Backalli

@backalli.bsky.social

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Leatherworker, care giver, gender non conforming. Comfort the afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable I am autistic and I resent the sun. Www.thedarkwoods.ca

A colourful group of people holding a variety of protest signs behind 2 banners, both yellow lettering on black background, one saying Fight Back Now and the other saying Stop the Corruption. Protest signs covered a wide variety of issues, human rights, public healthcare, trans rights, pro Canada.
Matching wrist cuffs in black full grain leather, with skull conchos, the skulls are partially open showing cogs and wheels inside, with silver and copper domed studs to give it that TV medieval armour look. There are silver snaps at each end. They are made so that I have room for swelling as happens with fibro.
A coronavirus infection info poster in the drug store that mentions- -Keeping distance between you and others’ -Wash your hands, -Use alcohol hand sanitizer -Avoiding touching your face -Stay home when ill -Cover your mouth when you cough -Dispose of used tissue immediately -Ask your doctor No mention of wearing a mask.
Pictured are a set of red bed sheets, double size, that are divided and priced separately for $9.99 EACH! And it is a cheap polyester Walmart sheet that the set sells for around $20.. donated by someone who thought they could help someone else.
A tortoise shell cat and a white patchy cat are “trapped” under the ironing board, they gaze furtively out from underneath, while a vacuum hose and a Santa decoration loom over them.
Mark Cuban quote posting a meme about how bad his mentions are with the statement “No shock. This app has turned my mentions, and others, into mostly hate. But there are a few people worth connecting with. Crazy how it’s easier these days to have a real discussion on X or threads than on here.
A collection of leather Christmas ornaments, they are swirl balls with two kinds of leather, some hair on, and one punk one made with black leather and spikes.
A potion bottle holder that holds 5 bottles, in the shape of a shield, oxblood border with skulls and flourishes and turquoise straps on a black background.
On my very cluttered shop table are a pair of boots, with brown boot covers and a brown belt, fashioned to look like the boots the Ewan MacGregor’s Obi Wan Kenobi character wears.
A dark turquoise parasol holster with oxblood coloured straps. It has been stamped with skulls and decorative border. It is sitting on a tan barstool in my little shop, awaiting a great wizard to claim it.
‘Chanse on the Range’ bag in brown and cream calf hide and red leather accents on top of an antique gas stove in my backyard.
A rainbow dyed, hand tooled belt with black background sitting on a silky black fabric.
A cannabis vape cartridge with a tiny blue cowboy hat as a cap.
A dish of brownies, not yet cut, with an obscene amount of cream cheese icing, on a cooling rack on top of a stove.
A red buffalo leather purse with brown western style panels beside a matching wallet, sitting on a weather beaten railing beside a shed in my backyard. These are the items that pushed me into the black, as it were.
Vic McConought, UCP member posts: Listen, when fur traders discovered Alberta, they didn’t build bike lanes, they built roads. Alberta always has roads, and always will.
Picture is of the album Tonight: In Person, The Limelighters With the classic protest gathering song There’s a Meeting Here Tonight. There are reviews ongoing the right side of the album, some are … provides group therapy for egg heads -United Press International …sharp and hip to the times -Variety …a great group that makes folk songs sound like real music Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle
A record player playing 100%Dynamite 1 Willie Williams -Armagideon Time 2 Toots and the Maytals -Night and Day 3 The Marvels -Rocksteady 4 The Upsetters- Popcorn 5 Bunny Clarke - Be Thankful
A black belt adorned with the colours of the pride and trans flags, done with squiggly lines (because it’s not about being straight, hehehe) the belt has turquoise stitching and a buckle with Celtic style pattern on it.
Pictures is a section of belt, painted with the colours of the trans flag in between two rainbows. The lines defining each colour are random squiggles.
A white dog, Simon, is resting his little head on a big pink pillow while lying in a pile of pillows, he is under a red and black gingham throw pillow. Nesting in a pile of pillows is something he finds beautiful.
The back of a halter noseband in progress, sitting on a lap top. The under stitching is done by hand and looks as good as top stitching (not shown)
Post says What is a mark in criminal slang? A “mark” was a slang term for the individual who was to be the target of a scam.
A Spotify playlist of songs Fuck it by Days n Daze Jumping Hanging Out on the Line by KL Burnside Blood Sweat and Murder by Scott HBram Take off your Sunglasses by The Harpoons Gimme Some money by Spinal Tap Cut from the cloth by The Evens Fuck this town by Robbie Fulks Crying Shame Clifton Hicks
6 pink sticky notes are lined up on a grey wall.
A light coral and bronze snake skin embossed wallet with a brown butter leather strap and a silver Celtic knot snap closure rests against a coordinating purse that has red leather accents that have been tooled and stamped, painted with copper and coral.
Top view of wristlet showing the white and turquoise painted and stamped border on brown back ground.
An oval wristlet bag with a picture of a longhorn skull tooled into leather with Sheridan style scroll work and a stamped and painted border, the wrist strap is also stamped and painted.
Front view of a thermos cup with multi coloured happy faces that has a forest green coffee cup corset, with black lacing and alternating black and white stitching.
A coffee cup holder with the skull of a t-Rex, jaws open. The paint is neon glowing in black light
A double walled re-useable thermos mug has a rainbow dyed leather holder with a handle on it, making the cup easier to hold.
Pictured is a leather patch with an old western style shape, there is a deer skull with horns on a blue and silver wave background. The skull also looks similar to a fictional jackalope from Canadian comedy many years ago.
A small cross body bag in brown with turquoise patches in a western style.
A red guitar strap with white, black and silver gingham pattern tooled into belt, the bottom of the strap is wrapped around the showing the adjustable section of the strap.
A paisley shaped bag with a hand tooled front with a picture of two jack’o’lanterns 2 ghosts, some melting candles and a bat against a full moon surrounded by a border of skulls. The bag is orange suede with a long strap in coordinating colours.
A handsome young fellow lounges is a bar chair wearing black, with a black and gold snake skin stamped pattern highlighted in gold. There is a gold snake buckle.
A black belt with random wave pattern in pride colours with the trans flag colours in between. The stitching is turquoise. There are 2 strap keepers and the end of the belt is more sword shaped then belt shaped.
A cherry red collar with black designs, long and short punk spikes, an o ring for leash attachment.
A warm brown coloured leather collar with flower shaped metal embellishments with copper centre. It is stamped with three lines of continuous diamond shapes.
Yellow and purple bucket style cross body bag with a big patch that has an up close face of a bee with honeycombs around it in bright colours.
Wide shoulder guitar strap in a warm brown colour with diamond shaped cutouts of embossed alligator print in between 3 skulls of different kinds of cows.
Black leather Eldorado style cowboy hat, with a corset style brim tooled to look like wood floor planks, there is a green tab holding a black feather and a piece of twisted bark . The underside of the brim is red suede.
A black leather card holder with the image of a starry night, with the stars reflecting on a blue lake with dark mountains in the background. It is set on a grey Sherpa blanket.
A purple, wide shoulder guitar strap with turquoise blue scroll work, lays on a white sheet background like an art still life.
A black military style cap done with black brocade fabric, the top of the hat is red suede with three leather strap meeting at an o ring in the center. There is a piece of small chain riveted on the top brim with small skulls dangling from it. The hat band has o rings in between punk spikes on a red band, the band has a bat spray painted on it.
Reply to my post regarding the aftermath of any trans legislation: As long as males who don’t feel masculine colonize hard won protections and institutions there will be (very legitimate) resistance You can try and paint this as bigotry or extremism-but even the UN recognizes this is legitimate. Canada has gone entirely rogue and needs a reality check
A black belt with red sections containing 5 skulls. There are 2 belt keepers and a silver buckle. The belt is wrapped around an antler and in the background is The Dark Woods logo
A lime green guitar strap with rainbow painted western style swirls on a workbench
A cherry red leather top hat with a black corset style band, a patch of silver spray painted outlines of skull and crossbones, on one side near the top is the start of silver chain that has skull charms on it.
2 small leather patches tooled with Mackintosh style roses painted white on a multi toned brown back ground with art deco style line work.
There is a blue leather cowboy hat on a fence post in a field. There are snow covered mountains tooled into the cap portion of the hat.
Picture is bag from above under blacklight, The large patch with the face of a bee painted in neon colours glows under black light, making the colours jump out at you.
Pictures is bag that is butter yellow on the top and bottom with purple hair in between. There is a large patch with the face of a bee painted in neon colours.
A wide shoulder guitar strap in a warm woody colour with diamond shaped cutouts with faux alligator embossed leather and 3 skulls of cattle tooled in between the diamonds.
A cart of Schlumbergera, aka zygo cactus aka Christmas cactus plants, in seasonal plant pots on a rack at Walmart.