNYT
Etrigan (unrelated)@etrigan.bsky.social · 2w agoLook, friends. I know that you don't think it's much. But the NYT Puzzles app is very much propping up the NYT's ideologically driven hate campaign against trans people. You gotta let your streak go. There are so many other puzzles out there you could be playing that won't fund hate.
Damn. First I’m hearing of it. Only 56. Damn. 😔
Bruce Springsteen@brucespringsteen.net · 2w agoHere on E Street, we are heartbroken over the death of Glen Hansard. We met in Ireland many years ago and he was always nothing but a great musician, a good friend and a generous and gracious man. Always positive, smiling and ready to sing. God bless him and his loved ones. Bruce
Has anyone made (or FOUND) any infographics about how the Trump regime’s Consumer Product Safety Commission is demanding Americans’ IDENTIFYING PERSONAL INFORMATION from hospitals to give to a private contractor? I’d like to post them all over my town but I’m really not good at that sort of thing.
Everyone in #Alabama ought to have their eyes on this. #MobileAlabama #MobileCountyAlabama
AL.com@al.com · 2w agoUtility officialscame to answer questions from the public. They said Beacon Data Centers' proposed project will not burden local resources, or cause residential utility bills to increase. But residents still have questions. Much more at the 🔗 in comments.
If you’re in #BirminghamAlabama, stop by The Old Bailey Gallery now through August 31st and see Holly Overton’s work! #Alabama #ArtGalleries
Dan Bailey@theoldbailey.bsky.social · 2w ago
If any other artists on here are on #Ko-Fi, follow me and I will follow you back! Let's make our networks redundant! #Artists #ArtistsofBluesky #ArtSky
Visit Coming Up Violets!'s Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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Every time I complain about how the Japanese language spells or pronounces something (because I’m thick in the head and it’s frustrating me how slowly I learn and I just need to cuss at something)… … my son just looks at me and says, “Pterodactyl.”
This is one reason I feel compelled to keep my shop open. Here in deep Red Alabama, we are very visibly & vocally anti-fascism and anti-MAGA. People come into the shop every weekend and THANK me for being loud about it. But I can’t afford to keep it up forever if it doesn’t break even. I don’t 1/2
Rita Moore@ritamoore.bsky.social · 2w agoImportant corollary: people are LESS likely to support authoritarian leaders if people around them don't. This is where "social proof" comes in. Be vocal and visible to social circles and neighbors about your resistance against authoritarians AND your support of pro-democracy candidates and causes
Hooooooly shit, yall. Get a look at the second photo (which is real, not the inage in the thumbnail) a completely surreal distant view of the Gironde wildfire in France. mastodon.world/@davidho/116... #France #GirondeWildfire #Photography
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Attached: 2 images It’s hard to tell art from reality these days. The first photo is an artwork titled Atomic Picnic (2007) by the Mexican-American artist and photographer Daniela Edburg. The secon...
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At last! The No Kings fundraiser* cups are available individually on our website! *(the artist will donate 50% of profits to Jon Ossoff's campaign in #Georgia) One has been sold (2nd from left in the front row), but the other 10 are available for shipping or pickup! #JonOssoff #Handmade #Pottery
No Kings Cups | Coming Up Violets
Talented Georgia Ceramic Artist Sam Cordle brings us these handmade, glazed ceramic cups as a fundraiser for Democratic & progressive causes. Until early November, 50% of all profits will be dona...
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If you don't hear from me in one hour, the Japanese verbs have killed me dead.
Fantastic local Georgia-based #pottery artist Sam Cordle brings us these #NoKings cups! They're priced at $86.47 each, with half of all profits going to Jon Ossoff's campaign (@ossoff.senate.gov) until November 3. (more in Alt Text...) @samcordleceramics.bsky.social #Georgia #Handmade #NoFascistUSA
This shit with Taylor Farms is exactly what I’m talking about when I say you may say you “don’t do politics,“ but politics are more than happy to do you. The microbes political bribes got out the door and into your intestines don’t particularly care that you find it all beneath you.
Let me make one thing absolutely clear: I love Performance Art. People Need To Do Weird Shit. It’s IMPORTANT. (Note I did not say I love *all* #PerformanceArt.)
At the Old Bailey Gallery in Birmingham, AL for Holly Overton’s art show. Such a fun space! @theoldbailey.bsky.social #BirminghamAlabama #BirminghamAL #Alabama
