how flime ties.

number two,  i just bottled little Festivus gifts from my indoor garden. which means i smell like a mixture of [...]]]> number one, and this is something nobody cares about but me, and it’s not like i *really care* about it, but it IS interesting to note: (*breathes!) this is my 3500th tweet evar.

how flime ties.

number two,  i just bottled little Festivus gifts from my indoor garden. which means i smell like a mixture of applecider- , tarragon-, and basil-vinegars, rosemary (that’s for remembrance), and sherry. i can’t overstate how glad i am to have a solution (to my Iron Gardener ³ problem) which works sustainably enough for me to have an indoor garden once again. this ‘buying herbs and veggies’ crap is strictly for the ‘burbs. ⁴ and i feel like not only are the plants the lung chakra of a home, it’s useful to put them in a window where other humans may see them, if they don’t have any of their own – if only to serve as a reminder, through endless grey february days, that spring will come again.

other little festivus gifts are going to be in hairpin-lace, tunisian-lace, et c. et c., and possibly in the form of ginger beer. depending on how well the cinnamon version comes out. because i’m badass, frankly.

number three (and how many licks *does* it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll tootsie pop, professor owl?) i’m still quite sick. i didn’t get as massive a wallop of it as mr. tillinghast did, but i got enough that i’ve been subsisting on cold meds for several days. it doesn’t help with the massive number of projects i’m involved with right now.

i am a Domestic Dissident.

also a Domestic Extremist.

i’m not sure i’ve gotten up into ‘terrorist’ league yet, but i’m working on it.

singing the Anvil Chorus as all of us on the upside of the rock take our annual funfilled magical mystery ride into the dark.

639m2 wall. 150+ colors. 1489 cans.

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nearly a year in the making.

she calls it “stylemachine.”

700Wall: MOLOTOW.

]]> i have never seen a concept wall on this scale. damn, woman.

639m2 wall. 150+ colors. 1489 cans.

Click here to view the embedded video.

nearly a year in the making.

she calls it “stylemachine.”

700Wall: MOLOTOW.

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My Fatal Sniping: Let Me Show You It.

i’m kind of mad for spatterdashes lately. i’m not too sure why. possibly it has something to do with never being able to find boots that don’t seem to be built for people with ankles proportionate to their feet – in other words, cankle boots, [...]]]> or,

My Fatal Sniping: Let Me Show You It.

i’m kind of mad for spatterdashes lately. i’m not too sure why. possibly it has something to do with never being able to find boots that don’t seem to be built for people with ankles proportionate to their feet – in other words, cankle boots, which all boots seem to be,  anymore.

this is a lot of four pairs of black jersey spats.  they seem to come complete with the label. there’s a size 6, a size 7, and two size 13s, which i’ll probably improve and sell on etsy to recoup some of my expense. i may replace the buttons on the others as well, just to make them a little flashier – i found something else that bespeaks clean and classic; something that evokes the Ideal Platonic Spat,  something like (after the jump) .  . .

something rather more like these.

thick woollens in a very dark olive.

such beautiful craftsmanship.

now i merely need to convince myself that i don’t really *need* this gown.

alas, the line between need and WANT is so blurry as to be excruciatingly arbitrary.

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i want to see this added to gymkhanas everywhere by the end of the year. chopchop, rally organizers.