parliament rook

http://www.skullery.rocks

[parliamentrook]

molding a fox and young deer jaw for ceramic

tumblr fam, are you working on anything cool you are excited about? tell me about it :3

[parliamentrook]

went out for trivia and met some dogs, this is one

[parliamentrook]

will try to trap this boy soon ~

he’s warming up to me quicker than Lucky did, or at least he’s less afraid. he is already very vocal and will talk back to me

I’ve named him Red, a nickname my ex used. partially out of spite, he thought I shouldn’t feed the cat and just let it go away and that I was causing more work/trouble for myself. he wasn’t completely wrong, but that is not a thing I can do

[parliamentrook]

dreaming

[parliamentrook]

kind of want to try making Egyptian faience ... there are recipes for it online and my kiln gets hot enough for it

[parliamentrook]

today’s special guests while foraging were … two B2 bombers

(they were circling over the river, likely doing practice runs for the 250th thing air show)

[parliamentrook]

Today’s blackberry harvest with surprise guest, black raspberries!! I now have about 1.5 lbs of the 3 I need to make blackberry mead.

[parliamentrook]

it's been 4 weeks since he died, it feels both like so long and also no time at all. I would not wish this kind of grief on anyone

I'm eating and sleeping well again, and can travel further than just in town. I've gone for a walk every day. I'm starting to go do "normal" activities and see people, but I have to keep it short, I get very restless and my sensory issues kick in much quicker than they used to.

stores playing love songs seeing couples out and about, especially holding hands, is difficult. driving one of my normal routes north past his neighborhood is difficult

I will try getting back to work soon. I thought I'd give myself the month off then start again, but maybe starting now and just going slow will be the best approach. I can't afford to not make an income much longer

the quiet and loneliness is pretty profound, he was such a big part of my daily life and I miss it very much. the (illogical) feelings of guilt and regret have eased a little though I am not sure they will ever go away

screen time makes things worse so I'm reading a lot, I'm now on book 11 of t.w.o.t.

[parliamentrook]

forever amazed that this total Lap Cat was once feral

[nobrashfestivity]

Jerboa figurines Middle Kingdom; Dynasty 12–13 ca. 1850–1640 B.C. Egypt Possibly from: Memphite Region, Heliopolis (Iunu; On) Faience L. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); W. 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.); H. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.) Repository The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[parliamentrook]

I love that we’ve always been making little guys

[parliamentrook]

success!

[inthetags]

reblog and put in the tags the real reason you joined tumblr no matter how horrible or embarrassing it is

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

#everyone was fleeing livejournal and came here#a place that is inferior in almost every aspect

[parliamentrook]

finally caved and took the Assateague sticker off my car, it was there for nearly 10 years

(I am still pro-feral horse island) (ai ruins everything)

[parliamentrook]

my bread son. he is a yeasted banana bread. he makes excellent brown sugar toast

[parliamentrook]

went to the swamp but forgot how combination locks work so I will have to go back to complete geocache quest

[parliamentrook]

might go on a quest today to the swamp to open a geocache chest

I was there the day after he died, I hadn't known it yet. I saw the chest but didn't know how to open it but a friend found the info for me after

we were supposed to go to a Burn this weekend in PA, for the solstice. I was really looking forward to it and my sleep has ended up perfect for it, despite us worrying about that. it's such a fucking shame. it's the last big thing scratched out on my calendar. I may go next year or to a different one

[meglyman]

My latest skull painting! Algow, 10x10 inches oil on panel. From the class I taught last winter.

[parliamentrook]

oh man this is so good