Linden
@kirindensetsu.bsky.social
Your wizard friend in the Japanese countryside. Gardening, antique restoration, long bike rides, and little animals. 🏳️⚧️ they/them
＃古民家 ＃田舎
＃古民家 ＃田舎
That only took 6 months.
I cut the channel for this surface drain when I took out most of the driveway, but then kept buying or renting broken demolition hammers. Finally got one that works, this took about 3 hours.
I cut the channel for this surface drain when I took out most of the driveway, but then kept buying or renting broken demolition hammers. Finally got one that works, this took about 3 hours.
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
That only took 6 months.
I cut the channel for this surface drain when I took out most of the driveway, but then kept buying or renting broken demolition hammers. Finally got one that works, this took about 3 hours.
I cut the channel for this surface drain when I took out most of the driveway, but then kept buying or renting broken demolition hammers. Finally got one that works, this took about 3 hours.
It seems like the mirror quality improves closer to freezing.
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It seems like the mirror quality improves closer to freezing.
Frost in the garden this morning. I can't wait until the house is done and I can enjoy winter instead of feeling animal panic.
Fern + fishplant, oak leaf hydrangea, stewartia.
Fern + fishplant, oak leaf hydrangea, stewartia.
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Frost in the garden this morning. I can't wait until the house is done and I can enjoy winter instead of feeling animal panic.
Fern + fishplant, oak leaf hydrangea, stewartia.
Fern + fishplant, oak leaf hydrangea, stewartia.
Not as beefy as 4, but you might like a pair Tanegashima scissors for your collection? They have thin dinky handles that you think would be unergonomic if you're used to shears but there's so little resistance when cutting that the lightness becomes appreciable.
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Not as beefy as 4, but you might like a pair Tanegashima scissors for your collection? They have thin dinky handles that you think would be unergonomic if you're used to shears but there's so little resistance when cutting that the lightness becomes appreciable.
Sometimes the scales of Patriarchy Hell balance in my favor.
I got another Balmuda range of the same year/make as the one up at the house for about $60USD because recycle shop dudes don't know about oven cleaner.
I got another Balmuda range of the same year/make as the one up at the house for about $60USD because recycle shop dudes don't know about oven cleaner.
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Sometimes the scales of Patriarchy Hell balance in my favor.
I got another Balmuda range of the same year/make as the one up at the house for about $60USD because recycle shop dudes don't know about oven cleaner.
I got another Balmuda range of the same year/make as the one up at the house for about $60USD because recycle shop dudes don't know about oven cleaner.
Over the pass and through the mysteriously warm tunnel, looking towards Noto.
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Over the pass and through the mysteriously warm tunnel, looking towards Noto.
Hauling 50lbs of expired pesticides and fertilizer over the pass to JA's biannual chemical disposal event and I am SO. TIRED.
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Hauling 50lbs of expired pesticides and fertilizer over the pass to JA's biannual chemical disposal event and I am SO. TIRED.
Didn't have time to make a bed for the cranberries I found for sale with the Christmas foliage plants. Eventually I want to put them in the marshy spot around the spring. Divided and repotted with more soil and space so they can wait for next year.
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Didn't have time to make a bed for the cranberries I found for sale with the Christmas foliage plants. Eventually I want to put them in the marshy spot around the spring. Divided and repotted with more soil and space so they can wait for next year.
A bounteous harvest! There's still a couple dozen at the very crown of the tree but I need someone to spot me on the ladder.
I don't think they're gonna be as good as last year's, when they're really sugary and delicious they get black freckles, but still, free food.
I don't think they're gonna be as good as last year's, when they're really sugary and delicious they get black freckles, but still, free food.
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A bounteous harvest! There's still a couple dozen at the very crown of the tree but I need someone to spot me on the ladder.
I don't think they're gonna be as good as last year's, when they're really sugary and delicious they get black freckles, but still, free food.
I don't think they're gonna be as good as last year's, when they're really sugary and delicious they get black freckles, but still, free food.
Getting faster, 1hr from Komaki to Taira.
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Getting faster, 1hr from Komaki to Taira.
Filtered so you can see the frostline on Ningyōyama through the mist.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Filtered so you can see the frostline on Ningyōyama through the mist.
Kerosene heater started wheezing consumptively and blowing cold air so onto the bike and over the mountain we go to the repair jiichan.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Kerosene heater started wheezing consumptively and blowing cold air so onto the bike and over the mountain we go to the repair jiichan.
It is winter again and I am Yearning for these practical homegoods.
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It is winter again and I am Yearning for these practical homegoods.
Tonight's moonrise. The dam is closed, so the river is in mirror mode.
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Tonight's moonrise. The dam is closed, so the river is in mirror mode.
I did make it all the way to Costco, so that's pretty rad, now my problem is that I have 4km of range left and
a) it's 6km straight up in the dark from this toilet to my house
b) the assist battery runs the headlamp
a) it's 6km straight up in the dark from this toilet to my house
b) the assist battery runs the headlamp
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I did make it all the way to Costco, so that's pretty rad, now my problem is that I have 4km of range left and
a) it's 6km straight up in the dark from this toilet to my house
b) the assist battery runs the headlamp
a) it's 6km straight up in the dark from this toilet to my house
b) the assist battery runs the headlamp
I was riding through the clouds on the final ascent, the golden light there is the community onsen. The e-assist is amazing, I didn't have to touch down and walk up any of the hills, could just crank along in 1st without stalling.
November 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I was riding through the clouds on the final ascent, the golden light there is the community onsen. The e-assist is amazing, I didn't have to touch down and walk up any of the hills, could just crank along in 1st without stalling.
Full moon on the ride back, it took me exactly 1hr down to town and 1.5hr back up. It's much nicer than driving under similar conditions, it's quiet and you can actually stop to appreciate the scenery.
November 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Full moon on the ride back, it took me exactly 1hr down to town and 1.5hr back up. It's much nicer than driving under similar conditions, it's quiet and you can actually stop to appreciate the scenery.
I survived, it was exactly 1 hour door to door even with photo breaks.
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I survived, it was exactly 1 hour door to door even with photo breaks.
This is what's on trend btw in case you are normal and not Heian-pilled and don't treat the way people around you are dressed as an element of the weather.
November 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is what's on trend btw in case you are normal and not Heian-pilled and don't treat the way people around you are dressed as an element of the weather.
I put stickers on this one.
156 is the road going past my house, ichi-ko-ro being a phonetic pun for "sudden death" bc of how dangerous it was pre-2000s.
The omamori sticker is a tongue-in-cheek "works for anything", vs traditional "traffic safety" or "happiness" or what have you.
156 is the road going past my house, ichi-ko-ro being a phonetic pun for "sudden death" bc of how dangerous it was pre-2000s.
The omamori sticker is a tongue-in-cheek "works for anything", vs traditional "traffic safety" or "happiness" or what have you.
November 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I put stickers on this one.
156 is the road going past my house, ichi-ko-ro being a phonetic pun for "sudden death" bc of how dangerous it was pre-2000s.
The omamori sticker is a tongue-in-cheek "works for anything", vs traditional "traffic safety" or "happiness" or what have you.
156 is the road going past my house, ichi-ko-ro being a phonetic pun for "sudden death" bc of how dangerous it was pre-2000s.
The omamori sticker is a tongue-in-cheek "works for anything", vs traditional "traffic safety" or "happiness" or what have you.
BIKE BIKE BIKE BIKE
Aftermarket racks and kickstand are great, I love having a cyclocomputer, and I can maintain a much higher average speed with the e-assist AND I don't have to take walking breaks for my fucked up skeleton.
Aftermarket racks and kickstand are great, I love having a cyclocomputer, and I can maintain a much higher average speed with the e-assist AND I don't have to take walking breaks for my fucked up skeleton.
November 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
BIKE BIKE BIKE BIKE
Aftermarket racks and kickstand are great, I love having a cyclocomputer, and I can maintain a much higher average speed with the e-assist AND I don't have to take walking breaks for my fucked up skeleton.
Aftermarket racks and kickstand are great, I love having a cyclocomputer, and I can maintain a much higher average speed with the e-assist AND I don't have to take walking breaks for my fucked up skeleton.
I'm the only English user in this part of town and also the only one who picks up trash from the river, die faster you fucking racist pieces of shit.
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I'm the only English user in this part of town and also the only one who picks up trash from the river, die faster you fucking racist pieces of shit.
The duality of worm
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The duality of worm
In positive local news, Suganuma fixed the badly-designed wheelchair ramp that I had to help carry a powerchair user over last month.
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In positive local news, Suganuma fixed the badly-designed wheelchair ramp that I had to help carry a powerchair user over last month.