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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 6d

The Whites are so gorgeous and are a foundation of my childhood and it was drilled into me from the start that: you should be prepared for all conditions and to turn around.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 6d

That's so cool of your sister! I finished the 4000 footer list a week after I turned 14. We bagged Mt. Washington a few years prior on a long August weekend of perfect weather while doing the Presidential Traverse, staying at the AMC huts.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 6d

Twenty people needing to be rescued in one day (for being unprepared) is just wild. Unclear what trail they were on, but the Pinkham Notch Visitor Center is right there to advise you not to go above tree line. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...

Nearly Two Dozen Hikers Were Left Stranded by Snow atop New England’s Highest Peak

Officials said the hikers were “ill-prepared” for winter weather. New Hampshire is one of the few to levy fines on rescued hikers deemed to have entered the wilderness unprepared. Could they pay?

www.outsideonline.com

Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 6d

It is extremely easy to get a weather report for summit conditions on Mt. Washington. NHPR provides a weather report from the observatory every day!

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6d

People are so fascinatingly stupid about Mt. Washington.

“Oh, it’s not that tall,” they say, little knowing it is haunted by Weather Demons

Were-Wolf Hamel 🏳️‍🌈 @wolfperson1.bsky.social · 6d

I’m sorry but what were over 20 people thinking:

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 6d

In the winter you can do overnight education trips to the weather observatory (a snowcat drives you up) and I fantasize about doing this.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 6d

My most excellent best friend is now on Bluesky! She is a font of knowledge of all things circus and also I was up until 1:30 this morning reading her book which hopefully will be keeping up many more people in Autumn 2026.

Stacey Strange @seriffim.bsky.social · 7d

In 2024 I remembered how to blog. Maybe now, at the end of 2025 I can remember how to micro-blog.

Excited to be here! You can read my long-form thoughts (for free!) at the link:

Stacey Strange | Patreon

flinging words and occasionally my physical form into the void

www.patreon.com

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 7d

One of my obsessions is the Gemini and Apollo photography (there are 12 Hasselblads just lying on the moon!), so I feel like this article was written specifically for me: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

How Lunar Photography Brought the Heavens Down to Earth

No explorers ever traveled farther from home than the Apollo astronauts. As artists, they’re still underrated.

www.nytimes.com

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 7d

It was startling to be at Acadia a few weeks ago and be reminded that it is the first National Park to come as a result of private donations to the public.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 11d

Waistband was also widened from 5/8 inch to 1 inch. Still narrow, but a world of a difference.

Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 11d

Back to where this thread began with changes and improvements that were fully worth it. In V1 the waistband was just the tweed folded over, but this is now faced with the cotton/silk voile backed by silk organza (to match the seams). Hidden within is petersham!

A tweed skirt opened up at the back. You can see interior darts and a spring green contrast waistband as well as bound seams in the same fabric.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 11d

Here in CT many people have to have their soil and water tested for radon! You really can't assume anything.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 11d

I think the state would handle testing.

Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 12d

Also in cities you almost always have to build above ground plots because the soil has too much lead in it.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 12d

I spent $200 on wood and metal fenceposts (for vertical growing) in my community garden plot.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 12d

Update: last night I did Hong Kong seams on all vertical seams in my skirt. I used leftover self-made bias binding from a dress I made this summer out of cotton/silk voile.

The interior of a skirt with seams visible. The seams are pressed open and bound in a spring green fabric.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 13d

Some details: air dried black walnut, oil and wax finish. My dad was drawn to making them for their expression of line and form, which he finds free of embellishment or gewgaw.

Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 13d

My dad was the founding president of the Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers and the first meeting he ever lead was about Windsor chairs, so it’s very cool to see him return to chairs in his retirement! I am the luckiest and proudest daughter.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 13d

My dad finished making his pair of Chandigarh chairs! If you are in northern New England you should get a chance to see them in early November through the Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers and their New England Woodworking Competition. They’ll technically be on loan from me!

Two modernist chairs in walnut wood. The chairs have A shaped legs that connect to a floating back and arms. The seat and back are slatted and the back has a barrel shape.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah, I had frenched the seams so they were enclosed in organza, but forgot about the other effects (4 layers of fabric). Now I know! Sometimes you just gotta commit to reversing for peace of mind.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 14d

The waistband is minor in comparison to the chunky side seams, but it'll have to come out to have those pressed open properly, so I might as well make it better!

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 14d

It doesn't, but I am going to un-do and make it the way it should be so that I never have to think about it again (it'll also make future alterations easier).

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 14d

Posting about this has now made me question whether I want to undo all the work hand and machine sewing the waistband and re-do the side seams. LOL.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 14d

I spent an entire day cutting and thread-marking this. Will definitely make some changes the next time I use this pattern (will not French-seam tweed again as it's chunky; will probably do a wider waistband for better attaching of hook and bar), but it's still a dream skirt.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 14d

It is not done (needs a hem facing) but here is the first skirt I’ve ever self-drafted based on my measurements. Made of green Harris tweed and flatlined in silk organza.

A woman in a chambray button-up shirt and green herringbone mini-skirt.

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Eva Skewes @evaskewes.bsky.social · 27d

A perfect vesper is such at treat.

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