On the plus side, I found out where the ants were coming into my kitchen. You don't want to know the minus side. #sugarants #antinvasion

First ever (Jewish) Apple Cake. My mother always called it Jewish Apple Cake (I am assuming b/c it doesn't use dairy). The SigNoth was a little offended by that name. Anyway, turning it out in about 20 minutes. Fingers crossed #baking #bakedbyme #applecake #jewishapplecake #roshhashanahbaking

Only 4 more to go. Ugh.

I'm not 21, but I guess it was ok for me to enter. Probably could use an "over" somewhere in there.

Proof that Maryland (at least the part I live in) is not the South: Neither Giant nor Safeway had buttermilk. WTF?

Oh, yeah. I baked that! Apple Cider Doughnut Loaf Cake. Very nomz. #baking #cake #Fallbaking

Worktrip to Chicago! And I missed my station because my bag strap got stuck between the seat and the wall. Gah! Luckily, I was able to unwedge it before the next station. *whew*

Very excited that I could buy 2 rattlesnake master plants, 2 white wood aster plants, and 1 cinnamon fern at the Brookside Gardens plant sale today!

Sooooo many spotted lanternflies in the Wheaton Triangle.

Attempting to make Seder plates for Pesach gifts next year. #seder #sederplates #pottery

I am not sure I have the correct personality type to do the Lego. #lego #legohalloweenwreath

*whew* THAT was a spicy shishito 🌶️🌶️🌶️🔥🔥🔥 #shishito #grownbyme #gardening

Teaberry ice cream. Brings back memories of summers on Cape Cod. (There was also a scoop of ginger ice cream under there which is unrelated to summers on the Cape. I just like ginger.)

Just saw a license tag "DIEZ NUTS" ... how did that ever get approved?

Apparently, after 25 years of being a vegetarian, I can not eat fried fish. How do I know this? The taco place accidentally served me a fried fish taco instead of fried avocado. I didn't notice until I took a bite. Gross. #vegetarianproblems

Fuzzy #sunflower in my garden. Sole survivor of the Great Sunflower Rabbit Massacre, which happened earlier this summer. #garden #gardening

Oh. Hai. I am trying to find the motivation to do all the lunch prep that I didn't do yesterday. Plus, decide what to eat for dinner. While doing laundry. And drinking a martini. 🍸

Happy Workiversary to me! 9 years as a tiny cog in the vast wheels of federal government. 6-7 years to go until retirement. But who's counting? (Answer: Me). #workanniversary

bookish checkpoint 🕯️ 🔸 last book read: Never Been Kissed/ Timothy Janovsky 🔸 current read: Darius the Great is Not OK/ Adib Khorram 🔸 last book added to tbr: Play It Forward/ Frederick Smith 🔸 next read: The Words That Remain/ Stênio Gardel quote with yours! #booksky 📚💙

That feeling when you have to explain to your friend who lives in another part of the USA that DC is not a festering cesspool of crime. Ugh. Y'all ...

Gardening Goal Unlocked! I *finally* grew enough okra to pickle. Yay! #gardening #okra #pickledokra

Spent my morning trying to find a $0.01 error in a spreadsheet. Gave up and added +0.01 to the final cell. Ugh.

I'm no astronomer (or astrologer, for that matter), but I think this is #Venus and #Jupiter, as seen from my bus stop this morning. #planets #skywatching #stargazing

Picked this watermelon today because it had a crack (right side of photo). Seeds are huge. Taste is not sweet. But very juicy. What do you think? Needed more time? Overripe? I have another the same(ish) size on the vine. Wondering what to do with it. #watermelon #gardening #gardenquestions

I bought black chickpeas from Rancho Gordo. Thought I'd try to make kala chana masala. #ranchogordo #chanamasala #mealprep

I felt like my bugs needed fresh greens, so I pulled up the mixed greens bed and planted half of the bok choi I started indoors. The other half will stay indoors as a little "indoor grow experiment." #gardening #bokchoi #indoorgrow #foodforbugs

I am the only person in my section today, so I am trying to determine the earliest I can sneak out with no one else noticing ...

I made a lamp. #pottery #madebyme #lamp

Garlic/Ginger/Horseradish graters and a carved dome thing. #pottery #glaze #madebyme

Who doesn't love Summer, the time of year when you can use your Hagi-yaki corn plate with no shame? #corn #pottery #hagiyaki

Lamp bases - ~6" tall, Somen bowl - 9.5" wide, 3"tall, Ghost light - 5" tall. #madebyme #pottery #glaze #porcelainclay

When you leave for a long weekend, make an initial sweep of the garden, and then make another sweep. So much shishito! Also, any ideas when okra gets so big? Is it still ok to slice and use in stews? Or will it be too fibrous? #okra #gardening #shishito #beans

Today's Harvest. Shishito, and okra, and beans. Oh my! #gardening #todaysharvest

I should have picked all this last week. It is not sweet at all. I cut it off the cobs and have 6 cups in the freezer. Maybe I will make a corn pudding or something this Fall. The cobs are currently being turned into stock. #corn #grownbyme #gardening

What do you do when your lost item is your St.Anthony carving? #patronsaint #lostthings #saintanthony

#Corn. It is dimpled. Which I think means, I waited too long to pick it? I read I can still use it for cooking (but it tastes pretty terrible raw. Lol). Any ideas? Thoughts? Still, not too bad for the first time. #garden #gardeningproblems #gardeningquestions

This is some sort of #phlox that I bought at the farmers market a couple of weeks ago. So pretty! #prettyinpink

This week's harvest. So many shishito. Also, okra (2 kinds), purple cayenne, fairytale eggplants, and beans (3 kinds). #gardening #grownbyme #harvest

I LOVE OKRA! #okra #garden #gardening

Maybe my #squash isn't gay? #gardening

Starting a project to make about 15 (or so) graters for next year's #Seder. Because freshly grated horseradish is much more pungent. These are tests. I think 1.25 pounds of clay was a bit much. Also not sure if they will work. We shall see! #pottery #graters #madebyme

Not gonna lie, I put my WHOLE foot in these greens ( from my #garden). #nomz ... I also burned the shit outta my fingers pulling a baking sheet out of the oven with a defective hot pad. Ugh.

BATS!

The cicadas, they are so loud.

I think it is going to be an "inside day." On my way home from the farmers market and it is already super hot/humid. And not even 10AM. #ugh #humiditysux

The tile. The inspiration. Can you tell which is which? Adventures in #pottery class

I like meals that are just vegetables sometimes ... Corn, zukes, purple cauliflower, and tomatoes from the Farmers Market. Cukes from the store. Basil for the salad dressing from my garden. #nomz

#Garden update. I think my #squash plants might be #gay. They are only making male flowers. I suppose it could also be the heat. But, it is #Pride Month. And I support all of my #LGBTQIA+ community, including my gay squashes. Honestly, I would like to have some baby squashes at some point.

Blooms in my #garden. #blackeyedsusan #coneflower #beebalm #pollinatorgarden

At my doctor's appointment this morning. I walked into his office. He said, "You look like you are getting more sun. Are you using sunscreen?" And I thought, "Dude, the last time you saw me was in December. Of course, I have had more sun." But all I said was "Of course, I am". #PalePeopleProblems