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Cranky Prognathodon

@sdrekkar.bsky.social

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A large bitey carnivore living in the Niobraran Sea The Prognathodon can be found at Yarn to Dye For, in Chrisman, IL, an hour southeast of Champaign-Urbana.

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 9h

Sending hugs from me, snuggles from Gimli-beagle, and very good purrs from Beren

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 1d

Also had a (Great-) Aunt on Mom's side, who AFAIK wasn't related in any way but was a sister to Grandma. She was Aunt CiCi to Mom and her sisters, so she was my Aunt CiCi, too.

Continuing the tradition, @knittingkitten.bsky.social is my sister, forget that "in-law" nonsense.

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 1d

I almost never called Bette "Aunt Bette", because of (Great-) Aunt Betty. My much younger siblings, who never knew Aunt Betty, do. It still confuses me occasionally!

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 1d

Dad and his sister had an Aunt Betty, who was an aunt-by-blood. She was the black sheep of the family. My aunt/Dad's sister Bette insisted on that spelling of her name because she didn't want to be associated with Aunt Betty. AFAIK Uncle Al was a much more popular family member than Aunt Bette.

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 1d

Ob Relatively-Relatives Post:

Dad's Uncle Al Scott. Lived next door to my grandpa's family when they were all kids. When Al's parents died he merged into our family. "Scott" was his legal surname, but it effectively became part of a hyphenated first name. Uncle Al was family.

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, the "shirttail relations" on Dad's side of the family were related . . . somehow. We got along, and saw them a couple times a year, but untangling *how* the relating went was a whole thing. :)

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 1d

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, I slapped Thord on the shoulder. Observe his distress. The pain, the trauma, the “oh, did you say something Mumther?”.

The big babies regularly body-slam each other on un-carpeted floors. And this is tame compared to huskies playing “Rip Your Throat Out”. 😏

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 2d

Round 2, with distraction from Jack, the neighbor dog

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 2d

Morning Bitey-Face!

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 3d

Moth Ball is off on a big adventure! Many thanks to our local postmaster for her help with customs forms, the USPS website was fighting me. Moth Ball actually left on Wednesday, but getting my flu and Covid shots earlier that day wiped me out and fried my brain. Have fun and Moth Ball!

Crocheted moth in greens and purples, wings spread, partially in a box.

Box has been lined with paper towel, and Moth Ball is curled up in their wings, ready for the box to be sealed up and on its way

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 4d

So excited! Only a week to go until the @OinkPigments trunk show!
#pigstagram #yarntodyefor #trunkshow2025 #oinkpigments

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 8d

Oooh! They look like they’ve got nice fairly standard cat facial structure, too!

I’m have a weakness for seal points. 🥰

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 9d

Grumble grumble grumble, forgot to start steel-cut oats for tomorrow, and don’t feel like trekking back downstairs. Maybe I’ll do cream of rice in the morning.

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 9d

Finally wove in all the ends on my Bellini Bubbles Shawlette, by PDX Knitterati. This is an assigned pooling pattern, yarn dyed by Created 4 U by Laura. After the first repeat I switched to the green & white yarn for the eyelet sections. I really like how it turned out with the green stripes.

A small shawl, in a pink & white yarn with burgundy accents, and stripes of green & white yarn. The pink/white/burgundy has gathered stitch sections where the burgundy yarn is. The stripes of green/white are bands of eyelets. The shawl is displayed on a dress form wearing black and blue.

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 10d

Carpet pythons and Childrens’ pythons are my favorite sneks!

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 10d

YAY!!!

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 10d

Got new, larger, slow-feeder bowls for the big babies a couple weeks ago. This how Thord eats. 🥰

Loki will do an occasional lap, nothing like this goober.

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 12d

Sending little head kisses and lots of snuggles!

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 12d

Mothman! Crochet pattern by @craftyintentions - from a 5 cute critters set. The pattern antennae weren’t doing it for me, so I did my own thing. Wanted to make him solid black, but it was too hard to see the stitches, so I marled black and charcoal grey.

Crocheted black & dark grey Mothman plushie with orange eyes.

Mothman wrapped up in his wings, ready for nap-time

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 12d

Agreed! I’ll look for a video if I need/want it, but for the love of little furry creatures, let me start with words and pictures!

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 12d

definitely a husky. 🙃

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Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 12d

My big babies, napping behind the desks with me while Dracos is out of the house.

Loki, a golden-tan dog, curled up on a fruit crate by a window. There is a piece of plywood on top of the crate to support him, along with sewing stuff evicted from my desk. Loki is tremendously hurt by the presence of stuff on his crate.

Thord, a long-legged lanky fawn-spotted dog with fabulous eyeliner not quite asleep in a dog bed halfway on a brick hearth. There is also a chew toy in the bed, and a soft toy flopped over the edge of the bed like a sock hanging out of a drawer.

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13d

Ok, word from parents is update/more detail on bare-bones of some news from a few days ago. Fuck Cancer.

(extended family, but some of my favorites)

Cranky Prognathodon @sdrekkar.bsky.social · 13d

I spent 30 years with state government reviewing other people's models, so tinkering with one and making it work feels like an accomplishment. 😆

Aaaaand now I've been told to text the parents, ruh-roh...

5/5

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