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Acrylics, 24"x36" canvas.

I bought these a few years ago at a little shop nearby. They're one of my favourites from my collection.

The case and the glasses themselves are unmarked, except for a sticker that is too worn to read. So, the age is based on my own searches for similarly shaped ones (ear hoopies, contoured nose bar, general shape, case style), which pointed me to something c1910-1920's. I'm always erring on conservative with dating unmarked things...

They're very delicate and wobbly, so unfortunately they're not very wearable anymore!

I found this at a thrift store a few years ago and I've struggled to identify any of the symbols. I've tried online symbol databases, I think I tried reverse image searching, and I've tried just scrolling endless "fish" symbols to no avail. It's handmade and uses poly-fabrics, so it's certainly not an antique (or at least not a really old antique).

I love it. I think it looks really cool. I don't want to hang it up, though, if it has meaningful and/or religious meaning that would make that inappropriate.

Can anyone toss a theory my way? Is this religious imagery? Will it curse my descendants? Is this someone's Saturday afternoon craft, and they had no foresight that their fun "designs" would torture the back of my brain for years?

Which was promptly smothered in cilantro as god intended.

Second try at making limoncello; the peels were infused for 8 weeks in a locally distilled 45% gin. Used a coffee filter to filter out any impurities, and I think I trapped too much of the oils... leading to a crystal-clear liqueur, rather than the cloudy-neon-yellow I was going for. Oh well. Next time I'll get actual 180-proof grain alcohol and will avoid paper filters. I'll also use less simple syrup. Boy howdy... lessons have been learned.

Decided to try using those leftover alcohol-soaked peels and making them into something useful... Decided on dried lemon peel powder. I wonder if it will still be 'boozy'? It smells glorious, anyway.

(This finished limoncello is roughly 20%ABV, though we like to mix it with soda because it's so. stinkin. sweet.)

Yeasted buns with walnuts, oats, poppy seeds, almond slices, sesame seeds, currants, cardamom and cinnamon.

Separated all the chilis/pepper varieties onto the top, and moved all the salts to the cupboard to the right, since those two categories took too much space. Final count was 109. Phew.

Something a little different than my usual?

Any and all suggestions/criticism are welcome! It's a WIP.

Excited to see this community get bigger. 👋