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art, zines, feelings + web hearts

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having second thoughts

Having second thoughts about moving in with my bf, a daily drawing, and bringing my dog's ashes home.

journaling with cards + getting back into daily drawing

Getting back into drawing daily, journaling with Tarot cards, and deciding on giving it a real try in the country

i saw a moose! 🫎

Camping things plus a few tiny updates

doodling in coffee shops and summer hikes

Making a zine and doodling in a coffee shop, and sharing pics of a recent hike.

my apartment is "done"

They've finished remediating my apartment. A small part of me still feels like it's a toxic environment, though, with lingering dust on the walls and in other nooks and crannies. If I open these bags up, will a pouf of cement dust come flying out? What if the vents have trapped dust in there somehow? It's hard for me to trust that this place is safe again. I got rid of: alllll my clothes (at their…

blog update

As you know, my apartment is in the depths of hell right now under a blanket of cement dust. The new printer I bought for my zines and art is now dead. It was right under the window of the cement dust cloud that effectively destroyed my place. Because of that, the small sanctuary I've built around printed zines won't be an option for me for a long time until I get myself situated again in a new…

I should have listened

It's been a week. They started doing balcony repairs in my building, which involves heavy drilling of all the concrete slabs. Before starting the process, they told us to close all our windows and to remove all AC's from the windows. Well, the AC was so heavy (and professionally installed) that I didn't want to take it out. I had the bright idea to put garbage bags on the outside of the AC unit,…

perfume, books, flowers

Reading updates + book TBR list, new perfume, and some flowers. Trying to cheer myself up after my dog died.

grateful

It's already been a week since Muskoka died. What a blur. Been watching a lot of cozy vlogs. And reading, like I mentioned. Latest book: Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher, a reimagined, dark telling of Snow White . She has single-handedly revived my love of reading. Her writing is dark and witty, and the romance isn't at the forefront of the story, which I appreciate rn. She's quite the prolific…

not the same

Grappling with the loss of my dog muskoka