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all is on, spook & roll!
@carbonated.bsky.social
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sewing projects, thrift hauls, flowers & sunsets & pretty stof, holiday decorating like an Olympian *especially* for hallowe'en 🎃☠️🦇
On a kitteh hiatus since the passing of my 17 year old dynamic duo, Spooner-Woon and the Juiceman.
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all is on, spook & roll! @carbonated.bsky.social · Jul 6
what's up? what's up is that i am SAD. I don't have my boys anymore. My little fuzzball dynamic duo who moved me to Chicago and got me thru a bigass breakup and semi-crosscountry move and a late 30s career change and two whole apartments and. Like I'm so sad and kinda lost without them.
cpp of my two most perfectest kitteh boys, Juice and Spooner, all pretzel curled up together on an ergonomic office chair cushion. cpp from the p.o.v. of a white lady on the couch with legs straight in front covered by a fleece blanket and an all white cat laying on his back in between the legs, and getting a big scratchy belly rub with all four paws gently up in the air because he is very happy and content cpp of my juiceman, a petite orange tabby and white cat, sitting on the corner of a green velvet tufted cocktail ottoman. He is wide-eyed and in mid meow so you can see his little perfect kitten fangs, and Spooner, an all white cat who is his perfect bonded friend, is visible in the background resting with a little curled tail on a curvy cardboard scratcher. Older pic of juice, an orange tabby kitten, and Spooner, a white slightly older kitten with a dark grey streak on his forehead, both stepping off a large windowsill onto the arm of an overstuffed club chair so that they lkinda look like a kitten version of starsky & hutch
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Another good handful today, plus the sunset was lovely too. Thank the lordt I live in this Chicago hellhole #dailylakeglass
My white lady left hand holding a couple dozen pieces of weathered glass from lake michigan in Chicago, including a large clear piece at the bottom of my palm. The lake and sky is in the background offering a lovely view West-facing pic of the sunset in northern Chicago at the lakefront. The sky is a rich blue with many illuminated wispy meringue-topped clouds in shades of orange and pink and periwinkle
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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@bibliogrrl.bsky.social hey I know you knit, would you have a use for this? I forgot I grabbed it from from the wasteshed free section a couple months ago
A ziploc bag with red, blue and white yarn and their older Parley labels, indicating it's virgin wool
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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I shoulda worn a hat for today's #dailylakeglass but otherwise whew what a beautiful (cold) Chicago day. And I found a phantom lake glass buddy!
A late afternoon sunlit shot of my white lady left hand holding so many pieces of lake glass a couple spilled off. The sand and water and sky in the background all have similar wavy patterns Pic of the lakefront in Chicago showing waves cresting to shore, a medley of clouds, and some snow covered rocks marking the beginning of an apartment building's private access A circle of about ten pieces of lake glass, neither found nor assembled by me, with a message "hiya buddy" written with a bit of charcoal indeed written by me
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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@ladytophamcatt.bsky.social pink majestic sunset alert
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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so it might be time to take down halloween & put up xmas #thundersnow
cpp of my living room window, decorated for halloween with repro beistle jazz cats and a black & orange honeycomb disc and purple lights, with snow all blown up on the outer screen
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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We had some flurries here today, and I do love snow on the beach. Plus I found this giant mama jamma and a little bit of violet #dailylakeglass
My cold and pink-knuckled white lady left hand holding up a single quite large piece of weathered clear glass from lake michigan. My hand (white lady) holding a handful of weathered glass from lake michigan with a big wave in the background with a solid overcast sky and the Chicago downtown skyline about 9 miles away dimly visible
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Chunky overcast skies and chilly wind and nice big waves for today's #dailylakeglass
My white lady left hand holding a pretty good handful of weathered glass from lake michigan in Chicago, including a very large chunk of thick clear glass. There are decently big waves in the background and a nice array of thick clouds.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
(eh close enough)
Front cover of the lp A Real Mother For Ya by Johnny Guitar Watson. He is dressed in a cream suit and bucket hat with his guitar being pushed in a soap box derby racer style pram by his moms
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Friday #thrifthaul ! Y'all i almost always get such cool stuff. Thank you, secondhand stuffola ❤️🖤
cpp of a great bunch of random stuff from a Friday thrift store visit: sewing trims (gold & green rickrack, blue rayon cord, skirt clasps, covered buckles), some cool stickers, transfer paper, a vintage three way vanity mirror, a very cute white and red tiered tray, some vintage jingle bells and a bud vase and 3 picture frames and a lucite box purse and a gzhel' floral planter and some glitter and a ziggy address book and a mustard yellow bobbin case.
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Whoops! meant to post this earlier today as it was another pre-noon #dailylakeglass
The light is different at this time of day, not better or worse for spying wedges of translucent glass, just different. I don't honor a preference because the lake is friggin beautiful all the time so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Close up pic of my sunlit white lady left hand holding a nice thick handful of weathered glass from lake michigan in Chicago. There are many white pieces, several brown, a few light blue aqua and a few green pieces against a very low cresting waveline and a lovely blue sky
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I'm telling ya the free section at the evanston wasteshed is so boss
cpp of a few rando things from the free section of a creative reuse thrift store: an half used book of vintage xmas stickers, Dennison notarial seals, blue gummed stars, some gold rickrack, and the top half of vintage box of fannie may chocolates called pixies
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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It was an early-in-the-day #dailylakeglass since I have stof today that'll keep me busy till after dark, but damn the lake is fabulous in the morning.
My white lady left hand holding some nice larger pieces of clear weathered glass, plus a brown and a couple greens, in front of gentle waves at the shoreline of lake michigan in Chicago. The sun is shining brightly overhead and the water is a lovely blue green.
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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full moon, Chicago style #aic #dailylakeglass
cpp of a painting in the art institute of Chicago: Larch Forest by Full Moon by Emilie Mediz-Pelikan. It's on display as part of the symbolists exhibit which is excellent cpp of my white lady left hand holding several pieces of clear and brown weathered glass from lake michigan, while a newly risen full moon is visible just above the waterline along the pink horizon
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Another beautiful moony #dailylakeglass because I love watching the moon rise over the water
My white lady left hand holding a handful of weathered glass from lake michigan in Chicago. It's just after sunset and an almost full moon is over the water, its reflection on the surface
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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good haul today, lovely moonrise too #dailylakeglass
My white lady left hand holding a nice handful of weathered glass from lake michigan in Chicago. I'm standing close to the shore with gentle waves rolling in and in the background is a very lovely pinky horizon with a waxing gibbous moon
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Got some pretty good big* pieces today #dailylakeglass
*relative to previous days, I don't need some internet crocodile dundee holding up a buick skylark windshield and being all yeh call that seaglass? this is seaglass
My white lady left hand holding some larger pieces of green, brown, and clear weathered glass from lake michigan in Chicago. The afternoon sun is shining brightly behind me and the water is very calm beyond. Inventory pic of today's lake glass: brown, several shades of green, pale aqua and clear
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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whew check out this sunset
West facing view of the Chicago sunset at 4:49 pm. The sky is a gentle blue with vivid electric pink and purple clouds rising from the horizon
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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I've never seen this one, or heard of it?? but I'm not the best one to ask about contemporary media so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Either way, let's go #horrorwatch!
pauljessup.com 👻 The Phantasmic Paul Jessup 👻 @pauljessup.com · 10d
Tonight! Tonight! The greatest night of the week! Join us at 9PM EST tonight for #HorrorWatch! Oh, my mad bats, we have a delectable tale of science fiction terror for you tonight! Oh yes, indeedy. Tonight we're watching Benson & Moorhead's Synchronic!
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Short visit today, very calm waters & broody clouds. #dailylakeglass
My white lady left hand holding several pieces of brown, clear, and green weathered glass from lake michigan in Chicago
November 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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My days of wearing plain kn95 masks are over #temporarytattooosftw
Pic of several types of fake tattoos, including Edward Gorey, Frida Kahlo, and Richard Scarry with a new kn95 mask that has just been adorned with a skeleton pirate ghost image
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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pretty good haul today. Less windy & wavy than the rest of this week, and it was quiet perhaps because ice was out being total motherfuckers in rogers park today #dailylakeglass #fuckice
My white lady left hand holding a nice big handful of weathered glass from lake michigan in Chicago. In the focused background is written in the sand FUCK ICE
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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O HAI CHICAGO #alttextftw
mclean.bsky.social Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 12d
Just got this action alert, I think from @betterstreetschicago.org

Sign a witness slip immediately for the transit funding bill. Info in alt text

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🚨 Transit funding bill SB2111 has been assigned to committee and we need folks to file witness slips as PROPONENT immediately! How to submit a witness slip: 1. Follow the link and fill out your contact information 3. Under "firm/business" put "self" (or your workplace if authorized) 4. Under "representation" put "self" again 5. Under "position" choose subject matter "SB2111" and "proponent" 6. Under "testimony" choose "record of appearance only" 7. Then agree to the terms and click "Submit" https://mbl.ms/mKgZnW7m-BQ
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Today's #dailylakeglass featuring a tiny spot of red and the lovely Chicago skyline in the background
A small handful of weathered glass from lake michigan with lake waves and the Chicago skyline in the distance
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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oh it's Wednesday you say? #thrifthaul time!
The Destiny scarf is hand made and has the yarn skein label safety pinned to it and is also fully lined with chiffon. Someone did a really good job on it, and it makes me think of Young Frankenstein, and it was three bucks so win win win!
cpp of this week's Wednesday thrift haul: half a dozen brass or brass finish coat hangers, some plastic flamingo cocktail stirrers, more xmas tinsel (with a cotton cord core), a cylindrical lidded box, couple cds, a liberty dressmaking book, some old school vegetable contact paper, a little blow mold skull, a couple neat little glass bottles, some cotton twill tape, a vintage beaded collar, two candle coasters and a handmade scarf that reads DESTINY and has the yarn skein label safety pinned to it. Whew!
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Got a late start to the lakefront today so got a pretty petite little pile due to dying daylight and getting sidetracked by watching a hawk hover very masterfully in the wind, first, and then dusk surfers, second #wonderfulChicago #dailylakeglass
My white lady left hand holding just a few pieces of weathered glass from lake michigan, with the shoreline and a couple surfers visible in the background
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM