Kelly Wooten

@kwooten

Archives, zines, a few things in between. Pro candy corn, anti fascist. she/her

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Kelly Wooten@kwooten· 16d

Hey bug friends, can you tell what kind of eggs these are? 🪲🐞🐛🦋??? This is a blackberry leaf in the piedmont in North Carolina.

A white person's hand holds a blackberry leaf to show an orderly clutch of bug eggs on the underside.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Jul 10

I'm going through Minnie Bruce Pratt and Leslie Feinberg's shared library and finding treats like a copy of @mbsycamore.bsky.social's book Pulling Taffy inscribed "To Leslie & Minnie Bruce--it's all about glamour."

Book cover of Pulling Taffy by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore. The cover image is a person wearing a bright blue buttondown shirt and with short blue-painted nails pulling a big string of bright pink taffy from their mouth

Title page with text Pulling Taffy by Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Suspect Thoughts Press, handwritten inscription "To Leslie and Minnie Bruce--It's all about glamour" with Sycamore's signature

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Jul 9

Our library has "summer camp" for staff to share their skills and passions, so I got to hear a concert of 17th c Scottish lute music by one of my colleagues. He's sitting in a chair he salvaged from an old barn and wove the seat himself (obviously).

A white guy sits in a wooden chair with his legs crossed playing a wooden lute. There's a red patterned rug on the floor under his music stand, and an amp in the foreground.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Jul 8

Mood.

A small brown toad is sitting on a dusty porch facing a pale yellow wall like he's in time out. He does not wish to be perceived.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Jun 15

TFW a Marmaduke comic happens to your mailbox

A mailbox lies on its side. The post is fully snapped off at the base. Please ignore the dried weeds.

A hand written note that says "I'm so sorry my dog and I got tangled up in your mailbox." There was $80 in cash in the envelope with the note.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· May 23

Peak bumper sticker

Back end of a blue Subaru Crosstrek with a bumper sticker that says "I'd rather be watching Columbo"

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Apr 28

I went to a stained glass workshop this weekend and made a little northern-parula-insprired pant stake for the garden. (Bird photo via eBird)

Top photo of a northern parula, which is a round little bird with light blue feathers on its back and a yellow chest. Below: small stained glass bird with similar coloring.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Apr 23

I was thinking you might like these, too!

Four stunning bearded iris blooms. The top part is butter yellow and the bottom skirt is white edged with deep purple.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Mar 26

OMG I found this exact clipart in a trans newsletter recently! No bigger thrill.

Black and white drawing of a curvy woman wearing a tank top, with large phone receiver held to her ear. The outline of the top of her head is not completed, so her hair looks like a weird claw.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Mar 20

In other news, our library has a circulating copy of Terence Conran's The House Book, which I had no idea existed before this post, and now am going to make it my whole personality.

Front cover of The House Book. There are window-shaped panels with golden toned living-scapes, with a cream-colored living room in the center. Terence Conran's name in script in the bottom right corner. Truly ugly library carpet in the background.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Mar 18

Here's a Rosie!

A sleepy gray tabby cat with a white chest.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Mar 6

Dial-a-Baby! From the Jarolslav Hulka Papers. archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/hulk...

Paper device with 2 circular calendars showing hormone fluctuations in an average menstrual period, for fertility planning.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Feb 19

Get in losers, we're going to Blueberry School!!

Slide projected: Blueberry Establishment and Pruning, with a photo of blueberries in the background

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Feb 9

Relatedly, did you end up getting a hat? I finished the one I was making. Mostly wool, but had to finish the top with a different yarn since I ran out lol. Would be happy to send it to you!

Red knitted hat with braided tassle. It's resting on a white mesh drying rack.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Feb 5

I don't have the time/energy to transcribe this whole thing, but I found this item while prepping for a class. "Red, White, and Blue Fascism?" reprinted from Commonweal, June 1969, by Promoting Enduring Peace. If anyone wants a full scan let me know. Risograph inspo! Relevant history!

Headline in all caps, alternating red and blue ink: Red White and Blue Fascism? In the corner is a blue stamp from Duke Libraries with an emblem. Text begins: Sinclair Lewis wrote a book called It Can't Happen Here, the title of which was an ironic comment on the coming of fascism to America.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Jan 30

I made a poster about native/invasive plants for Bluestem Conservation Cemetery (www.bluestemcemetery.org) as part of my naturalist training impact project. It links to a guide that lists the top invasives on the property and how to address them. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

UNWANTED: Lookout for Invasive Plants!

At Bluestem, we are working to restore the land to its native state. We plant and support native species while removing and limiting invasive species. We strive to use ecologically sound practices, such as pulling, mowing, prescribed burns, and when necessary, targeted use of herbicides.

What are native plants?
Native plants exist in the wild without human intervention. They have co-evolved over time with their complex ecosystem that includes regional climate, soil, water, other plants, pollinators, wildlife and predators.

What are invasive plants?
Non-native plants are introduced by humans, accidentally or intentionally, to an area where they have not historically existed. Some non-natives become naturalized without causing harm. However some become invasive, spreading aggressively, out-competing and displacing native species, decreasing biodiversity, and degrading wildlife habitat.

How can you help?
Learn to identify invasive plants and how to remove them effectively. This website lists some of the most common invasive plants present at Bluestem and the best strategies to combat them.

This poster was created by K. Wooten and C. Klein as a project with the Master Naturalist Program.
Image of honeysuckle from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1801. www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/489777

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Jan 11

Here's a little #bloomscroll for you: I made paper trilliums at a workshop yesterday. A trillium grandiflorum and a trillium catesbyi to be precise.

A paper model of a trillium with 3 slender pink petals and green sepals

2 paper trillium sticking up from a small terracotta pot

Messy work table with a trillium model in progress.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Jan 8

I made "Free Joann Little" replica buttons!

Pile of pin-back buttons with text FREE JOANN LITTLE with brightly colored backgrounds.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Jan 1

Not what I would have come up with, but I'll give it a go. Will I huff and puff and blow your house down? Will I be hunted almost to extinction and then be rewilded? Will I show up on your trail cam-- that's not a coyote! I guess we'll find out.

Merriam Webster "your 2026 word" generator: "wolfish"

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Dec 25

🎄Merry Catsmas! 😻

Two gray tuxedo cats snuggled on the photographer's lap. One is looking at the camera, annoyed at being perceived. A Christmas tree and a cozy fireplace are in the background.

A gray tuxedo cat lolls around on a pile of wrapping paper.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Dec 25

Turns out that if you take a round cookie and cut out a tiny gingerbread fella in the middle, when it bakes it kinda looks like a butthole. Or a wreath.

A round cookie decorated like a wreath with loopy green squiggles and red dots. The middle is kinda puckered.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Dec 25

Just doing some real normal Christmas cookie decorating with the kids.

Sugar cookies decorated with red, green and white royal icing. One looks like a giant clown. There are some gingerbread guys. One is wearing a sprinkle diaper.

Christmas fetus cookie and some brainrot inspired designs; 6 7 cookies, mustard, mango

A normal looking candycane shaped cookie beside a tiny gingerbread guy with sprinkles and a blob mouth.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Dec 6

Moss break.

Fuzzy green moss on a fallen tree, turkey tail mushooms grow alongside. Pine needles here and there.

A large granite rock covered in moss and lichens of varying shades of green. Light brown oak leaves cover the surrounding forest floor.

Feathery fernlike moss on the base of a tree trunk.

Tuft of moss that look like little fans or the fluffy trees from The Lorax. If I was a little critter I would live here.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Dec 1

I made a trash collage at Scrap Exchange this afternoon with friends. Grateful for laughter and hot glue!

Collaged canvas with scraps of ribbon, plastic lids, puzzle pieces, a pink plastic Barbie boot, some silver poinsettia.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Nov 20

Mamm down!

Silicone nipple cover fallen to the sidewalk slightly under a shrub. I salute you, brave bosom friend.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Nov 13

Help, I think my cats are melting

Two dark gray cats curled up next to each other on a striped blanket on top of a couch back

The same two dark gray cats curled up next to each other on a striped blanket on top of a couch back, but now one cat is slumping down so it looks like they melted.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Nov 1

In that case, here is a mayfly we caught a couple of weeks ago when I was learning about water quality. They use ice cube trays to help count and identify the little guys. Mayflies are intolerant of pollution, so we were in a clean stream.

The basin of a white ice cube tray with a little 6 legged creature with 3 long tails in some water with some dirt sediment.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Nov 1

Look at these sweet little silky willow cuttings being tucked into their (stream) bed to take root over the winter and help stabilize the stream bank!

White man wearing a red sweatshirt and hip waders standing in a creek using a mallet to pound stakes into coir fabric on the stream bank. There are willow twigs sticking out of the coir so it looks like they are tucked into bed. Other people are standing around observing.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Oct 31

I inherited a Halloween village (Dept 56) from my uncle and I was thrilled to learn about "villaging"! I didn't set mine up this year, much to my cats' disappointment, but here's a pic from last year.

Tablescape with a little Halloween village. Two small jack o lanterns, a spooky tree full of ravens, some ghosts, a skeleton sitting on a bench and a cemetery with a welcome arch. It's on top of a table runner with jack o lanterns and a messy fringe.

Kelly Wooten@kwooten· Oct 24

True or false: Ron, the health inspector in Bob's Burgers is based on Donald Sutherland's character in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)