Good things are still happening. You just have to look extra hard for them.

Lower the volume on the things that don’t need your attention right now. The world is loud. The news is relentless. The notifications pile up. And somewhere in the middle of it all, you are trying to think, to rest, to just be. Do something for YOU today!! ♥️

Hey everyone, happy Sunday. Check this out—I’m at it again. I was bored, so I decided to make something new just for fun and wanted to share. #zine #illustration #punkaestetic #art #drawings

Happy Pride Month!! ♥️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ If you're someone who needs a safe place to sit — the door's open.

🚨 BREAKING: Everything.

What if Waldo was never lost, but just didn’t want us to find him?

I feel kind of embarrassed and uncomfortable sometimes when I see Looney Tunes. It’s weird too because it does have some hot music and it was a standard for the animation we see today. What do you think? 🤔🙂

Lower the volume on the things that don’t need your attention right now. The world is loud. The news is relentless. The notifications pile up. And somewhere in the middle of it all, you are trying to think, to rest, to just be. Do something for YOU today!! ♥️

I’ve been planting some catnip for Sir Fixington today!! 😂♥️🐈‍⬛

The world’s been intense lately, so I channeled some of that energy into a new design: "All Hell Is Breaking Loose"

Mostly successful. おおむね成功ですっ☆

no shade to Rachel but please give love to indie writers like @froomkin.bsky.social who take on Big Media's clumsy normalization gop scheme to nullify black voices WILL FAIL. up to us white folks to make sure it does.

I wonder how many musicians are going to show up at the Summer Gathering this year!! ♥️

Are you getting excited about the Summer Gathering?? 🙂♥️

Easily the best part of my day!

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My plan seems to include a lot of vitamin D today!! How about you?? ☀️

We always have such a wonderful time at the Summer Gathering!!

The sands of time were eroded by the river of constant change.

When the rain washes away my sidewalk art it just gives me a fresh canvas to start all over again!!

I totally love to repurpose broken instruments!!

Good things are still happening. You just have to look extra hard for them.

This was from 2022. The feeling of screaming into the wind and hoping someone heard. I don't live there anymore. But I didn't burn it down either. This repair shop isn't an escape from who I was. It's what I’ve grown to become. ♥️

I have a favorite spoon and I’m not ashamed!!

We are small & part of something much bigger.🌞 This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows Messier 77 (M77), a barred spiral galaxy famous & appreciated among astronomers for its combination of relative proximity and spectacular features to study. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) #SheShed

What’s your favorite way to “touch grass”? You know, REALLY disconnect. I would love to hear them. ♥️

On my way back I grabbed a bite to eat and I just had to stop and take a picture of this.

When I’m at the music store I like to sometimes buy damaged instruments to hang around the shop as art!!

I love when musical things need fixing!! I especially love wrapping cords!!

Kintsugi is a way for us to honor the cracks.

If your brain feels like a cluttered workbench today, that's okay. You don't have to clean it all at once. Just pick up one thing. Look at it. Set it down. That's repair too.

Whenever people stop by they always tell me that the shop looks more like a museum and i can’t help but giggle.

So I’m at the garden shop and I keep saying to myself “2 bags of dirt Danielle, that’s it”. And it ends up being everything else too.

It had to have been second grades. My mom kept a crayon drawing I made of our family. We looked like potatoes with smiles. She said it was her favorite thing. I think she meant it.

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The world is becoming harsher for transgender people right now. Darkness stretches before and behind them, and the pain is growing. Their wish remains simple — to love who they love and live true to themselves🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 This is why we must join hands and change the world with compassion.

I remember that time I brought home a macaroni necklace. Glue everywhere. Pasta falling off. My mom wore it to the grocery store. That's not a gift. That's a flex. Moms are the original repair shop.

Hey guys, if you need someone to talk to, 988 is always open and they're trained for the really hard stuff. It’s ok to need something bigger than a simple hug. ♥️

Happy Mother’s Day!!

Sir Fixington approved a squeaky hinge repair today. His method: sit nearby, look wise. That’s why he is Chief Meowchanic.