Lydy

@lydy.bsky.social

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Sff, knitting, cats, sleep tech, e-bike devotee, permanently confused about time and space. No one let go of anyone's hand. No gods, no masters, no bed time! she/her

Wooden cabin, slats not logs, but definitely a log cabin sort of feel, with a steeply pitched roof and a fieldstone chimney, with trees in the background, dark and a bit blurry. Over the roof, the words "Hodgepodge Lodge" appear in white, in a rather odd font that I cannot describe.
Variation on the new Minnesota State Flag, with the left being kind of a stylized shape of Minnesota, in dark blue, with an 8 pointed star at the center, and the right side, instead of being a solid lighter color blue, is a rainbow, including black and brown stripes, so the more inclusive version of the Rainbow Pride Flag. I love this thing SO MUCH.
A grey, medium haired cat, in profile, looking to the left of the frame. She's actually a mackerel tabby, but it's hard to see in this picture. She looks vaguely concerned, and is resting her paws on a teal blanket.
A black cat, sacked out in a box that is on its side. The cat's face is on his side, facing away from you, with one paw over his nose. You can see his hind feet, the top of his head, but he's black, so it's more of a black blob in a box than anything else. HIs name is Ninja, and I love him very very much.
Grey mackerel tabby cat with a saturnine expression
Waterfall framed by trees, foreground are large stones which are actually part of a WPA-built stone wall.
Large tree stump clearly gnawed in a spiral fashion by beaver(s)
The Bee Gees tricked out as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with a dude in a white suit in the center, and I cannot for the life of me remember who he is or why he is.
Very abstract picture in browns and oranges, looking like desert colors, with a sheep-like critter and a ... not sure, maybe an plane of some sort, and a stone arch, and, um, yeah, dunno. Alien and lovely, like the book.
The other side of the protest sign, which reads: SOME SAY THE WORLD WILL END IN FIRE SOME SAY IN I.C.E. WE SAY: NOT TODAY, SATAN FUCK I.C.E. HT Robert Frost
A hand made protest sign that reads: SO MUCH DEPENDS UPON A PLASTIC WHISTLE BREAKING THE I.C.E. PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS. HT: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS The sign also boasts a large red whistle which is pasted next to the second couplet. The dots in I.C.E. are red and kinda droplet shaped, meaning to evoke blood drops. Not sure that part comes through.
A hand made protest sign that reads: SO MUCH DEPENDS UPON A PLASTIC WHISTLE BREAKING THE I.C.E. PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS. HT: WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS The sign also boasts a large red whistle which is pasted next to the second couplet. The dots in I.C.E. are red and kinda droplet shaped, meaning to evoke blood drops. Not sure that part comes through.
Blue haired woman in glasses using a cane wearing a blue t-shirt designed by David Brauer. There is a big circle with the words "We keep us safe" in an arc at the top, and "MPLS" in an arc at the bottom. The middle of the circle is divided into quadrants, with images in each quadrant. Top left is a whistle, top right is a cell phone, lower left is a grocery bag, and lower rlght is a raised fist.
Book cover, which shows a road with a mountain in the distance, in the foreground a view of a motocyle from the perspective of the rider, gagues in the center, handle bars with mirrors, hands on the handle bars. Top text: "AN ENCHANTED JOURNEY RECOUNTED WITH THE SPECIAL MAGIC OF A BORN TROUBADOUR" - TIME. Under that in larger letters: PETER S. BEAGLE. Below that: I SEE BY MY OUTFIT. Under that is the image I described above, and underneath the image a pale yellow banner with the caption: PENGUIN TRAVEL LIBRARY
Grey cat on a brightly colored afghan, her head is down, nose firmly pressed into the afghan. Her floofy tail is in the foreground. In the background is a very messsy bunch of stuff on shelves and my boyfriend's hands holding a phone.
Grey cat, medium length fur, limp in my arms with her head down but ears up. Her eyes are closed and she looks boneless. Top right you can see my eyes and nose.
Color-coded living preference map. Absolutely= MN, PA, NY, HI, all of New England. Willing = Maine, WI, Illinois, and the Pacific NW. Maybe = Ohio, WV, CA, AZ, NM. Let the rest go with god but without me.
grey cat asleep head down, vast expanse of flank and tail
David Bowie sitting in an airport, wearing a white shirt and tan slacks, one leg crossed and reading a book. He's wearing wire-rim glasses and looking super hot, but then, he's Bowie, so he always looks super hot.
Boule of sourdough on blue cutting board, golden brown and you can see a few olives
Boule of sourdough, dark bread well dusted with whole wheat.
Tall ornate skyscraper in concrete. It is the Cathedral of Learning on the Pitt Campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Sourdough boule, rather more orange in color than in real life. Slashed in a star pattern, some burnt tips at the top.
Black cat with eyes like gold rings around black wells leading to his soul), staring at me while on an afgahan of green, white, and blue. He's resting against a black bag with imitation leather handle and detailing. There are sandaled feet in the background. The cat is hoping that I will get up and give him more food.
Grey medium-hair cat asleep looking like a puddle of grey fur with feet.
Large grey mackerel tabby cat in the foreground giving the camera a lowering side-eye, my head visible behind her. I am an older white woman with long dark hair looking fondly bemused.
A picture of the Locus Award, which is a piece of lucite which is like an elongated oval, with the bottom chopped off and flattened, set into a base (which is, I swear to god, the same shape as an iron). This one has been etched with a moon, stars, a retro-looking rocket, and the words "LOCUS AWARD 2021." It's quite handsome.
A person in a giant papier mache head in the shape of the Monopoly dude wearing a black suit and white shirt and holding a sign, yellow lettering on black background, which reads STOP BILLIONAIR TAKEOVER. There are pictures of Trump and Musk on the sign. In the background is the demonstration in St. Paul, today, people standing around looking up towards the speakers, mostly their backs to the camera.
View of the main hall of The Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh Pa from the second floor showing tall (3 stories tall, I think) arches in concrete the color of sand, hanging cylindrical light fixtures, wooden tables and chairs. The wrought iron railing is visible in the foreground. This is one of my favorite places.
Woman in a red riding habit with red hat, hair done up behind, riding a rocket side-saddle, above a countryside in beige and grey-green featuring fields and probably a church. Upper left says "Learn a language while you read." Underneath the image is a black box with the words "Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen". I mean, I'd love to read this fanfic, but I don't think that's what's on offer.
A figure of a young person, presumably male, kneeling with one knee up, on a large log wearing an orange vest with pockets holding firearm with a site which appears to be blasting an orange flame. The log is on the bank of a river, and there are pine trees and mountains in the background. Despite the fact that the light suggests that it is night out, there is a sun. Underneath the picture, there is a black box with the words "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain"
In background, there is a veritable army for people, in a somewhat Soviet Propaganda art style, all facing away, marching down a long street with concrete walls on either side, towards nothing in particular, but peach in color. In the foreground, there is a man facing us with a beard and short wavy hair, in an red suit coat, black vest, white shirt with a black bow tie, gesturing over what might be a dj mix set up with two platters, or maybe a reel to reel tape deck, who's to say, and the caption, "The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas".
An off-white object that looks like a waste can on wheels, or maybe a little like R2D2, with a round purple cap, with a sign on the side that says LIGHTSTRIKE, Germ-Zapping Robots, then a large purple square with a white X in it, and then under that, it says Powered by XENEX. But honestly, it mostly just looks like a very short Dalek sans plunger.
Book cover, cream back ground. Text, in almost cursive script, reads William Goldman's The Princess Bride. Author's name is in black, and the title is in red, which will echo the interior of the book. But then...I honestly don't know how to describe the picture. There's a naked woman, kneeling, with a bird on her head, a hand covering one breast, and tentacles coming up to her waist from between her legs. She is backdropped by red and brown squishy horrors. It's much worse than I am describing.
View of Lake Harriet with many sailboats at anchor, a wooded shore with fall colors in the background. Foreground is a round picnic table with a bike helmet on it and the concrete apron. It is almost sun down.
Large amount of pork chunks, reddish with sauce and seasoning, on a bed of cassava. This totally fills large take-out box. Not pictured is the baggie with delicious cabbage salad.
Fried sweet plantain (pleasantly brown) with a slab of well toasted cheese on top, held together with a toothpick. The cheese is easily a half-inch thick. There are 5 pieces in the picture, in a white styrofoam take-out box.
Screen shot of the Atari game Quix, under the header "Arcade Archives" and a chiron at the bottom that just says Qix. The screenshot has teal and gold colored rectangles on a black field with a set of blue and green rays.
Cream colored princess shawl draped on a mannequin.
Washed out rainbow in s. mpls
Cover of the album "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb, with Andy Gibb in a very orange shirt with shiny stripes, unbuttoned to mid-chest, and very blow-dried hair. So very 70s, man.
Very large, intricate knitted lace shawl, in white silk.
In the foreground a white woman with her hair up wearing a navy blue dress and the most extravagant amount of white lace imaginable. It literally brushes the ground, and falls in folds from her shoulders. In the background you can see a bit of Minnehaha Falls, with some fall foliage. The shot is at the base of of the falls, which are not very full at the time.
Elaborate hand-knitted lace shawl, in white silk, cobweb weight. The pattern is the Princess Shawl by Sharon Miller.
Grey cat on purple house dress, lap top in background.
Shot from above, a black cat curled up in and neatly filling a lavender shoe box. His ears are in the top-left corner. The rest of him is a glossy black void.
Grey medium hair cat in a lavender shoe box looking sleepy and a bit annoyed.
Beige wall with brown door frame on left, light switch, and a block of graffiti which has been xed out, but which appears to read: Palestine is the one country without a space agency to perform mind control on its own people. 8 inches X mile^2 # F.E. We can see too far into the horizon. Space does not exist. Free Palestine. End the wars."
Grey cat, medium length hair, in a lavender shoe box looking one part sleepy and one part suspicious.
Grey cat in a purple (lavender?) shoe box looking sleepy and a little annoyed.
Me, older white woman, with a black cat sitting on my chest. The cat looks determined, I look dubious.
Me, white 62 y. o. woman, against the backdrop of Lake Superior. Pier(?) visible over my left shoulder, break water visible over my right. I have long midnight blue hair, cats-eye, tinted glasses, and I'm wearing a tie-dye tank top and a smirk.
A picture of a 1000 pice puzzle which says "DC" in the upper left corner, "Justice League" in the upper right corner, and depicts a descending Batman on the left, against a city scape which is very much the work of the artist identified in the lower right corner, Thomas Kinked. Gotham as rendered by the Painter of Light is very much a cursed object, if you ask me.
Me, still white, still 62 y.o, but with long wavy black hair with blue highlights, looking very pleased with myself.
Me, still white girl of 62 years of age, holding up two hands which are very purple. Close inspection will show that I have blueish tint around my eyes. I am wearing a purple and blue tie-dyed tank top, the purple matches my hands. My hair is still wet, and looks black, although there's a hint of blue at the part.
Me, a 62 year old white woman, with a cap of saran wrap, with blue smudges on my forehead and above one eyebrow. I look either sarcastic or quizzical.
My left thumb, dyed dark blue to the first knuckle. It looks both cartoonish and alarming.
View of Minnehaha Falls very full of water, framed by leaves and a WPA era stone wall.
Black cat sitting on old woman with long hair and a purple tie-dye t-shirt.
Picture of billboard that shows the head of a guy in a cop uniform with graffiti saying "ACAB" covering the original text. Seen at the intersection of Lake St. and Lyndale Ave. Mad props to the artist.