Made lamb and barley vegetable soup in the big dutch oven today, cleaning out the fridge (and a little bit of the freezer).
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Made lamb and barley vegetable soup in the big dutch oven today, cleaning out the fridge (and a little bit of the freezer).
Lovely! I packed a bag of fall decorations for work tomorrow.
Long holiday weekend ending with lying in bed until noon, then mushrooms on toast and big mugs of tea. Will I get out of my pajamas today? My sources say no.
Canada geese flyover.
As summer fades, dahlias are blooming. This graphic looks at the chemical cause of their colours and why you won't spot a blue one! www.compoundchem.com/2021/09/12/d... #ChemSky đ§Ș
Chonky woodchuck having a good graze on the college lawn. Enjoy your quiet time, woodchuck. The students arrive Wednesday.
Neighbor hooked a little red wagon to the back of his lawn tractor and is driving his grandkids up and down the street.
Very happy to share that my story 35 / F / Lane's Creek, Oklahoma is out on @escapepod.org! Come for the robots, stay for the romance! escapepod.org/2025/08/21/e...
The Cube Rule says yes.
Is egg salad on toast a pizza?
Ahhh, it's barred owl time. Whooo cooks for you ...
Hyper bowl?
Oh, god, I'm facepalming over here.
Mackabree!
If I hadn't had a Greek mythology obsessed teacher in seventh grade, I'd still be saying Percy-pony.
While I well know how to pronounce it aloud, my brain will forever whisper indickedment every time I see the word.
It's one of the most famous rock songs ever â Bohemian Rhapsody â and now, for the first time, it's been translated with Queen's blessing into Zulu.
YES PLEASE www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iB...
I don't want to be this invested in the Pentagon Pizza Index.
Long holiday weekend began with lying in bed until noon, then egg salad on toast and big mugs of tea. Will I get out of my pajamas today? My sources say no.
Oooh, that is DTWOF's Jezanna in the first panel!
How nice, insurance will cover one of the tests my physician requested.
Incoming.... Short eared owl - swoops down for some prey. #wildlifephotography
Too many padiddles on the roads tonight.
Never forget you can mute words & tags on Bluesky. Whole bunch of people skeetin' about something that makes you anxious, irritated, or just plain tired? Mute the word. Mute the hashtag. For 24 hrs or forever, it's all up to you.
"Mass in the right hepatic lobe measuring 1.0 cm, suspicious." No, no thank you.
Look at this adorable budgie feeding his girlfriend đđđ
How City Budgets Work Read more cartoons! #PoliCartoon Help us make more! patreon.com/barry
Layers. You're definitely going to find you're either too cold or too warm.
People are selling music cassettes again? Of course, of course.
Videos like this always remind me I want to set up a trailcam for our turkey lurkey gang.
Also, I ate pineapple two hours ago and my throat is still itchy and for fuck's sake my immune system needs to find better hobbies.
The lab is always, always fast and so now I'm very huh maybe eighteen months of continuously increasing numbers is significant and not part of the usual background wierdness. Do not like.
The hospital technician said I would have test results this afternoon and it is now most of the way to tomorrow and I do not.
No, self, you cannot purchase a new copy of Lolly Willowes because the Union Square & Co. edition is more attractive than the NYRB one. You loved the NYRB edition when you purchased it a decade ago.
I also find the Bye Bye, Google AI and Get Clean URL Chrome extensions very helpful.
The ice cream truck came to my neighborhood and you can bet I put my pants back on and bought a treat. Pina colada smoothie for me and a Dubai strawberry cup for my beloved.
Privacy Badger + uBlock Origin Lite, this is the way to a more tolerable online experience.
In my comfy chair under my least favorite afghan with a big mug of black tea laced with pumpkin spice syrup. 75F and humid outside, you say? Piffle.
This week's fruit share: yellow peaches, white donut peaches, bubblegum plums, blackberries, and Bartlett pears.
May we all be as content as these mice, surrounded by the beauty of the natural world. Name: Mouse in Spring Publisher: Trevell Artist: Monhi (Mo Nhi?) Pieces: 99 Puzzle Dimensions: 10 cm x 14 cm #jigsaw #puzzle #jigsawpuzzle
Not tremendously helpful, but I found the same cameo designs set in a (sold) sterling silver bracelet on ebay.
Clearly amazing appearance around 888m in #MarDelPlataCanyon: Amphitretus sp. This telescope octopus has adapted to live in a place where there is nowhere to hide but in plain sight. Deep gratitude to @autsquidsquad.bsky.social for species ID. Description on Insta: www.instagram.com/reel/DNittGh...
For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish đ) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae. Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
Hereâs a photo of my cat trying to catch a bubble. Youâre welcome.
Honestly, you can never have too many tea towels.
You put your glasses onâsexy. You take your glasses offâsexy. How did I get so lucky?
The sky is an uneasy color tonight.
I thought labeling everything I could reach with my brother p-touch was pretty nifty, but now ... I see I could have pumpkin shaped labels ...
This week's fruit share: white and yellow nectarines, pluots, Zestar!Âź (Minnewashta) apples, and blueberriesđ«âš
The blueberry backlog has become a bit much so today I'm making: đ« baked blueberry, peach, and almond oatmeal (breakfasts) đ« blueberry banana bread (work) đ« blueberry syrup (tea and cocktails)
Mrs. Grumpalong is having a day.
A circulation system goes through a sequence of stages as it intensifies. The storm begins as a tropical disturbance, and depending on how fast wind speeds reach, it is classified as a tropical depression, a tropical storm, or a tropical cyclone/hurricane.
What a weird little album! Thanks for postingâI would never have listened to this album were it not for you.
Name: Bicycle Ride Publisher: Trevell Artist: Karen Cook Pieces: 99 Puzzle Dimensions: 10 cm x 14 cm #jigsaw #puzzle #jigsawpuzzle
Yes, owl. Who cooks for you, too.
Thrice this week a flock of geese has flown overhead.
Thanksgiving at granma's!
Cashews, pistachios, and macadamia nuts were all fattening, as well as being the more expense nuts. (Some of the elders loved to combine fat and cost shaming).
If you don't fantasize about Jareth from The Labyrinth are you even alive?
I would probably violate zoning.
Dad. Jokes.
There's a vintage light-up marquee sign with arrow up for auction and I'm having a hard time believing I don't need it for the front yard. Think of the quotes and bits of poetry I could inflict upon my neighbors ...
Ahhh, nothing like trying to explain the ridiculously loud burp you released to the beloved who missed it. Twenty-six years of me. Bless 'im.
Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio is a masterpiece. 13/10; no notes.
Orphée aux Feuillages (Orpheus in Foliage), a stained glass work, designed by Jean Cocteau and made by Roger Malherbe-Navarre at Les Gemmaux de France studio around 1954; now part of the collection at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, USA.
Cross your eyes and tell me there isn't a large and strangely muscular mouse holding a small barrel in its hands.
And I purchased a new toilet. Happy 26th anniversary, @jamesantill.bsky.social.
Today I learned about rubber duck debugging (or rubberducking) and went to Costco for the very first time.
Youâre my everything, you are my sunshine, you are old and gray and full of sleep, youâre my pickle-face, consumptive Mary Jane.
the bees are drunken with pleasure, sipping and slurping at the thistle. Best time of year.
Oh the world is a beautiful place to be born into if you donât much mind a few dead minds in the higher places or a bomb or two now and then in your upturned faces or such other improprieties as our Name Brand society is prey to with its men of distinction and its men of extinction and its priests
The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you donât mind some people dying all the time or maybe only starving some of the time which isnât half bad if it isnât you
The world is a beautiful place to be born into if you donât mind happiness not always being so very much fun if you donât mind a touch of hell now and then just when everything is fine because even in heaven they donât sing all the time
Celebrating with a Biscoff ice cream bar.
Decided to live life like a rich person and booked a nine-day total solar eclipse tour in Spain, 2026. Even splashed out for the eight-day pre-tour wine and cave art experience in southern France.
Living like a king (until the new oligarchy forces me to exile ... iykyk)
Ser Lables Cannister.
No, fingers, cannister lables are not a thing. Thanks for trying, though.
Hmm. Maybe shouldn't have eaten a very large salad for supper, what with the reduced gut motility and intestinal scarring and all. Time for a nice cup of tea.
I'll still make stuffing, but in a loaf pan, and strictly for sandwiches.
Not me using my mother-in-law's Thanksgiving visit to at last break free of tradition and create the Thanksgiving celebration I want. (There may be crackers and Yorkshire puds).
After an afternoon spent looking at Thanksgiving recipes, it's salad with guac and chips for Sunday's supper.
The best grilled cheese is sharp cheddar and gruyere. Also makes great macaroni and cheese.
Booked my influenza vaccine for late September, how about you?
Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you're always afraid Step out of line, the men come and take you away.
This week's fruit share: yellow and white peaches, plums, ginger gold apples, blackberries, and even more blueberries.
Well, if you want to sing out, sing out And if you want to be free, be free
I made it to three bookstores, three libraries, and one bakery before I realized I lacked the wherewithal to continue, returned home, and changed into my jim-jams.
Roadtrip today! Six bookstores, four libraries, and one bakery. Doing my best to complete the Connecticut Book Trail by Labor Day.
Did you know muting a word in bsky in text and tags covers alt text, as well?
Will you go on tour to promote Dinosaurs?
Really need a derpy orange fluff ball who loves to be brushy-brushied and carried around like a big baby. Instead, I have neurotic Batman and his nemesis, the hissy gray goblin. (I love them to bits, but they are not comforting).
I admire your fabric choice!
Neighborhood is very noisy tonight what with Mr. Fox and the katydid choir and all.
Two flies have found their way into my living room and the sound of them buzzing against the windows is literally causing me anxiety.
The unrelenting heat and humidity of high summer always thrusts me into an existential crisis.
It's been a while since I've done a clear-out-the-fridge supper so tonight we're having chicken with roasted tomatoes while the compost enjoys the cucumbers and peppers that went to muck in the crisper drawer.
This week's fruit share: blackberries, yellow plums, several varieties of peaches, and so many blueberries.
Today was almost too nice a day to believe in. The weatherâthe most clement in months. We went to Cat Video Fest, and then a distillery, before finishing at a food hall.