Emily
@emilyemem.bsky.social
Catholic. Lifelong Midwesterner. Good at sewing and canning and stuff, so sometimes I have to dye my hair blue so people don't mistake me for a tradwife.
Last hour of the drive looked like pic 1, but I think getting up the driveway may have been the tough part. #lakeeffect
December 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Last hour of the drive looked like pic 1, but I think getting up the driveway may have been the tough part. #lakeeffect
Most Americans settle for merely eating turkey on Thanksgiving ...
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Most Americans settle for merely eating turkey on Thanksgiving ...
Important works of cultural preservation by the 7yo.
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Important works of cultural preservation by the 7yo.
If you see this post your getaway vehicle.
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you see this post your getaway vehicle.
Two things can be true at the same time: This collection of toy wooden traditional Catholic feast day foods is adorable; and also, a nonzero number of kids are going to end up with shiners from sausage nunchucks.
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Two things can be true at the same time: This collection of toy wooden traditional Catholic feast day foods is adorable; and also, a nonzero number of kids are going to end up with shiners from sausage nunchucks.
Pretty good recent used book haul. Advent book is from Plough; I liked the companion Lent volume. Taschen Basic Arts are great if you want to build a cheap library with a lot of variety (good size for little hands, too!) the delightfully vintage Canticle for Leibowitz was for the teenager's bday.
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Pretty good recent used book haul. Advent book is from Plough; I liked the companion Lent volume. Taschen Basic Arts are great if you want to build a cheap library with a lot of variety (good size for little hands, too!) the delightfully vintage Canticle for Leibowitz was for the teenager's bday.
Burn-testing some stash fabric because I don't want to blow real wool on a school costume if I don't have to. Not convinced that medium grey is the right coat color for young Ebeneezer, though...
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Burn-testing some stash fabric because I don't want to blow real wool on a school costume if I don't have to. Not convinced that medium grey is the right coat color for young Ebeneezer, though...
Modern problems require modern solutions.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Modern problems require modern solutions.
These places still exist, if you know where to look for them.
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
These places still exist, if you know where to look for them.
Teaching homeschool science this year, and if I ever try to make a density column again, just lock me up and throw away the key. Snapped this picture and it was all downhill fast from there.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Teaching homeschool science this year, and if I ever try to make a density column again, just lock me up and throw away the key. Snapped this picture and it was all downhill fast from there.
Let the kids wind these skeins, and then had to double-check to make sure they were all actually 100g...
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Let the kids wind these skeins, and then had to double-check to make sure they were all actually 100g...
Yesterday, kids spent hours in the >100-year record snowfall; homeschooled kids still managed to put in a full day's work; I got myself outside to do some shoveling (and photography); the living room got its first for-real tidying in weeks; and then we read The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Yesterday, kids spent hours in the >100-year record snowfall; homeschooled kids still managed to put in a full day's work; I got myself outside to do some shoveling (and photography); the living room got its first for-real tidying in weeks; and then we read The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Teenager went as Legless Lego Legolas. Came up with the idea himself, drafted the plans from scaled up minifig blueprints, and cut all those vinyl decals himself, too. Spray-painting and fabrication by moi.
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Teenager went as Legless Lego Legolas. Came up with the idea himself, drafted the plans from scaled up minifig blueprints, and cut all those vinyl decals himself, too. Spray-painting and fabrication by moi.
7yo daughter trying on her Witch King of Angmar costume. I just love this so much for her.
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
7yo daughter trying on her Witch King of Angmar costume. I just love this so much for her.
The colors on these Queenie zinnias really deepened as we got into autumn. Highly recommended.
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The colors on these Queenie zinnias really deepened as we got into autumn. Highly recommended.
Funny little mutant zinnia hiding under all its giant siblings.
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Funny little mutant zinnia hiding under all its giant siblings.
Getting ready to face the day like:
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Getting ready to face the day like:
I knew the kids were grumpy at each other today, but this is pretty cold.
October 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I knew the kids were grumpy at each other today, but this is pretty cold.
I can only presume this is a portal to Insect Wonderland or something.
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I can only presume this is a portal to Insect Wonderland or something.
I don't know if it's the phosphorus I finally managed to give them a couple of weeks ago, or if they're just really hitting their stride, but the zinnia forest is looking pretty good these days.
September 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I don't know if it's the phosphorus I finally managed to give them a couple of weeks ago, or if they're just really hitting their stride, but the zinnia forest is looking pretty good these days.
Zinnias, tomatoes, and cucumbers are all well above deck level at this point. Their beds are 5' below. Guess there's enough nitrogen in that soil, anyway.
September 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Zinnias, tomatoes, and cucumbers are all well above deck level at this point. Their beds are 5' below. Guess there's enough nitrogen in that soil, anyway.
Junior High kids these days will be like, "Can I put on some music while I study?" and then it's literally this:
September 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Junior High kids these days will be like, "Can I put on some music while I study?" and then it's literally this: