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Another month, another shawl. This time for my good friend. She picked the colors and chose the pattern. It's Rutka shawl by Martika Grabowska (Kaleo handmade).

I used a little under 1400m for this one and I made it in record time of under two weeks.

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Spring time! Frog time!

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It might be a tiny, clumsy little nothing, but for me it's a fun side project and some brain stretching. I have no intention of crocheting mandalas to place on the wall, I don't need dust catchers. BUT. I'm trying this one to be an Easter basket serviette. And since the pattern is small and requires about 250m of yarn, I'm crocheting it with my non-dominant (right) hand.

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Brain is a weird creature. I have a watch I wear daily and somehow I associate it with my late grandfather. I didn't get it from him. I bought it myself. But I picked that order the day I travelled back home to visit my grandparents. It was grandma/grandpa day. We met the next day and we talked about this watch among other things.

It was the last time I had a lengthy conversation with my grandpa, I saw him a month later a few days before he died.

It was seven years ago. I still wear this watch. It makes no sense, but somehow there is some emotional load tied to this watch.

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Aaaand the day just got better.

Bloodshed, as my friend said xd

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Sometimes a simple one word reply is enough to lift some worry. I couldn't get in contact with an old friend. We don't live in the same city and she wasn't answering. I was close to checking if the phone number in my contact list to her mom was a valid one. Glad she finally answered and we chatted, but in a way for me it was enough to see on WhatsApp that she read my message.

I understand that the longer you stay silent, the harder or maybe more embarrassing it is to finally reply. To anyone. Please do. It's scary. No need to talk if you don't feel like it. But please just let know you're alive.

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I feel like a dragon on a pile of treasure here.

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Last weekend I was at home and so of course I showed my gran the pictures of Lego Rivendell, because I had been telling her about ir earlier on the phone. I scrolled pics on my phone left and right and then moved to showing her some pieces I bought at pick a brick wall at Lego store. At some point I had a pause "wait, I don't need to show you pics, I brought those pieces with me so let me bring the box" and she just went with me to my room to see all the random pieces I managed to buy and random things I built out of them. It was very sweet, also such a "grandma thing" to do, go along whatever sparkles my interest (or my brother's).

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Dear fuckin god, after listening to Trump for about 3min even our own shitty president is more bearable to listen to. That's a low bar, but no surprises there.

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Batporch 😅

I got some random Lego pieces in Lego store for the first time and gosh, I'm having way too much fun with trying to build sth out of them.

I'm afraid Poison Ivy might be a problem here...

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Rivendell all finished. I love every last detail of it. I HAD a coffee table, but never mind that. (the table is 60x100cm for size reference).

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Writing game: post the last line that you wrote and tag someone for every word of that line.

Thanks @cycas for tagging me!

Alfred sighed. "You're no longer fifteen, master Bruce. I'm not going to lecture you on your manners."

Tagging with no pressure @humbae @ten-summoners-fails and whoever wishes to participate 😃

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The best part of writing is that moment when you start typing a scene with a vague idea and no clue where your characters will really take you.

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29 bags built, 20 more to go. Still no regrets. Waiting for my brother to come over for the weekend so we can finish it together.

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Usually when I drive across the country for work purposes, I use highways and high speed roads, but today I had to take some smaller roads between smaller towns. Annoying to drive with all the villages on the way, but that's not the issue.

There are still whores standing by the road for truck drivers.

Dammit, that's something I still associate with the 90s and early 2000s. My mum used to work with truck driver from Sweden, they travelled together from time to time with some non-standard deliveries. I remember his disgust at being targeted on truck parkings (as a foreigner, he was probably a potentially good client, I guess). With many highways built since then, you don't normally see them anymore. I do know the problem still exists, but part of me is surprised every time I happen to pass one by. Civilised country, yeah.

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Heh, I guess that's character growth 😁

She also did learn to grant her hair to whoever is asking 🤣

It's funny hearing Galadriel say in the FotR prologue 'nine rings were gifted to the race of men who above all else desire power' with barely laced contempt because like girl I've read the Silmarillion. I know what your family did over shiny rocks.