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I bought a quarterly needlepoint magazine from 1991 today for $1 at an op shop, and there’s a four page spread about a woman who completely faithfully remakes samplers from the 1600s and the part that blows me away is that she was keeping women in history alive.

The original sampler maker was a teenaged girl called Loara she’s the only one known of seven siblings in that family. She was born approximately 1632 and had passed before her father had in 1656 which they know because it was mentioned in his will.

So in the 1630-40s a girl made a sampler, in 1991 a woman had put in years of research before recreating the sampler as Loara had 350 years earlier , and I’m reading about it in 2024.

Embroidery keeps women alive in history, and it’s part of why I love samplers so much.

Here’s a quote from samplers that I think about often:

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God what i wouldn't give to have the sheer stamina and work ethic of my next door neighbor. Every morning, 8am, the hammers and drills come out. he's putting up shelves. he's feeding cables through walls 6 inches from my pillow. He's putting together furniture. He's making smoothies. He's 74 years old. Does it piss me off? of course. But i have to admit that he is clearly also the superior being. I need The Substance but to turn me (anemic 20-something with the constitution of a consumptive Victorian child) into this absolute beast of a man

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your racist uncle just bathed in dragons blood, rendering his flesh impenetrable by blade or bullet. luckily some divine force, call it entropy, pulled a leaf from its branch and let it rest on your uncles shoulder blade as he was bathing. you know what to do. find this spot, and drive the electronic turkey carver through it. it is your destiny

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I made a quiz about some of my favorite animals :)

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Developing a third... fourth??? extremely painful neurological disorder over the last three years (finally diagnosed last year) has really killed any desire I have to apologize for being a slow author.

Unfortunately, my body is damaged beyond repair, and I cannot keep to a schedule like a healthy person, so we'll just have to get there when we get there.

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licensed from @morggo

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"Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Bisexual Awareness Week"

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no bro you don’t understand. we have to make out. it’s for science. dude just listen to me. when was the last time you kissed someone? i’m willing to help you out! you can practice by making out with me. i’m your oldest and best friend. this totally won’t be weird or change anything about our dynamic i promise. it’s what friends are for. making out with your homies to make sure they can really impress the ladies. maybe you’re on top of me. maybe we’re both flushed. maybe you have my hands pinned over my head and we’re both breathing hard and we both wait a beat too long to move but i promise bro this is totally no homo.

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DREDGE (FANART)

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It's June 1. It's time.

Go be gay.

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Hi! What kind of a dog is Ruckus? He looks so much like my family dog growing up, and we never knew what type he was.

His supermutt contains dachshund and pekingese which explains the short leggies. So basically, he's an *extremely* mixed breed dog. Now, to confound this... This is Myrtle.

And this is Myrtle's breeds

Please note how *extremely* similar the breed profile is. And also that Ruckus has a higher percentage of chihuahua.

So basically, even if your dog looked like Ruckus, there's honestly no way to know what breeds he had because dogs with a similar mix can look wildly different, and dogs with extremely different breeds can look the same.

And you can see these differences even within the same *litter* because this is Mayhem, Ruckus' brother.

And this is Shenanigans, Ruckus' sister.

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Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner's roadblock to art isn't even technical skill it's frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach's capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That's how you build on the technical skill. Throw that "won't even start because I'm afraid it won't be perfect" shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck.

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She can't get into the pen from above, but try and tell her that.

If you'd like to hear lots of honking as she runs for the dust bath, turn your sound on.

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