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Tara D
@tarad.bsky.social
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Reader. Baker. Cat lover. Novice weaver, sometime artist, frequent crochet project starter, yarn enthusiast, seeker of joy. NYC. #uglydogs #GratefulDead #Dead&Co
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Good morning! Barry’s Irish Tea, very strong with a splash of milk. The mug tells no lies. 🦇
Beautiful handmade pottery mug sitting on an orange and black coaster on a wooden table. The mug is gray with a shiny black handle and drippy black glaze trim. The mug has an image of a spooky witch house with trees and bats, rendered in black glaze, with the words “Mentally I am Here” beneath the design.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Lucy (tuxedo) and Zelda (gray tabby) will both greet Charlie Brown. They were so special. Lucy was my soul cat. She’ll be happy to show CB how to put his favorite toys in the water dish, and sweet, sweet Zelda will groom Charlie B with endless joy and affection.
A beautiful black and white tuxedo cat named Lucy sitting on a soft navy blue blankie. Zelda, a beautiful gray tabby cat sitting on a soft maroon and cream colored blankie.
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Happy Halloween #UglyDogs and other friends!
A buffet decorated for Halloween with a bright orange table runner, decorative skull and crows, and lit orange, black and white candles. Two carved pumpkins lit up and glowing. One is carved like a smiling skull and one in a literally cubist face.
October 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Pretending it’s not 82 degrees out and forging ahead with long simmering bolognese sauce and gochujang caramel cookies because Fall, dammit. 🍂🍁🥵
A large pot of bolognese sauce simmering on a stove, can of crushed tomatoes and a pitcher of utensils in the background. Close up of a field of sugar cookies on a large cooling rack. Each cookie has a large swirl of gochujang caramel in the middle.
October 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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This is very cool. Thank you! I look forward to reading it later on today. The weaving I’ve done is more decorative in nature, like wall hangings (example below). But I’d love to try a large loom someday.
Geometric woven wall hanging; gray wool background, maroon inner square with a golden rectangular inset. A turquoise leather strand is woven into the gold inset. A woven wall hanging: gray wool background, a purple circular inset done in raw wool, with a blue suede rectangular inset. A small stick is affixed to the center circle with gold wire.
September 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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I am so in.
A delicious 2 layer birthday cake. It is yellow cake with an abundance of chocolate frosting and an exuberant about of rainbow sprinkles. It is on a gray and white plate and has two lit candles, one blue and one white.
July 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Good. Unleash the chancleta, I’ve had enough.

Here are my very good boys.
Two very good cats sleeping face to face. Ozzy, a tuxedo cat is stretched out on his left side with his 2 big paws on Hachi’s head. Hachi, an orange tabby cat, is stretched out with his paws on Ozzy’s large soft belly.
June 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Earlier posts had better pictures of the drawing and, admittedly, I am more of an artist than poet, but I had fun with this. #InvertArtChallenge
Thank you so much, @saimihanma.bsky.social for hosting this.
Colored pencil drawing of a sweat bee on a bright green blade of grass with purple flower in left corner. Close up of colored pencil drawing of sweat bee on blade of grass.
June 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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At last, my final page for June’s #InvertArtChallenge
As mentioned in an earlier post, this was a practice drawing that I ended up loving so I turned the awkward location of the sketch into a journal page along with the poem I wrote.
Photo of a journal page with a drawing of a sweat bee and a purple flower, along with a short poem. Alternate view of journal page with sweat bee drawing and poem.
June 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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And, as so often is the case with me, I decided I liked the sketch well enough for it not to be a “practice piece”. So now I have a nice little drawing, oddly placed on a writing page. 🙃
Pencil, colored pencil, and glitter pen drawing of a sweat bee on a blade of grass with a purple flower. Close up drawing of a sweat bee in colored pencil and glitter ink.
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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I started a practice drawing in the corner of a writing journal page
Pencil, colored pencil, and glitter ink drawing of a small sweat bee on a blade of green grass with a purple flower in the lower left corner
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Our subject for June is the Sweat Bee. I knew nothing about this small fren so I read up and looked at some photos. This was my reference photo
Close up of a small sweat beeon a blade of green grass. Its head and upper body are a metallic green-gold, its legs are full of golden pollen.
June 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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I’m sending good thoughts to Jay and a pic of my niece, Fu fu, on her birthday earlier this year.
A small fawn colored pug named Fufu on a fluffy light blue pillow. She is looking up at you and wearing a festive hot pink birthday hat with fuzzy trim.
May 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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That time of year again. Time to play lamb or labradoodle cake. Happy Spring!
A cake in the shape of a lamb. It is frosted with vanilla frosting and shredded coconut with green jelly bean eyes and a pink jelly bean nose. He is smiling. The lamb is on a white plate with a blue and yellow checkered border.
April 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Hachi.
An orange and white tabby cat, Hachi, is sitting in a FreshDirect grocery bag on a pale wooden floor. He looks serious and inquisitive. The bag is white with photos of fresh vegetables depicted and has bright green handles.
April 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Craving satisfied. Pepe’s in Yonkers ftw, when you can’t get to New Haven. 😊
A large, delicious pizza on a silver tray. The pizza is half sausage and half mozz. A wooden handled spatula is in the foreground and two slices are missing.
March 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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He are my two guys. Ozzy, the long hair and Hachi, his brother. Not dogs, but Ozzy is nearly big enough to be a wheel dog! 😹Good luck with the forms. I empathize, I have form phobia.
Photo of two large cats on a gray carpet. One cat is long haired tuxedo cat named Ozzy. He is sitting up. The other is an orange tabby named Hachi and he is lying down in front of Ozzy. They are brothers.
March 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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I really take that to heart! Ooh definitely need a break when working a blanket. I promised myself I’d finish this table rug I started Jan. 1st but … ya know. 🤷🏻‍♀️😹
Photo of a crocheted color block work in progress. Colors are gray, black and white tweedy, cream, coffee and rosey mauve.
January 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Good luck, Gonzo! We are also waiting for grossery delivery, but these two weirdos always race to the door when they knock. 😹
An orange and white tabby cat (Hachi) and a long haired tuxedo cat (Ozzy) are laying down together in a V shape on a white kitchen island. They ate waiting for a grocery delivery.
December 30, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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Ozzy says same.
A very large long-haired tuxedo cat, Ozzy, is on his back, clutching a stuffed corn dog toy in his paws. His paws are around the toy with both feet up and ready to thump. He has a wild look in his eyes.
December 8, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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This orange guy is ready to join you.
An orange and white tabby cat is laying on some white packing paper. He is very alert, looking at you, and ready to spring into orange catting mischief.
November 27, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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The brute strength required for this task. IYKYK. 🍽️
Phot shows a cutting board and chef’s knife, with two large rutabaga (yellow turnips) One has been halved, peeled and cubed. The other lies in wait.
November 27, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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I just started this V stitch scarf with scraps leftover from a weaving I did years ago. (Though first I had to untangle all the scraps. 😹)
Photo shows the beginning of a colorful crochet scarf in tones of rust, purple, blue gray and brown. In the background are three small balls of yarn in dark blue and blue gray.
November 23, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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When in doubt, make soup.
Three photos of a soup in progress. This, the first, shows a knife, half a carrot, and chopped onions on a white cutting board. In the background is a plate with diced carrots, a bag of barley, a box of vegetable stock, and a can of tomatoes. Soup progress photo two, showing sautéed onions, carrots, mushrooms, and spice in the bottom of a stock pot. Soup progress photo three, showing a rich, red, tomato and stock based soup simmering nicely. The diced vegetables are visible in the broth and steam is lifting off of the soup.
November 12, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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My guy, Hachi. We follow each other in The Bad Place. So happy to see you here.
An orange and white tabby cat, Hachi, is curled up sleeping with one white-tipped paw over his head and the other paw reaching out.
November 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM