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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 2d

She’s Magnificent!

kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 2d

Seeing his gear, never been so embarrassed to be a Tigs fan. With a cowboy hat? Asshole.

kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 2d

Ok but is he on a pontoon boat? Cause it’s hard to take anyone serious on a pontoon boat. What, top speed 5mph.

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 2d

Let me guess….He doesn’t give a fuck.

kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 2d

Big is beautiful!

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 2d

I really appreciate you guys showing farmer workers working. Gives me an idea of how work life is in another place. I’ve seen walnut harvesting and it’s a tough, hot and dirty job.

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 2d

He’s (?) magnificent.
That’s definitely a follow.

kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 2d

New driver in our house.
Rates are gonna ski-rocket.

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 4d

Gigi. Out like a light

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 5d

Current gear is much safer but not nearly as handsome as this coat.

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 5d

#TextileTuesday:
Firefighter's Coat (hikeshi-banten) with #Hawk and Waves
Japan, early to mid-20th c.
Cotton, plant dyes
On display at BMA (2024.374)
“The firefighter who chose this design…valued the protective power of water as well as the hawk's strength and keen vision.”
#BirdsInArt #JapaneseArt

photo of the fireman’s coat (design: brown hawk flying over blue wave) hanging on display at museum

photo of the gallery label:

“Unidentified Artists)
Firefighter's Coat (hikeshi-banten) with Hawk and Waves
early to mid-20th century
Japan
Cotton, plant dyes
This handmade firefighter's coat, made of layers of cotton stitched securely together, is displayed inside-out to reveal a hawk soaring above turbulent waves. Worn during a fire with its undecorated exterior facing out, the coat was saturated with water to protect the firefighter from flames and debris. Rather than using water to put out fires, late 19th- and early 20th-century Japanese firefighters demolished structures near a fire to prevent it from spreading. After extinguishing a fire, the heroic men turned their coats to display the decorated insides.
The firefighter who chose this design for his coat valued the protective power of water as well as the hawk's strength and keen vision.
Anonymous Gift, BMA 2024.374”

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 5d

Not just LA. Three Rivers, Tulare County has been overtaken by Airbnb. Housing priced out of reach for most new residents. Rent isn’t even an option. Short term rentals are killing this NPS adjacent community #Tulare

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 6d

2/ Learned how to design a story and machine piece curves from her.

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 6d

Ruth B McDowell. An inspirational quilter. Get a hold of any/all of her quilt books. Will blow your mind
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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 6d

Love the art though I read it as ‘the Italian resistance’. Then rabbit holed: ‘wonder what he was resisting in Italy around 1500? Oh and Europe does have badgers.

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