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November & December 2024: The Last Of The First & The First Of The Last
Frosted Echinacea:
I forgot to mention in my previous post that the gravy my queen made for the turkey & dressing was amazing. She used a base of homemade chicken broth & store-bought turkey broth and infused it with homegrown lemongrass & lemon thyme. You'd think that would make the gravy lemony but, instead, it just added a nice brightness:
Sunday's sweet potato harvest. This is what two roughly five gallon sized pots can produce so definitely a productive crop if you are growing in a small space like an apartment balcony. As a bonus, the leaves are edible (raw or sauteed like spinach) and, though they aren't prolific bloomers, their blossoms are similar to morning glories. This year's plants had beautiful pale purple flowers with deep purple veining. We planted Beauregard starts but, looking at the coloration of some of the tubers, I think we had some volunteers from previous years:
I drove around the neighborhood collecting bagged leaves on Friday & Saturday.
We are storing some to make leaf mold with. That will take time & moisture. I imagine by Spring time some of the bags will have broken down sufficiently:
The rest was spread around the front & back garden beds as cold weather protection that will eventually break down to amend the soil & build up the soil level. We're basically trying to emulate what trees do in the forest. It is a kind of regenerative agriculture for the home gardener:
This would have been a great shot (well, great to me anyway) if only that white-throated sparrow had cooperated. There was this strand of light just to the left of that shadow that would have made the white & yellow on its head shine but it either had its head turned the wrong way in the light or the right way but in the shadows. This was the best out of the bunch that I took. I still like the lines & colors in the photo:
#garden#backyard garden#flower#frost#green#echinacea#gravy#my queen#broth#lemongrass#lemon thyme#sweet potato#sweet potatoes#harvest#leaves#bagged leaves#one man's trash is another man's treasure#leaf mold#leaf litter#compost#trying to be sustainable#sustainability#regenerative agriculture#home gardener#bird#white throated sparrow#white-throated sparrow#yoshino#weeping cherry#fall colors
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Leaf mold and a lively thing ...
Found a Pink Frilled Tussock Moth caterpillar yesterday. First sight of one. Twig in hand, I coaxed the 'reluctant to cooperate' hairy little critter onto a piece of card and then placed it amongst the leaves that are piling up beneath Cathweegia. Fingers crossed it will achieve the chrysalis stage.
Currently taking a breather in the shiny metropolis with Biggest Dog. She loves the whole fill up your senses package, but her noggin needs regular five minute breaks to process everything :-) ...
#good afternoon#tuesday#leaf mold#dead leaves#caterpillar#tussock moth#wildlife#shiny metropolis#Biggest Dog#time out#Cathweegia#fingers crossed#original writing#writerscommunity#writers community#writers on tumblr#writers of tumblr#photographers on tumblr#original photography on tumblr#naturephotography
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How does one determine the pH level of their soil and adjust it accordingly for optimal plant growth?
Soil pH is an important factor in plant growth and health. The pH level of the soil determines how well plants can absorb nutrients from the soil. Most plants prefer a slightly acidic soil, with a pH between 6.0 and 7.0. If the soil is too acidic or alkaline, it can negatively affect plant growth and development. In this article, we will discuss how to determine the pH level of your soil and…
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#acid-loving plants#acidic soil#alkaline soil#alkaline-loving plants#compost#fertility#garden center#leaf mold#lime#manure#natural soil amendments#nutrient absorption#optimal plant health.#organic matter#pH-adjusted fertilizers#plant growth#soil health#soil pH#soil testing#sulfur
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If the green left the grass on the other side 🌱 I would make like a tree and leave 🌳 But if I reached for your hand, would your eyes get wide 🐛 Who knew the other side could be so green 💚
Ducky Isopod Pattern by Liudmyla Konkina
#isopods#pill bug#roly poly#spooky season#spooky season adjacent anyway#plushies#xen makes frens#their name is roland pauley and they would like to inspect the quality of your leaf mold!
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remember when we were robbed of the lettuce bikini
#like i totally get that being not feasible#but dawg y’all made an octopus.#i think a cotton or muslin#set into a mold with fabric stiffener or something#could’ve made a great lettuce leaf#they could’ve attached that onto#a swimsuit base of like#actual wearable fabric#it would’ve been so cool#i mean they kinda made esmé#like super campy and scattered#in season 3#so i think it fits#regardless
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snail eating a Trichia sp. by Adam Leaf
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moldy building
(textures and everything is still wip so they dont line up properly)
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Imagine being filled with brain eating mold spores
I don't have to imagine it!! ^^
And also I can't, no more brain. It all got eaten by the mold spores 😞
#leaf response#oh for anyone else reading this. ive had one too many encounters with mold now.#I FINALLY ANSWERED ONE OF UR ASKS ARE YOU HAPPY NOW??? ARE YOU SATISFIED???#YOU CAN STOP HARASSING ME NOW#your brain is filled with mold spores too. mold spores that look strangely like zelda.
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went to a cat cafe w my sister & met some absolute mold spores of kittens (scruffiest fluffiest thangs ive ever seen) & this geriatric old man who looked exactly like my first cat n curled up on my lap.... psychically sending them ur way <3333
speaking of mold spores.... my mom has been talking about how his toys have been going missing for weeks now.... you'll never guess what we just found a stash of under the couch
#there were like 30 of them. oh my god#springs and jingle balls and little stuffed toys.... judt all in a pile under there#HE CANT EVEN FIT UNDER THE COUCH .#ANYWAY. THANK U FOR MOLD SPORES <3 putting them in a nice jar full of leaf litter and decomposing matter#asks#friends!!!#intertexts
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My brain like "wow someone should study how fast my brain fog clears when I take a double hit of albuterol"...Raya you dumb bitch it's just asthma and steroids. It's not that deep. You have severe asthma. You cannot breathe. Your brain does not have enough oxygen and then it does, with a bonus kick
#I had to postpone my allergic asthma allergy shots again because I had an asthma attack#I'm really really ridiculously allergic to dust and leaf mold and it is November in Chicago#The first month I moved here I took the train to the doctor in the throes of an asthma attack and begged for albuterol#Because the trees were Killing me
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GOLDEN DREAM: ARBORED - detail view showing semi-transparent glass element over cast paper with glass bead & dichroic glass rod fitted into surface of leafed textured joint cement cradle
GOLDEN DREAM: ARBORED - detail view showing cast bronze 'spill' element fitted to Tennessee marble fitted jutting-out of surface of leafed and lacquered textured joint cement cradle
GOLDEN DREAM: ARBORED - detail view showing Verde di Prato serpentine element fitted into surface of leafed and lacquered textured joint cement cradle
GOLDEN DREAM: ARBORED - detail view showing segment of finished picture-frame molding element and two pink-colored glass marbles fitted into surface of leafed textured joint cement cradle
GOLDEN DREAM: ARBORED - frontal view
sculptural painting: schlag-metal leaf and lacquer on plywood cradle with joint cement, glass elements, dichroic glass, Verde di Prato serpentine, Tennessee marble, cast bronze, cast paper, finished wood molding element - 12½"x 12¾"x 3¾" - 2016 - never exhibited
#art by me#my artwork#wall sculpture#sculptural painting#Don Dougan#glass#serpentine#marble#stone#cast bronze spill#cast paper#molding#found objects#schlag-metal leafing#lacquer#joint cement#wood cradle
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The man on the radio wends his way through Wednesday morning helping us while away the hours. Weatherwise we're not exactly talking tropical, but definitely David Attenborough sweaty pits kind of weather. The traffic lady says there's animals loose on one of the main Dublin roads again, and suggests farmers need a fencing refresher course.
Today's groaner: a man fell into a vat of coffee and died. In an attempt to console his wife, the police told her "at least he didn't suffer; it was instant" ;-D badoom tish ... here all week!!
Off to the shiny metropolis, hip hip hooray, calloo callay. Well, maybe I'm not that excited about it ... but my poorly kitty cat needs vet tlc. Too tired to be overly quippy at this point, so as you were and tomorrow may bring more in the way of sentence silliness.
Bring me the coffee pot and let's see if I can stay upright! ;-D ...
#man on the radio#the weather#weatherwise#traffic lady#terrible puns#today's groaner#shiny metropolis#veterinary#poor little meow meow#im tired#head on desk#i need sleep#i need coffee#dry humor#good morning#wednesday#Tuesdayville#orange#leaf mold#patterns#leaf patterns#dead leaves#photographers on tumblr#original photography on tumblr#naturephotography#writers of tumblr#original writing#writerscommunity
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I'm so conflicted 😭In Secrets of the Hidden Leaf, you rendition of Sakura is tugging me in so many different ways! Like her situation is really sad with whats going on with her and Sasuke, but the way she's handling it is sooooo bad! And omg poor Lee! She makes me so mad sometimes but I still feel for her because not all of this is her fault! She's self destructing and doesn't realize it and its just so terrible and sad. This whole situation is MESSY! but a good messy lol. I don't know how I want this to end. Part of me wants it all to blow up in her face and the other part wants it to never see the light of day! Gosh like I can't imagine this secret being revealed! The consequences would just be...omg!
Please update soon, every single one of your stories are amazing, but Secrets has my soul! Every time you post a chapter you snatch my wig and im not even wearing one.
signed,
-a reader slowly dying without your amazing stories being updated 😭
Lol, okay, first off, I do apologize for snatching ya wig that you aren't even wearing. I don't know what kinda Houdini shit that is but, uh, yeah, my bad 😂
I'm happy to hear you're conflicted, that's the way I tried to write her, an emotional tug of war. A woman in a bad situation that isn't entirely her fault but isn't always handling it in the best of ways.
Overall with Secrets, I wanted to do more gray area things, rather than the black and white; good or bad, one-way thinking that I see so much in writing/life. It's sterile to me.
Good people can make bad decisions, bad people can do good things, kind/innocent people can have naughty side, a loving couple can make room for one more. you can love your country and still hold it accountable, unconventional relationships are not always a character flaw or indication of trauma; not everything will fit into a mold or follow 'societal norms', nor should it.
That's boring and unrealistic to me. People should be able to mix and match their life in a way that makes them happy, fulfilled and is amicable to all parties involved.
Anyway, back to the topic, lol.
Sakura.
She's uh, going through somethings, and a lot of people are upset with her but its also nice to see people can acknowledge that a lot of it is due to poor coping skills (lowkey just like her husband, lol). I hope to keep developing her in a way that makes her to gray to categorize as good or bad. I'm still working on it though :D
Far is updates go, once Monster has been updated, you should be on the lookout for either my OG stories updated or a one-shot from the NH fair being fleshed out. I'm taking my time though, so it might be another week or so.
Thanks for reading!
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…How do we feel about the environmental implications of certain very tiktok-friendly Small Business Crafts such as resin work and polymer clay jewelry. I know that I feel and think things about them but I don’t really know what those things are
#like are they yet another expression of first world consumerist luxury?#is it irresponsible to create with what is essentially a lot of plastic?#is it stupid to shame people for this when their impacts are negligible compared to manufacturers and industry?#or is it something to be more concerned about?#how is the ‘accessible low-entry level craft -> small business on tiktok’ pipeline affecting artists?#in what ways do these crafts intersect w privilege or lack thereof?#what makes them different from things like beading/embroidery/pottery/painting/metalwork/sewing/other arts and crafts?#are they different at all?#idk I just feel like on the one hand yay creativity on the other hand i feel like it’s trendifying/yassifying/commodifying certain aspects#of creativity#like most amateur like ‘small business’ tiktok girlies are just making things that follow trends and often copies of whatever is popular atm#(at least in my experience)#like do you know what I mean. like all the resin girlies with their molds they bought on aliexpress#and the polymer clay earring girlies where they make the clay look like marble/stone in a ‘satisfying’ grammable process#of chopping up teeny bits of clay and mixing it with acrylic paint and gold leaf and rolling it all out#and it’s ‘satisfying’ and just the ~perfect~ vehicle for ~trending audios~
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So tiny
Yet menacing
Slime mold along the edge of a leaf.
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I was gonna reblog something but the tags were stuff like forced masculinization and like ??? that feels weird to me
#maybe it’s the fact that transitioning is like the last thing people want you to do#like. I’ve had to mold this existence piece by piece#yes being trans means to revel in the act of creation but one of the main aspects#IS the choice to create something more suited to my sense of self#I don’t know. really. maybe it’s harmless#certainly there are people who fetishize violence against us#and this is probably a lesser problem but. idk it just feels weird#leaf rambles 🌱
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