Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. MOPOP: Online Collection Vault. The Museum of Pop Culture is in Seattle WA USA. Posted here in honor of Seattle WorldCon 2025, the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention, which starts this week.

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Fuchsia in color. Fabric in theory.

“Fuchsia is a vivid pinkish-red color, named after the color of the flower of the fuchsia plant, which was named by a French botanist, Charles Plumier, after the 16th-century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.” Wiki: Fuchsia (color).

“Traditionally, historic blackwork is done on very fine plain-weave linen, typically 80-90 threads per inch.” The Little Book of Historic Blackwork by Toni Buckby (IPN 2024), p13.

Process Notes

Outer form from E alternate. Has the advantage of maximizing interior space for the pattern. [E Variations]

Partial interior pattern. The rest are single Fs in one of four orientations.

Arrangement I would have used if I wasn’t trying to fit the inner design into the outer shape.

As with any of the square letters, – F, T, etc. – you have to be careful of unintentionally producing culturally fraught symbols.

Project Description [Colorwork Alphabet Introduction]

Previous Posts [Colorwork Alphabet]

Onwards!
Katherine

This was supposed to be a Faces in the Crowd exercise, wherein I make up stories about strangers as fictioneering practice. However, I chose a food hall that shall remain nameless. The food was so astonishingly bad that I had to go somewhere else for lunch. Plus, the floor plan is not set up well for people watching. But I digress. Enjoy the cat. Archives [Faces]

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Skittles, aka The Shed Monster
May 2025
Stepping Stone Farm

Onwards!
Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. The 80th anniversary of Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki is tomorrow. Fstoppers: From Kodachrome to the Atomic Bomb: The Strange, Dark, and Untold History of Film, Webster, 31 July 2025.

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Kymulga Grist Mill
Talladega County AL
July 2025

Video description. 11 seconds of a small stream making stream noises.

(Having Internet issues. Video may appear as a still. Imagine babbling brook noises. Later, video added.)

Technical Details

Video taken from bridge, turned to the left.

Phone camera.

Videography rather than photography. Stayed with a standard term in an effort to keep my subtitles from spinning out of control. [State of the Subtitles]

Previous Posts

Visual. [Water Study, Recurring Guest Star Photography]

Auditory. Ocean, Rockport MA, USA [A Moment of Calm To Start The Year]

Onwards!
Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. WWF: Bittersweet: chocolate’s impact on the environment. Not sweet but has hopeful notes.

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ISO a spunky sport Saddlebred with a range of interests.

Lower level eventing. [Finding A Horse To Match The Hat]

Local jumpers.

In-state saddle seat shows.

The two ASB shows that offer jumps. [Saddlebred Versatility, Jumpers St. L, Squad Goals LA]

Enough class for a cameo appearance at Lexington. [Additional Requirement]

All these have been mentioned previously.

I have a new one. Saddle seat sidesaddle. You can do all three seats sidesaddle: hunt seat, saddle seat, & western. I used to show with a woman who did. (Waves hi wherever you are!)

This is not unusual from a historical perspective. Sidesaddle is saddle seat. [Saddle Seat Sidesaddle]

However, it would be unusual under current usage. Most sidesaddle these days is hunt seat. [What’s In A Name, Guest Photos]

Imagine me showing up in an ASB country pleasure class in flawless, traditional saddle seat sidesaddle.

Well, traditional except for a helmet. I wonder if I could get a helmet cover in the shape of a derby.

New horse better show up soon. The list keeps getting longer.

Onwards!
Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. 80 years ago today. “We have opened a special webpage to deliver a powerful message on peace from Hiroshima to the world.” Hiroshima For Global Peace.

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Breathe.

Switch gears.

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Razzy
Superstar school pony
Hunt seat lesson
The Hunter Place
August 2025

Lesson Log

If I write it down, I may remember, or at least be able to refer back.

Don’t tip my helmet brim down. A good reminder for keeping my head up. The visual aid is right there in front of me at all times.

Pull up from the top of the head. Straightens the spine. Partly brings my shoulders back at the same time.

Two-point. I tend to think of two-point as an upper body activity. When I get my hips square & level, it helps my two-point. Imagine that.

Collapsing into a lower gear. Coach Deana got on me about flopping into my canter-walk transition. Once I paid attention, it went fine. I know better. [Homework, The Ups and Downs]

Onwards!
Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. I have the worst luck with algorithms. Yes, I peeked at Facebook again. Yes, it was a mistake, again. When I tried TikTok, I lasted a handful of minutes. Why was this thing videoed? Why was this video posted? Why does XYZ Corp think showing this to me will make me want to stay? Aggg. Does this happen to anyone else? [Show Report, Other Horses]

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Agenda. Walk with the horses each morning. One mile, back and forth in the pasture, combination of in hand & at liberty.

Last week. Walks continued to be a clown car. Stopping for snacks. Needing more leadrope than usual (Milton). Being over it and marching back to the barn after the first lap (Rodney). [A Case of the Slows]

Until yesterday.

It was 68o when we went out to the barn (20oC). Everyone was back to status quo ante. [On Lead and Off Lead]

They didn’t like the heat? They didn’t sleep well in the heat? Whatever. They are not wrong.

Onwards!
Katherine

Awareness of the outside world. The balloon thing came up again. Releasing balloons to honor the victim of tragedy. Once again I didn’t say anything. Now is not the time. So the question is, when is the time? How to approach this? [Rodney’s New Dinner Bucket]

“Worldwide cleanups sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy during the past 40 years have found more than 1.8 million balloons, plastic fragments, and string.” & “There are many eco-friendly alternatives to harmful balloon releases, including planting a tree or flowers, lighting candles, blowing bubbles, and more!” Wildlife center of Virginia: Balloon Releases: What Goes Up Will Come Down. Bubbles!

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Horse: I have grown tired of the hand-tailored, custom shoe I received a week ago. I have removed it. Please arrange a replacement.

Minion: I’m on it.

Let us admire how neatly Milton removed his shoe.

No narrative point being made here. Just getting blog mileage from the expense.

Onwards!
Katherine