#Sonoma Mountain

[wine-porn]

Sapphic Splendor

At the time I bought these, they were a bit of an oddity. Relatively unknown winery–known as pretty much a zin & blend house–down in the then-new tin city by the river in Healdsburg. They didn’t make cab every year and I had never visited. I found a few bottles at Tip Top Liquor by the railroad tracks headed out Dry Creek Valley on sale and gave it a try. HOLY WOW. Went back and cleaned out the…

[cainhowlett]

One of the earliest linocuts I made, big bulky line work.

[rabbitcruiser]

Wine Country

What do you think about my pic?

[spirearchitecture-blog]

project 196 :

modern mountain retreat -

this is a 3000 sq.ft. detached, single family, design-build project sits on a very secluded 80 plus acres site with views in all directions near the kirkwood ski resort in the north california sierra foothills. the building is elongated to take advantage of the views and winter sun / solar orientation, while the overhangs and interlocking volumes shield the building from the intense summer sun. to further take advantage of the views and support an age-in-place building, there is an elevator to a large roof deck, including a telescope on the  top of the building. the design-built project was created to handle the wind, snow, fires and provide a relaxing getaway for friends and family to enjoy.

architect : doron dreksler

builder : spire architecture

[frothandbubble]

Rustic Kitchen - Great Room Inspiration for a large rustic galley medium tone wood floor open concept kitchen remodel with a farmhouse sink, shaker cabinets, dark wood cabinets, granite countertops, green backsplash, paneled appliances and two islands

[malicehaunting]

Santa Rosa to Cotati, California.

[adammitchellambertgifs]

Hot Tub Pool Stone in the backyard with a uniquely shaped hot tub in a mountain style

[what-even-is-thiss]

There’s too many valleys in California and they’re all referred to as “the valley” as shorthand so you never know which one somebody is talking about. Is it the Central Valley? Sonoma valley? San Fernando Valley? Yosemite Valley? Nobody knows!

This is why we need to bring the mountains down into the valleys. Level the playing field. Bring the mountain dwellers down to us. Have a completely flat land and some extremely strange cliffs on the Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon boarders. Screw the water problem we drain the Pacific Ocean and keep it all in a big bucket water problem solved and you can drive to Hawaii now

[themimicsvault]

TarotWeaver, a Tarot TTRPG

Take your fate into your own hands.

Back TarotWeaver on Kickstarter.

A year ago I had the pleasure of running into two incredible artists at Sonoma State University while taking a drawing class. At the time I was mulling over the idea of a tarot based roleplaying game, but knew that to do the project justice I would want to create a tarot deck for the game. I knew writing the game would already be a mountain of work, lo and behold Arie and Sara had reimagined the major arcana for their final project.

It felt like fate had put us in each other’s path at that moment.

Over the following year we collaborated to create a unique game taking inspiration from Over the Garden Wall, Adventure Time, Cairn, Into the Odd, Whitehack, Everway, and the OSR. While Arie and Sara worked tirelessly to create 78 amazing images in their reimagining of the Rider-Waite deck, I set out to create a lightweight and fun game.

I had two design sensibilities going into the project. The game could only use tarot cards for all of its mechanics. Something that turned out far easier said than done. The second was the entirety of the rules and an introductory adventure had to fit into 48 3.5”x5.5” pages. With some napkin math that meant only 720 square inches of space to write. For comparison, Mausritter has roughly 960 square inches of printable space at 24 5.5”x8.5”.

It’s difficult to pin down how excited I am for this project to come to life and hope to share it all with you soon.

Cheers and happy holidays.

[lotstradamus]

i'm loving all your vampire posting lottie! if you're ever so compelled i'd love to hear what you make of the books vs the show and if there are any book things you'd especially like to see done on the show! (also, bookwise, are you a lestat girl or an armand girl or a louis/marius/david/akasha/claudia girl or or or)

as someone who tried to read Interview with the Vampire thrice (THRICE!!!) pre-AMC show revival and simply could not get through it (it is melancholy), I cannot BELIEVE how down bad I am for these books right now. I keep seeing bad reviews on goodreads and girding my loins for each new book expecting the quality to nosedive, but 1 star bitch WHERE? WHERE??? I AM HAVING THE TIME OF MY GODDAMN LIFE

in terms of books vs show, honestly after a point the books are kind of Unadaptable unless they radically change the main cast, vibe and format of the show every single season, and the changes they made to IWTV were good to the point of sending me fucking insane so they can just keep on doing whatever their little hearts desire with the source material imo!!! howmever I DO have some suggestions for the upcoming seasons:

Lestat crying twice an ep (non-negotiable)

I would kind of love it if Lestat is the only character who tells the truth. the most reliablest narrator and normal girl to ever live. and yet every time he says something like "I killed a pack of wolves single-handedly" or "I woke Those Who Must Be Kept by playing violin" or "I snog my mother with tongue" Daniel is just sitting there like "............riiiight."

Gabrielle. Gabrielle Gabrielle Gabrielle. mainly I would like to smash cut to Gabrielle in the middle of really intense Lestat/everyone else scenes and she's just like peacefully sleeping in the ground... strolling through a distant jungle... sitting on a mountain looking at the stars in silence...

EXCEPT that one scene where she pulls up to Lestat's concert like she's in 2 Fast 2 Furious

it'll be interesting to see how they adapt Queen of the Damned because so little of it is actually from Lestat's pov, and all of it is amazing and cannot be cut out: [Stefon voice] the Twins, Jesse, specifically Jesse being haunted in Louis and Lestat's old New Orleans house, everyone hanging out/playing out terrible interpersonal dramas at the Sonoma compound, NIGHT ISLAND...!

I cannot stress this enough: GHOST CLAUDIA.

I want them to do Body Thief. fuck it, why not. must haves are Mojo, a random hunk with a PhD in Sam Reid's mannerisms playing Lestat for 6/8 episodes, Lestat nearly dying 25 times cos he pilots his human body like a drunk muppet, and, most importantly, Lestat BEGGING David Talbot for some old man pussy

oh and an entire episode set on a cruise ship

my favourite scene from the whole of Body Thief was Lestat turning David at the end against his will cos it was genuinely quite awful and frightening but also. um. you know. awooga

if they include Gretchen, then I would like the opposite of my Gabrielle request for everything post-Body Thief: whenever there's a peaceful, quiet scene it smash cuts to the wilds of South America where Gretchen is absolutely stark raving mad on the floor of a chapel with stigmata

I can't even begin to think about how they'd adapt Memnoch, but regardless I want them to keep the scene where Lestat drinks someone's period blood. thanks

also his cunty little lilac-tinted sunglasses that he will not fucking stop talking about

and finally, human Armand getting drunk and falling into the Grand Canal

bookwise, I am a Lestat girl the house down boots... I love his over-dramatic idiot crybaby ass!!!!! although the final page of Memnoch the Devil made me burst into tears and cry my whole face off until I confirmed that Lestat comes back as the narrator in future books soooo maybe like calls to like. self recognition through the other, etc. I do also get a shot of pure joy every time Armand shows up, especially in Lestat's pov. 'ah, there he was, the Botticelli angel, so beautiful. I fucking hated him. we kissed.' sis THEE dopamine.

currently suffering because I want to a) stop reading the series immediately so I can go back and reread The Vampire Lestat, and yet also b) never ever stop reading the series for love nor money. please help me budget this my family is dying

[wine-porn]

Valley Girl

I know nothing about this wine–I bought it simply because it had a crow on the label. Or a raven… some kind of corvid. See? I too can succumb to the label-appeal! But of course I would not have purchased it if everything else didn’t check out. Sonoma Cab. Fair price. Moderate alcohol. No gaudy marketing. Let’s see: Big heady stuff, black-ruby and with a massive concentrated nose of cab goodies…

[rabbitcruiser]

Summer Afternoon

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[fashionlouist]

Louis wore Asics Gel-Sonoma 15-50 Sportstyle Shoes in Feather Grey/Wood Crepe on stage in Lisbon.

The GEL-SONOMA™ 15-50 sneaker is rooted in the concept of outdoor exploration. They were originally designed for competitive runners racing on a wide range of terrain. Now, it's modified for maneuvering on city streets and mountain trails.

[theworkshopmann]

Mannsylvania

This is a player destruction map with a vampiric twist, it takes place in the quiet old town of Mannsylvania deep within the mountains of Romaina. But during Halloween it has been put under the curse of Dracula and is now infested with bats! You must kill your enemies, collect their blood and give it to Dracula in order to win the game.

Type: Map

Accepted in game: YES

This map was made by Steam users Phe, Flowershop guy, MegapiemanPHD, Sonoma, Overpovered and Badasscook. Posted on September 2nd 2023, you can subscribe to it here!