BluRae

Crazypedia, 4 days ago to random

I want to listen to a podcast called "Broomsticks and Boomsticks" about witchy folx collectively sending hexes to politicians and guides/advice for counter action in your local city 🎙️ :blobcatheadphones:

BluRae, 10 days ago to gardening

Found a Japanese knotweed at the edge of the property in the backyard 😱

I pulled it up and I'll go back in the fall to check for sprouts. I didn't see any others, so 🤞

I guess if there are more sprouts in the fall I'll do stem injection with glyphosate. I hate to use that stuff, but... Japanese knotweed.

#gardening

BluRae, 10 days ago to random

Ok.

My experiment of using a tomato cage to trellis the blackberry bushes has failed miserably.

I badly underestimated the size these things would grow to.

Time to do it properly with stakes and wires.

#garden #zone6b #GrowYourOwn

BluRae, 10 days ago to gardening

Yay.

This is the first of the "Little Napoli" Roma tomatoes.

#gardening #zone6b #GrowYourOwn

MsHearthWitch, 13 days ago to random

I hate how dry allergy meds make my eyes feel. And how sleepy that then makes me.

But I also hate the sneezing, itchy ears, and general shit feeling that allergies give me.

My body is so fun.

(no advice pls)

MsHearthWitch, 13 days ago to Health

Been thinking a lot about health lately. Not as some thin white lady doing pilates, or some ripped dude who won't shut up about cross-fit.

But like, what does it ACTUALLY mean, and why is it important? Specifically, what would living in a more healthful way look like for me? Where I find myself is in a place that health is divorced from weight.

I don't care about weightloss. The things that bother me about my size are society's problems - not mine.

#health #weightloss

BlackAzizAnansi, 13 days ago to random

Question - What's the best way to avoid your credit dropping via a mortgage payoff?

BluRae, 20 days ago to FiberArts

Sundress season approacheth, so I need to make several dresses out of this Folkwear Pattern Dirndl pattern.

I got the last of the bolt of this adorable sheep fabric.

#sewing @sewing

Me (a white woman with blue hair) taking a mirror selfie while wearing a dress made out of the fabric described in the previous photo. The dress is sleeveless, with a square neck, and a full, gathered, knee length skirt. It has 6 blue buttons down the front.

BluRae, 21 days ago to random

No Mow May has come to a premature end.

The dog was getting lost in the grass and she won't pee in grass that is taller than she is.

There are enough blooms in the garden at this point that the pollinators should be ok.

BluRae, 30 days ago to Cat

I have a voice activated alarm clock.

If I say "snooze" it snoozes, if I say "stop" it turns off and I get up.

The last couple weeks or so, River ignores all the times I snooze the alarm, waits until I say "Stop" and then charges into the room at top speed to lay on my chest and demand pets.

#cat #CatsOfMastodon

Cat_LeFey, 1 month ago to random

A lot of people living in cities don't realize that rural USA is a lot like those third-world countries a politician might describe as ‘shitholes.’

In my tiny village(which is basically a few far-apart houses and farms gathered around a swamp):

-No municipal water (we have a well)
-No sewer (septic tanks)
-No garbage disposal (burn it)
-No public school (There's one in the next town over, bus leaves at 630am, gets back 430pm)
-No public college (there's one in the next county, that means you pay out-of-county tuition which is double)
-No mail delivery (I have a PO box)
-No police (I actually love this, no complaints here)
-No fire/emergency services (volunteers are notified by the town siren, closest actual hospital is an hour flight by chopper after you've driven 40 minutes to the rural hospital, which is basically just triage)

Where do I live? In Michigan, but you'll never find my address cuz it's not even on Google Maps.

BluRae, 1 month ago to gardening

Adding cucumbers to the list of veggies I'm going to try to grow this year.

Got some SMR-58 pickling cucumber seeds.

#gardening

BluRae, 1 month ago to random

In a shocking twist, I moved the seeds I have for this spring and put them somewhere "safe" so I "would not lose them" and now I cannot remember where I put them.

:ablobsigh:

BluRae, 1 month ago to Flowers

The daffodils are out and the tulips are emerging.

#flowers #florespondence #bloomscrolling #gardening

Crazypedia, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to YNAB

Opinions on #youneedabudget :boost_requested:
https://www.ynab.com/

#ynab #personalFinance #budget #financialAdvice

eniko, 2 months ago to random

chamomile tea tastes like burnt grass and laundry detergent but it reduces my anxiety and helps me sleep, so who can say whether its good or bad

BluRae, 2 months ago to Dog

Sleepy puppy.

#dog #DogsOfMastodon #MinPin

BluRae, 3 months ago to Bloomscrolling

First spring flowers here in my New England garden.

Squill!

#bloomscrolling #flowers

BluRae, 3 months ago to books

Anyone know of any good books on Witches' Ladders?

Ideally talking about the history and lore behind them.

#witch #witchcraft #books #occult

BluRae, 3 months ago to random

What would you call a Chihuahua-Corgi mix?

A Chorgi? Chigi?

BluRae, 3 months ago to FiberArts

I love the aesthetic of Victorian and Edwardian inspired clothes, but all the trim these types of patterns inevitably call for is such a pain.

Also, this happens:

@sewing #sewing #HistoryBounding #cats #CatsOfMastodon