Robin Queen (she)

There are a couple of kids in my nephews's class who weren't born in the US, and the class has decided (w/o teacher input) that if ICE shows up in they're all going to pretend not to speak English. 10yos reinventing "I am Spartacus" because they don't want their friends to get disappeared.

I read that the army created its own acoustic version of all the songs - hence no words

It is protesting the Trump regime’s policies and approaches to governance on the day (his 79 birthday) he is throwing a $40mil military parade for himself

Knit chickens

The next wave of emotional support chickens on their way to meet No King’s Day #knitting #knitsky

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Puppy asleep surrounded by toys

Sometimes the toys just get the better of you….

I am so beyond disgusted at my employer. This has been the most demoralizing year in my 26 years working for this institution

This is the happiest thing to see!

Puppy running in grass

Why, hello there

Green sweater

Got this done just in time for it to get too hot to knit with heavier weight wool. Helps when the person who’s going to wear it is slight. #knitsky #knitting

Bright sunset with sheep in foreground

My backyard last night. It’s another good antidote to all the disgusting stuff going on

And…:*to above should have been ‘from’

They are stuffed with raw wool straight off our sheep, so they also have a slight barn smell

You might have missed knitting a row after the cast-on. I’ve accidentally done that with a similar outcome.

Six knit Emotional Support chickens

I’ve knit these emotional support chickens in the last month to avert my attention to the reality that is now my country #knitting

I wondered if it might have an intensifying aspect

Linguists! In your opinion, why would someone use ‘strongness’ instead of ‘strength’ or ‘tenaciousness’ instead of ‘tenacity’? Only regularization?

Two dogs with very different mouth/eye coordination skills #dogs #bordercollie

Closing in on that mile!

Two knit chickens and a cat with white face

Fox mixes with the chickens while we get ready to demand Hands Off in Dexter, MI #handsoff #knit #cats

I found that pretty striking relative to previous seasons!

Large knit chicken

Stranded knit socks in orange and cream with foxes on them

Knitting all the things #knitsky #knit. Patterns on Ravelry: Emotional Support Chicken and A Fox and a Star (socks)

It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.

Given all that the Trump regime is doing I now totally understand how the Dark Ages happened.

Grass roots grow national forests.

Here’s the problem with the leopards-eating-faces analogy: a lot of folks are fine having their faces eaten, so long as it’s by *their* leopards and the leopards are also eating their enemies.

I can’t imagine being mediocre and then filing a lawsuit to share that information with the world. My god.

Mine, too. Said that every client she saw yesterday was in a panic over what’s happening to the US government

Well, someone who paid the actual organizer of an institute. It’s the social events i hate the most. When I was chair, having to plan—or just be involved with planning—the welcome picnic threw me into panic for days.