suriel

@darktapestry

maker, widow, spoonie, dog mom, former goth rockstar, backyard birder, local cryptid. ace/pan, she/her. fuck genAI. I share my birds over on @phxbirds.bsky.social

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suriel@darktapestry· 4d

Back at the emergency vet with my girl, who once again drooped and wouldn't eat or drink all morning but got so excited when I grabbed the leash 😐

A small tricolor dog wearing a red gentle leader and a white vet collar looks saucily over her shoulder with a smile on her face. The vet is legit one of her favorite places in the whole wide world.

suriel@darktapestry· 12d

look who's back! really hope he's not a disease vector because he's just cute as shit 🤍

suriel@darktapestry· 15d

My laptop died last night. Its replacement arrives tomorrow. I have reached for a non-existent laptop about fifteen times in the last few hours. It's gonna be a long couple of days 😐

A laptop cooling pad without a laptop on it. I've grabbed it twice. My face went 😟😑 both times.

suriel@darktapestry· Aug 3

Had a new visitor to my fountain last night! On the one hand: oh interesting, my first non-cat mammal, I love rats ❤️ On the other hand: NOT NOW, plague rat and your terrifying testicles

suriel@darktapestry· Jul 17

we have reached the bottom of the sleeve! interestingly, four hours of stabs into thin skin over bones was pretty painful, but not half as painful as last month's 3-hour shading session on the inner wrist

The back of a white hand, tattooed halfway down the hand. The Buggs stand with their hands on their hips, as after a job well done. Mrs Bugg holds a pencil nearly as big as she is, strongly suggesting they are responsible for the art of my arms. They stand in front of a comic panel filled with a purple eye, with a sunset skyline in the pupil because why the fuck not. The eye is weeping color, that has filled the panel and is leaking out of the panel and down my hand. The farther the drip goes, the less color in the drip.

Side view of the rainbow drips of color flowing out of the comic panel and down my hand

suriel@darktapestry· Jun 28

Bisexual AND furry-friendly!

Me with a 7-foot red bull in a racing helmet in front of the Red Bull Ring

suriel@darktapestry· Jun 28

Getting ready to watch the Austrian GP at the officially-bisexual Red Bull Ring

A grey tshirt with RED BULL RING printed on it. The words are a gradient of blue, purple and pink, just like the bi flag.

suriel@darktapestry· Jun 26

It's Austrian Grand Prix weekend 🎉 bummer not to be there in person again but it's still one of my favorite races on the calendar 🏎️

My brother and I on one of the big open bed DHL trucks they take you on track tours on at the Red Bull Ring. The gantry with The Lights is visible behind us and the sidewall of another truck is next to us.

suriel@darktapestry· Jun 21

Finally watching Germany v Côte d'Ivoire with the only football scarf I own

A VFC Stuttgart football scarf in Pride colors

suriel@darktapestry· Jun 19

I super love this color and shading but holy fuck my wrist is on FIRE we're really close to finishing these sleeves but 🫪

A swollen white wrist tattooed nearly to the palm. There are Buggs holding hands (the very first piece in these sleeves, 3.5 years ago) that are now standing in a room painted in unreal shades of teal and turquoise and honeydew and rose. The room is technically a panel in a comic AND ALSO a dimensional room that lets them pass from arm to arm, because my tattoo artist is the best kind of bonkers.

suriel@darktapestry· Jun 2

QRP with your pride flags!

The asexual pride flag, with four stripes: black, grey, white and purple

The pan flag with three stripes: pink, yellow and blue

suriel@darktapestry· May 31

three days ago I noticed the profusion of buds; last night I shoved my face into the flowers & inhaled 💜

A branch of green cloud sage bush with multiple bulbous pale green buds and a bit of bird floof

The same green cloud sage bush, now a riot of purple blooms. The smell is indescribably delicate and lovely

suriel@darktapestry· May 31

Did a clay again! Went by myself this time & sat between a couple of fantastic, funny women & had a blast. Coming up in a couple weeks: SEVEN WEEKS of a more in depth sort of clay class🤘🏻gonna make so many wonky pots, y'all 😂

A pair of black leggings-clad thighs liberally splattered with dried beige clay. I think I need one of those aprons that cover your legs while throwing.

suriel@darktapestry· May 24

Thor and his raw jumbo shell

A small black and red dog with a silver muzzle lying on a round red bed with a sheepskin top. In front of him is a broken piece of uncooked jumbo shell pasta. He is eyeing me suspiciously because I touched it to find out what it was.

suriel@darktapestry· May 24

Thor and his leaf

A small black and red dog stands with his front paws on a leg clad in black to the knee. Sitting on the leg between his feet is a leaf he found at the back of the yard and brought to me because reasons. He is looking at something we can't see. In the background is a black dog butt with a curly tail in the UP position; beyond the butt is a plastic lawn & a lemon tree in the late afternoon sun

suriel@darktapestry· May 8

Creepy doll got color today 🤘🏻

An arm rests on an orange plastic covered rest. It is very brightly tattooed; front and center is a doll in a blue dress and black boots, with green hair cut in bangs with black tips. Her face is slightly cracked, with a wonky eye, and smudges of blush on each cheek. She holds a piece of parchment with drawings on it, but she's staring at something we can't see. She sits under a giant pink, purple and blue rose, while Buggs holding hands and carrying suitcases walk on something behind her head. I can't remember what it's supposed to be but it's purple 🤷🏻‍♀️ behind her is the cemetery. The detail and colors are just bonkers bright and layered and gorgeous.

suriel@darktapestry· May 5

Many things are flaming dogshit but at least

A black dry erase board with blue and orange handwriting saying, in all caps,
IT HAS BEEN
251
DAYS SINCE THE LAST
SCORPION INCIDENT

suriel@darktapestry· May 1

I HAVE CREATED CHEESE ITSELF

The formerly-cheesecloth-wrapped blob of maybe-cheese is now an unwrapped, firm, set chunk of actual goddamn cheese. It weighs 2.2lbs/988g with the cheesecloth, so my 3lb guess was a little off

suriel@darktapestry· May 1

Progress!

The cheesecloth-lined red plastic colander is now just half full of loose cheese, which is still screaming hot and full of whey.

The cheesecloth has been gathered up and twisted tightly around the cheese, which sits on an upside down plate on top of the colander in the sink. Next step, not pictured: another plate on top of the cheese, weighted by a cast iron lid

suriel@darktapestry· May 1

I think we're gonna need a bigger colander 😳

A black sink liberally splattered with white drops. The sink holds a red plastic colander lined with cheesecloth, filled almost to the brim with screaming hot nearly-cheese. I may have miscalculated? Look, the recipe was part of a matar paneer recipe that itself called for 8oz of paneer, and which called for 3 quarts of milk and 3 cups of buttermilk to make the paneer, and since it's easier to buy that shit by the gallon & quart I thought I'd just scale up & end up with about 12oz of cheese. That is clearly not happening here. I'm going to have like 3lbs of paneer, aren't I?

suriel@darktapestry· May 1

Decided to make paneer instead of running errands, because I forgot that it takes approximately three days to boil a gallon of milk 😶 yes I'll have a lot of cheese but I'll also be stirring this milk until Sunday

A large stainless steel Dutch oven half full of milk sits on a glass top stove with a wooden spoon balancing on the rim. Also on the stovetop are a quart of buttermilk, a small stainless steel ramekin with some table salt, and a stainless steel whisk on a square of paper towel.

suriel@darktapestry· Apr 26

At the emergency vet with my sweet Tsoei, who was lethargic and droopy and off her food all day, but perked right up when I grabbed the leash, and is now waiting excitedly for more people to come love on her Like I'm glad you're ok enough for that but come on

A small tricolor dog with her back to us. She's wearing a red gentle leader and a white vinyl ID collar, sitting on a light colored wood looking floor. Her ears are perky & she's laser focused on the door opposite her

suriel@darktapestry· Apr 22

Gonna test the theory

A large black Brother P-Touch label maker, displaying the words "Label Maker" in a blackletter font. It will be the foot soldier in my war against losing shit.

A plastic tub filled with dozens of label maker tape cartridges in three sizes and like ten different colors, as well as the AC and car power adapters for the label maker. Because surely a color code can only improve matters.

A gigantic stack of clean acrylic bins in assorted rectangular sizes sitting on top of a stove. They represent hope.

suriel@darktapestry· Apr 13

Some sort of temporal disturbance, perhaps

a small fluffy red and black dog with a silver nose and chin lies on his back in a lap, feet up, staring deeply into your eyes, entranced

a small fluffy red and black dog with a silver nose and chin lies on his back in a lap, feet up, face blurred by a sneeze. you're now mildly damp.

suriel@darktapestry· Apr 12

Important update

Another bandaged thumb, this time in neon yellow, with horns and mismatched purple eyes

suriel@darktapestry· Apr 12

Lil guy on my thumb

A black adhesive fingertip bandage wrapped around a thumb. The shape of the bandage makes it look like it has horns and arms, so I gave it eyes & now I've got a wee friend

suriel@darktapestry· Apr 4

I am not currently in the market for a friend for Nill, but I can highly recommend Jeremy's creatures Nill is bigger than my admittedly small hand, and came with the most charming hand-lettered backstory mounted on pretty paper and signed on the back I will definitely be budgeting for more ❤️

A pale hand with a tattooed wrist and black watchband holds a stuffed Neolithic statue with two legs, a mouth opened in wonder, and sixteen whole eyes and three partial eyes where a chunk has been bitten out of his head

A pale hand, with a thumb containing a last chunk of polish, holds a rectangular card made of white paper with a deckled edge mounted on a piece of pink paper similarly deckled. The text is in a lovely calligraphy and reads:

"Meet Nill the Neolithic Statue Who Never Was. About 8000 years ago, various human beings from all over the planet considered sculpting Nill the Neolithic Statue, but they ultimately decided against creating him. They thought, rightly or wrongly, that he had a few too many eyes. And so, Nill was not made during the Neolithic period.

He now exists, however, in fabric art form. He was hand-sewn. Nill appears as if a bit of his head is missing, and that's because it is. A cave beast with a thousand teeth was without his glasses and mistook Nill for hamburger. These things happen, although Nill still feels somewhat bitter about the whole situation. He misses the eyes that he lost, as well as that small section of his brain where he kept his knowledge about various films. As of late, he's been rewatching his favorite films, as if for the first time, planting those experiences in the parts of his brain that still exist."

suriel@darktapestry· Mar 30

How it started vs. How it's going

4 years ago today they planted my trees and bushes! The Meyer lemon on the left was already there; its new neighbors are, from left to right, a Texas sage bush, a spindly multi-trunk mesquite tree, a green cloud sage bush, a bright green Palo Verde ree, another Texas sage bush, and finally a tangerine tree. They all stand in an expanse of dirt, a few feet in front of a block wall, the right hand side of which has been painted dark grey. The walls are a prominent feature of the yard and the houses behind are clearly visible.

The same yard, now a sea of green instead of brown. A plastic lawn has been added, the walls are all dark grey, the trees are huge and fluffy in their sprint riot, and the bushes and neighbors are all but invisible. The yard is messy and wild and full of local flora. It's a veritable fucking oasis.

suriel@darktapestry· Mar 27

Going through piles of posters & flyers from our old band/club/promoter days & found a poster that the Crüxshadows signed to our drum machine, Azrael Abyss 😂 Tagging @thesageambrose.bsky.social once again 😆 I should probably make an AZGoth/Killing Jar/Paris Burning photo album

An autograph that says:

Azrael,
It was great working with you!
Your friend,
Kerrin (the I is dotted with a heart)

An autograph half-covering a face, that says

Azrael - hope you get free soon! Chris (I think)

(There was a movement for a while to Free Azrael from his box (people made posters & everything, it was bonkers))

The autograph next to Rogue's eye is by the man himself and says,

To Azrael -
It was so wonderful playing for you in Phoenix -
Best -
Rogue

suriel@darktapestry· Mar 27

My niece is raiding my closet 😁 dress, boots, stockings all mine (Paging @thesageambrose.bsky.social to the Paris Burning courtesy phone)