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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Saw this at the garden centre when I stopped to get somepumpkins to turn into pies. I knew @thehemicane.bsky.social and @immcarvalho.bsky.social would apprciate the decorateive gourds

A bathtub full of decorative gourds of all the expected sizes, colours and shapes with some serious stem action going on. Luxuriating in the plethora of gourdage is a skelleton with a shower cap. Apparently a gourd tub is great for the old bones, or maybe really really bad for the skin, either way, our skelly friend is wearing a look of bliss. I feel the shower cap is more an atractive accessory than serving a purpose as skelly is bald.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We have all the colours and all the fog this morning. Autumn is delivering as promised.

Trees in a mixture of evergreen, deep red, all the oranges and some yellow. Mist in the distance obscuring the mountains. Grass and split rail cedar fence also.

Same view, different angle. Close up yellow leaves of a pear tree, new growth on a small fir tree, purple of some late blooming hydreangas giving the cooler temps the old one finger salute, in the distance cadars staying true and green and maples turning yellow, mist, low cloud and up top blie sky hinting at the warm sun to come. This has been a great fall for weather, more like the west coast falls I remember from when I was a kid and none of this seriously hot bullpoop of recent memory.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just a small family of gnomes. Pattern by Tracey Phillips. Any flaws are entirely me.

Crocheted gnomes that will sit in the palm of your hand. They have white beards and hats of various colours and small wooden bead noses. They can hang on a Christmas tree. Also seen a small crocheted octopus hanging onto a red and green crocheted Christmas ball. One gnome is sitting slightly to the side as though he doesn't want to be included in the photo.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There are no yummy bugs on the power pole but he keeps trying.

Pretty massive red headed woodpecker on our power pole. Cedar trees in the background. We have a couple pairs of woodpeckers every year but usually they are smart enough to go for our dead tree. My parents used to have one that pecked at their metal chimney so I guess a telephone pole is better than that.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I made a big fat wizard froggie. His stars glow in the dark. Pattern from CloverCrochet. Any imperfections are my own not the pattern.

Stuffed green crocheted frog with a blie wizard hat and cape. The cape has yellow star shaops that glow in the dark because even though the world kinda sucks sometimes there is still cool stuff. The cape is soooo soft and the whole thing is so squishy to hug. Don't tell my son. It's for Christmas because he loves wizards and he loves frogs and he still gets stuffies because I'm his mom and because he is an elementary school teacher and the students love it. Also he gets stuffies because he has 2 blackbelts and who is going to tell him he can't have a stuffy wizard frog?

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ozzie says happy Saturday and wants you to enjoy some sights from her walk

Evergreens, mostly cedars but also fir and hemlock as well as lower things like fern and nurse trees. Sun shining through with blue sky.

Chocolate lab walking along a wood path made to easily cross a small marshy area at the bottom of a forest floor. Lots of green stuff (trees and shrubs not swamp things)

Sturdy wooden bridge to cross a creek. Chocolate lab giving me the "walk now, photos later" look while in the middle of the bridge. The wood is new wood colour as it has recently replaced the old bridge. Lots of trees. All of is dappled in sun shining through

Small creek nearly hidden by lush native plant species. Trees on either side. Mostly evergreens but some maples too. Sun shining though the gap in the trees made by the creek. This is a salmon bearing creek farther down, they don't come up this far but it is treated as though they do because all water is connected. We are fortunate to have so many spaces like this where we live.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's kind of cool to grab an apple off your tree as you head out for a walk or an errand. Today we had to pick them all though because we saw the bear and had to harvest them before he did.

Red apple. Green leaves. It is shiny and delicious. No pesticides or fertianers other than last year's apples we shook off the tree and left for critters or to decompose back into the soil.

2 red apples with green leaved and some rain drops. They don't all look perfect like this. The kids sort them into Grade A, Grade B and Roll them down the driveway to see who can get them under the gate and acroos the road.

The bear. He is brown but he is a black bear if that makes sense. Pretty common around here and why we keep our garbage, etc in secure sheds and our car doors locked. He doesn't have a driver's license but he does like to chevk for granola bars in unlocked cars. We don't see him in our yard much, he prefers the neighbours with now dog and no fence but since the apples are ripe he was snooping around.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When you've had a bath and just can't get that Clean Dog smell off your fur.

Chocolate lab pushing her snout and shoulder along the ground with her hind quarters in the air. Don't worry, she chose the area of lawn with the best chance of getting dirt back in her fir. Her ear is flopped up mid whipparound. Trees amd greenery in the background.

Same dog going the other direction in the same pose. This will go on about 20 minutes or so. She was a good girl for her bath and got lots of treats. Side note, watering lawn in the summer is frowned upon here and she chose the part of our yard with the most direct sunlight to make the most of the brownest grass to get as much dirt picked up as possible. Fortunately her water resistant outer coat doesn't swiffer as well as she'd like. You can see she didn't choose the area of our yard with less direct sunlight that stays green all year. That would have a lower roll to dirt ratio.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sitting in my wingback chair that I bought because it seemed like something my granny would have liked, reading a book and eating peanut butter pie (think tiger butter taste) off a bamboo kids' plate because I'm bougie like that.

Graham crust, cheesecake like filling, choclate ganauche on top with a few peanuts. Blue plate with a mouse on it and it says cheese please. I have no little kids but some of my friends do so I keep a set around. They're also great for taking back and forth to the patio because they don't break but to be honest it isn't as if we're juggling or especially clumsy with our other plates when we take them outside and if they land on our hardwood flooring they'd fare no better than landing on the deck outside but I never claimed to make sense. Except that earlier post about high heels in the house being nonsense. I stand by that.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Mug from the Book Corner at Guildford mall. It is a cool set up with comfy chairs set to look like a bougie den or library where all proceeds from books and bookish merch go to the Surrey Firefighters' library & literacy initiatives. Naturally we had to buy books and stuff. 📚📖

Glass mug filled with oolong tea. It says "Treat your shelf" on it in white lettering. Also an outline of an open book in white.
. It is sitting on an owl coaster with our trees in the background.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This amazing quilt is hanging at our library right where you sign out books. Even the names on the spines are embroidered.

1.5m x 2m approx, maybe larger I didn't measure. That would have been weird, even for me. Hanging on a grey wall. The quilt looks like a loaded book shelf with many books, a clock, a fruit bowl and dragon flies. Many of the names on the spines of the books are people who made donations to the library. It looks like a painting and is lovely

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

That's dirty pool Betty Crocker. We know where you're made. Not today, Betty. Not today.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

At the public library today and they have a tribute to Dolly. Apparently some items had alread been borrowed since the display went up.

A honey coloured wooden book shelf decorated with pearls and some teardrop shaped prisms (the most sparkle the library could come up with on short notice with zero budget) and some of Dolly's movies, music and various books by her or about her or inspired by her. The top shelp has a page sized printed poster in pink with a kiss on it that reads The Queen of Country Dolly Parton. Even the library misses you, Dolly

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

They make delicious ice cream and I have also only heard good things about them. Funny. I took this photo yesterday to shout out this flavour I just discovered but didn't get around to posting it.

Photo is a Chapman's 2L ice cream container. It is round and made of cardstock. The photo shows 3 scoops of chocolate ice cream with swirls of caramel and peanuts. It has a caramel colorued banner with Chocolate with Salty Caramel and Peanuts written on it in white. An awesome Canadian flag waving in the wind is pictured at the top next to the name Chapman's. (Their espresso frozen yogurt is also 🤌). This container happens to be empty becuase it gets gobbled pretty quick in (Canadian made) cones around here. Chapman's is good ice cream you can feel good about eating.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I found these for my son to use in his classroom library so his students can borrow his books old school style. Of course I had to explain to him what they were first.

1 package of envelopes to be glued into the front of a book and one packape of the sign out cards they used to ise in libraries, the kind with spots for title, author, borrower's name and date. Back when people used to write things instead of just scan them and you could see the borrowing history of the book.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Ozzie has had a hard morning of snarfing left over pancakes, laying in the sun and chasing the squirrel

Chocolate lab stretched out over 3 spots on the couch. She has blankets and she is tuckered out. It has been a long morning of dog jobs. Also a large plaid pillow, and a window looking out to grass and trees with stuffies, books, Cinderella's fairy godmother and a Mandalorian cup from the movie theatre.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I think my orchid has alien probes 👽🌺

Green, snakelike probes coming out of a white plant pot. Some dead petals that have fallen off the beautiful flowers. The flowers are clearly a diversion from the sinister probes. Now that I look with an open mind, the flowers themselves have a vaguely Micheal Bay Decepticon face.

White orchids looking beautiful and innocent but are they innocent? I am not so sure. Upside, they have comeback 3 years in a row. Or possible downside now that I see the alien probes they are hiding.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@thehemicane.bsky.social Cole was wearing a hat for a few minutes yesterday and it made me think of Hemi

Black short haired cat sitting on a foot stool. He is wearing a blue hat kind of shaped like a traffic cone. It is crocheted and for a gnome I am making. And yes, those are Skylander stickers on the shelving unit in the background. If your children are the right age to have experienced Skylanders, you will recognize these stickers. If your children had a grandmother that made it her mission to make sure her grandsons had as many Skylanders as possible (one each because they carried the saved game data and who wants to use his brother's Eyebrawl game data?), then you will also have crates of these things somewhere in your house because they still get played for Nastalgia purposes. And Robin Hood is kickin it in the background too

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you liked the reseeding snap dragon from a couple weeks ago, maybe you'll appreciate a pop up fern I keep not trimming

Small green fern about 10cm high growing at the edge of a paving stone pathway. It is an area that is supposed to be properly trimmed and I trim the rest of it, I promise, but I go around this little guy. He has buddies I go around too because baby native species 😍 Moss/grass is also in the photo

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My boy Kirby. I used the round cushion pattern from Yarnspirations for the circle and then made up the feet, arms and face based on suggestions from my kids.

Pink, circular, crocheted throw pillow about 35cm in diametre. It has triangleish blob shaped flippers (or arms, not sure if Kirby has arms or flippers), red round shoes (more cylindrical actually but you can't tell from this angle), rosey cheeks (very important to Mr Dee that they weren't forgotten), a smiley mouth and oval black eyes with white circles at the top and blue not circles but I don't know what that shape would be called at the bottom. I made the appendages up myself and didn't write it down so they don't match because I couldn't remember exactly what I did from one to the other. I was inspired to make him because a pack of 6 pillow inserts was marginally more expensive than one so when I made the baseball pillow for which I needed one I then had to come up with an additional 5 designs. Necessity being the mother of invention or buying a 6 pack being the mother of "Holy crap, what will I do with 5 more pillows?" Now you know.
He is sitting on an old leather chair I snatched when my dad was getting rid of it

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I am a sucker for a well lit path at dusk.

Path leading down to the beach (beach not shown) but it could be leading sonewhere magical with fairies and small dragons who like biscuits because all eodded paths can lead there. Wooden fence helping hold up the bank on the left and wooden railing stoppibg folks from tumbling off on the right. Various sorts of trees growing up on either side and meeting in the middle. Really, if you're quiet you might hear the magical creatures, if you're not as quiet you'll still hear the seagulls letting you know they are there.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Here is a balloon flower for you. Take care

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If a tidy, ornate garden is your thing then you will probably think I'm a bad gardener but if a garden where snap dragins are allowed to reseed themselves willynilly is more your thing then I have the place for you

Bunch of orange/yellow/red snap dragons bursting out of a crack between my pavers. They look ready to burst into song Disney style at any moment. Cedar fence post in the background, concrete paver in the foreground. When I tun my back I'm pretty sure I hear a tiny chorus. Also Jack Reacher was right, snap dragons have a cool name and they're hard to kill.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

If you would care to join me for some tea this morning, I have an extra chair or two. Have a lovely day, folks.

Blue adorondak style chair with a Mary Poppins mug of tea. A Disney plate that had toast (I can make you more and probably round up a blackberry scone) and a book open on a planter. Several shrubs and 2 trees immediately surrounding the chair with a small, wine barrel (did they move the comma on this ohine keyboard) a small red out building and more trees in the background. A hummingbird is humming around, a rooster is off in the distance doing his thing and several local birds are sharing their thoughts. Oh, the other neighbour's rooster just joined the chorus.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My son went to some sort of nerd* convention and brought me home this Pikmin 😍 *nerd is a term of endearment in our house & is not meant with any disrespect & encompasses many forms of media, sports, cars & IP fandom

Yellow crocheted or maybe knitted Pikmin. It looks a bit like a teletubby with 2 eyes and a kind of teardrop shaped head. The tip of the teardrop is elongated and droping with a flower on it. If you have never played/experienced Pikmin, you have missed out on a warm, sweet hearted experience. And they are so cute trooping around in their little cooperative groups. We could learn a lot from Pikmins. I'm not sure the correct term for many Pikmin. This one about 15cm tall.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My lilacs are getting their second set of blooms and attracting visitors

Pale yellow and black undeside (scandalous) of a butterfly sitting on a small lilac coloured (some are white but not this one) lilac bloom. Greenery and a split rail cedar fence in the background.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Postmaster Sid now has his own official post card.

Postcard of a ginger cat stamping a latter while wearing an old postie hat. It has an old timey look. It says "Greetings from Whonnock, BC Small Office.Big Community. Serving Whonnock and Beyond with Care simce day one"
Postmaster Sid is a real, live ginger cat who loves at the post office and he has a little postie hat. I am not sure how many postie duties he actually performs but judging by his tummy he does not serve in the position of actually walking to any mail boxes. He is, however, a hard working embassador for the post office. I framed the postcard because duh, cuteness.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

My kids agree with you. They want me to take the stuffing out and make it into a hat.

Chocolate lab with a crocheted jellyfish on her head. Stuffed spider looks on, awaiting his turn with the hat.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I have no idea what I am going to do with a jellyfish this size but I was determined to make it. I found the pattern on Etsy and any mistakes are mine.

Blue and green crocheted jellyfish about the size of a volleyball. It has long curly tentacles or legs or tendrils or whatever they are called on a jellyfish and a smiley face. It is sitting on a stack of books in front of a window. Any ideas what I am supposed to do with a jellyfish?

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

If you can't plant a tree, plant a lavender plant. They thrive in pots or in the ground, are drought tolerant, the polinators love them and you can make tea out of them.

Large lavender plant with many purple blossoms, green leaves and a bee. I get so many bees and butterflies around my lavender plants and my son uses them to make tea - the plants not the bees and butterflies, that would just be wrong. And gross. This particular plant is in tje ground and nearly 1m across. I have smaller, tamed ones in planters on my deck.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Made a little kitty. As always, any flaws in the pattern are my own inexperience, not a problem with the DIY Fluffies patter www.mariskavos.nl/free-cat-cro...

Green crocheted kitty cat. Apparently his name is Kevin he is a soft green with emerald green stripes, black eyes and a pink nose. He sits atop a Union Jack trunk in which I keep all my crochet gear and yarn that I have collected in the 5 months. He now lives with my son's gf and probably not on top of a Union Jack trunk.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The rare baseball spider (Someone tossed a crocheted baseball pillow on the couch and it landed a spider stuffy but now I want to make an actual crocheted baseball spider. Stay tuned. Or don't because you probably have better things to do)

A black stuffy spider (it was a great deal at an after Chrostmas sale and my son amd I grabbed for my other son but we had no bags so he carried it around the mall like a football for an hour) on a grey couch with a crocheted baseball throw cushion sittin on top of it giving it the illusion that the spider's abdoman is a baseball. The spider has big eyes with a googley look but they are embroidered. He is friendly and very soft. If you look close you can see a Jack Skellington pillow tucked in behind. Rest assured our other couch in our other room has proper throw pillows.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Made my son another turtle. Keeping up with the theme, this one is named Boost to go along with Turbo and Nos. Pattern from themaryjay.com

Crocheted turtle with a mixed green shell and green head, feet and tail. Black, shiny eyes. He's sitting, or I guess standing (do turtles sit? They're always on their feet son I guess they're standing desk sort of folks) on a grey couch. He's contemplating his existence

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Our octopus has a pal. No, I don't need more crocheted octopi. Yes, I will be making more. Why? No idea

Purple hand sized crocheted octopus sitting on a Union Jack trunk.It has a very serious look on its face. Like "Why am I sitting on this Union Jack box? Was a Saltire not available? Or at least a lilac where my colour makes more sense? Who's in charge here anyway? This is preposterous."

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Because doesn't everyone have a Monster Hunter action figure joining them for dinner and pulling up a 118 year old copy of a Washington Irving novel to get comfy?

Spikey looking mainly blue armoured humanoid figure sitting politely with his hands on his knees as though he is about to join the conversation. He sits atop a burgundy book with gold lettering that is on top of another book. West Coast Seeds catalogue under those. This chap has been chillin' there for about a week now. Middle son cleaned the kitchen and set him up all dignified like. Youngest son will eventually take him to the shelf where he belongs (the action figure, not his brother) but probably not until we have company over, but fancy company, not my aunt who is visiting tomorrow, she'd be offended if he was put away for her visit.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I crocheted this little guy from Gloden Maple Designs.

Hand sized crocheted octopus fin a sea green/aqua/blue yarn. He has black shiny eyes and curly legs. I will probably make a gang of them because who doesn't need a gang of hand sized octopi? They can hang out with my troop of little jellyfish. Apparently I have a penchant for crocheting mini sea creatures.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I made a Sackboy from Little Big Planet. He wants to know if you want to play some games

Crocheted Playstation Sackboy. He is brown with black shiny eyes. I haven't found a good zipper for him yet. He is about to play some games and is sitting behind a PS3 controller on a grey couch. There is a colourful quilt my aunt made me in 1993 behind him on the couch. He has enormous hands and a big smile. Don't under estimate him, he can do grand things and his game is narrated by Stephen Fry so he is extra happy because if Stephen was narrating your adventures, you'd be smiling too

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

And people wonder why I enjoy hanging my laundry on the line so much. I don't hear these guys in my laundry room.

Screen shot of the Merlin app telling me I hear American Robins, Cedar Waxwings and Swainson's Thrush. Don't know who Swainson was but he's got his own thrush which is cool. Ooh, and as I type I just heard a flicker so suck it laundry room.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

My son chose the pattern & yarn for my biggest project yet. It was fun. Any flaws are my lack of experience not the instructions. The instructions were great & the patterns in the book are lovely. The book is from @craftyintentions.bsky.social & I purchased it from my local indie bookstore

Crocheted kraken about 40com tall with fins. It is made out of granny square yard in red, purple very pale pink, hot oink and dark burgundy yarn. 17 chose the pattern and the yarn.

Mighty kraken overseeing his undersea domain (undersea domain is a fish pond made out of a barrel with a couple of ornamental frogs, some lilyoads and water lettuce) One must not scoff at another's undersea domain

Otherside of the same multicoloured kraken. He is giving you a look. He has 10 legs and is squishy to hug. Currently sitting on a cedar fence post because he can do what he wants.

Crochet pattern book called Crochet Creatures of Myth and Legend by Megan Lapp. Highly recommend.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Toy Traders again. 100 photos wouldn't do it justice

Human sized robots from a movie I can't recall right now. Along with parphanelia from several other intellectual properites.

That's a life sized Alien coming out of the wall about 5' above my head. And the ghostbusters sign glowing. Who ya gonna call?

Yes, that is a Death Star comint out of the wall. It has to be 3 or 4 metres in diametre. And if you look closely you can see it is fully populated with baddies. But don't worry, the good guys are attacking

See? Told you the good guys had it under control. Wall of Xwings and various support ships attacking the bad guys from the other photo. You can also see Ewoks on the ground in their village engaged in battle. Also the earth based restroom where you can relieve yourself because you've been in this massive store for hours forgetting you have other stops on your errands today.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

If you are any kind of nerd and you're ever in the Metro Vancouver area, you should hit up Toy Traders. That Groot is floor to warehouse roof. And those Muppets are life sized. And zoom in on the Masters of the Universe scene. And they have them for Star Wars, GI Joe, Marvel and others

The grumpy theatre critics fro. The Muppets mounted in their viewing box about 2 stories up. Sproting from their theatee box is ET in the forest. The wall is painted like sky. I made sure to snap this photo for Hemicane and Horizons who are the biggest Muppet fans I know

Masters of the Universe battle sece set up with the actual toys oldies like me remember from childhood. The whole scene is mounted on the wall above the shelving and is 10 or more feet tall. It is worth a zoom in for the details. I coulf either take detailed photos to show you the attention to detail or wider ones to show you the extant. You can see which I chose.

Groot. All of him. Those shelves are taller than me and I'm a little over 5'10" There's also some Ewoks doing battle around his head. And Bugs with hs 3D glasses. The whole store is like this. If you can think of an IP, there is some tribute to it, nevermind the vast quantities of treasure you can purchase.

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deelancaster.bsky.social @deelancaster.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Last day of Minnie's month. I made this pin display board in Minnie's style to match a similar one I made using Mickey as the model

Cork board cut in the shape of Minni's ear icon shape. You know it's Minnie because of the bow I cut out of wood and painted red with white polka dots. It is covered in mamy Disney pins, some of them are Minnie insoired but not all. I may have too many pins. We don't talk about that.

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