Do you want something living and verdant? Thatch? Fired tiles? Mined slate? Some sort of house mullet where you have solar panels in the front and wildflower garden in sod on the back? What is your dream? What is most practical? What is most sustainable? Any and all answers are welcome!
When I was a kid, it'd have to be Memorial Day. All the extended family would convene at the old family cemetery to decorate the graves. That isn't the weird thing... the weird thing was we treated it as a family reunion and picnicked together among the head stones.
Yes, I found out from my Filipino friends that picnicking among ones ancestors was a thing. Or at least for their family, it was. I kind of like the idea now as a sentimental activity, but kid me thought it was macabre.
My MIL gives us all presents from "Santa". I'm pushing 50. She thought it was hilarious when I started doing it back to her ("why is Santa's handwriting different on this tag??")
I wish my in laws were game players. My grandmother used to get us all to play Rook together. It's like Gin Rummy but acceptable for Southern Baptists to yell out! ... it was a dry county...
Family meals can be overwhelming, and even traumatic depending on the family. After I got married, I could at least take every other year off. It's now really just me and my dad who are left, and he doesn't really put much effort into relationships. I miss them all so so much. I don't really miss the chaos at family gatherings, but I'd deal with it again. Just make the most of your time with the ones you care for.
haha, that sounds awesome! I recently set up an Echo for my aunt, her first Alexa device. I told her she could ask it to play music. I expected her to ask for Andrea Bocelli or something, but she asked for Abba and then the Beegees. I've never heard her listen to disco in all my life, and then she started dancing. So of course I'm not gonna leave her hanging; I got up and boogied down with her.
This is the classic party/ tailgate meatball recipe. I, too, thought grape jelly was offputting combined with chili sauce and mustard, but it is really good. Yes it can get pretty sweet, but that's easily adjusted. Also a crockpot doesn't put out nearly as much heat as turning on the oven. And I consider this as low cooking because it's basically dump it all in, turn it on, and ignore it the rest of the time.
I camp in a travel trailer, and have done 2 road trips so far with the hubby. First trip was Savannah>St. Augustine>Charleston. We were short on choice in Savannah and stuck with a KOA sandwiched between Hwy 17 and 95. It... was a safe place to park and the showers were decent, I'll give it that. The campground in St Augustine...
I've been wanting to give Maine a try since I met a couple friends that would spend their summers there. I don't know why I think of it as so far away when I just basically drove that far to FL and back. But we'd have to set aside a good chunk of time because there is so much to see there. I didn't even know bioluminescent kayak tours were a thing, and now that's on the list!
I live across the street from protected wetlands, so I totally get the bug nuisance! We can't turn the porch light on, and frogs hang out on our windows aka the bug buffet, lol.
You won't be very far from Fossil Butte National Monument. We stopped there and at a fossil quarry 2 years ago on our way up to Yellowstone. I had the best time splitting rocks looking for fossils! We came back with some nice specimens.
We used to be in the DC area as well (the back side of IAD) but escaped and moved closer to family. I miss things like Clydes and the 930 Club but now we're so much less stressed, I don't know how we stood it for as long as we did.
I hope to get up your way the next time we do a trip to Australia. Darwin and Perth are two major areas that we haven't explored yet. I would not be one of the ones to brave swimming, and I've done some pretty risky dumb shit. I loved camping in Tassie though (Cradle Mtn). Fewer crocs up on the mountain but the Park's bus drivers are hella cranky! 😂
There's that point in one's life where you go from thinking "I'd never wear a bug net, they look so derpy" to "gimme that thing, I can't take the bugs in my eyes any longer!" For me it was the midges on Isle of Skye that did it. And I've lived in the Keys, currently live in a swamp, and visited the red centre of Australia and Alaska during summer. Unashamed bug net believer right here.
That sounds really lovely! Some of the smoke made its way here. Not as bad as NYC or even DC, but enough that I felt it. You were really lucky to have a little oasis!
Hey there, I am curious what everyone is reading and how you are feeling with it. I started demon copperhead yesterday, made it about 70 pages in and decided to read the first book in the chthulu CaseBooks. It's a kinda retelling of Sherlock Holmes but with a Lovecraft quist....
i keep meaning to pick up Demon Copperhead. It's set in my home county. I wonder how much the author embellished and how real she kept it.
I'm currently picking my way through No Plan B. For a Reacher installment, it seems like it was slow to get rolling, and struggling to keep my attention.
Try snowflakes! They're like little doilies. I'm trying to make a sizeable stash of them and tie them to xmas presents this winter. Hopefully they will get hung on the recipients' trees. I make mine in all colors.
What is the best cottage roof?
Do you want something living and verdant? Thatch? Fired tiles? Mined slate? Some sort of house mullet where you have solar panels in the front and wildflower garden in sod on the back? What is your dream? What is most practical? What is most sustainable? Any and all answers are welcome!
I need to survive for 3 days without pooping, and eating as little as possible. I can pee, but not very often. It can't take up too much space. What food do I pack?
Please don't ask why I need this....
There is a turtle in my yard (beehaw.org)
It likes digging holes. It hides in it's shell when I get close, but otherwise isn't bothered by us.
What is the weirdest thing that your family does together?
When I was a kid, it'd have to be Memorial Day. All the extended family would convene at the old family cemetery to decorate the graves. That isn't the weird thing... the weird thing was we treated it as a family reunion and picnicked together among the head stones.
What are your favorite no-cook/low-cook recipes for summer? (beehaw.org)
I'm looking for your best meals that require little to no cooking for days when turning on any kind of heat source sounds miserable....
Where have you been camping so far this summer?
I camp in a travel trailer, and have done 2 road trips so far with the hubby. First trip was Savannah>St. Augustine>Charleston. We were short on choice in Savannah and stuck with a KOA sandwiched between Hwy 17 and 95. It... was a safe place to park and the showers were decent, I'll give it that. The campground in St Augustine...
vroom (lemmy.world)
OC What are you currently reading, and general thoughts so far?
Hey there, I am curious what everyone is reading and how you are feeling with it. I started demon copperhead yesterday, made it about 70 pages in and decided to read the first book in the chthulu CaseBooks. It's a kinda retelling of Sherlock Holmes but with a Lovecraft quist....
I'm a college student who loves to make doilies but no one needs or uses doilies
what else can i make that is similar to doilies but people might want? I could start randomly throwing them at people?...