I think the big difference between dog owners in the US and dog owners in the Caribbean is that in the US they let dogs onto the furniture. Caribbean people think dogs should stay on the floor.
Chris got a nice big squash from a neighbouring farmer the other day so tonight I roasted it and made some squash soup! I’m also on a sort of fast in that I’m not eating any meat for a while so I also bought some pumpkin and made soup with that too.
They’re both nice and creamy and taste delicious and I sat there wondering why I don’t make this stuff more often. I love soup. I especially love creamy vegetable soups. And it’s really easy to make a huge pot of it.
Anyway I think I have enough soup now to feed an army so if anybody wanna come over for a bowl just bring some garlic bread.
Naturally Erupted Elephant Rock in Heimaey in Iceland
I’ve often seen pictures of the elephant’s head, and have been amazed by it every time. But I’d never seen the picture from above, showing the whole body/tail and trunk. It’s incredible from this angle, and am convinced it is a real ancient mega elephant turned to stone by a dark or benevolent force long forgotten.
I don’t know what is going on with the air here lately but my sinuses and my asthma have really been acting up. I’ve had to sleep without my A/C several nights because I kept waking up with asthma coughing fits. I don’t know where the humidifier is. I’m just surviving on saline spray and ventolin lately.
Coin from the 8th century, minted by Saxon king Offa in Britain. This coin is designed to look like coins from the Abbasid Dynasty based in Baghdad, which would have been the richest and most advanced society known to people in early medieval Britain. It was not uncommon for western Europeans to mimic Islamic designs during this period.
The good thing about making prototypes is that I get to keep them! So today I got reacquainted with my jewelry saw and decided to tackle these pieces. I’ve been looking to outsource them but it’s been cost prohibitive. So I decided the next best thing was to do it myself. I think I finally figured out the sawing technique that’s been eluding me. And not a moment too soon. I’ll be making these available by custom order soon! In the meantime I’m gonna go flounce around in my pair 💃🏽
I think I’ve finally achieved a shade of blue patina that I’ve been looking for. This one is much more distinguishable from the green. Now to clean up and polish these pieces 🤗
I didn’t know until several years ago that the random words and chattering I was able to perceive sometimes was me picking up dead people.
I’ve been able to see spirits since I was a kid (and other non-human entities) and it’s not something I particularly enjoy but it doesn’t happen that often. More often I perceive them energetically, or though scent. Sometimes they touch me (that’s always a trip). It wasn’t until I had a reading one day that I was told that I was also hearing them and when the readers explained what it sounded like I was like, oh is that what that is?
It tends to happen when I’m relaxed, like right before I fall asleep. It mostly sounds like just layers of people talking where you can pick out one or two words but mostly it’s just babbling. I’ve had incidents where things were said very clearly into my ear as if someone was standing right next to me and it’s a really freaky experience. Usually those come when I’m wide awake. But the other stuff just sounds like noise. I’ve never tried to develop the ability to tune in any closer cause frankly I’m not interested. It’s just psychic chatter. I’m not a medium (or I don’t want to be). But at least I know what it is now, I used to be kinda confused as to why I was hearing voices after I turned off the tv. So yeah, I hear dead people.
I’ve been getting a lot of *those* blogs following me lately for some reason. I don’t consume that here (or anywhere else) so I don’t know why. It angers me that in order to actually block it on the app I have to visit their page. There HAS to be a less invasive way to do this man. Find a fucking way @staff
I started watching Pose last night and if for nothing else, watch it for the amazing soundtrack. Also one of the main characters is from our sister isle of Tobago and she’s amazing in it. But aside from all of that I’m really enjoying it and it’s reminding me what the world was like in 1987.
I just realised I left on all the lights in my studio and forgot to put those pieces in the kiln I meant to fire. Meh. It’s 12:30 and I’m the little spoon. I’m not moving.
Well the logo is the rainbow flag. If I put anymore colour in it people will get sick lol.. This is what I came up with… on brand as much as I could while keeping with the theme
I’m going to be attending a gay pride market next week so I was looking online for some visuals to create some artwork to post on my Instagram. Something that would go with my branding.
There really is no subtlety with a rainbow is there? This one is just going to have to be different from my regular theme.
one of the best moments in television. and one of the best tributes they ever did for Michael
i reblogged this 4 times and regret nothing
JANET WENT FOR BLOOD THAT NIGHT! EPIC!!!
This made me tear
This was not “one of the best” this was by far THE best Michael Jackson tribute to date. Watching Janet perform you could feel the emotion through the television. I will never forget that moment.
I had some errands to run today and I got really angry while on the road thinking about this near accident I almost got into a couple weeks ago.
I was coming down a hill approaching and intersection and the car in front of me was going really slow and I was concerned we would miss the light, which was still green. So I pop my horn at her and she starts to speed up toward the intersection so I’m like good I’ll make it cause I’m right behind her. I was trying to be somewhere on time so I was a little anxious.
Anyway this bitch gets to the white line and is about to cross when the light turns amber and what does she choose to do? A hard brake. So I’m in my big heavy car coming down a hill right behind her having just accelerated thinking we was going, and had to lightning fast slam on my brakes as hard as I could and of course I would be on the only patch of road that was wet so my car picks up a skid. I can tell immediately that I’m not gonna hit her cause I wasn’t going fast but the terror of helplessly sliding into another car is still there. She hears my brakes screech so she inches forward too to save her ass from getting hit and I just want. to. cuss.
I sat there at the light shaking, half in anger and half from the shock of her utter stupidity. I had to light a cigarette to calm me down. When the light changes we move off and for what fucking reason I don’t know this girl is crawling. On a highway. I can’t drive behind her anymore because my nerves are already shot and now I’m getting mad. So I get in the next lane to pass her. And as I drive past her I look directly into her car at her. And she will not make eye contact with me and looks straight ahead. And I’m like, “Yeah you’re right not to look at me. Cause you know you did SHIT.” And I drove off and made it to my friend’s house in one piece and after a glass of wine I was fine-ish again. But the incident has stayed with me weeks later and I’m still feeling shaky driving these days. And could you tell? I’m still really fucking mad at that dumb bitch.
But things work out, you know. Even if it doesn’t feel OK for a long time, or even if it feels like things will never be OK again, (things) work out in the end.
“You’ve already been through so much. So many battles have been won. And with each victory, another block has been added to your tower of experience. Keep on chugging forward, even through the hard times, and keep on building that masterpiece of yours.”
When you have important things to get done and you have a thing for tropical 🌴 themes you take along your notepad that you got from @paper.addicttt. I use this notepad every day. 💗Love it!💗
Girl With Disability Gang-Raped By 22 Men For 7 Months In India, Police Say
This book is supposed to be the last word when it comes to patina. I only just remembered to open it last night. It reminded me that I’ve wanted to get copper sulfate for the longest time. Anyone know where I can buy some locally?
I’m really tired of this “I don’t see colour” and “I don’t think race should matter” bullshit point of view. Black and brown people don’t have the luxury of ignoring our skin colour when it has been weaponized against us for centuries. Seriously people need to shut the fuck up and learn to fucking listen to the experiences of POC. Your opinion is not wanted or relevant.
Copper banana leaf earrings. Extremely lightweight, these are 3” long and available with sterling or gold filled ear hooks. Each pair has an anti tarnish coating to preserve the colour. They come in plain, or blue or green patina (pics to follow). Available by custom order. DM for details💗
Its hard to give feedback when the work is so darn amazing and I know I don’t have a lick of talent when it comes to the art you produce. So I am just all amazed and admiring and even though I don’t say it because it feels like waterfalls of praise when I say something because it is all so gorgeous.
I disagree the coverage looks better on the left where the right….looks like an accident where the left looks intentional. Does that make sense? Still amazing gorgeous both.
They still need to be cleaned and polished so a lot of the patina will be coming off anyway. They will look more uniform once that happens. I’m seeing the difference more now than before. The studio was dark when I took the picture.
They are pretty similar, but I like the blue more than the green!
I’m seeing it on the laptop now and there’s a more marked difference than I thought. My studio was dark when I took the picture. I really like the blue too!
I was experimenting with some different patina recipes on these mango leaf earrings. The one on the left is supposed to create a blue patina effect, the right is the green that I used before. I’m disappointed that there’s so little difference between the two 😒. I have another patina recipe to try but it’s time consuming. I may just stick to green. What do you guys think? Would you be interested in the blue or nah?
As someone that has grown up surrounded by beaches and done surf life saving, I know how the sea works. Lots of people dont. Every summer multiple tourists die here because they don’t respect the sea, if you’re going to the coast, here’s a thing I saw on Facebook.
So we got invited to this thing our friend threw for world cup finals that his company paid for (cause he’s the boss) and it was free drinks and food for all of us. And my god I ate SO much food and drank SO much beer (and juice and coffee and water) and I am SO stuffed. I’d be disgusted with myself but it was so worth it plus hello freeeeee! I was gonna work but fat chance. Netflix and nap!
I bought a bunch of fresh herbs from a guy on the street today (thyme, chives and such) and then had to go to a garden shop and when I got back into my car it smelt so wonderful. It just made me want to cook. I’m looking forward to making something yummy with it tomorrow wait no world cup finals monday.
Study of a section of the Hilton of Cadboll Stone, carved around 800AD in Northern Scotland. Amazing ingenuity from an anonymous craftsman. Music is Clouds in Pink by Oskar Ehrnberg on Soundcloud.
Do they have any sort of tech shop where you’re at? We have a tech shop where you can learn to use a laser cutter 3-D printer different tools and you just pay a small fee to use their stuff
Gosh no if they had that we’d all be lining up to use it, it would be a dream. If I had the money I’d open something like that myself cause we sure could use it.
Y’know I reblogged this a bit ago and was saved from financial probation and getting kicked out of school because of it, just mere months from graduation. Got a call from the financial aid advisor telling me that they made a mistake with filing my account (or some other sort of clerical error) and said that, basically, they owe me money. Welp.
Last time I reblogged the money cat, I won two $100 gift cards at work.
I know it sounds crazy but I can tell a real Texas accent on tv vs an actor who’s just trying to do some southern something. It’s different. I can’t explain it.
I think there are subtleties that only a native speaker can hear. I’ve never heard anyone imitate our accent successfully. Granted it’s a tough one but something always sounds off.
It’s 8pm and I just finished work in the studio. Took a shower and I’m trying to get out of my towel and into some sort of clothing so I can make myself something to eat.
I need another me to take the night shift. I’m actually looking into oursourcing some of my designs but I’m having a hard time finding the price point I’m looking for. But I can’t see myself making these pieces they’re so time consuming and I’d have to use my jeweler’s saw… and well that’s not happening. Anybody have a friend with a lazer cutter?
Heat resistant gloves because I’m about to open the kiln. When you’re dealing with hot metals, as I often am, you have to observe proper precautions and safety measures. I have had very few accidents or burns in my time as a jeweler. All have been extremely minor. Safety first is my motto.
I started watching the second season of Anne with an E on Netflix today (apparently I had watched the entirety of the first season, I have no recollection) and they have a Trinidadian character on it (they call him Trinidad, very original) who is working on a ship with Gilbert Blythe. They actually visit late 1800′s Trinidad on the show.
Now the actor (or any of the other so-called Trinis) is definitely not a Trini, which of course upset me because there are lots of actors out there with Trini roots who could do our accent properly. For those of you who haven’t heard it, we don’t sound anything like Jamaicans, we have a very distinct accent with a sing-song rhythmic quality that is very hard to imitate.
To his credit, dude wasn’t even really trying which actually was a good thing because a bad imitation Trini accent sounds a lot worse than a generic Caribbean-sounding accent which is what he did. HOWEVER, the one thing I was really happy about was that either they have a Trini writing for them or they did some serious research because they got the food right, the alcohol right (babash anyone?), and even slipped in some slang. I don’t know if we used to word mook in the 1800′s or if somebody was just having a laugh but I appreciated it nonetheless. The Trinidad they presented was really authentic and that warmed my heart. I’m grateful they made the effort. But like seriously cast a damn Trini to play a Trini, I’m tired of hearing our accent get butchered.
I read something last night and it was talking about making decisions from a place of knowingness in your soul. It said that if the idea makes your heart expand then it is the right thing to do. I thought it was a beautiful and simple form of guidance.
Is mango season! As a tribute to my favourite fruit (why is there no mango emoji!) I’ve created these bronze mango leaves. They’re 2.5” long and have an anti-tarnish coating so they will maintain their bright colour. No need to polish ever! DM for price ❤️
Damn, I guess I assumed you were in a bourgie part of the country ����
I was. You don’t have to live in the hood in Caracas to see violence. I saw quite a bit of it there. It’s a country with a high level of gun ownership and the laws at the time (not sure what it’s like now) were such that if you helped a victim of a crime you were automatically assumed involved and thrown into jail. So people would get hurt, maimed, shot, beaten and would just lay there and no one would lift a finger. Not everything I saw was near my home, but the one time I actually saw a man get shot in front of me was a few minutes away from our house. We were driving, now coming off a busy street and I saw two men running on the grass and a man in a car in front of us pulled over and got out with a gun in his hand and ran one of them down and shot him and then went after the other one. It seemed like no one else noticed what was happening, not even my parents in the car. I stared in disbelief and we just kept driving and went home. But outside and around Caracas I saw shooting victims more than once. And there was always a LOT of blood.
They use altogether too little fake blood on tv when someone gets shot. In real life it doesn’t look like a splotch on your shirt it looks more like a river. But then I guess no one wants to see that.
I have no idea why these thoughts pass through my mind.
Opinions wanted. So I made these copper banana leaf earrings and left one in in its raw state and coated the other one with green patina. What’s your preference?
So of course one of the banana leaves broke. I actually overfired them (note to self do not program kiln while talking on the phone) but for some reason the other pieces look fine but these two came out all cruddy. I cleaned up the good one, it looks better than this photo (gold colored metal is very hard to photograph), but I’m questioning if I have the stamina to repair the other side or even make a new piece. Ughhhhhhh.
In the kiln right now. Firing two sides of pieces that broke and two banana leaves. I’m probably never gonna make those ever again omg too much work! But I’m ambitious and stubborn, I had to see if I could do them. Let’s hope these babies come out of the firing in one piece. #causeiwillcuss #metalclay #leaves #prometheusclay
The only sweet thing I have in the house is ice cream but it is NOT what I want. I want creme brulee or flan or chocolate mousse or tiramisu. I know how to make all of these things myself but at 11:30 on a night when I had watermelon for dinner because I was too tired to cook, I am unlikely to make anything to satisfy my sugar cravings.
I spoke to my friend today, the one who had kept something really big in his life from me. We straightened it out. We had a long talk and got it all out.
Once I cooled down I was able to see the situation for what it was and realised that it wasn’t personal. I understand why he did what he did. I also realised that a lot of the information I was getting was second- and third-hand information which we both agreed made things a lot worse. The reality is that he did something small that snowballed into something huge which was when I found out about it. And at that point he was just trying to contain the situation.
We’ve been friends since our freshman year of college. Good friends. We’ve been through a lot together. After I got past my anger I remembered who he was. And who we are. All is good. I knew it would be in the end. We both did.
soulsistrin 