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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
pov god gives you three (3) colored pencils (cropped from a mercari listing)
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
(from mercari) off-brand gundam cheered on by tiny off-brand ultraman
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
meiling doodle before bed this is terrible form for a kick but whotever
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
got some yakisoba before going home; another good visit to kinchakuda! pic 2, the great gatsby. pic 3, another different cool spider! pic 4, the weather took a toll on my jeans (much of the park path was soupy mud), which were fresh from the laundry this morning lol...
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
red (& some white) flowers on a gray day
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
there's a little footbridge, the do-re-mi-fa bridge, where usually people are wading and fishing when i come to see the flowers. today of course no one was doing that, & the bridge was closed-- overrun by the river! pic 4, funky spiders
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
definitely 満開! as i overheard one visitor say, it was like the woods were burning even though it was such a wet gray day!
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ok, todays trip! the river by the park was running high. there were 2 herons!! as always, there were many dayflowers too. i wish there were so many in my neighborhood!
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
looking at difference of woodless color pencils w 2 wips: in the hornet pic, i used plastic-based ones elementary schoolers often use. the colors are v nice, but they pill up when layered & the contrast is so-so. the horses i drew w artist-向き ones; they layer v smoothly & have much richer black
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
please admire this mini-inkwell & pen stand set from mercari
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
for sale 182 pencils extremely used people are amazing & mysterious.
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
higanbana from this morning & kinmokusei from this evening!!! faaalllllll
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
i love looking at retro art supplies bc you just don't get stuff like "choicest colors" on labels these days
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
noticed that this pen matches my shirt
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
i was surprised to see that tobu zoo is doing a dangan ronpa collab in 2026
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
today on my way home i startled a rat that was up in a tree eating berries. here are 2 pictures mainly of its tail; i could see its face when i took the first one but couldn't get the angle right with my phone & the leaves
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"egg servant"
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
unfortunately named cute character on a retro pencil case (img from mercari)
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
on the train, saw an ad for an app called "tatedora". at first my mind went to "standing tiger" before i realized it almost certainly meant "vertical (i.e. phone) dramas"
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
ps i am very happy that the october (10) color is a purple; i think either it or the march (3) color is my favorite. which do you guys liiiike
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
i want these inks sooo bad they're insanely priced. each box (2.7ml x 6) is nearly ¥6000; together it's >1万, which Feels like >$100 (exchange rate notwithstanding) _(:3 but i think i'll still try to get at least the jul-dec set (lower box) bc they're sooo nice… maybe self bday pres (soon...)
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
hippo progress :V
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
this isn't a Bad thing since i learned a new word, but this is absolutely a Pretentious & unnecessary word use. if we were talking about like, manufacturing processes & whatever sure but if we're talking about food, especially meat, you could just say "minced" or "diced"
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
i think this must be a "summer" icon, but uh. why does it look Like That
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
マメグンバイナズナ / virginia pepperweed! the little seeds (dark orangey) that you find it the coin-shaped cases are edible and have a mustard-like taste (it is in the mustard family). its native to north america but i see it a lot here, too
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
cope(pod)! #20 lace & 1.25mm hook
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
making a hippo
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
one pterodactyl has landed & another is still circling
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
another fascinating mercari posting: absolutely bonkers tiny colored pencils from 1989, sanrio
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
the 4 modes of life: work, school, lazy, & happiness (money)
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
please look at this old pencil case (img from mercari)
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
taco manju
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
luminous cloud
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@voxybunch.bsky.social i saw your girl (créature mode) at the art supply store
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
at some point during the return trip, i noticed a コガネムシ had gotten into the car & was wandering dangerously close to people's feet. yesterday i had seen one get hit by a car so i was feeling extra protective & carried this one until i could let it out at another stop.
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
a neat vintage stationery listing from mercari, mitsubishi "ink pencils" (appears to be like watercolor pencils)-- one of the uses listed on the back is colorizing photos! wild
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
after a long bus ride back to the main nikko area, i visited shinkyo shrine, which i saw yesterday but didn't cross at the time. it was very beautiful, & i could see trout in the clear river! i wish i could swim there... anyway, that's all for today!
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
theres a path along the riverside so you can see the intense waterfall terraces that eventually form the iconic "ryuzu" image. at the top of the path, you can look back down toward the lake!
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
backtrack to the big torii & take a bus in the other direction around the lake to reach ryuzu "dragon head" falls, so named because the 2 streams of water are like a dragons whiskers around the central rock/dragon head! i had a late lunch overlooking the falls, complete with yuba-flavored ice cream
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
more bugs! one dragonfly let me carry it for about 5 min as i walked. there were dragonflies everywhere, & apparently the hottest hangout spot is the road barrier. pic 3, miss megarhyssa herself, the ichneumon wasp (which i misidentified to passers by... i suffer), & pic 4 miss stag beetle!
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
continuing along the lakeside, i visited the old british & italian embassy villas! the british one was like a museum, & it was fascinating to learn abt the life of ernest satow/ainosuke sato, the first british ambassador to japan. the italian villa was more like a model house for enjoying the view.
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
bugs & mini lucky gods at chuzenji
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
chuzenji is much older than nikko toshogu, dating from the 700s. it's also called tachiki kannon temple, or "standing tree kannon", bc its principal image is a massive statue of thousand-armed kannon carved from a single tree while the tree was still standing. no photos, but it was very moving.
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
after that, i walked a little on the lakeshore then headed to the name source, chuzenji temple.
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
today i went to the inner nikko area around lake chuzenji. first, the kegon-no-taki waterfall! there was an observation deck at the top & an elevator to a 2nd one 100m down. the powerful falls, sheer cliff faces, & swooping swallows were amazing! the nearby futara bridge has a plaque showing it.
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
at the base of the mountainside is a beautifully clear river and the shinkyo bridge. after all that walking around the shrines, i had some nikko treats: the famous nikko pudding for tea, & yuba (a regional specialty) katsudon for dinner!!
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
assorted: big moss on big tree, rinnoji temple which you pass as you approach/leave the toshogu, a BEAUTIFUL giant dragonfly, & a really cool huge tree stump embedded in a wall
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small ro(bot)kurokubi @tinyantennas.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there were 2 areas i couldnt photograph, the honden & the yakushido. both were very striking & gorgeous. instead, have some assorted details from around the shrine! img 3 & 4 look like elephant heads, but are actually meant to be baku (dream eaters), another symbol of peace (they also eat weapons).
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