Susan
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Honestly, just trying to get by.
Today was really nice, winter-wise. Sunny, low 30s, no wind. Hobbled around the yard some ;/ I did see a surgeon for my hip though!
We have a red surveying its kingdom, a Reb-Bellied Woodpecker and the warm glow of making new things, which I am compelled always to do. Set up the forge.
We have a red surveying its kingdom, a Reb-Bellied Woodpecker and the warm glow of making new things, which I am compelled always to do. Set up the forge.
January 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Today was really nice, winter-wise. Sunny, low 30s, no wind. Hobbled around the yard some ;/ I did see a surgeon for my hip though!
We have a red surveying its kingdom, a Reb-Bellied Woodpecker and the warm glow of making new things, which I am compelled always to do. Set up the forge.
We have a red surveying its kingdom, a Reb-Bellied Woodpecker and the warm glow of making new things, which I am compelled always to do. Set up the forge.
We used baked baking soda and not lye for water bath. They taste good and have pretzel flavor but they didn’t get as dark as they should have.
January 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We used baked baking soda and not lye for water bath. They taste good and have pretzel flavor but they didn’t get as dark as they should have.
Dough day- will be sourdough with home made chicken soup for dinner. Pretzels with cheesy beer sauce and pizza dough for tomorrow. Will try to remember to post the after pictures.
January 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Dough day- will be sourdough with home made chicken soup for dinner. Pretzels with cheesy beer sauce and pizza dough for tomorrow. Will try to remember to post the after pictures.
The world is full of terrible. I suffer guilt for having it not yet touched me. But I have come to savor and appreciate more deeply my life as it is right now. I feel more and more it’s the calm before the storm.
Morning Chai, a fire in the stove and watching the wildlife scurry about in the snow.
Morning Chai, a fire in the stove and watching the wildlife scurry about in the snow.
January 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The world is full of terrible. I suffer guilt for having it not yet touched me. But I have come to savor and appreciate more deeply my life as it is right now. I feel more and more it’s the calm before the storm.
Morning Chai, a fire in the stove and watching the wildlife scurry about in the snow.
Morning Chai, a fire in the stove and watching the wildlife scurry about in the snow.
Great picture. Here’s mine. About 60 years ago. Me and two of my sisters- with two that weren’t born yet. And my two doting grandmothers.
December 26, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Great picture. Here’s mine. About 60 years ago. Me and two of my sisters- with two that weren’t born yet. And my two doting grandmothers.
We haven’t had a white Christmas in a long time.
December 24, 2024 at 4:54 PM
We haven’t had a white Christmas in a long time.
Turkeys came to finish off the nuts and seeds that the inhabitants of the wood pile left- And then this guy came along and scared off the turkeys. Both the grey foxes and this red love peanuts.
December 20, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Turkeys came to finish off the nuts and seeds that the inhabitants of the wood pile left- And then this guy came along and scared off the turkeys. Both the grey foxes and this red love peanuts.
Is that not a gorgeous loaf of sourdough? It tasted as good as looks.
December 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Is that not a gorgeous loaf of sourdough? It tasted as good as looks.
Our forever Christmas tree. We hope forever :) We bought it last year for our first Christmas here. Planted it late-ish winter and it seems to be doing really well. I’ve always used ‘survived two winters’ to feel a tree I planted has a good chance to make it to being a grown up.
December 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Our forever Christmas tree. We hope forever :) We bought it last year for our first Christmas here. Planted it late-ish winter and it seems to be doing really well. I’ve always used ‘survived two winters’ to feel a tree I planted has a good chance to make it to being a grown up.
Which I wouldn’t count as a pizza. You can only eat like half a slice, it’s rich and intense. And you really do need the anchovies that were recommended by the very old America’s Test Kitchen.
December 15, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Which I wouldn’t count as a pizza. You can only eat like half a slice, it’s rich and intense. And you really do need the anchovies that were recommended by the very old America’s Test Kitchen.
Wool and silk and teeswater locks
December 15, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Wool and silk and teeswater locks
I think I took this with my camera and not my phone
December 15, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I think I took this with my camera and not my phone
A favorite tree outside the kitchen window with it’s fall colors
December 13, 2024 at 1:37 AM
A favorite tree outside the kitchen window with it’s fall colors
Uncle Herbie of lung cancer about 5 or 6 years ago. My dad will turn 90 in 2 weeks. Full wire armature, wool, silk, ramie, locks, embroidery. She stands about 30” tall.
December 13, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Uncle Herbie of lung cancer about 5 or 6 years ago. My dad will turn 90 in 2 weeks. Full wire armature, wool, silk, ramie, locks, embroidery. She stands about 30” tall.
I’m not a photographer. Every now and then I get a picture I like. I bought a Nikon Z50 last summer and a few lenses.
December 11, 2024 at 4:31 PM
I’m not a photographer. Every now and then I get a picture I like. I bought a Nikon Z50 last summer and a few lenses.
They’ve just moved in.
December 10, 2024 at 3:34 PM
They’ve just moved in.
Nature is a picture I took of my front yard this past summer. With my camera, not my phone. I still can’t the depth I see in pictures taken by real photographers
December 9, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Nature is a picture I took of my front yard this past summer. With my camera, not my phone. I still can’t the depth I see in pictures taken by real photographers
Art today is another oldie. I love hearing stories from the gallery when a piece is sold. A woman had her eye on it for a long time and her husband snuck back in quick and bought it for her.
Lucy’s Very Bad Day
Lucy’s Very Bad Day
December 9, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Art today is another oldie. I love hearing stories from the gallery when a piece is sold. A woman had her eye on it for a long time and her husband snuck back in quick and bought it for her.
Lucy’s Very Bad Day
Lucy’s Very Bad Day
They are terrorists. The inhabitants of the woodpile are unable to come out and eat the seeds and peanuts we put out for them. They were coming and going, now they just never leave- Though if they decide to nest here we’ll get to see babies in the spring. Fine, maybe I’ll buy cracked corn today.
December 9, 2024 at 3:21 PM
They are terrorists. The inhabitants of the woodpile are unable to come out and eat the seeds and peanuts we put out for them. They were coming and going, now they just never leave- Though if they decide to nest here we’ll get to see babies in the spring. Fine, maybe I’ll buy cracked corn today.
This is an old piece.
Sarengeti
Sarengeti
December 7, 2024 at 11:12 PM
This is an old piece.
Sarengeti
Sarengeti
Morning started with chips, squirrels and jays coming for what was left of the seeds and peanuts from yesterday. They were scared off by a flock of turkeys that came hopping across the yard.
Turkeys were scared off by this guy- though by the time the coyote came there was nothing left.
Turkeys were scared off by this guy- though by the time the coyote came there was nothing left.
December 7, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Morning started with chips, squirrels and jays coming for what was left of the seeds and peanuts from yesterday. They were scared off by a flock of turkeys that came hopping across the yard.
Turkeys were scared off by this guy- though by the time the coyote came there was nothing left.
Turkeys were scared off by this guy- though by the time the coyote came there was nothing left.
Half asleep sunrise coming up from behind the hill.
December 6, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Half asleep sunrise coming up from behind the hill.
Well, some of it happens here. I felt elsewhere, carve in another part of the basement and often carry something I’m worrying on upstairs and work in the kitchen.
December 5, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Well, some of it happens here. I felt elsewhere, carve in another part of the basement and often carry something I’m worrying on upstairs and work in the kitchen.