Teresa
@teresaurus.bsky.social
Semi-retired from software development and technical learning design/development (Big Tech - Cloud.) Now contracting and consulting and just enjoying life!
Btw, I have my DMs turned all the way off, and I immediately block scammers/grifters.
Btw, I have my DMs turned all the way off, and I immediately block scammers/grifters.
Finished Object Friday - a very large and heavy couch/bed cover I have been working on for about three years now. Bernat Yarnspirations extra-thick blanket yarn, in the color "Leather." Double and half double crochet. That is a three-seater couch in the pic, btw.
#crochet
#finishedobjectfriday
#crochet
#finishedobjectfriday
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Finished Object Friday - a very large and heavy couch/bed cover I have been working on for about three years now. Bernat Yarnspirations extra-thick blanket yarn, in the color "Leather." Double and half double crochet. That is a three-seater couch in the pic, btw.
#crochet
#finishedobjectfriday
#crochet
#finishedobjectfriday
We have had a Pacific Chorus Frog living in our greenhouse for about 4 years now, thriving and growing well, but "disappearing" from view in the cooler season. We didn't know where it went, but now we think maybe we do. We found it camping out on top of one of our covered electric heater plugs!
January 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
We have had a Pacific Chorus Frog living in our greenhouse for about 4 years now, thriving and growing well, but "disappearing" from view in the cooler season. We didn't know where it went, but now we think maybe we do. We found it camping out on top of one of our covered electric heater plugs!
Lake Crescent, Washington, summer of 2025. Biking the lake trail was a real highlight of our year. Teal waters are a famous feature of some of our lakes. The deep water is also incredibly clear.
#pacificnorthwest #outdoors #washington #lakecrescent #lake #olympicpenninsula #biking #water #video
#pacificnorthwest #outdoors #washington #lakecrescent #lake #olympicpenninsula #biking #water #video
December 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Lake Crescent, Washington, summer of 2025. Biking the lake trail was a real highlight of our year. Teal waters are a famous feature of some of our lakes. The deep water is also incredibly clear.
#pacificnorthwest #outdoors #washington #lakecrescent #lake #olympicpenninsula #biking #water #video
#pacificnorthwest #outdoors #washington #lakecrescent #lake #olympicpenninsula #biking #water #video
View up the Sky Valley this morning. The sun broke through the clouds for a while, warming the snow and creating banks of mist and fog.
Merchant, Gunn, and Gunnshy peaks, Skykomish river. Part of the Wild Sky Wilderness area.
#pacificnorthwest
#washington
#skyvalley
#mountains
#photography
Merchant, Gunn, and Gunnshy peaks, Skykomish river. Part of the Wild Sky Wilderness area.
#pacificnorthwest
#washington
#skyvalley
#mountains
#photography
December 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
View up the Sky Valley this morning. The sun broke through the clouds for a while, warming the snow and creating banks of mist and fog.
Merchant, Gunn, and Gunnshy peaks, Skykomish river. Part of the Wild Sky Wilderness area.
#pacificnorthwest
#washington
#skyvalley
#mountains
#photography
Merchant, Gunn, and Gunnshy peaks, Skykomish river. Part of the Wild Sky Wilderness area.
#pacificnorthwest
#washington
#skyvalley
#mountains
#photography
We had a little bit of snow yesterday evening. This is what our woods looked like this morning.
#washington
#snow
#woods
#washington
#snow
#woods
December 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
We had a little bit of snow yesterday evening. This is what our woods looked like this morning.
#washington
#snow
#woods
#washington
#snow
#woods
Happy Solstice! Me and my pet rock, Preseli Bluestone, enjoying our twice-a-year tradition of watching the solstice sun rise at Stonehenge. (Usually as a video, not live, because of time differences).
#solstice2025
#solstice
#astronomy
#yule
#winter
#stonehenge
#solstice2025
#solstice
#astronomy
#yule
#winter
#stonehenge
December 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy Solstice! Me and my pet rock, Preseli Bluestone, enjoying our twice-a-year tradition of watching the solstice sun rise at Stonehenge. (Usually as a video, not live, because of time differences).
#solstice2025
#solstice
#astronomy
#yule
#winter
#stonehenge
#solstice2025
#solstice
#astronomy
#yule
#winter
#stonehenge
Motherboard fried on my old laptop, so I got a Lenovo Thinkpad. Decided to go with Zorin Linux Pro for the OS instead of Windows 11. Hardware so far has been plug-and-play, and since most of my productivity software is browser-based, no issues there. The few things I need to install work great, too!
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Motherboard fried on my old laptop, so I got a Lenovo Thinkpad. Decided to go with Zorin Linux Pro for the OS instead of Windows 11. Hardware so far has been plug-and-play, and since most of my productivity software is browser-based, no issues there. The few things I need to install work great, too!
The tally of my bananas is in... we grew 12 lbs of bananas in western Washington State in our greenhouse this year. It only took four years to get there! But hey, we did it. And they are tiny, but tasty.
#gardening
#bananas
#greenhouse
#washington
#gardening
#bananas
#greenhouse
#washington
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The tally of my bananas is in... we grew 12 lbs of bananas in western Washington State in our greenhouse this year. It only took four years to get there! But hey, we did it. And they are tiny, but tasty.
#gardening
#bananas
#greenhouse
#washington
#gardening
#bananas
#greenhouse
#washington
View out the window on this blustery, gorgeous fall day.
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
View out the window on this blustery, gorgeous fall day.
The time has come to cut my bananas! They have lost their angular look, the first row is starting to turn yellow, and one of the fruits has split. Can't wait until they are ripe! (Double Mahoi dwarf Cavendish variety, grown in a greenhouse.)
#gardening
#bananas
#pacificnorthwest
#gardening
#bananas
#pacificnorthwest
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The time has come to cut my bananas! They have lost their angular look, the first row is starting to turn yellow, and one of the fruits has split. Can't wait until they are ripe! (Double Mahoi dwarf Cavendish variety, grown in a greenhouse.)
#gardening
#bananas
#pacificnorthwest
#gardening
#bananas
#pacificnorthwest
Hit the finish line! #tourdefleece2025 project. 4.9 ounces, 140 grams, about 250 yards of sock weight yarn. 80% alpaca, 20% silk. Caked and ready for whenever I need more docks on my needles! I'm calling it "Affogato" after the Italian dessert coffee.
#handspun
#yarn
#handspun
#yarn
July 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hit the finish line! #tourdefleece2025 project. 4.9 ounces, 140 grams, about 250 yards of sock weight yarn. 80% alpaca, 20% silk. Caked and ready for whenever I need more docks on my needles! I'm calling it "Affogato" after the Italian dessert coffee.
#handspun
#yarn
#handspun
#yarn
Finished with my #tourdefleece2025 spin. Plied, skeined on my teeny tiny niddy noddy, washed to set the twists, and now drying. About 250 yards, and 4.7 ounces. I'll give it a day or so to dry, then wind it into a cake and make a final decision on what it is going to be used for.
#handspun
#yarn
#handspun
#yarn
July 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Finished with my #tourdefleece2025 spin. Plied, skeined on my teeny tiny niddy noddy, washed to set the twists, and now drying. About 250 yards, and 4.7 ounces. I'll give it a day or so to dry, then wind it into a cake and make a final decision on what it is going to be used for.
#handspun
#yarn
#handspun
#yarn
Week 2 update for #tourdefleece2025
I am about three-quarters of the way through spinning the second bobbin of single for the yarn, and hope to finish that by tomorrow. Then I need to ply, set, dry, and skein! Looking forward to seeing what it looks like finished.
I am about three-quarters of the way through spinning the second bobbin of single for the yarn, and hope to finish that by tomorrow. Then I need to ply, set, dry, and skein! Looking forward to seeing what it looks like finished.
July 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Week 2 update for #tourdefleece2025
I am about three-quarters of the way through spinning the second bobbin of single for the yarn, and hope to finish that by tomorrow. Then I need to ply, set, dry, and skein! Looking forward to seeing what it looks like finished.
I am about three-quarters of the way through spinning the second bobbin of single for the yarn, and hope to finish that by tomorrow. Then I need to ply, set, dry, and skein! Looking forward to seeing what it looks like finished.
Half of the alpaca and silk batt spun up. Seventy grams of single waiting for the other half to join it for plying into sock yarn. Looks like a fancy coffee! Note: pre-drafting and extra care while spinning are a MUST because silk and alpaca draft quite differently.
#tourdefleece2025
#handspun
#tourdefleece2025
#handspun
July 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Half of the alpaca and silk batt spun up. Seventy grams of single waiting for the other half to join it for plying into sock yarn. Looks like a fancy coffee! Note: pre-drafting and extra care while spinning are a MUST because silk and alpaca draft quite differently.
#tourdefleece2025
#handspun
#tourdefleece2025
#handspun
#TourdeFleece2025 week one progress... Carded shades of brown alpaca roving together with some silk, tore batt into roving for spinning into sock yarn. Began spinning yesterday. My singles are a bit uneven as this is only the second time I've used my new spinner, but should even out in plying.
July 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#TourdeFleece2025 week one progress... Carded shades of brown alpaca roving together with some silk, tore batt into roving for spinning into sock yarn. Began spinning yesterday. My singles are a bit uneven as this is only the second time I've used my new spinner, but should even out in plying.
Working on my #TourDeFleece project today. I'm carding five different shades of alpaca roving, along with about 20% silk, to make a more durable and lustrous sock yarn. Going to start spinning this tomorrow!
July 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Working on my #TourDeFleece project today. I'm carding five different shades of alpaca roving, along with about 20% silk, to make a more durable and lustrous sock yarn. Going to start spinning this tomorrow!
One of my Double Mahoi bananas is blooming!!!! I've had it for four years, it's grown to fill it's half-barrel pot (and then some, it has two significant offshoots now) and is about 9 feet tall. I thought I saw a flag leaf today, and I was right!
#gardening
#greenhouse
#tropical
#banana
#gardening
#greenhouse
#tropical
#banana
May 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
One of my Double Mahoi bananas is blooming!!!! I've had it for four years, it's grown to fill it's half-barrel pot (and then some, it has two significant offshoots now) and is about 9 feet tall. I thought I saw a flag leaf today, and I was right!
#gardening
#greenhouse
#tropical
#banana
#gardening
#greenhouse
#tropical
#banana
Three and a half pounds of lovely, rustic, hand-spun, natural colored, bulky Chilean wool! All wound into balls and ready to use. Planning a rustic bulky cardigan and some slippers, and the rest will likely be made into something woven. I can't wait to knit this up!
#wool
#Chile
#handspun
#wool
#Chile
#handspun
May 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
May 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Interesting rock found while on a bike ride the other day... Powdery minty-blue chert. Unusual color for this type of rock!
#rockhounding
#rocks
#rockhounding
#rocks
April 19, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Interesting rock found while on a bike ride the other day... Powdery minty-blue chert. Unusual color for this type of rock!
#rockhounding
#rocks
#rockhounding
#rocks
More information on my "three day socks." I timed the next pair I made and found it took me 8 hours per sock. Shorter socks could probably be done in 6, but I like cuffs. I knit English and "throw" so I'm not the fastest knitter. You may be a lot faster. 🧶
#showmeyourknits
#knitting
#socks
#showmeyourknits
#knitting
#socks
April 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
More information on my "three day socks." I timed the next pair I made and found it took me 8 hours per sock. Shorter socks could probably be done in 6, but I like cuffs. I knit English and "throw" so I'm not the fastest knitter. You may be a lot faster. 🧶
#showmeyourknits
#knitting
#socks
#showmeyourknits
#knitting
#socks
Grey Alpaca socks! While this picture shows them without the ends woven in, these are now actually finished, washed, and tucked away in my special sock drawer. They are SO soft and squishy - I love them a lot! 🧶
Posted for #showmeyourknits Grey Knits Week.
#knitting
#handknitting
Posted for #showmeyourknits Grey Knits Week.
#knitting
#handknitting
April 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Grey Alpaca socks! While this picture shows them without the ends woven in, these are now actually finished, washed, and tucked away in my special sock drawer. They are SO soft and squishy - I love them a lot! 🧶
Posted for #showmeyourknits Grey Knits Week.
#knitting
#handknitting
Posted for #showmeyourknits Grey Knits Week.
#knitting
#handknitting
Reposted by Teresa
I harnessed some of that "Oh my gawd, I am getting SO sick of this project!" energy and got 'er done tonight. V-neck cowl scarf has been completed. Second pic shows the set, ready for our next bike ride!
#knitting
#handknitting
#showmeyourknits
#knitting
#handknitting
#showmeyourknits
February 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I harnessed some of that "Oh my gawd, I am getting SO sick of this project!" energy and got 'er done tonight. V-neck cowl scarf has been completed. Second pic shows the set, ready for our next bike ride!
#knitting
#handknitting
#showmeyourknits
#knitting
#handknitting
#showmeyourknits
Finished over-dyeing these nine light pink skeins. I tried several new dyeing techniques to mix it up a bit. Bottom to top - hot tropical, speckles over light pink, shades of plum self-striping, black raspberry, and summer roses. Probably all destined for knitted socks. 🧶
#fiber
#knitting
#socks
#fiber
#knitting
#socks
April 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM