Pencil artist of nature, magic and lore. Book lover, horror fan, rock collector. If I'm not in the studio I might be wandering in the woods. Neurodivergent, Demi 🪶 Reconnecting #ᏣᎳᎩ #LandBack #Resist
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Last Notes npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Rocks are memories of the land. 🩶 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Love is in the air for these woyi 💗 #birds #nature #CherokeeLanguage npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) From the archives for #FootpathFriday. I’m looking forward to the green returning. 🧡 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ᎧᎾᏍᎪᏩ npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) @nprofile…kqqu What a great shot! npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I’ve been working on a small project today for Maker Faire Syracuse. Can’t wait to share more! #art #birdart #crow #artist npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) #SilentSunday 💚 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Crazy busy day but I got a ᏃᏈᏏ|noquisi (star) in Cherokee class today and I made this cute mini coloring sheet for my patrons. 😋 #art #sciart npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) This was a good day. 🫶🏼 #frybread npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) So many scribbles 🤗 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) My love sent me this incredible Phalaenopsis for my birthday. My favorite orchid! 🤩 If you’ve seen my flower crown you know one of these flowers is the centerpiece. They are often called the Moon Orchid or Moth Orchid. 🤍 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I started off my 50th birthday with a little fall down the stairs. I’m sore but okay! It wasn’t going to stop me from enjoying an absolutely beautiful day here. #roc #nature #winter #trees npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Caring for wildlife is caring for ourselves. We are all related. 🤎 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) #SilentSunday 🌲 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Working on the first print of As the Crow Flies. 🖤✨ npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I ran the first prints of my phoenix feather this morning. Love how these turned out! #art #feather #magical #fantasyart #pencilart #artwork #artist #MastoArt npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Something different from my collection is this Aegagropile from Punta Ala in Tuscany. They form from the decayed fibers of seagrass. This was given to me years ago when I ran the One Pebble Project. It’s not a rock but looks like one! #nature #naturalhistory npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) There’s a fog over the lake today. I’d say there’s a 50/50 chance we end up in a Stephen King novel. #GreatLakes npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) She materializes from a rippling cloud of black feathers and echoing caws. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I went to the George Eastman (Kodak) Museum today and took a cursed image of myself. I’m in love 😁 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) May you all have a magical #SuperbOwlDay 🤍✨ npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Today was a meh except for this tree overlooking Lake Ontario. 🤍 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) That time is now. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Eight Blessings on the Wind. Created when I still lived in Georgia. Went to an exhibit in Vermont. And now home in Upstate NY. 🤍 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) He was an ICU nurse 💔 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) For those who feel like the America they knew is gone… npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) My current bird obsession… npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Bzzzzzzz 🐝 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Find moments to rest. Be grounded. Stand tall. 💛 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) @nprofile…w4ya 👀 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) #SilentSunday npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) 🌲🌲🌲 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Ganondagan #FootpathFriday ❄️ npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) If you’re looking for ways to directly help those in Minnesota under attack, Ashley Fairbanks (Anishinaabekwe) put together this website. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) “We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.” npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Joy 3 - ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᏦᎢ - I made friends with my neighborhood crows. 🖤 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) There are a pair of bald eagles nesting not far from here. Driving by them is instant joy! 🤍 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I’m headed to Ganondagan today to support the vendors and enjoy Indigenous foods and music. 🫶🏼 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I woke up to a few inches of snow and a red fox taking a stroll among the trees in my backyard. Beautiful. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ᎫᎩ ᎤᎦᏔ npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ᏏᏲ ᏥᏍᏆᏯ 🤎 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) @nprofile…lxl5 Heh, it looks like that doesn’t it? 😄 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Went on a short first walk and was immediately greeted by a female Hairy Woodpecker (I think). Fun fact, ᏥᏍᏊᏄᏣ (tsisquunutsa) is the Cherokee name for both Hairy and Downy woodpeckers. The birds look that alike besides size and bill length. #birds #cherokee npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I thought I might miss the autumn colors moving so late but not so 🍁 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) End of a season 💜 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I was hoping to volunteer at an Indigenous People’s Day event but everything has been chaos since my father died and our move dates shifted. If you’re near one go support the vendors and dancers! Try some frybread! Buy Indigenous! npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Finding moments of peace. 🍂 #autumn #nature npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ᏏᏲ ᏗᎦᏘᏍᎩ 🪶 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I will be closing my store on Saturday, Oct 11th as I prepare to move. It will not reopen till November so if you’ve had your eye on something... ✨ npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I think I just found my first ever Monarch chrysalis. I could cry it’s so beautiful. 🥹 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) The pineapple sage is blooming. Our plant is huge this year. I’m debating taking a cutting to propagate and pot. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Look at this cutie! 🩶 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I’ve hardly seen any of the black morphs and now there are four mixed in with all the yellows. I love that only the females have this color variation. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) The last few days we’ve had a convention of Eastern Tiger Swallowtails. 10+ at a time! 💛 #butterfly #nature #garden npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Bending with the Wind ✨ npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) In my memories today from 2018, was that time I sat on a huge boulder along the Cullasaja River sketching the water. 🤎 #nature #art #sketchbook npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Fawns make everything better 🤎 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) One of our Red-shouldered Hawk neighbors came for a visit 🪶🧡 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Moths and Snails 🐌 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) We have Monarch caterpillars!! I counted 7 but there might have been more. 🤩 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) “If we can get the common Cherokee to know 750 to 1,000 terms or phrases, it’ll change the face of our Nation,” npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Something beautiful for the first day of August. 🧡 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Two for Joy is now available for a limited time! npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I may be offline for a bit. My father was found unconscious in his house on Thursday. He’s not doing well but conscious and mostly alert. It’s been a rough few days. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) When you’re sketching ravens for a commission and get a little sidetracked… npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Speaking of gift economies… Someone thought the Crow Corn was ready. I suspect the deer. I hope they enjoyed it. 🥰 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) #SilentSunday npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Made a friend this afternoon. Talked about making some good trouble 🤎 #birds #landback npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Find me in the heart of the forest, chasing waterfalls… 🤍 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Today’s joy was learning Praying Mantis in Cherokee. 💚 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) #SilentSunday npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Fiery Skipper says ᏗᎦᏘᎸᏍᏗ. 💛 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I’m going to spend some time drawing today and try not to fixate on how this bill and fascist government may leave me completely disabled in the near future. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) "Protect your spirit, because you are in the place where spirits get eaten." npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Offering II is also on sale this month. It features my favorite little rock. ᏅᏯ 🖤 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Watching baby deer do zoomies in the yard is good medicine. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) This made me smile. A moth on my front door is always a blessing. 🧡 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) #ThickTrunkTuesday 🌿 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) #SilentSunday npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) New originals now available plus my new line of wood and resin pendants! ✨ npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) An American Painted Lady looking a little rough around the edges. Can relate. 🧡 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Committed to finishing this one in between the chaos. #art #owl #wipwednesday #birdart #sciart #drawing #artist #ArtistsOnMastodon npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) @nprofile…62fu I imagine they’ll wake soon! npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) @nprofile…62fu Here in Athens, GA yes. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Helped a friend to a safe place. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Last call! This print will be leaving my store on Friday. 🩶 ᏩᏯ npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Buckeye 🧡 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Making sure this family crossed the road safely was a nice bit of joy today. 🤎 #birds npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Home again and reparations have been made. #cats #wegmans npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) "Protect your spirit, because you are in the place where spirits get eaten." npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Taru 🖤 A new cub sketch for National Black Bear Day! Mini prints to come soon. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I’m back in the studio today to embellish this fella and get him ready for his new home. Impressed my phone recognizes I used an elk as my reference. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) One of the best things I’ve ever done for myself was take Ed Fields’ language classes through the Cherokee Nation. Registration is open now! npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) The next batch of Crescent Moon pendants turned out so nice! I’ll be selling these at ConCarolinas this Fri-Sat. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) The general word for butterfly is ᎧᎹᎹ (kamama) which is also the same word for elephant. Can you guess why? 🐘🦋 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) Not the best photo but I just spotted the first Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. 💛 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I love #rocks. 🤍 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ᎣᏏᏲ ᎦᏍᎪᏳ 🐝 npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) The paths we take, the choices we make, the people we call home--all play a role in shaping us. npub1cxkxn8edyqmn59f2v8lz6rsle72g5jfaw3nmq40w0usrltmse47qn0mds6 Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) I offer this as penance for my absence: one of my favorite crow photos from this spring. 🖤
