Sunbird

On 3/16/2019 at 4:08 PM, Pagliacci said:

I've started Good Omens and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel. They're both really good so far.

I enjoyed Good Omens, but I SUPER enjoyed Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Once you finish the book, I also recommend the BBC miniseries of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I think it's available on Netflix, at least in the US.

@Showman Oh man, I remember playing Dresden in high school band class! Nobody really took it seriously in my class either, especially the part with the whispering/babbling in the background.

When you compare roly-polies (aka pillbugs or potato bugs) to cremlings because they're crustaceans that live on land.

When you misread the word "Safehold" as safehand.

On 2/15/2019 at 9:17 PM, Sami said:

Alternatively: "Gotta go to marching band practice."

Finally got my hands on a library copy of Vengeful by V.E. Schwab! Less than 100 pages in so far, but already enjoying it.

@whattheHoid You can report your own double post to the mods and ask them to remove it for you.

22 hours ago, Wyndlerunner said:

If you're not being sarcastic, it's an equivalents thing. 16 Tablespoons to 1 cup, for instance. New theory time: Endowment is an Awakened Tablespoon.

There are also 16 cups in 1 gallon

I should be all right for most weeknights except Mondays, and Saturday nights will also not work for me once I get settled into my new job in these next couple of weeks. It's looking like Thursdays work for most people who've posted so far, and they should for me too.

I found a Great Horned Owl today, completely by accident! I mean, yes, I was out deliberately looking for birds, but not in a place where I was expecting to find an owl... Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures because there were a bunch of branches and twigs in the way, but it was still a neat experience! I never would have spotted him if the trees hadn't been completely bare of leaves--it made his silhouette really obvious.

Aha! I have finally graduated from Bondsmith to Lerasium Mistborn! Fear my Allomancy.

I'm hoping I will not bring down the wrath of the mods by necro-ing my own art thread, but after a looooong hiatus, I have some new art to share!

I decided to do something different and try my hand at drawing some birds. So far I've only done two, but I'm quite happy with how they turned out.

Townsend's Warbler, a small songbird found in western North America:

Blackburnian Warbler, another small songbird, but this one's found in eastern North America. In terms of visual appeal, I think it is the single prettiest bird I've ever seen.

14 hours ago, 17SarcasticGhanderflaffles said:

When you try to teach yourself to cuss more like the various characters throughout Sanderson's books. I am currently calling everyone a "Scudding Cremling" because to me it's pretty great. (If anyone has any suggestions for the phrase "For goodness' sake" I would love to hear them, I've been pondering it for a couple days now)

What about "For Stormfather's sake!" ?

Inspired by a conversation/rant in the Discord a few nights ago:

Tailor

I was bored, so I memefied a couple more quotes.

Finished reading Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver this week. I think it is probably her best book yet. (Compared to the Temeraire series and Uprooted)

I have been arting this week for the first time in a while

This colorful little birb is called a Townsend's Warbler. He's found in western North America and can fit in the palm of your hand.

Original colored pencil drawing:

Adobe Photoshop version based on the pencil drawing:

When you go to see Aquaman in theaters, and one of the giant crablike sea monsters prompts the thought, "Oh hey look, a chasmfiend!"

Got some more bird photos to share!

From a local cemetery that lots of birds love (4 photos):

From BYU campus, where I participated in a "Christmas Bird Count," a fun bit of citizen science that helps keep track of long-term trends in bird populations (4 photos):

@Sorana Wow, that flag is awesome! I am impressed with your sewing skills.

I have some new nature photos to share!

A few birds from a pond in Salt Lake City one snowy day (3 photos in spoiler):

Snowy mountains seen from BYU campus (2 photos):

Very smol falcon called a Merlin (2 photos):

10 hours ago, Ark1002 said:

Don't we all?

Not me! I was hanging out in Discord and knew that someone there would post the link as soon as it was up, and I was right.

Started reading Vicious by V.E. Schwab this morning, and I've plowed through 3/4 of the book according to my Kindle's progress bar. I'm enjoying it a LOT.

Pringles are an essential road-trip snack.

I got to see some of my favorite ducks yesterday! They are called Hooded Mergansers, but I like to call them "hoodies" for short.

2 photos under the spoiler: