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Charlie stopped me to show me this heart shaped shadow on the sidewalk.

#she always finds shapes in things #there was a tree next to the sidewalk but this shadow had no obvious source

Extremely important time sensitive reminder that I set on my phone while half asleep. Thank god I forgot whatever I was trying to set the reminder for in the first place.

#at least I had one easy thing to mark off of my list

There are soooo many fan fiction authors who do not understand the importance of the “keep reading” option on here. And I wind up just having to block them if they post in the tags I follow because it is absurd to scroll for 45 minutes to get past it all and tumblr doesn’t offer any hide post options. However today one was really do you like the color of the sky length with screen grabs of the notes app where they had written their fan fiction. It was astounding. Like I’m happy for people enjoying things and creating things and sharing things. But this is out of control. They are like unskippable ads but insanely horny.

#I feel bad blocking people who are likely not heinous but seriously #use the lj cut

reversiblemiles

🧵👀 The Weaver 👀🧵

another tapestry from years ago that I'm v proud of! it ended up with a friend whos work was my original inspiration to make double knit tapestries! I may one day make another version of this piece, as it's also a favorite of my grandma's and shes asked about it :^)

#I love this #from the for you page

I’ve been looking for a set of pastel pencils because I use my white one to mark fabric and it is a lot better than a white fabric pencil. I saw one had a prop 65 warning for exposure to titanium dioxide because it is a carcinogen. I start wondering isn’t that one of the minerals in mineral sunscreen? Yes, it is. And it is a food additive. That causes cancer. So I have bad news on a few fronts. The sun will give you cancer, and so will most sunscreens (the non-mineral kind is bad for people and coral reefs). And also if you like those little powdered doughnuts, they have an insane amount of titanium dioxide in them. It is in a ton of stuff to give the white pigment. The U.S. doesn’t regulate its use in food and doesn’t require listing it explicitly as an ingredient. It is insanely frustrating to have to do tons of research just to make sure horrible ingredients aren’t in everything you use on your skin or eat.

#there are mineral sunscreens that are just zinc oxide #I use one by native that is pretty good #I now have to go through everything else that I’ve thought was the safe option to be sure it is okay or find a replacement #so annoying that these things aren’t just banned

An essay on ghost writing by Amy Boesky on KROnline.

I don’t know why I went down a rabbit hole looking for info on the ghostwriters for Sweet Valley High but this essay was interesting.

#sweet valley high #I want to go back and read the whole series now #I can’t believe how much work Francine Pascal actually did on the series

geopsych

I don’t think I caught them on as good a night as last year but I went up to the cemetery lightning bugs aka fireflies and I saw some!

#so magical #from the for you page #penciled in for later

graybraids

best yard sale find ever:

#oh my god I love this #from the for you page

Do you guys know of anyone with a prescription like this? I have some useless to me glasses that I have barely/never worn.

#I feel like everything in my life is a SAGA and my glasses are definitely a huge and ongoing one

There’s a picture of Teddi that comes up in my suggested photos. It just sneaks up to punch me in the gut and it just did. And god I miss her so fucking much.

#my brother in law just got engaged #and I’m happy for him and he deserves to be happy #and as long as my nieces are okay and taken care of I have no issue with anything he does #but it is hard to see him with someone else because of the reminder that she’s gone #I will never be okay again #i will miss her for the rest of my life

For this fancy sausage Friday, I thought I’d share Charlie’s recipe for what she calls “Velocity Salad”:

- sausage, of course*

- a gumball

- some fries

Enjoy!

*her words

#amounts are whatever your heart tells you #mix well probably #she wouldn’t divulge the details #damn I forgot to write my life story before the recipe #they are learning about velocity in her pre-kindergarten program

lizclimo

#from the for you page

Matt went through some old photos and found our Sadie Hawkins dance photo from like 2001? We wore matching At the Drive In shirts, wide leg jeans, and black skate shoes. I had Rainbow Brite shoelaces in my shoes and I know I had gotten some for Matt but he wasn’t wearing them in the photo. Me, in 2026, looked at the photo and was like “I can’t believe you didn’t wear the Rainbow Brite shoelaces,” and then I flipped over the photo where me, in 2001, wrote, “you should have worn the Rainbow Brite shoelaces.”

#I haven’t changed in 25 years apparently #for the record at least in 2026 I was joking 😂

briarofthewoods

Pride Fish!

I did it! And I'm really happy with how this turned out.

Rambouillet fiber from Banshee Fiber Art on Etsy hand spun and chain plied by me on a drop spindle. I've been really happy with everything I've gotten from this shop btw, the braids are always super fluffy and soft no matter the fiber type/breed.

This is only 16 or 17 grams of the total braid, which means I've got plenty left to make a few more. This is the equivalent of sport or dk weight.

I'm really glad my math worked out and I had just the right amount. The lower pectoral fins are made from Malabrigo Arroyo yarn in Cyan and worked out great. I can't wait to spin up the rest and make some more.