Made a lot of progress on the blossom this weekend. #crossstitch #embroidery

Progress pics for my two current #embroidery projects. A #blackwork TARDIS

I’m having full on musculoskeletal shenanigans this week. Lower back spasms Monday/Tuesday then woke with a frozen neck this morning. Thankfully decided to WFH because the rest of my back decided to give up on holding me upright after lunch *sighs*

Oh fuck me, hello back spasms. This hasn’t happened in a while. Ow. They can fuck right off please. *whimpers*

Also - the Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League started it’s season this weekend. It streams on YouTube. No Canberra team, but I’ll manage . #awihl #icehockey

Feeling very lethargic this weekend - interrupted sleep. But I’ve run, done chores, had a massage, enjoyed hockey and even watched the first bit of the new Frankenstein. I love the book but might take it a bit at a time to cope with a film given how not a horror person I am.

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Another new shirt… it speaks for itself.

Welcome to Eleanor West’s

Well. Zegras has taken to the battle of Pennsylvania like… a duck to water. 😹😹😹😹 #nhlsky #pittsburghpenguins

I know. Still 72 games to go and anything can happen. But third in the league and second in the conference after our first 10 games? Geno on fire with the big line and better defence? I will take that start with glee. #nhlsky #pittsburghpenguins

Might have just bought a ticket to see Yungblud in Sydney in January. 👀🤘🏻#music

Going literary with new shirt number 3

New shirt 2. The boys did lose today but it went to a shoot out, so we came away with a point. I think they are playing far better than anyone expected. The BIG line is a delight of a surprise, the goaltending is doing well & even to my eyes the defensive game seems better than last year’s mess.

Wearing the first of my new tees for summer that arrived this week. Love a goalie!

Trying to keep my expectations low against the reigning champions but nice start Sid. #nhlsky #pittsburghpenguins

Excellent second period for the Pens. Let’s see if the boys can hold it in the third. #nhlsky

Making good progress on my TARDIS. #blackwork #embroidery On leave, relaxing by stitching while watching the Victoria Beckham documentary.

Finished number three! #crossstitch #embroidery

youtube.com/watch?v=06CR... Readathon Vlog #deweysoct25 #booksky #booktube

I’ve just read a whole wee book of 13th century poetry aloud to myself #booksky #deweysoct25

Finished. Quite the space romp 😉 #booksky #deweysoct25

For the last 4 hours or so of @deweysreadathon I’m deviating from the previously prepared TBR to some short, quick potential reads. Some new, some rereads, I’ve just not feeling novels at the moment. #booksky #deweysoct25

Finished my reread! That’s two books off my currently reading pile. #booksky #deweysoct25

The world needs more people like Becky Chambers. I had stop and breathe because this passage is so simple yet so profound. #booksky #deweysoct25

Oh my gods it ended on a cliffhanger and there is no second book listed!! #deweysoct25 #booksky

My overnight and waking up reading. Now it’s to get up and ready for a full day of #deweysoct25 #booksky

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I an officially on leave for a week! Not doing much outside if Dewey’s Readathon but I’ve had a stressful year and my supervisors were all ‘take an effing break!’ So I am. 😆

Fuck the Golden Knights. Seriously.

Had a go at some #sashiko style decorative mending to try and patch up the jeans enough to get a little more wear out of them.

youtube.com/watch?v=bDv5... Reading Wrap Up September #booktube #booksky

I’ll take this season start happily. Thanks New York. 😁#pittsburghpenguins

Got a deep tissue massage on my day off as an attempt to improve the hormone/stress related circulation issues I suspect I’ve been having. Twelve hours later I’ve got to the feeling terribly bruised stage… right before bed 😆

Things I have learnt today: squashed cross stitches #crossstitch #blackwork #embroidery

The majority of Sidney Crosby behind the scenes in #faceoff is training sequences. Colour me terribly unsurprised. The squirrel was cute though. #nhl

Decided to bail on day three of #conflux2025. The programming is more on professional writer topics and I slept so little over the weekend I was so tired I was feeling unwell end of yesterday. So slept in a bit this morning & having a quiet day.

Sitting in a cafe listening to them playing a Taylor Swift playlist of old stuff on Showgirl weekend with a wry smile

Back at a con and my pet peeve is already prolific - moderator asks the audience for questions… audience gives opinions or anecdotes, not questions 🤬

Attending my first sff con since COVID. Theme is Brave New Worlds and we were asked to think abiut a brave new thing we can do this weekend. Me? Actually being here again. Also taking out my air pods when sitting in the lobby to make myself less unapproachable? #conflux2025

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I finished reading Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire today. The Wayward Children series extremely important to my and I love it dearly … but I don’t think this was the most interesting of the plots honestly. #booksky

The incongruity of buying premium quality Dublin linen that was made in Germany. 🤔#embroidery. Why yes I am prepping a new project given my mid illness mistakes in July when starting the blackwork TARDIS are still irritating me.

New series of NHL Face-Off is dropping the same day as the new Taylor Swift album… same weekend as the farewell Extreme E race… and I’m spending the entire weekend at an SFF convention. 🙇🏻‍♀️

New team, new desk, new view… same work thankfully

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My work on display at the Embroiderers Guild exhibition for the first time, both on the Calico dress project (cockatoo, Ngunnawal script & Brave logo) and framed individual pieces. #embroidery #crossstitch #blackwork

New track from Yungblud & Aerosmith is pretty fun. 😄 #music

A difficult couple of days physically. Something pinched in my lower back/glute yesterday causing pain and then when I tried to go to the office my leg tightened up to limping by the time I got round the corner. Worked from home & still managed my step goal by being gentle & doing extra pilates.

I’ve been in a bit of a new media funk for the last few years, not having the emotional energy for visual storytelling I don’t already know. New #movies, new fictional #TV, apart from Tortured Poets I’ve hardly even listened to new #music, though there has been some.