quinbot 🇨🇦

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Junk journal maker, steampunk enthusiast, inveterate collector, maker, crafter, procrastinator, introvert.

A trio of flowering pink Lady Slipper plants.
A sheet of tiny labels, about 1x2cm each, coloured with greenish-brown oxide ink and then stamped with a variety of tiny stamps, including numbers, gears, pointing hand, frogs, insects, leaves and astronomical themes.
A small brown mushroom in the grass next to some Forget-me-nots.
A manila-coloured sheet of paper, slightly askew atop a green cutting mat, showing stamp impressions of a dark green beetle to the upper right, and two pairs of tall narrow numbers in brown. The number pair nine and one is to the far left of the sheet and the pair zero and four are to the far right. Between them are the pink, carved stamps used to make the impressions. To the left of the stamps is a small ink pad with a dark-brown label stating Distress Ink - walnut stain.
A pale yellowish mushroom amidst a sea of green moss and leaves. The mushroom cap is cupped, showing off the deep gills beneath it.
A red balance scale with white plates, each holding a bleached deer skull.
Image of a chain-link fence sporting some cut-off branches of saplings that had grown through it. The central, largest branch is dark brown and encrusted with many grey and white striated bracket fungi.
An end view of a cut, decaying tree trunk lying among other branches and leaf litter. The trunk is encrusted on its cut end with small bracket fungi.
A view of two cubbies of a display shelf, one containing a pair of seashells, and the other containing a bird skull and a pair of small wet specimen jars.
A two-part image showing top and bottom views of a large shelf fungus attached to a piece of birch branch lying amidst leaf litter.
A scattering of hand-made Christmas tree decorations on a green cutting mat. To the left are two sizes of Christmas stockings cut from toilet roll cardboard and covered in book pages, then stamped with red Christmas motifs. To the right are clusters of scrolls made with book pages, then wired together with random Christmassy decorations. A pair of white wooden snowflakes are at the bottom right.
A top-down view of a white puffball mushroom with tan-coloured feathering, sitting in a dried out area of a lawn.
A top-down view of a deep orange flat-capped mushroom with some of the right edge missing. The mushroom grows on the boundary between a bright green mossy area on the right, and a brown field of dry decaying leaf matter on the left.
A tree stump encrusted with bracket fungi.
Close-up of a glass cloche on a cork base filled with marine items - lobster claw, various shells and seaweeds, a sand dollar, a sea urchin shell, a stone with barnacles, and a mermaid's purse. Refracted sunlight on the glass globe is causing a banding effect on the glass.
A pair of hands reaching for a giant puff-ball mushroom nestled among some greenery behind a large stone.
Top-down view of a shelf fungus attached to a fallen branch on the forest floor.
A mounted specimen of the Goliath birdeater tarantula. The frame is green and the text indicates the specimen originated from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
A photo showing a small glass jar with a ground-glass stopper shaped like a dog's head. The jar is half-full of white corkscrew-like fibres.
Some yellow shelf fungi nestled inside the bole of a tree.
Photo of a beautiful example of pysanky done on an ostrich egg and mounted in a plain wooden frame. The intricate design's colour palette consists of red, orange and yellow, with white guidelines.
A wide shot of forest litter with a tiny bunch of white Ghost Pipe plants in the center.
A photo of three pieces of bobbin lace all made from brass wire. The top piece is a Christmas ornament featuring a green-coloured holly leaf inside a brass frame. The middle piece is a strip of edging, with a scalloped design one side and flat edge along the other. Edging lace is intended to be attached along its flat edge to another piece of lace or clothing or bedding. The third piece is actually two motifs joined together, a circle motif surrounded by a larger oval motif.
Top view photo of a soft-looking peachy-coloured mushroom near a downed branch and bits of ferns. The mushroom cap is shaped like an upside-down heart, or a very puffy kidney.
A black shadow box with the interior painted medium blue, containing the horn from a male springbok, and a core from the horn of a water buffalo. The springbok horn is long, thin and black, with multiple narrow ridges ringing it from the root to about two-thirds of the way to the tip. It is affixed diagonally to the rear of the box. The water buffalo horn core is short, fat and bone white, with many small holes and notches, like worm-eaten wood. It sits on its base at the bottom of the shadow box.
A glass cloche containing a display of a pair of roses made of aluminum sheeting, nestled among some plant material.
A glass cloche containing a group of roses with petals made from thin wood veneer or shavings.
A hand-made fabric coin purse in the shape of a whale shark, with a snap band closure for the mouth, sits on a green cutting mat. The fabric is navy blue with appropriate whale shark markings made with a silver gel pen.
Top view of a bright yellow mushroom surrounded by dried forest floor debris. The mushroom cap is almost flat, with damage on the left. The color ranges from reddish brown in the center shading to bright yellow and then to paler yellow at the edge. The cap is covered in pale tan warts.
A photo of the night's accumulated snowfall, viewed from my front door looking to the side yard. Only vertical surfaces are free of snow and show colour. The rest is blanketed in several inches of fresh snow.
A photo of two antique Edison wax cylinders, one still in its sleeve; the other standing slightly canted next to it, without its sleeve, which lies in front of it, the better to show its label. The sleeves are made of cardboard, well-aged with ragged edges. Their labels are blue with white characters outlined thinly in yellow and then black. Both labels say "EDISON BLUE AMBEROL RECORD". One of the wax cylinders is blue, the other is black. They have some illegible writing around their top edge.
Amidst the grey-brown leaf litter of the forest floor is a bright yellow clump of fungi fingers, looking like a huddle of odd golf tees.
Two completed Christmas tree ornaments are displayed next to a scattered piled of candies and a crocheted snowflake. The ornaments are made from brown toilet paper rolls, embossed with a brick pattern, and coloured red to emphasize the brick design. The top edges of the rolls are coated in a white paste to resemble a ridge of snow. The bottom edges are covered in a scalloped strip of black paper to evoke roof shingles. A loop of narrow satin ribbon is attached at the top of the roll as a hanger. Inside the top opening of the rolls are tiny Santa sacks made from red velvet, tied with narrow ribbon and adorned with a small brass jingle bell.
Black and white photo of a starfish and some glassware on a bookshelf. In the background is an apothecary jar containing some monkfish jawbones, a beaker with a seasnail shell, a smaller apothecary jar (empty), and a larger beaker containing a decorative ball with a starfish motif. In the forefront is a laboratory flask containing one quill from an African crested porcupine. The quill is 20cm long, black on the top half, white on the bottom half, with another small stripe each of black and white in the center.
A removable window screen with an eastern dragon embroidered on it. The sinuous dragon is facing right, standing on three paws with the fourth one raised and forward of its face. The body is bright red; the tendrils along its neck, back, tail and joints are soft blue; the belly, claws and accents are white; and the eye is golden.
A spread of papers dyed with food colours in rainbow patterns. Some patterns are straight lines, some are wavy, some are circular target-like designs, and some are random.
First view of a trio of glass bottles prominently displayed and surrounded by other clear bottles: left is a clear apothecary jar containing a handful of unidentified plant pods and a pine cone; in the middle is a sealed, light green flask-shaped bottle with an embossed design around the base and containing various plant and grasses in liquid; the final bottle is similar to the green one but is slightly smaller, empty and cobalt blue.
A Canon Typestar 110 electronic typewriter loaded with a sheet of paper and a store receipt lying against it. The paper states the name of the typewriter and the texts "CENTER-NEGATIVE POWER SUPPLY" and "margin test". The receipt states "Thermal receipt print test with narrow margins. SWEET!"
A glass goblet sits on a black shelf next to a small dried starfish. In the goblet are three monkfish jawbones, each with many teeth of varying lengths.
A vibrant salmony-red mushroom with white edges is centered among a field of dried brown forest detritus. The mushroom cap has curled up into a bowl shape, exposing the white gills around its edges. Tucked underneath the mushroom is a sprig of an evergreen shoot.
A lemon bundt cake frosted with white icing, on a cake tray, surrounded by lemons and slices.
A collection of older books on a shelf, by authors Anne McCaffrey and Harlan Ellison.
The photo shows the corner of a fence with a gate. The three fence posts aligned with the gate have festive Christmas decorations topping them but the one further back has a large crow atop it, guarding a pile of popcorn (not in photo).
A group of tiny purple wildflowers peeking out from the brown dry leaves.
Entrance to the bathroom, viewing a small white vanity and sink. The walls are deep "fiesta" green and the baseboard and window trim are flat boards painted silver with studs, to simulate riveted metal. Above the sink are some silver wire baskets on a shelf made from cafe rods, with plumbing fixture brackets. On the walls are a circular mirror set into a brass porthole, and a weather glass containing red liquid.
A microwave meal with noodles, vegetables, and a piece of chicken resembling a ghost with flakes of green veg for eyes.
Set into a wall is a large, brass Victorian-era letter dropbox, with a slot up top labelled "Letters" and an access door below. The access door for the box has the text Canada Mail and the Canadian coat of arms of the time, with the motto "a mari usque ad mare". The door also has a placeholder for an information card that gives the mail pickup times: Monday through Friday at 17:00h, no collection on weekends and holidays.
Antique folding bellows camera