Lucy Kemnitzer

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Kind of tired of making profiles. Me: she/they, old, sometime writer: babushka to a promising goblin. If we'd done as I said we'd not be in such a fucking mess. Avatar alt text: white babushka in a purple babushka. Banner: cement ship, Aptos

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Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· 23d

I think I have a high loas of covid virus because that second red line showed up really fast.

A covid/flu test showing positive covid & negative flu. I think. The last red line is supposed to be blue. I don't know whether the wrong color invalidates the whole test or just the incorrect line. I made it 6 fucking years before my roommate brought it into my house (he never masks any more & he works a public facing job)

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Jun 21

Santa Cruz County has a pretty good one.

The flag of Santa Cruz County has a white top half with a stylized redwood tree on the left, with the bottom half containing five color stripes in order from top (mid-flag) to bottom: red, orange, yellow, green, blue. It looks a little dorky but well intentioned.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Jun 18

Have a little dog.

A terrier-chihuahua dog is gnawing on a carrot while on a couch covered in orange plaid tablecloths. She is pale yellow with almost white countershading & darker ears which are the kind that stick outwide on her head and flop over at the tips. Her eyelashes are orange and she wears a rainbow plaid collar. She is really enjoying that carrot and would probably growl and grab hard to it if you offered to take it away. Her name-- Žluta-- means "yellow." But I should have named her Koza, "goat," because she really is goatlike.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· May 19

Here's a couple pictures

Abby a couple weeks ago: a spherical mound of undifferentiated white fuzz, theorerically purporting to be a small poodleish dog.

Two dogs on the front stoop of a golden yellow clapboard house with a brick red door and blue trim. Abby, the one on the left, who died today, is very small and white and fuzzy with button eyes and lop ears. The one on the right, Žluta, is yellow and white, somewhat larger, with short hair and ears that are folded near the top.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Apr 21

A person has to constantly & willfully look away from boys & men to believe this. My firstborn didn't give a bottle to a baby doll but you should have seen him swaddling his High Hopping Hoomdorm & building it a wee nest & feeding it with little toy foods, crooning all the while.

High hopping hoomdorm, a toy of the early 80s which could be pumped full of aur so it could jump around like a wolf spider unsuccessfully attempting to swallow a giant grasshopper. It has four large jointed green legs and a round black cephalothorax with tubing comingbout of the top. The whole thing was abiut sux inches tall. It was made by Tomy toys & my child loved it as his own baby.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Mar 28

Santa Cruz No Kings 2026-Curtis Relliford, who has been collecting & distributing aid since Katrina, brings lovely music to demonstrations but it's ALWAYS WAY TOO LOUD & HURTS EVERYBODY'S EARS & DROWNS EVERTBODY OUT. A black man in a straw hat, overalls and a red shirt is peddling a tricycle hauling a large speaker trailer draped with signs saing "RACISM R.I.P. - TIME TO UNITE UNITED STATES" and a number of photos of notables like Martin Luther King. Not shown: also there are solicitations for donations for his next trip to Hopi Land

Giant Peace Dove at Santa Cruz No Kings 2026

Big head puppets, Santa Cruz No Kings 2026

Big head puppet (Gaia?) and endangered animal cutouts on sticks, Santa Cruz No Kings 2026. Idyllic leafy suburban shopping street & mostly older white protesters

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Mar 5

News from Loughborough this morning: a frog stack was found by the old Roman bridge on the way to the bluebell woods.

Frogs mating in the sunshine, on bare ground near some fresh young grass. The top frog is quite smaller than the bottom frog. In human eyes they look blissful, calm, and determined.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Dec 29

This is easy, because in choosing 3 great albums in any decade since the 1970s, one can always just look up what Muszikas was doing in that decade.

The cover of the Muszikas album "Blues for Transylvania," which features a photo of three fiddlers, a string bassist, and a singer, posed in black and white clothes on grass in front of broadleaf trees. The bassist is wearing a hat and a white shirt with red embroidery.

The cover of the Muszikas album Kettő. The top features an image of road cobbles which have been rendered in monotone, yellow on the left and red on the right. The bottom has an image of the group in concert, rendered in blue monotone. The fiddlers and the bassist appear to be plucking the strings of their instruments, and the whole group appears to be singing. Marta Sebestyen, the singer, is wearing boots and a long dress with long belled sleeves, and has her curly hair down on her shoulders. The men have chin-length hair and are weqring what look like colorful shirts untucked over dark trousers.

The cover of the Muszikas album, "Maramaros: the lost jewish music of Transylvania." The image is a weathered wooden frame around a small faded and discolored yellow monotone photo (possibly meant to indicate that it was originally a sepiatone?) of five musicians, three standing fiddlers, a standing man playing a hand drum, and a sitting man playing a cello. All of the men are wearing hats. Two of the standing men are wearing long coats. One is wearing a large vest. The seated man is wearing a large shawl tied at the neck. Another smaller opening in the frame seems to reveal a random piece of printed paper on which the letters "a" and "s" can be seen.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Dec 23

In a downtown Santa Cruz parking structure. I don't know

A corner inside a white-plastered structure. Asmall space is closed off with a minimalist black ironwork gate. A galvanized conduit runs horizontally along the wall. A heavy-duty two-tier basket cart (not a shopping cart) sits in front, loaded with cardboard, drink bottles, boxes, and a gasoline can missing its lid. On the wall someone has scrawled a list: (illegible: zeck tanyel?)/length/tall/skinny/high yes/big/huge...
brad/long/(illegible:beyntz?)/smoothed up/trienkit/short/small/brusk/fat bb/thick/chubby/square/teeleney(continues behind cart, where it can't be seen)

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Dec 4

I think these guys are really cute-I have no idea what species they are- but I found them here in Central Coast California a while back

Two tiny shiny beetles humping on asphalt

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Nov 25

I found this in my liquor cabinet, handed down to me by my sister-in-law from her late mother's stash, originally bought by her father, I guess. I also guess that means this year's fruitcakes are going to be literal heirlooms? It's pretty good sweet wine, I kinda wish I could still tolerate alcohol

A greenush-glass bottle of very dark, murky red wine whose stained & faded label declares, in varied & elegant typography, that it is "CAMBAS: Superior Grecian: MAVRODAPHNE: product of Greece: red sweet wine: vintage 1932: alcohol content 16% by volume. net contents 1 pint 7 fluid ounces: produced and bottled in Greece by ANDREW P. CAMBAS Co Ltd: Athens - Greece"
A smaller label says "imported by TRY ME BOTTLING COMPANY OF WASHINGTON D.C. Sole agents for the USA - Washington D.C."

Behind the bottle can be seen the gathered ingredients for my fruitcakes, & my dusty kitchen window

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Nov 23

A movie set where you're from

A poster for the movie "Harold and Maude," which is illustrated by full-colored sketches of the two main actors, Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon. He is holding an array of knives, rope, gasoline and other deadly things and smiling wrily. She is wearing a long scarf. The handlebars of a motorcycle are visible. Above their heads is written "This is Harold. Fully equipped to deal with life. This is Maude. Harold's girlfriend." It is evident from the picture that Harold is very young and Maude is very old.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Oct 31

Something Halloween but not scary: two small dogs & a bit of decoration

A bit of front porch on a railroad-yellow house with blue trim & a windowed dull red door, with a small disheveled white dog & a slightly less small yellow dog with "tulip" ears. Over the porch stairs is a garland of colorful felt skulls in the papel picado style, with two purple paper lanterns with bats printed on them. On the front door is a ball of small plastic pumpkins. There are two large bedraggled succulents flanking the door. The little white dog is looking befuddled towards the camera, the little yellow dog is looking concerned in another direction. The front door is also decorated with a Norwegian cartoon troll sticker, an ancient anti-nyclear sticker, & a large filet crochet doily behind the window. Above it is a stained glass transom window that obviously does not belong.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Oct 27

Late October on the Central Coast. Indications of why the Anna's hummingbirds no longer migrate in the winter. Yes, it will be like this all winter. The rainy season is inspiring to certain garden plants even if they are neglected.

A cluster of small semizdouble pale pink roses (cornelia variety introduced in the 1920s) blooming out of a tangle of untended greenery from which also protrude a few whitish salvia flowers (Hot Lips variety). Scene is on a heavily patched street, with bright blue sky indicating that it is past noon and the fog has worn off. In the background is a railroad-yellow garden shed, a weathered fence enveloped by blooming fire engine red bougainvillea, and a youngish live oak tree

A ruffly whitish single camellia blossom with a brilliant yellow center and pinkish petal edges (Yuletide variety), on a bright glossy untended camellia bush in dappled shade. In the background are some weeds and a heavily leafed out branch of a stubborn Wind Chimes single rose, and the butt and nose of two white cars parked on the driveway and street respectively. The light part of the scene is quite bright because it's afternoon. The shade is pretty bright too.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Jul 16

Are you supposed to use the battlebeast toys as the figures for this game?

A pair of battlebeast toys from the 1980s, packaged in clear plastic blister boxes on a colorful card labeled "series 1." The one on the left seems to be catlike? with white fur,a yellow mane, a blue eyepatch & blue & red armor. The one on the right is yellow and brown with a badger-like facial marking. The both stand with knees slightly bent, feet apart, hands raised as if about to fling a heavy object, cast a spall, or maybe surrender. The card has the words "battle beasts" emblazoned in flamboyant yellow-orange gradient decorative type with purple outlines and an illustration of a large gathering of similar armed bipedal beasts, notably a rhino-like one on the left and a ram-like one on the right. The toys are about 40 millimeters (1½ inches) tall and the card is about 100 millimeters (4 inches) tall and half as wide. The slogan on the bottom of the card reads "fire! Wood! Or water! You'll never know until you own them!"

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Jul 13

So in case you've noticed I refer to this child as my grandgoblin, & in case you were wondering why I don't call them a grandchild like a normal person, here is an example of why. It's like this all of the time around here.

Half a mini watermelon with a random small pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter shoved so far in it I can't get it out without pureeing the watermelon, which, fair I was going to make afua fresca anyway, but, dang.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Jun 14

Guy at No Kings is holding Palestine, US, & Greenland flags. There are also guys with Mexico & Canada flags, & a handlettered sign. They are leaving at the end of the demonstration in Santa Cruz.

A poor photograph of a cadre of No Kings demonstrators taking the street on the main road tourists use to get to the beach in Santa Cruz. The cars are patient, guving solidarity honks, & the demonstrators let them pass every few minutes.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Jun 13

My father at the park with his statue twin about 20 years ago... I mean, the one wearing clothes: he put his glasses on the statue

Luis Kemnitzer & a lookalike titanic statue at the sculpture park in Oslo sometime after about 1995 & before about 2005. He is an elderly white anarchist anthropologist in a button down shirt with a full white beard & a bald head. He has placed his own sunglasses on the statue's face for some anarchic reason. He has various old man gear in his shirt pocket & over his shoulder and the sky is amazingly blue. He and the statue have the exact same slightly bulbous noses, facial hair, & stern expressions that seem to be hiding a dry sense of deadpan humor.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· May 9

So we're supposed to post the most recent picture of ourselves from our camera roll, no cheating: good thing nobody specified faces, because this is what I got:

A white plump old lady hand spread out on a huge nasturtium leaf. The leaf is almost twice as big across as the hand, which itself, while short, is remarkably wide, like the old lady. The fingernails are short & worn, like the old lady. The part of the bare arm that can be seen is remarkably hairy. You can tell it is an old lady's hand because wrinkles & liver spots. Honestly the old lady is kind of fond of the liver spots. A broad band of leafy shadow crosses the otherwise sunlit photo. In the background: more very large nasturtium leaves.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Apr 10

Anybody recognize this caterpillar? Found Central Coast California, under oxalis & beach aster & nasturtium, over apple roots

Lime green caterpillar, round & smooth without hairs, horns, or doodads, with a light tan face, very plump, curled to about the diameter of a quarter, having a faint yellow line traced along the middle of its its side, with brown curved dashes just above and darker green dots at each segment. Segmentation is clear but not very ridged, and it has apparently a pair of feet on every segment. It is slightly smaller across than the invasive oxalis leaf next to it.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Apr 3

Okay so when I planted this tree 47 years ago it bloomed in mid May. The buds opened on March 29 this year. It still seems to take till November to ripen though. And my Satsuma plum tree, about the same age, still blooms in late January through early March like it always has. I don't know.

A single apple blossom on a newton pippin tree in central coast California on April 1, 2025. In the background some buds and leaves and twigs are visible.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Feb 13

"If you see this, quote post with a photo of a beach from your gallery." Well. Sometimes there's a beach there (alt text explains a lot):

West Cliff, Santa Cruz, California. A cove between Mitchells Cove & Its Beach, which I don't know the name of. There is a narrow, rapidly eroding point of land in the middle distance where foolish people are standing far too close to the edge. A large pile of rip rap (big stones) has been trucked in at great expense in a vain attempt to stabilize the 20-ft cliff because rich fucks were allowed to build McMansions across the road after the it was clear that this bit of land is extremely temporary. The cliff is made of Purisima Sandstone, Santa Cruz Mudstone, & a darker, stronger layer below which is also some kind of sedimentary stuff. There's a narrow strip of sand visible but most is covered by lively surf: at low tide there's a respectable beach there! The wintry sky is soft & foggy, the waters of Monterey bay are green & brown because of seasonal upwelling & turnulent storms. In the foreground there are the fat yellow blooms & strange prism-shaped succulent leaves of the naturalized South African ice plant of the genus caprobrotus, which has contributed to the loss of our sand dunes (this part of the bay wasn't dune country, though). Not visible in the picture: a few very determined & brave surfers; the other side of the bay; the gulls, cormorants, pelicans & Brewer blackbirds I saw that day; the little dogs that made taking this picture such a challenge.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Jan 19

What if we kissed at sunset, under the cormorant tree at Pleasure Point?

Sunset over the Pacific Ocean, from a clifftop next to Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz County. There is a romantically weatherbeaten tree in whose branches you can barely make out the silhouettes of 3 cormorants, and you can see a smaller tree in silhouette behind this tree. You can also see a weathered but sturdy guardrail, the mudstone of the cliff, the invasive greenery, and a bit of the public restroom. The water and sky are lit up with pale pastel light and there is a bit of a fata morgana illusion of the Monterey Peninsula far across the Monterey Bay.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Nov 16

So this guy looks exactly like a follow farmer & grifter.

Dknight10k "I smoked democracy" promising to take over bluesky "like he did Threads"

Dknight10k's timeline where he is boasting of gaining tens of thousands of followers over night. Further down he is already asking for money, for what I am not sure

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Nov 16

Here's a doofus who just came here to fight libs because they can't find enough action at home.

djt15.bsky.social
Found them calling Dionne Warwick names for some reason?

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Nov 15

Although in general I do think we have a tad too many "this is how blocking works here & this is why it is wonderful" posts right now. I don't intend to add any more to the huge pile of them. Here, have a picture of a couple of goofy little old ladies:

A small fuzzy white flop-eared dog with bright eyes & a half-blep smile sharing the front passenger seat with a less small, but still small, smooth-coated yellow dog with button ears & an awkward smirk. The car is liberally decorated with dog fur, leaf trash, & discarded hats.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Nov 14

A Peter Lorre one!

A picture of young Petr Lorre I found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/1e5rebt/a_young_peter_lorre_favorite_actor_1930_ish/

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Oct 30

I don't have a baby picture of Abby, but here's Žluta destroying a water bottle I had hoped she would drnk nicely from on long walks.

A small yellow puppy on a white blanket chewing on the spout of a steel water bottle. She is a bit terrier-ish, a bit chihuahua-ish, a bit dachshund-ish, & she has those "button ears" that stand up & fold over half way up. She was an eager, demanding, very oral & destructive puppy, and as an older middle-aged dog she's more trepidatious & intellectual & she only destroys washcloths & clothespins.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Oct 1

Black Dog Day? Anyway she was almost a black dog. Her name was Truffle, and she was The Dog of Joy. The Dog of Love was all black but she lived before I had digital photos. (Why do we still call special days Nationalwhen we live international lives?)

A backlit mixed breed dog, shortlegged but large, muscly & sturdy, striking a noble dog pose while standing on a fallen log in a 2nd growth mixed deciduous-evergreen forest. She has button ears and a mastiff face and short black-and-tan hair.

Lucy Kemnitzer@lucykemnitzer· Sep 19

Repost first crush, etc. (I wanted to be the guy on the left but had real dreams about jumping into the arms of the guy on the right-from a pickup truck bed of course) (I had a cowboy hat & Hopalong Cassidy crayons) I liked that they professed to venuality & cowardice but championed the innocent.