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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 1d

Gigi. Out like a light

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

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

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 2d

#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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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

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

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 · 3d

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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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 3d

The kitchen. I spend why too much time in there anyway!

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 3d

What the fuck. US Forest Services site today

US Forest service. Radical Left notice on site.

kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 3d

Cutest part….her tipped ear

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 3d

The reason I quilt.
Capturing a vibe, just takes 6 months instead of a day

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

Commanders(redskins) Washington DC vs LA chargers Great crowd watching

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

There’s a podcast. I enjoyed relearning the part of history

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

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

Blocking

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

All quiet at Grant Grove, hwy 180 entrance #Sequoia

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 7d

The Black Stallion
Series by Walter Farley. And of course the stunning movie by Francis Ford Coppola.

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 7d

Yup life is tough, living so close to the ocean.

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 8d

Recently, Weird amount of soft porn here. Blocking Of course

kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 8d

Nobody was ‘looking’ for an increase. Every financial advisor knew this employment decrease was coming. And it’s gonna get a lot worse. Make your cash reserves safe. You’re still F’ed with inflation but might save yourself from losing $everything in a recession. Good luck to all of us!

kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 10d

Born and raised in MI. CA for 30+. Will always be a Michigander

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 11d

Currently have two small lizards under the same chest. I think there’s enough bugs to keep em alive for week.
I’m not a great cleaner and She is not a great hunter

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 11d

Bambi and his whole family come through every night at dusk. They’ve already eaten everything but they keep hoping something will have grown in the last 24 hrs

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you!
you should see sequoia at season end. Out of stater have all left, can only assume it’s local Central Valley residents. They shit in their own backyard.
Disappointed again.

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kkellysequoia.bsky.social @kkellysequoia.bsky.social · 13d

It finally rained out here last night. Life is looking up. Fuck the news, I’m going outside to play!

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