Andrea Cesari
@oldbluedoor.bsky.social
Living in a two loom garage with an attached house in the Cascadia bioregion. Mostly things related to textiles, and lots of photos of Victor Velluto, an elegant goofball Russian Blue cat.
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Andrea Cesari
@oldbluedoor.bsky.social
· Jan 18
Victor is here to remind you to breathe, maybe take a little nap, and after that shove your favorite furry mouse toy under the fridge
Fingers crossed that some time in the coming year the books I ordered from England LAST JULY will make it through tariffs purgatory (though I’m not optimistic)
BREAKING NEWS: The U.S. Supreme Court just struck down the president’s unlawful tariffs under IEEPA, siding with Oregon and our multistate coalition.
Read our statement.
Read our statement.
February 20, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Fingers crossed that some time in the coming year the books I ordered from England LAST JULY will make it through tariffs purgatory (though I’m not optimistic)
Clogs made by hand, with a tiny bit of #DressHistory
Experience: I’m the last traditional clog maker in England
I cut small trees around Offa’s Dyke, then shape the wood by hand
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Clogs made by hand, with a tiny bit of #DressHistory
Another masterpiece in understatement from Mr. Shull
February 20, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Another masterpiece in understatement from Mr. Shull
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Reposted by Andrea Cesari
Meanwhile, in Sardinia
Sardinia’s ancient masked rite of mamuthones and issohadores – in pictures
From mid-January until the end of carnival, mamuthones and issohadores take to the streets of Mamoiada, in the mountainous heartland of Sardinia. This is a time when herders and farmers across the Med...
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Meanwhile, in Sardinia
Very helpful article. The old looms that some of us use are essentially miniature post and beam structures so this resonates.
I keep encountering folk who doubt dendrochronology gives the construction date of buildings. They think it only gives a felling date or there is danger of dating reused timbers. Once again, here is a piece on how and why tree-ring dating works
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-my...
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-my...
February 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Very helpful article. The old looms that some of us use are essentially miniature post and beam structures so this resonates.
Me: Okay brain, new knitting pattern here. K1P2
Brain: got it K1P1
Me: No. Try again. K1P2
Brain: K2P2
Me: Not yet. Try again. K1P2
Brain: Right! K1P2, K1P2, K2…P…K…. I don’t think I like this pattern 🧶
Brain: got it K1P1
Me: No. Try again. K1P2
Brain: K2P2
Me: Not yet. Try again. K1P2
Brain: Right! K1P2, K1P2, K2…P…K…. I don’t think I like this pattern 🧶
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Me: Okay brain, new knitting pattern here. K1P2
Brain: got it K1P1
Me: No. Try again. K1P2
Brain: K2P2
Me: Not yet. Try again. K1P2
Brain: Right! K1P2, K1P2, K2…P…K…. I don’t think I like this pattern 🧶
Brain: got it K1P1
Me: No. Try again. K1P2
Brain: K2P2
Me: Not yet. Try again. K1P2
Brain: Right! K1P2, K1P2, K2…P…K…. I don’t think I like this pattern 🧶
Desperately crying out to be embroidered 🪡
A colourful reimagining of an early third century altar to the goddess Minerva. It was found at High Rochester Roman Fort (Bremenium), and set up by Flavius Severinus. Now part of the collections at the Great North Museum in Newcastle. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain
February 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Desperately crying out to be embroidered 🪡
What better time is there for sorting through canning jar rings than a rainy day in February? I managed to discard a good 4 or 5 dozen of the rustier rings, and I think I still have many more rings than jars...
February 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
What better time is there for sorting through canning jar rings than a rainy day in February? I managed to discard a good 4 or 5 dozen of the rustier rings, and I think I still have many more rings than jars...
Geography dissonance
Dublin is actually a very interesting & friendly place.
February 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Geography dissonance
Thinking about the ghosts taking over the venues at night. The figure skating would be marvelous
Tiny Niece was delighted that the Winter Olympics has "a sport for dead people". Turns out she'd made some big assumptions about Skeleton.
February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Thinking about the ghosts taking over the venues at night. The figure skating would be marvelous
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The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
I solved the Sunday 2/15/2026 New York Times Daily Crossword in 27:37! If you can do a Wednesday or Thursday crossword you can definitely do this one (the title is a tiny bit misleading)
February 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
I solved the Sunday 2/15/2026 New York Times Daily Crossword in 27:37! If you can do a Wednesday or Thursday crossword you can definitely do this one (the title is a tiny bit misleading)
Reposted by Andrea Cesari
"Head or Tail"
hand embroidered Salmon themed thread painting.
#StunDay #embroidery #fish #WildlifeArt
hand embroidered Salmon themed thread painting.
#StunDay #embroidery #fish #WildlifeArt
February 15, 2026 at 2:39 PM
"Head or Tail"
hand embroidered Salmon themed thread painting.
#StunDay #embroidery #fish #WildlifeArt
hand embroidered Salmon themed thread painting.
#StunDay #embroidery #fish #WildlifeArt
Reposted by Andrea Cesari
You know I love your ham sandwiches.
February 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
You know I love your ham sandwiches.
It’s dancing lion time!
Meet the Crew That Makes Dancing Lions for the Lunar New Year
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
It’s dancing lion time!
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Yes he was handsome. But give some credit to the meticulous attention his wife Anna Murray Douglass paid to his care, his home, & the presentation of his garments. It was Anna, a free woman who he met in Baltimore, who out of her meager savings gave FD the money for his train ride to escape.
February 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Yes he was handsome. But give some credit to the meticulous attention his wife Anna Murray Douglass paid to his care, his home, & the presentation of his garments. It was Anna, a free woman who he met in Baltimore, who out of her meager savings gave FD the money for his train ride to escape.
This is important for those of us who use social media to have scientists explain stuff to us. When I left Twitter in '23 this was something I really missed
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
This is important for those of us who use social media to have scientists explain stuff to us. When I left Twitter in '23 this was something I really missed
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Just so you know: I have a show of large magical drawings on view at The Center for Cartoon Studies. Gallery is open Monday-Friday, 9am-2pm 🐺🥬
This is the work I’m most proud of right now!
This is the work I’m most proud of right now!
February 14, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Just so you know: I have a show of large magical drawings on view at The Center for Cartoon Studies. Gallery is open Monday-Friday, 9am-2pm 🐺🥬
This is the work I’m most proud of right now!
This is the work I’m most proud of right now!
Reposted by Andrea Cesari
They had weathered many storms. (Get the print here: gricklemart.com/enduring-love/ ) #grickledoodle #love #valentinesday #print #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor
February 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
They had weathered many storms. (Get the print here: gricklemart.com/enduring-love/ ) #grickledoodle #love #valentinesday #print #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor
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Inevitably, their affair ended: Howard worried excessively about what the pack would think, and Agnes simply ate the flowers.
February 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Inevitably, their affair ended: Howard worried excessively about what the pack would think, and Agnes simply ate the flowers.
Reposted by Andrea Cesari
Reposted by Andrea Cesari
"Heartdangler Lizard," drawn in 2023 and tidied up in 2025 as the ivy creeps in
February 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"Heartdangler Lizard," drawn in 2023 and tidied up in 2025 as the ivy creeps in
