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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I see you, Human. Stop taking photos of my girlfriend. This wing flap is your last warning, Bitch.

A flock of Canada geese grazing on a nice lawn in a corporate commons area. I, a paparazzo, have been clocked, AND WARNED.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The ridiculously matchy-matchy outfits will continue until morale improves. --The Management

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I stubbornly hemmed a Free People "One Clover" skirt from my alterations stash this past week. These whisper-light, viscose voile skirts have lushly-gathered, asymmetric, ruffled hems with, (growl) raw edges. That's SUPPOSED to be boho, but they just fray horribly. Except for MINE. ALT-texts 4 more

Photo of the hem's raw edge. The skirt stayed in its packaging right until I was ready to work on it, and it's already fraying. Reviews show these skirts completely ruined if washing is attempted. Jeezis. WHY?!

Yet I adore them as light floof layers. And I DO have time for handwork. Photo shows me clipping the hem into place, ready to be sewn.

And done!! Photo shows me wearing the fresh-celery-green skirt as God intended, layered all princessy with other ruffly floof skirts, and no longer in danger of disintegrating into a heap of frayed threads!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I bought dried pea flowers to make my chamomile tea blue. These worked great! I used just 5 wee flowers, and to get that bright blue, I microwaved them in a cup with a small amount of water for half a minute before adding more tea-hot water and the teabag to color the tea.

Omg this blue is SOMETHIN' in a clear glass mug!! Apparently pea flower is an acid base indicator. I hear the color will turn purple with the addition of citrus like orange or lemon.

Photo shows the pea flower package, the chamomile tea packet, A white mug with blue tinted chamomile, and the purveyor's card

Closeup of the purveyor's card. If you also need blue tea, these peaflowers from etsy.com/shop/TheSteampunkBuddha work swell.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Being able to sew is good. I love the leafy, sophisticated, and feminine cutwork-over-lace look of this top, but those ridonkulous first-day-of-kindergarten puffed-cap-sleeves HAD to go. So I saw to that. Details in ALT text

Photo shows a dusty blue cutwork top, one sleeve cut off, displayed on a patterned rug. I cut the sleeves off, following their own inner seam line for a seam allowance. I zigzagged the edge, and sewed the zigzagged edge under with a simple straight stitch. Despite all that intimidating, fancy cutwork, the project was an easy fix with a sewing machine, for the fabric is regular cotton lawn, no jersey stretch or chiffon fraying.

Photo of the finished top, now utterly unsleeved, a tank top now, with all that luscious cutwork, and none of the sleeves' childlike goofypoof.

I love the top as a tank over a dusty rose layer paired with these floral print linen pants!

Honestly, I think the puffypoof cap sleeves were even childlike and goofy on the model, despite her modeling the top over bare skin. But I could see how lovely the cutwork was, plus sale-on-sale pricing, and confidence in my basic ability with Odette the sewing machine made me get it anyway. Glad I did!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In the Dreaming, the Diaphanous People have allied themselves with the International Bird Union to create a yet more powerful Upholding of Uncanny Whimsy. If you were wondering about the unusual vehemence of this morning's wakeup chirping, it was a celebratory heralding.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Coyote Vs. Acme is a DELIGHT. HURRY UP. It was saved from being cancelled by Warner Bros, (I guess for not being projected to be billionsy enough) by distributer Ketchup Entertainment, and the wider run ends in just a couple of days, with a more limited run in fewer theaters to maybe follow.

Me dressed to see a toonmovee, in a ridiculously bright tropical orange and green ensemble.

Wile E. Coyote, Genius, defying gravity for a moment, eternally

Husband and I seated the in theater and ready!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We're learning tutorial levels of "Santorini: Riddle of the Sphinx, playing cooperatively." So far we have built our objective buildings and we have obtained friendliness with five new gods, all hail.

A photo of my husband figuring out an early level of "Santorini: Riddle of the Sphinx" block pieces and open gamebook visible

Photo of my husband after we did our second tutorial level and have our objectives completed, with our wee buildings built!

a closer look at our buildings. I'm in the background, and I'm swathed in a luscious long shawl of soft mulberry-silk, a birthday gift, thank you Elaine!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I do not want to say goodbye to my birthday flowers. So I won't. See ALT txt.

A photo of two dissected flower bouquets, hung up to dry, upside down, so the weight of the blossoms does not make the stems fold over and look all sad. Lazy work. They're against a surface, so they won't dry perfectly radially symmetric, but I'll probably make them into a dried bouquet or use them in collage, so I'm good if they have a pressed side. I just used painter's bue tape. The roses, ferns, and the blue strawflowers should dry quite well; I have not tried hydrangeas or sunflowers before. We shall see!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Back on my crafty bullshit, yay! I spent yesterday and today restoring an antique hat of unique shape and luscious velvet that a I got for free from a vintage clothing dealer who knew I liked PROJECTS. The hat's brim wires were completely sprung, but I haz ribbons, clips, and time! See ALT texts!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Your favorite fancy gimp-crone is now 60 years old! The cycle of Chinese symbols AND elements has fully turned; it's my fire-horse year! My husband and bestie threw me a birthday pool fête on Saturday. There was catered delicious food, art, tarot, and tea. I am still grinning. See ALT texts!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I've given this maximalist dressing advice nugget a few times; seem's it's worth sharing! If you dig wearing multiple necklaces, hanging them together around the hump of a good hanger with the neckline you want to feature is easier than trying them on and off to check for lengths clash, see ALT txt

After switching a number of choices in and out, photo shows the three necklaces I finally chose, on a hanger, arranged around the top hump of the hanger, which does a nice job of imitating how the curve of my neck interacts with the neckline of the tunic I want to feature.

A nice full shot of my outfit of purple tunic and green sundress over a knee length phrple longsleeve dress, necklaces and India bangles adorn. Thanks for photo, beloved husband!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I turn sixty years old today! Excelsior! Check ALT text for birthday fashion description.

It's my 60th birthday today, and I'm doubling down on pink. I'm sporting a hot pink tank top paired with a knee-length print skirt of splashy pink flowers on a sky blue background, magenta tights, a pink and rust plaid cotton duster I adorned with brocade pink and blue ribbon trim, with the lapels affixed nicely in place by vintage brooch-pins. My topper today is a wide brimmed Madagascar straw sunhat. My long hair is loose today. It is natural brunette, because I simply can't be bothered with the tedium of having it dyed, and it sparkles with many hairs of natural white, every last one of which I have earned! I'm photographed in front of a glassfront bookshelf full of comics, beside my friend the resin anatomical model skeleton. Memento mori, my loves.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A generous soul brought several utilikilts to the +size clothes swap I went to today. I only took one, so my sartorial-sisters got them too. It was about 4 inches too big. I just finished taking it in. The cotton duck is TOUGH to sew! Glad I have strong repair needles. Like sewing a circus tent!

Me grinning like the cat that both ate the canary and then scored an awesome black Utilikilt.

Back view of me in the clothing swap Utilikilt, taken in to fit me, which goes great with the gothtastic grommety zip vest a dear friend gave me while cleaning out her closet. I am not sure it's legal to have clothes this kickass cool when one is a sixty year old crone. Please do not call the police.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Success! I went to a clothing swap party, brought five bags of clothes with me, only left with three bags (only, ha!) and I'm very happy with my new finds!

A russet dress with a black stars pattern, a cotton cherrys on black patterned dress, a Hell Bunny vintage style double breasted pea-coat, and a slate colored sun dress with elaborate tree and twirlies embroidery. I must take in the grey dress, or perhaps turn it into a drawstring skirt, but I LOVE the embroidery.

A green Svaha cotton dress in a chemisty glass pattern for those extra sciency days, a houndstooth dirndl with buttons-adjustable shoulder straps, a little grey knit zip cardigan with a bit of lurex shine to it, and OMG A REAL UTILIKILT!!!

A long, solid-purple, long-sleeved duster layer, an ochre burn-out velvet fringed shawlette, a trim little kitchen apron in a kapow floral print of white and fire engine red, a pair of black-lace trimmed bloomer shorts in a small scatter print of chinese characters on a misty celadon background, a cute cloth adorned sewing box, and a layered sari fabric wrap skirt in chartreuse and hunter green florals.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oof, I'm a bit old for a 3am bedtime. Spouse and I outdrove cloud cover to a clear hilltop outside a closed state park last to see meteors... with hundreds of others, true enthusiasts, and many partying yelling hooting teens. Noisy, too many headlights coming and going, but oh, such WONDERS.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The WIP crocheted shawl belonged to TrifleCat today (and my old crone hands need breaks from repetitive work) so I added a new panel of work to my collaged appliqué skirt! My free-movement sewing on my machine is IMPROVING. Dig my songbird cutout with daringly thin twigs! See ALT texts for details.

The skirt in my wonderful Baby Lock Valentine's Day sewing machine (thank you, @notwebsafe)

The front of the skirt, laid out so the collage of lace and fabric cutouts and embroidered twirls is visible

The new panel! The fabric cutouts and a doily are all machine sewn on, feed-dogs lowered for free-motion machine sewing, and since my machine does not regulate stitch length, I've been working on improving my control of moving the fabric evenly enough to get decently effective sewing.

Hubris or SKILL? Lookit dat stitch line on the thin cutout twig! I did that! Please clap. I made a LOT of messes to get here!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

All works-in-progress are belong to Triflecat.

Photo of Trifle, a Lynx-point Siberian cat, lounging on a dusty-sage colored couch with Haeckel biological illustration throw pillows about. She is nonchalantly shedding her low-allergen hairs onto a half-made, stash-buster, mixed-yarns striped shawl I am making in creams, browns, greens, and reds which should compliment a number of my floral prints and a couple of my upcycled appliquéd garments.

A closer shot of her regal self, gazing at me with entitled blue-eyed self assurance. Clearly I must work on the shawl later. Now TrifleCat needs it for resting her important toes.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Okay, well, THAT SAID, the dress is pretty darn cute.

Me, hair down, topped with a giant Barbie pink Madagascar sun hat, and I am wearing the yellow and pink floral dress that no longer sports the worst itchy tag EVER, because I removed it, and repaired the seam I had to open to get it out.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Huge, fancy, horribly rough-edged itchy tags, not just tacked on, but FRENCH-SEAM SEWN IN, so I must open a seam and resew the dress to keep these motherfuckers from giving me a bleeding rash on my neck are VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. Mend your ways, Farm Rio. (At least it was a sale on sale purchase.)

photo shows a stoopit arrogant giant tag with a novelty cutout shape and colorful threads that I removed from a dress, and the open edge I must sew shut again, but you can't tell from looking at the photo what it feels like, that it isn't merely itchy, it has an edge keen and rough enough to cut breakfast toast. Jeezis, stop advertising, Farm Rio. I ALREADY BOUGHT THE DRESS.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I'm modeling a gift mixed yarns crocheted scarf and hat that I made on request for a deserving gothling. I finished them, I tried them on for a selfie, I mailed them off, and now in my home they are naught but a Bluesky post!

Selfie, eyes lowered, small smile. I'm wearing a finished crocheted beanie and scarf, in a blacks, grays, and reds colorway. They're both crocheted in rows of simple double crochets, back loop only insertion, to make those nice ridges between rows, and each row is made of at least two yarns held together, for a painterly look, and a warm thicc fabric.

Another selfie in the hat and scarf, this time looking at the lens and grinning

Photo shows the gothy black-gray-red scarf and hat on a hardwood floor so they're easier to see. For YEARS I've been making and gifting these stashbuster mixed yarn scarves and hats with boxes of my deceased mother and sister's inherited project leftovers and yarns I pick up at garage sales and thrift stores. Easy project, unique gifts.

A photo of others I have made and kept, a hat scarf set in teals, blues, and purples, a scarf in candy reds and purples, and a olive-greens and purples scarf with long fringes.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Ooo, new friend! Spotted towhees with the adorbs "rufous" red bellies are supposed to be quite common in my area, but my usual birdfeeder clientele is mostly finches and doves. This is the first one I've seen in my yard. I hope he sticks around.

TOWHEE! A dark hooded birb with a red belly and white speckles on his wings nibbles dropped seeds under my bird feeders

Oo, the white speckles on the towhee's other side are more dramatic! I love that! I am so easily pleased.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I haven't put up outfits in a bit. How a maximalist enters the world: ADORNED.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Remember how I struggled with a youtube video and learned the rank beginner basics of brioche crochet, and made a wee swatch? WELL. Since then I made a SCARF! Please clap. (It's shorter than I intended; the fabric scrunches. I'll know next time.) I intend to try a more demanding pattern next.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Breakfast rush at the Frog Fountain Buffet

House finches and squirrels amiably eating seeds together near the frog fountain

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

My good people, I present: The great tragedienne, Sarah Bernhardt, incarnate as TrifleCat! She has been fed, AND given treats. Her craft, perfection. Wasting no motion drawing attention to her own beauty, she directs our gaze to the plate licked immaculately clean, weeping in clarion tones of woe.

Trifle, a lynx-point Siberian cat, has a mostly ivory coat with dark tail, feet, and tabby striped face. She stands on the granite counter of the kitchen island, staring pointedly at a clean, white plate, not a crumb on to hint at the full breakfast or the treats she was already given. The imaginary audience can hear her clear meows in the uppermost seats of the gallery.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I made a brioche crochet SWATCH! It took a youtube video, and hours of pausing and backing up and unraveling little bits and doing them again, but I think I have a better understanding of the pattern language for this sort of crochet now, and maybe I can try something more ambitious!

Photo shows a purple swatch of a brioche crochet leaf pattern made by following a youtube tutorial video.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I was a car-reader growing up. I thrived in the role of passenger, sitting shotgun, reading voraciously. I recall commuting back home at night. My wonderful Dad sang old songs with his whole chest, and I squinted at texts in the shifting glows and dims of the oncoming headlights. I still miss him.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A true friend sent me this list, and I feel like I would not be a true friend if I did not alert @edgaillard.bsky.social to its existence. Though maybe others already have. We all have our brands, after all. birdhistory.substack.com/p/the-100-gr...

birdhistory.substack.com

The 100 Greatest Bird Names of All Time

Making this list was the hardest thing I’ve ever done

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I love that color that wanders between brown and purple. Feeling fig today, and sporting gift treasures.

A tighter closeup so the jewelry described in the second photo, the amethyst knot brooch, the chimera headed knot brooch, and the rather beetlish Edwardian repoussée pendant are easier to see.

A nice selfie; beloved vintage jewelry is easier to see in this one. My hat has a wee Victorian mourning portrait pin and a big ole vintage amber glass brooch. I'm wearing an amethyst and gold vermeille knot pin, a Victorian "Etruscan revival" chimera-headed knot pin, and the lovely Edwardian pendant and matching earrings my husband got me from a favorite vintage store as a cherished birthday treat.

A photo of me leaning on my walker and modeling the whole figgy outfit, a floral mesh layering body suit and two kinds of thin flowy slip skirts under a floral chiffon dress with a plunge neckline and balloon three-quarter length sleeves. I've accessorized with a vintage seventies woven leather belt, my fave befeathered and brooch pinned brown cloche hat, and some dearly favorite jewelry, gifts from my husband for various birthdays and holidays.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The myth of Daphne, only it's Beaker from the Muppet Show

a tree with two cut branch scars that look like eyes and a downturned scar in its bark that looks rather like a downturned mouth

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I saw nice flowers today near my dentist's office

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

MRIs complete, time to appreciate the decor and garden at Stanford's Emeryville clinic and radiology center.

An indoor restful spot with a canopied wooden bench, art, plants, and a grand gong

I also look good next to a painting of a stylized Asiatic tiger framed in patterning

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

2 MRIs, thoracic and lumbar, this evening. I shall take physic to quell anxiety, enter a massive magnet tunnel, and brave its tumult and clamorous bruit with perfect stillness. The contrivance shall divine the source of my spinal torment, so my wise chirurgeon may know where upon me to cut. Magic.

Photo shows me in super comfy, cotton dress layers of a soft khaki sage and a buff-brown plaid. I'm wearing a soft little green crocheted hat I made. Trifle the lynx-point Siberian cat rests on my lap. Until it's time to be driven to my MRIs, my big job for the day is rest in a recliner chair, stay centered, avoid nerve spasms, (nobody likes the shrieking) and be a warm lap for Trifle.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Yay! New dinner, a thai curry chicken soup, made of a leftover half rotisserie chicken and a bunch of stuff we had on hand.

Photo shows a big mixing spoon scooping shredded chicken and veggies out of a broth made with canned coconut creme, fresh lime and lime zest, and thai green curry paste.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I listened to hold music for 47 minutes, long enough to use my insta-pot to make the leftover half rotisserie chicken into the base of a chicken curry, but I won't exaggerate. It was not long enough to also hand debone the meat. I HAVE verified my spine MRIs scheduled for Friday are AUTHORIZED🎉🥳!

Photo shows chicken meat strained out of an insta pot, sitting in a second cooking pot, ready to be deboned. I took the photo after the insta-pot had depressurized, JUST as I finally reached the person I needed to speak to in order to ascertain whether my two upcoming spine MRIs are insurance authorized. Whew! They are, hooray! Tonight's curry can be enjoyed in peace.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

More beading funz. Between two busted necklaces and a lovely pendant off of a filthy cord plus some inherited beads and I was able to make me a long necklace, and a shorter one with a pair of matching earrings for my daughter. Shh. Don't tell her. Details in ALT texts.

Photo of a messy beading tray as I try to figure out how I'm going to assemble everything. There's ONE excellent antique porcelain dragon bead I got in China, um, 37 years ago? Yeah! It had been on a cord with a tassle, but the cord wasn't that great to begin with, and it had gotten very dirty and frayed. I also got the necklace that yielded the large and small vintage cloisonné beads there. The lapis curved beads and the bright-blue, round stone beads (probably died howlite, not speckly enough or quite dark enough for lapis) were from a different broken necklace, and with those along with small glass iridescent beads I inherited from my sweet departed sister, there's enough length here for me to share some of the precious cloisonné wealth with my daughter!

I had two, only two, lapis long rectangle beads. Earrings. Obviously.

A closeup photo of the glorious, round, pierced-porcelain dragon pendant, now wired with beads on his new bead necklace home. You can also see detail of the large and small vintage cloisonné beads above the dragon.

Finished! Photo shows the long necklace with the porcelain dragon pendant, the short necklace with the dramatic three curved lapis beads, and the earrings.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I'm tired and sore after a grueling day of (checks notes) sitting upright in a chair. I have a dress I want to wear on Sunday, and I realized the 2 unfinished strands of crisocola beads I bought years ago in a mineral store would complement it, and well, that became my day! deets in ALT txt

I'm in an outfit of chocolate brown and blue, sitting next to a beading tray with green-turquoise crisocola beads arranged in one of the arced paths with vintage crystal spacers of iridescent teal all ready to be strung with small glass beads and tiny seed beads. A necklace display that helps me figure out how the graduated lengths will look together sits on the table beside me.

A view of the beading tray and tools with two finished necklaces on the black display

OMG THEY ARE FINISHED. Photo of the necklace display showing all four necklaces They are of graduated lengths, designed to be worn together, but individual, each strand has it's own clasp, so I can have the flexibility of wearing as many or as few as I want, and also for durability; if one breaks, they don't ALL break.

They'll go great with the dress! Photo displays a midnight blue dress with a splashy, abstract water-color-like print in jewel tones with the necklaces hung on the hanger neck. The dress is hung against a white door. The dress is winkled. I really must iron the dress, but, uh, tomorrow. All that brutally athletic sitting up really tired your favorite gimp out!

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ah. It's time for the Squirrel seating at the Frog Fountain Buffet.

Six squirrels enjoy the safflower seeds spread by a fountain with a frog sculpture merrily spitting fresh water.

A tighter, cropped shot of two squirrels with particularly fluffy tails.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Hey, Los Angelenos! I'm currently dealing with chronic issues and travel won't be safe for me for a while, and this pop-up immersive art exhibit will close SOON, July 31, sob. Please go see it, take copious photos, write about what you saw, and TELL ME ABOUT IT www.hospitalofemotions.com

hospitalofemotions.com

Hospital Of Emotions | Immersive art exhibition | Los Angeles

A real hospital in Los Angeles is being transformed into a site-specific pop-up exhibition. Hospital of Emotions brings together 70 artists and art directors from a wide range of disciplines who take ...

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Neato! W.W. Young's 1915 silent Alice in Wonderland. I dig the elaborate costumes and the piano accompaniment. I'm bemused by the pacing, and I find the choices of characters and episodes presented fascinating, so different from Disney and other versions I've seen. youtu.be/8FXCgoT8u8g?...

youtu.be

1915 - Alice in Wonderland - Directed by W.W. Young (Restored film)

YouTube video by Cult Cinema Classics

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Lilies! Tis the season. They bloom in my neighbor's yards, in parking lot medians, at the zoo, at the church down the road, it's lily time in the Bay Area.

Cream colored lilies with a hint of blush just beginning to unfurl

A deep burnt-orange colored lily, each petal has a heart streak and an outline of bright sunny yellow

A gorgeous lily with a chartreuse green heart, petals edged in mauve purple

A lily with watercolorey petals that remind me of sunrises, elusive colors, wandering from yellows into coral and pink

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Also also. As well as baby capybaras, okapis, and flamingos, there's other animals at the Sacramento Zoo. As zoos go, it's small, but the animal collection is terrific, the enclosures are nice, and the zoo is very accessible for you fave disabled broad!

A zebra looks up from an important and delicious feeding trough and notices me. Me! Eye contact, with ME! I am utterly startruck.

An orangutan casually shows off his intelligence and dexterity. He is shading his head and eyes from the hot midday sun by draping a mat from the enclosure over his head, and even adjusting it for optimal shade.

A young giraffe shows off glorious patterning.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Also. The Sacramento Zoo has flamingos, many busy active delightful flamingos.

Flamingos on the mud nest section of their enclosure, some patrolling, some nesting, one in front turning an egg.

A flamingo pacing slowly with wings outstretched in a regal horaltic pose.

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Morrisa Sherman @morrisasherman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I also point out that the Sacramento Zoo has Okapis! Closest living relative of giraffes, quite uncommon in zoos, and in the Sacramento zoo, they're just RIGHT THERE, omg wow

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