Joan Grey

@joangrey

Author, cat wrangler I write Paranormal Women's Fiction, Queer Romance, Modern-with-Magic. I'm foaming at the mouth left wing, I live in New England, and I drive a stick shift.

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Joan Grey@joangrey· 12d

@karidru.bsky.social I went to Lowe's for supplies and have hung the first (of many) tiny paintings!! Thanks for the help! 🥰

A narrow wall with a small painting (of an abstractish ocean view) hung on it. Below the painting is a cluster of fake leaves and felt flowers, and a small magnet. In the distance on the left, a glass door leads to a leafy front walk.

Joan Grey@joangrey· 23d

My soon to be SIL's wedding is coming up, so I'm frantically #knitting the last four rows of the wedding shawl. This has reminded me how much I enjoy beaded lace, so I'll be making one for myself next, but in laceweight from my stash.

Cream colored silk and cotton knitted into lace with silvery beads. The pattern is Sweet Dreams, by Boo Knits. Her patterns are always excellent.

Joan Grey@joangrey· 25d

It doesn't have a sheen, though I do love sheening inks. It's a purple black, but on the red side? Maroon is slightly too brown, purple is often too vivid. I have a nearly full jar, so this is mourning in advance.

A white card with a color sample of Nightshade ink. On the right is a squarish smear and on the left, I have written Nightshade, no sheen, maybe purpleblack?

Joan Grey@joangrey· 27d

Where am I supposed to sit??

Peaches, a small tan tabby cat, has stolen my seat on the couch. She's on a colorful pillow, in front of a pillow with a black and white cat print and she looks EXTREMELY pleased with herself.

Joan Grey@joangrey· 27d

Panels! The flat ones are called panels!

An abstract acrylic painting with red swirls on a blue and yellow background. On a panel.

Two abstract acrylic paintings on panels. There are red, blue and yellow swirls.

Joan Grey@joangrey· 27d

They're mass market 2"x3" pre-made tiny canvasses.

The back of six tiny canvases. Four are premade ... stretched () canvases, two are premade canvas on board? Card? Something hard.

I am Not a Fancy Artist.

Joan Grey@joangrey· 27d

Sketching is a pencil (or digital) thing for me, and art for other people ends up being watercolors with Pitt pens or Microns over them, or acrylics. I *love* making tiny acrylic paintings. My house is overflowing with tiny paintings.

31 tiny paintings, none larger than 6"x6", all sea scapes. In 2023, I did Inktober, but since I prefer paint, mine was Paintober. I limited the subject matter to help avoid decision paralysis.

I still haven't mounted them on a large board to hang them. Ugh.

12 3"square ink doodle drawings, on a gray background. If I'm left alone with paper and a pen, these happen.

A random assortment of tiny acrylic paintings. Five are sea scapes, one is a yellow to black abstract swirl... thing.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Jul 1

Oh nooo! A cat picture!

Amos, a large tan tabby cat, lying on his back. His hind leggies are pointed up and his shoulders are twisted so his chest is facing the camera. He's napping.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Jun 21

So, this weekend was one of my husband's 3-day ones. We went to a nice restaurant on the water and delivered eggs (we have hens, do you want eggs?). The staff were happy. We played pokemon go yesterday, driving around to catch fridge dragons. Today we slept in and will relax indoors all day.

A clear sunny day on a tidal river. On the right, there's a big stack of yellow and white lobster pots. On the left is a wild tangle of tall green trees. Curving from bottom left to the center middle is a river, blue green, with ripples and flashes of reflected sky.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Jun 11

It's bread THAT'S A CROISSANT. We have to keep ours in the freezer because the house is super warm and bread molds fast, but it toasts amazingly and is so so good.

Joan Grey@joangrey· May 27

Small round pasta, cooked until soft. It's a lot like tapioca pearls when eaten. Acini di Pepe is the name for the shape. The US Midwest has many... uh. Odd foods.

A white bowl with cooked round tiny balls of pasta - the shape is called Acini di Pepe.

Joan Grey@joangrey· May 27

Frog Eye salad is a cold sweet dish made with small pasta shapes (or tapioca pearls), chilled fruit pieces (pineapple, banana, mandarin orange), whipped cream, sugar, mini marshmallows, and coconut shavings. The name comes from the way the small pasta looks.

A dish of Frog Eye salad. It's a light orange grainy mixture of cooked pasta balls, with chunks of pineapple, mini marshmallows, mandarin orange wedges, and shaved coconut. There's a pretty gold colored spoon in the salad, for serving.

Joan Grey@joangrey· May 20

This is a cat checkpoint: show the most recent cat photo on your phone. *BOOP* you’re it

A large tan tabby cat (Amos) is lying sadly in front of a Closed! Door!!! (Illegal) on an Oriental rug on a wooden floor. He is very sad. He has been locked out. This is bad.

(On the other side of the door, a person is in a phone meeting and doesn't find that Amos' help (standing on the keyboard, shoving his face in between the person's head and the headset, squeaking loudly) is actually helpful.)

Joan Grey@joangrey· Apr 27

I'm going back to making art; it's relaxing and good for my mental health. Yesterday was #aceo sized abstracts (I do these a lot; I love the size). I never know what to do with them when I'm done. Do I leave them for strangers to find (free art)? Do I try to sell them? They pile up, if I keep them.

Two 2.5"x3.5" bristol cards with swirling colors underneath black "webbing". Straight lines and circles intersect; the points of intersection are thicker, as if the black ink has settled there.

A 2.5"x3.5" bristol card with swirling colors underneath black "webbing". Straight lines and circles intersect; the points of intersection are thicker, as if the black ink has settled there.

The straight lines are aligned to the card edges, making squares. The colors underneath are mostly blue and purple, with a couple flashes of yellow.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Apr 21

Yup. All of these, and also:

Joan Grey@joangrey· Apr 20

Repost with your first crush (if you had one). He went on such cool adventures.

Tintin, a young journalist wearing brown knickerbocker pants, a blue sweater, and a different brown jacket is running to the right across a flat light yellow circle. His little white dog, Snowy, is running ahead of him looking back at Tintin.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Apr 17

A book titled Magical Worlds of Harry Potter.

A book titled New Clues to Harry Potter Book 5

A book titled Ultimate Unofficial Guide to the Mysteries of Harry Potter.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Apr 11

Aww, baby! 🥰😍🥰 Right now, we have three cats, all tabbies. Tabby cats are joy!

Amos, a very large tan tabby cat, has colonized my desk. He's lying on his side, exposing his soft soft belly, which isn't a trap.

Peaches, a small tan tabby cat, is lying wrapped in a blue and green tie dye shirt on a red floral duvet cover. She's nearly asleep.

Luna, a small tan tabby cat is lying on a cat bed in a window overlooking our driveway. Her legs are stretched our and her head is up, but her eyes are closed.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Apr 8

He had an excellent Resting Sarcastic Face, but was also a HUGE doofus. Bleps for days.

Bo, a large tan tabby cat, is sitting upright looking empty-headedly just past the camera. His ears are half-back and his tongue tip is sticking out. There are no thoughts happening in this photo.

Bo, a large tan tabby cat, is looking deeply into your eyes, trying to compel you to give him more wet food. Is it working?

Joan Grey@joangrey· Apr 7

He was an absolutely excellent cat. He liked to walk on leashes, he liked being out in the rain (with his raincoat on), he slept between us under the covers, he was super demanding about ALL THE TREATS. He was murder on the one poor mouse which tried to make a home in our laundry area. Perfection.

Bo, a large tan tabby cat is walking on a leash in the snow. He is wearing a blue fleece jacket and a neon-yellow cat harness. He is actually very happy about being out. It was his first snow.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Apr 7

We adopted a cat who'd been left with his siblings at the shelter by his human. He was AMAZING, so we asked why they were left. Turns out, she had been in hospice and didn't last long enough for any of the cats to be adopted; our cat was the last of the set. He looked for her for months.

Bo, a large tan tabby cat, is looking directly at you while lounging on the back of a comfy leather chair. He wants to know why you're not petting him.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Apr 6

Black text on a white background.

This Easter remember,
Jesus was not a zombie.
He was not mindless nor did he consume anyone
Nor was he a ghoul or a wight.
Although his soul and intellect were intact, he was not a rotting corpse.
He was not a vampire.
While he transubstantiated wine into blood, he never drank it from a person.
Jesus was not a ghost or a wraith. He was corporeal and still had his wounds.
It is clear.
Jesus was a lich.
A lich is created when a powerful magician or king striving for eternal life uses spells or rituals to bind his soul to his animated corpse and thereby achieves immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, their bodies still bearing the wounds they received before their death. Liches often have the power of necromancy, which allows them to bring the dead back to life.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Mar 31

A trans flag with the words:

To those seen and unseen every day
Your life is valid
Trans Day of Visibility
Your pronouns are real
Your safety is mandatory

Joan Grey@joangrey· Mar 26

My big boy Amos keeps pressing random F-keys. I don't know what he's hoping for, but I'm onto him.

A large tan tabby cat is taking up most of the room on my desk.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Mar 26

Ah, another nudist. My cat Luna keeps "losing" her collar. Last time, I found it UNDER a box of yarn I haven't moved in months.

A small tan tabby cat lying in the sun on a heated blanket. For once, Luna is wearing her collar.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Mar 24

Tonight's dinner: Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp. Tasty, peanutty, easy. The hardest part is the frying, honestly. I have extra of the curry sauce and the peanut sauce. The peanut is going on noodles tomorrow, and we might eat the curry sauce as soup, with more rice. #FoodSky #AmCooking

A white plate with a delicious pile of fried shrimps, chicken chunks, with carrot peeking out at the back left and mixed green onion and chopped peanuts on top of dark sauce.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Mar 20

He says, "squeak!" He's 20 pounds, a total scaredy-cat, but will totally eat any wet food you happen to have.

A large tan tabby cat in a wing chair in a sunny window. He's cuddling a crocheted succulent plant.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Mar 19

Cats are such graceful, majestic creatures

A large tan tabby cat lying mostly on his back. His legs are splayed upward in careless abandon. His belly is not a trap.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Mar 18

Amos, chickens, Luna, and Amos again.

A multicolored flock of chickens are excited about fresh veggies.

Joan Grey@joangrey· Mar 14

I'm #knitting a teddy bear sweater for my husband's birthday. This will be the 18th year (where has the time gone, wow) of teddy bear sweaters.