Allison Portnow Lathrop
@allisonportnow.bsky.social
Public programs at Ackland Art Museum (UNC) | UNC musicology PhD '11 (Einstein & modernism) | double bass/gamba | little kid mom | MBC lifer | food and flower garden-obsessed | she/her |
Had a brief (ha) midweek trip to the ER this week, but on a plus side I took these two pictures.
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Had a brief (ha) midweek trip to the ER this week, but on a plus side I took these two pictures.
Happy Halloween. The gecko and axolotl costume shop is CLOSED.
November 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Happy Halloween. The gecko and axolotl costume shop is CLOSED.
My pumpkin was too tough to carve so I used the next best tool: a power drill. 🎃
October 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My pumpkin was too tough to carve so I used the next best tool: a power drill. 🎃
It’s all fun and games until you’re using the last two cans of chickpeas in your whole house.
October 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It’s all fun and games until you’re using the last two cans of chickpeas in your whole house.
Got the gills on. The eyeball option on this one is toooo creepy.
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Got the gills on. The eyeball option on this one is toooo creepy.
Getting close. 🦎
October 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Getting close. 🦎
Yes, turning the magazine upside down and reading from the other side after several pages definitely doesn’t make you seem weird in public. Or like a spy.
October 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Yes, turning the magazine upside down and reading from the other side after several pages definitely doesn’t make you seem weird in public. Or like a spy.
Working on the axolotl external gills tonight. Cardboard hot glued to felt on both sides with pipe cleaners sticking out all along the edges of each gill. Will eventually he try attached to sweatshirt hood (but how??).
October 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Working on the axolotl external gills tonight. Cardboard hot glued to felt on both sides with pipe cleaners sticking out all along the edges of each gill. Will eventually he try attached to sweatshirt hood (but how??).
I swear it’s starting to look like a lizard in person.
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I swear it’s starting to look like a lizard in person.
You ever think, why don’t I have a child-sized clothes form?? Face/visor needs to be sized to child-sized child and covered with felt.
October 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
You ever think, why don’t I have a child-sized clothes form?? Face/visor needs to be sized to child-sized child and covered with felt.
Lizard eyeballs.
October 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Lizard eyeballs.
Oh goddammit I only made it to the second song in the list. 🎺
October 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Oh goddammit I only made it to the second song in the list. 🎺
Jar of bubbles! (When 8 yo was 1yo)
October 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Jar of bubbles! (When 8 yo was 1yo)
How to make a round glassy lizard eyeball? Finally use the hoarded plastic globes from the 1yo “jar of bubbles” costume. Well, tbd.
October 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
How to make a round glassy lizard eyeball? Finally use the hoarded plastic globes from the 1yo “jar of bubbles” costume. Well, tbd.
But first — green anole suction hands??
October 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
But first — green anole suction hands??
Finally found the perfect Halloween costume for this year.
October 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Finally found the perfect Halloween costume for this year.
Like Linda’s, but not as great.
October 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Like Linda’s, but not as great.
The TOOTH FERRY II needs a bottle of champagne tonight. ⛴️ 🦷
October 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The TOOTH FERRY II needs a bottle of champagne tonight. ⛴️ 🦷
Me and the 8yo are in perfect sync on the Normal to Weird scale. 🎯
October 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Me and the 8yo are in perfect sync on the Normal to Weird scale. 🎯
I made a mini egg rug at a craft place that has TUFTING! 🍳
September 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I made a mini egg rug at a craft place that has TUFTING! 🍳
Fancy dessert with leftovers from Canes game last night. It’s like 21C over here. 💅
September 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Fancy dessert with leftovers from Canes game last night. It’s like 21C over here. 💅
Lol the patriotism is palpable
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Lol the patriotism is palpable
Happy Fa(ll), the season of sight reading.
September 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Happy Fa(ll), the season of sight reading.
Teacher workday update: made it to snack time.
September 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Teacher workday update: made it to snack time.
Teacher workday and I’m in way over my head.
September 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Teacher workday and I’m in way over my head.