A meditation on death: I can only hope that when I die I shall become an ecosystem #poetry #witchsky #circleoflife

Opened up the apps, didn't see this anywhere. Didn't even hear it on npr on my drive home. Grazie mille, giornale italiano. But the death of Charlie Kirk is everywhere.

Here's my dress in the wild! Ignore my sunburn. I am not cut out for tropical islands. But I think the dress says "70s beachy vibes" #sewingsky #garmentsewing

I went to California to visit the redwoods. I'd never seen #poisonoak till then. It's so pretty. Of course now I have real pressed #poison oak in my office and I'm not sure what to do with them. But the non itchy print is available at ecobota.com #witchsky #pressedplants #poisonplants

Grandma's quilting stash and fabric shop close out. But I actually MADE something with my hoarded fabric. Here is my all quilting cotton dress. It's giving me #70s #gunnesax vibes. My husband thinks it's more #gameofthrones. We have different cultural touchstones. #sewing #garmentmaking #diy

Everything might be going to hell but at least the Erie sunsets are still pretty. #eriepa #lakeerie #sunsets #naturesky #naturephotography

She's finished! This lovely #vintage dress was far too small for me so I altered it for my frame. I loved the boat neck but I couldn't get the bust line to work with it, so I had to pivot to straps. Not my best dress sewing work (there's a reason I'm only showing the front) but I'm happy.

I bought this beautiful #vintage dress for 10 dollars even though it's a 24 inch waist and had no real bust to speak of. The skirt is full, so I can make it work. The trick is sewing a bodice that actually fits my frame but still let's me incorporate this stunning embroidered material.

I moved this friend off the road today... Remember to watch for #turtles! #herpsky #boxturtle

I haven't done a craft fair in AGES. But this one is in my town and completely fits my #witchyvibes #SciArt heart. It's a beautiful day to be outside celebrating art! #magicmoonmarket #witchsky #ecobota #pressedplants

My most favorite bit of nerdom is trying to guess what song @npr.org is going to use for the outro/transition music between pieces. Report on corvids that can do complex math? @countingcrows.bsky.social obviously. The Tour of Lemons car race? "Cars" by Gary Numan

Help? Is this Trillium grandiflourum, just older? Because all my others are pure white with yellow centers. #plantID #trillium #nativeplants

Earth day in America.

I dreamt last night that it was my rollerskating prom birthday celebration but only @zchwanengesang.bsky.social and a coworker came. We still had lots of fun. But after the 2 hour rental we went downstairs to the *other* rink where there was a children's party happening... but also we could join?

First fire of the year. I made sure to clean out the fire ring so we didn't burn out a slumbering toad like last year. It's also a great reason to clean up all the sticks in the grass. #outdoorliving

She's just so damn cute. #dogsky #showmeyourpitties

Growing up we used to get a pizza every Friday night from Little Ceasars. It ALWAYS had the same, distinct, smell in the building when we would pick it up. Not...bad. But also not pizza. Today I was harvesting nettles (which I like to do bare handed) and I realize the nettle sap is the same smell

This weekend I'll make my first two wild food dishes of the year: magnolia cookies and stinging nettle soup. I'm finally writing down my #foraged recipes in a journal so I don't need to look up the recipes each year. What are your go to #wildfood #recipes? #foraging #foragedfoods

Mental health day in New York City. It only took 15 years to get the #Broadway show. #SmashonBroadway

My schedule is all over the place and I haven't had two days off in a row which has me feeling overwhelmed. I wanted to get more done today but this is all I managed to do: two new #BotanicalArt #prints listed in my etsy shop. #jimsonweed and a the oriental #poppy. #witchsky #sciart #botany

"Although Justice Department lawyers acknowledge the mistake in Abrego Garcia's case, they say there is nothing federal officials can do because he is now in custody of another country." So, um... maybe don't send people to another country?

House finches cleaning up the winter bugs on my porch. I know they are there because my dog is losing her damn mind. I've never seen a dog want to fight birds so much. Sparrows? Hawks? Vultures? She stands on her hind legs and tries to bite the sky. #PapayaThePit #backyardnature

We'll be there, teaching about microplastics with Dr. Felker of PennState Berks!

I'm working on my taxes and the whole thing is infuriating- but even more so now. So I'm reminding myself that creating art and buying art is important self care. Look at things that make you feel good. My #botanicalart is on sale at ecobota.etsy.com til tax day if plants make you feel good.

I spent today embroidering pants and watching the original #RainbowBrite series because I was feeling quite nostalgic. BUT THEN I FOUND THE ITALIAN DUBS. Fun fact: she's called Iridella in Italian and this shall be how I practice language from now on.

Working on some scent work with Papaya in the yard and i heard the raspy and familiar call of the Eastern Phoebe! Had to check #merlin just to be sure. I've been tracking my backyard #phenology for 4 years now. They always arrive in this 72 hours of the year. Happy Spring! #ostara #witchsky

Extremely important update: the #Ramps i harvested during the solar #eclipse last April in Erie have awakened... under the lunar eclipse sky! I'll just note that my other patches of ramps have not yet shown a sign of emerging. #wildfood #witchsky #alliumtricoccum

Lazy Sunday of #botany. Making #herbarium #specimens and watching the West Wing. At least until the power goes out with this storm. Gotta get ready for spring craft fair season. And I need to get these all listed on my #etsy but I don't wanna... #pressedplants #sciart

Behold! My porch spider has risen from winter's slumber. Look at that cute little face. #wolfspider #spider #spring

Stitchy friends, I need ideas. I have a pair of khaki pants that are stained. I want to embroider a design all down the leg seam to disguise it/make it less obvious. But I can't commit to a design. I was thinking dogwoods but also maybe geometric? Please help! #embroidery #designhelp

Meanwhile in Mexico... www.reddit.com/r/WitchesVsP...

I am reposting this so I can find it again. This is WOOL. Not paint.

I rarely feel so seen on this end of the state. But true believers know that #hiddenValleyRanch is the one and only fried potato dipping sauce... THEN Heinz ketchup.

A little piece I wrote while back on talking about environment with kids using using storybooks www.creativetogether.ie/post/storyti... #worldbookday #environmentaleducation #climatechange

Working on my #italian comprehension through headlines. The US makes it hard though, each headline is more ridiculous than the last and I'm certain I'm mistranslation. But NOPE. Today's italian word of the day is fucilazione, which i gather is "firing squad" WHY ARE WE LIKE THIS

I gave in and bought a ton of #sewing thread and #embroidery floss from the local #joanns before everything was picked over. I also worked out for the first time in 3 weeks (boo flu!) You know spring is coming because I want to do things that are good for my mental health.

So i just used 5calls.org to let my reps know how absolutely embarrassing it was to watch that spectacle in the oval office yesterday. I feel like that's a pretty worthless gesture (like MCcormick does not give an f what I think) but i literally don't know what else we can even do.

Putting this here to keep it safe. It's important to know where to buy #fabric!

TIL @eve6.bsky.social covered Steal My Sunshine. So I listened to it (it's great, btw). Then the algorithm decided I must want Beck, and the Gin Blossoms, and Wheatus. And God did nostalgia hit me right in the feels. But here's the thing... #90skid #millennial

This friend just caused such a ruckus in my yard that my dog had to go investigate. Turns out he was scolding a barred owl. #nature #yellowbelliedsapsucker #natureinmybackyard

This is the ACTUAL white house Instagram account. This is not the onion. This is not a joke. This was actually posted by the real government entity. We are so effed. #americanpolitics

By now you probably saw the post going around of Brian Gibbs, an #EnvironmentalEducation ranger at NPS thst was let go on Friday. There's just so so much to unpack there. But (and I know better but) the COMMENTS. yes, I'm sure some (most?) are bots and trolls. But.. good lord.

I tested positive for the flu. It's worse when I lay down, so I've been trying to keep busy with some #visiblemending and #slowstitching on my old jeans. My #stitching buddy, #PapayaThePit helped keep me company on the couch.

Passports need to be renewed and reissued. Do i dare send in all that sensitive paperwork now or....? But i welcome advice from people who actually know more than me #usgovernment #documents #whatdoido

Interesting that this data has been there since a 2021 study, but the bill has only been introduced now that someone isn't trying to get reelected. I wonder what those extra years could have done...

Look at this resource I found! en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Pe... It's a list of the most common specific epithets in #botanical #nomenclature. Idk why I need this knowledge but I am SO HAPPY IT EXISTS. #botany #plantscience #science

No one likes us and we dont care. But also us. We don't like us. Why is #philly like this? #superbowl59 #superbowl #philadelphiaeagles

Being an adult is having meaningful work to do so you just unpack those boxes you shoved into a closet when you moved in 7 years ago, instead. #idontwannawork #butidonthaveadrumtobangonallday #adulting #procrastination

Today was a good day to stab things repeatedly. My #needlefelted #blackswallowtail #butterfly (Papilio polyxenes). You can see the specimen behind thst I used to get the field marks. Not my best work, but damn, it's HARD #needlefelt #sciart