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turtles@e· 20d

Outrageously beautiful afternoon at the beach today. #pnw #summer

An intensely blue sky over a blue green lake, an apartment building on floating dock just out from the side and past that is Mt Ranier looking ghostly on the horizon with whispy clouds at her shoulders

turtles@e· Jul 19

I'm laying in my hammock, reading a book, the birch tree above me is fully bristling with foraging bushtits, all is well

The edge of a blue and green striped sun umbrella and the spread of foliage of a birch tree backed by a perfect blue sky

turtles@e· Jul 6

June reading #booksky #reading #storygraph

June reading wrap-up from Storygraph. 14 books read, 6265 pages, AVG rating 3.5. highest rated was Last argument of Kings, Before they are hanged, and Lake of the Long sun all rated 4.0

turtles@e· Apr 29

Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?

turtles@e· Apr 24

My medicinal herb garden demands blood sacrifice

Hand with a budding spot of blood held over a potted plant

turtles@e· Mar 31

There's one distinct benefit of having a weekly appointment in West Seattle

turtles@e· Mar 26

Just started a new one, the 20 ct is making my eyes cross ngl

A few dark green stitches on 20 ct easy count

turtles@e· Mar 25

Remember Zentangle? I finally tried my hand at it. Hand drawn art always intimidates me.

turtles@e· Mar 13

Now trying my hand at some sashiko but dang I should have gotten a thimble

White sashiko stitching on navy blue cotton fabric

turtles@e· Mar 13

I finished my first glitch project, I bought this pattern a very long time ago, glad I finally worked it up. #crossstitch #stitchsky

Glitchy cross stitch of a cryptid? Monster? Cyclops? Guy

turtles@e· Mar 3

Lol, called it

Forecast showing rain for the next 9 days

turtles@e· Mar 3

I always get excited this time of year because it feels like spring will be right around the corner (corner being 1-2 more mos of week long rains most years)

turtles@e· Feb 28

I have been claimed.

Black and tan German shepherd relaxing on a couch with his paw on owners leg

turtles@e· Feb 18

I'm proud of this one, I got the idea from a post/meme but I drafted the pattern myself. The canvas got filthy somehow please disregard my grime. #crossstitch

Cross stitch reading
In this house, we believe
This is not a place of honor
No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here
Nothing is valued here
What is here is
Dangerous & repulsive
The danger is in a particular location
The danger is still present in your time
This place is best left shunned & uninhabited

turtles@e· Feb 12

Fungi friend spotted #fungifriend

An irregular shaped fungus growing from a cut log

turtles@e· Feb 12

Nature is healing 🙏🏻

A cut stump with one of those stylized "s" doodles cut into it

turtles@e· Feb 11

This is one of those that tickles me so mightily, that literally no one else will understand

Cross stitch reading "In This House, We Believe: this is not a place of honor"

turtles@e· Feb 10

The macro lens on my phone isn't stellar but I do enjoy capturing my tiny neighbors

A shiny flying insect with large red compound eyes

turtles@e· Feb 8

I'm making a Bargello sunglass case !

turtles@e· Feb 6

Lateposting but January was a full month for reading

Wrap up for January Storygraph. 9 books read, 2955 pages, avg rating 3.39. Top rated were There is No Antimemetics Division, Blood on Her Tongue, and Enshittification

turtles@e· Feb 6

We like the Zukes training treats. They're smooshy and small. Might suit you. Bismarck sends his old dog approval

turtles@e· Jan 24

Did I *need* another #fiberart hobby? Strictly speaking, no

turtles@e· Jan 24

Dang ol dog stepped on my #wip with his muddy paws 😡 #crossstitch

Incomplete stylized cross stitch of LOTR Mordor, now featuring muddy paw print smudges

turtles@e· Jan 20

I'm not sure the beer improves my stitching but it was a great way to pass a few hours #crossstitch #wip

Cross stitch work in progress depicting the tower and Mt Doom with the sub title "Visit Mordor" in the style of a travel poster. Mostly finished pint of beer in the background.

turtles@e· Dec 8

I adopted this lemon bc of his goofy ears. He looked so immensely GSD but for the ears. They are this shape now because he had many an untreated ear infection + aural hematoma when he was a stray in Spokane, WA. Since adoption (he was 1 year old), we have learned more about his health and history.

Mature German shepherd mix, ears folded down with scars from repeated untreated ear infections, nose dry and scabby from discoid lupus, looking sweetly at the camera

turtles@e· Dec 5

PNW rules #mushroom

Enormous mushroom with red top flecked with white spots grown so enormous as to crush smaller similar mushroom beneath its canopy

Full size hand for scale of mushroom, mushroom top spans entire hand

turtles@e· Dec 1

It was a good month for reading. Joe Hill's latest was a straight banger. My blind date book from Homebody MN was excellent (Jackal).

Monthly wrap up graphic for November from StoryGraph. 6 books read, 2582 pages, avg rating 3.45. highest rated books King Sorrow (4.25), Jackal (4.0), How To Tell When We Will Die (4.0). 50% fiction, 50% nonfiction. Genres include Essays, Horror, Memoir, Feminism, Fantasy. Compared to October 50% more books, 69% more pages. A graph shows pages read per day. 50% digital 50% print books.

turtles@e· Nov 14

Toddler Wreckage from the weekend

turtles@e· Sep 16

I don't really post anymore. The Void has lost its appeal. However, look at this absolutely PERFECT card I received.

A greeting cards with a picture of a trash pile with one raccoons yellow eyes reflecting from inside an overturned trashcan, and another climbing a pile of trash bags in quest for a slice of pizza at the very top. There are flames in the background and the top says "Ain't no mountain high enough'. My friend has inscribed "you" with an arrow pointing to the aspiring raccoon and "me" with an arrow pointing to the one lurking in the trashcan

turtles@e· Sep 16

Burb