donations for the gift giving pot will open tomorrow morning

this is a very strange time in history. we have no idea how generous people will be this go-round

all we know is that this community always steps up to brighten each other's day when they can

That rocker chair looks amazingly comfortable!

+ I had put even odds on the fish appearing beside me, flopping once like Magikarp, and dying. Instead, he has LAZOR and zots all comers from afar. In fact, I died almost immediately to friendly fire.

I love this game so much.

I had a couple hours to myself this morning and spent it playing Caves of Qud on the Switch.

The Petunia Iteration, True Kin Horticulturalist, rides again.

I could start with a pet. I chose an Important Fish. I can pet him and he borbles, I assume appreciatively. +

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

pretty sure we were only seconds away from a flying sheep at one point.

There's a war on for your mind.

theonion.info

they are perfect and I love them.

A very tiny disgruntled felt owl

Mood. #owl #wool #needlefelting

Hey now, who doesn't want their own tiny lizard, your lizard for money, they'll do what you want them to- (pulled offstage by shepherd's crook)

gosh, look at this beauty.

The video for Love Is A Battlefield did things to my wee brain, Back When.

Also, to keep on theme, uh, you know lots of things about lots of things, you big jerk. Yeah, take that!

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Currants > raisins confirmed, as is proper and correct. Save the pecans for a pecan pie, too.

I keep meaning to try a take on this with a phin (the Vietnamese coffee makers that perch on top of a glass) with some homemade ice cream. It would be less elegant by far, but might check all the other boxes.

Right?! You gotta laugh to keep from screaming, I guess. I need more Vitamin D, but the Vitamin D Making Machine hurts me in the process? What the fresh fucking hell, body.

April is sunscreen season, who knew.

Who got a (mild) sunburn from 10-15 minutes out in the sun yesterday? This rockstar, that's who.

I have a hard time remembering that my skin hates all sun, whether it feels nice to be in it or not.

that first picture looks like an industrial injury, not foodstuffs. hlurk.

a gouache painting of a flower with curly pink petals and a shiny green orb in the middle, surrounded by weird vines and bulbs

vibe coding is for people who think the purpose of learning piano is to have a piano play music

Accurate representation of how I feel in the morning if I sleep in a weird position. :D

\o/

Damn. It's lovely. Do you mean to take new pictures with it (I have no idea if 70mm film is something that still exists), or just show off the pictures it's already taken?

May next week be better, sir.

So while I was slurping coffee and knitting and trying not to hiss at the sun, all I could think about was a farming game where you take care of a hutch(? coop?) of pigeons, and breed them to be your preferred sort of iridescence, and sell the eggs to a local restaurant, and-

(clearly suncrazed)

As far as I can tell, my body won't be happy until I'm mainlining vitamin D, so fiiiiine, whatever, oh god don't lick your thumb and clean my face I AM FINE MOMMMM-

I sat out on the balcony with my coffee and a little knitting for the first time this year. My relationship with the sun is like a grumpy kindergartener being fussed over by their mother for the first day of school -- I know they mean well, but I just want them to stop touching me.

That is shit advice. DRINK MORE MILK TEA ALWAYS.

Also, not that I'd want to eat the eggs of the local pigeons (hurk), but quail eggs in pho are lovely, and I bet the size of a pigeon egg would be perfect for fancy little dishes.

sometimes it's like we grow up, which means we don't have to listen to our parents anymore, and then construct a brand new set of parents out of the nebulous They Say(tm) and Everyone Does(tm).

Deciding your own best way is always amazing.

oh no. </3 I hope she'll recover okay.

4x4” acrylic painting of the Orion capsule in the ocean

I did a third splashdown mini 🌊

I have to share this now that it's answered, because I giggled at the periscope suggestions in a 'damn, there's no way it is but wouldn't that be cool' sort of way AND IT IS ACTUALLY A PERISCOPE.

Someone cleverer than I am can turn this into a Saskatchewan joke and I am pre-emptively okay with it.