Deb

@debbiesue

Libraries, nature, gardening, travel, science, making stuff, and my cat, Cosmo. I adore curious people. (she/her) #art #printmaking #flowers #library #cats

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Deb@debbiesue· 7d

Smoky morning causing a red sunrise and casting colorful shadows. #photography #climatechange #color #art

Deb@debbiesue· 13d

Both plants were labeled Blanket Flower. It is a native plant to my area. I bought one from a local, native only nursery and one from a big box store. Can you guess which is which?

Two Blanket Flower plants. The one from Lowes is short, and compact. The one from a local nursery is taller and looks like a wildflower.

Deb@debbiesue· 28d

Summer❤️

Deb@debbiesue· Jun 28

Resting by the Arkansas river in Salida, #Colorado during the chalk #art festival. #nature

In the g foreground, large boulders. Then a river edged by trees. Above, white fluffy clouds hang in a blue summer sky.

Deb@debbiesue· May 25

I have to leave a space on the plant shelf for my guard cat. #cats #plants #summer #morningcat #color #art

A tuxedo cat sits between plants on a long shelf beneath a window. He stares out the windows with his back to us, as the morning light streams in.

Deb@debbiesue· Jan 27

The curled tail of happiness. I hope your day is a curly tailed one too. Pro tip: try calling your Representative or making a donation to help with the resistance. Guaranteed to make your day a little more curly! #AbolishIce #resist #cats #colorado #Cosmo

A tuxedo cat in a bowl that he's a little too big for. His tail is curled around in a nice spiral.

Deb@debbiesue· Jan 25

My boy, Cosmo. Hi Chester!!

A black and white cat laying on a blue and white blanket.

Deb@debbiesue· Jan 23

Whenever I have a minute or two, I'm playing at my art table. This is today's 5 minute collage. #collage #habits #self-care #art

The background of the collage is a green and black Geli of flowers. In the foreground is a sticker with a large iris type flower, a bee, and a water lily. There are also stamped water lilies across the bottom in the colors of blue and pink.

Deb@debbiesue· Jan 15

Kid art. We drew/painted #cats after school at the #library. I love my job!

Painting of a red cat with one eye open and one eye closed.

Pencil drawing of three cats. One is in a spaceship, one is wearing sunglasses, and one is licking his paw.

Two paintings of the same yellow cat. He appears to be smiling.

Painting of a purple cat with a red tail and yellow ears.

Deb@debbiesue· Jan 1

Happy New Year!! The last piece of mail I received in 2025 was a jury summons. I'm trying to start 2026 off right with outside time with my cat and art. #art #catsofbluesky #cats #nature #newyear

A small purple patio table with a tray of colored pencils, a sketchbook, and a cup of tea. In the background, sitting in the yard, is a black and white cat.

A handmade book with a purple cover that reads 2026.

Deb@debbiesue· Dec 31

This is my book display for January. "Polar Bears & Penguins". #library #books #YouthServices #PictureBooks #ChildrensLibrary

Three shelves. Top shelf has stuffed polar bear and two stuffed penguin toys. Second shelf has a poster of a polar bear and penguins on a snowy hill and the third shelf has picture books about penguins and polar bears.

Deb@debbiesue· Dec 27

I made a thank you card for my daughter. #collage #art

A collection of images attached to watercolor paper painted with blue and purple on top and green on the bottom. Images include a pomegranate, a cardinal, a lion, flowers and a Victorian child holding a wreath.

Deb@debbiesue· Dec 21

Happy Solstice! #solstice #ArtAdventCalendar #Winter #needlefelting #FiberArts #Art

A winter Solstice altar with King Winter surrounded by crystals, gems, pinecones and a pine garland. In the foreground is a miniature yule log made from a thick stick, a pine cutting and a cinnamon stick all tied together with twine. The background is blue silk.

Deb@debbiesue· Dec 13

Just a phone camera pic but it's full of the things I love ( color, light, plants, my dear Cosmo..) so this is my #ArtAdventCalendar offering today. Happy #Caturday.

A tuxedo cat sitting by the window with yellow curtains and surrounded by houseplants.

Deb@debbiesue· Dec 12

I taught a class at the library to school kids about assemblage art this fall. This was my example. #ArtAdventCalendar #Nature #Art #libraryprograms #library #kids

A shallow box lined with blue paper. Inside there are natural objects like seashells, acorns, stones, dried flowers, a feather, seed pods, etc.

Deb@debbiesue· Dec 12

Last year I bought a kit to make this ornament. This year I made it again by using the first one as my model. The kit came with the hat so I just felted one for this guy. #ArtAdventCalendar #needlefelting #fiberarts

Hey dog needle felted from white wool. He has dark ears and a red Santa hat.

Deb@debbiesue· Dec 10

A needle felted sheep for #ArtAdventCalendar. #needlefelting #fiberarts

Standing in the palm of a hand is a white sheep made from needle felted wool. The sheep has black eyes, nose and mouth.

Deb@debbiesue· Dec 7

I made needle felted cows. #ArtAdvent

Brown and white highland cows made from sheep's wool.

Deb@debbiesue· Oct 26

Took advantage of our long, lovely autumn by enjoying a walk around Sloan's lake yesterday. It was good to forget about our government for a while. #Denver #nature #colorado #photography

The city of Denver on the horizon and a lake in the foreground. The photo is taken in front of some tall grass.

Mountains on the horizon. And a lake with fall colored trees around the shoreline.

The sidewalk on the left with a railing, and the lake on the right lined with trees and fall colors.

A lake and mountains in the background and each side of the photo has a tree and grass across the bottom.

Deb@debbiesue· Oct 17

We are ready!! #nokings #resist #CatsForDrmocracy

A black and white cat sitting on a chair with a sign propped up in front of him that says, "No Kings".

Deb@debbiesue· Oct 17

Good morning. Cosmo is annoyed that I'm trying to photograph this lovely dahlia and insisted being in the picture even though he hates having his picture taken. #cats #tuxedo #flowers

A black and white tuxedo cat sitting next to a single pink dahlia in a pink vase.

Deb@debbiesue· Oct 12

The morning sun shining on the dry grass this morning was lovely.

A dirt path trails off into the distance. Both sides of the path have tall dry grass. Gray clouds are in the sky and a mountain is on the horizon. #photography #colorado #fall #nature

Deb@debbiesue· Aug 10

Feeling blue. #collage #art #blue

A collage with layers of overlapping blue and purple squares and a few images of flowers.

Deb@debbiesue· Jul 14

If you read 50 days this summer, you get to put your name on the Reader's Wall of Fame at the library. You can put it wherever you choose. I love that one child chose to put her name to the far left of everyone else. Antisocial or nonconformist? #YouthServices #Library #Kids #Funny #Books

A walk with a banner that reads, READER'S WALL OF FAME. Under the banner are 3x5 pieces of paper that children have decorated with stickers, markers, and their name. All of the papers are clustered together under and around the banner except for one that is way over on the left side of the wall.

Deb@debbiesue· Jul 14

This was growing next to my raised garden beds. So tiny but fancy! #macromonday

A tiny mushroom. Google says it is a Hare's foot Inkcap. Looks like a white stamen with curlicues on top and a black skirt on the bottom. Tiny but fancy.

Deb@debbiesue· Jul 4

It's a holiday. Let's sleep in! #cats #rest

Deb@debbiesue· Jul 4

My library puts on a free summer carnival for the community with music, carnival games, bounce houses, free popcorn & cotton candy and face painting. There's a play area for kids under 5. It's staffed by librarians and teen volunteers.♥️ #library #libraries #summer #community

Children playing with a bubble machine under a covered pavilion. In the background families gather to play games.

Deb@debbiesue· Jul 4

The view from F street in Salida, Colorado.♥️ #Colorado #summer #nature

A river lined by trees on both sides. A mountain in the background and people tubing on the river water in the foreground.

Deb@debbiesue· Jul 3

It's been a rough summer for many reasons. It was so good to hike Brown's Creek trail and forget about it all for a while. ♥️ Nature is magic. #hiking #mountains #nature #Colorado #mindfulness #peace

A view of the mountains with a huge log lying on its side in the foreground.

A Rocky mountain trail fading off into the distance. With mountains in the background and tall pine trees on the left and right.

A young woman sitting with her feet in a babbling mountain stream with tall trees in the background

Deb@debbiesue· Jun 21

Happy Solstice!! #solstice #sun #summer #felt #needlefelting