Share something that made you smile today

[abigaillmartin]

Let’s see my family got some fresh donuts this morning! That made me smile. I had two chocolate ones!

[beebutterbee]

Oh I just found that image online, our cake looked JANK!!! but that sounds like such a cute idea to make! I also used to like the Harry Potter movies as a kid, but never read the books. But now JK Rowling outed herself as a soggy piece of bread so it’s kind of sad I still occasionally watch the Goblet of Fire tho

[beebutterbee]

Oh I love donuts, dang now I’m craving some

[abigaillmartin]

Yeah. She’s a big bully and I don’t like her one bit. But I think we all know what she’s been doing so I’m not gonna talk about her any further.

ANYWAY UHH

[abigaillmartin]

Yeah! I loved them!! They were from the local store too

[abigaillmartin]

I drew this. It makes me happy!

Ye! 🥰

[beebutterbee]

Yeah I get you I left off her drama on the kid-friendly version. Certainly anyways forget her, donuts are way better, especially local ones!! Our bakery closed down recently so I have to wait to get good donuts until the summer from the farmers market chocolate donut are particularly good tho!! I feel like local ones always taste slightly like cinnamon too? Idk if that’s the same way for you but I’ve noticed it here for me lol

[beebutterbee]

Oh this just popped up for me we love it, it’s our daily dose of Houdini (with complimentary handcuffs of course lol)

[abigaillmartin]

And I’m such a cutie! I love that I see myself that way now. It gives me such a boost in confidence

[beebutterbee]

Yes!!! Go off honestly I also draw a lot of self portraits. They’re not as a cool though because I don’t have a Houdini to accompany me

[abigaillmartin]

Awwwe thank you. I also have a boyfriend irl he’s so sweet and nice. We’re both autistic and have pretty similar interests and personality. I was so happy when he asked if he wanted to date. This is my first time ever dating someone. We’re both a little nervous but we’ll figure it out.

[Leyelle]

But a flock of parrots sounds vibrant!!

aye,the parrots here are bright green.

Also judges can just be wack, it’s all down to personal taste so even people who are good don’t always get the recognition because for some reason it isn’t clicking with the judges.

well, this wasn't a competition, it was just a normal publication. But I'm not even mad, tbh, because the guy who wrote the rejection letter seemed seriously upset about rejecting me. I felt worse for him than I felt for myself. I've read a lot of rejection letters, and none of them have ever apologized as many times as this one did. Also your art is great, but fr, winning competitions is hard. creativity is so subjective

[Leyelle]

Awwwe thank you. I also have a boyfriend irl he’s so sweet and nice.

oh, good for you. I'm happy for you

[beebutterbee]

@abigaillmartin Awe! Well congrats?? Idk if that’s the right wording But that’s exciting still! I think when anyone’s first dating it’s a little bit awkward but it’s still a source of joy. I’m happy for you! ^_^

@Leyelle In Texas I would also occasionally see the green parrots! There weren’t large numbers of them though. But the color is so pretty, lime is one of my favorite colors.

Also I guess the rejection letter can be a bit validating then?? It seems there must have been some disagreements among the judges and they wanted you to get a higher spot of recognition??

[Leyelle]

Also I guess the rejection letter can be a bit validating then?? It seems there must have been some disagreements among the judges and they wanted you to get a higher spot of recognition??

Maybe, lol. My brother said the letter gave "I wanted to pick you but they said no!" vibes

In Texas I would also occasionally see the green parrots! There weren’t large numbers of them though. But the color is so pretty, lime is one of my favorite colors.

We don't see parrots that often here either. they're endemic to the island, but we see more garzas and cuervas. the garzas are my favorites, I actually wrote a poem about them which is being published this month (assuming things go smoothly on the magazine's side of things.)

[beebutterbee]

My brother said the letter gave "I wanted to pick you but they said no!" vibes

I feel that too honestly that’s happened to me too, it’s like getting a apology letter instead of a rejection letter lol

but we see more garzas and cuervas. the garzas are my favorites

!!! We also had those in Texas, we were pretty close to Mexico so I guess we got those same tropical birds. The cranes and herons are just pretty cool looking birds in general. As a kid I was really into Egyptology so whenever I would see the garzas at the lake I would FREAK lol they looked so similar to the hieroglyphics.

[fearthedeer724]

Managed to get a pic of my calico Raine with her paper ball lol currently playing fetch with her (she thinks she's a dog and gets so excited when I throw it for her my heart!)

[beebutterbee]

Aw!! She ZOOMS for the paper ball. I love how a cat’s favorite toy always ends up being literal trash I have a calico too, she made me smile too just by being her doofy self.

[Leyelle]

that's so cute lol.

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[abigaillmartin]

He fits!!

Got a little milk can for him at hobby lobby