Jennifer (she/they)
@jennigma.bsky.social
Fiber artist and dabbler in other creative media. Retired veteran of the tech world. I delight in learning things and explaining them. Oh yeah, and about as queer as they come.
Very glad you are still above the dirt. Or at least most of the dirt. As you say, laundry is forever.
Also bodies are stupid and wonderful and annoying and can do and feel so many things. I have so much respect for all I can do and feel through my flesh vessel, but goddamn the maintenance.
Also bodies are stupid and wonderful and annoying and can do and feel so many things. I have so much respect for all I can do and feel through my flesh vessel, but goddamn the maintenance.
February 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Very glad you are still above the dirt. Or at least most of the dirt. As you say, laundry is forever.
Also bodies are stupid and wonderful and annoying and can do and feel so many things. I have so much respect for all I can do and feel through my flesh vessel, but goddamn the maintenance.
Also bodies are stupid and wonderful and annoying and can do and feel so many things. I have so much respect for all I can do and feel through my flesh vessel, but goddamn the maintenance.
Nonsense! That’s a lovely bit of hand weaving!!
November 30, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Nonsense! That’s a lovely bit of hand weaving!!
Aaaaand I just noticed handweaving puts up their website hero pic rather than the draft, so here is a picture of the draft itself:
November 30, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Aaaaand I just noticed handweaving puts up their website hero pic rather than the draft, so here is a picture of the draft itself:
I never thought I would be free of the pain. It is such a big difference.
November 27, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I never thought I would be free of the pain. It is such a big difference.
Yup. I am working on recovering from spinal surgery. I now have a stick for a neck, but no nerve pain. :-)
November 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Yup. I am working on recovering from spinal surgery. I now have a stick for a neck, but no nerve pain. :-)
Lol those must be your “missing years.”
November 27, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Lol those must be your “missing years.”
Hello fellow disabled menopausal woman! Seems like we are living similar lives. <3
November 27, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Hello fellow disabled menopausal woman! Seems like we are living similar lives. <3
I say this as a disabled person who would love to bike, but can’t. The few relatively level paths in my current area (eg paths around small lakes and retention ponds) are so crowded with walkers and small children and leashed dogs that it isn’t safe.
November 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM
I say this as a disabled person who would love to bike, but can’t. The few relatively level paths in my current area (eg paths around small lakes and retention ponds) are so crowded with walkers and small children and leashed dogs that it isn’t safe.
So much of our beautiful country doesn’t have a level mile, though. Cycling in the US is not an activity for the unfit in any city where I have personally resided, and bike paths wouldn’t change that.
November 27, 2024 at 2:23 PM
So much of our beautiful country doesn’t have a level mile, though. Cycling in the US is not an activity for the unfit in any city where I have personally resided, and bike paths wouldn’t change that.
Mine had a big yard to be in during the day, but they had to be locked in at night due to predators.
November 25, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Mine had a big yard to be in during the day, but they had to be locked in at night due to predators.
Mood.
White wash and diatomaceous earth were key for us.
We initially were good about scraping off surfaces and replacing the straw in the boxes on the floor at least a couple times a week and hosing out the coop once a month or so, and still got infested.
White wash and diatomaceous earth were key for us.
We initially were good about scraping off surfaces and replacing the straw in the boxes on the floor at least a couple times a week and hosing out the coop once a month or so, and still got infested.
November 25, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Mood.
White wash and diatomaceous earth were key for us.
We initially were good about scraping off surfaces and replacing the straw in the boxes on the floor at least a couple times a week and hosing out the coop once a month or so, and still got infested.
White wash and diatomaceous earth were key for us.
We initially were good about scraping off surfaces and replacing the straw in the boxes on the floor at least a couple times a week and hosing out the coop once a month or so, and still got infested.
That was enough to take care of it. We kept a dust bath in the coop, and added the pressure wash/ whitewash/ rake out and re-mulch to our spring and fall cleanup routine. We never had any more problems.
November 25, 2024 at 7:43 PM
That was enough to take care of it. We kept a dust bath in the coop, and added the pressure wash/ whitewash/ rake out and re-mulch to our spring and fall cleanup routine. We never had any more problems.
The shelter was two x-pens from our dogs with some roosting poles put through them and a blue tarp bungied on top.
We raked out the yard while the chickens were out of it, and put down fresh mulch.
We raked out the yard while the chickens were out of it, and put down fresh mulch.
November 25, 2024 at 7:41 PM
The shelter was two x-pens from our dogs with some roosting poles put through them and a blue tarp bungied on top.
We raked out the yard while the chickens were out of it, and put down fresh mulch.
We raked out the yard while the chickens were out of it, and put down fresh mulch.
We went through that.
Evicted the chickens into temporary shelter with a 75% sand 25% diatomaceous earth dust bath. We had an old kitty litter box for a nesting box that we cleaned daily.
Pressure washed the coop, let it dry, then whitewashed the interior with two coats, and let that dry.
Evicted the chickens into temporary shelter with a 75% sand 25% diatomaceous earth dust bath. We had an old kitty litter box for a nesting box that we cleaned daily.
Pressure washed the coop, let it dry, then whitewashed the interior with two coats, and let that dry.
November 25, 2024 at 7:37 PM
We went through that.
Evicted the chickens into temporary shelter with a 75% sand 25% diatomaceous earth dust bath. We had an old kitty litter box for a nesting box that we cleaned daily.
Pressure washed the coop, let it dry, then whitewashed the interior with two coats, and let that dry.
Evicted the chickens into temporary shelter with a 75% sand 25% diatomaceous earth dust bath. We had an old kitty litter box for a nesting box that we cleaned daily.
Pressure washed the coop, let it dry, then whitewashed the interior with two coats, and let that dry.
All the diatomaceous earth!
Whitewash the world!!
Whitewash the world!!
November 25, 2024 at 7:33 PM
All the diatomaceous earth!
Whitewash the world!!
Whitewash the world!!
Oh wow. I love this!
November 24, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Oh wow. I love this!
My guess is it has to do with breed standards at the time. “Level topline” is a common requirement in breed standards for farm animals. “Depth of girth” is another, which refers to the circumference just behind the forelegs. And you found reference to the brisket already.
November 24, 2024 at 2:39 PM
My guess is it has to do with breed standards at the time. “Level topline” is a common requirement in breed standards for farm animals. “Depth of girth” is another, which refers to the circumference just behind the forelegs. And you found reference to the brisket already.