Uhhhhmanda

@uhhhhmanda

Sometimes an artist. Always a gremlin. She/they.

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Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 1d

Screenshot of a Tumblr post by user woodrider that says "ma'am I'm going to place you on a brief hold while I look for a reaction image."

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 9d

Matt built a temporary back seat for Karla so that our deeply codependent beasts can accompany me on my many errands.

Two very cute mutts smile for the camera in the back seat of an old Volvo. They are surrounded by army surplus sleeping mats.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 9d

I'm used to Pilchuck being obscured by clouds but not by smoke 😬

The blue silhouette of a mountain looms over residential rooftops, but it is thickly veiled by wildfire smoke.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 9d

Congratulations on your purchase! You should build an entire desk for this thing.

Detailed instructions on building a shaper table to mount your Dremel router in. The end result looks like a small desk with four drawers and stands about 10 inches tall. (Dremels were smaller in 1980)

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 9d

I scored a vintage Dremel router attachment at my favorite junk store yesterday and I'm loving the copy in the manual.

Operation of a router with the Constant- Torque Moto-Tool is made possible by a revolutionary new space age motor. The motor utilizes a ferrite ceramic permanent magnet for souped up, constant torque and a smooth cutting speed of 30,000 rpm (25,000 rpm for 370 and 380 Moto-Tools).

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 10d

Also at Snow Goose Produce:

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 10d

A friend made one for me of my dog

The iconic Jaws poster but it says Geordi instead of Jaws and the shark is a dog's muzzle as seen from below.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 10d

Scenes from road trip. I can't tell you how nice it is to be able to go to Skagitopia again.

An overcast sky over blue mountains and golden wheat across on the other side of a two-lane highway. A sign reads SPRING WHEAT.

A beautiful hand-pained sign of farmlands hanging in a weathered barn. The sign says SNOW GOOSE PRODUCE and a blackbird has down through my shot, obscuring the P.

Another blackbird watches Matt and I eat our ice cream, silhouetted against that golden wheat.

Another beautiful hand-painted sign, this one featuring a tomato, says SNOWGOOSE PRODUCE FARM FRESH PRODUCE.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 14d

Some people have beanie babies or rubber ducks on their dash. This guy has a life-size skull and two tiny living dogs.

A picture threw a truck's side window of two very tiny dogs that look like they were made by Jim Henson laying on the dashboard next to a realistic life size replica human skull. I assume it's a replica.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 14d

Only 2 out of 6 speakers are hooked up and someone cut the antenna but the stereo still works!

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 17d

I dropped a car seat (as in the entire driver's seat from my Volvo) on my foot earlier but then I saw a frog so it's a good day after all

A photo of a green Pacific Chorus Frog perched on a rusty piece of steel tubing.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 18d

Karla Karlsdotter passed another test today: up the big-ass hill on the Mountain Loop without anything resembling overheating. I don't think I've ever owned a car that had a good radiator before. I don't know what to do with myself!

A photo of a sky blue Volvo 244 parked in front of a giant slice of a doug fir tree and a tiny mine cart full of fake gold in Verlot, WA.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· 25d

We dearly love our new idiot, John (L), but not a day goes by that I don't think fondly of the late great Bucky (R), the single-toothed lovebug we got at Denny's.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jul 12

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jul 8

Omg especially if he did it in character as Amos Starkadder

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jul 5

Karlsdotter finds so far: 19 Lummi Island Ferry tickets, 1 BART ticket, 1 chunk of soapstone chalk, 1 bobby pin, 1 metal starfish, ¢14 US, ¢10 CAN, 1 stubby flat blade screwdriver, 1 pair rusty-ass tin snips.

19 Lummi Island Ferry tickets and 1 BART ticket.

1 chunk of soapstone chalk, 1 bobby pin, 1 metal starfish, ¢14 US, ¢10 CAN, 1 stubby flat blade screwdriver, 1 pair rusty-ass tin snips.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jul 3

Reminds me of this Almost Live classic:

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jul 2

My beloved Karl is stepping down. He will pass on his battery, tires, and legacy to this sedan, newly christened Karlsdotter.

A blue 1984 Volvo 245 station wagon sits in front of a huge, blooming yellow forsythia bush. I have added a crying heart sticker and "R.I.P."

A blue 1984 Volvo 240 sedan. Virtually identical except it's very dusty and doesn't have a tailgate.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 29

Michael from The Good Place, saying "It's a Tumblr insult. It's devastating. You're devastated right now."

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 28

Driving past a house I've passed hundreds of times, if not more, while running errands the other day, I noticed this big metal sun on their shed. "OMG that's so cute and funny!" But then I got closer and ... Oh. Nevermind.

An orange flaming sun shape with a tiny happy mouthshape at the bottom of the face circle, with two little five-pointed stars on either side, way down at the bottom with the silly smile, so that they look like very widely spaced eyes. It's silly and adorable.

The same face but now there's more detail: two deeply lined eyes, a furrowed brow, cheek and chin lines. It is now apparent that the stars are not eyes but the apples of the cheeks. This face is not cute and silly. This face has seen the creatures from Bird Box and wants you to look too. Look. Loooooook.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 27

The cake decorations at the IGA have been great lately.

A large round cake that reads "I'm sorry for what I said when it was 89° out."

A chocolate cupcake with a goofy frog made of frosting on top, sitting cross-legged on a pink and orange flower.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 22

A pencil sketch of t-rex forelegs that have knuckle tats reading LOVE and HATE

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 20

QTP with a ship that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 19

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 18

Hermann from Pacific Rim standing in front of his wall of blackboards but they have been replaced by the xkcd graph :"lionel messi world cup goals per game."

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 17

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 16

A meme of ralphie from a Christmas story sitting on Santa's lap thinking "a football? What's a football?"

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 16

A few weeks ago I put a bag of books in my trunk and this morning I actually remembered to stuff them in the little free library at the park! It was about half full alreadyand had some really good titles in it for all ages. I grabbed a copy of Shanghai Girls for myself.

A very colorful and very full little free library.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 15

Never too hot to crowd mama when the robot vacuum is on the loose.

Pepper (a large orange dog) is on my lap, John (a black mackerel tabby) is hopping on, and geordi (a grey brindled dog) is laying very nearby. Both dogs are panting.

Uhhhhmanda@uhhhhmanda· Jun 14

It took me a minute to figure out why there were reverse footprints on the back porch on a dry day -- it's from me putting spray sunscreen on my bare ankles and sandaled feet this morning!