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Hi, I'm Petra from Cologne, Germany. I dabbled with Mastodon and the Fediverse years ago but never really got into it. Let's see if it works this time. I am mainly looking for people who are talking about personal things. I am very politically interested but recently had to cut back on consuming news in order to stay sane (haha, more or less). I love traveling, but have never left Europe (there are still so many interesting places I haven't seen yet), animals, plants (I do a bit of urban gardening on my big balconies), music (Marillion, Dido, Porcupine Tree, Vanessa Carlton and so forth), drawing, paper crafting, photography, art, and lots of other things. It would be really nice to find a few likeminded people to chat with.
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Gentleman of Leisure
in reply to Petra • •Hi Petra,
I live in the US. I am an Artist, Author, Film Maker, Martial Artist, Sartorialist, and Ponderer of strange and wonderful things. I also have limited my interactions with the news for my own sanity.
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in reply to Petra • •Hello and welcome.
I also live in Cologne and have been using Mastodon since 2023 (new on friendica).
Apart from (early) Porcupine Tree my music taste seems to be a lot heavier. 😬 But maybe we'll meet at a concert some day and have a few Kölsch. 🤘
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in reply to MeyariMcFarland • •I love watercolours but I'm not good at painting, I mostly draw pencil portraits. I love to use watercolours for backgrounds in cardmaking, though.
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MeyariMcFarland
in reply to Petra • •I'm in Washington state, in the Puget Sound region near Seattle. It's lovely, if generally very rainy.
Yeah, the world seems like it just wants to relive WW2 for some stupid reason. I'm just keeping my head down and trying to do good in whatever small ways I can.
Oh, fun! I wouldn't say that I"m great at watercolors. I can do certain things well but I'm still learning (eternally learning) so sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I hope you post some of your portraits and cards. That sounds lovely!
Cătă
in reply to Petra • • •@Petra hi, Petra! 😁 welcome here.
Have been around this place for 3 years and it's quite cool. Never been into Mastodon either fwiw, although I do have to admit it has an easier onboarding process.
Your interests are quite cool 😁 I also seldomly post some photos around this place and listen to Porcupine Tree.
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in reply to Cătă • •I wanted to check out your profile but couldn't, maybe because you're on a different instance? I could look at your timeline, though. I really don't understand friendica. 😵💫
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