MarieVC

MarieVC, 8 months ago to Bretagne

Allée couverte de Kerbalanec, Bretagne (2023)

#Brittany #Bretagne #StandingStoneSunday

https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=8807

The Kerbalanec site from the outside, it's a summer's day, the grass is tall and green (it rained a lot in Brittany this summer), with a oak tree on the right and a few clouds on a blue sky.
The Kerbalanec site from the inside, with the large stones aligned and covered. There is ivy and a few ferns between the stones.
The Kerbalanec site from the outside, it's a summer's day, the grass is tall and green (it rained a lot in Brittany this summer), with a oak tree on the right and a few clouds on a blue sky. This is a wider shot than the previous one, with the oak tree on the right photographed in full.

MarieVC, 9 months ago to climate

Yesterday's anti-science bingo. Started with a discussion with a herbalist who admitted that she didn't know much about it, but that "the body says when it doesn't like something", "and 90% of illnesses are psychological, like covid", "I'm not vaccinated", "and now they're selling us an asymptomatic heatwave, the weather's fine, where do you see the heatwave?".

What do we do when false certainties are more reassuring than facts?

#ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis

MarieVC, 9 months ago to SciComm

Enjoying the slowness of this Sunday morning to listen to the conversation between Katherine May and Marjolijn van Heemstra which echoes what I'm trying to do in the face of the climate crisis: protect spaces in my days for experiencing the wonder of the world around me (scientific communication is one approach for me), people, human creativity, choosing it consciously, despite everything.

https://katherine-may.co.uk/how-we-live-now-season-2/marjolijn

#ClimateDiary #SciComm #KatherineMay #MarjolijnVanHeemstra #Podcast #Poetry

TatianaIlyina, 9 months ago to random

Interesting paper on decarbonizing the academic sector:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652622027627

MarieVC, 10 months ago to random

This morning it rained for the first time in a long time. The rain smelt of burning wood. Is it possible that this is due to the fires in Canada? (I live in Luxembourg.) Will the smell of the rain change too?

#ClimateDiary #RainSmell #Luxembourg #Lëtzebuerg #ClimateCrisis

MarieVC, 10 months ago to random

This year I discovered persistent dizziness as a result of dehydration during the recent heatwave, which temporarily damaged my inner ear. I don't recommend it. And it makes me extremely anxious about what the future holds.

#ClimateDiary #DrinkWater #Heatwave

MarieVC, 11 months ago to FiberArts

Last hand-stitching completed this morning (10 metres of bias binding, very slow, very meditative), very happy with this project. An excuse to use fabrics from my precious stash, in a project that I hope will be long-lasting.

Pattern: Tamarack Jacket by Grainline Studio
Liberty Fabrics: 'Betsy', 'Capel', 'Oxford' & 'Glencot House'

#LibertyFabrics #LibertyLondon
#Sewing #Quilting #Quilted #QuiltedJacket #TamarackJacket #GrainlineStudio

Photo of a reversible quilted jacket in Liberty fabric, in blue-green tones.
Details of a reversible quilted jacket in Liberty fabrics, with the bias binding also reversible.
Photo of the back of a reversible quilted jacket in Liberty fabric, in blue-green tones.

MarieVC, 11 months ago to random

Finished this project (early) this morning as a gift for a friend, the first time I've quilted a larger piece, really enjoyed the process, including making the bias to match the main fabric and even doing all the finishing by hand so the jacket is reversible. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to sew the pockets, which is against my principles*.

Pattern: Tamarack Jacket (Grainline Studio)
Fabrics: Merchant & Mills, Liberty fabrics

#Sewing #TamarackJacket #Quilting

Photo of a quilted jacket, the other side, in a blue-toned fabric. The seams are finished with a hand-sewn bias, which gives the jacket structure.
Photo of the process of quilting the pieces that make up the jacket (here the sleeves). The cotton fabrics are sandwiched around a batting fabric, pinned and held together with provisional hand stitches.

MarieVC, 11 months ago to random

"Sorry, but http://archive.org is down temporarily-- working to restore service.

(details: this is our second blast of abusive traffic from an AWS customer today apparently from an AI company harvesting Internet Archive texts at an extreme rate)" (@internetarchive #InternetArchive on #BirdSite 29 May 2023, 3:49am CET)

https://blog.archive.org/2023/05/29/let-us-serve-you-but-dont-bring-us-down/

MarieVC, 11 months ago to random

It's steek'o'clock!

Pattern: Northdale (Gudrun Johnston) x Raga (Violet M.B. McQuade)

Yarn: Shetland Spindrift (Jamieson's of Shetland)

#Knitting #SteekOClock #ShetlandYarn #Fairisle #GudrunJohnston

MarieVC, 11 months ago to random

The joy of seeing the house martins and swifts flying around our flat, never tired of seeing them, their speed, their grace...

#ClimateDiary