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[conservallama]

I'm only a conservator here. Who did I miss?

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[askwhatsforlunch]

Pears in Whisky Syrup

When you come home from a holiday, even a short one, to find a glut of beautiful Williams pears scattering the Kitchen Garden where they have fallen, there is no time to waste to make a delicious recipe with them! These Pears in Whisky Syrup are a delicious way to preserve the bounty, which you will brighten a cold Winter day with a taste of sunshine and the delightful smokiness of peated Whisky! Happy Monday!

Ingredients (makes 2 jars; 1 large, 1 medium):

1 3/4 cup caster sugar

 3/4 cup demerara sugar

3 plump vanilla beans, split lengthwise

1 1/2 litre/6 cups water

about 30 just ripe Williams Pears

1/2 cup 10 Years Peated Bowmore Single Malt Whisky

In a large pot of boiling water, boil a 1/-litre/1-quart jar and a 1 1/2-litre/1-½-quart jar, 10 minutes, to sterelise them.

Pour caster sugar and demerara sugar in a large pot. Scrape seeds off the vanilla beans, and add both seeds and pods to the pot. Stir in water, and heat over medium-high heat, stirring often until sugar is completely dissolved. Once it is, increase heat to high, and boil rapidly, about 5 minutes, stirring often.

Meanwhile, halve, peel and core Williams pears. Reduce heat to medium-low and gently add pear halves into the syrup. Cover with the lid, and cook, for about 15 to 20 minutes, until just tender.

Stir in Whisky, and remove from the heat.

Remove jars from the boiling water carefully, and dry.

Carefully spoon pears and their Whisky syrup into sterelised jars, discarding vanilla pods, avoiding any drizzling on the side or rim. Once filled, close tightly and return to the boiling water bath, 20 minutes. Carefully remove from heat and let cool completely.

Once opened, you can keep  Pears in Whisky Syrup 3 weeks to a month in the refrigerator. Serve them warm or cold with yogurt, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream or Whisky Ice Cream…

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

"Salt seasons, purifies, preserves. But somebody ought to remind us that salt also irritates. Real living Christianity rubs this world the wrong way." - Vance Havner

[wiirocku]

Psalm 79:11 (NKJV) - Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power Preserve those who are appointed to die;

[syrupspinner]

steam next fest 3 the finale maybe

i have recently become much less confident that nextfest is all one word, also

yeah, its missing some pizzaz, like music and sfx work, but the devs are pretty open about it being early so ill look past it. the gimmick itsself is fun! its simple and straightforward in a good way, and i like how it iterates on runs. the good items taking up more physical space and getting burried in your deck is a really good expression of balance. good little roguelike! wishlisted and played for way longer than i thought i would

straight up couldnt get this one to work. no buttons or keys do shit. i unplugged my controller, relaunched it, a bunch of stuff, still stuck on the first screen. shame, i was really looking forward to giving it a shot

this is a good demo! it does a good job at presenting the game and letting you know what its all about. i got the basics really solidly, and i see how the additional environments would iterate on the core gameplay loop. i dont think this ones for me, it seems a bit too sandboxy and score-based for me, but i recognize that this is a well made game and i think itll be really enjoyable for its target audience. check it out if you like simulator/management things, or if you want to try the genre out!

okay, just finished the tutorial, and im kinda split. first, the action feels great and the movement it stellar but yeesh this controller binding is messing me up. it only feels comfortable for me to keep one finder on the front of the controller, and i switch between the bumpers and the triggers with just my index. literally the only games that arent comparable with this approach, by expecting you to use bumpers AND triggers simultaneously, is this and hotline miami 2. the worst part is, i only figured out how weird this feels by the second-to-last tutorial, so i gotta redo all of it with kbm. after that, the game felt a lot more reasonable to get my fingers around (i probably wouldve switched spacebar and shift if i played longer), and i can confirm that the controller layout is my only obstacle to this kick-ass game. i will say that i wasnt expecting it to be a survival game? i thought itd be kind of a roguelike progression-through-a-dungeon thing, but its more about staying in a small space and defending. i already had this one wishlisted, and im glad i know what to expect now, this seems like itll be an interesting "kill 20 minutes before bed" game (in a good way! i love those)

right away, this feels like its to scotland what kisima innitchuna is to alaskan first nations. only its all stop motion and the entire ost sounds like a simon & garfunkle open house. maybe this comparison is stupid, the point is that this is awesome and you need to play it now. it may look like you get what the games about when you look at it, but it feels different to control. i dunno how to explain it, the artstyle makes the controls feel... different in a neutral way? please just try it, words fail me. this may very well be a once-in-a-lifetime game

game froze midway through the opening. man, bad luck today. it gotr working in the end, and MAN does this make me feel like a game reviewer. the game isnt hard per se, i can beat all the levels pretty easily, but the game asks you to be pretty damn talented if you want those a ranks. replay the level, route the best way to kill everyone as efficiently as possible. by the end youre gonna feel like harding. i feel like the full games gonna be a bit to tough for my blood, but im gonna have a stellar time watching the action from the sidelines. catch this at GDQ 2026

yeah i uh. went back to play more. damn this is more fun than i thought itd be, this is a good ass roguelike

before you read on, let it be known that this is objectively one of the best made and well put-together games ive tried this entire festival and all of my gripes with it are from personal preference. trying this game has led me to understand what people enjoy about punch-out (its clear inspiration) better than any 15 minute video essay could: its a puzzle game that relies on twitch reflexes and trial-and-error. its your job as a player to be attentive to the bosses's minute difference of animation to tell you exactly how to dodge and exactly when to strike. thats a great game! i feel genuinely remiss that i dont like trial and error and split-second weaknesses, or else i wouldve enjoyed this game way more. if youre on the fence about it, please give it an honesty try, this game knows exactly what to be and how to be it. the animation is great, both from the perspective of telegraphing attacks and just looking fantastic, the games vibe and personality is choice, and the gameplay itself is tight as hell. please just give it a shot

i guess thats the beauty of a demo, huh? it lets you figure out if youre gonna like a game before you commit to it. i hope if you take anything away from this 3-part... idk what youd call it, i kinda just gave my opinion about shit. look, im trying to tell you to try these games out yourself, hopefully this helped you figure out what is and isnt worth trying according to your own personal taste. and if youre not sure, give it a try anyway. demos are free, yknow

[scoutingthetrooper]

"In the belly of the Leviathan, Mr. Thomas, one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere."

— Odd Thomas, Dean Koontz

[ahedderick]

Vine

Looks like a mess? Look closer!

Those are the largest wild grapes I have ever seen - by a wide margin. It is also the most productive vine! There are so many grapes here. Most we could not reach, but we took what we could get. These grapes taste nicely sweet/tart. There is a similar vine about 15 yards away - but those taste much more sour and also kind of rank. Plain old sour is ok; rank is not.

K and I picked from the good-tasting vine, and I spent a while Sunday evening and this morning picking them off the bunches and cooking/mashing/straining them into juice. Some of it we will drink, a small amount I made into jelly this afternoon.

[nostalblue]

木製茶筒の試作

茶筒には様々な材質の物があるが、ブリキ缶の物が最も一般的である。高い遮光性や密閉度が茶葉を湿気や酸化から守ることに加え、軽量で充分な強度があることや、製造コストが比較的リーズナブルであることもその理由だろう。

ギフトセットなどでは写真のような様々な図柄の茶筒があるが、いざ茶筒だけ欲しいとホームセンターなどで探しても１種類置いていればいいほうで、とても選ぶような品揃えはない。インターネット通販で探せばいろいろあるけど、嵩があるから送料で結構な値段になっちゃうよね。以前ワークエクスチェンジで当地に滞在した人は、ここで作った自家製茶を保管するのに、同じデザインの安価な茶筒を入手し、違う絵柄の和紙をその表面に巻き付けて種類分けしていた。外観も綺麗にアレンジされて良いアイデアだと思うね。

ちなみに毎年春に大量に製茶する自分は、茶葉を大きなタッパーに入れて冷蔵庫で保管しているので、現状では茶筒を必要としているわけではない。にもかかわらず木製の茶筒を作ってみることになったのは、

・倒木材の活用研究 ・所持工具や設備の加工能力の検証 ・加工プロセスの研究 ・当地滞在者へ木工アイデア提供

といった理由からだ。

薪狩りに出た際にいろいろ物色したが、程良い太さのヒノキ倒木を見つけ、硬さもこれぐらいが丁度良いんじゃないかと考え、一部を切り出して工作室に運び込んだ。さらにそこからクラックや節穴などが極力少ない部分を選んで必要充分な長さを切り出した。

デコボコした表面に鉋がけをして大まかに円筒を作っていく。この時点でヒノキ独特の木目と芳香が醸し出される。両端の切断部も側面部に垂直になるよう削って調整していく。

この円筒を本体と蓋になる部分に分割切断し、印籠構造で接合出来るようにそれぞれの端部を加工していく。先ずは蓋側を一定径および深さになるよう掘り込んでいくのだが、これにはボール盤を使う。汎用ドリルビットで出来るだけ密に開孔した後、ボアビットに変えて粗仕上げしていく。この方法をとるのは、以前別の製作をした時に、ボアビットだけで切削していったら負荷が大きく、時間も多く掛かり非効率だった経験から。

本体側の端部もノミとヤスリで削りながら、蓋部と絶妙な「はめあい」になるよう調整していく。さらに蓋を填めた状態で本体との間に段差がないよう鉋で側面を削って調整する。

印籠構造が確立できたら、本体の内部をくり貫いていく。方法は蓋部と同じだが、深くて一度の切削では奥まで届かないのでボール盤の作業テーブル高さを変更し、二段階のプロセスで掘っていく。

さらにその後、ひっくり返して底部を切削する。こちらは筒の安定立ちが目的なので、周囲に脚部となる土手を残し中央を数ミリだけ掘り下げる。

ヤスリを使い、ガタなく立つよう底面脚部を摺って調整し、蓋の頭頂部も滑らかに丸みを帯びるよう削ったら、最後に外側をラッカースプレーでコーティングして完成。本当は外側だけでもじっくりサンドペーパーなどかけて磨き上げてやれば、表面の傷も凹凸も無くなり木目もより鮮明に浮き出て格段に綺麗に仕上がるが、いかんせん忙しく時間も無い中突貫で作ったから恐ろしく荒さが目立つが、今回は試作と言うことで（言い訳）。

木製の茶筒も茶葉保管性は良好とされるが、今回使用したヒノキのような材料は良くも悪くも独特の芳香を持っている。それらが茶葉に移っても全く気にしないとかむしろ歓迎だと言う場合は直接入れて保存しても良いと思うが、そうでない場合は写真のようにポリ袋に入れた物を茶筒にしまえば問題ないだろう。ちなみに今回試作した物は自家製茶50g強を入れる事が出来た。挽いたものならその何倍も入るけど、逆にそれ用にするならもっと小さく作ってもいいよね。粉末はより酸化して風味が劣化しやすいから茶筒にしまうメリットも大きいかも知れない。

[rafefar]

Tricolored heron, Green Cay Nature Reserve

[balluprojects]

Miscellaneous Guess, 2023

part of Nature In Us collection and Borda D'Água's reference for an art exhibit, dive with me to find out what this shall be in the future x'D

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[wingedjewels]

I've never been so close to a Wilson's Snipe by Ruby 2417 Via Flickr: They're neither common nor bold around here, but this one was close to the path and thought that holding still and using its natural camoflage would be enough. Cosumnes River Preserve, Galt, Ca. Nov. 2023.

[conservallama]

You put all this effort in, and now all there is left to do is wait. Tell us what you've tried to make people show up? What works? What doesn't work?

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[bumblebeegirl19]

Monty Oum T^T

with the new Twitter policy of, if an account is inactive for 30 days they delete the account, that means Monty's Twitter page is going to go. Someone needs to preserve it. I don't want it to go away. Please help spread the word so his account can be saved.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Apart from You I have No Good Thing

Preserve me, O God, for in You do I take refuge. I have said to the LORD, "You are my LORD; I have no goodness apart from You." — Psalm 16:1-2 | A Faithful Version (AFV) Holy Bible, A Faithful Version © 2020 A Faithful Version. All Rights Reserved. Cross References: Psalm 7:1; Psalm 17:8; Psalm 56:1; Psalm 57:1; Psalm 73:25; Psalm 140:6

[wiirocku]

Hebrews 10:39 (ESV) -   But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

[dylanisdazed]

will you ever preserve? will you ever exhume?

will you watch petals shed from flowers in bloom?

nothing can live up to promise, nothing can stop its narrative

nothing in place of catalysts and you'll never be pure again