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memsomerville.bsky.social
@memsomerville.bsky.social
Scientist. Lacemaker.

lacecouvige.com for Wikipedia project
Some of it is terrible, and some of it is bad microfiche copies of 18th century documents.

But some of it is stunning and perfect and completely classic.

But I went to school with nuns who were very good at it, maybe I just got the right skills from them!
two nuns are standing next to each other in front of a church
Alt: Alt: two nuns are standing next to each other in front of a church, appear to be doing some kind of dance move with an index finger slide to the side.
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Oooh. My friend also shreds people who mock doilies.

hyperallergic.com/my-grandmas-...
My Grandma's Doilies Are Not a Joke
When will art institutions finally pay respect to our foremothers’ artistry?
hyperallergic.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
My Gen0's birthday is exactly 1 week apart from mine. I'm going to get him a cake this year and call it my Canadian birthday.
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Luckily we had family genealogy nerds who already assembled most of what I needed. I just needed to print it out and order a few originals.

This is such a gift from the ancestors.
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 AM
It consumed my nights and days for about 2 weeks. I could think of nothing else.

Good luck!

Next year in Avonlea!
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Ha! There was another person with a statue recently.

This costs $75. It's not naturalization--there's no language test, no nothing. You just send birth/marriage/death certificates. Worth assembling and submitting.

redd.it/1quf04k
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Oh yes--as long as there was a birth or adoption on Canadian soil at some point--and not just transit back to Britain--I think people are working those Loyalists.
February 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
This chair? I laughed.
February 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM
When I saw that close up image of Karoline Leavitt, I thought she had some kind of weird herpes.

I felt bad for her.
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 AM