Cepheid

@wrdnrd.bsky.social

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Just want to grow my little garden & ferment some foraged wines, sew some comfy clothes & make my cozy ... zines. 🥴 // From Central PA to Seattle by way of 1990s internet. // Kampai! 🍶

A cellophane pouch containing 3 embroidered patches in the style of scout badges. The label on the pouch states "Pod Post Merit Badge Set." This set is the "zinemaking" patches.
Three cellophane pouches scattered across a desk. The pouches each contain 3 embroidered patches in the style of scout badges. The labels on the pouches state "Pod Post Merit Badge Set." The set that's centered in the photo is the letterpress set, but the other 2 pouches are the bookbinding and correspondence sets.
A cartoon of a still dispensing moonshine into a jug labelled XXX.
A tiny orange-white tabby kitten lies half under a blanket on top of a VERY floral couch. The kitten has the most enormous ears, and also a slightly sad expression.
Very blurry photo of a moderately fluffy black cat with enormous eyes. The photo is almost double-exposed, so he looks like he has 2 sets of eyes. Overall the impression is of a cat who's kind of vibrating too fast.
A fluffy but sleek black cat stretches toward a vinyl window decoration of a black cat flying on a broom.
A portrait of Henry VIII, superimposed with a slightly altered version of JDVance's whiny quote about the Vatican, which reads "I was the most senior Catholic in the [English] government and the Vatican seemed unwilling to move its moral guidance."
[4] Xenk, but his face replaced with a very smirky Andy, says, "I do not traffic in colloquialisms." [5] Holga, channeling Jess/raanve says, "You're not a lot of fun, are you?" [6] Xenk/Andy, now a shocked Pikachu face with a Thayan tattoo on its forehead, is stunned into silence.
6 screenshots from "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves". [1] Holga Kilgore says, "In other words, Forge is a real son of a bitch." [2] Xenk Yendar replies, "So you blame his mother for his corruption." [3] Holga, exasperated, says, "No, it's an expression."
A Strong Bad plush throws a tantrum.
Screenshot of 3 Bluesky posts in a row, from wiredferret, silmaria, and lookitup.baby. All 3 read "Awooo".
A Pyrex measuring cup with an awful lot of pale purple lilacs.
"We currently have a 40 can limit on available flavors. This limit is per customer, per flavor, per month."
A cheery little ear of corn, with its husk rakishly pulled down to the navel, says with its creepy little face, "I'm in everything."
A grey tuxedo cat stands on a bathroom sink and screams at the camera.
A photo of the screen of a digital microscope. (Helpfully labelled "Digital Microscope" between the screen and the control buttons.) Reflected is a pair of hands holding a phone with a large NASA meatball logo sticker. You can see the photographer's head just beyond the phone, but the phone blocks most of their face.
"As American as Shoofly Pie: The Foodlore and Fakelore of Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine" by William Woys Weaver. HOOOO BOY, how to describe this cover?? There is (of course) a hex sign in the back, but designed with very patriotic stars and stripes motifs. In the center there's a shoofly pie with a 48-state U.S. flag sticking up out of the middle. Off to the right there's a tin of Pennsylvania Dutch butter mints and on the far left there's a tin of John Cope's corn. In the upper left next to the corn there's a 6-pack of Lancaster Brewing Company's Amish 4-Grain Beer. In the lower right by the butter mints there's a set of 3 figures dressed in classic Amish attire. And, the pièce de résistance, there is a plush groundhog taking a bite out of a soft pretzel. Whew
This is a modern, soft-sided type of Hollander, which is used for macerating (aka, beating) fibers to prepare them for making paper. The beater is oval-shaped with a large metal contraption on the right side. This is the beating part, which comes down against a metal plate on the bottom. Fiber is forced between the two, which is the action called "beating". The beater itself is green-sided and the cotton fiber (suspended in gallons of water) i was beating is white and contrasts nicely, color-wise, with the green.
The loaf of bread from the previous image has been sliced open. The rise is decent and the crumb looks good.
A loaf of home-baked bread on a cooling rack. The loaf is lightly golden and dusted with flour. The three cuts I made with my lamé have broken open beautifully, if I may say so myself.
An EXTREME closeup of a cartoon cat butt.
Screenshot from the game Neko Atsume. A selection screen asks if you want to put more film into your camera.
Screenshot from the game Neko Atsume. One of the visiting cats has taken a photo. In the photo you see the feet only of one cat and the right side only of another.
Screenshot from the game Neko Atsume. A yellow Polaroid-style camera sits on a wooden deck.
Screenshot from the game Neko Atsume. An all-grey cat cits behind a yellow Polaroid-style camera.
A pile of snacks lies on the table, including a Moon Pie, a Milky Way, a pack of Starburst, a bag of Sun Chips, and a pack of Orbit gum.
Partial screenshot of Bluesky's "Trending" box showing "Challenger Trauma" at the #1 spot.
A green folder with a sticker in the center. The sticker has the text "Material Safety Data Sheets" next to a safety diamond. The diamond has a ghost graffitied in the bottom white square. The ghost is probably doing the Safety Dance and leaving his friends behind.
Bluesky trending topics: 1. Survivor 50 2. AEW Dynamite 3. Liverpool FC 4. Federal Reserve 5. Newcastle UCL
A woman with extremely tall hair sits in a bath. One woman lathers her with soap while another reads to her. Screenshot from "Kamikaze Girls."
My hourly weather forecast for today starting around 6am. It indicates "chance rain and snow" all morning until slight chance of thunderstorms around midday.
A July 1, 2021, tweet from Kent Beck, quoting Twitter user keithmadams, reading: "When engagement is your only metric you're going to end up re-inventing addiction."
Calvin's dad (from the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes) holds up a finger while speaking.
A medium-haired black cat stands on his hind legs with his from paws gripping a dining table.
An open box with its lid propped up on the side. The lid has one large ampersand on the top and, on the side, the text "Glampersands." The open box shows letterpress type that is a collection of various styles of ampersands.
Letterpress printed posters. The background of each poster is a gigantic "12" -- the number 1 printed in blue and the 2 printed in green (Seahawks colors). Each poster is overprinted with black ink reading "The only thing more powerful than hate is love" in either Spanish or English.
Photo of my working space, with my keyboard in the foreground, my Yeti microphone pointing straight at the camera, and my monitor and laptop both propped up on three and one D&D box sets respectively.
Screenshot showing the word "perilous" as my word of the year for 2026.
Shot of a very full palm tree, looking up from below.
A hand holds a letterpress design (possibly a linocarving). The design is a robot with a boxy body, a boxy head, and long articulated legs and arms. The robot appears to be mid-jaunty stride and has a gently smug smile on its face.
A grey tuxedo cat stretches out across a blue comforter, allowing a man to brush HIS ENTIRE BELLY with a rubber grooming brush. The man is also holding one of the cat's paws while the cat stretches as long as he possibly can.
A grouping of amanita mushrooms against a green lawn strewn with autumn leaves.
Close-up of an amanita mushroom. The cap is so large it's curled up at the edges and is creating a small pond of water.
A grey tuxedo cat sits in a two-tone tan-brown cat bed. The cat has a slightly shaved patch on his side and he's leaning against a rainbow toy full of cat drugs.
Cover of a paperback book clearly (i mean, CLEARLY) from the 1970s. The title is "How to Grow Marijuana Hydroponically". The cover image is a marijuana plant growing in a toilet.
A vintage, weathered sign with a hand drawn plumbing schematic. Text on the sign reads: Kelly's Southside Plumbing & Solar
Note in a car window that reads "No valuables in vehicle. Window recently replaced for $530. Venmo request if you need grocery $$ @Brandon-[Venmo handled redacted]."
Sokka in "Avatar: The Last Airbender" knocks the poetry society on their ass with: They call me Sokka that is in the Water Tribe I am not an oaf
Colorful fountain pens rest in a black pen case.
An extremely smug blond man dressed in cowboy garb tips his hat.
Zatoichi contemplates his sword.
A white man, wearing a lab coat, stands in a chem lab and prepares to operate a piece of equipment. He has long, dark hair and a goatee. He is smirking at the camera such that his dimples stand out. Yes, reader, this is a very young Andy / ErrantPedant.
Andy (a white man, wearing a blue shirt, with a dark goatee and long, dark hair pulled back) sits at the wheel of Grandpa Kelly's Karmann Ghia, an antique, two-door car in cream with brown accents on the roof and over the real tires.
Boimler from "Star Trek: Lower Decks" testing a raisin on his family's raisin farm. Lotta scowling going on.
A close-up shot of a tray of snickerdoodles.
A Kodak disc camera.