Violinknitter
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violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things
profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout
header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
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violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Diane Duane continues to share the absolute best things on Tumblr 🥹
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Out-of-context QOTD:
“We don’t talk about the brownie incident of 2024 in my house”
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
There’s a new Becky Chambers book coming out later this year??? 🥹🫶
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
If I do anything productive this week, please assume I did it with extreme prejudice and with much bitterness and agony of soul
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Today’s A Meal of Thorns podcast episode is about Lois McMaster Bujold’s Paladin of Souls, and it’s such a good episode!
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
So I see they got home safe & sound. Nice to see a happy ending!
(We didn’t have a Bechdel pass, did we.)
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
The funeral march tempo in the tympani is something
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Y’all just out here touching and drinking swamp water on the radioactive planet??
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Watch out for ROUSes #Monsterdon
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
How did we get Ian back? I was reading toots!
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Hahaha, the Susan actress couldn’t keep from grinning when she had to pretend her wrists were getting captured in that Dalek claw
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Um, Clara tried the “being inside the Dalek” thing and it didn’t go great
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Out-of-context QOTD:
“sorry but a marshmallow is best when it looks like Anakin Skywalker on the banks of Mustafar”
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
You know what’s really annoying? When you’re trying to figure out how to practice a piece, remember advice you give to students, do that, and then it works
😤
What do you mean, do as I say AND as I do????
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Evening listening. Fierce and beautiful
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Out-of-context QOTD:
“Before some superannuated middle schooler tries to tell me that fluffy dinosaurs would be a nerf, are tigers a joke to you????”
– OddPride via TikTok
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Look, I went to college and grad school much longer than strictly necessary. I have a vocabulary the size of a double-wide mobile home (to the occasional confusion of my innocent students)
I still cannot for the life of me keep track of the spellings of the different tenses for loss and loose. I just can’t. I can correctly spell a bunch of random Italian & French, but that bit of English written language is just not happening
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
So I was in a waiting room earlier today that has some books, etc. available for kids. And I found some of the best book graffiti I’ve seen in a long time
The first examples were just decorating the empty endpages. I like the use of space and the bright color choices
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
One of the ice dancing couples is dancing to Ramin Djiwadi’s arrangement of Paint It Black and it’s reminding me all over again what a GENIUS Djiwadi is!!!
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Confession: when I see the name of the subreddit r/SouperCubers, my brain immediately starts singing it to the tune of ABBA’ Super Troopers
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Out-of-context QOTD:
“You’re allowed to feel certain ways, but why are you sharing with the class?” - White Woman Whisperer
(She’s fantastic, by the way. If you, like me, are a white woman with lots to unlearn, her backlog of videos is so helpful!)
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
Out-of-context QOTD (all caps in original):
“I WANT LIBRARIANS TO BE IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT AND NO IM NOT JOKING “
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads
violin, books, yarn, and other nerdy things profile pic: photo of a violin, showing only part of the bridge, f hole, and C bout header: a happy Whimsicott Pokémon frolicking on a lawn of dandelions, both yellow flowers and cottony seed heads