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Laurelsbooks
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Clambering onto the Bluesky life raft as Twitter sinks to the depths
A maker of miniature books and large oatmeal cookies
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There are so many cute salt & pepper sets at Quail Ceramics (quailceramics.co.uk), I bet I could assemble a DIY Advent calendar out of them. (While I’m fantasizing, I may as well fantasize an end to the tariffs so they’ll ship to the States again.)
Salt and pepper shakers shaped like rabbits Salt and pepper shakers shaped like guinea pigs Salt and pepper shakers shaped like seals Salt and pepper shakers shaped like tigers
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Okay, adding a picture didn't prevent a post for appearing. Maybe 3 pictures? and a link? (The link has nothing to do with the images, this is just an experiment, to see if a cluttered skeet will appear.)
www.nypl.org
glass objects in various colors a leather Kindle cover, from Oberon Shoes with cartoon dinosaurs painted on them.
October 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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2nd attempt to post a skeet onto Bluesky. The one I just tried worked--but it was text only, not an image. Let's add an image, see if that works.
a collection of glass objects--milk jugs, pitchers, candy dishes--in various colors: blue, ruby, amber, green.
October 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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You need a third! I volunteer.
The Three Fates, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin. Sculpted by Joseph Wackerle.
October 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Today, much nearer my 60th birthday than my 50th, I figured out how to empty a dustpan without spilling crud onto the floor:

Take paper from recycling bin, damp it down & line the bathroom sink with it. Dump dustpan onto paper. Crumple it up with dust inside & throw in trash.
A dustpan and broom set, the kind of dustpan that’s hard to empty.
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Has anyone mentioned the Mr. Magoo cartoons yet? On Saturday mornings, they introduced kids to Don Quixote, Moby Dick, William Tell, etc.
A poster of “The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo” featuring Magoo—a short, elderly man with a round nose—as Robin Hood, in a duel with a tall, skinny, bearded fellow, who is surprised to be getting the worst of it. His hat is flying off, he is so shocked.
October 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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@artofrob.bsky.social is out sick, so I hope you won’t mind if I post on his behalf?
Rob has a RB store (easier to handle than his Etsy store while he’s recuperating), and Redbubble is having a 25% off sale this week.

www.redbubble.com/i/mug/Shniff...
2 mugs, each decorated with Rob Husberg’s drawing titled Shniff! It is a cartoon drawing of a cat ecstatically sniffing a flowering tree, precariously balanced on a stone wall, front paws on the back of a chair. It’s a joyful picture.
September 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Badger is enjoying his new friends. When the nieces and I (and their parents) arrange our Piggy Party this autumn, I’ll let you know how it goes!
Thank you so much for the chance to delight the kids.
A badger coin bank, surrounded by 15 pigs made of fabric, plastic, unglazed clay, on a table covered with a blue quilt. They’re a cheerful group.
September 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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I received the box of piggies today, just as I’m leaving for the office! Had time to read your lovely note and unwrap just a few before heading out. Badger will watch over them until I get back. Thank you so much for this delightful collection.
A badger coin bank surrounded by 5 smaller pig figurines. He looks protective, and the piglets look happy.
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Receipt for donation to the Trevor Project Receipt for donation to a food bank
September 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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These little guys definitely need a guide to Dorset fossils
3 mice figurines: a mouse in a green sweater and backpack, clutching a sketchbook; a mouse in a pink coat and gray dress, holding greenery; and a mouse in a blue sweater and bowler hat, with a camera around his neck. Clearly, they are ready for fossil-hunting adventure.
August 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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1. I love the thought of adults telling other adults bedtime stories (and I hope he tells you a bedtime story in return)

2. I was so happy with these tweets, I Mod-Podged them (badly) to make fridge magnets:
Tweets from @KillerMartinis (Linda Tirado) and @50feralhogs (30-50 feral hogs) on August 5, 2019 Linda: Tbh thank god for the feral hog guy. We needed this. 30-50 feral hogs: We feel this does not give us enough credit. Linda: Fair. It really was the feral hogs we needed. 30-50 feral hogs: We thank you.
August 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Just took lemon poppy cookies out of the oven, and this apartment smells great.
Lemon poppy cookies, cooling on a wire rack.
August 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Roxanne (1987). I could watch Steve Martin’s C.D. Bales forever.
July 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Coincidentally on my timeline…
June 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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@artofrob.bsky.social drew this picture (and many others) with an *ordinary Bic ballpoint*, and I will never stop being amazed. (He’s on Etsy, btw.)
A monochrome drawing: An old park on a humid summer night. A black cat walks on the back of an old-fashioned wood-and-cast-iron bench. A street lamp glows and moonlight through the foliage leaves stripes of light on the grass.
June 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Oh, and Barbie & Ken participated!
A young man, dressed as Ken from the Barbie movie (and helpfully wearing a sleeveless denim jacket labeled “Ken” on the back), positions a bunch of Barbie & Ken dolls on a window ledge. The dolls are holding signs that say “Free Hugs” and “Protect Trans Kids”. A rain-soaked “Fuck Trump” sign—left by a previous marcher—is behind the dolls.
June 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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The NYC march ended at Madison Square Park, and ended with an art show
Posters displayed on park benches. Signs include “No kings, no Nazis”and “Nobody’s free until Everybody’s free”. Signs include “ICE is Un-American” and a blue and green globe that says “The Working Class knows no borders”. Signs in bright colors—blue, yellow, red—against blue hydrangea bushes in the park.
June 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Is a peach cobbler supposed to look like this?
Peach cobbler in a square baking dish. The mounds of dough on top look very jagged, not like cobblestones. The peaches are darkened by spices and brown sugar.
June 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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My photographs can’t capture the floating green and gray magic of Central Park this evening. Need poets.
Pale green leaves, winding brown branches, a flash of pink blossoms on a tree, rising over one of Central Park’s stone walls.
April 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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@ginjones.bsky.social Hi Gin,
Here are very belated photos of the quiltlets I gave to my nieces for Hanukah/Christmas. Sorry for the delay! You made 2 kids very happy: they tucked their stuffies in bed and felt very grown-up, taking care of them. 😊
Stuffed animals (a penguin, an emperor penguin, and a platypus) under a small, lovingly-made blue quilt. A stuffed unicorn and emperor penguin snooze under an elegant red and oyster-gray quilt.
March 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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For YEARS I pestered @artofrob.bsky.social to produce greeting cards. He now has them on Redbubble, and I am using them with delight.
3 greeting cards: one shows 2 cats reading, their tails curling towards each other; another shows a flute-playing cat dancing in a surprised dog’s back; the third shows a cat eyeing a top-hatted bird, with the caption: “The question arose: whether to eat him, or simply to admire his singular sense of style.”
March 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Hey, Redbubble.com is having a sale for a few more hours! Will end at 2 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, I think.

I bought a “Bookends” mug by @artofrob.bsky.social

www.redbubble.com/i/mug/Booken...
A screenshot of 2 mugs on Redbubble. One mug shows the left side of the drawing: a happy black and white cat reading a book. The other shows the right side of the drawing: a happy striped cat reading a tablet. The cats are facing away from each other, but their tails curl toward each other. The screenshot shows the discount as well: $12.99 (25% off the regular price of $17.31)
January 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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I finally did a thing I’ve meant to do for years: put the right numbers on the Narnia books.

Ordering them by internal chronology doesn’t make emotional sense, even tho HarperCollins insists that Lewis wanted them renumbered. The books are a pilgrimage, a psychological journey, not a history text.
The Narnia books, with numbers taped to their spines: 1. Lion, Witch 2. Caspian 3. Dawn Treader 4. Silver Chair 5. Magician 6. Battle
January 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

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I figure I have a pretty decent chance, honestly.
The My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic characters (a group portrait)
January 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM