{"id":50,"date":"2021-07-20T18:03:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T18:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2024-12-16T00:33:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T00:33:30","slug":"colibri-wp-19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Musing Made Manifest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-recent-posts fusion-recent-posts-1 avada-container layout-default layout-columns-3 fusion-recent-posts-infinite fusion-recent-posts-load-more\" data-pages=\"67\"><section class=\"fusion-columns columns fusion-columns-3 columns-3\"><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/feral-jimothy\/\" aria-label=\"Feral Jimothy\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Feral.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"Feral Jimothy, mixed media.\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201080%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Feral.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Feral-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Feral-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Feral-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Feral-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Feral.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/author\/zesmerelda\/\" rel=\"author\">zesmerelda<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-09-05T22:24:36+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/feral-jimothy\/\">Feral Jimothy<\/a><\/h4><p>  I caved into my husband's request for a Jimothy portrait, but I made it FERAL. Feral J. This will guarantee it's the first thing that sells tomorrow. I made a smaller one in a tiny little frame that's not for sale. He better be surprised on his birthday.<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/garage-sale-art-supplies\/\" aria-label=\"Garage sale art supplies\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garage-Sale.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"Art Supplies from the neighborhood garage sale.\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201080%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garage-Sale.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garage-Sale-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garage-Sale-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garage-Sale-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garage-Sale-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garage-Sale.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/author\/zesmerelda\/\" rel=\"author\">zesmerelda<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-09-05T22:24:30+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/garage-sale-art-supplies\/\">Garage sale art supplies<\/a><\/h4><p>  Getting towards the end of garage sale season, so of course that's when I decide to get serious about documenting things. This haul included some FREE speedball inks, which I'm really excited about trying. I don't do prints, but this may be the gateway supply that gets me<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/gridlock\/\" aria-label=\"Gridlock\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/blue-tiles.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"Abstract tiles down in turquoise, blue, orange, green, and white acrylics.\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201080%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/blue-tiles.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/blue-tiles-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/blue-tiles-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/blue-tiles-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/blue-tiles-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/blue-tiles.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/author\/zesmerelda\/\" rel=\"author\">zesmerelda<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-09-01T17:47:27+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/gridlock\/\">Gridlock<\/a><\/h4><p>  The thing I'm proudest of here is the evenness and cleanness of the grid! I did a combo of rulers and eyeballing the sections, and it wasn't a bad result. Except...ah, yes, except I didn't leave any space around the edge, so I can't put a matte on<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/moist\/\" aria-label=\"Moist!\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Moist.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"Banana Slug painted in the round. Moist!\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201080%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Moist.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Moist-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Moist-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Moist-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Moist-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Moist.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/author\/zesmerelda\/\" rel=\"author\">zesmerelda<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-09-02T16:10:21+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/moist\/\">Moist!<\/a><\/h4><p>  I live west of Seattle, which is close enough to claim a Jimothy connection, but not close enough to ever have a sighting. What we do have are plenty of banana slugs. I hope you see where this is going... Yes! Banana slug art. I painted this one<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/self-portrait\/\" aria-label=\"Another year, another self-portrait\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"Moi b-day portrait.\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201080%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/moi.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/author\/zesmerelda\/\" rel=\"author\">zesmerelda<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-09-01T16:32:00+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/self-portrait\/\">Another year, another self-portrait<\/a><\/h4><p>  I completed my birthday self portrait with a box of free acrylics, graphite, derwent wc pencils, a reused canvas, and repurposed subject. The results are as expected and a metaphor for the coming year, I think. I chose the least flattering angle possible because that was the best<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-none\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/this-to-that-hoist-the-orca\/\" aria-label=\"This to That: Hoist the Orca\" class=\"hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Skyhop.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full lazyload\" alt=\"Skyhop Orca with birds in the sky.\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201080%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271080%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Skyhop.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Skyhop-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Skyhop-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Skyhop-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Skyhop-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Skyhop.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/author\/zesmerelda\/\" rel=\"author\">zesmerelda<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2026-08-23T16:01:58+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/this-to-that-hoist-the-orca\/\">This to That: Hoist the Orca<\/a><\/h4><p>   Behold the before and after of\u00a0Dark Sails,\u00a0a 16x20 canvas I picked up at a thrift store for $1. I'll venture that the original artist did not have any white paint, which is the only reason I can think of for this relentless field of black and blue.<\/p><\/div><\/article><\/section><div class=\"fusion-infinite-scroll-trigger\"><\/div><div class=\"pagination infinite-scroll clearfix\" style=\"display:none;\"><span class=\"current\">1<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/page\/2\/\" class=\"inactive\">2<\/a><a class=\"pagination-next\" rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/page\/2\/\"><span class=\"page-text\">Next<\/span><span class=\"page-next\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><button class=\"fusion-load-more-button fusion-blog-button fusion-clearfix\">Load More Posts<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6832,"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/6832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steepedinthelore.bitingreviews.com\/steeped\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}