Karen Gentile

@jazzcaster.bsky.social

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❤️ 🎨 love art ❤️ 🎶 love music ❤️ 🐈 😻 🐈‍⬛️ love cats ❤️ 📻 🎙 📡 love radio

Music is the new album from Anstel Jazz Ensemble "First State Blues," Reading mater is "On Courage: How to be a Dissidrnt in an Age of Fear" by Julia Angwin & Ami Fields-Meyer. Bookmark says: new beginnings start here with a rainbow at the end. I hand stamped it last year.
Sketch of a sunrise or sunset, over a red land.
Pink and orange roses blooming in the morning air.
Tecsun PL-880 on a nightstand. Listening to the local AM news station.
WIP: finished up the violet French knots and the lighter leaves
Wind chime, behind the shade, being backlit by the sun.
Pen drawing of a tree.
Watercolor, gouache, pencil and ink drawing of a dark cat, next to a copper vase with a couple of pink roses. All against a yellow background.
Sacred Harp book opened to Canaan's Land (101t) and laptop with the Zoom meeting of the Golden Gate Sacred Harp sing.
Light blue flowers are done: lazy daisy stitches and French knots.
Red rose and green leaves. Finished cross stitch project.
Black cross, with a purple covering at the bottom of the cross, and a white bird flying to the right of the cross.
Two hummingbird stickers showing through a shade, lit by the sun.
Various shades of red rose, with the beginnings of leaves. Stitchery in progress.
Window sticker of a hummingbird, being lit by the sun, going through the shade.
Watercolor and goulance painting of various seeds and branches.
New hospital being built. View from the medical office building parking lot.
Nightstand with a lit lamp, a Tecsun PL-880 and several books. After I picked up the lamp and radio that I knocked down after the latest nightmare.
Sunrise over the Mineta San Jose Airport.
Embroidery of three black outlined cats: one on the left is wearing a yellow sweater, one on the right is wearing a red sweater with light tan stars, and the one on the bottom is wearing a brown and tan sweater.
Embroidery project of 3 cats. Cat on the bottom left is outlined in black with a dark red sweater with white stars. Cat on the bottom right is outlined in black and has a yellow sweater.
The new Sacred Harp book: green with gold lettering.
Two coffee cups, in cup holders, inside of a car.
2 books: On Tyranny (which I finished reading) and Fight Oligarchy (the next book to be read).
Painting of an orange cat, sitting under multicolored confetti an 3 hearts are over her.
Three candles lit for 3 people who recently passed.
Ennagram booklet with animals representing types.
Embroidery of an orange cat, sleeping in a tea cup with flowers.
Embroidery of cat sleeping in a tea cup, with flowers. WIP.
Sketch of a bird, done with color pencils and black paper.
On Tyranny on top of a green journal.
Embroidery project of a sleeping cat in a tea cup with a saucer underneath.
An embroidery project, dark blue fabric with various colors of thread and stitches.
The sun shining on the birds of paradise.
Black and orange Tortiseshell Cat, nursing on the grey blanket.
Lit candles lined up in a trough.
Painting of a boat sailing on calm water, in sunny weather. Done with watercolors.
Green Advent wreath with silver tensile accent. 3 purple and 1 pink candles surrounding the white candle, all lit.
Drawing of Christmas tree, done with watercolors and pencil on white paper.
Temporary pole, with a no parking sign attached, in front of a tree with a root caused lifted up sidewalk. Supposed to be replaced this week, but probably not happening due to weather.
Green Sacred Harp book with gold lettering. 2025 edition.
Drawing of an off white Christmas tree with a gold star on top of the tree and gold string on the tree.
Lit Christmas tree with a blue lit octopus in front of the tree. Taken at night at Fisherman's wharf in Monterey, CA.
Blue cloth with various colors of thread and embroidery stitches.
Embroidery black cat, holding a broom and wand, with sparkles and stars coming from the wand.
Picture of backyard: green grass, hedges and tree, bird fountain, red brick and wood porch. With foggy weather obscuring the other things.
Left hand, with red nail color, on a book titled Separation of Church and Hate. There is a vanilla latte and cheese sandwich on the brass covered table.
A person wearing a red and black shirt and blue jeans, holding up a white sign with black lettering. Fight For Freedom is written on the sign.
Drawing of 3 roses, 2 fully bloomed light red roses and 1 red bud. Planted in a blue, purple and yellow bowl.
An embroidery project: a black cat, wearing a purple hat, holding a broom and a wand, confetti and stars coming out of the wand.
Three torties, two sitting and one laying down, at the door.
Street view of St. John and 2nd streets in downtown San Jose. Taken from the car.
Large Crock Pot cooking lentil soup and no bake cookies are cooling down.
A page from Rilke's Book of Hours.
Sign at Starbucks, having Hello Kitty merchandise for sale. Sitting on an empty shelf. All Hello Kitty merchandise sold out.
Copper stamped lettering with the shapenotes and Bay Area Sacred Harp (BASH). These were the loaner books until the shipment of the new books arrived.
The rose stamp that I bought at California Art Supply in San Mateo. It has black ink on the stamp.