sarahquaint

neither am I, and yet it's perfect

LOLLLLLLL

hrm. Harriet the Loom?

thank you, and absolutely yes 🫂

a 36" floor loom reed, which is basically a large comb with very evenly-placed steel teeth. it's been cleaned up and is shining in the winter sunshine.

...Harrisville still had some of the old-style cranks in stock, so that was easily replaced

The reed was slightly rusted, but not dire. Scrubbed it down with baking soda, then soaked in with CLR cleaner, and now she's all shiny

now I just need to decide which yarn to play with first

all cleaned up & ready to go!

I asked Harrisville Designs about the serial number: it's a Model T loom from 1975. I washed down the wood and refinished it with linseed oil; removed some light rust from the metal parts with steel wool

the only missing part was a crank handle, but thankfully...

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Tomorrow's Light" 12"x12" oil on canvas (2025). A loosely painted seascape with a brilliant blue, orange and yellow sunrise sky. The colors of the sky are reflected in the water below.

Tisha Mark ©2025, Tomorrow's Light, oil on canvas, 12"x12"

Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/tomo...

#art #painting #SciArt #bsnm #ArtSky

what a way to go 😍

oh no now I have to try that on your behalf

a mug of tea sitting on a butcher block counter. propped in front of it is a small foil packet with a label that says: "TAURUS Ingredients: Green tea, roasted dandelion root, toasted rice, ginkgo, nettle leaf"

the folks at @fridaytea.com sent a sample of their Taurus blend with my recent order, and this is unfair: I already have a weakness for genmaicha. how dare they hook me on yet another delicious blend. I will include a sternly-written note when I order more!

New Zealand got tired of always being left off and they swapped for a bit

is the backslide related to the the decline of mass media & the rise of social media?

I remember the photo-manip backlash of the '90s having a strong element of "big advertisers are manipulating you"

but then the adverts became incorporated into everyday posts, and influencers became a thing

because you only have to stare at yourself to obsess over your looks

personality and charm require you to interact with other people. but first you've got to believe that they're actually people. not just objects or NPCs or whatever. and this type of man can't do that

Tunes Love Tacos

I'm not mad about this!

Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal

a Forever Knight mailing list was my first, but I was subscribed to that same Highlander mailing list shortly after!

Forever Knight, JADFE mailing list (foreverknight.fandom.com/wiki/JADFE), 17

So much sympathy for you. What an amazing girl.

A++ negotiation skills, kiddo

screenshot of a left hand wearing a pink glove with DUNKIN' emblazoned on the back, holding a large iced coffee. the text reads: "Blog Post > Fun Stuff > February 18, 2026 SCORE A LIMITED-EDITION DUNKIN'® ICED COFFEE GLOVE"

just alerted my sister (who lives in MA) to be on the lookout for these in the wild. she did get one of the single promotional iced coffee gloves the other day

arghhhh

the way my surgeon explained it to me, there is, but the spinal cord itself is behind the discs. would rather move the larynx and stuff than scootch around the spinal cord

fucking hell. grrrrr

Right? If the dilemma can be resolved with polyamory, then the story needs to find a better dilemma.

Discord is in fact a member of Netchoice, the trade association fighting these laws in court, and user payments therefore indirectly finance that exact political and legal advocacy you want them to be doing (and they are).

Two Fairies in a rose bush.

Fairies 🩷

💛🫂

Two cats have jumped onto a sash window and climbed up under the blind, dislodging it

Working from home proving more stressful than I feel is necessary

lol, strong agree!

and if you choose to be with the entire mafia, who are you scared of? surely someone in said mafia could make critics disappear...

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Question for #EarlyModern #Skystorians please! 🗃️

What are your favourite online places to search for public domain images?

(free to use, out of copyright, cleared by copyright owner for public use etc)?

Example: Public Domain Image Archive pdimagearchive.org