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nethilia.bsky.social
Neth, Living Life Best I Can
@nethilia.bsky.social
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Pagan queer demifemme black woman. Xllenial. Texpat, WA life. Toy/doll collector. Fiber Crafter. Fantasy author, fantasy hair. Artist. Black Lives and Black Dolls Matter. Runs doll wikis and does it well.

She/Her and Zie/Zem.
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The strawberry plants came back too.
Strawberry flowers and plants in a pot. Strawberry flowers and plants in a pot. Strawberry flowers and plants in a pot.
April 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Garden started this week. Let's get that #FoodFromDirt

#BlackGardeners #BlackGirlsGarden
Pea plant in pot Cucumber plant in pot. Tomato plant in pot. Broccoli plant in pot.
April 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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I would like to blame @pandangit.com for my newest tarot deck--not because they got it but because their guide made me want to get it, finally.

Made sure it was authentic. Bootleg tarot is real and it's annoying.
A box of Golden Girl tarot cards. There is a pink envelope behind it.
April 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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slowly catching up to an art block that started last March and basically stumbled off and on until this February and then into March. IYKYK.

Art--true art--is always there waiting for you even if you're not ready to do it.

#TraditionalArtists #ArtSky #BlackArtists
A traditional drawing on cream paper: a portrait of a Black woman with her hair up in a golden headscarf; she also has long earrings and a necklace.
March 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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If you see this, quote post your green art 💚👍🏾💚
traditional artwork of a green water nymph like woman stepping into the water.
March 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Screenshot from Bojack Horseman: "You know, it's funny. When you look at someone through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
March 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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The snow melts, the rain falls, and the daffodils return. The cycle begins anew.
A daffodil against a stone background.
March 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Life goes on, even when you feel frozen under grief and worry.
The leaves of a daffodil poking through snow.
February 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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slate.com/culture/2016...
According to Polly Athan, who served as Pleasant Company’s in-house research coordinator, it was the board that made the decision to set Addy’s story amid the end of slavery and the Civil War. Though the board also discussed placing her in other periods, including the Harlem Renaissance, the members’ thinking was that slavery was the foundation for everything that came after it and must be tackled first in order for children to understand more recent history. “They wanted Addy’s Civil War–era story to show the struggle and survival of African-Americans as a major human accomplishment,” Athan told me.
January 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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guess my uncle didn't want to start a new year without his momma.

2024 has been hard on me since March when i lost my Goose, and it grabbed one more loss on the way out.

love you uncle Kenny. see you on the other side.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
me as a toddler sitting on my uncle's head
January 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits:
An image of the first three American Girl characters: Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly.
December 25, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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#SpotifyWrapped Time.

I had grief.
Spotify Wrapped 2024: 62K minutes Top Artist: Hozier Top Song: Dec Selby (Part 2)
December 4, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Throwback to that time in early 2022 where I was trying to catch up to my #ArtSnacks boxes and broke the rules on the Dec 2021 box to draw Yakko, Wakko, and Dot using more Tombow markers than what came in the box.

#TraditionalArtists #ArtSky #BlackArtists
Traditional art drawing of the humanized Warner Siblings as three black kids: Dot, Yakko, and enby Wakko. Art tools are on the left. Close up on humanized Black Kid Yakko Warner. Close up on humanized black kid Wakko Warner. Close up on humanized Black Kid Dot Warner.
November 27, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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I also have the forearm cuke!
A cucumber as long as my forearm and up to my hand.
November 26, 2024 at 4:40 AM
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Would love to be part of this pack!
A cucumber as long as a woman's forearm.
November 26, 2024 at 4:38 AM
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Promotional image for WGN's Underground Season 2.
November 25, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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tell me the name of God you fungal piece of shit

(I got a new tarot deck, the Magic Pantry Tarot, by Numinous Spirit Press.)
The Devil card of the Magic Pantry Tarot, which is symbolized by mushrooms that look like skulls. The box, red gingham bag, and strawberry sticker for the Magic Pantry Tarot. (The box has a brown hand reaching towards a strawberry with a red gingham border.)
November 24, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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I don't just grow roses, I sometimes paint them as blobby watercolor art.

This was back in March.
Several watercolor roses in reds, blues, and yellows with green leaves.
November 20, 2024 at 3:40 AM
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This summer I saw a frog in one of my roses.
A small green frog in the petals of a peach rose.
November 19, 2024 at 12:33 AM
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Motivating myself to go through my massive #Sketchbox and #ArtSnacks backlog by posting some of what I've done here.

If I don’t know what else to draw with a box of varying items, I draw a girl's portrait. It's my mindless go-to doodle.
A traditional drawing of a girl with blue long hair, green eyes, blue lips, and a green shirt. She has green diamond earrings. A traditional drawing of a girl with short fluffy green hair, green lips, and closed eyes. She's wearing a blue tinted shirt and has a purple flower in her hair. A traditional drawing of a girl in pencil with fluffy hair. She is done in shades of grey with orange eyes and lipstick, an orange shirt, and a monarch butterfly in her hair. A traditional drawing of a girl on blue toned paper. She has long wavy black hair and a white top, and white earrings in her visible ear.
November 15, 2024 at 3:29 AM
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To be loved is to be changed.

I got this coloring book when I was a child. I recently found a new copy so I can scan and color it again. I used the first one so much the back cover fell off!
Two copies of "Brown Spices ABC Coloring Book". The one on the left is like new; the one on the right is well worn from years of use. The C page of the Brown Spices ABC Coloring Book. The left is uncolored and the right was done with crayon.
November 12, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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Sometimes I hybrid my dolls. Not often. But I did with this one. And then drew her. Her name is Dee-Dee Syrce, from the Hairdorables DeeDee; I took the head from that doll and put on another doll body.

#Dolls #DollSky #TraditionalArt #Art
A drawing of a tan girl with curly pink and green hair and magenta eyes, smiling. She's wearing a pink and green sweater with white stars, blue shorts, and pink and green legwarmers over white sandals. Three of the media used to draw the picture are on the side: a white gel pen, a green colored pencil, and a blue PITT ink marker. The character described in the prior image, but now as a physical doll. She is on a green star stand.
November 10, 2024 at 7:45 AM
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I did this last year. It's one of my old #SketchBox boxes. (I'm so far behind on those.)

There was no brown in the box. Just black and orange. But brown is dark orange.

hence.

#TraditionalArtists #BlackArtists
An ink drawing of a black girl with orange twist braids. She's wearing orange sunglasses, large black loops, a black choker, and a black shirt. There are black and orange swirls on the background.
November 9, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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A few images of what I do and like.

--Neth
An image of a cross spindle with handspun yarn. A Ruby Red Doll, Jada of the Future. She is black with dark hair and wearing a denim shirt over a tank and fluffy green skirt. A Magic Attic Club Doll, Rose (Native) wearing a green knit beret and knit dress. Tomatoes on the vine.
November 9, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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>>If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from (whatever device you’re using) without explanation
Western Union Telegram reading "FUCK YOU / STRONG LETTER TO FOLLOW"
November 6, 2024 at 8:15 AM