I've been doing this for years. Here's my most recent batch. I clear coat to weather proof them as well. I hope they all find nice homes.

After a period of depression, I just wanted to paint something joyful — a wedding scene inspired by Marc Chagall’s dreamlike world of love, colors,happiness, tenderness, and celebration.

Last night I posted for first time my whole body and face as I was going to meet some friends. I was scared to be honest. Judging can be harsh. I was so happy that I come out of my shell and went for walk after dinner and found a little friend. I sit by the water for while and just thinking I haven't been this happy in a long time. Being nice is free and I wonder why can't we all just get along.

The eyebrow in my left is the one that was effected by the alopecia ☺️ Picture is not mirrored!

No big news or achievements, just a quiet kind of happy. There are no assignments or presentations hanging over me, no papers coming up, and midterms still feel far away. For the first time in a while, I m not carrying any study pressure. Money-wise I m okay too, and I don't have to worry about that right now.

We also have a get-together tomorrow, and I m really looking forward to it.

Its not a huge, exciting thing. Its just a normal life that feels peaceful, and I m happy with that. Sometimes I think we forget to appreciate days like these, so I wanted to notice it while its here.

Hope you are having a good day too.

Hashmens day today with mama

Hehe I'm so happy right now because I had a amazing day today - it was spent with mama waking my handsome self up early, obviously to go buy a new jacket woot woot! Then groceries, then getting a haircut, then going to the gym and now chilling.

I’m just so happy!! I’m on a cruise!! And I’m about to go to sleep on one. I love sleeping on ships. I’m mostly just really grateful I am finally in this trip I have been excited about for a year. I hope to go snorkeling tomorrow!!

I have been trying to hit 30k steps for two years. I'm so thankful I hit it. I hope everyone is having a great day.

I love observing and photographing nature, especially the sky.Today, this view made up for all the stress and anxiety of the week—I’m happy!!

Visited Colorado and found it in a gift shop, it’s so adorable I love it so much . Prairie dogs are so cute- too bad they carry so many diseases. This is my lifelong dog, I hope to have this until I’m like old.

Smiling felt really nice and I truly needed that. There are people out there who care for you. I care for you and I love you. I believe in you.

I was out today with some of my friends and while coming home one of my friends gave me a chocolate and an envelope. The envelope had ₹151 and this note ... I was completely speechless when he handed me the envelope as the envelope also had written happy navratri on the outside. But when I came home I saw this letter and bro idk wht to say like THIS GUYY... !!

🎃🏳️‍⚧️🎃

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in bed rn just thinking about it. so met a guy i work with but we never really cross paths much since hes always in a different section. today we had the same shift and finally got to talk and he seems real nice and chill. spoke about all sorts from other people to life to goals and dreams. really really nice guy and polite .

anyway, as i finished work i walked out quietly as i do ( everyone else has their friends/family pick them up except me so i got used to just quickly walking away to not feel like such an anomaly) and was walking by myself out he comes up to me unexpectedly despite him leaving office later than me, he caught up to me and says he had a lot of fun talking to me today and hopes we'll work together again soon, before leaving.

i immediately went awwww you too see you soon cause i felt SO MUSHY being told that. aw man. like fr? u enjoyed talking to me? like Actually??! man that is awesome i am so glad someone enjoyed bein around me!!!

i hardly ever recieve any kind of praise/affection. its been hours andim still thinking about it smiling to myself 🥹

A fun fact about Mike Malott: He donated his $10,000 show purse from his UFC 273 debut win against Mickey Gall in April 2022 to support Angie Rodriguez, the 15-year-old daughter of his Team Alpha Male coach Joey Rodriguez Jr., who was battling stage 3 lymphoma.

I'm ecstatic. We were supposed to renew our lease, right? Except they upped the price by about $400... again. We'd be paying about $3200 for 1,000 sq ft.

I went in to negotiate. They dropped it to a $55 increase, and then told me that if I moved out, they'd charge me an extra month's rent for giving insufficient notice (I was, apparently, 1 day late in coming in to talk to them).

This smelled like bullshit to me, so I did some digging. I combed through our lease and found the specific clause, and then read up on the specific statute it referenced. That led me on a deep dive where I learned that they have to provide me a reminder of the fee at least 15 days in advance.

It was mentioned at the bottom of an email, and I thought it was over. But... hm, the statute specified written.

As it turns out, the notice must be given on paper unless the tenant and occupant agree to receive notices virtually. In our contract, it says over and over again "you agree to receive notices electronically unless otherwise specified in the relevant statute."

Guess what relevant statute has a specific exception? The one that requires them to give notice! They must have the tenant sign a separate addendum to the lease that we can clearly opt out of in order for notices regarding that specific fee to be legally binding. So, they missed their window!

I wrote them an email and asked where we'd signed the addendum. They copied a clause from the original lease (insufficient) and said "oh, here it is! But we want to work with you, so we'll waive the fee."

You ever heard of a landlord passing up an easy 3k check? I sure as hell haven't. Methinks somebody fucked up!

Fast forward, I'm touring around other apartments. They show me some units, then tell me the price goes up the longer the unit is on the market. I.e., if we sign right now quick don't miss it, we get a better deal.

They pitch 2.4k, 2.5k, and I say, "Wait a minute. You're owned by the same company that I'm with right now, and you require all tenants to give you this notice, right? So you know what units will be available when my lease ends. Can we see if any similar floorplans will be ready nearer our move-in-date?"

"Oh, yeah! I can check! You might get a better price..."

She puts it into the computer, "Let's see... oh. Oh. Yeah, that's... wow. That's a better price."

1.9k. We locked that shit down, and not only is it bigger than the prev. unit, it's about 5 minutes from the unit they were going to charge us 3.2k for.

So all in all, I'll be saving $15,600 a year (+ the ~3k they waived). I cannot wait.

Had the day off today, slept in, and didn’t really have anything planned, so I rode out to grab some lunch. Was gonna head straight home after.

But the weather was just way too nice. Warm sun, barely any wind. I ended up ordering a coffee after lunch, pulled out Normal People — a friend lent it to me a few days ago — and just sat there reading.

Whenever I got tired of reading, I’d look around for a bit, sit in the sun, then go back to the book. Barely touched my phone tbh. At some point I looked up and realized the light had completely changed.

I’d only planned to stay for a little while and somehow ended up spending the whole afternoon there. Felt really calm. Just... happy.

Lately I’ve been loving this kind of thing — getting on the bike with no real plan and just seeing where the day goes. Hungry? Stop somewhere. Nice weather? Ride a bit longer. Pass a park? Sit down for a while. Need a coffee? Easy.

I used to spend loads of my free time lying at home scrolling, then suddenly realie a few hours had disappeared.

Now I’d much rather be outside doing something I actually chose to do instead of endlessly scrolling through whatever the algorithm decides to throw at me next.

My friend and I visited a winery this summer, and it was honestly one of the happiest days I’ve had in a while.

The views were amazing — rows of grapevines, a pond with a fountain, and a building on the hill that made it feel like we were in Europe. We just sat there with our wine, talking about everything and nothing, and before we knew it, three hours had passed.

There were a lot of couples there too, and they even have a special spot for proposals. I thought that was so romantic! It made me think, “I really want to come back here with a boyfriend someday.” 😂

If you’re looking for a slow, relaxing day, I highly recommend visiting a local winery. Has anyone else been to a winery that’s perfect for a date?

Had a good time in Japan, especially this day by the coast. Had my osprey bag with my iphone 16 and Telesin selfie stick in it. Looking through the photos now, I wish I'd stayed a few more days.

16M and my first relationship had a horrible crash and I’ve been scared of dating again for a year. Just recently started talking with a girl that apparently has liked me for a while, we hung out and it went great, we both were very talkative, social, etc. We had a blast. She was cold and I gave her my zip-up that she wore all day. I’m home and laying down, wearing the same zip-up and in all honesty I don’t know if it’s considered weird or abnormal but it smells like her and every time I inhale it’s just a deep pang in my chest. Like it’s not with any sort of weird or creepy intention, it’s just giddy happiness. I know I shouldn’t get my hopes up early on in a relationship and to just take it one step at a time but nothing has made me feel that sorta pang in my chest in a long time.

It’s my favorite jacket and it smelling like someone else, especially someone I’m into, is such a pleasant first time thing

I really hope this goes well, and again I hope this doesn’t come off as creepy 😭

I have a lot of hard days, but I have an amazing partner. I NEEDED this stuffy that I got with the mail today, and it came gift wrapped and everything. Total surprise.

I love how much actual thought and time it took for this big guy to get to me. Xx