beentsy

@beentsy

I love books, yarn, beasties, movies, and pop culture. Left coast of Canada and so liberal I'm almost a communist, kidding, but definitely a socialist. 🇨🇦🍁🧶🐾

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beentsy@beentsy· 9d

I came across what I think is my first slime mould yesterday in the park. It's so cool! And now I guess I'm now a person who gets excited about things like slime moulds. So that's cool.

A butter yellow slime mould growing on the side of a fallen tree in Mill Lake Park. It looks almost furry and at the bottom of it, tendrils are stretched like hot mozzarella cheese over a crack in the stump.

beentsy@beentsy· Jul 5

I picked up my sweater to knit last night and a wasp had burrowed into it. Fucker bit me so hard. It's this tiny hole but my whole hand just flared up like it's on fire. Evil little sod. But then, the internet served up this, and I've realized, I am wasp too! 😂😂

Coloured line drawing of a black and yellow wasp with The Anatomy of the Wasp at the top of the image. Sections of the wasp are labeled and include: resentment, hate, fury, bitterness, loathing, rage, indignation, and of course, the arse dagger.

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 28

Spotted a red winged blackbird who has moved into the neighbourhood and immediately took a crap photo of that beauty. Birdwatching is coming along great! 😁

Photo of a red winged blackbird sitting on a walkway railing beside a lily pad covered pond facing away from the xamera. I say red winged blackbird, but honestly, it could be any small shiny black bird based on my crap photographic evidence. 😁

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 23

Yep. Partially metric is my jam. Have you seen the flowchart for how Canadians measure things? I would argue it's actually a little more complicated than this, but you get the idea.

A flow chart from Reddit valiantly trying to explain the mish mash of metric and imperial and general odd ways Canadians measure distance, weight, temperature, etc.

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 23

Our pupper is Mathilda, Tilly for short. But when we're feeling fancy she is The Duchess Binky von Binklestein. Because, of course.

Front facing photo of a shaggy ginger and white princess of a huge Labradoodle. Cutest dog in the world. Weapons grade cute. I promise you.

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 20

Something I'm working on fits into #ShowMeYourKnits! Huzzah. A long, extra soft scarf/stole knit double stranded in Ito Sensai marling from mid grey through dark teal to the palest of ice blues. 🧶

A long, extra soft scarf/stole knit double stranded in Ito Sensai, marling from mid grey through dark teal to the palest of ice blues.

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 17

I still miss this show. I was 14 and thought it was magic.

Promo photo of the long cancelled tv show Manimal showing the lead character with a falcon on his arm. Below are additional images showing him I mean, sort of like changing into other animals. Dude, it was so bad in hindsight. LOL

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 16

Current project: a fuzzy wuzzy triangular shawl/stole in double stranded Ito Sensai. A little drop a strand of a colour, pick up a new strand of colour marled magic in shades of grey and teal. Pale, pale blue will be the next colour added to the mix. 🧶

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 14

Scenes from an airport. Leaving Berlin and heading back to Canadaland. Gonna miss you, Berlin. You're amazing.

Photo of my lap with my current mohair and silk shawl project and various bits of hand luggage surrounding me.

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 13

World kiit in public day was great in Berlin. Utterly wonderful.

Photo of 3 skeins and 3 balls of. Rightly coloured knitting yarn, an in progress fuzzy grey knitted scarf, and a bright yellow and orange knitting bag on a picnic table in the sun.

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 13

Berlin also has good puppers waiting for their humans at the grocery store. I think I love it here. @darthbluesky.bsky.social

A very good dog, maybe a shepherd hound mix and adorable, waiting at the grocery store entrance for their human.

beentsy@beentsy· Jun 9

Oh! @darthbluesky.bsky.social , Berlin has adorable subway dogs!

A medium sized grey and white dog who is the cutest little terrier looking creature ever looks up at the camera from the floor of the Berlin subway.

beentsy@beentsy· May 26

🤦🏼‍♀️ This is my friends pup, Paisley. They are coming to visit today. I'm so sorry about your day lost to AI shenanigans. 🫤

A photo of a 10 week old Bernese Mountain dog laying in very green grass looking adorable.

beentsy@beentsy· May 17

Pick a James Bond from photos you already have in your phone.

A still photo of Richard E. Grant in the movie Withnail & I. He is sitting on a sofa, holding a cigarette, looking into the camera.

beentsy@beentsy· May 16

Local Canada Geese goslings getting to that awkward teenage phase. So gawky and cute.

Photo of a group of adult Canadian Geese and their goslings on the grass beside Mill Lake.

beentsy@beentsy· May 10

They said it couldn't be done, and yet here she is. Tilly the labradoodlehippopotamus.

beentsy@beentsy· May 10

Yesterday at the park. Sat there for 10 minutes just waiting for some fae creatures to show up it felt so fairy like.

A cluster of small brown mushrooms growing up against a mossy tree. Very, very fairy like.

beentsy@beentsy· May 8

Continuing to make headway on my #LightItUpMAL project.

An in progress photo of a shades of green striped knitting project made in Noro yarn.

beentsy@beentsy· May 5

Got a good start on my #lightituPMAL project. Apparently mindless stockinette was exactly what I was looking for. It's Noro Geshi and the www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... pattern. 🧶

Photo of an in progress knitting project in Noro yarn striping in shades of green and teal. There is a very handsome mackerel tabby named Hugo lounging near the knitting.

beentsy@beentsy· May 3

Name your favourite black and white film: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

A still from the 1940 movie The Philadelphia Story showing Jimmy Stewart and Katherine Hepburn embracing. They are smiling at each other and look vaguely windswept.

beentsy@beentsy· May 3

The best.

An almost all the way open salmon berry flower.

beentsy@beentsy· May 1

Post your warning sign

A yellow warning sign on the lighthouse at Uclulet, British Columbia in French and English: Lead Based Paint / Peinture a base de plomb. Someone has added in felt pen, also in English and French: Do Not Lick! / ne pas lecher.

Nothing is better than helpful, Canadian graffiti on our warning signs.

beentsy@beentsy· Apr 26

Started another sweater, Mycroft by Isabella Kraemer. Knitting with one strand of lace weight alpaca/silk from Colourmart and one strand of Wool Local by Erika Knight. Very light and smooshy. 🧶

Photo of an in progress, top down in the round sweater in a soft blue grey colour.

beentsy@beentsy· Apr 24

Got a haircut and then visited the bookstore for a little treat. Is this not the best dedication you've ever read?

Photo of a table in Tim Hortons with a coffee and two books on it. The books are The Ending Writes Itself by VE Schwab and Cat Clarke under the alias of Evelyn Clarke and Here for a Good Time by Kim Spencer.

The dedication in The Ending Writes Itself is epic:

For the writers, each and every one of you.
(Except for that one asshole, you know who you are.)

Whether you're just starting your journey, or well down the road, keep fighting, and keep putting pen to paper.

The world needs your work.

(Except for the aforementioned asshole, feel free to quit anytime.)

beentsy@beentsy· Apr 22

A black and white cartoon. In the background a caveman (sorry, I know, it's a horrible descriptor) is warming themselves by a fire. In the foreground one wolf is talking to two other wolves and saying "He says that he'll provide me with food and shelter and in return he gets to call me his little 'shnoopy-poo'.

beentsy@beentsy· Apr 22

Quite a surprise to see in my VERY right wing conservative city.

A poster glued to a park bathroom door showing a raging forest fire and the words "The rich are killing the planet" followed by "join the communist party".

beentsy@beentsy· Apr 20

Well that's disappointing.

Screenshot from the New York Times spelling bee game of 'Manimal' and the game app saying it's not a word. Rude. It's only the greatest television show ever. Oh, but I guess that makes it a proper noun too. Hmmm. Fine. This time, NYT!

beentsy@beentsy· Apr 19

Ain't no party like a gauge swatch party. Silver lace weight alpaca silk from Colourmart and Wool Local from Erika Knight in the colour Bennett. 4, 4.5, 5mm needle attempts. I think I like the 4.5 fabric best. 🧶

Photo of a gauge swatch that has been knit over three different needle sizes using lace weight alpaca silk and fingering weight wool. Copy of The Entangled Life in the background.

beentsy@beentsy· Apr 17

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it). Hugo was so ready for his closeup.

A mackerel tabby laying on their human's lap. There is a stranded knitting project in the foreground.

beentsy@beentsy· Apr 17

See, I took all these things and made a vat of delicious vegetarian spaghetti sauce.