My friend recent went to the beach and shared some of the pictures with me. I wanted to capture some of the beautiful colors we see in our summer sunsets here in Washington State. I dare say they rival some of the sunsets I used to see when I lived in Florida.

I hope you all are off to a good week! if we can be anything this week I hope e can find at least one opportunity to Bee Kind to a stranger this week. Luvs to you all!

Have a good week!

Cosplay is not consent but why can't people say they ship your characters???

It puts the cosplayer you're saying that to in an incredibly uncomfortable spot. What am I even supposed to say to that, especially as someone who is very romance-averse? Especially considering how people react when you say you don't like their ship. Not to mention the fact that it sounds like a pick-up line. I'm always a little worried people who say that kind of thing are actually hitting on me, which is rough!

It's somewhere on a similar level, to me, as people forgetting actors are not the characters they're playing.

After almost a decade on this site, I found another Tumblr user in the wild. I stopped to tie my shoe with rainbow laces this morning outside the silversmith at Colonial Williamsburg, and I heard it.

“I like your shoelaces.”

Oh. Oh no.

I responded the only way I could. “Thanks.” And then I reluctantly added, “I stole them from the president…and if that makes sense to you, I’m very sorry.”

The poor man, in full Colonial dress, stared at me for a long moment. And then burst into laughter. And said, “I haven’t thought about that in YEARS and this has never happened to me before.”

Yeah. Me neither. Not until today.

Mantle, Peruvian, Paracas-Nasca, South CoastEarly, Intermediate Period, Phase 1AD 1-100, Peru, South Coast.

Design: rows of shaman figures with heads thrown back, worked solidly with wool.

Camelid fiber plain weave embroidered with camelid fiber in stem-stitch, 142 x 241 cm (55 7/8 x 94 7/8 in.)

Everything I've ever done with fibre since then is at least partially influenced by that experience. It also happens to be my means of gainful employment now. What I work with in a modern industrial factory is nowhere near as cool as this. But it struck me now in retrospect, just how much that visit to the museum aged six has meant for me, and that's probably part of why textiles like this keep getting me in the feels, so to speak. Native American*) weavers, my hat off to you, you're all amazing.

if you would like to spite the really mean people even more today, consider donating to raices con voz. they're a student-led organization in los angeles, who deliver food and essential supplies to immigrant families who can't leave their homes due to the ICE raids. More information about them here

in keeping with tradition, here is a link to unicef's fund for emergency health supplies and services for survivors of the venezuela earthquakes.

here is another link for manos in action, an organization that delivers supplies, such as food and childcare items, to latin american immigrants in central florida. I've participated in one of their local food drives; they're great. if you're not local to central florida, you can always donate money.

(proto-slavic and proto-finnic respectively; words are unlikely to be related)