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@darktapestry.bsky.social

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maker, widow, spoonie, dog mom, former goth rockstar, backyard birder, local cryptid. ace/pan, she/her. fuck genAI. I share my birds over on @phxbirds.bsky.social

A small rat stands on the rim of a rock-filled fountain (not currently fountaining), them hoists himself up onto the camera for a moment,long tail dangling. He hope down and wanders around the fountain, stopping to drink or pee or maybe just rest its enormous balls on the rocks
The back of a white hand, tattooed halfway down the hand. The Buggs stand with their hands on their hips, as after a job well done. Mrs Bugg holds a pencil nearly as big as she is, strongly suggesting they are responsible for the art of my arms. They stand in front of a comic panel filled with a purple eye, with a sunset skyline in the pupil because why the fuck not. The eye is weeping color, that has filled the panel and is leaking out of the panel and down my hand. The farther the drip goes, the less color in the drip.
Me with a 7-foot red bull in a racing helmet in front of the Red Bull Ring
A grey tshirt with RED BULL RING printed on it. The words are a gradient of blue, purple and pink, just like the bi flag.
My brother and I on one of the big open bed DHL trucks they take you on track tours on at the Red Bull Ring. The gantry with The Lights is visible behind us and the sidewall of another truck is next to us.
A VFC Stuttgart football scarf in Pride colors
A swollen white wrist tattooed nearly to the palm. There are Buggs holding hands (the very first piece in these sleeves, 3.5 years ago) that are now standing in a room painted in unreal shades of teal and turquoise and honeydew and rose. The room is technically a panel in a comic AND ALSO a dimensional room that lets them pass from arm to arm, because my tattoo artist is the best kind of bonkers.
A teardrop shaped dish made of a brown terracotta clay. It is very thick and uneven, and the surface has been embossed with a circular pattern of dots, almost like a sunburst. My first piece today.
The asexual pride flag, with four stripes: black, grey, white and purple
A branch of green cloud sage bush with multiple bulbous pale green buds and a bit of bird floof
A pair of black leggings-clad thighs liberally splattered with dried beige clay. I think I need one of those aprons that cover your legs while throwing.
A small black and red dog with a silver muzzle lying on a round red bed with a sheepskin top. In front of him is a broken piece of uncooked jumbo shell pasta. He is eyeing me suspiciously because I touched it to find out what it was.
A small black and red dog stands with his front paws on a leg clad in black to the knee. Sitting on the leg between his feet is a leaf he found at the back of the yard and brought to me because reasons. He is looking at something we can't see. In the background is a black dog butt with a curly tail in the UP position; beyond the butt is a plastic lawn & a lemon tree in the late afternoon sun
An arm rests on an orange plastic covered rest. It is very brightly tattooed; front and center is a doll in a blue dress and black boots, with green hair cut in bangs with black tips. Her face is slightly cracked, with a wonky eye, and smudges of blush on each cheek. She holds a piece of parchment with drawings on it, but she's staring at something we can't see. She sits under a giant pink, purple and blue rose, while Buggs holding hands and carrying suitcases walk on something behind her head. I can't remember what it's supposed to be but it's purple 🤷🏻‍♀️ behind her is the cemetery. The detail and colors are just bonkers bright and layered and gorgeous.
A black dry erase board with blue and orange handwriting saying, in all caps, IT HAS BEEN 251 DAYS SINCE THE LAST SCORPION INCIDENT
The formerly-cheesecloth-wrapped blob of maybe-cheese is now an unwrapped, firm, set chunk of actual goddamn cheese. It weighs 2.2lbs/988g with the cheesecloth, so my 3lb guess was a little off
The cheesecloth-lined red plastic colander is now just half full of loose cheese, which is still screaming hot and full of whey.
A black sink liberally splattered with white drops. The sink holds a red plastic colander lined with cheesecloth, filled almost to the brim with screaming hot nearly-cheese. I may have miscalculated? Look, the recipe was part of a matar paneer recipe that itself called for 8oz of paneer, and which called for 3 quarts of milk and 3 cups of buttermilk to make the paneer, and since it's easier to buy that shit by the gallon & quart I thought I'd just scale up & end up with about 12oz of cheese. That is clearly not happening here. I'm going to have like 3lbs of paneer, aren't I?
A large stainless steel Dutch oven half full of milk sits on a glass top stove with a wooden spoon balancing on the rim. Also on the stovetop are a quart of buttermilk, a small stainless steel ramekin with some table salt, and a stainless steel whisk on a square of paper towel.
A small tricolor dog with her back to us. She's wearing a red gentle leader and a white vinyl ID collar, sitting on a light colored wood looking floor. Her ears are perky & she's laser focused on the door opposite her
A large black Brother P-Touch label maker, displaying the words "Label Maker" in a blackletter font. It will be the foot soldier in my war against losing shit.
a small fluffy red and black dog with a silver nose and chin lies on his back in a lap, feet up, staring deeply into your eyes, entranced
Another bandaged thumb, this time in neon yellow, with horns and mismatched purple eyes
A black adhesive fingertip bandage wrapped around a thumb. The shape of the bandage makes it look like it has horns and arms, so I gave it eyes & now I've got a wee friend
A pale hand with a tattooed wrist and black watchband holds a stuffed Neolithic statue with two legs, a mouth opened in wonder, and sixteen whole eyes and three partial eyes where a chunk has been bitten out of his head
4 years ago today they planted my trees and bushes! The Meyer lemon on the left was already there; its new neighbors are, from left to right, a Texas sage bush, a spindly multi-trunk mesquite tree, a green cloud sage bush, a bright green Palo Verde ree, another Texas sage bush, and finally a tangerine tree. They all stand in an expanse of dirt, a few feet in front of a block wall, the right hand side of which has been painted dark grey. The walls are a prominent feature of the yard and the houses behind are clearly visible.
A poster for The Crüxshadows featuring a giant blown out Rogue and small, dim shots of other band members. The band logo is at the bottom center, and the light parts of the poster are filled with sharpie autographs
Two white women wearing the same dress, similar stockings and similar boots. The dress is black, sleeveless, short, and has a paisley brocade thing going on, as well as a little lace-up bit at the top of the bodice. The woman on the left is playing a black bass guitar on a cord-strewn stage and is wearing steel and gem capped pointy toed boots with many buckles. Her shoulder length red hair is wavy and pulled into ponytails, with a long shock of bangs. The woman on the right stands in front of a large framed mirror leaning against a staircase. Her hands are on her hips, head tilted in a smile, a butterfly tattoo on her bicep. She is wearing black leather granny boots with a sculpted heel. Her straight blonde hair falls to her waist. They're both wearing copious jewelry, of wildly different styles.
A white wrist is tattooed to within an inch or so of the start of the palm. This was done deliberately to leave room for note-taking. The wrist currently contains a note, that says, near as I can figure out, RMB4FU or maybe -Fo DRIL or DRIV or could be BRIV or BRIL
A low shot of a green plastic lawn liberally sprinkled with yellow flowers below a large Palo Verde tree, only the bottom bit of which is visible. The base is surrounded by a fence made of stakes and chicken wire. On the right is a tangerine tree slowly being consumed. In the gloom behind the trees, a pair of shade-dappled boulders can be seen in front of the wall. It's exactly the sort of space 6 year old me would have hung out in every single day; adult me is enchanted every single evening when I'm out there.
The bottom half of a white arm covered in colorful tattoos. There's a multicolored rose window on the elbow, and below that, a gated cemetery with stone steps leading to the gate. The Buggs are standing on the step. Mrs Bugg is dressed as a ghost; Mr Bugg is wearing a pumpkin head. They are holding hands and waving to the viewer. There are dramatic clouds behind the cemetery.
Three fingers of a white hand, the outside two of which have chipped matte purple nail polish, and the middle one of which has chipped sparkly bicolor nail polish
A small fuzzy black and red dog lies on his side on a green plastic lawn in full blazing sunlight. It's about 84F / 29C.
A light purple sock with dark green stars top and bottom, and white and beige stripes at the edges of a green and pale blue knit river. On the river floats a black and brown otter with a dark green nose and shell on its chest.
A young white girl rides a very light colored (grey roan? I'm pants at horse colors, feel free to correct me) horse. The horse is kitted out with English tack and a striped reddish saddle blanket. The girl wears a navy jacket and white shirt and stock, rust colored breeches, and black velvet show helmet, black riding boots and black gloves. Behind her right shoulder, you can just see the white paper of a number pinned to her back, because this is a schooling show. The scene is an overcast late autumn day in a tree-ringed field in the upper Midwest.
a small fountain made from the bowl of a bird bath with a pierced rim, filled with pea gravel and smooth, rounded grey-black river rocks, many of which have been decorated with bird poop. in the background is green plastic lawn. the fountain has an arc of clear water from the center, pouring into a small shallow white ceramic soy sauce dish. perched on the far rim of the dish, facing the camera, is a tiny Anna's hummingbird mid-bath, dipping her head into the water and vibrating her wings. occasionally when she dips and comes back up, there are wee droplets of water sitting on her head. at the 0:45 mark, my curve-billed thrasher buddy starts wheet-wheeting.
A white bowl, half full of beige soup with a stainless steel spoon, sits on a paper towel covered aluminum 1/5 or 1/6 sheet pan, something ridiculous like that, but they're so handy as wee meal trays. anyway, next to the soup are two croutons made out of a take and bake demi baguette cut into sections on a sharp bias, then in half longitudinally, generously smeared with salted high fat butter on one half and olive oil on the other, for scientific purposes. I then griddled them on a hot nonstick pan while pressing down hard. The butter side had a richer flavor, but the olive oil let the potato flavor shine brighter, and also is handy when you don't have soft butter. Both good for different reasons. The soup was just ok, the recipe needs tweaks.
A curve billed thrasher is silhouetted on a branch of a Palo Verde tree. There is a terra cotta tiled roof in the lower left.
A delightful tree on a patio in Salzburg. It is a profusion of green leaves and brown trunk against a turquoise sky.
A small, roundish, glossy, off-white ceramic worry stone in a white hand. In the center is a fat beige horse in the Lascaux cave painting style, with brown spotty markings, an upright brush of a mane, tail held at a saucy angle, and prancing hooves. It is so fucking delightful and tactile, you have no idea. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up next time the artist does a drop.
A pair of female great tailed grackles walk around a bronze plastic bird bath drinking and wading. One flies off to the feeder tray and returns with a peanut she washes in the bath.
A male great tailed grackle, a largeish shiny black bird with intense yellow eyes, bathes aggressively in a bronze plastic bird bath between a sage bush and a dark grey block wall, then hops to the edge and flies off to do grackle things
Trying to move a gigantic grey C-shaped clamp with vertical pole around a 90-degree corner on a black desktop. On the left is my actual desk. On the right is another desk just a couple inches away. The main desk has about a 2mm gap to the wall behind. The clamp is a good 5mm thick. I am getting so much unwanted cardio trying to yank the desk while trying to slide the clamp.
A stack of three packages of girl scout cookies. From the top, a blue box of trefoil shortbread cookies, a purple package of caramel deLites, and a yellow package of lemonades.
a Cooper's hawk or Sharp-shinned hawk sits in a bird bath facing the camera. it looks around for several seconds, then leaps into the air, yellow claws and bottom feathers dripping, wings outstretched and zooming away.
A Cooper's Hawk or maybe a Sharp Shinned Hawk on the rim of a greyish green bird bath in a desert backyard
A shiny black dry erase board says, in blue letters and yellow numbers: IT HAS BEEN 138 DAYS SINCE THE LAST SCORPION INCIDENT
A very swollen elbow with a fresh tattoo in green, blue, purple and pink inside the round black frame from the last session, creating a stained glass window
A pair of black-clad legs liberally splattered with watery clay, sprayed there by an incompetently-used potter's wheel by someone laughing the entire time. My pots were so fuckin wonky, y'all 🤣
An absolutely manic looking lemon pig with 4 fancy square wooden toothpicks with bits of bark still on for legs; two purple balls for eyes with white dots in the center (fancy purple toothpicks with their ends cut off); a euro jammed into its slit of a mouth; and two badly-cut ears. Its eyes and mouth are both crooked and the smile is a bit too wide and slightly creepy
Gorgeous sunrise above suburban houses, apparently radiating out from behind a eucalyptus tree, in unreal shades of red and orange and pink under a grey sky. Three palm trees and a narrow pine punctuate the center.
A poster for the show James May's Shed Load of Ideas, with three men standing in the half-open double doors of a shed. James himself is front and center, smiling in a light blue shirt. To the right is Simmy in a dark blue shirt holding an angle grinder. Tony the Tool is on the left in a white T-shirt, holding an impact driver.
A hand holds a pale yellow pint of Tillamook ice cream with a spoon jammed into it. It is called SEA SALT & HONEYCOMB TOFFEE ICE CREAM and the description reads "Honey ice cream with crunchy honeycomb toffee and sea salt"
The back of a white arm half covered in tattoos, with a black stencil of a flower shaped leaded glass window
A small black and tan dog lies on his side between two purple yak-blanket-covered legs. A paw is over his eyes in the middle of rubbing them vigorously
Close up, out of focus view of a bubbling fountain pouring onto smooth grey rocks. A golden-green Anna's hummingbird is flitting around the water, landing on the rocks and possibly drinking from the fountain. In the background are a lemon tree and a mesquite tree, the latter of which is full of swinging tube shaped bird feeders and any number of sparrows and finches flitting in and out.
A small black and tan dog sits on a grey sofa. He is draped in a black and white blanket across his back and shoulders; beneath him are three additional blankets. Not pictured: the heated mattress pad that makes that part of the couch a toasty winter nest
A small, deeply golden-brown casserole of very thinly sliced russet potatoes arranged vertically to provide more surface area for crisping. Each slice has been laboriously coated in a mixture of Gruyère, Parmesan, thyme and heavy cream, and baked, then topped with more cheese and baked some more. The crust was outrageous. I wanted to eat the entire thing & I'm very thankful that I did not.
At least two dozen assorted mourning and white-winged doves in various shades of beige are lying on a green plastic lawn, from the middle left down to the lower middle right, in front of two tree wells, each bordered in corrugated steel. The smaller of the two wells, on the right, is full of bermuda grass in need of a flamethrower. Surrounding the larger of the tree wells is a fence made from 7 stakes around the perimeter, to which has been attached chicken wire to stop a certain dog gorging himself on dirt and mulch in search of peanuts. There are three white-winged doves perched on 2 of the stakes and a stretch of wire. The doves are relaxed and chill.
A lovely pink, purple and green sticker that says I VOTED in English and Spanish. In the center of the sticker is a Phoenix, with several species of cacti and succulents to either side. In the background are rays of light similar to those on the Arizona flag.