Culliope

A plastic skeleton of a cockroach. But it has ribs, folks. It's a vertebrate cockroach 🤬

My hatred of invertebrate skeleton decor is infinite and intense

Deeply.

The sign says ladies. This dark colored cloth is provided for removal of your makeup. Thank you

The patriarchy in action! Men can wipe THEIR makeup off with any towel but women have to use a specific cloth ?!?!?! #unfair 😂

A green and yellow bulletin board that has red letters that say the teacher's pets of GBS on it, there are many pictures of teachers and their pets doing selfies together with labels about each pet

This is the same picture, but from further away

This The Teacher's Pets bulletin board of teachers and their pets turned out super cute and had the side effect of helping students identify staff....who knew the custodian had a tarantula?

Her face is stitched and embroidered, and her little bonnet is red.

This one has a lace cap, big unblinking blue eyes and face like putty

The blond hair is part of the porcelain, but it's the big dark brown or black roses that stare into your soul

Blondish hair, pinkish clothes, a red mouth and four sharp looking teeth

A collection of creepy dolls at the Woodman museum in Dover, NH

Sandstone with a tag that says " The holes were made by boring mollusks"

Dunno, mollusks who can make holes in rocks don't seem boring to me....

Funnel cloud coming out of the bigger banks of clouds reaching to the ground

A very bright rainbow that is ending in a pond

I saw a funnel cloud/baby tornado and a rainbow within 2 minutes of each other today. In a separate incident I saw pea-sized hail! Most of the day was calm and in the mid-60s though #NHWeatherisweird

*fraction

I'm putting this here in hopes you will have a reaction of the rage that ripped through me when I saw this "skeleton". I bet @sarahmackattack.bsky.social will get it 😐😐

A stupid stupid white tabletop sized octopus skeleton at Spirit Halloween on a shelf.

My anger for Halloween skeleton decor of invertebrate animals is as incandescent as it is specific.

YouTube video by Indiana State Library Transformational Play How TTRPGs Create High Impact Learning

I got to do this fun talk with Garrett Munro for the Indiana State Library! Thanks for having us!

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Mostly how far out their legs are stretched when basking

Culliope mogs for the camera with ignatia the red earred slider

Two middle aged ladies doing our best!

A Mississippi map turtle sits on a piece of wood under a lamp in a fish tank

I did not appreciate the sheer joy my turtles would get from basking in their own personal basking lamps. Bradley is so happy.

The person we got him from did not know he needed a place to get out of the water or a basking lamp. He's been swimming for 5 years with no rest. 🫩. No longer! #petturtle

The day I randomly saw this driving down 95S was the best day of my whole life.

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A calico cat curls up on an unfinished crazy quilt

WIP quilt, now with cat!

I try to sort of have Karen energy but the positive version where I leave excellent reviews and email companies to tell them how great members of staff have been.

A wild rhododendron blossom in a forest. It is a bunch of white flowers with 5 petals each on a tree with large dark green leaves

This bloom is not open and looks sort of like a pink pine cone

Culliope and Mr. Culliope (the most beautiful blossom of all)

Another close up of a rhododendron blossom

Rhododendron State Park is very cool! 16+ acres of wild rhododendron that bloom in mid-July in southern NH. Actually made it this year!

An orange cat and an orange and white cat investigate the top of a crazy quilts that is lying on the floor

The front of a crazy quilt that is a work in process. There are four squares across by seven squares down. Each square is a collage of different fabrics.

Summer craft project in full swing. I'm finally trying to use up some of my scrap fabrics by making my twin baby cousins each a crazy quilt/I spy quilt. Here's what I've got so far, complete with two helper boys

Teen characters wielding fire spell, painting prosthetic arm, playing the lute, and conjuring a water fish. BSL alphabet in the background.

We’re 200% funded overnight! Thanks to everyone who has pledged or shared the project across socials and with friends. We’re pushing for the teaching pack today. The funding will allow @culliope.bsky.social and @ichistorian.bsky.social to finish their brilliant project to the highest standard.

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Windy and I thought you might enjoy seeing them in their side hustle as the mascot for an RPG based special ed summer school program in NH. They keep an eye on the kids and give lots of hugs and some encouragement magic when learning is hard!

Ignatia the turtle on her red slate out of the water

Ignatia listens to lofi study music

Today Ignatia was strong enough to climb up on this red slate by herself! She likes to chill and listen to music with me. She seems to know my voice.

Ignatia looks balefully at the camera from a right side profile

Ignatia still looks basic balefully at the camera but now you can see her shell too

This is Ignatia t. Bellows, A red-eared slider that we rescued. She has no front claws because they were eaten by a raccoon about 15 years ago. She has lived in a small fish tank for a long time and now she gets to touch grass.

Making a tabletop RPG for your particular kid by Steph Campbell on a shelf with a lot of other TTRPG books

Found @ttrpgkids.com book in the wild at #Paxeast today at the Indie Revolution booth! So exciting to see their good work out and about!

Come see Gaming the System at #paxeast today at 3:3 in Arachnid!

A wild tortoise eats a plant

A wild tortoise of Athens!

Yes! More penis, more problems.

Three middle aged ladies pretend to be columns in front of a historical site that deserves better.

Corinthians, ionic, doric columns at the Olympic stadium in Athens