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Alice
@dryad4.bsky.social
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Goofy cat lover, Whovian, fiber crafter, wannabe cook, and uncompromising supporter of equal rights.
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Definition of Chillaxin'.
Gizmo my cat in the utmost of relaxed positions. This is the definition of "chillaxin'".
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Nothing fancy, just some delicious, comforting chicken & rice soup.
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I think I'm going to like this. Playing with twisted stitches. #knitting #fiberarts 🧶
Red cotton yarn on a knitting needle. The pattern is basically stockinette, but the stitches are deliberately twisted.
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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This is now my official response to everything related to right wing politics:
A picture of a wild cat making a "face" while the caption reads, "When someone tells you something so profoundly stupid that your brain crashes and has to restart."
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Wasn't evidence just asked for?
A picture of a wild cat making a "face" while the caption reads, "When someone tells you something so profoundly stupid that your brain crashes and has to restart."
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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I'm sure there's a cat in here somewhere...
My cat thoroughly snuggled up under a jersey pillow case. Nothing is showing but an ear and a tail curl.
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Stolen from a FB post. Historical plate. "Do NOT touch my spinning tools!" (or my scissors) #spinning #fiberarts #history
Appears to be a bronze plate or shallow bowl. The header reads, "'Plate with Wife Beating Husband' Dinant, Belgium, 1480ce" The image depicts a woman sitting on a man's back. She is holding a hand-broom or batch of switches in the air, aimed at his bared buttocks. He looks confused as to why he is being beaten. He is on all fours, but in his hands he holds a niddy-noddy and a drop spindle. To the left of the is a floor distaff.
October 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Gizmo's new favorite toy. Eyeball pattern from #FocusPocus by @sammichstitches.bsky.social. Made from #10 crochet thread and a size 10 (1.3mm) hook. #crochet #amigurumi 🧶
Gizmo, my gray tabby cat and his toy amigurumi eyeball
October 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Six, count 'em, 6 hand towels (still to be hemmed) and six, count'em, 6 "washcloths" (not shown) from one full indirect warp on the Ashford 24" RHL. I'm really proud of this set. #weaving #rigidheddleloom #fiberart
Six cotton hand towels waiting to be hemmed. Colors are black (background), red, and blue. Woven on a rigid heddle loom.
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Update: First, I failed to follow hat instructions because I changed my hook. Because of this, I had to add another brim row. Now I'm happy with my emotional support eyeball!
#FocusPocus by @sammichstitches.bsky.social
#crochet #amigurumi 🧶
Amigurumi Eyeball wearing a Witch hat.
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Important side quest for mental health now hanging from my ceiling fan. Support eyeball? #FocusPocus pattern by @sammichstitches.bsky.social
#crochet #amigurumi
Emotional support eyeball. (Crochet eyeball with neon green iris, and wearing a witch hat.) Emotional support eyeball. (Crochet eyeball with neon green iris, and wearing a witch hat.)
October 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Update: Haven't started the hat yet, but Gizmo (my cat) thinks the eyeball is delicious! ;) I didn't have have worsted white so I used chain-plied #10 crochet thread. Same with the pupil. Iris is worsted weight acrylic neon green. Stuffed with yarn waste scraps. Loving it! Thank you for the pattern!
October 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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5 or 6 hand towels later and finally nearing the end of the warp, so making a couple of washcloths.
Two future washcloths side by side on the loom.
September 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Do I know what it's called? No. It's got chicken, mushrooms, shallots, garlic, salt, parsley, pinot grigio, chicken stock and cream cheese. Not necessarily in that order. Very rich. Does it have a name? Also, which starch should I put it on? I got out egg noodles, but haven't used them yet. #cooking
Chicken concoction as described, in a cast iron skillet.
September 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Well that's different. Not the heron, just that it's hanging out on the roof...? Sorry for the blur. 10x and I might wash my windows this weekend, or not. #supportwildlife
A Great Blue Heron chilling out on a roof.
September 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I need more blue. #weaving #rigidheddleloom #RHL
Two halves of an indirect warp in progress. One is chain braided up and resting atop the second. The colors are black, blue, and red. Second of two hand towels in progress on the rigid heddle loom. This one is using extra heddle rods to create a texture/pattern.
August 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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After some people re-painted the rainbow crosswalk at Pulse Memorial in Orlando, FDOT came and erased it again. FHP and OPD were then placed on the scene. FHP and OPD say, "Go ahead and chalk it up, just don't block traffic." A small victory, but victory nonetheless.
An image of civilians using chalk to recolor the Pulse Memorial rainbow crosswalk after it was removed by FDOT. The caption reads, "The 49 will not be erased."
August 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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The FL gov't decided to "neutralize" the memoriam crosswalk for the Pulse memorial overnight, without consent from the city or the county. We will not be deterred and they will not be erased.
Carlos Guillermo Smith and friends chalking the rainbow back into the crosswalk that was painted over without consent from local government. Chalk washes away without damage, therefore cannot be construed as vandalism, at least in my understanding. Just rinse and repeat.
August 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Tail hook perfection. Don't care if I'm late, he's not on a schedule. #caturday
My cat Gizmo atop his condo in the window having a nice nap with the perfectly serene "J" hook in his tail.
August 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Warp halves, 1 & 2. Going for a 2 heddle RHL twill.
Ashford rigid heddle loom upside down, sporting the second half of a warp for towels, with the first half chain hitched and draped across. Blue, black and red.
August 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I do love meatloaf. This one is perfect.
Cat in loaf mode.
August 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Per Betty Osceola on FB:
Maryjane Cantu is the tribal member whose house burned down last night and some other structures in her family’s camp. If you want to donate directly to her, her Cash App is in the shared post.
For those who aren't aware, there was a fire last night on the Miccosukee reservation. Mary Jane's home, a chickee at her camp, a chickee behind my grandmas house, and a building community members would make cultural crafts in were all lost in the fire. $MJTCantu is Mary Jane's cashapp.
July 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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He's waiting for me to do the right thing...#willpuzzlefortreats #catpuzzle
My gray tabby Gizmo sitting patiently next to his puzzle, waiting for me to put treats in it.
July 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Merino single on the EEW 6.0
July 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM