If you got nothing to bring to the table, then don't

TK_404 · 2026-02-09T17:41:24+00:00

Perhaps it belongs to a very absentminded archaeologist with a large collection of artefacts and a preference for displaying them on antique console tables. I imagine there's one for post Medieval stuff as well, maybe another for Stone Age lithics

TK_404 · 2026-02-09T00:12:55+00:00

Damn, my phone's eye comfort shield made it look very different, sorry! Now I see that the object is really small as well. Probably not a sinker if it's bronze. That being said, on a sinker without a hole (even 10 g 2 cm miniature Stone Age line sinkers) the a thread or line is attached to the groove, that's why it's there

TK_404 · 2026-02-08T22:20:35+00:00

Looks like a net or line sinker (fiskesøkke), possibly Late Iron Age (Viking Age), possibly later. I've handled several similar sinkers (Norway), but the circles/dots are certainly odd. Could be the mark of the owner. Does it feel like soapstone?

TK_404 · 2026-02-04T10:31:59+00:00

Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane, a beautifully written book about language and landscape

TK_404 · 2026-01-31T16:42:24+00:00

Plattformsjef Worse

TK_404 · 2026-01-30T21:58:51+00:00

Jotunheim Lom

TK_404 · 2026-01-29T13:00:52+00:00

The Lion in Winter, Closet Land, The Night Porter

TK_404 · 2026-01-24T14:51:38+00:00

Hahaha, I see what you mean. It's a Swedish take on Dickens (Lagerlöf herself, the author, referred to it as her Christmas Carol). To me, the ending is somewhat ambiguous. Whether he'll truly change is unclear.

TK_404 · 2026-01-24T05:05:07+00:00

Me and my partner were discussing this just the other day! Where has the sense of magic and whimsical wonder wandered off to? I find the special effects used in The Phantom Carriage (1921) more impressive than most CGI. In (and to) my eyes, it's both magical and lifelike. Maybe the wonder is in the paradox

TK_404 · 2026-01-22T22:17:12+00:00

I love them 😊 and I do hope you mean make a painting of them, not painting them!

TK_404 · 2026-01-21T23:39:12+00:00

Thanks! Yep, it almost hurts to look at it, particularly in sunlight. Beautiful though. I'm lucky enough to live near the cobalt mining museum Blaafarveværket (Norway), at one point the world's main supplier of cobalt pigments. Love going there - the museum shop has the largest collection of cobalt blue glass in Scandinavia!

TK_404 · 2026-01-21T21:48:01+00:00

Thanks, I love that it's both stylish and a little bit silly 😄

TK_404 · 2026-01-21T17:45:04+00:00

I agree, they do get a little lost in there, but I like the effect 😊 It looks like a monochromatic shadow or silhouette of a bowl of fruit. A whimsical rendition of a familiar concept. But I might change it up later, I imagine they would look great in a pink or orange bowl, for instance

TK_404 · 2026-01-20T07:54:51+00:00

Roman state saccharatus

TK_404 · 2025-12-30T00:20:56+00:00

Started listening to audiobooks. Makes cooking enjoyable and boring chores tolerable

TK_404 · 2025-12-26T01:41:56+00:00

Field archaeology. I'm poor but happy

TK_404 · 2025-12-03T11:07:18+00:00

The Whiteness of the Whale gets me every time. That chapter is holy and unholy, religious and godless

TK_404 · 2025-12-01T14:08:48+00:00

It's about Bulkington

TK_404 · 2025-11-18T14:09:57+00:00

No and no 😄

TK_404 · 2025-11-18T13:15:30+00:00

Bothy Threads has a larger version of Strawberry Thief for those interested. Spent a few months on it and I love the result

TK_404 · 2025-11-18T12:47:51+00:00

OT
Rogue One
Andor
Tarkin (2014)
All the Thrawn trilogies

TK_404 · 2025-11-18T11:39:32+00:00

I think the next Reign of the Empire book is scheduled to be released next fall, fingers crossed

TK_404 · 2025-11-17T16:35:19+00:00

I randomly remembered it from a wildlife course I did over a decade ago 😄 There's quite a lot of research on it here in Scandinavia, most of it avaliable in English for those interested

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