@Florence @gemswinc Yes, though I'm pretty sure Martha Stewart (among others) has taught how to use potatoes and paint in order to make one's own wrapping paper. 😂

@Notokay

The seller felt it important that any she sells go to a "good home" with someone who understands what they need (vs someone who wants to "upcycle" it). She kinda pre-screened me first. 😂

But I feel the same way.

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@Notokay @Florence OK, this is about art, not potatoes. Yes, excellent!

Here's a drawing of me as #Potato

I actually drew it several years ago in response to a prompt in my bodybuilding group on FB (no, Dr. Frankenstein, my OTHER bodybuilding group), but it seems appropriate given #PotatoTime and #dci2023

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It's funny, because I LOVE how they look with decals intact. But those have usually been either restored or very rarely used. This one is worn - but not rusted up. It was cared for and heavily used. So, either a big family, home business, or both. Either way, it did what it was built for and still works. I love that. 💜

@CinnamonGirlE @Florence I have seen sheet rockers that are artists, a circular brick patio built by an artist, my dad using a micrometer to calculate shim thickness for shim / bucket valvetrains as an artist too.

@Florence @Nimthiriel @th3j35t3r It's not dead yet!

@Florence
I read recently that anyone that creates is an artist. I also like to paint, draw, write, but don't consider myself an artist. Maybe we are though! 😊

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I understand the pros and cons of the industrial age. A lot of cons... But I'll admit to enjoying the sound of a Victorian mahcine. Very evocative.

@Florence @Nimthiriel @th3j35t3r I think we have successfully beat a dead mouse. 😂

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Very much so! Function and beauty. 💜

I got a new baby to fix up. Ca 1879 (Stockwell) Howe. The table top closes up to form the coffin top. I need to open the head as something is misaligned, but I'll post a video of it going after.

Elias Howe of Massachusetts invented the lockstitch - the 2 thread stitching we use today - and that little invention revolutionized not just home sewing but manufacturing.

That's not hyperbole.

The underside of it is unlike any I have.

#SewingMachine #antique

Need to be a brave potat today.

Join the potato posting squad, or be prepared to fry eternally!

our local pride event is happening in a couple of weeks. i wanted to get my nails done like this.

but i've been so sick. i don't know if i'll be well enough to go get them done before the event. i may not be able to go at all. i don't want to make others sick. 🙄

just a subtle reminder

well shit, plan B now!

@Florence @Notokay @th3j35t3r 3000 LITRES FOR ONE MOUSE??? That’s at least three times more than one can!!!

Good morning, friends! May the things that prey on your mind turn out to be far less of a threat than you imagined.