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Today I cut out a corset pattern and I ate paratha. And five mulberries.

Ah, creeping bellflower, how I hate thee. To the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.

Amir sticks his tongue out when he stretches, but he usually pulls it back in before I can get a picture.

Hoot hoot hoot! There's a nuthatch complaining about something in the back yard. Possibly that the grackles ate all the suet.

Today I am planting a butt load of plants, but I have heat sensitivity so I have to take breaks in the shade. Meanwhile, a robin...

It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.

This weekend I bought plants (some of which are being delivered tomorrow) and today I successfully planted the annuals, which required finding a drill bit to make drainage holes in the planters. Because scope creep.

#2 and I spent Sunday through yesterday out in the green, in a cabin with no electricity at Maplewood State Park in MN. We paddled four different lakes, two up at Tamarac NWR and two in Maplewood. We were serenaded by warblers (and flycatchers, and vireos). It was GLORIOUS.

How many pillows can you have before it's "weird"? Asking for a friend...

We (me and #2) put up anti-bun fencing around a good chunk of the yard some weeks ago. Spouse has just discovered that the fence is wire and is now planning on doing radio things with it.

We are watching the Star Wars marathon on FX, and the Child has just processed that Yoda and Grover are the same puppeteer.

Oh, for fuck's sake... There was something outside that had Amir *very* upset, and with cats, when one goes off, it's usually on whichever cat is closest. We only have two. It was very loud for a bit. Hime calmed down faster, but she was patrolling, last I saw.

This is a cat checkpoint, relinquish your most recent cat picture. #cats

🪶 There are Tennessee warblers in the tree in the back!

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

THE SWIFTS ARE BACK!! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!! 🪶

We're out for our usual pizza and beer on a Saturday, and today's live music is...well, we have successfully identified Layla, something by Tull, and Werewolves of London. None of it is particularly inspiring.

I think my sewing mostly historic garments has biased me a teense. I am watching a sewing vlog where the vlogger is acting like washing and ironing 6 yards of fabric is a massive endeavor. What, not everyone washes 16 yards of linen at once? Just us historical weirdos?

Read this one too, y'all!

RED ALERT THERE IS A WOLF SPIDER IN MY KEYBOARD I like the spoods. HOWEVER Wolf spiders in MN are about the size of a dime and they are FAST and I have extremely well-honed startle reflexes. Also I don't want to accidentally smoosh it.

Unrelated to anything else, Amir.

I am watching Adam Savage repair an apron and he was entirely correct about yelling at the screen when he forgot seam allowance. Also I covet that Sailrite. [...] Dammit. I did not need to know how much they cost, because... *whimpers*

Buy this book! Read it! Be entertained by the main characters who are BOTH SUCH COMPLETE GOOBERS!

BURN UP IN VICTORY!! a kissing book with too much swordfighting! books2read.com/burnupinvict...

🪶 Saw this lovely on the way home from our walk today.

Eepy Kugelprinzessin. Pinkish because of lights. Eepy because of cat.

UGH. Who was the genius who thought that making this duffel bag out of sunbrella was a good idea? Right. That was Past Me. Past Me was an idiot.

Is it wrong of me to contemplate putting up a hawk perch in my yard to encourage red tailed hawks to come deal with the squirrels?

A moment of Clarence*. *he is very chill. I was about 3 feet away. We were so close, I felt he needed a name so we could be properly introduced.

@realfollowers.bsky.social because I'm curious.

This weekend, the bird houses need to go back up (took them down when the house and garage got painted). I'm thinking about getting another box for the house sparrows - there's a nesting pair of merlins up the block and they'll need a food supply...

Took a walk through the bird sanctuary...

I have successfully done a thing! Brought the destashing to the Textile Center, bought useful things for the stash ("Everybody needs twill tape! I. I am everybody.") and went to Costco, where I mostly adhered to my list. Also I put gas in the car. Ouch.

Yep.

I love watching makeup tutorials on 80s makeup, done by people who might have been born in the very late 80s if that, to see how much they manage to get right.

For #birdoftheday #ruffledfeathers Papa wol, in the wind.

When the Spouse is a ham... I went shopping today, because I go shopping on Saturday usually, never mind the impending storm, but I drove the Spouse's vehicle because it is a hybrid. I don't like it, it's ginormous, but it gets the best mileage of the house vehicles. So off to Costco I go. /

I was prepping rouladen* for tomorrow's supper, and the cats were losing their little furry minds. So I offered them a pickle. They were unimpressed. *German, pickle and bacon (and carrot and onion, in some recipes) wrapped in thin slices of beef and braised, served with gravy.

Amir is particularly photogenic at the moment, particularly his majestic cheek fluff.

Also I determined that my clogs give me foot cramps. Wonder if there's anyone in town that can resole them (again).

We are prepping #2's kitchen ceiling for painting it white. We have discovered that it was also originally white... <sigh>

We have a visitor! 🪶 This is right outside the home office, about ten feet from the house. She would really love to know where the tasty sparrows all went.

What to do, what to do. Errands, before it snows, I think. I can wrangle recycling and trash tomorrow.

Amir. Sweetheart. I know you're happy that I'm finally home. You're not even upset about the other cats. But please stop licking my eyebrow.

I'm at my late sister's place because reasons. Paul Stanley has found the space heater.

Finished! The seam bindings are hella ugly but that's what putting 1/2" bias tape over multiple layers of denim will get you. Pattern is Sew Liberated's L'Oeuf bag.

My weather app says it's -38F/-39C wind chill. The wind chimes are busy, like a gaggle of monks with handbells.

The purse is almost done! I have to sew the binding onto the seam allowances and that's it. Current stats are 5 pieces sewn backwards including the one length of bias binding, and at least two additional fucked up seams that I had to rip. So, pretty usual for me.

Well, it's nice to know that my ability to sew things together backwards hasn't deserted me.