Still riding this high from last Saturday.

Kendrick Lamar (and the whole sold out stadium) performing Backstreet Freestyle in Charlotte, NC.

#kendricklamar #gnxtour #charlotte

Ants found an open (but lidded) can of cat food on the counter.

In a 100-year old farm house, they will always find a way.

My solution:
Chick waterer base. Water and a drop of dish soap in. Pyrex ramekin lid over the center. Open cat food can(s) stacked on that. ✅

Start of initial attempt at sculptural weaving a guineafowl head. I think it is heading for scrap-and-start over, but the process is kind of addictive (and mind-bending, thinking about shape in a completely new way, and hard on the hands)

#sculpturalweaving #sculpturalbasketry #reed #guineafowl

I do, however, have something to look forward to!

I'M TRIPPIN AND I'M LOVIN IT
LIKE WAAAAAAAA

Latest basket, all of black walnut leaflet stems. I also registered for a 6-week Sculptural Basketry course at Carrboro ArtsCenter starting in April. #wildbasketry

Latest basket experiment: young bamboo spokes, wisteria bark and black walnut leaf stem weavers.

#wildbasketry #basketry #makingstuffwithplants

Me harassing poor Munstead the lavender guinea fowl yesterday

Tiny, wonky plaited basket made from elder bark. Bias plaited sides felt like utter chaos. Still not sure how this thing came together! #basketry #wildbasketry

My comfort audiobook routine is now (1) entire Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com series, followed by (2) Service Model by @aptshadow.bsky.social.

I'm on #2 now and with the ongoing coup by inept techbro, feel like we're speeding toward Central Services faster than ever. 😭

Tell me your tips were written by a neurotypical without telling me your tips were written by a neurotypical.

Fig bark and drawknife

Took down two sweetgum trees in order to eventually expand guinea run. They were probably too big for me to tackle alone, but I lived. Now I have a mess to clean up. I wonder if any of it can be used for basketry-type purposes. HMMM...

But anyway, I went to a local craft night at a coffee shop and worked on this wonky bird. The frame is blueberry twigs pruned yesterday. The weavers are stripped wisteria bark.

Pruned the blueberry bush. I don't know if these can be used to make things, but the twig colors and buds sure are pretty

Taking up basketry means every yard task takes even longer than before (which is saying something) because I'm compelled to process and sort potential materials as I go.

Freaking autistic nervous system catnip: sorting and lining things up

Also, this bird crashed HARD today but will get up and fly the same way tomorrow… unless it just finally cannot

Thaw.