#100daysofleavesandcachets

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stopped at the library after work today, and actually got some art, out! 🎉 watercolor (last week), ink & colored pencil (today!) . . #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject #cpt100day #stampcollecting #artcachet #philately #firstdaycover #ushistory #watercolor #angorawatercolor #watercolorandink #coloredpencil #abstractart #centennial #1974 #sportshistory #mailart #artdaily #mnartist #ustennis #tennishistory #100followers!(🤗 thanks!)

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a beautiful plant taking over a back corner of the yard... . . #creepingcharlie #groundivy #perennial #botanicalart #letitgrow #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject

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day 18/100: Daniel Boone stamp . .#100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject #stampcollecting #artcachet #philately #firstdaycover #mailart #cpt100day #mnartist #coloredpencil #greatdanedraws #firstdaycover #cachet #danielboone #wildernessroad (at Daniel Boone's Grave)

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commemorating the purchase of France's Louisiana Territory in 1803 - paying the equivalent of $15 million (about $300 mill in today's dollars.) . Also, i loved maps and geography as a kid -even participating in a state-level geography bee .. 🐝 😆 day14/100 . #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject #stampcollecting #artcachet #philately #150years #firstdaycover #mailart #cpt100day #mnartist #coloredpencil #greatdanedraws #firstdaycover #cachet #louisianapurchase #ushistory #sesquicentennial #mapdrawing #geography #northstarcollectable (at Missouri History Museum)

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day 7. commemorating the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System . might add some more to this one. not sure. used my time after work to run errands and check out the clearance at Target. so i was trying to get this done before bringing the girls up to bed. hope the edit's ok because i'm posting in the dark.. 😉 . . #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject #stampcollecting #artcachet #philately #firstdaycover #mailart #artdaily #mnartist #MKARNS #arkansasriver #rivernavigation #corpsofengineers #riverbarge #cpt100day #gotmyselfasweetnewcardigan8bucks (at River Market, Little Rock)

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blind contour peony . . #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #artchallenge #lefthanded #pentelarts #peonyflower #peonyplant #doyouwantants #thatshowyougetants

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these are are either olive leaves or bay/laurel leaves 🍃 . inspired by my fave, Mucha ✍🏻 . #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject #mnartist #alphonsemucha #laurelwreath #oliveleaves #bayleaves #muchainspired #artnouveau #sketch #wip #muchamonday #whilebabysleeps

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"What Cheer, Netop?" - 17th century equivalent to -'What's up, man?' meaning -What news of cheer do you bring? and 'Netop' - the Narrangansett word for 'friend.' . . #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject #stampcollecting #artcachet #philately #firstdaycover #mailart #artdaily #mnartist #rogerwilliams #providencerhodeisland #whatcheer #netop #narragansetts #precolonial #newengland #tercentennary #1936 #300years #churchandstate #stateseal (at Roger Williams National Memorial)

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commemorating John Glenn's 1st orbital flight in the Friendship 7 spacecraft for NASA on February 20th, 1962. Glenn completed 3 orbits and covered nearly 66,000 miles in just under 5 hours time.. . . #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject #stampcollecting #artcachet #philately #firstdaycover #mailart #artdaily #mnartist #projectmercury #spacerace #NASA #spaceflight #1962 #spacehistory #mercuryredstone #redstonerocket #friendship7 #johnglenn #astronaut (at Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center)

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Project Mercury ran from 1958 to 1963 - the first human space flight program. i was inspired to create this cachet when reading about the women of NASA, or the "Human Computers," behind the scenes that supported these missions... . . #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject #stampcollecting #artcachet #philately #firstdaycover #mailart #artdaily #mnartist #hiddenfigures #humancomputers #womenshistory #blackhistory #womeninSTEM #womeninscience #projectmercury #mathematician #spacerace #NASA #spaceflight #1962 #spacehistory (at NASA Langley Research Center)

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27/100 Paper Birch 📃 . love these trees. have an unfinished mural i started with some birch on my bedroom wall.. . #paperbirch #birchtree #treedrawing #leafillustration #leaves #foliage #canoebirch #phytomorphology #plantmorphology #biology #botany #dendrology #lunchbreak #100daysofleavesandcachets

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cachets in progress ✉️✍🏻. . since my father in law gave me multiple of these 'Project Mercury' envelopes, i thought i'd be able to do my research, plan and do multiple ones/designs -- maybe catch up on my goal... been hard to get time this week.. . . #100daysofleavesandcachets #projectmercury #spacerace #worksinprogress #cachets

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25/100 Common Catalpa on my lunch break today. trying to get back into my 100 day.. . . #catalpa #catalpatree #seedpods #treedrawing #leafillustration #leaves #foliage #phytomorphology #plantmorphology #biology #botany #dendrology #learningnewwords #dontthinkjustdraw #100daysofleavesandcachets

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24/100 sorrel tree . #sorreltree #sourwood #treedrawing #leafillustration #leaves #100daysofleavesandcachets

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day 24/100: from the 1937 series of u.s. territories: Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959 - King Kamehameha I, featured on the stamp, united the Hawaiian islands and was the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii - from 1782 to 1819 - the state motto translates to "the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness" . . #100daysofleavesandcachets #100dayproject #the100dayproject #stampcollecting #artcachet #philately #firstdaycover #mailart #artdaily #mnartist #usterritories #coloredpencil #thealohastate #hawaiiterritory #kamehameha #hibiscusflower #stateseal #hawaii #uamaukeeaokaainaikapono (at Aliiolani Hale)

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homework 🌿🍃 ✍🏻. . #100daysofleavesandcachets 22/100 - from @marienoellewurm 's @skillshare class on leaves. . #visualvocabulary #drawingleaves #skillshare #skillshareproject