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14 January 2024 – Anderillium Flying Squid Blue

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13 January 2024 – Anderillium Flapjack Octopus Orange

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12 January 2024 – Anderillium Cuttlefish Brown

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11 January 2024 – Anderillium Colossal Squid Dark

This ink has jumped right up there as a contender for Best of 2024. A sophisticated blue-black with nice shading on the new Tomoe River paper featured in this year’s Hononichi planners. Many sperm whales have scarred backs, believed to be from the hooks of the Colossal Squid, which may make up 77% of the…
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10 January 2024 – Anderillium Bobtail Squid Green

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9 January 2024 – Anderillium Blue-ringed Octopus

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8 January 2024 – Anderillium Shoebill Stork Grey

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7 January 2024 – Anderillium Roseate Spoonbill Pink

One of the two species of birds you CAN spot in the US the is pink because of its diet, the Roseate Spoonbill is easier to spot than the American Flamingo (captive flamingos with clipped wings don’t count). Speaking of Flamingos, Ohio recorded its first ever American Flamingo, as did other Midwest states, last fall…
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6 January 2024 – Anderillium Purple Gallinule Purple

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5 January 2024 – Anderillium Pompadour Cotinga Burgundy
I’m faulting the two misbehaving pens (as opposed to my still-atrocious handwriting – forgive me Michael Sull) for the way this looks, because the ink seems well-behaved enough. Speaking of Michael Sull, he’s one of only a handful of living Master Penman, and I have all of his books but simply haven’t put in the…