#saltbrine

[heavenwrought]

@saltbrine,

SPRING didn't have a face until he reached the surface. at home, in the dark, the seasons had no reach beyond the gap in the rock, and all minhae knew of spring was an extraordinarily blue sky.

there were more colors up here. and more light, of course — warm and resplendent, so far-reaching that he was delighted to stand under the shade of some awning and still be able to put a hand out to feel it. in those first few days on the road, he had insisted on keeping the windows of the carriage down, so that the light could stream in and his god could feel him close. he'd imagined his first month in yeonghae unfolding in all kinds of ways, but he had thought most of all that his god would find him and commune with him before his alliance with the yangs, at least, so that the sun could advise on whether it was a good match, but the sun hadn't so much as sent him a sign since his arrival.

his parents certainly had their own opinion about it, which they said was the sun's will. but, minhae thought, he would have really liked to hear it from the sun himself. the ritual was the only thing he could think of doing.

he'd taken to carrying an umbrella when his skin proved unfortunately easy to burn in the sun, but for now he set it aside so the sun would have no trouble finding him. his ritual mirror laid next to it, wrapped in cloth until he finished building the necessary pyre. he just couldn't get the damned thing to stay up.

minhae frowned at his pathetic pile of rocks and sticks. in the distance, the waves roared. he wondered if he should have chosen someplace other than the beach.

he glanced around. there were a few people nearby, a lot of unfamiliar faces for that festival, but none of them seemed particularly helpful. then he glanced in the other direction, and there was his first stroke of good luck all week, in the shape of somebody much closer—observing? no one ever stared at a ritual so openly.

"you. hello." minhae eyed them up and down. they looked useful, at least. "do you have nothing better to do for the next minute?"

[sinkpearls]

DID YOU FIND ANYTHING IN THE SEA,

he pulls his jacket properly over his shoulders, tucking his hands behind his back as he walks between all of the stalls. smiles at the merchants that he'd seen in his office already, of the ones that he memorized the name and the product so that he could know them when he saw them once coming down to the port.

spring summons always brought quite a flurry of activity to the company, and he knew it to be important that he was aware of what was coming in and out of all of the ships, especially with all of the extra contracts he'd been approving with new prospects coming in for all of the fun.

today's his own business, however. he'd made his rounds down here before, and so he thinks it easy to clear out two things at once, keeping a half sharp eye to look out for a familiar face in the crowd between his browsing and follow ups. he'd told beomsu through letter that he'd meet him here when the sun was high in the sky, and despite the amount of times they'd met for this, there's still a quiet uptick in his nerves.

it's like he hasn't been receiving the same news for years, now. perhaps it should have dulled his senses, but even for the amount of times he's been in the water, willing it to show him something thousands of miles away, something, someone, he knows is still out there, he knows, it's still nothing.

it's always nothing. quiet home, same news, same water, running over him numb and unyielding, cold as the day he left. all of this pretending ran him thin a long time ago, but he thinks giving up is just another snapped string leading him back to his brother.

even if the news is the same, it's hope that it won't be, one time. he hopes just one time, beomsu can come to him with something, but somehow he's gotten used to these meetings as the only connection to that horizon, the one he's longed for ever since that boat didn't come back, that letter didn't come, that he hadn't heard his voice, seen him, since he waved on the edge of that ship until seohan couldn't see him anymore, disappearing on that ocean line as the sun spilled orange.

he reaches out to pick up a ware from a table in front of him, smiling at the woman wrinkled by the edge of time, gloved thumb sweeping over the silver of the pocketwatch, chain hanging out between his fingers. "it tells you the time of wherever it is the one you love resides." she leans over, gesturing to the hinge on the side to click open and show him the clock face.

he hesitates, still, holding it closed in his hand as he looks up one more time, a moment to prolong what he doesn't want to see, doesn't want to know, and sees beomsu flash within the crowd. raises his unoccupied hand in a small wave to bring him over, clear, bright grin.

what he doesn't want to see, doesn't want to know. it's such a thin line, curiosity, the truth, what he seeks. he tries to tell himself it all always leads back to the water.

@saltbrine ?

[makergardener]

Recipe on how make classic kimchi using salt brine. Recipe on blog post. Happy Monday everyone.#kimchi #makingkimchi #kimchirecipe #recipe #homecooking #homecook #makingkimchiathome #recipes #saltbrine (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByhaW1MALzT/?igshid=1jjxfqwfywh3f

[sethgranville]

Maryland State Highway Administration Liquid Application Unit Fleet ID W20091 2018 Freightliner Trucks 114SD with a Henderson Products, Inc. Muni Body & LAS Liquid Application System Can be used for: Salt brine application to pretreat roadways ahead of a snow and ice event, or in the summer as water for dust control, roadway cleaning, and landscaping. Can also be pressed into service during fire disaster situations to shuttle water. Additionally, the tank system and tank is modular and can be easily and quickly removed, and the Muni Body with integrated spreader is also easy and quick to put into service to allow the truck to sand/salt. On the front, it's a heavy duty plow, it includes a large main plow and dual side wing plows. That's all in addition to normal dump truck duties. #marylandsha #maryland #freightlinertrucks #freightliner #freightline114sd #i81 #i70 #dumptruck #snowplow #hendersonmunibody #hendersonproducts #snowstorm #saltbrine #icecontrol #roadmaintenance #watertank #5axles #moveover #sethgranville #x635photos (at Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn91g8OHbNx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=25iifbswq6pk

[davecastleman-blog]

If you didn't know this by now i really really love VDOT work!!! #acutaboveva #saltbrine #winter

[food-forest-cookery-blog]

Just made the very first badge of our pumpkin ready for fermentation. We usually do it with cucumbers and they are super yummy. Looking forward to the results 🙂#permaculture #foodforest #organic #pumpkin #fermentedfoods #fermentation #healthyfood #saltbrine (at Pacific Haven)

[tfbtfarms]

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We harvested about thirty #picklingcucumbers over the past two days so we are hard at work into the late hours coming up with some new pickle recipes. Eating cinnamon rolls helps keep us working long hours 🤣 #pickles #fermentation #fermentedfoods #seedtoseal #eatwhatyougrow #eatwell #picklesofinstagram #saltbrine #brine #homemade #gardenpreserves #canning #preppingforwinter #pantrystable #pantryfood #cinnamonrolls #cinnamonbuns

[heavenwrought]

@saltbrine,

[ ... ] he registers this as a sort of invitation, which hopefully means that he's allowed to do this — approach the pile of what looks to be rubbish to observe it more closely. "do you need help disposing of this ?" he feels quite charitable. he doesn't even think he'd ask for anything in return.

minhae tilts his head at the initial answer and the apparent honesty of it. good, he decides, he was fortunate enough to find somebody who wasn't an imbecile.

"dispose of it? why would i do that?" confusion flits across his face, an emotion too quick for him to rein back — an unbecoming habit that's been happening more frequently, when no one was ever truly watching here. a second later, he smooths out that frown, forces himself back into that well-worn mask of politeness and wonders if perhaps the strangers simply doesn't know about the rituals of the old ways. his parents did warn him that the blight had done irreparable damage to more than just the land, but it has been troubling to see the full extent of it.

"no. i'll dispose of it myself when the time comes. i need your help keeping the fire." minhae extends a hand to the plentiful space around the small pyre, faint tendrils of light manifesting around his wrists to gesture, like fingers, to anywhere that the stranger is permitted to sit. "my name is yoon minhae. it's important that i do this while the sky is clear, or i don't think that the sun will be able to find us so easily."

he curses his slip as soon as he hears himself. he doesn't think, he knows. the only uncertainty here is whether the presence of a potential non-believer might turn away his god.

instead of summoning a flame, he reaches for the bundle of cloth at his side, unwrapping it to reveal the ritual mirror lying face down, and the jagged dagger lying next to it. minhae picks it up. he looks up at the stranger, neutral, calculating.

"i will also need a blood offering."

minhae is not a good liar, but he is good at repeating pieces of the truth. if this stranger were of the sun's flock, surely they would know that blood would not be required until the conclusion of a successful ritual.

[sethgranville]

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[davecastleman-blog]

I have a feeling this is going to be a great Winter! Geting ready to work our 8th event of the season. Warming up our pre treating tank motors. Vdot here we come!! #acutaboveva #vdot #winter #saltbrine (at A Cut Above)