Masto♾️Don •• (BigBoppa) @BigBoppa@wonkodon.com

Spotted at a pottery shop in Galena, IL. Sadly, the store was closed. I'll have to go back some time.

I spent the weekend in Galena, IL and came across this store on Main Street. I emailed a different shot to Rebecca, our @editrix on Friday but had to go back to take another picture Saturday because my wife pointed out that I'd missed an important detail on the 3rd floor.

Today is Pączki day. My grandson works at an Italian bakery here in Chicago. But every year they suspend making cannoli, zeppole, biscotti, et.al. and devote a few days to making only their version of this Polish treat. They make them a little differently from traditional pączki. Rather than piping the filling into the donut, they split it in 2 and add the fillings sandwich style. They make about 10 different fillings.

This one is pastry cream and chocolate buttercream.

My wife started working on this quilt almost 3 yrs ago during the lockdown and finished it last week. Based on a count in a representative area, I estimate it has somewhere around 240,000 individual stitches. All by hand. She's been sewing for many years, but this is her first full-sized quilt.

#Caturday #catsofmastodon

African sand cats are suspicious of your motivations

I made a big pot of beef broth this morning, and while washing my hands after handling the meat, I caught sight in my peripheral vision of the item in the first image. My crazy brain immediatly translated it to the second image.

Another shining example of the master race.

#haiku - prison

Merrick Garland, please
explain why we haven’t seen
this yet. Do your job.

#575prompt
@aethelshane

In honor of the passing of another film icon:

Gina Lollobrigida has died at age 95.

Whoa! I never noticed before that #GeorgeSantos is in Da Vinci's Last Supper.

#photoshop

I just finished my latest project. Not the kind of thing I usually make, but my nephew asked me to make him a skull ring. I told him he could probably buy one on Amazon but he said he'd rather have one made by me. So how could I not? Excuse the photo quality. I'm still sitting at my work bench after having just finished with polishing it.

An artists conception of caturday, circa 11,000 BCE.

#Caturday

@SeanCasten

This picture made me laugh out loud when I saw it this morning. Ms Porter should be named a national treasure.

BTW, I’m in Mike Quigley’s district but I can only follow you so far. Please encourage MQ to join up on Mastodon where all the cool kids hang.

Should this be under the OED definition for feckless?

My 13yo granddaughter broke her collarbone last spring, so I made this for her annual special Xmas ornament.
It's about 2 1/4" (57mm) wide.

Mrs Claws, the Christmas kitten is finally all tuckered out.

I can finally post a #Caturday picture now that my grandkids got a new kitten for Xmas. Her name is Mrs. Claws.

Inserting a bit of realism to the insanity

Bond Falls
Paulding, Mi

#WaterfallWednesday