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I thoroughly enjoyed Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky. I chose this cover depiction because it's the closest to how I imagine Rex. He and the rest of the multiform assault pack, Honey, Dragon and Bees, have all stayed with me.

Also, interlibrary loan for the win

#skybrarians #booksky #scifi 📚
Rex, a dog/humanoid bioform with his "big guns"
March 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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To my chicken peeps. Pls get more familiar w good biosecurity. You should not be stepping into other people's chicken pens & vice versa. Nor visiting petting zoos, wildlife parks or feed stores w/o disinfecting your shoes after. Avian Influenza is spread by fomites. We take flock safety seriously
A newly hatched chick
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Hearth cat
A striped file cat sitting on a warm hearth next to an open fireplace
January 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Fake Stephen King followed me and for about one minute I felt extreme happiness
Screenshot of my notifications showing Stephen King as a new follower
January 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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It's the little things

#chickensofbluesky #ruralsky #countrylife
Hen with chicks A gaggle of chicks Hen and chicks in the grass Chicks eating
January 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Sourdough pumpernickel bagels made with dark rye flour, molasses and caraway seeds. The things I love but cannot get here in the mountains, I learn to make myself
A bagel cut in half showing nice air bubbles in the dough 8 bagels cooling in a rack Bagels that have been boiled but not yet baked Dough rising in stainless steel bowls
January 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Kung pao made with home grown chicken and chiles dried from the garden. Leftover rice, fried up with eggs from our hens. Some eggrolls I bought from a lady a few dirt roads over who sells food out of her house. Who says you can't get Chinese "takeout" in the mountains? 🍽
A blue plate with Chinese food. Crispy eggrolls cut in half. Fried rice with egg and green onions. Kung pao chicken with chiles, peanuts, mushrooms, carrots, celery and onions.
January 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Not to be left out of the black eyed pea fan club on new year's day
Creamy black eyed peas with smoked turkey and kale. Cast iron skillet cornbread on the side
January 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Had some sunshine on our walk today. Everything is wet from much needed rain
A small toadstool looking mushroom, yellowish in color, surrounded by green leaves of grass
December 28, 2024 at 3:50 AM
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First, the chicks hatched. Then we had a couple of sunny days. Now, the solstice. These things have been good for my heart
A hen is sitting on the ground surrounded by her chicks. Some are standing, some are eating. One is standing on her back and she's looking back over her shoulder at it
December 22, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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Yes, it arrived! Of my many favorite bands in the 90's Babes in Toyland were always just *chef's kiss*

#musicsky 💙📚
#booksky
Cover of the book I Live Inside, Memoirs of a Babe in Toyland
December 20, 2024 at 5:27 AM
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Ramen night is never boring. Kale from the garden, a farm fresh egg and leftover smoked brisket 🍽
A bowl of ramen topped with smoked brisket, a fried egg with a broken runny yolk, chile crisp, chopped green onion and sesame seeds
December 17, 2024 at 6:07 AM
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Merry early Christmas to meeee

#chickensky #backyardchickens #chickensofbluesky #ruralsky #countrylife
9 freshly hatched baby chicks in a nest of straw. Some of the chicks are white, some are black and some are striped like chipmunks. They are very fuzzy and soft
December 17, 2024 at 6:00 AM
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My weekend bakes were sourdough cinnamon raisin bagels and a plain sourdough sandwich loaf. I arrived super late to the sourdough train and really don't know what I'm doing half the time. I follow the recipes and keep my fingers crossed. It mostly works out in the end

#farmkitchen 🍽
Some cinnamon raisin bagels laying in front of a rectangular sourdough loaf. They look pretty but smell even better
December 8, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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A cow standing close to the camera. She is standing in a field with dry grass that has green grass poking through. There are oak trees in the background. She is red with a white face and red raccoon spots over her eyes. A few pieces of dry grass are hanging out of her mouth
December 6, 2024 at 2:28 AM
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No, mine is!
An 8x6' flimsy greenhouse stuffed with succulents. A lazy black cat lays in it soaking up the warm sun
December 6, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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Rice gruel, congee, porridge, peasant food. My beloved winter breakfast. 1 cup rice to 8 cups water or broth in the crockpot 6 hrs or until fully broken. Serve plain or with any topping sweet or savory. Countless possibilities and one pot is our breakfast for a week.
#simplefood 🍽
Congee topped with a soft yolk fried egg, shredded turkey, sesame oil, soy sauce, green onion and sesame seeds Congee topped with a soft yolk fried egg, diced ham, sesame oil, soy sauce, green onion and sesame seeds
December 4, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Okay, yes the #booksky feed is overflowing with book challenge posts, but I'm so heartened to see all of them and to know how many people are reading and feel touched by books.
Some great books: The Terror by Dan Simmons, The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft, Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokea, The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle, Children of the New World by Alexander Weinstein
December 4, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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I step outside and the world is so beautiful. It's hard to reconcile with the ugliness of greed and hate
A golden grassy field with oak trees in the distance and a bright pink and blue sunset with swirly clouds
December 4, 2024 at 5:31 AM
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The whole one book per day thing, eh. Robopocalypse is legitimately scary

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers
#16
#BookSky
💙📚 👀
#Books
#BookChallenge
#speculativefiction
#scifi
Cover of the book Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson. National Bestseller. "Terrific page-turning fun." Stephen King Cover is the close-up white molded face of a human looking robot with shiny reflective red eyes
December 4, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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It's not uncommon to find bookmarks in returned books but today's find was just the absolute best. So, if you returned Practical Astronomy and are now missing your favorite bookmark, let me know

#skybrarians #libraries 💙📚
The best bookmark I've seen in a while. The cast of Beverly Hills 90210, so young, so preppy, in all their classic poses: David Silver, Donna Martin, Dylan McKay, Brenda Walsh, Brandon Walsh, Andrea Zuckerman, Kelly Taylor, Steve Sanders. The bookmark has a little tassle
December 3, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#15
#BookSky
💙📚 👀
#Books
#BookChallenge
Cover of the book The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. The book cover shows all the awards the book has received including #1 National Bestseller. It has a photograph showing half of a face. The face is a young Native person, unsmiling, with a white slash of paint down their cheek
November 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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Mountain peeps, how much wood do you need to stay warm in winter? Our home has never had central air. It would be extremely expensive. Downed oak is free for us if you don't count the labor of cutting, hauling, splitting, stacking and more hauling. Staying warm is basically a part time job
A farm cart loaded with pieces of split oak ready to be pulled from the shed to the mudroom
November 30, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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Besides citrus, persimmons are just about the last fruit we harvest. Even from just one tree there are always more than we can use so most of them are given away

#mountainlife #ruralsky #countrylife #farmtotable
A crate full of persimmons
November 28, 2024 at 12:13 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#14
#BookSky
💙📚 👀
#Books
#BookChallenge
Cover of the book One River by Wade Davis
November 27, 2024 at 4:00 AM