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BurdsAndWurds

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i mostly write in my journals. every now and then i share something online though. sometimes nonsense i take being unserious very seriously you can also find me on inaturalist under burdsandwurds

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 17m

yes! it’s amazing the amount of variety there are at these fairs and it’s a lot of fun when there seems to be something for everyone. if i had it my way, i might have spent all weekend there.

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 20h

i think next time there’s a craft fair my family wants to go to, i’ll propose we take separate cars. that way i can stay behind after everyone else leaves and explore things more at my own pace.

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 20h

and while i didn’t take any photos from this booth, as I thought it might be a bit uncouth to take photos of another man’s photography, i highly recommend anyone who is into nature photography to check out this guy. he has some absolutely amazing shots on display.

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 20h

i didn’t mean to take photos of booths only by woodworkers, but apparently that’s how my luck went as this was the last booth i was able to get photos of.

i was particularly a fan of the sink made from a wooden barrel, something that no doubt almost every man wants.

A photo of various birds of wood furniture, mostly tables, that all look like they’re made from wooden barrels

A photo of more furniture made from wooden barrels. On one barrel is a QR code for a website and a sign that reads

Handcrafted
Kentucky
606-261-6783

A photo of various bits of furniture made from wooden barrels, including a sink/shelf combination that looks quite cool

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 20h

i really enjoyed the birdhouses in this booth. sadly by this point, the craft fair was already starting to get pretty crowded and my wife and mother in law were walking around like they were on a mission, so my already slim chances to linger and take photos were rapidly disappearing.

A photo of a variety of wood birdhouses carved to look like acorns

A photo of a variety of wood birdhouses carved to look like spinning tops

A photo of a wooden vase, a wooden plate, and wooden ornaments that look like beehives

A pile of business cards neatly stacked. The card reads . . .

The Woodworkers Turn
Woodcrafts & Turnings of Distinction
by Don Buchert
"Nothing handmade is ever ordinary."
513.410.5686
deborahbuchert@yahoo.com

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 20h

i very much enjoyed the wall art from this artist. he had all sorts of styles to pick from and there was probably something for everyone in this tent.

me being who i am, i am pretty partial to his wildlife themed works. zoom in and you can see some complex landscapes in some of the animal pieces.

A bunch of wooden wall art featuring characters from Star Wars and The Nightmare Before Christmas, Cincinnati Reds and Bengals Logos, a moon, howling wolves, an owl on a jack-o’-lantern, and a stylized bee.

A photo of wooden wall art featuring a few ghosts and ghost cats for Halloween, a very stylized butterflied and a bald eagle flying in front of the American flag

A whole wall of wooden wall art featuring various nature themed pieces including desert and mountain landscapes, rabbits, owls, foxes, bears, and moose.

A wooden tag with a QR code for the website www.MattMeyung.com burned into it. Below you can see a piece of moose art with a forest landscape inside of the moose.

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 20h

unfortunately, both my wife and my mother in law are very focused shoppers, so i didn’t get much time to explore at my pace. i was fortunate enough to get some time to explore some booths that interested me though. i was particularly drawn to this one due to the clay birdhouse.

A collection of clay bowls and plates of various earth tone colors.

A tall blue, clay birdhouse hanging from a tent, behind it are three small pots sitting on a wooden shelf

Some clay bowls with holes in them. I do not know if holey bowls are wholly functional, but they’re very pretty.

A business card that reads

HOES MAN
CLAY WORKS
HAND MADE POTTERY & CANDLES

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 20h

my wife, lovely woman that she is, got up with me well before dawn so we could take her mother to a craft fair out in harrison, ohio, near cincinnati.

there was so much that caught my eye, here is a mini thread of some booths.

first up is some lovely handmade glass pendants.

A display of five glass bead bracelets, each one has a large, ornate, floral glass bead

Glass earrings on display, all of them resembling flowers

A purple business card. The information reads . . .

marykayoriginals.mkm@gmail.com
Mary Kay Moore
3840 Delmar Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45211
(513) 602-6740
One-of-a-kind jewelry for one-of-a-kind you!

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 1d

A photo of a Grumman A-6 flying over the ocean with clouds in the background

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-52_in_flight,_in_1981_(6379373).jpg

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 1d

my first doodle in my new journal.

as i look at more and more aerospace photos over time, i’m starting to feel that all the really cool looking stuff came out before the ‘80s. jets, planes, rockets, equipment, you name it.

i especially like the grumman a-6.

#journaling #drawing #badart

A photo of a section of a lined journal page showing a poorly drawn jet flying over blue skies and clouds.

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 1d

A picture of a forest and mountain scape with the infamously cryptic question posed by the modern philosopher, Jaden Smith, who wonders “How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real?”

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 1d

oh. lucky me. i didn’t even know sudan archives was dropping an album today. i look forward to listening to it tonight.

The album cover for Sudan Archive’s album BPM, showing a woman standing upright and slightly off balance with a harness of wires and cables protruding from her back

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 2d

in actual breakfast news, there were a couple of leftover scratch made pancakes in the fridge. between the wheat flour and the slightly overcooked state of them, they had a real nice earthy tone to them. i drizzled a bit of spicy honey on them and they were divine.

probably the highlight of my day.

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 2d

candles that smell like baked goods are literal torture. waking up to the smells of a fresh baked apple crumble only to discover that it’s a lie. there should be laws against such things.

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 2d

A cartoon showing two people texting.
A woman texts “I’m just not really in a good state rn 🫤”
A man texts back “Damn. Ohio?”

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 2d

i am convinced that taito’s in house musicians, zuntata, have never put out a bad soundtrack.

Videogame Beaches 🏳️‍⚧️ @videogamebeach.bsky.social · 2d

On the sea (Night Striker, Arcade-SegaCD-Saturn-PS1, Taito, 1989)

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 2d

it’s just as utilitarian too!

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 2d

you take the half portion, quadruple it, double that, and that’s your daily allotment

if you’re modest

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 2d

my afternoon plans went out the window, so i took the time to put on some classic reggae, make myself a cup of coffee, and scribble out a couple of really bad pictures to undo some tension.

i really need to find some better employment soon. i have too much free time.

#journaling #drawing #badart

A photo of a lined journal page showing a handful of poorly drawn pictures of
-An astronaut in an orange space suit drifting through space
-A poorly drawn wall with a spear in the ground in front of it
-A ninja hanging off a different poorly drawn wall firing a rifle at a serpent monster
-The best, worst, only and first battleship I have ever drawn

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The Onion Queen 🧅👑 @theonionqueenvt.bsky.social · 2d

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 2d

that’s quite the flex on the part of the tank 💪

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 3d

sadly, after this trip i haven't been able to get the phone to charge. i'm hoping the issue is just with the charging cable and not the phone or battery itself. if it is the actual phone, i'll be looking to find a replacement. these low resolution photos are a lot of fun to take.

A photo of a cluster of wild goldenrod dangling above a low lying cluster of wild daisies.

A photo of an airplane flying through the sky, framed and dwarfed by the silhouette of two trees in the foreground.

A photo of the afternoon moon shining from behind a thin cloud, with the silhouettes of bare trees and tall shrubs framing the foreground.

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 3d

the other week my wife dragged me out after dinner to go look at a tank. not passing up the opportunity to play with our little samsung cell phone camera, i dragged it along. i took about thirty pictures and here are the seven that turned out alright.

A photo of a large green tank sitting behind a protective fence. The color is washed out and the is a lens flare bordering the majority of the image.

A photo of a set of tank treads. Rust is starting to poke through the green protective paint.

A photo of the low hanging sun peeking out from behind some short trees and tall shrubs.

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BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 3d

my doodle page for the day as i watch the morning news.

#journaling #drawing #badart

BurdsAndWurds @burdsandwurds.bsky.social · 3d

. . . i’m gonna need some very large cargo pants.

A photo of a collection of ‘The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia’ from 1906

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