✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎ 𓅰 𓅬 𓅭 𓅮 𓅷 𓅯 𓅭 𓅬 𓅰 ✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎ 𝓳𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔞𝓵 𝔃𝔬𝔫𝔢 ✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎ 𓆜 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆜 𓆝 𓆞 𓆟 𓆜 𓆝 ✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎✍︎ 10.10.2026 #8de7d7 𓄿𓅀𓅂𓅃𓅓𓅔𓅘𓅙𓅚𓅛𓅜𓅞𓅣𓅥𓅢𓅦𓅧𓅨𓅩𓅪𓅫𓅬𓅭𓅮𓅯𓅰𓅱𓅳𓅷𓅼𓅺 𓆆 𓅿 𓆁 HAPPY WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY EVERYONE!!! 𓆀 𓆂 𓆃 𓄿𓅀𓅂𓅃𓅓𓅔𓅘𓅙𓅚𓅛𓅜𓅞𓅣𓅥𓅢𓅦𓅧𓅨𓅩𓅪𓅫𓅬𓅭𓅮𓅯𓅰𓅱𓅳𓅷𓅼𓅺 or, world "my great tori bird day". @leaflitter and i went on a walk at swan lake today and were treated to the glorious sight of a ✨YELLOW-shafted northern flicker(!!!)✨ flying low above us (after "peew!"-ing several times in a nearby cedar tree). and later: a few murmurations of starlings at sunset (a breathtaking combo of creamsicle #f7b17b & lavender #c6a4c6), and Ś noticed that within each cluster of starlings was a single crow, going along for the ride!! A funny and fun sight. anyone else have recent bird happenings? please do tell! 🙏✨ 10.7.2026 #313430 this morning i watched one hundred vultures kettling--with some gronking ravens mixed in--catching thermal elevators to conserve energy on their migratory path onward. huge, spiraling wingspans layering clock-and-counter-wise at differing heights, making for a mesmerizing portal. 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓅯 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅮 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅮 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅯 𓆂𓆃 𓅯 𓆂𓆃 𓅮 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅮 𓆂𓆃 𓆂𓆃 𓅛 𓅛 𓆂𓆃 𓅯 (...this is a very poor representation. haha) as i stared in awe at this spectacle (stopped short on my bicycle on my way to work), a couple of bros in their 20s were walking by, totally unaware. i couldn't help myself and said, pointing, "are you seeing this??". i then explained kettling behavior and invited them to share in my delight. i think they at least got a kick out of my nerdy blabbering, but i hope they will look to the skies more often as a result. 𓆂𓆃 🌽 𓂏 🌽 𓂏 🌽 𓆂𓆃 perhaps in cosmic exchange for teaching the bros about kettling raptors, i was later taught the best way to eat corn on the cob-- Japanese style. it blew my mind and made me think (and then say aloud,) "i can't believe i'm 36 and only now learning how to eat corn." in case you're interested, this is how: you'll have to munch one row first, normal-style. after that, find the next intact row of corn, and using your thumb, gently pry the row away from the next one--not pulling the kernels off, but loosening them-- creating a space for your teeth to then neatly pluck the whole kernels off. repeat down the rows until you have a beautiful, neat, perfectly-plucked cob. no waste, no face-full of bits of corn, no stringy bits wedged between your teeth, no slimy-gnawed-hairy mess to be found! please let me know if this is also new to you, and if it also changes your life. 𓆂𓆃 🌽 𓂏 🌽 𓂏 🌽 𓆂𓆃 𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅 #880b00 sweet menstrual relief: trading yesterday's woes for cramps, gladly. 𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅𓂅 10.6.2026 #65748d 𓅠 𓀗 𓅠 𓀗 𓅠 𓀗 𓅠 𓀗 so 𓁼 tired 𓆑 sluggish 𓅾 sore 𓆡 bloated 𐦊 fog-brained ... oh yeah ፨ pms 𓆇 𓅠 𓀗 𓅠 𓀗 𓅠 𓀗 𓅠 𓀗 10.3.2026 #e69611 happy place ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ sitting in the sun with layers on in the autumn mid-morning with a cup of tea a bowl of homemade granola a sketchbook a 6B pencil a few feet away from hummingbird hoverfly lizard big leaf maple sage soaking in the sounds the sights the scents savouring ~ observing ~ being taking notes making sketches finding inevitable poetry not alone but with countless non-human marvels . 𓅰 𓅬 𓅭 𓅮 𓅷 𓅯 𓅭 𓅬 𓅰 𓅮 𓅷 𓅯 𓅭 𓅬 𓅰 9.22.2026 #c2d4c7 been feeling a bit : tangly, bungly bad, sad & mad wiped, whooped messed & 'pressed fuzzled, bumbled unrested, unsure foggy, boggy anxious & soggy empty, crusty crummy & crammed . . . . . . . .. but doin' fine, just tryin' ta find some version of balance some days are a struggle as i'm sure you well know but at least i can hear the wren, flicker and crow birds make things better as do the bugs just gotta get outside and receive some more hugs relate to those others those sisters and brothers any species will do be open, find a crew attend with your earballs hear pitter and patter the chickadee's chatter absorb with your eye-orbs see feather and talon see limpit and shell and then use your nose let's give things a smell the stone at the ocean the flowering bell the needles of cedar sun-soaked on the trail breathe and set sail to a simpler time and a simpler pace of a slug and a snail be still and know it's ok to go slow .. . . . . . . . 𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑 ✉︎ 𓆉 𓆉 𓆉 𓆉 𓆉 ✉︎ 𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑 ✐✐✎✎ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ 𓈝 𝔐 𝔞 𝔦 𝔩 𝔟 𝔬 𝔵 𓅖 ✐✐✎✎ ✐✐✎✎ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ ▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓ ✐✐✎✎ ✐✐✎✎ ▓░░▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓░░▒ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ ▓░░░░▓▒▒▒▒▓░░░░▒ ✐✐✎✎ ✐✐✎✎ ▓░░░░░▓▒▒▓░░░░░▒ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ ▓░░░░░░▓▓░░░░░░▒ ✐✐✎✎ ✐✐✎✎ ▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓ ✎✎✐✐ ✎✎✐✐ ✐✐✎✎ 𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑 ✉︎ 𓆉 𓆉 𓆉 𓆉 𓆉 ✉︎ 𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑 ▒▒▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒ ▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ from leaf: maybe a oaxaca trip between ;) ? from leaf: was so lovely following you guys on your japan journey, i hope you have settled back in at home. from 3li: Thank you wingy & leaflitter for this lovely gift of an account!! ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒ ▒▒ ▒ ▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ 8.9.2026 >> @lunch, WOW i love your lake.panko.zip, such a brilliant idea, and beautifully rendered... thanks for the inspiration! 7.20.2026 #c1d2e9 >> @leaf, maybe! i'll letchya know if things drift in that direction ;P 7.9.2026 #2d8289 >> @leaf, yay, thanks for following along! we are slug-speed settling back in at home while still feeling the grief of leaving Japan and all it's wonderfulness... gradually plotting our return ;) 6.30.2026 #8ec5c9 >> @3li, hooray, welcome to the place of the special fish!! we have eagerly awaited your arrival, and are so happy to see that you've already moved in with such brilliant artistic gusto! i looked up skeleton shrimp and am now obsessed. seeya tomorrow morn for tidepool adventures ⏖𓆜⏖𓆝⏖⏖⏖𓅻⏖ ! 7.9.2026 #cfb71f >> also, @3li, i keep thinking that the ascii ship behind your ascii oystercatcher is a banana slug, and having to do a double-take! haha ;P 7.21.2026 #b0e7ea >> @3li, yayyy, bird baths are the ultimate entertainment! junior crow dreams are a bonus for sure. ⎛⦿⩥ ▓▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ░ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒▓ ▒ ▒ ░ hello! ░ ░ ░ ▒ i'm wingy scruffhead. ▒ ░ _ ░ ▒ ⎛⦿⩥ ▒ ░ __⎛⎠_⎠__ ░ ░ ⎝="=__="=⎠ ░ ▒ ⎛⎛⎛⎠⎝⎛⎞⎛⎞⎞ ▒ ░ ⎠⎛‹●›‹●›⎞⎝ ░ ▒ ⎠⎠|❍ ⋅⋅ ❍|⎝⎝ ▒ ░ \ ⏝ / ░ ░ | ︺ | ░ ▒ ...⨼ ⦦... ▒ ░ ⎛:::⎝︿︿︿⎠::::⎞ ░ ▒ ▒ ░ some things i often am: ░ ░ ░ ▒ ⟿ bird-musician ♫ ▒ ░ ⤑ habitual doodler ✎ ░ ▒ ⤳ creative prob-solver ✂︎ ▒ ░ ↝ lichen-looker ⚘ ░ ░ ↣ food-&-tea savourer ☕︎ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ░ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒░▒ ▒▓ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ⟣ ⛩ 日本旅行の記録 ⛩ ⟢ ░░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░ ✎ ⛩ 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐠 ⛩ ✍︎ ░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ∻ ░░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ~ ⟣ ! update ! ⟣ ~ my logs have migrated to a leaflet: https://leaflet.pub/be8d0611-590f-4721-822b-1934d21a57ff ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ░░░░ ▒▒ ▒▒ ░░░░░░ ▒▒ ▒▒ ░░▓▓▓▓░░ ▓▓ ▓▓ ░░░▓▓▓▓░░░ ░░░░░░shinto tori░░░░░░ ▒▒▒▒▒onigiri▒▒▒▒▒ ▓▒░░▒░░▒░░▒░░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░░▒░░▒░░▒░░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░░▒░░▒░░▒░░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░▒▒░░▒░░▒░░▒░░▒▓ ☞ ⤞why am i here?⤝ ☜ while inspecting a pile of @leaflitter, a little leggy-fish-bird skittered out and invited me to join their special fish party. how could i refuse? here are a couple of my special new leggy fish-like friends (and others): ︿︿⌠ ৲ o°˚ ⩘ ⫸⊂{⊂{⦿≺ -{hi!} ⫸{(⦿3 >●}}< ⦦⊂{⊂/ °˚o ˇ ` ⎩ ⎩ ৲৲ ° ∝ ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ ⫸{((⦿3 ″ ° ❍ ∝ ৲৲৲৲_⩘ ∝ o ⫸⊂{⊂{⊂{⦿≺ -{i spesh?} ৲৲ ° ˘⎩˙⎩˘ }{{●≺ ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ ″ 𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑 𓆉 notable update logs 𓆉 𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑𓆑 2.22.2026 >> became a special fish! 3.08.2026 >> added s'more ascii spesh fish 3.10.2026 >> added some "lists" for the first time 3.24.2026 >> playing around with these ░▒▓ things 3.25.2026 >> testing new mailbox-zone 4.05.2026 >> creating a journal-zone 5.01.2026 >> prompt: anyone have a good bird story they recently experienced or heard? 5.21.2026 >> created Japan trip log zone 6.30.2026 >> reorganizing the page post-japan-trip 8.9.2026 >> migrated Japan logs to https://leaflet.pub/be8d0611-590f-4721-822b-1934d21a57ff to save space here 9.22.2026 >> started actually writing in the journal-zone, wowza