The view of the moon from my bedroom window, just after 3am.
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Middle Of The Night
10”x8” oil on wood panel
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Available on my website

BREAKING:

Poland has refused the US request for a missile battery.

And

Italy has denied US military aircraft bound for the Middle East permission to land at a base in Sicily.

And MAGA thinks that the world “respects us again”.

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Sins

Holy 😱 This is amazing.

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Art museum

This whimsical painting of two black cats in a simplified architectural setting is by Danish artist Inge Schuster.

Iran Warns Military Is ‘Waiting’ As Pentagon Reportedly Plans For Ground Invasion Possibility Iran’s parliamentary speaker blamed the U.S. for “secretly planning” a ground invasion while openly talking about peace negotiations.

Iran’s parliamentary speaker blamed the U.S. for “secretly planning” a ground invasion while openly talking about peace negotiations.

"Pouring Down" - my oil painting

Amazing. I thought I was looking at the cover of a new psychological thriller (my favorite book genre).

Participa en la consulta pública para proteger a los perros utilizados en la caza y los santuarios de animales El Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (MAPA) ha abierto una consulta pública sobre un nuevo Real Decreto que regulará los llamados núcleos zoológicos tradicionales. Aunque suena técnico, ...

He apoyado esta importante acción. Tu ayuda es crucial. ¿Te unes? www.animanaturalis.org/n/47052/part...

— with @animanaturalis.org

Free the Ridglan Beagles The NhRP has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of approximately 2,000 beagles and puppies subjected to routine cruelty and mistreatment at Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin, seeking recognition of ...

Will you join me in helping free the Ridglan beagles? 😤 😠 😡 🤬 nonhumanrightsproject.donorsupport.co/page/ridglan

— with the @nonhumanrights.bsky.social

Acabar con la caza está en tus manos Salvarles la vida está en tus manos. Firma para acabar con la caza de una vez por todas. Ningún animal debe sufrir por el entretenimiento de unos pocos.

Apoya la campaña de @animanaturalis.org que expone la crueldad que tratan de ocultar los cazadores. Acabar con la caza está en tus manos ¡Firma ya! www.perrosdecaza.org/es via @animanaturalis.org

🐘🐘Kammoon is the final elephant for 2025. Please watch our page for the Vigil4Elephant team’s video wrapping up our 2025 Vigil at noon MST. 🐘🐘

Words from Somboon Legacy Foundation:

“Today, we share the saddest news.

We had to say goodbye to our beloved grandma Kammoon at the age of around 85.

Deeply heartbreaking news from 12/16/2025 from Global Sanctuary for Elephants:

“Sorrowfully, we want to share with you that Kenya passed away this morning. We know you’ve been carefully walking alongside her as she dealt with physical challenges recently, and all of your energy was present and

For those whose lives were stolen, who suffered & finally succumbed in captivity. We honor them, with love, tears, shattered hearts. May they feel no more pain.

International Candlelight #Vigil4Elephants 10.01.2026

@vigil4elephants.bsky.social

A poem for #Vigil4Elephants YouTube video by Vigil4Elephants

Every year, the wonderful poet, Julie A. Dickson writes a heartfelt poem to fit our #Vigil4Elephant topic. This year, we are focsusing on the cruelty of the captive bull elephant. Here is the poem she wrote this year. Thank you, as always, Julie!

Niko, a 28-year-old African bull at Zoo d’Amnéville in Moselle, France, died suddenly on December 1st.
Niko arrived at Amnéville Zoo at the age of 4, in 2001. He was captive born at Ramat Gan Zoo (Israel) on June 3, 1997. In Moselle, he "touched hundreds of thousands of visitors" over 24 years. On

Now that we are done with 2025, here is the final graphic of all the captive elephants that passed away in 2025. We had 46 zoo/circus/tourist attraction deaths and 14 sanctuary deaths, for a total of 60 elephants. That is thankfully down from 2024.

The #Vigil4Elephants started in 2018. That year

SIGN: Justice for Elephant Shot, Set on Fire, and Killed Sign this petition to demand justice for an elephant who was shot in the leg, chased, and set ablaze in Sri Lanka.

Sometimes, I hate people 🤬 SIGN: Justice for Elephant Shot, Set on Fire, and Killed ladyfreethinker.org/sign-justice...

@ladyfreethinker.bsky.social

On October 21, 2025, Lois, a 47 year old female African elephant, was euthanized at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium. She began to show signs of degenerative joints and ruptured a ligament in one of her hind legs 15 years ago. Lois recently began experiencing issues with mobility and did not respond

Protect Elephants From Speeding Trains! PLEASE SIGN - Baby elephant Bani was hit by a speeding train in a forest in Northern India and suffered life-threatening injuries. Since then, dozens of other elephants have been killed including eigh...

Bani was hit by a train in a forest in Northern India & suffered life-threatening injuries. Since then, dozens of other 🐘🐘 have been killed including 8 in a single accident last week in Assam. Ask Indian Railways to install #elephant protection systems! tinyurl.com/5n7a5hts

compassionate denied his right to make his own choices as he roamed the jungle as the majestic and free bull elephant he was born to be.

RIP, dear Plai Boonsaen, our candles burn in your honor and for all you endured on earth.
#RIPPlaiBoonsaen #Vigil4Elephants #V4E

Center is a tourist attraction that uses elephants for bathing and riding activities. In reality, Plai Boonsaen was forced into hard labor for most of his life and then exploited for tourism until the day he died.

This is no life for an elephant. They are autonomous, sentient, intelligent and

sold for tourism. He was forced to work at a tourist attraction for an unknown number of years before he was transferred to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center in 2022.

Several reports claim that Plai Boonsaen enjoyed a few peaceful years before his death. However, the Thai Elephant Conservation

Plai Boonsaen, a male Asian elephant, died on October 8, 2025, at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center. He was born in 1964 in an unspecified area of Asia. He was among the last elephants to work in Lom Sak's logging industry in Phetchabun Province. When teak logging was banned, Plai Boosaen was

Stop Pig Wrestling & Hog Bagging Torture at Rodeos & Fairs

Terrified #pigs are tormented & abused at horrific hog-bagging & pig-wrestling rodeos & festivals. Demand this torture end & urge community leaders to #StopTheViolence now. #AnimalRights #Vegan bit.ly/4s1BGij

— with In Defense of Animals

On 30 September, 19-month-old Chin died at Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark, from elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), a highly contagious disease that is particularly fatal in captive Asian elephants. In the wild, infant mortality (deaths) among Asian elephants less than five years old is estimated

We know your holiday season is busy, but please take just a few moments to take a photo and send it in for the year end At Home #Vigil4Elephants video compilation. Say you remember those captive elephants lost to us in 2025. Follow the instructions on the graphic below.

Thank you in advance!

Such courage. Such powerlessness. “If we don’t go, they don’t have a show.” #DontBuyATicket 😭 😤 😠 😡 🤬 💔

🎥 PETA Latino @peta.org

Padmavathi, a wild born female Asian Elephant, died August 14, 2025, in the Mysore Zoo, India. Her date of birth is unknown. She was estimated to be 67 (some reports claim she was 71). Padmavathi had two children while held in Mysore Zoo, a female, Gajalaxmi, born in 1980 and a male, Abhi, born in