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A. Lynn Evenson
@wanderingyeti.bsky.social
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Historian, Archivist, Photographer. Will happily chat about most things but especially about pirates, swordfighting, folklore, D&D, and the weird things you find in dusty boxes full of old stuff. She/Her 🏳️‍🌈
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Just finished building a new dice tray. It holds three sets of dice and the storage compartment doubles as an phone/iPad stand. I’m so pleased with how it turned out!

#Dnd #D&D #TTRPG #Daggerheart
Oak dice tray with dark blue felt lining Oak dice tray with dark blue felt lining and dice storage in the top compartment.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Not me, a maritime historian, finding out today that my uncle apparently had breakfast aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald a few days before it sank. He was friends with several members of the crew! Apparently his Coast Guard vessel was doing a resupply run to the Fitz. How has this never come up before?!?
The brass bell recovered from the wreck of the ship Edmund Fitzgerald, with the name of the ship in black lettering.
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Mine would be navigating this part of the Pacific Crest Trail in Newfoundland on the one year anniversary of my friend falling from a nearby cliff and dying. Who knew you could hold a chain that hard?
Rocky cliff a hundred feet above the ocean with a very narrow trail. There is a chain embedded in the rock to give you something to hold on to.
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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That moment when you commit to a bit so hard you buy a shirt just to give your party a laugh.
#daggerheart #DnD #D&D #TTRPG
Green T-shirt with white text that says “Pretend I’m a Goblin”
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Okay friends - I’m looking for a tarot deck, but I’m so sick of finding so much AI-generated art. Seemly like everything on Etsy and Kickstarter is AI slop. I’m looking for something natural and/or darker gothic vibes Can you help?!?
#tarot #witchsky
The hanged man tarot card from the Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards. Features a blond man wearing a white shirt and green trousers hanging by his left foot.
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I would like to bring back chatelaines as everyday fashion items, please. I think life would be better if we could carry our little treasures around with us like magpies. “Here is my antique penknife. This is my emotional support acorn. And that’s my special super shiny rock. Her name is Elizabeth.”
Pewter chatelaine designed by VictoriaGriffinsong (on Etsy) featuring an engraved dagger and 5 silver chains. Photographed agains red damask fabric with a small silver sewing scissors in the upper left, a spool of red thread in the upper right, and a small silver thimble in the middle right.
September 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Currently reacting to the state of the world by writing a paper on punk zines, Riot Grrrls, and body-positive feminism for a grad class. Pretty sure this isn't what my prof was looking for, but hey, that's what you get when you don't define what you mean by "write about information access."
Image of the cover of Issue #2 of Bikini Kill zine, entitled Girl Power. Features a black and white photocopied image of a topless women holding a bouquet of flowers (which covers her chest). The text "Bikini Kill" in bold black sans-serif font runs vertically along the left side. The text "Girl Power" in serif, typewriter font runs horizontally along the bottom.
September 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Parenting done right! My grandmother had a shadow box full of a lifetime of trinkets. Which made my mom start one when she moved out. Which made my sister and I both start one when we moved out. Curating a collection of joyful things is such a special thing!
Close of of type box containing a wine cork, two small shell fossils, a silver key, and a cloissonne enameled thimble that looks like an owl.
September 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I saw her in 2016. She’s gorgeous!
Black and white image of masts and rigging of the ship, Galeón Andalucía
August 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Also footnotes. I love writing footnotes. And formatting footnotes. And helping other people make their footnotes pretty and nice. And finding snarky footnotes from long/dead authors. That’s the level of everlasting pettiness that I aspire to.
Black pin with white text that reads “Footnotes are great.” (Has footnote 1 after period) Footnote 1 reads “I like them”
August 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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To whomever posted about the Merlin Bird app that happened across my feed about two weeks ago,

Thanks! It’s helped my anxiety immeasurably and made my morning walks so much fun!

Love,
Me

Today’s find: a Crested Caracara!
A Crested Caracara standing on stone. A beautiful badass. Looks like a large A black and white falcon with an impressive orange and yellow beak, bright yellow legs, and black talons. 100% will mess your shit up and look fabulous doing it.
August 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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My TLR is one of my favorite things. If you want to go down a rabbit hole, look up Through the Viewfinder photography. You can use a digital camera to shoot through the lenses of a vintage TLR. The results look like this:
Tall ship image taken with a digital camera through the viewfinder of a vintage twin lens reflex camera. The result is an image that is slightly blurred on the edges that looks nostalgic.
July 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Oh my goodness that’s so gorgeous! I make do with cactus flowers, but it’s not the same.
Purple cactus flowers make the spiky friends so tempting to touch. A prickly pear cactus in full bloom with bright yellow flowers.
June 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Today I went to my favorite weird antique shop and found the most amazing thimble!

#EverydayMagic #WitchSky
A cloisonné enamel thimble shaped like a ln owl, decorated in red,yellow, brown, black, and gold. Nestled in a type box along with a key, some fossil snail shells, and a wine cork.
May 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Having an extraordinarily stressful time, which is making my body hurt & my skin feel like it's trying to crawl off my body. To distract myself, I have handwritten a thank you note to someone who went out of their way to care during a difficult situation. #NeverUnderestimateThePowerOfNiceStationery
Embossed cream stationery with a ornamented cross design by Louis Sullivan. Because handwritten notes matter. Because someone who can remember to hand write a note almost certainly has their shit together, and isn't a hot mess of anxiety and self-doubt. Right?!? And I've always wanted to be that person, who, when someone learns of my bizarre and untimely death, says something to effect of "Oh no! How sad! She always wrote notes on such lovely stationery!" Life goals.
May 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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One of my favorite sailing ship images from the Sunderland Antiquarian Society. A mother and child watch a ship navigating the Thames in 1880.

#maritimehistory #coastalhistory #skystorians
A mother and child seated on the shore of the Thames watch a sailing vessel with partially furled sails navigate the river.
May 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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I’ve decided to really start enjoying the “special” things I have stored away for safekeeping. Life is too short not to use the good dishes and the fancy soap. First order of business - new drawer pulls on my dresser which have been in storage for years. I love them.
Brass drawer pulls shaped like snails. My witchy bedroom is coming together!
May 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Today, I finally did a yard task that I have been putting off for at least 6 months. It took me about 30 min under the supervision of Lyle the yard lizard. And while that feels embarrassing, I also did it. So fuck feeling bad about celebrating little wins. We need the little wins right now. Go me!
Lyle the Lizard, a Texas Spiny Lizard that lives among my plants, supervised my hard work from a safe distance. He usually lives under the Talavera pot with the pink Bougainvillea in the photo.
April 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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A quiet, rainy day. The garden snails are pleased.

#witchsky #urbandruid #moss
🌱🐌
A garden snail, with his translucent amber shell explores the leaves, moss, and stones of the garden.
April 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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"Let us live like flowers, wild and beautiful and drenched in sun." ― Ellen Everett

#gardening #flowers 🌱🌿
Maui Ixora - a red and orange bunch of flowers that looks like a watercolor painting. Scottish Broom - a profusion of tiny yellow flowers amongst green leaves.
March 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Can any of my UK friends help me get a set of these?
Advertisement stating “Royal Mail launches mythical creatures stamp collection” featuring picture of the Loch Ness Monster and Blodeuwedd
March 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Marigold and Bougainvillea in the rain. You can hear the rain dripping slowing from the leaves overhead as you scrunch your bare toes against the wet stones of the garden path. A beautiful morning moment from my garden today.

#witchsky #gardening #photography
Close up of bright pink bougainvillea against an orange and rust colored marigold, dripping with rainwater. You can hear the rain drops falling from the trees overhead as you scrunch your bare toes against the wet stones of the garden path.
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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To be fair, that was a complete surprise to me too! But I did learn that some of them have tiny white moustaches…
Blue mason bee with a tiny, white Wilford Brimley moustache.
March 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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It’s Friday! Let’s celebrate with a little blue bee butt!

The mason bees are celebrating the blossoms on the lemon tree today!

#UrbanDruid #Witchsky #bees
A mason bee (with a cute little iridescent blue butt) inspects the blooms on a lemon tree.
February 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Everything is overwhelming, but the honey bees are happy that the lemon tree is blooming. Little things like this help.
#DailyMagic #UrbanDruid #Witchsky
A western honey bee inspects the first blooms of a Meyer lemon tree.
February 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM