Posts in the “FLORA + FAUNA” category

New York Redux circa 2006

by angeliska on September 13, 2009

Oh my. It’s been a while since I was last in New York. I just dug up these pictures from the last time I was there, and I’m flooded by memories of how much fun we had.. Now I’m even (…)

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Gilded Bats

by angeliska on August 20, 2009

I am finally beginning to feel halfway human again after le disko deluge, (yes more on that soon!) As usual, it’s not quite Thursday anymore– but c’est la vie! So many things have been happening lately that my heart feels (…)

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Dog Days

by angeliska on July 30, 2009

We adopted a puppy! Well, she’s six months old- but that still counts, right? I was walking past the Austin Pets Alive adoption station after work the other day, and she caught my eye. She’s super wiggly, and thus really (…)

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Blue Moon Honey

by angeliska on July 7, 2009

Oh my lovelies, it seems lately I’ve been a deep sea creature- swimming far beneath the photic zone, lost in dark blue folds of water- oblivion lit only by my brightly bobbing lantern lure. I’ve been trying to fight my (…)

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Snakes + Leather

by angeliska on July 3, 2009

Recently we had a wonderful opportunity to spend some time with a very lovely snake named Sugar. Our friends Scott and Jen who are the founders of the Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata were married recently, and went to (…)

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Strawberry Honey

by angeliska on June 28, 2009

I remember a few years ago, in New Orleans, I bought a carton of strawberries at the Farmer’s Market. I had become somewhat ambivalent about them over the years, having eaten far too many over-inflated, pale and watery mutants with (…)

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Disko Duets

by angeliska on June 15, 2009

Normally I don’t end up posting the Gadjo Disko photos here until just before the next one, for various reasons (mainly laziness!) but it was such a fabulous night, I just couldn’t wait until then! This ensemble was my favorite (…)

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Scrapyard Honey

by angeliska on June 4, 2009

The other day we went out to the scrapyard. When your sweetheart is a blacksmith, this is a pretty common field trip. If you’re hunting for the perfect piece of metal junk or odd machine parts, then it becomes a (…)

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Excesses + Torn Dresses

by angeliska on May 29, 2009

Hello Mister Bobcat! I love your face. It looks a bit like my face when I’ve had my snoot to the grindstone for far too long, and am yearnin’ to don some tattered finery and tear it up. Oh, and (…)

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Blueberry Honey

by angeliska on May 17, 2009

Good things: I received a surprise parcel this week from my long-lost friend Herr von der Goltz- it contained a disc- Music of the Tatar People and a book from 1903, German Wit and Humor. I love the nouveau cover! (…)

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