One year, I’d like to have actually read more than one or two of the books on the Goodreads Choice Awards. (This is about me being behind on my reading, not a judgement about the books nominated)

I am however cleaning all my fountain pens in advance of the November whatever writing times. And am slightly horrified by how long a few of the nibs have been soaking while still clouding the water

I’m having complicated thoughts about all the November writing challenges trying to replace NaNoWriMo and the nature of creativity and online-ness

Today I learned Legion had a third season 🤣

Kitty has his goal Trilling and pawing his best Bug high on the wall

I paused for five seconds to sip my tea and all the early bird spots were gone 🤣

I’m trying to grow my crochet skills and destash my trunk of yarn, and I’ve made the mistake of trying a new pattern and technique with mostly black yarn. And am too stubborn to frog 🤣 (this is supposed to be a grocery bag one day)

I am so invested in this little internet kitten’s health 😅 (with the emotional caveat that kittens are notoriously delicate)

I managed to stop the rose-devouring and then realized he was licking all the plums in the fruitbowl while my back was turned

The kitty is BITING MY ROSES

…i am now using washi tape to brace the smaller planters against their respective walls

Kuromame and I are in a war of “I will find new ways to keep you from knocking over and eating my plants” and “hahaha I found a new way to knock over and eat your plants 😛”

new plant

One of my goals this year is to try and use up the bins of stash yarn I have and this looks like a great project for that 😎

The correct answer is the one that get me stickers and more books

Spend more effort to read all the unread books and ebooks in the house, OR buy a horror-themed book subscription box with cute stickers, thus adding to the piles. Decisions decisions

Last week I had a meeting that created “three new African Violets and three new Peperomias” worth of stress

@scribblejotter.bsky.social found more cute bee art!

Team Enoki! (I don’t think there’s an enoki emoji)

I love the little party hat

I was going to make a joke-y post about “haha using social media to keep track of when i plant my seeds haha” but thought it was too silly. But now i don’t remember when i planted anything…

Pharaoh Hounds are in the same family as my dog Rizo! He’s a Podenco Andaluz, and he would like everyone to know his ears and legs are considered average for his breed.

He’s happy he managed to get all his groceries into the house in one go.

One day i will make it to my coworker’s band gig. (But they are so late at night, i am so sleepy, and bars don’t have matinee rock concerts for some reason)

New (slightly feral but we’re working on that) kitten has decided today that his new safe place is under the covers of my bed. So that’s going to be a hilarious interaction tonight 🤣

New kitten in the house! It’s been so long since I had a kitten that my efforts to kitten-proof the bedroom resulted in 2am, 3am, and 5am wakeup calls from stuff being knocked over.

Hire a bunch of scientists to develop bioluminescent mushrooms/glow worms for houseplants so that i didn’t need to use nightlights

Fall 2025 is so far away 😭😭😭

Crocheting a plush tooth, as one does on a Monday night

Every Summer Olympics I am reminded that my mom used to play volleyball, and the moment it ends I forget again

Every four years I find out who in my circle has the Deep Knowledge of these sports. I just found out how many people at my workplace have tried archery (2)

This is mostly for Timothy the butterwort, who refuses to catch his own food and needs the plant version of “here comes the choo-choo train”

One side benefit to having carnivorous plants is they change your cleaning viewpoint from “ew found a dead bug” to “hey free plant food!”

Playing “where will you be less sad?!?” with the houseplants. I’ve got one Very Happy christmas cactus, and the rest are “eh this is fine” and “why müther why”

This is a good hospital waiting room book. Let’s think about eldritch body horror instead of “how many tubes are in him now?”

Rizo and Paola have heard they nearly slept through Woof Wednesday

A flaw in my plan to embroider while i wait - i just now realized i cannot lick the thread with a mask on. Yes i whacked the thread into my mask before I remembered

There’s a particular kind of melancholy i feel when picking up projects i started before a loss. When I started this, it was going to be a catnip toy for my cat Schrodinger. Now that he passed, every interaction with this hoop is a reminder of “wow pigeon feet look wonky”