Hm. I thought we got a big bag of cat food
Jul. 15th, 2025 04:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulybut it turned out to be a big bag of dog food.
This is... not so great, really.
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Holiday
Jul. 13th, 2025 09:36 pmlurkingcatI'm currently halfway through a very much needed two week holiday and I think I've finally unwound enough from assorted work and family stress to realise how tired I am. We spent last week having a gentle staycation at home.
On Monday we went to Slimbridge Wetlands Centre and ambled around admiring the birds:
There were a truly surprising number of flamingos there:
...and a very odd looking chicken. Not sure what breed that one was:
We pottered out to Weston Super Mare on Wednesday to visit the tiny museum there as they currently have a Paul Kidby Discworld exhibtion. I spent quite a lot of time giggling at the descriptions and I was not the only visitor doing that. The musuem has some exhibition space downstairs and a very nice cafe and the permanent town history exhibits are upstairs. I'm still a little confused about this sign though:
Is a Werechurch a church by day or by night?
On Monday we went to Slimbridge Wetlands Centre and ambled around admiring the birds:
There were a truly surprising number of flamingos there:
...and a very odd looking chicken. Not sure what breed that one was:
We pottered out to Weston Super Mare on Wednesday to visit the tiny museum there as they currently have a Paul Kidby Discworld exhibtion. I spent quite a lot of time giggling at the descriptions and I was not the only visitor doing that. The musuem has some exhibition space downstairs and a very nice cafe and the permanent town history exhibits are upstairs. I'm still a little confused about this sign though:
Is a Werechurch a church by day or by night?
Farmer's Market -- 13 July 2025 (Guineafowl Day, 25th of Harvest, Year 2
Jul. 13th, 2025 01:54 pmneotomaNY strip steak, sweet Italian sausage, soft goat cheese, goat's milk caramel (cajeta), bell peppers, anaheim peppers, 4lb of yellow peaches, apricots, sesame apricot cupcake, fingerling potatoes, yellow plums, dragon's breath cheese, tavern blue cheese, black beans, whipple beans, jacob's cattle beans, and black rice.
I'm going to sear the strip steak and top it with slices of the blue cheese for dinner.
The peaches need a few days to finish ripening and then I will make them into salsa.
I'm going to sear the strip steak and top it with slices of the blue cheese for dinner.
The peaches need a few days to finish ripening and then I will make them into salsa.
Birdfeeding
Jul. 13th, 2025 03:02 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy, mild, and damp -- so cloudy that the light is dim.
I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches plus a pair of cardinals.
I put out water for the birds.
It's starting to drizzle.
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I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches plus a pair of cardinals.
I put out water for the birds.
It's starting to drizzle.
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It's Alive!
Jul. 13th, 2025 09:48 pmdhampyresaGonna run the Ukraine auction again.
If anyone wants to run a similar event (watermelon_auction?), I'm happy to share whatever I can (my backend post-automating code is already available here, though I haven't used it since).
If anyone wants to run a similar event (watermelon_auction?), I'm happy to share whatever I can (my backend post-automating code is already available here, though I haven't used it since).
Marketplace Books
Jul. 13th, 2025 02:06 pmysabetwordsmithFor fans of the Marketplace series of kinky books by Laura Antoniou, the author has the rights back.
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sunshine_revival Challenge #4
Jul. 13th, 2025 11:41 amlightbird
Challenge #4
Fun House
Journaling: What is making you smile these days? Create a top 10 list of anything you want to talk about.
Creative: Write from the perspective of a house or other location.
Finding new ways to be creative is definitely making smile these days. In addition to taking up needlepoint last month, which I love doing and talked about on Day 1 (and I have ordered additional canvases to work on!), I've also finally transplanted a terrarium I made last year and plan to create more of these.
I work in a law firm, and every year we have summer associates come in, of course. Law firms want to entice summer associates to come back once they graduate, so they're treated to a lot of nice stuff: dinner events, outings to baseball games, etc. My firm also does events during the workday, and one of last year's events was a "crafting terrariums" session. A woman came in with materials and there were trays set up at all the places for each person to work. You got to pick out a container, any succulents you wanted, and then she taught everyone the steps for planting and how to care for the plants, then we spent the rest of the time decorating the terrariums with moss, etc. It was a lot of fun and I created a nice terrarium of succulents that not only survived under my black thumb, but outgrew the container.
( large pics of terrariums under the cut )
I'm planning to get more succulents and create some more terrariums. Pretty soon I'll have a whole shelf of these.
I've also been trying to make my surroundings, both at home and at work, as beautiful and as comfortable as possible, and that's making me smile too.
Previous Days
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Face: Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: In The Mirror
Jul. 13th, 2025 04:56 pmsmallhobbit posting in fan_flashworksTitle: In The Mirror
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: 281 words
Summary: Watson contemplates Holmes' and his face.
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: 281 words
Summary: Watson contemplates Holmes' and his face.
( I used to wonder )
Climate Change
Jul. 13th, 2025 12:28 amysabetwordsmithMelting glaciers are awakening Earth's most dangerous volcanoes
As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ice sheets have suppressed eruptions for thousands of years, building up underground pressure. But as that icy weight disappears, it may trigger a wave of explosive eruptions—especially in places like Antarctica. This unexpected volcanic threat not only poses regional risks but could also accelerate climate change in a dangerous feedback loop. The Earth’s hidden fire may be closer to the surface than we thought.
Somehow OH SHIT just doesn't seem like enough. O_O I have noticed that the volcanoes seem more restless than they used to, and now wonder if this could be a contributing factor.
As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ice sheets have suppressed eruptions for thousands of years, building up underground pressure. But as that icy weight disappears, it may trigger a wave of explosive eruptions—especially in places like Antarctica. This unexpected volcanic threat not only poses regional risks but could also accelerate climate change in a dangerous feedback loop. The Earth’s hidden fire may be closer to the surface than we thought.
Somehow OH SHIT just doesn't seem like enough. O_O I have noticed that the volcanoes seem more restless than they used to, and now wonder if this could be a contributing factor.
Some things never change...
Jul. 12th, 2025 11:23 pmbrithistorianTwo days ago, Twice and Blackpink both had comebacks on the same day: Twice's "This is for" and Blackpink's "뛰어(JUMP)" (links go to the videos, so as not to spam your feed with two embedded videos).
Blackpink's song is a 1-song single, per YG's strategy of keeping Blinks starved for new music from Blackpink, while Twice's song is part of a 14-song album, keeping with JYP's strategy of giving Once as much music as they could possibly want from Twice. I prefer the JYP strategy — at first I was a bigger fan of Blackpink than of Twice, but eventually I got tired of waiting for new songs from Blackpink.
Two interesting things I noticed:
- Twice Jeongyeon has had difficulty meeting the ridiculous weight standards imposed on K-pop idols (i.e. still not fat by any measure), so in recent comebacks Twice's stylists have started dressing everyone but Jeongyeon in midriff-baring tops. I don't know if this was done at the company's request or at Jeongyeon's, but they did it again this time.
- Blackpink's song actually includes the English lyric "Are you not entertained?"
Today's Smoothie
Jul. 12th, 2025 10:49 pmysabetwordsmithToday we made a smoothie with:
1 cup almond milk
1 cup Brown Cow vanilla yogurt
3 tablespoons Bettergoods pistachio butter
a dash of cardamom
The result is off-white and on the thin side. It tastes okay, but does not have much pistachio flavor at this stage.
The pistachio butter does have a strong pistachio flavor, but it is quite sweet; sugar is the second ingredient. So we skipped the honey that we usually put into a nut butter smoothie.
1 cup almond milk
1 cup Brown Cow vanilla yogurt
3 tablespoons Bettergoods pistachio butter
a dash of cardamom
The result is off-white and on the thin side. It tastes okay, but does not have much pistachio flavor at this stage.
The pistachio butter does have a strong pistachio flavor, but it is quite sweet; sugar is the second ingredient. So we skipped the honey that we usually put into a nut butter smoothie.
A question about plotting one of my fics
Jul. 12th, 2025 08:30 pmbrithistorianI've got an idea about the plotting one of my fics, but I'm not sure if the idea I've got right now is the right thing. So. . . if any of you have read my fic "Turning of the Year" — or if you feel like reading it right now — and you'd like to give your input on the future course of the story (at the risk of possibly getting spoiled), send me a message.
Just Create - Shishi (guardian lions) Edition
Jul. 12th, 2025 03:54 pmsilvercat17 posting in justcreateWhat are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?
Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?
What do you just want to talk about?
What have you been watching or reading?
Chores and other not-fun things count!
Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky
Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?
What do you just want to talk about?
What have you been watching or reading?
Chores and other not-fun things count!
Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky
Birdfeeding
Jul. 12th, 2025 03:27 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy, mild, and wet. It rained earlier.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a male cardinal.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 7/12/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
It started drizzling again.
EDIT 7/12/25 -- I potted up 2 apricot seeds.
I picked the first ripe cucumber. :D
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I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches plus a male cardinal.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 7/12/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
It started drizzling again.
EDIT 7/12/25 -- I potted up 2 apricot seeds.
I picked the first ripe cucumber. :D
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Well, I'm (probably?) hired pending the results of this background check
Jul. 14th, 2025 01:09 pmconulyand completion of orientation. They really are taking anybody with a pulse, as judged by the extremely detailed list of instructions for appropriate behavior during orientation. I'd be more insulted, but that's good for me, I really need a job. If they had higher standards they would hire somebody with formal work experience, or at least an associate's degree.
(Don't think I've stopped applying other places, mind you, but I'm really not in a position to be picky, either.)
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