Miko

@mikomayer

Quit all social media years ago… dabbling again in this new place. She/her, artist in Scotland, human made of Canadian, British, & Japanese components. 🚫AI Photography (Canon AE1, 5DmkII&mkIII): Art:

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Miko@mikomayer· 8d

Still in recovery mode from having the guest 😅 We hope you’re all having a good week so far! 🩷🐾✨ まだ休息と回復モードです。😅　皆さんが良い一週間をお過ごしになることを願っております。💕🌿✨ #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真 #日本語の練習

A monochrome photo of a tabby cat’s face, paws, and tail, as she lies sleeping, curled up on a Sherpa blanket.

Miko@mikomayer· 10d

A *very* late happy Caturday to you all! We’ve been offline as we’ve had a guest. Miss Ponzu is now in rest and recovery mode ☺️💕 遅いですが、皆さんがとても素敵なCaturdayを過ごされたことを願っております。親戚が滞在したため、オフラインでした。今、ポンズちゃんは休息と回復モードです ☺️💗🐾 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真 #日本語の練習

A monochrome photo of a tabby cat on a desk in front of a computer monitor. She has her eyes closed and is cuddling her human’s hand.

Miko@mikomayer· 19d

Miss Ponzu on her chair in the sun 😌☀️💕 Happy Friday, everyone! 😊☀️🐾 ポンズは日差しの中でポンズの椅子に座っています　🥰☀️🫶 ハッピー金曜日、皆さん！🥂☀️🐾 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真 #日本語の練習

A tabby cat sitting on her own chair with one cushion under her and another behind (because she is a little princess), backlit by the sun. The way the sun rakes over the arm of the chair creates a sunbeam near her face.

Those with particularly sharp eyes will see her poor little tummy is partially shaved (due to recent tests at the vet.)

Miko@mikomayer· 23d

A little bullfinch I painted today for my father-in-law’s birthday. I’m so lucky my husband came with such a great dad—now I’ve got two! He’s always so supportive of my art & we share a love of birds, so I’m hoping this makes him smile. #art #nature #watercolour #birdart #美術 #野鳥 #自然 #イラスト #絵画 #ECK

A photo of a small, postcard-sized, watercolour painting of a bullfinch bird sitting on a branch near some blackberries. The painting is in a glass and metal frame and sits on a wooden surface. Tubes of watercolour paints and two watercolour brushes are in the foreground.

Miko@mikomayer· 26d

Ponzu as a kitten, demonstrating how this also applies to pint glasses 😅🍺💗🐾 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫写真 #写真

A kitten’s face looking at the camera through the bottom of a pint glass.

Miko@mikomayer· 26d

Couldn’t sleep, so was just playing on rubbish paper in the middle of the night. Turns out I kinda like this… wish I used better paper! ☺️ Will have to revisit the idea properly sometime, but thought I’d share now anyway. A Prayer for the Natural World 🎐🌿 #art #nature #ECK #watercolour #美術 #野鳥 #イラスト

A watercolour painting of a bird of the corvid family swinging a fūrin (風鈴 - Japanese wind chime) with a tanzaku (短冊 - narrow strip of paper that hangs from a fūrin with a wish/prayer on it).

The writing that can be seen on the top part of the tanzaku is in Japanese and reads 自然界 - shizenkai - which means “nature” or the “natural world”.

The title of the painting is “A Prayer for the Natural World”. It was hand painted by me, Miko Mayer, with absolutely NO AI involved (as always! :)

Miko@mikomayer· Jul 11

It’s a bit late, but we’re wishing everyone a very happy Caturday ! 🐾💛🩵🩷 遅くなってしまいましたが、皆さんにとても幸せな　#Caturday をお祈り申し上げます🐾💗🫶 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #ねこ部 #猫写真 #写真 #日本語の練習

Ponzu the tabby cat is sitting on her dining chair, lit by the evening light through the kitchen doors and backlit by the warm light inside. She’s holding paws with one of her humans, with her paws crossed in front of her, like the little princess she is 💕

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 27

Good morning & happy #Caturday! After a hard week, a relaxing morning today. Ponzu is being Gamer Cat and hogging my keyboard plank again 🥰 おはようとハッピー #Caturday！今週は大変な週だったので、今日はリラックスできる朝が必要です。ポンズ・ザ・ゲーマー・キャットが再び私のキーボードの板を引き継いでいます 🥰 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #写真

Ponzu the tabby cat lies with her head on her paw on a wooden board. A furry blanket is under the board and there is an out of focus computer monitor in the background.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 25

Miss Ponzu says, “this is my chair leg” & “I’m feeling much better now” 🥰 Thanks so much to everyone who was wishing her well!!! 💛🩷🩵 ポンズちゃんは「これは私の椅子の足ですよ」と「今はたくさん体調が良くなっています」と言っています🥰 彼女の健康を願ってくださった皆様に心から感謝いたします!!! 💛🩷🩵 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真 #日本語の練習

Ponzu the tabby cat is lying on a yellow carpet and looks up towards the camera while holding a chair leg between her two paws.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 24

🇯🇵 日本語：久しぶりだね、皆さん。数日で静かにしてすみません。可哀想なポンズちゃんは体調がすぐれない、検査に連れて行かなければならず、ひどい苦労でした。彼女は現在家にいて回復していますが、少し体調がすぐれないようです。皆さんが幸せで健康であることを願っております💛🩷🩵 #PonzutheCat #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #ねこ部 #猫写真 #日本語の練習

A monochrome photo of our girl Ponzu, a tabby cat, who unfortunately is looking a little sad in this photo as, at the time it was taken, she was feeling unwell and had just gotten home from the veterinary hospital. She is lying down, facing the camera, with her paws under her head. Her eyes are a little glassy and watery from having been sedated.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 17

A watercolour book recommendation, filled with lovely artwork and really helpful insights into how the artist/author, Hazel Soan, paints. She mentions the attributes of paints quite a lot throughout, so there are little gems of pigment wisdom alongside a wealth of info on technique :) #art #artists

A photo of a book on watercolour painting with three watercolour brushes lying on top. The book is titled Light and Shade in Watercolour and the author’s name, Hazel Soan, is on the book cover to the upper right of the title.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 17

Happy #WhiskerWednesday! Another flashback photo—this one is baby Ponzu just after she pulled everything off the laundry rack 😆🥰 Too cute too get in trouble! 💕 ハッピー #WhiskerWednesday！また懐かしい写真です。子猫のポンズが物干しからすべてを引き抜いた直後の写真です😆🥰 叱られないほど可愛いすぎます❣️ #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真

A tiny tabby kitten looks up through the out-of-focus bars of a laundry rack. She’s lying on a pile of clean laundry and looking very cute and innocent despite clearly being caught in the act of pulling all the laundry down!

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 15

Been looking through old photos again… Ponzu on the day we brought her home 💕😌✨ また古い写真を見ている...こちらは私たちがポンズちゃんを家に連れて帰った日でした💗🐾 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #kitten #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #ねこ部 #猫写真

A monochrome photo of a tiny tabby cat sleeping stretched out between legs wearing jeans.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 13

Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend 💛☀️🌿🐾 A small dose of cuteness for you… Miss Ponzu when she was just a tiny kitten 🥰 皆さん、素敵な週末をお過ごしになっていることを願っております💛☀️🌿🐾 少しだけ可愛さをお届けてあげます...ポンズちゃんは小さな子猫だった頃の写真です🥰 #Caturday #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #photography #写真 #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #ねこ部 #猫写真

A monochrome photo of a little tabby kitten sitting on top of the bottom section of a sash window, looking up towards the upper right of the window frame.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 11

Something from my archive (was going to share something new, but not happy with what I was working on today yet… hopefully “yet” 😝☺️) A girl and her cat (or perhaps a cat and her girl) in a small wooden boat, taking on the world as one. #watercolour #Illustration #cat #art #ECK #美術 #猫 #イラスト #水彩画

A very small watercolour and ink illustration of a girl in a red raincoat on a sailing boat called “One Soul” who is holding a little cat on her lap. Both the sea and sky around them are stormy, but the girl looks down at the cat smiling gently.

A close up, cropped in, piece of a very small watercolour and ink illustration of a girl in a red raincoat on a sailing boat called “One Soul” who is holding a little cat on her lap. Both the sea and sky around them are stormy, but the girl looks down at the cat smiling gently.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 10

Miss Ponzu says, “Happy #WhiskerWednesday, everyone!” 🩷🐾 ポンズちゃんは「皆さん、ハッピー #WhiskerWednesday」と言っています　🫶🐾 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真

A photo of a back-lit tabby cat with her head tilted up getting her head scratched by a hand.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 9

A quick watercolour sketch of a lotus as I’ve been re-reading The Practice of Lojong. I particularly like the chapter on “planting white seeds”, how planting positivity in the world is not done by merely thinking on kindness & compassion, but by attending to our words & actions 🙂🪷🫶🌿 #art #美術 #花 #ECK

A photograph of a small postcard-sized watercolour painting stands on a wooden surface. The painting is of a pink lotus flower in the water. In the foreground of the painting the leaf of the flower has some water droplets on its surface; behind the flower the water ripples into the background. In the foreground of the photograph a black paint brush and three tubes of watercolour paint lie in front of the painting.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 6

Haven’t really shared my #art here, but I really enjoy seeing others’ work in my timeline, so thought maybe I’d start to share a little… (but I’m counting on you to tell me to if you’d prefer I keep to Ponzu & Inari! ☺️🙏🫣💕🐾) For now, a quick watercolour sketch of a seahorse I did yesterday :) #ECK

A photo of a postcard-sized watercolour painting of a purple seahorse, backlit and in amongst stylised seaweed. The postcard stands on a wooden cabinet with a metal plant pot behind it and two paintbrushes in the foreground.

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 6

Wishing everyone a very happy Caturday from a purring Ponzu 🐾💛🩵🩷 皆さんへ、ゴロゴロしたポンズちゃんから、とても幸せな #Caturday をお祈りします 🐾💗🫶 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部

Miko@mikomayer· Jun 1

Some flowers from our garden in my studio :) 私のスタジオにある私たちの庭の花です。☀️🌿🌷 #写真 #美術 #日本語の練習 #photography #art #nature #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin

A small glass milk jar with flowers in it, on a wooden table, lit from above.

Miko@mikomayer· May 30

The article below is a good introduction to Lee Miller. She had a fascinating life, was a very interesting person. For more info, I’d recommend the book Lee Miller: On Both Sides of the Camera by Carolyn Burke. I first read it about 20 years ago and still remember excepts of it vividly.

A photo of the cover of the book Lee Miller: on Both Sides of the Camera.

Miko@mikomayer· May 30

Happy Caturday, everyone! 皆さん、ハッピー #Caturday！ #InaritheKitten 💗🌈 #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真

A monochrome photo of a fluffy white cat named Inari. She is lying with her paws tucked under her, her tail wrapped around her, and her eyes are closed.

Miko@mikomayer· May 28

Happy ThrowbackThursday, everyone! 皆さん、ハッピー#ThrowbackThursday! #PonzutheCat #InaritheKitten 💗🌈 #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真

A monochrome photo of a white cat, Inari, and a tabby cat, Ponzu, sitting on a window sill. The tabby cat looks off to the left of the photo while the white cat gazes at the tabby cat. (This was a usual occurrence, Inari always gazed adoringly at Ponzu! 🥰)

Miko@mikomayer· May 26

#PonzutheCat on #TongueOutTuesday #catsofbluesky #Blueskyねこ部

A tabby cat licking her front paw as she’s having a bath. She’s sitting in a mix of sunlight and shadow as she is in the path of light from the window, but under a chair.

Miko@mikomayer· May 23

Happy #Caturday, everyone! A long time ago… Ponzu was smaller, but still a dignified little princess who liked sleeping on soft cushions 🥰🫶🐾 皆さん、ハッピー#Caturday！昔々は...ポンズちゃんはもっと小さかったものの、早くも柔らかなクッションで眠るのが好きな威厳ある小さな姫様でした 💗🐾 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #ねこ部 #猫写真 #写真

A young tabby cat lies on a cushion looking towards the camera with a relaxed look on her cute little face.

Miko@mikomayer· May 22

Looks like we’re now onto the first picture on your phone. Looking at my photo stream, the first photo is… of Scotland! Long before I lived here though. This was taken in the Outer Hebrides in 2008 :) (Don’t even remember why it’s on this phone ☺️) #photography #landscape #art #nature #写真 #景色 #ECK

A dramatic sky and a loch with the sky reflected in it. In the foreground are some stones and yellow flowers. In the distance is a white cottage.

Miko@mikomayer· May 21

A memory of our baby Inari 💕 私たちの赤ちゃんイナリの思い出です🫶💗🐾 #InaritheKitten 💗🌈 #ThrowbackThursday #photography #cat #catsofbluesky #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真

A tiny white kitten lies on white sheets curled up in a ball, but awake and looking at the camera.

Miko@mikomayer· May 20

Poor Ponzu’s asthma is acting up and she isn’t feeling very well today. She still says, “happy #WhiskerWednesday!” to everyone though 💕 可哀想なポンズちゃんの喘息は本日とてもひどく、体調がすぐれません。彼女はまだ皆さんに「Happy #WhiskerWednesday!」と言っています💗🐾 #PonzutheCat #catsofbluesky #cat #photography #Blueskyねこ部 #猫部 #猫写真 #写真 #日本語の練習

A monochrome photo of a tabby cat backlit by a window. She stares directly into the camera.

Miko@mikomayer· May 17

Yesterday, on the way home from the garden centre… We had to stop to let these cows cross the road ☺️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💕 昨日、園芸店から帰宅途中に、私たちはこれらの牛が道路を横断できるように立ち止まりました ☺️🐄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🫶 #photography #Scotland #animal #EastCoastKin #写真 #動物

A black and white cow with a bell around its neck stands in tall heather with Scottish hills and mountains in the distance. It’s quite a fluffy and cute looking cow, as cows go ☺️

Miko@mikomayer· May 16

Happy Caturday! As we missed #ThrowbackThurday this week, here’s a moment from the archive: Miss Inari when she was a hilarious kitten ☺️💕🫶🐾 ハッピー #Caturday！今週は #ThrowbackThurday を逃したので、アーカイブからのひとときをご紹介します：イナリちゃんがとても面白い子猫だった頃 ☺️💕🫶🐾 #InaritheKitten 💗🌈 #catsofbluesky #Blueskyねこ部