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Andrea Cesari

@oldbluedoor.bsky.social

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Living in a two loom garage with an attached house in the Cascadia bioregion. Mostly things related to textiles, and lots of photos of Victor Velluto, an elegant goofball Russian Blue cat.

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · Jan 21

Victor has made it clear that this is the only correct and true configuration of office equipment that will meet his needs.

A grey cat, asleep (he wants to think) on his back, his front paws curled up bunny-style, and his fang showing, just a little bit. Behind him is a pale green iMac and in front of him is a black adaptive keyboard. This positioning assures frequent breaks for belly rubs (his, not mine.)

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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · 3h

🪶🌎🧪 New research on birds and wildfire by IBP and our partners at NPS and UCLA. You can read about it here: birdpop.org/pages/bl...
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Graphic with a photo of a Western Tanager perched on a burned branch by Julio Mulero. Text on the graphic says: New Research: Fire provides long-lasting benefits to bird populations in Sierra Nevada National Parks Low to moderate-severity fires boost bird populations for decades.

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 3h

Oh golly! Thunder!

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lareds224.bsky.social @lareds224.bsky.social · 3d

Our Navajo Code Talkers being honored during the drone show in Gallup, NM. #nativeamerican

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 3h

Saw a Very Fancy Pigeon strolling down my block this afternoon. It was wearing tasteful blue and green leg bands. I hope it makes it home safely.

Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 6h

Think of it as an umbrella that you wear.

Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 6h

My bet would be oiled silk. These probably don't survive well, so they might have been more common than our present day clothing collections would suggest.

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 6h

okay I PROMISE! This will be my last post on the calash. Specifically, a PURPLE CALASH. Well, if I can have it in purple maybe I do want one. The Vergennes (VT) Enterprise & Vermonter, Wednesday, March 20, 1839 #DressHistory #TerriblePoetry

MY PURPLE CALASH.
'Tis only what ever should please
Proud Fashion profanes with her touch,
Who, rather than beauty and ease,
Will pour to the wrinkle and crutch.
I wish she would let well alone,
Invention not put to the test,
To please every ill-natured crone
That's nothing but rouge and cologne-
Theatric effect at the best.

I were to a convent inclined,
If not for its shutters and wall;
I never could make up my mind
That life should be winter and fall;
My heart and my footsteps are free,
And fashion—a buzz and a flash-
May whisper her awful ' Oh see !'
And laugh as though laughing at me,
Displaying my purple calash.

It's long been the envy of girls,
Admired by many a beau,
And shadowed as beautiful curls
As e'er to the shoulders may flow.
It's been a companion and friend,
As constant forever as now,
While hopes, like young shepherds, attend
The flock of emotions that wend
Their way from the heart to the brow.

Twas formed for that epicure ease
Convenience hath over at will;
Though it fail slaves of fashion to please,
With me tis a favorite still.
It can ne'er to a convent belong,
That appellates glory but trash;
Where care will not hush to my song:
I would rather remain with the throng-
A recluse 'neath my purple calash.

How well every dress it becomes:
The ball's, promending's or playe;
How nicely the fingers and thumbs
Bestow it a thousand of ways;
E'en night-winds may mutter and sigh
Or snow-drops, in August, too, fall;
With him that should love me anigh,
Its strings 'neath my chin in a tie,
December l'd not heed at all.

(several more more stanza of hideous poetry, ending with:)

No ores of the ocean or isles,
No plumes of the woods or the air,
Were aught in their magical wiles
If pledged for the gem that I wear.
The pilgrim sings most of his shrine,
The miser his lusterous cash, Victoria her nation and line,
Or Albert, to her half divine,
But I of my purple calash.

Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 6h

A little more info on the calash. Its utility may have outweighed the style aspect.

Calash - American - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

www.metmuseum.org

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 6h

Another great Crow’s Eye production #DressHistory

Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · 3d

Crow’s Eye Productions latest dress history film, directed by Nicole Loven @nrloven.bsky.social and starring Andreane Rellou. youtu.be/4QR9BnrcNbc?...

Getting Dressed - Anne Boleyn (1533)

YouTube video by CrowsEyeProductions

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 6h

Wow. There’s revisionism and there is….whatever *that* is. Quite a whitewashing. I can’t say more without resorting to very bad words.

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Joey Clift @joeytainment.bsky.social · 7h

Pow! has a ton of screenings in the United States in October! Come powwow with us!

10th - Red Brick Road Film Festival & Tacoma Film Festival
11th - Washington West Film Festival
12th & 13th - Hamptons International Film Festival
16th & 18th - Santa Fe International Film Festival

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Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art @billreidgallery.ca · 8h

Pre-order '7IDANsuu James Hart: A Monumental Practice', co-published by Audain Art Museum & Figure 1 Publishing.

Pick up starts Nov 2 at the Bill Reid Gallery.

Find Out More: https://f.mtr.cool/jcagcqdxks

#BookLaunch

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 9h

Oh, *you* want to make a calash? Well, hurry over to The Workwoman's Guide, p 162 for instructions. Plate 20 (facing page 159) shows the pattern(figs 19 and 20.) #DressHistory

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 10h

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 10h

This is pretty grim. The impact to ash trees AND salmon is real one-two punch to indigenous communities

Ian Rose @ianrosewrites.bsky.social · 10h

Emerald ash borers have killed millions of ash trees since they arrived in the US. They made it to Oregon in 2022, British Columbia in 2024 and this year, were detected in Portland. Washington is on alert.

My first story for @columbiainsight.bsky.social :

columbiainsight.org/tree-killing...

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 11h

Those 1840s dos were wild!

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 11h

Silk. About 1840.

I’ve always wanted to MAKE a calash but I have no desire to WEAR one #DressHistory

The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 11h

Calash
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/102650

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Nathalie Swift, 1969

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 11h

Page 56

As you journey along the path you meet an old man. He tells you that modern neuroscience has proved that all our actions and decisions are merely the machinations of a predetermined universe and that our concept of free will' is naught but a comforting illusion. If you agree with his hypothesis, turn to page 72

If you disagree, turn to page 72

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 12h

The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online

For thousands of years, ordinary people all over the world not only worked side-by-side with domestic animals on a daily basis, they also observed the wild fauna around them to learn how to navigate a...

www.openculture.com

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 13h

Mary Dudley, wearing almost enough pearls and a jaunty cap

John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 14h

Portrait of Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney (d.1586) by Levina Teerlinc, done c. 1575. (V&A)

Teerlinc was Flemish, & she was one of those who worked for Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, & Elizabeth I

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Dexter Patterson aka Wisco Birder @wiscobirder.bsky.social · 12d

Excited for @birdability.bsky.social Week! I’m honored to be one of this year’s featured speakers, and I’d love for you to join my FREE virtual keynote. Let’s come together to celebrate accessibility, inclusion, and the joy of birding. 🫶🏾🪶

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 1d

So, “nene” shows up in NYT crosswords regularly. I had only a vague idea of what they look like and am tickled to see them in the form of cookies!

Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association @hawaiipacificparks.bsky.social · 1d

To quote Bono of the band U2: Ohhhhh, the sweetest thing! 🫶🏽
Mahalo nui loa to the park ranger handing out nēnē cookies to our folks working hard at the #haleakalanps visitor center & park store, where sugar in the afternoon is needed & the nēnē are beloved.
🍪🪿🙏🏽

#nenecookies #HPPA #HALE #nenecookie

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of good stuff here, including evolving western science to account for indigenous knowledge and practice. Also, beavers! 🦫

Cascadia Journal @cascadiajournal.bsky.social · 1d

In happier news, First Nations in south central British Columbia are working on returning beavers to the tributaries of sw̓iw̓s (Osoyoos Lake). “They are the glue that holds habitats together.” indiginews.com/news/across-...

Across syilx territories, people are imitating beavers — and hoping for their return

Often seen as a ‘nuisance’ species to be trapped and removed, stunx — beaver in nsyilxcən — may be a key to restoring wetlands and watersheds amidst deforestation and climate change

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Northwest Treaty Tribes @nwtreatytribes.org · 1d

Meaningful Movies Project will present a screening of FISH WAR, a documentary about the Fish Wars of the '60s and '70s that led to the Boldt Decision. The screening will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane.

meaningfulmovies.org/events/fish-...

Fish War | Meaningful Movies Project

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Andrea Cesari @oldbluedoor.bsky.social · 1d

I just love these hero rats

APOPO @herorats.bsky.social · 1d

Little heroes like Harris are learning to make a big impact in the fight against wildlife trafficking, using their super noses to detect illegal wildlife products. #APOPO #RatsToTheRescue #EndWildlifeCrime #ProtectBiodiversity #HeroRATs