Kita Haliwell

My chair is supposed to arrive today! So excited! Hopefully this will mean an end to some of the chronic pain!! 🥹

A rosemaling pattern in shades of blue with small twists of green along the edges. The design starts with a long petaled flower at the bottom and then curves upward in stylized s strokes with two wing like petals at the very top.

Another first try. Try new things.

PSA: Check with your public transit operators before paying for fare on any online site.

Google maps said fare was required and linked to a pay site. I bought a day pass ... and then discovered that the city does not charge fare. Public transit is free.

So it's a lesson learned by money lost.

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A hand carved Dala horse sits atop a sketchbook with blue paintbrush strokes swirled on the page. The horse itself has a base red coat with white and blue designs.

My first attempt at carving and then painting over said carving. Not bad for a first try. :)

Same for us and we've been at our place FAR longer. The only thing to do is label "Return to Sender" and black out your address, but not the name.

With any luck, whomever sent it will adjust their records.

Naka to Nihon | Naka-Kon Nakama! We are so excited to announce an exciting opportunity for the Naka-Kon community! Naka-Kon’s mission has always been to celebrate and educate others on Japanese culture. In honor of that…

Reminder! Naka to Nihon applications are due February 3, 2026 at 6:00 pm CT! If you want a chance to win a trip to Tokyo, Japan, make sure to enter by the deadline! More information about the application here: buff.ly/XZMPSz8

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You should make your own Orchestrion! There are a lot of PiJukebox tutorials and crafting an Orchestrion shell for it sounds like fun!

I hope so too, but I think what's pissing me off the most right now is I don't know where along the line it’s frozen. The cold water pipe five inches from it’s fine which makes me think it’s somewhere else where the pipes diverge but I don't know where that would be... and why the toilet too? *sigh*

Well, so is mine. Despite that, it seems somewhere it is cold enough in this negative temp land that a pipe has frozen because one of my sinks has no water.

So, dear friends and strangers ... drip your taps.

Live in the frozen path? Bathroom on an exterior wall? Open your cabinets and set your sink to drip water. If possible run a small space heater in the areas farthest from your vents.

Kita, why would I need to worry about that? My house is comfortably warm.

🧵

We are excited to announce Iris Garden x Haenuli as our fashion guest for Naka-Kon 2026! You'll see the debut of brand-new designs at the fashion show, spend time with them at the Lolita Fashion Tea Party, & shop their collection in the exhibit hall, with more to come!

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Nakama! We are excited to announce the return of DJ Sameshima. He is part of the group called BAN BAN BAN, but will be joining us as a solo Anison DJ this year!

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Nakama! We're excited to announce Maki Otsuki as a guest of honor at Naka-Kon 2026! Known for "memories" and "RUN!RUN!RUN!", both smash hits from "ONE PIECE". Do you hear that? It’s the drums of nostalgia!
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An acrylic painting on particle board. Water reflecting the greenery in the background flows over a short fall, breaking in white streaks around a small cropping of rocks near the center. Bushes, a few with light blue flowers line the shore in the back. A wooden post cuts across the front bottom right of the shot.

This is an old one from last century. One of my first attempts at landscape from a photo I took on a field trip.

The making process was live streamed on Twitch. VoD and short coming to YouTube soon!

Crocheted doorknob like the talking one from Disney's 1950s Alice in Wonderland.

A hand grabs the knobby nose of a crocheted doorknob made to look like the doorknob from Alice in Wonderland.

Household object challenge arranged by @gettohooking.bsky.social ! My challenge came from @brianna_moooore on Instagram.

Make a doorknob in my style!

Well, my style is to fly by the seat of my pants with no pattern and very little in the way of a plan save for a nerdy idea of a fandom dream!

A crocheted doorknob similar to the talking one from the 1950s Disney Alice in Wonderland.

A hand grabs the knob nose of a crocheted doorknob resembling the talking one from the 1950's Disney Alice in Wonderland.

A challenge issued, and a challenge met!

So there are many small local protests instead of one large one with people traveling to it because it can take two to three DAYS just to get there (and many can't afford the cost of travel). The American system is nice... until you need to organize together and then you see just how divided it is.

It looks like Canada has a 9,330km possible road trip from Inuvik to St. John's. Russia has one over 10,600km when driving from Magadan to Nal'chik.

So while the US is not as large as Canada or Russia, it's still QUITE LARGE. That distance works against its citizens when trying to come together.

Drive from Prudhoe Bay to Anchorage, then catch a ferry chain to Bellingham, WA (pretending we can't drive through Canada) and then drive across the US. We can end our trip in Van Buren, Maine after driving over 7,000 kilometers.

It's still over 7k if driving to Miami instead.

Did you know that if someone from LA wanted to drive to their nation's capital to protest, it would be longer than the drive from Lisbon, Portugal to Athens, Greece?

Almost 4300 kilometers and that's not even all the way to the edge of the nation. Just driving around Canada is over 7000km.

I've been playing XIV so long that I have seen the return of the Horse.

(I know there are players who have been in it longer, but it still hurts this kelpie's knees to say it.)

a close up of a cartoon owl 's face with big eyes and a long beak . ALT: a close up of a cartoon owl 's face with big eyes and a long beak .

We've captured another.

A crocheted tribble using faux fur yarn in a mix of browns sits atop a black desk with a keyboard in the background.

I guess I'm in trouble. I made a tribble.

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The cutoff for this to guarantee it for NA Fan Fest is coming up fast!! I'll still take the commission after that, but I can't promise anything given the amount of work that went into the first set.

Oh Nakama Baby birds! Start practicing your American Breathing and pick up your trash while you’re at it! Quit Trippin! Naka-Kon is pleased to announce returning guest Zeno Robinson!

📅 March 13-15, 2026
📍 Overland Park Convention Center

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Naka to Nihon | Naka-Kon Nakama! We are so excited to announce an exciting opportunity for the Naka-Kon community! Naka-Kon’s mission has always been to celebrate and educate others on Japanese culture. In honor of that…

Nakama! Applications are now open for the Naka to Nihon event! Information about the contest and the application form are available on the Naka-Kon website here: naka-kon.com/naka-nihon

Application closes on February 3, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. CT!

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Heads up, Nakama! We're excited to present a refreshed AMV Contest, featuring cash prizes and free badges for finalists! Plus, a live audience will get to vote for which AMVs win in each category. It's an AMV Contest you won't want to miss!
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