Barb Cummings
@rahirah.bsky.social
Fandom Old. Arizona native. One dog, four cats, and a wife, not necessarily in that order. Dilettante gardener, half-assed DIY-er. Sometimes I write or draw things. Swear to god I'll finish that Spuffy WIP some day. She/her.
Canine minimalism.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Canine minimalism.
Haul from last weekend: petrified wood from Dobell Ranch in northern AZ. Located right outside the Petrified Forest, bring your own shovel and bucket. When we were there, someone had found an entire tree the day before, and they were excavating it. We were happy to get these fragments!
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Haul from last weekend: petrified wood from Dobell Ranch in northern AZ. Located right outside the Petrified Forest, bring your own shovel and bucket. When we were there, someone had found an entire tree the day before, and they were excavating it. We were happy to get these fragments!
I too would be interested in a bacon sandwich.
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I too would be interested in a bacon sandwich.
No cheating, post the most recent pic of your pet.
August 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
No cheating, post the most recent pic of your pet.
Harmony Kendall, 2009!
August 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Harmony Kendall, 2009!
Maybe this will ensure that humans will get more of them this year than the birds do. #gardening
July 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Maybe this will ensure that humans will get more of them this year than the birds do. #gardening
June 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Me at the rally Saturday. I'm waving at you.
June 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Me at the rally Saturday. I'm waving at you.
I may try to stitch it in, but it's going to be a major pain to stitch fairly heavy leather to heavy felt, so glue first. Once all that is done, the hatband will be another old necktie (I need to get a small buckle to sew to the cut end), and I'll trim it with some dyed pheasant feathers. /4
June 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I may try to stitch it in, but it's going to be a major pain to stitch fairly heavy leather to heavy felt, so glue first. Once all that is done, the hatband will be another old necktie (I need to get a small buckle to sew to the cut end), and I'll trim it with some dyed pheasant feathers. /4
It came partially pounced, and I don't think I need to pounce it much more for what I want. The color I wanted only came in one size, which is a bit too large for me, so I am adding a sizer/sweatband. Once the leather glue holding it to the hat has dried, I'll fold it up and glue it to itself: /3
June 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
It came partially pounced, and I don't think I need to pounce it much more for what I want. The color I wanted only came in one size, which is a bit too large for me, so I am adding a sizer/sweatband. Once the leather glue holding it to the hat has dried, I'll fold it up and glue it to itself: /3
and the hat vendors at my local faire are mostly either cavalier style, Viking style, or Victorian/steampunk. So I decided to make one. I got a rabbit felt Western hat blank, held it over a pot of boiling water till I could do some basic blocking (I don't have a block, so VERY basic.) 2/
June 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
and the hat vendors at my local faire are mostly either cavalier style, Viking style, or Victorian/steampunk. So I decided to make one. I got a rabbit felt Western hat blank, held it over a pot of boiling water till I could do some basic blocking (I don't have a block, so VERY basic.) 2/
Lunch today: Tasty Bite Madras lentils dressed up with feta cheese, and tomatoes and basil from the garden.
June 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lunch today: Tasty Bite Madras lentils dressed up with feta cheese, and tomatoes and basil from the garden.
But this one guy looks like this:
May 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
But this one guy looks like this:
We have this one weird mutant flower. They normally look like this: #gardening
May 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We have this one weird mutant flower. They normally look like this: #gardening
Harrisia cactuses in bloom. This would have been much more impressive if I had caught it three hours earlier. This was taken at 10 AM, and they're already starting to close. These are clones of one I got from my mom in the 80s, which was a clone of one we had when I was a kid, 1/ #gardening
May 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Harrisia cactuses in bloom. This would have been much more impressive if I had caught it three hours earlier. This was taken at 10 AM, and they're already starting to close. These are clones of one I got from my mom in the 80s, which was a clone of one we had when I was a kid, 1/ #gardening
So our oldest cat is hyperthyroid, and he's going to the vet oncologist for radioactive iodine treatment. Our vet says the procedure itself has a very high success rate, and I would rather pay out the nose now than fight to get pills down this throat every day for the next five to seven years.
May 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So our oldest cat is hyperthyroid, and he's going to the vet oncologist for radioactive iodine treatment. Our vet says the procedure itself has a very high success rate, and I would rather pay out the nose now than fight to get pills down this throat every day for the next five to seven years.
Some kind of confrontation going on. I'm too far away to see what it was but they're telling people not to engage unless they're on the security team, and a couple of state trooper cars just rolled in.
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Some kind of confrontation going on. I'm too far away to see what it was but they're telling people not to engage unless they're on the security team, and a couple of state trooper cars just rolled in.
May Day protest at Wesley Bolin Plaza, Phoenix AZ.
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
May Day protest at Wesley Bolin Plaza, Phoenix AZ.
Bougainvillea (It needs to be trimmed back but LOOK AT IT!), pomegranate, desert willow, and butterfly vine.
April 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Bougainvillea (It needs to be trimmed back but LOOK AT IT!), pomegranate, desert willow, and butterfly vine.
One green onion I've been waiting to bolt forever so I can get seeds, tomatoes, grapes (unimpressive but technically blooming) and a decorative gourd of some kind.
April 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
One green onion I've been waiting to bolt forever so I can get seeds, tomatoes, grapes (unimpressive but technically blooming) and a decorative gourd of some kind.