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“A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca #Stoicism #stoicquotes #mindfulness

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

#Neurographic #drawing is an #abstract unconscious process where you randomly draw squiggly lines, round out the corners, and then fill in the shapes. Somehow this one turned out delightfully pink elephant shaped! #ink #art #artsky #NeurographicArt #coloraday #PinkMon #Doodling #doodleart

An abstract neurographic art doodle using pink and purple inks that unexpectedly turned out pink elephant shaped.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

A black #pen and #ink #doodle with two non-human beings creating with the fabric of their universe, containing stars, stardust, spirals, and spheres. #Inktober #BlueSkyArt #DoodleArt #BlueSkyArt

Pen and ink doodle of two non-human beings rearing their universe their universe using stars, spirals, stardust and globes.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Poke berry bouquet from a volunteer garden plant, the humble pokeweed, aka Phytolacca Americana. Don’t “poke” the bear! #photography #BlueSkyArtShow #weeds

Bouquet of purple pokeweed berries on hot pink stems

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

It had to be #blue 🎶 First attempt at a hand drawn #mandala doodle. Pleased with all the little imperfections. #BlueSkyMonday #doodle

Hand drawn mandala doodle in shades of blue.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

#doodle drawn in #sketchbook with #ink and #coloredmarkers, inspired by #ShadowWork. A much older and wiser self wraps an innocent younger self in a purple cloak of love and protection, surrounded by symbols of growth and resilience. #BlueSkyArtShow #triskelion #FiveBuddhaEyes #doodleart

Two female figures inspired by shadow work are doodled in colored markers. A wise older self wraps a younger self in a purple cloak covered in symbols of female strength and resilience against the backdrop of an orange moon.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Playing with colored marking pens lately for more #vibrant #doodles. #BlueSkyArtShow

Feather-like swirls of color doodled with marking pens, ranging from blue to green to yellow to orange.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

My husband may be red/green #colorblind, but he somehow has a comprehensive understanding of color. I asked him to choose the colored markers to fill in my #ink #doodle and he picked these shades of #green. (Our first collaboration!) #BlueSkyArtShow

My “colorblind” husband chose the perfectly coordinated shades of green for this ink doodle of abstract shapes radiating out from a central core.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Your Moment of Zen with Smiley Creek tumbling over lava cap. We cleared the creek yesterday to prep the property for sale. #Paradise continues to recover from the #CampFire, evidenced by the regrowth of the #WaterMaples. I’ll miss the musical sounds of the #creek.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A man strapped a giant stuffed penguin to his back at the local #HandsOff #protest with a sign reading “Don’t tariff me Bro!” Amazing turnout, big energy. Let’s keep it up!

A man at a Hands Off progest strapped a giant stuffed penguin on his back with a sign that reads “Don’t tariff me Bro!”

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Don’t we all need a lift today? I’m grateful for #acoloradAyPRIL and offer a combined #orange for yesterday and #yellow for today. Still playing with using color to my #doodles. Black #ink with colored markers.

Doodle with ink and colored markers showing a yellow orb with white streamers and little yellow and orange stones spreading outwards.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

A black ink doodle of various human, animal, and alien faces for today’s #makersmARTch and #draw prompts.

Black ink doodle of imaginary human, animal and alien faces.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I made my first birthday card for a friend from a #doodle done in blue #ink with a tiny sea snail, whose spiral shell represents spiritual progress. #MakersMartch #doodleart

Doodle of kelp and a tiny sea snail,whose spiral shell represents spiritual progress, drawn in blue ink with a blue border and made into a birthday card.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

#FebruARTy #orange #mushrooms #fungi #photography Chicken of the Woods mushrooms that grew on an old oak tree in Paradise. They’re said to be edible, but I never ed ‘em!

Bright orange and yellow striped Chicken of the Woods mushrooms that came back every year at the base of an old dying oak tree.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Just got my new canvas print! Seashore Dreams by @juleezart.bsky.social Love the brilliant colors. To me it represents the ever-flowing cycle of the five elements. #art #painting #artsky

Seashore Dreams, painted by juleezart.bsky.social

The elements of water, wood, earth, wind, and fire are evoked in this 26x26” stunningly colorful abstract canvas print.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

#JanuArty Day 30 #green With thanks to zeldalin.bsky.social who suggested coloring in my doodles. Here’s my first attempt with marking pens.

Doodle with green petals surrounding a red heart. Black ink and colored markers.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#JanuArty Day 27 #red Hoodoo-condos made from the little red rocks and pebbles we found while swimming in the Feather River canyon.

Photograph of small pink and reddish rocks built into hoodoo condominiums at the Feather River.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

#JanuArty Day 26 Broken Broken kitchen crockery amidst the ash and debris after the #CampFire. I’ve saved the colorful bits in hopes of making a mosaic some day.

Broken bits of kitchen dishes and crockery after the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise Ca.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Instead of doom scrolling I now spend mornings soaking up art and wonderment. #JanuArty #art

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

#JanuArty Day 22 Monochrome #doodle Doodling repetitive patterns calms my mind during troubled times. Drawn on election night 2024 as my hopes faded.

Black ink bouquet of doodled flowers in a repetitive pattern from election night 2024.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#JanuArty Day 20 Primary Photo from inside a seafood restaurant in Ajijic, Mexico, a town washed in primary colors and with street art everywhere.

Artwork in primary colors displayed in a seafood restaurant in Ajijic, Mexico.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I’ve been considering my role in the next 4 years of chaos and upheaval, and this speaks clearly to my path. We will need healers and warriors, both.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

#JanuArty #animal #AluminArt AluminArt is what we dubbed the shapes of metals that melted in the #CampFire. This is my Camp Fire Critter, with its little unicorn-like horn.

Aluminum that melted during the Camp Fire forms a whimsical creature with a unicorn-like spike on its head.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar I doodled a holiday greeting card of two palm trees for the friend I just rediscovered #PalmSprings with. The colors and jewelry reflect our temperaments as Water and Fire elements. My first doodling foray into colored pencils. #solstice #doodleart #Five#Elements

A doodled Happy Holidays card using ink and colored pencil, depicting two happy ladies as palm trees in Palm Springs wearing colorful jewelry that signifies our temperaments as Fire and Water.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Spent a few days in Palm Springs and was captivated by the palm trees twinkling in the winter sun, as if they were covered in shiny Christmas tinsel. #HappyHolidays

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Wireless doorbell, resting on his charger. #RatTerrier

8 year old tricolor rat terrier, resting on a heated blanket, gazing into the camera and waiting for me to Do Something.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Includes a personal note about the multigenerational trauma inflicted by forcing American Indian children into boarding schools by @meteorblades.bsky.social at Uncharted Blue Places: www.unchartedblue.com/earth-matter...

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Earth Matters: Killer heat adds another notch; Biden designates American Indian boarding school as national monument

Scientists release their grim 19th Arctic Report Card

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Chico's beautiful and historic Bidwell Mansion, which was undergoing renovations, was destroyed in a fire this morning. #Chico #BidwellMansion #fire www.actionnewsnow.com/news/chicos-...

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Chico's Bidwell Mansion destroyed in early-morning fire Wednesday

The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Red heart doodled on a whitewashed rock that fits in the palm of your hand. I left this in the park for someone to find (and hopefully share) on Valentine’s Day. #ArtAdventCalendar #doodle

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☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The Wizard of Oz except at the end when Toto pulls back the curtain, the Great and Terrible Oz is snorting ketamine and obsessively tweeting.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Some welcome news for us if HR 5862 does indeed pass. #CampFire victims should never have been taxed on compensation for their pain & suffering. www.actionnewsnow.com/news/camp-fi...

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Camp Fire survivor tax relief bill advances

The bill includes federal tax relief for Camp Fire survivors.

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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

We're all in it together when it comes to the climate crisis. But we’re all not in the same boat. Some sail yachts, some run motorboats, some paddle canoes, some tread water, some are drowning. Rich nations that generated the most warming gases owe poor nations far more aid $$ than they've pledged.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Replaced a dishwasher that’s been broken for 2 years on the same premise.

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Modern Buddhism: Young monk: Is it ok to use email? Old monk: Yes, but only without attachments.

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Jay Michaelson @jaymichaelson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Meditation and Psychedelics: Between Mental Health and Spiritual Awakening. On the occasionally divergent goals of personal happiness, collective change, and spiritual realization. jaymichaelson.substack.com/p/meditation...

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Meditation and Psychedelics: Between Mental Health and Spiritual Awakening

On the occasionally divergent goals of personal happiness, collective change, and spiritual realization. (A news-diet safe post.)

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Cynthia Slate -Make Habitat don’t just garden @thebirdsnest.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

My account documents how creating bird habitat with #NativePlants and water sources in a small urban yard can increase bird visitors. I don’t really get a lot of followers because my photos aren’t great quality. I mostly leave the habitat for them to enjoy; seeing the various birds is the reward. 🦉🪶

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smileycreek @smileycreek.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Gives new meaning to the phrase: Bite Me!

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