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**sugarbear mobley** @sugarbear_mobley@mastodon.social · 21h

sugarbear mobley @sugarbear_mobley@mastodon.social

February 14th to 19th 2025—full text in ALT or go to: https://www.sashamobley.com/listen/2025/3/12/february15th-to-the-19th-2025-my-birthday-to-2nd-day-on-the-job

Koi pond plus a buñuelo plus a green heron plus text: February15th to the 19th 2025
My birthday to 2nd day on the job

15th Happy birthday to me! Keri and I spent the day looking at places for my brother to do his next phase of recovery.

The first place had a grand piano, an ice cream bar, a koi pond, and a full calendar of activities. The next place smelled like someone used knock-off Yankee candles to hide-a far worse smell.

Keri made the day sweet with coffee breaks and dinner out
at Luna’s. I ate far too much.

16th I had my first exercise in a week- a chill 3 miles at Vasona park. Had a good conversation about "luck" being the confluence of opportunity and willingness. I’m having to unlearn my conditioning to refuse help and say no. I’ve managed to visit Mike every day - sometimes twice.

He's now progressed to wearing clothes instead of a gown.

I feel more optimistic as little by little he seems like his old self.

17th More looking at places for Mike but also we hired house keepers to give Mike’s house a deep cleaning. Everything scrubbed and dusted – shining floors and porcelain. Nine hours!

One of the places we visited had a "respite" program that is per diem and includes everything. Small place with a view of the green foothills. I think we found it! I felt I could breathe.

Text: But that was short lived. I saw a text that Mike’ s appointment with the orthopedic surgeon was the next day- also my first day at work.

I called a million different numbers to reschedule but it was after hours on a holiday.

18th I got in touch with the social worker and moved the appointment. In my first meeting with my new boss, I explained my current reality. I have a ton of PTSD from ex emplover's mishandling communication being complete assholes when I had some horrible life events (including my brother's suicide). My new boss was refreshingly kind. I’ll take it. The company sent a Windows laptop. I spent the morning making it work with my peripherals and the afternoon in compliance training.

19th I needed to go to the bank to make them aware of my Power of Attorney status - they said they had a "different" process and even though I had a notirized POA in my hand, their process could take 5 days.

But what about paying his bills?

The banker said those checks would probably bounce. Moral of the story? Don’t bank at Chase.

Not too many drawings this time. I hope to get through this and be daily again but I’m tired and being another person's advocate etc plus starting a job…well…it’s a lot.

More soon.

#artjournal #visualjournal #art

**MmeButterfly** @Journo@pixelfed.social · 2d

MmeButterfly @Journo@pixelfed.social

I am dealing with quite a bit of #gaslighting currently, so I decided to take the "Celebrate You" course with Revlie Schuit. A little bit of hers and a bit of mine, which helps me when I am lacking inspiration. Today I made the front cover.
#Artjournaling #Artjournal #Journaling #Watercolor #MixedMedia

Voorkant van een travelers notebook, lang rechthoekig. Daarop letters, geknipt uit geverfd papier: "Celebrate You", op een geverfde achtergrond van muziek- en boekpapier.

#mixedmedia

DB @dburchardt@mastodon.art · 5d

DB @dburchardt@mastodon.art

Sometimes simple is best. A quick face sketch on a ripped piece of packaging paper, that I have stuck in my journal.

Open art journal. The left side shows a loose sketch of a woman's face. It is drawn on a ripped piece of packaging paper, which has been glued into the journal. Across the page there is some handwritten text with paint splatters in blue.

#MastoArt #expressive #sketch

**Nina Zina** @echozines@pixelfed.social · 6d

Nina Zina @echozines@pixelfed.social

A peek inside some of the journals I shared here yesterday.

More photos & info about what I use the journals for: https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/oh-nooo-all-my-journals-and-notebooks-for-2025-too-many/

#bulletjournal #journal #junkjournal #artjournal #planner #notebooks #traveljournal #tarotjournal #grimoire #botanicaljournal #sketchbook

Three artjournals opened revealing clourful collages with stickers, layers of papers and washi tape.

Pile of journals of different sizes laying open on their title pages. One with a label that says "tarot journal 2025", another has written "moon spells 2025" and another a label with "word of the year: web, 2025".

Pile of journals, some open, others closed. One has a sketch on red paper of a guitarist. Another has an image of a person with a backpack and map with washi tape around the border. Another says "bujo + notebook ideas + inspration".

Bulletjournal opened to show several pages at once. One page has a menstrual tracker and another a round wheel of the year with seasonal stickers around it.

#sketchbook

**Nina Zina** @echozines@pixelfed.social · 6d

Nina Zina @echozines@pixelfed.social

Had fun with this experimental accordion collage-art junkjournal

More photos at: https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/oh-nooo-all-my-journals-and-notebooks-for-2025-too-many/

#junkjournal #artjournal

Fold-out junkjournal with messy colourful collage pages.

Inside pages of junkjournal with messy yellow, black, beige and white collage.

#artjournal

**Nina Zina** @echozines@pixelfed.social · 6d

Nina Zina @echozines@pixelfed.social

As you can see I’m working in a LOT of journals and notebooks for 2025: a bullet journal, tarot journal, pocket diary, bujo ideas notebook, word of the year junkjournal, moon spells notebook, spring adventures artjournal, and many others. (Help!

). That may seem like overkill but let me explain in my blogpost why this works for me:

https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/oh-nooo-all-my-journals-and-notebooks-for-2025-too-many/

#bulletjournal #journal #junkjournal #artjournal #planner #notebooks #traveljournal #tarotjournal #grimoire #botanicaljournal #sketchbook

#sketchbook

**Petra van Cronenburg** @NatureMC@mastodon.online · Mar 3 *

Mar 3 *

Petra van Cronenburg @NatureMC@mastodon.online

I haven't drawn for ages. But yesterday was so lovely: we museum animators made lots of mistakes (spring?), swore and giggled like schoolchildren, cracked silly jokes, and enjoyed the sun and the visitors. Someone showed me a crocheted frog and in the evening, I had to put my mood on paper.
Of course, we were shocked by politics but we shared stories about the heros who resist and talked about more creative ideas.

A big, cartoon-like friendly frog with big eyes and a smile sit's on swimming leaves. In the background tulips in front of a sunny yellow sky. Sky and water has doodle structures. Page of a cheap art journal, drawing made with the cheapest felt-tip pens for children.

#frog #frogArt #cartoon

**Wusi (Christina)** @WusiDusi@mastodon.art · Feb 28 *

Feb 28 *

Wusi (Christina) @WusiDusi@mastodon.art

6 days into #the100dayproject and I’m really enjoying my little happy place sketchbook.

In past projects the pressure of sharing every day helped to keep me going, but this year’s simple intention to create a moment of happiness in my day, has been enough. This feels like some profound realization, even though it’s so obvious.

Anyways, here’s a little phoenix, because I needed a reminder today that setbacks are okay and I can always keep coming back.

Sketchbook open on a small wooden tray that serves to hold brushes, pens, paints and water in place, while keeping everything on my lap.

The sketchbook is open on a page with a simple, but dynamic watercolor sketch of a phoenix. The colors are warm and bright, the shapes simple, with lots of flow. Next to the phoenix it says “I WILL RISE” in red letters.

#sketchbook #artjournal

**Nina Zina** @echozines@pixelfed.social · Feb 28

Feb 28

Nina Zina @echozines@pixelfed.social

I just posted a new blogpost with a list of videos I highly recommend about junkjournals, artjournals, bulletjournals, and grimoires! Lots of fun ideas & inspiration:
https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/02/28/some-of-my-favourite-witchy-videos-part-31-journals-grimoires/

#junkjournal #artjournal #bulletjournal #grimoire #journaling #witchblog #fedicoven #witchcraft

Drawing of two women sitting on floor. One with short dreads reading a journal or zine and one with long straight hair playing guitar. Text: "Some of my favourite witchy videos about journals & grimoires".

#witchcraft

**nikkiana** @nikkiana@social.yesterweb.org · Feb 26

Feb 26

nikkiana @nikkiana@social.yesterweb.org

I've been dutifully adding layers into my art journal today, and feeling like it's so hard to judge how my art is progressing because of the million different directions it feels like it's going.

I'm choosing to trust the chaotic process and seeing where it leads me.

#ArtJournal #AbstractArt @artshare