Crossword Man @crosswordman@qoto.org

I have to do a filmed interview (very short) next week. Has anyone any tips on how not to be utterly wooden in front of a lens? It is all nerves, I know, but I feel like I'm so stilted on camera.

Here is a color wheel I spent a month french knotting to see if I could. It was very satisfying as it involved not only play with color and thread but so much stabbing things with sharp pointy objects in the name of #art

#Embroidery

🖌️ Artist: #TVBOY (Salvatore Benintende) in City: sorry, unknown, Italy 🇮🇹 - Title: "Tanti auguri ai miei due papà !" (Best wishes to my two dads ! / Herzlichen Glückwunsch an meine beiden Väter!") - #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #Mural #Lgbtq #Papa #Fathers
#Festadelpapà #Childhood

An excellent hotel keycard (click for full image).

#PenroseKitchenTiles All tile is laid, now time for grouting

March 22, 1931, happy birthday to Canadian actor William #Shatner 🎂🖖

In his role as #Enterprise Captain #Kirk in #StarTrek he repeatedly had to deal with aliens, minerals & rocks 🐉💎🪨

http://bressan-geoconsult.eu/tag/star-trek/

I just finished cross stitching my Carrot sampler by Owl Forest Embroidery. #crossstitch

Spotted this pileated woodpecker while driving and circled back for this close up!
#FromTheField #NewEngland #Nature #birds #hiking

New thing on the UIUC campus

Outside the Natural History Museum, though that’s Harker Hall in the background of this photo.

This took longer than I anticipated but I like the outcome! #MastoArt #characterart

I pushed the girls out while I put out grain. They were all gathered at the door when I was done.

#Alpacas #Vermont

#Vermont's food waste and single use #plastics laws are popular, but there is room for improvement. I'm watching the imperfect implementation of these aspirational laws with some interest. https://www.uvm.edu/news/gund/vermonts-food-waste-laws-are-popular-vexing-issues-remain?utm_source=slate&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=vtmatters_03202023 #recycling #plastic #FoodWaste

texo: I weave
Minimus has been trying his paw as a textor (weaver). The stamina (warp threads) are strung on the tela (loom) and held down with pondera (loom weights). Minimus is weaving with a radius (shuttle) wound with filum prasinum (green yarn).
#LatinVerbs

And then there's this one about a hearty 8-year-old who crossed the Atlantic by himself.
https://smolenyak.medium.com/captured-in-time-8-year-old-percy-hemingway-upon-arrival-in-america-in-1890-78692458d549

Second commissioned Clara Bow drawing. Pencils on toned grey paper.

#TealCartoons #adrianteal #mastoart #artistsonmastodon #hollywood #art #caricaturist #caricature

The Irony Police are on their way!

#dogs #dog #nochew #dogsofmastodon #dogstodon #irony #humor #humour #funny

They have not reached consensus on the proper direction of flow for the path. Thus, the paca jam.

#alpacas, #Vermont

Happy (belated) #FirstDayOfSpring ✨ Here’s a scene from the Secret Garden 🌱

#MastoArt #KidLitArt #PictureBook #Illustration

Saul Leiter

Snow, 1960

By the way, there is a wonderful documentary on Saul Leiter called “In No Great Hurry.” I rented it from Apple some time ago, but I assume it’s available to watch in a few places at this point. Most highly recommended, 10/10 if you are a photographer or a fan of egolessness and vision.

#OldMasters #FilmPhotography #NewYork #NYC #StreetPhotography