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3dfriederike.bsky.social
Mardek
@3dfriederike.bsky.social
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Geek, bricoleur, reenactor, hootizen
Researcher in digital cultural heritage
Jack of all trades, Dr. of one
Horse girl and cat lady
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3dfriederike.bsky.social
I simply sanded the doors first and set them up at comfortable working height "to paint later", and she walked right into my trap.
A woman in a blue sweater standing over a wooden shed door laid out on trestles in a garden, painting it the same blue as her sweater.
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
We live in a land of such food security that nobody had harvested the mirabelles, and even asked what in the world I was doing as I was picking the last few left in the tree that hadn't just rotted on the ground.

Combined with some slightly shriveled peaches, I turned them into 8 jars of jam.
A close-up of the last mirabelles (small yellow plums) of the summer hiding in the drooping branches of a tree. A photograph of eight recycled jars of different sizes, set on their lids on a wooden countertop. They contain fresh reddish-orange jam. A small porcelain bowl holds the last few spoonfuls to be eaten fresh.
August 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Echo is just waking up from a nap so epic she's still trying to remember what species she is. She seems quite pleased to discover she's a cat.
A sleepy-looking tortoiseshell cat slowly emerging from a nest in a tan and white fluffy blanket.
July 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Manchmal fragt man sich, in welchem Jahrhundert wir eigentlich leben.
Eine abfotografierte Zeitungsanzeige mit dem Text "Vorzeige-Unternehmer ohne Erben sich Geschäftsfrau für feste Beziehung (mit gutem Sohn wäre schön)."
July 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
A good day for tilting at windmills!
A gravelled laneway running between two fields with mowed verges, planted with beets on the left and barley on the right. In the middle distance are lines of trees and hedges running perpendicular to the road, with two large wind turbines rising above them in the background. The sky is overcast, so there are few shadows. The picture is taken from the viewpoint of an equestrian, with the head and neck of a black horse in the foreground. One ear is turned toward the rider. The horse is wearing a black and white patterned fly rug halfway up its neck, but wisps of mane have snuck out in the wind.
July 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
I like to bring the cats new smells from my walks. Lavender is a success! Hops led to hissing and smacking.
A tortoiseshell cat sitting on a wooden floor, seen from above. She is sniffing a single stalk of lavender with interest.
July 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Callisto gives bombastic side eye. I have it on good authority that these are memeable, so have at them!
A tortoiseshell cat sitting upright on a navy and white striped rug, with very big eyes and a quizzical expression, ears perked up. The same tortoiseshell cat ten seconds later, still sitting upright on a navy and white striped rug, with narrowed eyes rolled upward and ears folded in annoyance, judging her human for hanging up laundry.
July 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Post an unusual sign if you've got one handy!
A close-up of a healed-over removed tree limb to which someone has screwed a blue enamel sign with white art nouveau lettering reading "attention aux chiens excentriques" (French for "beware of eccentric dogs".
June 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Aha! I figured out why my sewing machine was skipping so many stitches, breaking needles & having tension issues.

There was lots of fluff in the bottom drivetrain, but removing it had made things worse - it was so compacted it had loosened the screws that hold the bobbin capsule, which was wobbly.
A bottom view of the exposed inside of a sewing machine, with mechanical parts covered in grey and red lint.
June 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Kitty prefers her kibble over the canned food if it's served like this!

Yes, the same one she has freely available from a dish...

Anything for the challenge!
A tortoiseshell cat crouching behind a steel casserole dish on the floor. The dish is half filled with water and has half a dozen jam jar lids floating in it, with a small amount of dry cat food in each.
June 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Very nice!

My attempts to machine sew knits are going so badly I'm hand finishing...
A close-up of grey knit fabric l draped over a pale-skinned left hand, with a yellow pin securing the folded hem and a needle and thread sticking out to the right.
June 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
I couldn't find a nightshirt that ticks all the boxes: cotton, loose fitting, knee length, no scratchy or lumpy decorations, stupid slogans or large plasticky prints, so I decided this was my practice sewing project for working with knits.

There's even a pocket on the side I don't tend to sleep on.
A green patterned knee-length nightshirt with short sleeves hanging on a wooden clothes hanger against a white door. A close-up of the fabric, with a bright green background scattered with grazing black and white cows with pink udders. They all look the same, but are oriented differently along right angled axes.
June 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
They're definitely up to something. No kitty looks this innocent unless she's hiding something.
Two tortoiseshell cats sitting in a blue IKEA tote bag on the floor, wearing their best expressions of wide-eyed innocence.
June 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Today I am trying to make a skirt. Each panel is about the size of one helpful cat. I have now ironed the fabric three times...
Wrinkled tan fabric spread on the floor for cutting, with a pattern made of newspaper and a tortoiseshell cat laid on top.
June 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
She's certainly enjoying herself! Here's how it got to that state, back when the plant was big and the cat was smol.
May 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
I had a big beautiful bushy palm tree that my kitten played in so much it was missing nearly all of its fronds. I put it out in the hallway to recover but it hasn't regrown any in six months, so I decided she might as well get to finish the job...
A top-down view of a tortoiseshell cat wrapped around the stalks of the sad remnants of a potted plant. She is chewing one of the few remaining green leaves with obvious enjoyment.
May 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Four weeks post injury, and you can see the effects in my step tracker. I was averaging 12 k steps and was on an 8-month streak of at least 5 km per day. Then the injury, a week of rest, a few days of "it'll be fine, I have errands to run", job interview spike, stitches out, it split open again...
A screen shot of the Garmin Connect app showing the number of daily steps over the last fout weeks. It drops off sharply twice.
May 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Today in poorly-chosen fonts... 😬 And nobody noticed in the whole design and approval process?

(It's a pack of oat milk, honest!)
A close-up of the logo on an Aldi own brand vegan product, consisting of a green leaf over curly green script spelling out "My Vay", with an ambiguously-shaped y that might as well be a g.
May 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
And so my goal streak for getting my steps in ends just before 250 because of a stupid injury. Oh well, I suppose it had to end sometime.
A screenshot of the Garmin app reading "longest goal streak 242 27/04/2025"
April 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Anti homeless architecture is cruel and deserves to be banned, but I am borrowing its principles to get the point across that this is a plant pot, not a litter box, until the cat grass I planted for ground cover has a chance to grow.
A top-down view of a large black plant pot standing on a small turquoise table. The double-trunked tree in the pot has few leaves left. There are dozens of wooden skewers stuck into the soil, with grass seed sprinkled between them.
April 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Spring cleaning? Remember to defrag your cats so they will run faster!
A composite image. The left picture shows two tortoiseshell cats, which have orange and black fur all mixed, lying on a blue couch, looking at the camera. The second shows an orange cat and a black cat sitting side by side on a table outdoors, with their backs to the camera. (Second image by Csyyt on Deviantart)
April 1, 2025 at 6:53 AM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Whoever drew the instructions on this bottle of glue has no idea how clamps work.
The label of a wood glue bottle, with instructions in German and a series of drawings that show a chair with a leg broken off, glue being applied to the leg, and then a clamp attached crossways to the break.
March 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Today in "cats are toddlers", these two didn't want their breakfast because they were too busy watching the garbage truck.
One half of a double window, propped open and secured with netting. The roofs of other buildings are visible across the street at eye level. Two tortoiseshell cats sit on the windowsill side by side, looking out at the street below.
March 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
Well, yes. You could go to work. Or you could stay home and play with the cat, which is probably of greater net benefit to the world.
A tortoiseshell cat with a half orange, half black face sitting on a wooden floor, looking hopefully up at the camera, with several abandoned solo toys behind her.
March 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
3dfriederike.bsky.social
I, too, have these two cats.
Two statuettes of sitting lions on a shelf in a shop. The left is gilded and very regal and elegant, wearing a crown and a neutral expression. The right one is stone effect and more cartoonish, looking very happy and enthusiastic.
March 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM