stonefruit and apple options are weaker here than in the us, in my opinion. there are some great region-specific apple varietals, but they're uncommon, and the supermarket ones are the standard fuji/gala/granny smith.

oddly, the best cherries i've ever had? massive and impossibly flavourful.

so i bought an end-of-year present to myself—to get through the end of the year; you understand—and it's legally mandated that they be covered in horrifying photos, but! local potato has one weird trick the government doesn't want you to know about: just like. so much washi tape.

i'm so sorry because had i known you wanted it, i could have given you the files!! i used to live literally down the street from the warsaw tavern.

literally my desk right now, missing my teacup from earlier 😂

relevant to almost no one, but these have shown up at my supermarket of late

on one hand: i fucking hate oreos (stop booing me; i'm right)
on the other hand: if i do not try these i will die

every single week i check if they're in stock for delivery and they never are 😭

I'm liking this for the photo, not the season 😂

similarly, tho, the war of the roses has resumed in my front garden. (despite the photo, the yorks are winning)

look at this raccoon-ass animal

still they—remarkably consistent on that one, really, for well over a decade now.

but yes, those photos, precisely. one of my favourites attached for reference

so normally this is where i would beg you to overlook my mediocre housekeeping, but there's the very obvious crack (and a much longer, less obvious, spiderweb crack), and the darker patches are the water damage to the floor (before my time) that caused the crack. the pale smears? silicone goop.

we finally have ourselves go outside and um. well. they fixed one part of it, but broke another!

they're gonna come back and fix it, days the agent. just turn on the mains 'if you need water'

if anyone needs water! one of basic things you need to be alive or do anything! like. [screaming]

we gave up and turned on the mains long enough to fill every pitcher and bottle i could get my hands on; also had the fastest, most pathetic showers in the world. in the literal 10 min this took, the yard flooded, so that seems good

attached photo is about 30 seconds after turning on the mains 👍🙃

can't sleep so i went outside for a little (but then it got Damp) and i'm not happy to be here but like. i do enjoy the five am vibes

anat's is very superior to mine (we don't eat much cheese in winter), but Jane, get thee to Daiso.

bonus: children looking for cheese don't state into the fridge for twenty minutes, then come ask where it is.

you know, i'm not a period doctor, but i feel like it's not meant to look like this.

also i think i figured out why i've felt so terrible the last several days.

update: these bananas were way too ripe for this, but I'm committed now 💀