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  • craftedincarhartt:

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    ANNE THE RIVETER AND THE RIVETED RABBIT 

    Those of you who have ever wanted to learn a trade or a skill know that it seems quite daunting. There’s so much to master and it can feel like you’re putting yourself on the line. Take some advice from Anne Bujold, welder and blacksmith. Start small and work your way up to the big stuff.
    Anne’s interest in metalwork started in jewelry making. As her skills grew and she became proficient at fabricating bigger and better things, the possibilities continued to grow in her mind. The knowledge she gained in classes and from mentors led her to expand the concepts of what she considered herself capable of doing.
    Knowledge is power. The saying may be old and trite, but it doesn’t make it any less true. When you want something, get your feet wet. Learn as much as you can. Keep an open mind and open ears to hear advice and encouragement. Being a woman in what is typically a man’s world may take a little more elbow grease in the long run. Don’t let that dampen your spirit. Use it as fire to fuel the flames of your passion.
    One of Anne’s favorite aspects metalwork is the rush she feels as she wields her hammer. Forging hot metal is dangerous and powerful. Keep that in mind as you view some of her finished work above. Don’t let the fanciful nature of her art fool you into forgetting the labor and ingenuity behind each bend and curve.

    Anne’s workwear: Carhartt Women’s Zip-Front Sweatshirt, Carhartt Women’s Calumet Crewneck T-Shirt, Carhartt Women’s Clarkston Cami Tank, Carhartt Women’s Relaxed-Fit Canvas Cane Dungaree, & Carhartt Women’s Quick Flex Glove

  • Advanced Warning – Clinton likely to build lead until 15 March, Sanders will start comeback after that date. • /r/SandersForPresident

    Advanced Warning – Clinton likely to build lead until 15 March, Sanders will start comeback after that date. • /r/SandersForPresident

    shm128iii:

    Definitely a good thing to read over before we all start having heart attacks on Super Tuesday.

    Super-Short Version: A lot of the states that are voting in the Primaries on Tuesday lean heavily towards Hillary, so there’s a good chance Bernie’s gonna look like he’s taking a huge hit this week. In the weeks afterwards, however, the states that have been leaning towards Bernie will have their Primaries, so he’ll make a comeback then… Assuming, of course, that we don’t all get discouraged from the Super Tuesday results and remember to vote. Apparently, the same thing happened back in ‘08, with Hillary gaining huge leads on Super Tuesday but Obama making a comeback afterwards to get the nomination.

    In any case, keep yer hopes up, no matter what happens on Tuesday! Oh, and once again… Make sure you go out and vote!

  • rahksin:

    Hey, ignore me if you’ve answered this already, but where did your interest in plant life and gardening come from? I am forever marveling at all this practical knowledge that I was never introduced to as a kid.

    tkingfisher:

    Oh wow, that’s a good question! My mother was a gardener, and I think it was from her that I got the desire to grow things, but I didn’t get much practical knowledge. (Not her fault, I was just young and dumb and also things that grow in Oregon are not always things that grow in Minnesota or North Carolina. I did learn how to build a drystone wall from my stepfather, though, which is surprisingly useful knowledge, because it teaches you that stacking a bunch of rocks can fix all kinds of things.)

    No, I got all the actual knowledge from books and sticking my hands into dirt. Mostly books. I knew nothing when I started. I kept ordering mulch from one place and they gave me Black Kow compost instead, because the clerk didn’t know anything either. So I spread like three hundred pounds of cow manure on my flower beds and then wondered why the weeds grew, but oh my god, the plants exploded.

    And I also did a lot of things that were stupid, some of which worked great. For example, nobody told me you couldn’t build a garden bed by marking out a chunk of lawn and dumping dirt over it, until after the fact, when they said the grass would grow through. Those beds did awesome. Still do. Mind you, I used a LOT of dirt. (If I were doing it again, I might try flipping the sod, but at the time, I just got in and dumped dirt and smothered everything.) 

    I had no idea how big anything got, so I’d plant it and find out. In some cases, that means that I’m still dealing with having Rattlesnake Master at the front of a bed and having to stake it, and I’ve moved (and slain) plants that got out of hand.

    Anyway, the moral of the story is that gardening is often a blood-borne pathogen, but practical knowledge can be gleaned by reading and doing and failing and trying again.

  • tinierpurplefishes:

    I’m not a procrastinator. I’m not good enough at it to get paid. Just an amateurcrastinator.

  • vorchagirl:

    Me writing fic.

  • thefriendlyneighbourhoodfeminist:

    sentientlifeform:

    waterlily96:

    projectunbreakable:

    nine photographs portraying quotes said to sexual assault survivors by police officers, attorneys, and other authority figures

    more info about project unbreakable here

    original tumblr here

    previously: nine photographs portraying quotes said to sexual assault survivors by their friends/family

    This is why so many rapes go unreported. 

    This makes me feel physically sick.

    Always reblog

  • To Stop Trans Kids from Killing Themselves, Shocking Study Says ‘Accept Them’ | Broadly

    To Stop Trans Kids from Killing Themselves, Shocking Study Says ‘Accept Them’ | Broadly

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  • Before. Dad's taking a 'before' shot from another angle.TheNoisyFrog's husband driving the tractor!For awhile, this moat made it the most well-defended rhododendron in the neighborhood.IT MOVED.Ded.

    shadesofmauve:

    Extra large rhododendron, six people, lots of hand tools, and a tractor!

    The ‘after’ pic doesn’t show quite how far the rhody’s moved, or the pit behind it. I’ll get another angle tomorrow. It’s  8-10 feet farther away from the house.

  • unicornempire:

    mediamattersforamerica:

    What are the odds that Fox News completely ignores this?

    This needs to be aired everywhere, day and night. I hope people turn it into advertisements. Damn, I hope it changes a few minds, because this is the reality that so many people are facing every day- and to go back to a system that lets people die for not having enough money is simply inhuman. Our system even still needs massive improvements, it it is BETTER than it was, let’s keep it that way.