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Retired, volunteering, learning, growing, and doing new things. Forager, hunter, fishskin tanner, salmon bead maker, baker, goal is to try new things regularly. A married mother and grandmother.
I sent a friend some tanned fishskin, and she sent me back this beautiful pine needle basket with a fish leather bottom! #fishskin #fishleather #fishskintanning
March 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Trump rages at 'disrespectful' Zelenskey..... Americans, you need to stand up and be heard. You need to take action. Those who go along with this, silently, are complicit.

Too many lines crossed today - Russia media in the room, coercion instead of support.... ugly!

#Complicit #TakedownTrump
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Been busy creating, forgetting to share photos! This is a fish skin vase. Tea tanned ling cod with a oak gall tanned patch, centre is a fish bone with beadwork. Second photo is the front, with a row of fish bone beads. #fishskin #fishleather #fishart
February 20, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Culture, sustainability, using all of the resources we harvest. Tanning fish skins, making beads from fish bones, art from deer ribs and fur.
January 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Forecast is for frigid temperatures AND snow, an unusual combination for this region.

Countdown to 2025's first craft-cation, going to be the first in our tiny home.

Last year's deer scapula art for inspiration. Sunflower centre is a piece of antler with deer fur tufting.
January 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It is a professional development day at my grandddaughter's school today, so hanging out doing fun kitchen science stuff. Made tanghulu (Chinese candied fruit)
January 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If this fun and funny Christmas jingle doesn't get you in the Christmas mood nothing will!

Warning - you will be humming the tune for the rest of the day.
youtu.be/z1ZEBnj_6aA?...

#Indigenous #Christmas #Indigisky
Stuck In The Smoke Hole Of Our Tipi: Shoshone Christmas Song - Elder Oldhands
YouTube video by Jaguar Bird
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December 10, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Striving to use as much of the animals we harvest as possible, working on this year's salmon. We save the bones for bead making, and some of the skins for tanning.

Fish leather is strong! Learning Dakelh traditions with my spouse.

#nature #sustainability #Indigenous #Dakelh
November 30, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Interesting insect day..... Did you know that fruit flies don't like morphine - they are partial to cocaine? www.bbc.com/future/artic...

And that supporting dung beetle colonization of cow patties could save Canadian ranchers millions? publications.gc.ca/collections/...

#science #insects
publications.gc.ca
November 30, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Learning Bluesky... left X for good. Just settled in a new home, in a new community, and looking forward to getting back to regular life.... but can't remember what that is! Tell me something exciting you've learned or done recently and get me started with something new!
November 22, 2024 at 5:47 AM