Wildmaven

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Happily married crafter, artist, photographer, birder, easily distracted by bugs in East Tennessee. https://wildmaven.wixsite.com/wildmaven Merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/marianmurdoch/explore

A large butterfly featuring orange with dark brown or black dashes, lines, and borders rests on a pink coneflower
A house and field in the foreground and a beautiful rainbow behind
Two clouds merge to look rather mushroomish
A tiny flocked pig made to perch on a screen
An unknown bug flies at the trail camera, illuminated by the camera's light.
A young skunk pushes another with both front feet
Red and black bug called the Large Milkweed Bug.
A young skunk with a pure white tail and back walks around a forest floor
A full face view of a fritillary butterfly as it enjoys the milkweed
A winged creature swoops by 2 skunks.
A white-tailed deer, head lowered, looks directly at the trail camera
An opossum snaps at a young skunk, chasing it off the trail
A young skunk rolls a stick across the ground in search of insects.
Two young skunks, er, explore the birds and the bees?
An adult skunk runs circles around a young one.
From the President’s post today:“The People of Aberdeen, in Scotland, are dancing in the streets because the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has stated that he will be opening up, all the way, the invaluable North Sea Oil! It is one of the Greatest Sources of quality Oil on Earth, has hundreds of years of Capacity left, with much not even found yet, and will make the United Kingdom, from a Poverty Stricken Disaster, to one of the Richest Countries anywhere in the World! Britain pays Norway Billions of Dollars a year to buy its Oil, which they get from a less valuable part of the North Sea — How ridiculous is that! Also, word is that the UK is going to move the old and horrible looking windmills, which loom over and destroy the City of Aberdeen. That will be a big day for the Country, and will be very much appreciated by everybody. Such great potential in the UK, but it all starts with OPENING NORTH SEA OIL. WE LOVE YOU SCOTLAND! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
A skunk with the ony white on it being in the shape of a very distinguished mullet
A baby skunk sits and extends a leg outward for grooming
The sun behind the clouds creates interesting textures and colors
Two wolves "kissing" behind a chain link fence and tall grasses. The heads of the wolves are close together side by side, noses touching, and tongues extended.
Two baby skunks get the itchies at the same time
A large black bird, wings spread fully, rises above another large black bird who is sitting on a branch.
A porch goose wearing a pink bikini, hat and sunglasses poses, wingtip on hip, next to an inflatable surfboard.
A beautiful natural streambed surrounded by foliage
A black beetle with huge eyespots and a white speckled back sits on a concrete step
A tufted titmouse takes food from a feeder and flies right at the viewer
Branches block the back door
Pen and ink drawing showing a field of flowers, an abandoned wood building, and a tree
A downy woodpecker grips the side of a suet tube style feeder while 2 Carolina chickadees perch on the other side, looking at it.
Through a very small opening in the leaves of a tree, a tufted titmouse is photographed.
Long exposure composite showing an hour of firefly trails in front of a group of trees
Bright yellow dots and streaks of fireflies across a wooded background
A skunk scratches the ground while moving backwards
A resin porch goose wears a traffic cone on her head and sports an apron that reads, ”It’s time to BBQ.” She wears an oven mitt and holds a spatula.
A tiny wasp nest and its builder hanging from the inside of a deck umbrella
The shadow cast by a clover onto a leaf creates comical creatures, and a cut on the leaf looks like a bird on the hand of one of the creatures
Small yellow-white butterfly called a Cabbage White with a black spot hangs on a purple flowering plant
Increased exposure to see face of turtle tucked in its shell
A cloud formation looks like a mushroom cloud
A drawing of a baby quail sitting in a leaf. Dew drops drip.
A deer backs up as a skunk walks by
My left lower leg and knee is wrapped and elevated on a pillow
A striped skunk with a good section of its tail a brown color
The draping, multi-colored feathers that look like eyespots of a peacock
A skunk nips a raccoon's tail then gets chased off by the raccoon
An opossum tries to get to the food bowls but a small skunk tries to intimidate it. The opossum attacks and they roll around before the skunk backs out of the scene and the opossum calmly starts eating.
A very large skunk walks in front of a trail camera