Must have been the night for cats in bed. My two who never sleep on the bed, decided to entrap me. One at my feet and the other at my shoulder.
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Must have been the night for cats in bed. My two who never sleep on the bed, decided to entrap me. One at my feet and the other at my shoulder.
Congratulations!
I'm really obsessed with dead leaves and tiny spindly fungi at the moment #art
I always have chuckle when they place us near Perth.
I understand. All the different muscles and finger tips certainly get used when pinning quilts. Sometimes when I am pinning a large quilt, I put several layers of paint masking tape over my thumb and forefingers to create a temporary thimble to protect them when closing the pins.
You dont. It's okay to let them go, and do nothing for a while. I used to paint. After a long sickness, I didn't want to do it anymore. After a time, the need to create returned. I found textiles and played with colour that way.
the younger urchin would close them up for me afterwards. He would race to see how fast he could do it! Older urchin stopped closing them while he was pinning, as we noticed how much easier on the hands, it was to close all the pins at once at the end, than individually while pinning the quilt. 2/.
Pinning. This started by an accident, and I have continued the process. I broke my hand many years ago. I had difficulty pinning quilts, so I got my urchins to help. The older one helped me pinning, as my hand got tired, so we would start opposite each other. As I couldn't close the pin, 1/n
Bit of a change for me this week. Friend asked me to make a ute quilt for his grand daughters 2nd birthday. She has a big collection of hot wheels vehicles. He chose the colours. It's so cute. Bonus wet weekend, should be able to get it all sewn up. #quilt #sew #fabric #car #reuse #recycle ๐ณ๐ฟ๐งต๐ชก๐งถ
me too!
Spring!!! Plum blossom. Glorious day in Rotorua today. #travel #flower ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฑ
Okenite vs Stibnite on day 2 #MinCup25 - LOVE the Okenite structure, chains AND sheets - just WOW. Deeply suspicious of the Stibnite structure, strange chain units, sulfur just bonding wherever - just rude. (and it's not in the mineral crystal structure database).
#MinCup25 Round 1 Match 2 - It's a battle of dark and light as soft, dramatic stibnite goes up against adorable cotton balls of okenite. Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r1... Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
AoNZ, who makes an aged cheese with decent crystals? #nzl ๐ณ๐ฟ๐
One of the urchins eats cheese like he's a billionaire, and the cat helps him. One slice for him, one for the cat.
Got myself a new tool. It creates binding from strips of fabric. I need to make 68 binding strips 1.8m long for a recycled project I started last September. It will be a busy weekend., (and week after work). #sew #quilt #fabric #textile #art #reuse #recycle ๐ณ๐ฟ๐งต๐ชก๐งถ
Hubsโค๏ธ got some pinks, purples, and greens from 3wisemen, but that was last year.
Great plan, well done.
All ties are handmade.
Working on my #100dayproject Days 51 to 68. Exploring the colours, textures, and shapes that I encountered in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. These minis are about postcard size. Really enjoying the process. #art #textile #fabric #sew #quilt ๐ชถ
I wondered about the history of the original idea of the pattern. Thank you for the info.
Look what a friend made for me! The small bag is in a japanese construction style, has a hexagon bottom, and the rest are pentagons. I love it! #textile #fabric #sew #quit ๐ณ๐ฟ๐งต๐ชก๐งถ
If you are going to Hobbiton, and then onto Rotorua, let me know, and I can give you lots of things to do and see and eat. Have fun!
What am I up to? Oh, I'm super busy, flat out, wall-to-wall meetings... ๐๐๏ธ๐ #MuseumBums "The Inventor of Sails", 1877, by Frederick Smallfield
Heading to the beautiful Pacific Islands? ๐ด Take note - dengue fever is on the rise there. Protect yourself from dengue by following the tips in this video. Visit ๐info.health.nz/dengue for more info.
Cheers #secretsantanz I have found a lovely home for the painted rock. I can now see it from the lounge. Much appreciated
Elton John's 50th birthday extravagant garment, and Whitney Houston's exquisitely beaded sheath dress. I felt quite sad seeing the Whitney dress. I miss her voice and music. 4/ #sew #textile #bead ๐งต๐ณ๐ฟ๐ชก๐งถ #art
Four of Cher's garments, with beading, feathers, and extravagant collars. 6/. #sew #textile #bead ๐งต๐ณ๐ฟ๐ชก๐งถ #art
Tina Turner's flame dress. This had so many details and amazing construction. #sew #textile #bead ๐งต๐ณ๐ฟ๐ชก๐งถ #art 5/
Lady Gaga, Prince, Pink!, and Shirley Bassey at the Diva exhibit. So many details, fantastic work by textile artists. #sew #textile #bead ๐งต๐ณ๐ฟ๐ชก๐งถ #art. 3/
Treated myself to the Diva exhibit at the Auckland Museum. Got to see the famous beanie of Rihanna, plus some of her other Met Gala garments. #sew #textile #bead ๐งต๐ณ๐ฟ๐ชก๐งถ #art 2/
I had cake for breakfast to celebrate another year around the sun. 1/ #food #cake #birthday
Home now with a cat on my lap, feet up, hot milo and a timtam ready at hand. Once I have recovered from the journey to the big smoke, I'll tell you about my day, and photos.
Movie: Hoodwinked! Language: Portuguese Country: Brazil
At a motel. The cups are so small๐, I have made two at a time for my milo. Might have to make another two. #travel ๐ณ๐ฟ
My urchins always said X for Xbox.
My cousin's daughter was killed by her fiancee a few days ago, he stabbed her multiple times. (not in AoNZ). All the news articles mention his life like a glowing CV. Her, nothing except that she died. I have feelings.
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
I have a packet in my sewing kit just for this purpose. The iron has to be at least on cotton or linen setting. Once you rub the tablet on the gunky area, use a paper towel to wipe the gunk off. Hard to believe that it works, I always wonder at the science behind it. #quiltsky
I have to say, that the person who discovered rubbing a paracetamol tablet on a hot iron, to remove the stuck on gunk from "iron on fusible", is a genius. #sew ๐งต๐ณ๐ฟ๐ชก๐งถ #quilt #fabric #textile #craft
Powerful and important.
Thanks for that. much appreciated.
The Kฤkฤ at Kapiti didn't care about using my urchin as a bridge to have a go at getting my chocolate.
Is the peppermint Whittakers still available? I have an overseas friend that wants me to bring her some, and I can't find it anywhere. #nzl #kikorangi ๐ณ๐ฟ
61-64 Garston, NZ's most inland village Waikaia Bottle House Huka Prawn Park, Taupo (25) Niagara Falls, Southland (11)
57-60 Taihape Town Clock Baldwin Street, Dunedin Giant Jersey, Geraldine (8) Palmerston North Clock tower (19)
53-56 Salisbury Historic Swing Bridge Waiuku Weather Stone (13) Bulls in Bulls Springfield Donut (15)
49-52 Nevaria Lavender farm, Taradale Cromwell Fruit Peach Teats sign (1) Napier Prison Tours (27)
45-48 Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Picton (7) Demolition World, Invercargill Hokitika Sock World (9) Frog Rock, Canterbury
41-44 Ohakune Parsnip (and other veg figures) (10) Te Awamatu Space Centre Hawera Water Tower Kumara Box, Dargaville (17)
37-40 Woodville Organ Museum (12) Chocolate museum in Napier Wellington Cable Car Teapot Land, Owaka (20)
33-36 Beetle Mania, Cromwell (22) The Whale Fossil & Lookout at Milburn Corrugated shepherd, Tirau (27) Sheepworld, Warkworth
29-32 (half-way through) Lake Wanaka Tree (31) Tui Brewery Mangatainoka Mosgiel Hollywood Sign (3) Longest place name sign
25-28 Toothbrush Fence, Te Pahu (4) Tree Church, Ohaupo Museum of Natural Mystery, Dunedin Statue of Mary, Paraparaumu (21)
One of the urchins would like to set up a website. Is it better for them to use Shopify?, or a back end app, or is there something smaller or NZ based?. What are your recommendations? Who do you use? They have purchased a domain. #nzl #kikorangi ๐ณ๐ฟ
21-24 Dollyworld, Balclutha (25) New Plymouth Wind Wand L & P Bottle, Paeroa Tawa Bucket Tree (6)
17-20 Fantasy Cave, Dannevirke Dunedin Teeth Sculpture Deka Sign, Huntly (5) LOVETAUPO sign (24)
13-16 Slope Point, the Catlins Dargaville Stump (14) Castle Pamela, Tirau Civic House Nelson (23)
9-12 Red Post, Culverden (2) Moeraki Boulders (32) The Wairoa Lighthouse Square Kauri Tree
5-8 Mrs Chippy Monument, Karori Opossum World, Napier (9) Carterton Stonehenge The Tiakitahuna Rocket (18)
1-4 Morrinsville Painted Cows (30) Stratford Glockenspiel Clock Tower (29) Clapham Clock Museum, Whangarei Fred & Myrtle's Paua Shell House
In an attempt to lift the mood of NZ BSky, here are the 64 nominations for my "NZ's Most Underwhelming Tourist Attraction" poll back in 2021. They will all be on one thread but may take me a while to complete. For each of the 64, their number is their eventual placing in the poll (top 32 only)
@witchnwords.bsky.social Wishing you a fantastic year of filled with laughter, love, and all the beautiful moments in between. You are an absolute blessing to this world. I hope you get to have some adventures and fun.
Well done you making the swim! I spent the weekend unstitching a design error. Felt good to fix it all up. I also made a submission opposing the Pae Ora amendment bill.
NEW SHIRT ALERT AND IT'S EELS THIS TIME BC Y'ALL SAID YOU WANTED EELS AND I LOVE THEM EEL CYCLES depicts the beautiful and strange transformative life stages of a longfin eel, from ocean egg through to freshwater adult...and $3 from each shirt will be donated to Forest & Bird <3 pepperraccoon.com
Finding beauty in the smallest things. The world keeps turning regardless of the preponderance of idiots in high places. #BlueSkyArtShow
I'm rather late on this (for reasons outside my control), but here's a little somethin' somethin' to honor the 35th anniversary of the discovery of my single favorite individual theropod ever. Happy (belated) Unearth Day to the one and only Sue the T.rex! #paleoart
Went to add to the shopping list. ๐๐๐๐ Looks like Hubsโค๏ธ knows me well!
Moriah Masashi
Pleased to say a new edition of my 2012 book 'The Meeting Place: Mฤori and Pฤkehฤ Encounters, 1642-1840' will be published in October after being out of print for awhile. buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
I am trying to get my head around the words in my submission. Please can you DM yours to me. Thanks.
If Sally leaves Christchurch travelling north at 70kms per hour, and Billy leaves Auckland travelling south at 80kms per hour, and the government pays 671 million dollars... How many boats do Billy and Sally have to cross Cook straight?
Hey microbiology peeps, what do you think these are? I was painting some bacteria and I just decided to make some little hairy guys lol ๐งช ๐ฆ
NEW RESEARCH: Parked cars can account for 10 percent of the surface areas of some cities. It turns out that their albedo (reflectivity) can significantly contribute to the urban heat island effect. Dark-coloured cars are the worst, making the air around them 3.8ยฐC hotter vs nearby asphalt road. ๐งต
Take care Annie, โค๏ธ. This is a tough time for you and your family. Remember to drink water and eat protein. Hugs.
Now they are adults, and their language skills enable them to communicate comfortably in different situations. However, when we travel overseas, and need to have a private conversation in a world that understands English, Te Reo is the most useful. 4/. #nzl
At high school, the students spoke over 40 languages. The children's friends included Japanese, Tanzanian, Spanish, Russian. The children are comfortable in many languages, & have cultural awareness and understanding because of their friends' families and social activities. I learnt a lot. 3/ #nzl
At primary school they learnt English, Te Reo, Mandarin, French, and German. I live in Rotorua, there are lots of immigrants at the school. My children's friends were Chinese, Korean, Indian, Thai, Chilean, Maori, and Pakeha. The children learnt new languages from their friends' homes. 2/ #nzl
When my first child was born, my nana told me that children are more intelligent than we know. 30 years ago my children attended a child care. Their care givers were Samoan, Tokelauan, Maori, and Pakeha. The kids knew what the words meant in the relevant language of the caregiver. 1/ #nzl #AoNZ
Are Magnolias the last flowers of Winter, or are they one of the first flowers of Spring? I like them and their delicate fragrance. ๐ชด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฟ
OMG, I thought I was the only one.
Hey fellow Bluesky Quilters - add your quilt(s) to the annual AQS Worldwide Quilt Parade! Itโs fun to see your creations among quilts from around the world. ๐ #quiltsky #quilting www.americanquilter.com/quilt-parade...
Worst lunch in a long time๐ข Toasted my vogels fruit bread. Smelled delicious. FORGOT!!! to bring butter from home. Nothing in work fridgeโน๏ธโน๏ธโน๏ธ Dipping the toasted slices into my Milo.
15 for me until level 57!
Thanksn Cyn. I am really enjoying revisiting my photos and getting inspiration everyday. Once I have completed the #100dayproject, I think I will use the cards for future reference in new art work. Already I have some new ideas and direction that I would like to explore more.
I have been doing my #100dayproject every day, but haven't been taking photos along the way. These are A6 sized. I am exploring the colours, shapes, textures and landscapes that I witnessed while visiting the Ross Sea, Antarctica. #art #textile #fabric #sew #reuse #recycle #quilt ๐ณ๐ฟ๐งต๐ชก๐งถ
๐ฆ Celebrate 20 years of Bird of the Year and take home your own piece of history with our limited-edition brick-built model, developed by @bricks.by.mike_ ! Only 200 are available, so get in fast before they waddle away!! https://f.mtr.cool/delugiizam
Such beautiful #Lenticularis this morning over the north faces trilogy: Eiger (3967 m), Mรถnch (4110 m) and Jungfrau (4158 m) ๐๐ค Harbingers of the long warm front of storm #Floris, which is passing us by today! ๐ฌ๏ธ Webcam Niederhorn via @meteoschweiz.ch
Yesterday a 10ft high Superman statue was unveiled in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; where the original creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster came from ๐๐๏ธ๐ #MuseumBums Designed by David Deming, and true to form, the Man of Steel is made from steel ๐
Me content, sitting in my old comfy chair, feet up, hand sewing a quilt. Cat is on my lap, and there is a small pile of tempting Whittakers on a side table close by. Also Me: puts glasses on, so I can see to thread the needle, when did I get old? #sew #winter #textile #fabric #quilt ๐ณ๐ฟ๐งต๐ชก๐งถ
Was a swarm of earthquakes in Rotorua today. The quiet rolling ones I don't mind, it's the roaring banging ones that sound like a crashing truck can be unsettling. Had a mix of both today. Looks like the earth has now calmed down so I can go sleep. #nzl #travel #rotorua
It's about time I announced a project that I've been working on in the last year... I wrote a book! 'Volcanoes: 10 things you should know' published by @orionbooks.bsky.social Seven Dials will be out in September. It's available to pre-order now. Links: linktr.ee/volcanologist
The Pasifika Gospel Choir I look after is going to the Big Sing Cadenza. As a fund raiser, I have made coasters that have a greeting in every culture other than English represented in the Choir. Any 4 is $25 +$8 p+p in NZ and 100% go to the PNGHS Gospel Choir. DM me if interested.
I am asking on a personal level if people would support us to get to Waitangi for the National Mฤori Housing Conference. We can't afford to go, mainly because all the funds we have left are to pay for rent for the next few months. Full details here: tewharehangahanga.nz/maori-housin...
It's late winter and comfort movie time. What are your movies, when you need to hibernate away from the world? ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฟ Mine in no particular order: Fifth Element The Kings Speech Ready Player one Second Hand Lions Thor, the dark world. Live Twice, Love once. National Treasure #winter #film #SAD
Take a minute to really absorb the scale of what you're seeing. This is 'Cueva de los Cristales', the Cave of the Crystals, near the city of Naica in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The crystals are selenite, a type of gypsum. They formed over the last 1 million years. (๐ท: Javier Trueba, MSF)
My brother did not ask me to do this, nor did he know I was going to, but I made him a mashed potato volcano for his birthday. The number of potatoes this required was shocking but otherwise it was relatively simple to do. A side effect is a freezer full of leftover mashed potatoes.
I had limited space so got these adjustable shoe stackers. Great for sneaker type shoes, ok for heels, as the platform is adjustable can tilt up. Not good for boots. Enables double the amount of shoes on the same shelf .
