Karen Smith. 🌿🌈🐈
@karen-smith.bsky.social
Tree Dr, soils tragic, gum nut. PhD. Urban greening, sewing & writing. Rescue cat Banksy. #chronicpain #gardens #trees #disability #sciart Melbourne Australia
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Karen Smith. 🌿🌈🐈
@karen-smith.bsky.social
· Oct 29
We do take the cake for preposterous hobbies @liapas.bsky.social
Hand quilting this Frida Kahlo quilt, each square has 2m of stitching. Have done 6/18 squares.
Hand quilting this Frida Kahlo quilt, each square has 2m of stitching. Have done 6/18 squares.
#Victorianfires. ABC'S radio Justin Smith is an excellent broadcaster. So compassionate to people calling in to say their homes have been lost.
January 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
#Victorianfires. ABC'S radio Justin Smith is an excellent broadcaster. So compassionate to people calling in to say their homes have been lost.
A Royal Commission refresher for Aussies. For me it's about the terms of reference.
theconversation.com/what-is-a-ro...
theconversation.com/what-is-a-ro...
What is a royal commission? Could one into the Bondi attack create meaningful change?
The government is under significant pressure to launch a royal commission into antisemitism. Here’s how these sorts of inquiries work and what they can and can’t do.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:37 AM
A Royal Commission refresher for Aussies. For me it's about the terms of reference.
theconversation.com/what-is-a-ro...
theconversation.com/what-is-a-ro...
Yes, one event will never be enough. The same in Australia.
One of the coolest things a student ever wrote after taking my Indigenous Studies intro course was, "if settler colonization is a structure, not an event, then reconciliation needs to be a structure." And she was absolutely correct.
January 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Yes, one event will never be enough. The same in Australia.
I know it's going to be 42 degrees🔥 today. I just don't need the media reminding me we have a heat wave continuously.
January 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I know it's going to be 42 degrees🔥 today. I just don't need the media reminding me we have a heat wave continuously.
And so, it came to pass.
i need another hobby like a hole in the head, but this year i want to learn to crochet. so i can make weird cardigans
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 AM
And so, it came to pass.
We all do.
January 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM
We all do.
Magical
The most detailed model to date of ONE of our around 30 trillion (written out, that's 30,000,000,000,000) human cells, obtained using x-rays, nuclear magnetic resonance, and cryoelectron microscopy data sets.
Never forget we are all filled with magical possibilities ...
Never forget we are all filled with magical possibilities ...
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Magical
Wow
January 4, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Wow
Understatement. Thanks Laura Tingle.
Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement:
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”
January 4, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Understatement. Thanks Laura Tingle.
Poor baby
January 3, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Poor baby
I bought the cat a bed for outside. He is enjoying being underneath it in the heat. 25 atm, up to 32.
December 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I bought the cat a bed for outside. He is enjoying being underneath it in the heat. 25 atm, up to 32.
I'm speechless
Clue 2 is so “easy” in comparison to Clue 1. Thank goodness. I mean clue 1 took 8 weeks to complete and if continued at that rate it would take another 6 months to finish this monster!
#knitsky #showusyourknits #showmeyourknits #westknitsmkal2025 #musikal2025
#knitsky #showusyourknits #showmeyourknits #westknitsmkal2025 #musikal2025
December 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I'm speechless
The dog poo ad on SBS is sending me crazy
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The dog poo ad on SBS is sending me crazy
Great idea
December 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Great idea
We can always rely on geraniums to be cheerful
December 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
We can always rely on geraniums to be cheerful
Colour and weeds. Will be there a while longer, after my skin cancer surgery.
December 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Colour and weeds. Will be there a while longer, after my skin cancer surgery.
Beautiful is the earth and the rocks therein.🌈
Every batch of tumbled rocks I complete I find candidates for tumbled pendants. These are nice inexpensive options on my site. Bahia, PNW agatized wood, crazy lace. #bluewizardrocks #lapidary #pendant #pendants
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Beautiful is the earth and the rocks therein.🌈
Stitches out, 1.5 weeks after Mohs surgery for skin cancer. Healing well. Get your skin checked. Watch for changes.
December 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Stitches out, 1.5 weeks after Mohs surgery for skin cancer. Healing well. Get your skin checked. Watch for changes.
A lucky Koala indeed.
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A lucky Koala indeed.
A lucky Koala indeed
December 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A lucky Koala indeed
With glad tidings and great joy!
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
With glad tidings and great joy!
An appropriate response thankyou.
Mum asked us to post this at our church today. Just because. #Bondi
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
An appropriate response thankyou.
Yes. We must stand in peace and solidarity with Amed's actions of helping other Australians 🇦🇨🙏
December 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Yes. We must stand in peace and solidarity with Amed's actions of helping other Australians 🇦🇨🙏