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probably not a cryptid? nyc born and raised; you have now been warned

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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
without downloading new pics, describe your gender:
in theory, it's a sink. kind of. it's not much of a sink, though. just the most essential plumbing, and doesn't really operate like one anymore. but like you look at it and see a sink or something that used to be one and that isn't wrong exactly. we're just going with 'sink' based on the visual, really.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
was it pushed back internationally? 🥺 (this is a barnes & noble email)
a screencap of an email i just received about my worst man pre-order saying the publisher changed the book's release date to mid october and they expect it to ship 10/13
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
i have never even read tomie and i should, but i don't think this image is ever going to be anything besides "this is what bpd feels like" to me i more often describe it as a demon i keep restrained in my head that still screeches terrible things nonstop, but this is the best visual representation
an iconic panel from junji ito's tomie, where she is glancing offscreen smiling calmly but a monstrous face (like hers but scarred and warped horrifically) is emerging from the side/back of her head with its eyes wide and teeth bared
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
hey you in the #nyc metro area!!! have you ever wanted to #foster a #rescuedog????? the nycacc is wildly over capacity and is contacting rescues begging for help, but we need! more!! fosters!!! struggling with the crushing weight of reality these days? searching for meaning? save a life today! ama!
the will ferrell meme where the top image is a city engulfed in flames labeled "HUMAN SOCIETY" and the bottom is him with hands cupped around his mouth shouting, captioned "ME: CAN YOU HELP ME SAVE A DOG?"
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
idk who needs this pupsicle recipe, but peanut butter and diced apples in unsalted bone broth is my new foster dog's absolute favorite summer treat.
a photo of a storage container full of diced skin-on apples soaking in chicken bone broth, beside a 9-pop pupsicle mold and squeeze pack of buddy butter (dog-safe peanut butter) -- 6 of the molds are full already but the 3 on the right only have a dollop of peanut butter at the bottom, waiting for apple and broth
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
new sticker design... it's SQUARE?! (the sticker has been round or oval my entire life)
the "I voted 2026" sticker I received today, which is square with a center stripe that has the "vote nyc" logo next to "125 years serving voters"
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
whatever led us here sure wasn't the right course of action, no. it's worth mentioning that @jfrejnyc.bsky.social endorses brad lander! and the lobbying texts i'm getting on goldman's behalf are... let's just say they're very focused on the matter of community support. of only one community.
a text i was sent by the "united communities and institutions of boro park" talking about the serious challenge goldman is facing from [lander], who they avoid mentioning by name and is notably also jewish

"Good morning! Early voting is underway in Boro Park, and we cannot afford to stay home. Congressman Dan Goldman is facing a serious challenge from a candidate backed by Mayor Mamdani that supports penalizing our yeshivos and opposes key protections for Eretz Yisrael. Dan has stood with our community when it mattered most, fighting to restore childcare subsidies, helping families return from Eretz Yisrael during times of crisis, and always answering the call when our community needed him. He is proudly endorsed by Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, District Leader Pinny Ringel, and mosdos and askins across Boro Park. Every vote matters. [...] Don't wait. Vote today. The future of our community depends on it."
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
even if you've done this before, do it again now. the update must have reset things to hide by default bc i KNOW i've turned "rude" off before:
a screencap of the "rude" setting in bsky's advanced security options..... i have absolutely set it to off before, because i am a big girl who can handle seeing "rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments" on the internet, but it was set to hide again.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
i did make some delicious and decently aesthetic treats! just... gotta figure out how to not let them go to waste, at the least.
lemon-cardamom souffle cups with blackberries
cherry cheesecake swirl brownie cupshojicha fig brown butter dark chocolate brownies
lemon and blueberry sweet rolls, to be reheated and topped with vanilla bean cream cheese icing, not pictured bc the bags were in a coolerearl grey shortbread with real tea steeped in the butter
masala chai snickerdoodles
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
the bus shelter ad i saw yesterday seems to be the same campaign, an AI company called "artisan" that hasn't gotten quite to the "stop hiring humans" full bus wrap escalation in nyc yet; we've got the first only:
a pale woman with dark hair and severe cheekbones is on an ad by ARTISAN proclaiming "ava doesn't need a 1:1, PIP or a pep talk"that same pale, stern woman is now blown up to take up the full back of the bus, the ad now proclaiming "STOP HIRING HUMANS" and "hire ava, the AI BDR" which idek what that means so I can't tell you. also an ARTISAN ad.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
trust the process...
a screenshot of something horrible and sludgy looking in a quart container; cloudy yellowy-brown liquid with dark bits at the bottom... i am steeping earl grey tea in butter for flavored shortbread
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
thank you from pennylou ❤️
sweet pennylou, a large mixed breed dog with caramel coat and white nose/neck/chest and pawsocks, sits on a purple check pawprint blanket with her feet folded adorably and a squeaky plush duck toy tucked against her chest. this is her ducky now, thanks!
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
gonna leave you with this video of her on day 3, coming home to a box that had been delivered for her while we were out thanks to friends who supported me in saving her. i'm out of breath because i started crying a little when i realized she was leading me home, before thinking to film it for ELO.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
sweet baby got a medicated bath and pro pawdicure and was an ANGEL about it all, received a pupcup for her efforts, and is now taking a much deserved nap on fresh bedding because (as her bandana says) we gotta maintain that clean pup energy! a good day for pennylou.
pennylou is much cleaner, the crusties gone from her nose and legs, and is offering a paw politely. she is wearing a white bandana and a new pink harness.she's giving the camera a big smile because she's all clean! and sweet girl actually loves baths/anything to do with water, haha. she had a blast.pennylou gets a pupcup for being the best girl, on which the barista wrote "I love you Penny Lou!" which was super cute. and objectively correct; pennylou is exceedingly lovable.pennylou napping as a croissant, now on a purple pawprint gingham blankie as fresh and clean as she is.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
sorry i've ceased to exist; got a new foster!!! she is simultaneously the easiest behavioral and most worrying (& heartbreaking) medical case i've ever had, still settling. + scrappy is larping 50 first dates. after every nap he sees her again and is all WHOMST?! INTRUDER!!! but it's improving.
pennylou is a tan dog with white markings (muzzle, neck/chest, pawsocks) who is utterly emaciated, her nose and ears crusty from infections, and she is the best girl. she's sitting adorably at attention with her tongue in a tiny excited blep, ears perked and expression pleading. nanny had a treat; pennylou has perfect puppy eyes.pennylou is lying on her side on a red/black/white pawprint themed blanket, every last bone visible under her skin but she's still posing like a puppy, legs bent like she's prancing and head turned towards the camera to ask nanny to keep giving tummy rubs.pennylou attempting to make herself small to match her foster siblings by curling into a puppy croissant. it didn't work, she's still a large breed, but she achieved an impressively tight curl! every last vertebrae and her hipbones are dramatically visible.pennylou getting some after walk snuggles in nanny's lap-- she does not fit, nanny is small and pennylou is large, but she's gonna get those cuddles regardless. she has one paw hooked over my arm and is resting her head on my chest while getting scritches.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
gimmie your best joke about what the veteran type guy's hat should say because i can't say mine given that the Generic Stubbled White Man resembles the man of files (my best guess at the actual letters in this slop, if it was the english alphabet, is P E B U R? I O in case you're on a small screen)
a blown up section of trump's AI slop of him as a healer; it's the man with a white beard wearing an olive green cap with gold embroidery -- presumably meant to resemble a veteran in the prompt. because it's slop, the hat is illegible but my best guess/strongest visual impression of the letters (if it's the english alphabet only) is P E B U R? I O. okay, go!
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
...............................no. i do not need an AI to "understand and interpret" the photos I AM CURRENTLY TAKING????? or any photos i want to look at tbh. stop forcing the enshittification engine into e v e r y t h i n g this is so stupid. we already have auto-sort albums via recognition!
i was just trying to check facebook notifications and got this new alert: "your camera app just got smarter. the new meta ai app understands and interprets your photos." NO. WHY. BAD. GLAD I DON'T USE META MORE THAN IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
me trying to figure out how to beg for money to be able to keep volunteering in under 300 characters like
a screenshot of the character count in the bottom right corner of the bluesky new post interface... it's in the red by -3527 and i have added a gigantic cringing emoji.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
my grandfather would've loved this one, he used to say "what's the alternative?" and he was right. i lean more into the "hang in there, it gets worse!" flavor of dark humor, myself, but this one's going on the wishlist anyway.
a little smiling cartoon bomb with a lit fuse, hanging from the text "hang in there" by one hand and giving a thumbs up with the other -- below him, under the thumbs up, is "it gets worse"
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
search your camera roll for "hell"
a photo taken in nyc on june 7, 2023 of a diablo IV billboard in times square that says "welcome to hell, new york" beside a pretty demon lady -- the ACTUAL sky above times square is a deep, dense orange from wildfire smoke. (the diablo IV billboard says it released on 6/6, so our descent into canadian fire smoke hell was prophesied, in a way...)
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
did a charity bake sale that was apparently all pastry chefs contributing except me, meaning none of mine sold and after crying i had to run around delivering treats to friends so they didn't go to waste. 3rd time my offerings didn't move, so i'm officially giving up, but i did get a clip out of it:
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
okay but i swear he was kinda cute to my eyes but when i tried to draw him i got to the beard and realized this one was scary too so just. switched to red BUT I CAN'T DRAW! look back at your original photo, do you see the cute guy now?
my shitty procreate doodle of a sinister-looking man in the shadows of the moon surface. i then switched to red pencil and drew a devil horns and tail.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
if i complain about something publicly the problem tends to resolve itself soon after, so COME ON UPS, CONFIRM MY EXTREMELY TIME SENSITIVE PICKUP THAT MUST GET TO TEXAS TOMORROW MORNING i requested yesterday and had samples drawn, if this doesn't go out TODAY i have to wait 2 months or pay a tech!
the ups laboratory pak, all filled and packed up and ready to go BUT I STILL DON'T HAVE A PICKUP CONFIRMATION AND THERE'S NOT A STORE FOR MILES AROUND this has to be ON A PLANE TONIGHT let's gooooooooooooooo
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
i wrangled my mother into going through the hall closet with me today and found the MOST RIDICULOUS item that was definitely a gift my grandmother bought my her for some christmas... apparently there's a whole bunch on ebay for a couple dollars each and no interest, lol...
a product called "easy feet" that's basically a plastic blue slipper full of scrubby bristles with suction cups on the bottom to grip to the tub/shower floor and a pumice stone at the heel. it's got the "as seen on tv" logo and brags "no more bending to clean your feet!" "cleans, exfoliates & massages!" it is new in box, and my grandmother never got one for herself so i have no idea why she thought mom would want one, yet it came from somewhere!
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
the alt texts are gonna burn me outl
seriously look at these decorations! lots more baked goods, set up with love
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
i really want to go nuts at the empanada table ngl
my setup is not as cute as most others you can tell i have never tabled ripEMPANADAS they look delicious my table mate also bakes, tarts and cupcakes!all kinds of treats and pops down at the end table, more coming... these ladies know how to decorate
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
7/12 batches of cookies down, then just some brownies to go... anyone want to buy some valentine's cookies at a neighborhood holiday market tomorrow? (i hope somebody does, bc this has been a lot of work!)
peanut butter pumpkin oat dog biscuits cut into adorable custom shapes (hearts with pawprints trailing along them, a paw with a little heart in its pad) as well as traditional little dog bones of various sizestray 1/4 of decorated heart-shaped sugar cookies; this tray is frosted in white and pink, pink sugar crystals and red/pink/white nonpareils, white and bright pink royal icingtray 2/4 of decorated heart-shaped sugar cookies; this tray is frosted in white and pink and red. white with pink and red sugar crystals or white heart outlines filled with bright pink or red royal icing, some plain and some covered with festive nonpareils, jimmies, and candy hearts.tray 3/4 of decorated heart-shaped sugar cookies; this tray is frosted in white heart outlines filled with bright pink or red royal icing, some plain and some covered with festive nonpareils, jimmies, and candy hearts. (if you were curious, tray 4 is my clumsy learning curve screw up tray and will likely be turned into samples.)
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel... hey #dogsofbluesky can we boost this fundraiser to get diamond and her owner veterinary care and warmer clothes, respectively? it's deathly cold out! the original post on facebook (link in alt text) has updates that the gfm doesn't yet so i've included a screencap!
the updates from the original post, found here: https://www.facebook.com/ssweet.caroline/posts/pfbid02iNWkKxBH2BJvzQii3YPVAe82jW19m38D6LFY2cNjEjeU3WVUKg8bvsohPD6K97uXl

Update- 2/7/26 
Thank you to all of you who donated and shared we were able to put him and Diamond in a nyc pet friendly hotel last night ❤️ our next step is to get warm clothes fot him & get Diamond a medical apt & get spayed. Thank you for your contined support, donations and shares
please everyone continue to share his story so we can provide permanent help instead of temporary 
https://gofund.me/9ab0503ee
Update- 2/6/26 3:45 pm
We found a pet friendly hotel w breakfast included in Queens that’s $1,552 total for these nights. We still need money to cover for that 💔🆘 so far we only have $1,100 and we also need money for her medical and spay 🚨 Pleaseeeeee any amount is greatly appreciated. I willl post pictures once we get him & her God willing we get funds needed 
Update-
We have created a GoFundMe to help this poor homeless man and his beautiful dog please any amount donated is greatly appreciated and if you can, please share that is extremely helpful too 
https://gofund.me/fa738dcc6
Emergency 🚨🚨🚨🚨
This homeless man has this beautiful dog named Diamond 🩷 
She was used for breeding by junkies until this nice man took her in. She needs medical and to get spayed 🆘
The man went to court yesterday and he will be able to go back to housing on February 17 😢 so the next few days him and Diamond will be freezing and sleeping in the streets 🥶💔
We need help for- 
Medical & Spaying
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
miss rachel and zohran mamdani wah wah wah meme
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
i have been visited by the brooklyn whistle fairy!!! shoutout to @gregpak.net for the push -- i'll be bringing them, handmade lanyards, and other supplies to a community building, whistle-kit-making event in my neighborhood tomorrow.
two (of many) handmade, light green lanyards with keyrings on them for a whistle. they're seamless so it the ring can float and won't get stuck in yarn when we put something on it.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
@shysterb.bsky.social pretty sure you're the one i should show this off to... it's not done yet but am i fulfilling the 'something beautiful' criteria?
a half-finished cowl in beautiful blue wool, wrapped around my arm to show off the lacework detail. it's not blocked yet, obvs.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
ICE has shot family pets and just stood there watching the owners try to save them. RIP chop 🌈🐾 also i have to point out (helpfully?) "trigger warning" when the video has autoplayed the content twice before you can read what the warning is, is not a warning. there's moderation labels to avoid this!
a screencap of the "labels" menu when uploading media on bsky -- you can add a content warning and beneath 'other' i have checked "graphic media" which will blur and mute the video so no one sees it without approving. (and users who find this annoying can turn moderation off in their own settings. it's very customizable!)
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
if you see dog, post dog (he is ADOPTABLE too!)
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
i'll repost this tomorrow since it's late but i will lose my nerve if i don't get it up now... also if you're in brooklyn and have any spare cat food, blankets, towels, litter, or unwanted hard carriers? we'll take 'em! so many tiny hungry mouths to feed, and then we can prioritize medical care.
a grey-brown-white tabby boy looking up at me through the top grate of a cat carrier; this is the lil buddy who rode shotgun on last week's aspca transport, for cuteness! such a sweet curious baby. he's now neutered and back with his foster, but there are soooooo many more who need help too. (not just the other 3 in my backseat!)the grey-brown-white tabby boy in the seat beside me from a lower angle, through a slot in the side of the carrier... he's snuggled down on the pad inside and you can see he has little white toe socks!!!
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I AM A GODDAMN MILLENNIAL I CAN WRITE MY OWN EMAILS THANK YOU VERY MUCH google needs to let me turn this shit the fuck off. it is popping up constantly, i have turned off EVERY INSTANCE I CAN FIND of gemini/AI/auto-anything and would nope out if i knew of a client NOT shoving AI down your throat...
a screencap of the popup on gmail showcasing gemini's "help me write" feature, a pencil with a sparkle above it. google declares "draft emails confidently with gemini -- gemini can help you write your drafts in seconds and quickly refine them" NO. VETO. FUCK OFF.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
i'm not hallucinating this part, at least... the link WAS www.youtube.com/live/4FA59cz... not that it's anything now.
screenshot of youtube saying the video is unavailable bc it was removed by the uploader
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers:
a screencap of an early dialogue option in 'wishbone and the amazing odyssey' a point and click adventure game released in 1996
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
thank you! ❤️ i thought it was free at first too but then:
a screencap of where the article fades out and it asks you to subscribe to "slate plus" for $5 to keep reading
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
he actually said this, along with a lot of other worrying shit. lethality, speed, less guardrails, more money, privatization. anti-woke AI figuring out the most efficient ways to kill. he sounds like a supervillain. video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=li4M... transcript: singjupost.com/transcript-p...
Hegseth said his vision for military AI systems means that they operate “without ideological constraints that limit lawful military applications,” before adding that the Pentagon’s “AI will not be woke.”
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
gift link from op! absolutely amazing, THIS a fantastic use of AI -- there are so many great applications for non-consumer-facing AI models, it's extra enraging that american tech giants only care about profit. also lol at the timing of this morning's nytimes blast... no differentiation at all?
People in many other developed democracies — Japan, Israel, Sweden, South Korea — had warm views of social media in a 2022 survey; now respondents in those countries feel more optimistic about A.I. Americans, on the other hand, approach the A.I. revolution skeptically, Persily said. We’re more concerned about this technology than just about anyone else.

(me like WHAT WAS THE SURVEY EXACTLY because the push, usage, and impacts of this technology surely varies greatly between these countries, and moreso by INDUSTRY. everything negative discussed was about consumer facing generative AI. idk how prevalent that is elsewhere!)
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
hey #dogsofbluesky, enjoy this holiday photoshoot for #adoptable #rescuedog scrappy! he is ~10lbs of snuggles and puppy kisses and happy wiggles, and adores playing with his similarly-sized foster siblings. men and large dogs are scary at first, but he warms up! www.redhookdogrescue.org/applications
an absolutely adorable little black mixed breed dog with grey chin in a fuzzy collared red and white holiday sweater, against a festive red/black/white pawprint and hearts backdrop. he's sitting behind a squeaky dog toy that says "my first christmas" and looking up at the camera with big shining eyes. his ears flop slightly at the tips. scrappy is now tilting his head and licking his nose, as the photographer (me) has a treat for him. this is very exciting. he's being such a good little model!scrappy is now being offered a dog cookie shaped like a christmas tree ornament, that says "my 1st christmas" on it with little pawprints. he's got his mouth open about to take a bite, lip pulled back to show one canine tooth. it is so cute. this dog is so cute.another happy lick shot taken post-cookie; this photo is a little more of a side angle and you can see that scrappy's cozy sweater has little reindeer on it. seriously, he is the cutest lil guy. please adopt this dog before i can't bear to give him up. he's so good.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
goals: 5 kinds of cookies empanadas puppy christmas photoshoot reality: 4 kinds of cookies (my hands couldn't hack the spritz press) crescent dogs (spine can't handle standing for hours to fry) "the dogs won't know the difference if i dress them up for presents and snacks tomorrow..."
mint double chocolate cookies: chopped andes mints in a dark chocolate cookie base, topped with white and red "candy cane" hershey's kisses. some have it pressed in blossom style, others are sprinkled with the chopped pieces.ginger molasses cookies, with signature crackle tops. i rolled them in a mix of cinnamon sugar and red/white/green christmas nonpareils, to be extra festive. there's also chopped crystalized ginger for an extra ginger punch. i like ginger.my peanut butter cookie recipe, rolled in turbinado sugar and pressed with waffle and herringbone stamps so they have fun textures on the top. these are my own secret recipe, sure to win over any peanut butter cookie skeptic.a cross section of millionaire's shortbread as i was slicing it earlier... didn't get a proper food styled photo taken as we had to run out the door, but it's a nice 2:1:1 of shortbread base, homemade soft caramel, and creamy semi-sweet ganache, topped with flaky sea salt. these are phenomenally good, though i need to figure out how to improve the structural integrity a bit.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
honestly i'm real mad that my body is too broken to pivot to cooking for a living. i'm fucking good at it! (caramelized onion, bacon, spinach & gruyere quiche + sauteed mushrooms on the side) new survival strategy: attract someone with good health insurance using photos of my culinary prowess?
a homemade caramelized onion, bacon & spinach quiche w/ thyme and gruyère in a glass pie plate, resting on a cooling rack on a kitchen counter. it's in hand fluted crust and there's a small bowl of mushrooms sautéed with the extra bacon and some of the caramelized onions next to it. and yes it's absolutely delicious, about two hours later i did have a slice.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
done! a trio of decorative eye daisies + puff eye daisy hair clip. this is gonna be a very random ravelry entry.
three eye daisies! they all have a glow in the dark neon blue iris against a black center and golden outline, then different colored flower petals: one is red, one is orange, one is a burnt reddish-orange.the same eye daisies, now with the puffed crochet flower on top. the perspective of this photo shows that there are two layers of petals on each flower.the front of the hair clip, which has the puffed rusty orange-red eye daisy and a half sized accent eye daisy in brighter orange. the lil guy has inconsistent petals and a thinner ring of glow in the dark blue; he's attached to the lower right side of the clip.a photo of the other side that shows attachment points for the flower on a honeycomb slide clip. also my manicure is really cute shooting stars.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
hello 🌼_🌼 sunshine blame 1. @keezyyoung.bsky.social for ingenious cover design and 2. the existence of neon blue glow in the dark yarn, not me.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
there's another one of these still in the pan, i'm gonna need help again...
flancocho with the remaining caramel at the bottom of the pan reheated and drizzled into candy threads over the top.a slice of it is now on a smaller plate in the foreground to offer a close up of the textures.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
idk wtf i'm gonna do with this stuff, but at least it's cute. totally out of this yarn now or i'd consider making another of the little lace flowers just to have it be 2/4/2... crocheted wool trivet-placemat-coaster things with acrylic/rubber dot nonslip backing. anybody want the set?
final set, crocheted circles in burgundy wool with scalloped edges. there are 2 large placemats (10 rounds) & 4 coasters (4 rounds) backed with grey nonslip dotted fabric, and 1 floral lace sampler in the same yarn. a close up of the lace flower set on the grey backing of one of the placemats beside two of the coasters so you can see the stitching clearly.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
i've created a monster (myself) sorry for lack of description i haven't slept at all for two nights and my brain is fork in a garbage disposal noises
added nonslip backing to the coasters and mat, plus made a little... basket? pot? vase??? to hold another four (smaller) coasters and 3d flower topper. the new 'flowerpot' set is in grey-to-maroon variegated yarn.added nonslip backing to the coasters and mat, plus made a little... basket? pot? vase??? to hold another four (smaller) coasters and 3d flower topper. the new 'flowerpot' set is in grey-to-maroon variegated yarn.added nonslip backing to the coasters and mat, plus made a little... basket? pot? vase??? to hold another four (smaller) coasters and 3d flower topper. the new 'flowerpot' set is in grey-to-maroon variegated yarn.added nonslip backing to the coasters and mat, plus made a little... basket? pot? vase??? to hold another four (smaller) coasters and 3d flower topper. the new 'flowerpot' set is in grey-to-maroon variegated yarn.
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
somewhere between coasters 3 and 4 something clicked into place that hasn't for basketweave yet and i love math so decided to brave a placemat just to MAKE something instead of purely fight with it and now the set has evolved. whomst might one even foist fiber craft off on these days, anyway? 🤔
after culling the coasters with visible errors and making a gigantic placemat version of the same round scalloped pattern, my burgundy crochet table set is two 5-round coasters and a 12-round mat.a close up shot focused on the mat, which is easily 4x the size of the coasters. i think they're cute. but idk what to do with them either!
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ana is tired @koutavi.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
finished and blocked a coaster set... i might have a source for nonslip backing scraps that would work well for small pieces like these, in which case i'd be comfortable gifting/selling them for practical use.
three crocheted burgundy coasters with scalloped edges. the leftmost one has a standard mug set centered on it for scale; there is about an inch all around to spare. the full set of six crocheted coasters. i think they're pretty. baby's first crochet project, but consistent stitching.
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