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  • Currently Reading: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport 📚

    Pretty sure this is one of the (many many) books found through micro.blog.

    An orange and white rabbit is laying on a carpeted floor. The book Digital Minimalism is laying open on the ground in front of the rabbit. the rabbit is attempting to nibble on the edge of the pages.

  • Finished Reading: Animorphs #33: The Illusion by K. A. Applegate 📚

    I keep telling myself I’m going to take a break from these and read some nonfiction, but I can’t. They are too engrossing, too ridiculous, too horrific to put down. Plus, since it is a reread of my childhood obsession, it is like visiting old friends.

    This one was especially rough.

  • Turned today’s eggplant harvest into mutabal. The multiple steps involved in eggplant recipes are often a deterrence, so this one may be the new go-to since it is so simple.

    A closeup of a roasted garlic bulb in the foreground. The top is cut off and the outer skins are starting to peel away. In the background are several eggplants that have been cut in half lengthwise and roasted. They are all resting on an old blackened backing pan.Closeup of mutabal in a square glass dish. The mutabal is a creamy dip in a very light brown/white color. It is topped with olive oil, chopped mint, and pomegranate seeds.

  • 🧶 Made a lil baby using a Woobles kit. A bit pricey, but the structure and step by step videos were great for an absolute beginner. Plus they send so much extra yarn you could probably make two.

    A photo of a small crocheted turtle sitting on an off-white cloth. the turtle has green skin and a brown shell. It is simple and cute with a head almost as big as the rest of the body.

  • On a white shelf set against a painted white brick background a large cross stitch design sits displayed in the hoop which is a dark brown. The design is on black fabric and features an opposum in the middle of the piece wearing a straw hat and playing a banjo with a bit of hay in its mouth and a jug labeled “XXX” at its side. Encircling the opposum is a autumnal floral design featuring things like leaves, pumpkins, bees, mushrooms, and twigs. Sitting on the shelf on the right side of the piece is a small yellow pumpkin, on the left of the piece is a fake yellow sunflower. the piece itself is 12inches in diameter.

    Started this in May as a going away gift for some friends. Been working on it fairly consistently since then. Tonight I finally sewed the backing on. This week it will be loaded into a pizza box and shipped up to Washington. They have no idea it exists.

    It feels weird to finally be done.

    The piece is in a 12in hoop. I’ve embroidered before, but this was my first cross stitch, and needless to say, I grossly underestimated how long it would take. Luckily, it is a good hobby to pick up if you can’t sit still during movies/TV shows.

    Pattern is from Mama Witch XStitch

    This was fun, but I’m not sure I’ll be ready to attempt another one for a while.

  • Well, I decided to start this ol' micro.blog back up.

    Here’s a photo dump of some moments from the past few weeks.

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    1. Jarring up dried thyme and purple sage.
    2. Waiting to sell my car. Featuring a pin of Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill (from Animorphs) and his cinnamon bun.
    3. Sweet alyssum growing out of a crack in the sidewalk. Spotted on the way home from the community garden.
    4. Tofu Frittata. Trying to get creative with tomato placement.
    5. Yellow morel mushroom growing in our planter.
    6. Mending my favorite old sweatshirt. Still have a lot more work to do.