Ruth McMonagle
@ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social
Textile artist. Nature lover.
Saving the planet, one stitch at a time.
She/her. Aotearoa New Zealand
#art #textile #fabric #recycle #reuse #quilt #sew #stitch #craft #thread #climate #MTB #travel #adventure
Lover, mother, friend.
ruthmcmonagle.net
Saving the planet, one stitch at a time.
She/her. Aotearoa New Zealand
#art #textile #fabric #recycle #reuse #quilt #sew #stitch #craft #thread #climate #MTB #travel #adventure
Lover, mother, friend.
ruthmcmonagle.net
#SecretSantaAoNZ
Santee, your gift will make it before opening day.
The gift is all complete.
Just need to wrap it, and tomorrow, find a reindeer to deliver it.
🇳🇿🎁🎄🧑🎄
#SecretSantaAoNZ
Santee, your gift will make it before opening day.
The gift is all complete.
Just need to wrap it, and tomorrow, find a reindeer to deliver it.
🇳🇿🎁🎄🧑🎄
#SecretSantaAoNZ
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ
Santee, your gift will make it before opening day.
The gift is all complete.
Just need to wrap it, and tomorrow, find a reindeer to deliver it.
🇳🇿🎁🎄🧑🎄
#SecretSantaAoNZ
Santee, your gift will make it before opening day.
The gift is all complete.
Just need to wrap it, and tomorrow, find a reindeer to deliver it.
🇳🇿🎁🎄🧑🎄
#SecretSantaAoNZ
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Hey #SecretSantaAoNZ players on Bluesky.
Have you followed @ap.brid.gy so you can see the Mastodon players on the hashtag and interacting?
Have you followed @ap.brid.gy so you can see the Mastodon players on the hashtag and interacting?
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Hey #SecretSantaAoNZ players on Bluesky.
Have you followed @ap.brid.gy so you can see the Mastodon players on the hashtag and interacting?
Have you followed @ap.brid.gy so you can see the Mastodon players on the hashtag and interacting?
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Quiz time. 10 questions, every answer is a number from 1 to 10 and each number is used only once.
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
How Many Quiz December 2025
The answers to the questions are 1 to 10 with each answer used only once. There is no checking that you have used each answer only once - that part is up to you.
docs.google.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Quiz time. 10 questions, every answer is a number from 1 to 10 and each number is used only once.
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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It's time for the "How to do ALT text" image again.
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's time for the "How to do ALT text" image again.
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
Writing a perfect ALT text is impossible, but please try 💚!
Visually impairment is a wide spectrum and doesn't keep people from loving the visual arts.
🐡 #art #kleinekunstklasse #artadventcalendar
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A strange Starfish in Lombok - Gili - Indonesia
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #gilimeno #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #diver #padi #starfish #echinoderm
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #gilimeno #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #diver #padi #starfish #echinoderm
November 28, 2024 at 11:28 PM
A strange Starfish in Lombok - Gili - Indonesia
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #gilimeno #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #diver #padi #starfish #echinoderm
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #gilimeno #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #diver #padi #starfish #echinoderm
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Reposting this since it's Sunday and someone might feel the love. Or need a Christmas gift.
Thanks, peeps.
#kikorangi
#handknitting
#handspinning
🧶🇳🇿
Thanks, peeps.
#kikorangi
#handknitting
#handspinning
🧶🇳🇿
🧵
Hi all
It's coming up for Christmas and I've run out of money so am putting out the begging bowl. Not least because I need to get the spousal unit a bottle of whiskey for supporting me through the aftermath of my accident.
Hi all
It's coming up for Christmas and I've run out of money so am putting out the begging bowl. Not least because I need to get the spousal unit a bottle of whiskey for supporting me through the aftermath of my accident.
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Reposting this since it's Sunday and someone might feel the love. Or need a Christmas gift.
Thanks, peeps.
#kikorangi
#handknitting
#handspinning
🧶🇳🇿
Thanks, peeps.
#kikorangi
#handknitting
#handspinning
🧶🇳🇿
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The shawl is in a vintage style and would be great for cold commutes. I designed it to get what I wanted. It's year-old Romney so is lovely and soft. More robust than Merino so won't pill. You should be able to hand it down to your grandkids. Comes with some spare yarn in case repairs are needed.
December 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The shawl is in a vintage style and would be great for cold commutes. I designed it to get what I wanted. It's year-old Romney so is lovely and soft. More robust than Merino so won't pill. You should be able to hand it down to your grandkids. Comes with some spare yarn in case repairs are needed.
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I love this essay about ebiking and Long COVID 🚴😷
“I hadn’t mentioned the internalized ableism. But Stacy knew. “It’s not giving up,” she said, “It’s not cheating. It’s a new kind of freedom.””
“I hadn’t mentioned the internalized ableism. But Stacy knew. “It’s not giving up,” she said, “It’s not cheating. It’s a new kind of freedom.””
I wrote about #LongCOVID stealing my lifelong favorite hobby of cycling, learning that e-bikes aren't "giving up" or "cheating," and how riding with assistance gave me back one of the greatest joys of my life. bit.ly/48ohIH5
The Greatest Feeling in the World
Seven months with an electric bike.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I love this essay about ebiking and Long COVID 🚴😷
“I hadn’t mentioned the internalized ableism. But Stacy knew. “It’s not giving up,” she said, “It’s not cheating. It’s a new kind of freedom.””
“I hadn’t mentioned the internalized ableism. But Stacy knew. “It’s not giving up,” she said, “It’s not cheating. It’s a new kind of freedom.””
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Since I'm home sick and X-Twitter may soon expect me to pay for access, I am going to recreate this here: 🎢 ⚛️
Pedro Pascal as classic physics textbooks: a thread
Pedro Pascal as classic physics textbooks: a thread
October 31, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Since I'm home sick and X-Twitter may soon expect me to pay for access, I am going to recreate this here: 🎢 ⚛️
Pedro Pascal as classic physics textbooks: a thread
Pedro Pascal as classic physics textbooks: a thread
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Local (Wellington) friends. I'm taking part in my first ever craft market with the Village Beads whānau. There'll be felting (me!), jewellery, beading, ceramics etc for sale.
⏰5.30pm Thurs 18th Dec
📍Where: Abandoned Brewery Petone
Lovely Christmas gifts, yum food & drinks, music. Please come! #nz
⏰5.30pm Thurs 18th Dec
📍Where: Abandoned Brewery Petone
Lovely Christmas gifts, yum food & drinks, music. Please come! #nz
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Local (Wellington) friends. I'm taking part in my first ever craft market with the Village Beads whānau. There'll be felting (me!), jewellery, beading, ceramics etc for sale.
⏰5.30pm Thurs 18th Dec
📍Where: Abandoned Brewery Petone
Lovely Christmas gifts, yum food & drinks, music. Please come! #nz
⏰5.30pm Thurs 18th Dec
📍Where: Abandoned Brewery Petone
Lovely Christmas gifts, yum food & drinks, music. Please come! #nz
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For the sushi lovers in Napier, Sushiya in Emerson st is doing a lunch special of 6 pieces plus a canned drink for $11.
They catered for a cruiseship carrying over 4000. The ship didn't dock.
They catered for a cruiseship carrying over 4000. The ship didn't dock.
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
For the sushi lovers in Napier, Sushiya in Emerson st is doing a lunch special of 6 pieces plus a canned drink for $11.
They catered for a cruiseship carrying over 4000. The ship didn't dock.
They catered for a cruiseship carrying over 4000. The ship didn't dock.
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40,000-year-old plankton under a scanning electron microscope 🔬
Micro sample: Eocene, Oamuru, New Zealand (diatoms, radiolarians, sponge spicules).
Micro sample: Eocene, Oamuru, New Zealand (diatoms, radiolarians, sponge spicules).
December 19, 2024 at 2:15 PM
40,000-year-old plankton under a scanning electron microscope 🔬
Micro sample: Eocene, Oamuru, New Zealand (diatoms, radiolarians, sponge spicules).
Micro sample: Eocene, Oamuru, New Zealand (diatoms, radiolarians, sponge spicules).
#SecretSantaAoNZ
I hope they like it
I hope they like it
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
#SecretSantaAoNZ
I hope they like it
I hope they like it
Why haven’t you gone home yet?
It’s a little damp.
Can’t see the mountain
It’s a little damp.
Can’t see the mountain
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Why haven’t you gone home yet?
It’s a little damp.
Can’t see the mountain
It’s a little damp.
Can’t see the mountain
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THE KITTEN
#poem #limerick #funny #story #jcjones #quick #spokenword #spokenpoetry #spokenwordpoetry #spokenwords #poems #reallife #book #comedy #humor #humour #fypシ゚viralシ #fyp #foryoupagereels #foryouシ #foryouシpage #job #jokes #jokeofday #cat #cats #kitten #kittensofinstagram #catsofinstagram
#poem #limerick #funny #story #jcjones #quick #spokenword #spokenpoetry #spokenwordpoetry #spokenwords #poems #reallife #book #comedy #humor #humour #fypシ゚viralシ #fyp #foryoupagereels #foryouシ #foryouシpage #job #jokes #jokeofday #cat #cats #kitten #kittensofinstagram #catsofinstagram
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices saying "Great thought of yours" were suddenly silenced
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices saying "Great thought of yours" were suddenly silenced
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December 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
5 movies I'll be watching this festive season
- Rare exports: A Christmas Tale
- The Long Kiss Goodnight
- Die Hard
- The Holiday
- Elf
- Rare exports: A Christmas Tale
- The Long Kiss Goodnight
- Die Hard
- The Holiday
- Elf
Introduce yourself with 5 movies you'll be watching this festive season
- White Christmas
- Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- Jingle Jangle
- Die Hard
- White Christmas
- Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- Muppet Christmas Carol
- Jingle Jangle
- Die Hard
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
5 movies I'll be watching this festive season
- Rare exports: A Christmas Tale
- The Long Kiss Goodnight
- Die Hard
- The Holiday
- Elf
- Rare exports: A Christmas Tale
- The Long Kiss Goodnight
- Die Hard
- The Holiday
- Elf
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Please reply to this post with all the other things I should know, at the age of 54.
Then I found out that every oven has a self-cleaning steam function. You just need to fill a tray with water and run it at 150°C for half an hour.
Now my question is WHY AM I JUST DISCOVERING THIS NOW? It seems like something they would teach you at school.
Now my question is WHY AM I JUST DISCOVERING THIS NOW? It seems like something they would teach you at school.
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Please reply to this post with all the other things I should know, at the age of 54.
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Part 7 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Chantilly Castle wrought iron railing
Chantilly Castle wrought iron railing
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Part 7 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Chantilly Castle wrought iron railing
Chantilly Castle wrought iron railing
So many beautifully crafted items.
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So many beautifully crafted items.
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I can neither confirm nor deny whether I may or may not have bought the gift for my #secretsantaaonz giftee, but if I had, the doubts about whether it's right or not may have started already. If I had. Which I'm maybe neither not confirming nor not denying.
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I can neither confirm nor deny whether I may or may not have bought the gift for my #secretsantaaonz giftee, but if I had, the doubts about whether it's right or not may have started already. If I had. Which I'm maybe neither not confirming nor not denying.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Emperor penguin
Tuatara
Cheetah
White swan (very exotic to me as we only have wild black ones in AoNZ🇳🇿)
Banana Slug
Emperor penguin
Tuatara
Cheetah
White swan (very exotic to me as we only have wild black ones in AoNZ🇳🇿)
Banana Slug
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Coastal brown bear
Coastal black wolves
Giant sunflower star
Olympic ermine
Musk ox
Coastal brown bear
Coastal black wolves
Giant sunflower star
Olympic ermine
Musk ox
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Emperor penguin
Tuatara
Cheetah
White swan (very exotic to me as we only have wild black ones in AoNZ🇳🇿)
Banana Slug
Emperor penguin
Tuatara
Cheetah
White swan (very exotic to me as we only have wild black ones in AoNZ🇳🇿)
Banana Slug
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Hard to believe that ~150 years ago, New Zealand had no Black Swans. Today? They’re on every lake, bay, and sad little treatment pond by the highway. It’s thought they filled the niche left by the extinct New Zealand swan…and then just went wild. Nature always finds a way. 🌿
🪶 My photo from October
🪶 My photo from October
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Hard to believe that ~150 years ago, New Zealand had no Black Swans. Today? They’re on every lake, bay, and sad little treatment pond by the highway. It’s thought they filled the niche left by the extinct New Zealand swan…and then just went wild. Nature always finds a way. 🌿
🪶 My photo from October
🪶 My photo from October