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she/her a 30 something linguist who loves plants and dabbles in sewing and photography
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My new friend is allergic to everything, so I'm trying out my favourite cookie recipe with gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free alternatives.
Two trays of chocolate crinkle cookies baking in an oven. Cracks are beginning to develop in the powdered sugar coating.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Here is the original photo, for comparison
A colourful sunset with flowing clouds and the silhouette of trees, street lights, and power lines in the foreground.
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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In the spirit of "post your shitty art" here is a watercolour painting I did based on a photo I took.
A colourful sunset fills the sky behind the silhouette of power lines and trees.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I still don't have answers about life, but I finally finished processing the wool I harvested from a sweater probably over a year ago
White yarn with rainbow tweed flecks wrapped around the back of a chair. A pile of white yarn on the floor; it is kinked from its time as a sweater and varies in thickness.
September 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Here is my work friend's very pretty kitty
A long-haired, orange cat looks ethereal in dappled sunlight, peering out an open window.
September 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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This obsession with over analyzing other languages has always been funny to me.

Breakfast is literally made of break and fast. It means eating something after a period of not eating.

A cupboard is a board on which you place cups.

These are just other words we stuck together and said funny!
A Tumblr post begging people to stop treating other languages as mystical while ignoring the linguistic history of their own language.
August 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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I wove myself a whole scarf! The process was really enjoyable and I'm excited to try again in the future. Might knit a pair of gloves to match one day.
A plaid scarf in light blue and cream yarn stretches across the floor of a room. The blue horizontal stripes alternate in thickness. Close up shot of a light blue and cream scarf showing the weave of the fabric. The threads are relatively thick and the structure is a little uneven.
August 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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A final shot of the garden before I had to head on the road. Lots of work yet to do, but my brother's going to finish ripping up the grass and then lay out a weed barrier until I come back in October to do some more work
A sunny garden. A red leafed Japanese maple tree stands in a bare earth garden bed alongside a deck. A roll of grass and fabric is visible on the left side of the image and at the right a sheet of fabric is held down with large rocks.
August 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Garden update: the side I've been working on vs the side that I won't be able to even start this time
A view of an in-progress garden job. There is a pile of cut vines and heaps of landscaping fabric covered in grass in the middle of the image. Three quarters of the garden bed has had the vines and grass removed. It is a stark difference compared to the final quarter which is overgrown. A completely overgrown garden in front of a section of a yellow house. Grasses consume most of the garden.
August 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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With the help of the lawnmower, my mum and I managed to pull back a huge chunk of grass riddled landscaping fabric. Hopefully her roses will feel a little better now.
A photo of a garden with a tree in the middle. The soil is bare and there are tendrils of exposed roots. In the background, the carnage of the work is evident. A rose plant surrounded on one side by bare soil. There is a mound of dirt, roots, and landscaping fabric to one side. In the background, two other roses are surrounded by long flowing grass.
August 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Helping my parents out by decimating the English ivy that's been wreaking havoc in the front garden.
A mound of ivy, clematis, and grass. In one corner you can see that there is a railing underneath the greenery, somewhere. An old wooden railing on the side of a deck. A few rose bushes grow despite the waves of grass around them. Random leaves and bits of vine strewn about the area are the only evidence that the area was once consumed by ivy.
August 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Me rn:
Will Poulter "you guys are getting paid" meme. The text reads "Wait, you guys can just breathe through your nose?"
July 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Some flowers from my UK trip for everyone to appreciate, as a break from all the nonsense going on in the world
A soft pink rose climbing over an old wooden trellis archway A blousey bright pink peony (I think), weighed down by its own weight and kissing the ground of the dirt pathway beside it A planter full of sharp white and yellow daisy-like flowers. Their petals are long and thin and they have a bright red/deep pink centre A single pink rose surrounded by foliage in bright sunlight. It is an older variety, I think, with a single row of petals
June 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Dreaming of lazy spring mornings spent drinking tea and hunting for glorious blossoms
Clusters of rich pink spring blossoms with dark rusty foliage fill the image. They are highlighted by bright sunlight.
May 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We are worth more together than the bosses want us to know! We need unions and collective action now more than ever! Happy May Day!
An IATSE logo t-shirt with a pride flag background. The rest of the outfit is purple corduroy pants and a blue linen button up tee with monochromatic flowers.
May 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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My improv troupe is doing an immersive dating experience show for Feb and yesterday I decided to do a throwback and play as Kimberly from Power Rangers. So naturally, I had to watch some MMPR this Saturday morning
A still from the opening of the first season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. It shows the Megazord rising to standing with the different Dinozords making up its components. A still from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. It shows Kimberly the Pink Ranger, played by Amy Jo Johnson.
February 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Today's tea is matcha with oat milk
A white mug, decorated with colourful polka dots, sits on a coaster. It is filled with frothy, grass-green tea.
February 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Today's tea is Goddess of Mercy (tieguanyin). A traditional Chinese oolong made of quite large rolled leaves which can be steeped so many times!
A soft yellow tea in a china cup with a design of yellow and purple flowers.
February 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Today's tea is a first flush tea from the Kanchanjangha Tea Estate and Research Centre in Nepal. I also got myself some new floral friends to help brighten things up.
A soft-peachy amber tea in a lily-of-the-valley china cup. A pot of miniature tête-à-tête daffodils sitting on a white TV stand. A pot of miniature tea roses. The flowers are a creamy colour with bright pink edges.
February 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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A small square dining table adorned with a white, rabbits and flowers printed table cloth, a pastel plaid table runner, leaf printed napkins, and a centre piece of a round marble board, a china cup with an Asian inspired pattern, two matching pink, rabbit cups, and matching rabbit and blossom printed tea tins one in silver and the other in green.
February 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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A peachy-toned tea in a lily-of-the-valley patterned china cup.
February 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Trying to drive away winter by looking at pictures from warmer times.
The garden of an old Irish castle. A brick bridge spans a small rectangular pond full of water lilies. Behind it stands lawns, borders, and garden buildings. A long flower border along a brick wall at the side of Hampton Court Palace. Bunches of pinky-white, double-petalled lilacs. Large soft pink doubled blossoms.
February 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Yes it is!
A package of Cadbury micro mini eggs. There is a diagram on the package showing the size difference between regular mini eggs and the micro variety.
January 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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This is my reference photo for the drawing. Taken on Portra 400 in the spring. Probably with my 50mm macro lens (I don't take notes or anything, but it's my favourite lens for flowers)
Soft white spring blossoms with dustings of pink in the petals and rich pink buds. Despite the overcast sky, there is a sense of hope and renewal.
January 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I don't do a lot of art, but I'm trying to expand my offline life. Here is a drawing of spring blossoms from August and some water colour doodles from the other night. I'm still learning to enjoy the process without getting discouraged by my lack of skill
Two small 6x8" (15x20cm) pictures. The top is a light pencil drawing of a cluster of spring blossoms on a branch, the bottom is a mishmash of various watercolour doodles. Some are flowers and others are abstract techniques practices.
January 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM