Strata Chalup
@strata.bsky.social
Artist. Author. Maker. Gardener.
Playing in the sca.org as Adhela of Ottersdam.
Eugene Oregon.
#retired #gardening #pottery #cats #tea #MySCA #SCA #EugeneOR
Playing in the sca.org as Adhela of Ottersdam.
Eugene Oregon.
#retired #gardening #pottery #cats #tea #MySCA #SCA #EugeneOR
Getting my visualizations out there to make a trip to Japan, a lifetime bucket list item, happen in 2026 in the fall! Let's see if we can do this! #watercolors #japan
August 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Getting my visualizations out there to make a trip to Japan, a lifetime bucket list item, happen in 2026 in the fall! Let's see if we can do this! #watercolors #japan
Hummingbirds like to visit the scarlet runner bean flowers, and one posed for a picture this morning! 🌱
August 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hummingbirds like to visit the scarlet runner bean flowers, and one posed for a picture this morning! 🌱
Finished harvesting and shelling the Carlin peas. Got a little over two cups, which is great since I started with 25 peas and only 15 to 17 of them turned into plants due to germination failure and predation. Medieval recipes await! Also saved some seed for next year. 🌱 #sca #mysca
August 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A few more small cups. These were turned from 1 lb lumps of clay, which I found much harder to center than the 1.5 lb that I've been using earlier. I think they came out pretty decently, not fabulous but decent. #pottery
August 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A few more small cups. These were turned from 1 lb lumps of clay, which I found much harder to center than the 1.5 lb that I've been using earlier. I think they came out pretty decently, not fabulous but decent. #pottery
Making art. Alcohol markers, metallic pens, glitter pens.
July 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Making art. Alcohol markers, metallic pens, glitter pens.
cherry clafouti, baked this morning before it gets too hot to turn the oven on! #whatscooking
July 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
cherry clafouti, baked this morning before it gets too hot to turn the oven on! #whatscooking
Harvested all my onions today and set them out in the pop up greenhouse to dry out a bit. Unfortunately I won't be able to store them for months like last year. The cold snap we had this spring tricked them into thinking it was their second year and they all sent up flower stalks. 🌱
July 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Harvested all my onions today and set them out in the pop up greenhouse to dry out a bit. Unfortunately I won't be able to store them for months like last year. The cold snap we had this spring tricked them into thinking it was their second year and they all sent up flower stalks. 🌱
Snipped some summer herbs to dry in the garage for fall. 🌱
June 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Snipped some summer herbs to dry in the garage for fall. 🌱
Coffee shop art. My new sets of washi tape came in!
May 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Coffee shop art. My new sets of washi tape came in!
Coffee shop garden art. 🌱
May 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Coffee shop garden art. 🌱
Coffee shop art journal art. #watercolors
May 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Coffee shop art journal art. #watercolors
Super quick and easy dinner: quiche with sun-dried tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, and wilted spinach! #whatscooking
May 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Super quick and easy dinner: quiche with sun-dried tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, and wilted spinach! #whatscooking
Had a lovely hour walk on the loop trails at Dorris Ranch a couple of days ago. The meadow areas are blooming with camas lilies and the forested trails have larkspur and columbine.
May 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Had a lovely hour walk on the loop trails at Dorris Ranch a couple of days ago. The meadow areas are blooming with camas lilies and the forested trails have larkspur and columbine.
Taking a few minutes to just sit in the sun and listen to the wind chimes. There's a chicken in the smoker, I just checked the moisture level in all my planters and they're all okay, and there's nothing I have to be doing right this very second except enjoying the smell of the lilacs. 🌱
April 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Taking a few minutes to just sit in the sun and listen to the wind chimes. There's a chicken in the smoker, I just checked the moisture level in all my planters and they're all okay, and there's nothing I have to be doing right this very second except enjoying the smell of the lilacs. 🌱
This year I'm trying to grow Carlin peas, a medieval starch pea that's been used for centuries. I'm really impressed by how different and weird they look compared to normal snap, snow, and shelling peas. I feel like I'm growing little aliens in the garden! 🌱 #sca
April 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This year I'm trying to grow Carlin peas, a medieval starch pea that's been used for centuries. I'm really impressed by how different and weird they look compared to normal snap, snow, and shelling peas. I feel like I'm growing little aliens in the garden! 🌱 #sca