Month: May 2024

Accidental pandemic art

This has been hanging on my wall since at least 2012… Staying tender under these particular apocalyptic conditions used to be just a cute proposal, but I think it actually was helpful to prepare an emotional stance ahead of time 🤷🏻

Photo of a framed illustration by Justin Madson that shows a person wearing a futuristic breathing mask and air tank. They are holding flowers and tiredly wading through a flood with mist and mountains in the background. Their sweater has a heart on the sleeve. I think it's from the comic Breathers.

Weird smells time again

Aww yeah it’s time for my favourite part of any [online] experience– using the #WeirdSmells hashtag. I managed to forage some hawthorn (Craetagus crus-galli) flowers to dry for tea, and now my kitchen smells like it is trying to attract flies for pollination…

Photo of flowering hawthorn tips on a tray-- clusters of simple white flowers with a few dark green leaves attached.

Because I always like to include an ethical note about foraging– these Eastern hawthorns are invasive here, cultivated as public boulevard trees, and the city has a commitment to avoid spraying them except in a few circumstances. Perfect urban foraging conditions?