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lydiaschoch

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Science fiction author, social media assistant, and a peaceful soul who wants to admire all of your pet photos…especially if they’re of rabbits. I’m allergic to most furry pets, so I’m living vicariously through everyone who isn’t. 🐰

I also love to boost and toot about art, fitness, food, prehistory (especially Neanderthals), writing, social justice, and occasional amusing stories from here in Toronto.

https://lydiaschoch.com/

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lydiaschoch, to Toronto
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We saw nothing during the eclipse other than a much darker sky than one would usually see at 3:20 pm thanks to how cloudy it was here.

The streetlights were triggered to turn on in the middle of the day, though, which was cool.

If vampires were real, they would have been able to come outside and frighten the humans for about 10 minutes there…at least until Buffy the Vampire Slayer showed up. 😛

lydiaschoch, to StarTrek
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Now that I’ve seen the first two episodes of the final season of Star Trek Discovery, I have a request for future Star Trek shows: let one of your characters have a few pet rabbits.

Think about it. Rabbits are the perfect spaceship pets.

They’re quiet, only eat plants, don’t need to be walked, and are cute as heck.

KissAnne, to Finland
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The in north will be -35 C (-31℉)!! ❄️😲

lydiaschoch,
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@KissAnne That’s chilly! Stay warm.

lydiaschoch, to Horror
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The books I’m sharing are free as of today in Canada and usually the United States of America, too. If you do not live in those countries or are reading this after April 4, 2024, I do not know if they are free or available for you.

Please tag me if you want a boost for your lists of free speculative fiction books from other parts of the world. 💜

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mike, to coffee

We're visiting the family today for Easter Dinner. My nieces are getting baskets of beans from us. 😋

Inside the plastic bean casings are black beans and garbanzo beans (AKA chickpeas).

lydiaschoch,
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@mike This is too funny. I hope your nieces were amused, too.

Rasta, to random

I have to tell you something exciting!
And I may come back with photos and give my morning StoryTime about this.

Amaryllis is easy to start from bulbs , everything I own has been cloned 20 x.
Recently, out primary ones went to seed,. a pot full of rose-like petals, and tiny seeds.
You know me and seeds.. Had to try it from SEED not BULB this time.
I just grew my first Amaryllis from seed.

And I have a bag of seeds.
If you live close, I'll give you one?

photos are coming. You'll see

lydiaschoch,
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@Rasta That’s awesome!

Mrfunkedude, to random
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It's a rainy day here in the southern half of California.

My poor girlfriend and dog just went for a walk before it started to pour down. They are going to be soaked when they get back. Better have some towels ready.

I'm going to do some baking for her sister and maybe some livestreaming.

Keep warm and dry everyone!

lydiaschoch,
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@Mrfunkedude That’s nice of you!

KissAnne, to mastodon
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Have a wonderful my dear !

lydiaschoch, (edited )
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@KissAnne I’d like to think that the next scene will involve all of those little lizards (crocodiles? Alligators? Dinosaurs?) imprinting on the little chicken and spending the rest of their lives protecting it. :)

MsHearthWitch, to random
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I did not want to, I thought of every reason not to... but I did it, I cleaned my fridge.

I did not fully clear out the doors. I grabbed the obvious old/expired stuff, but I didn't empty and wipe them down. A project for later, or another day.

Pics to follow later today. The crisper drawers are still out and air-drying.

lydiaschoch,
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@MsHearthWitch I always put my mushroom in the fridge, but I have no idea if that’s what is recommended.

Hope you enjoy your mushrooms, though! Aren’t they delicious?

KissAnne, to animals
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Siiri jöröttää verhon takana. 😂😂 Siiri is hiding behind the curtain. #catsofmastodon #kissat #caturdayeveryday #suomimastodon #finland

lydiaschoch,
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@KissAnne This is adorable! I would pretend like I had no idea where Siiri was. :)

lydiaschoch, to Toronto
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Last night I saw an adult walking around a mall while wearing an Easter bunny costume. I hope they had a wonderful time wherever they may have been headed.

lydiaschoch, to random
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I’m the sort of person who loves to take long, brisk walks…but I will also stop at a moment’s notice to photograph a pretty flower or something else of interest.

If you also enjoy taking walks, what are you like during them? Are you fast? Slow? Easily distracted? Determined to keep going? Talkative? Silent? Something else?

Emperor Penguin Walking GIF by Nat Geo Wild. An adorable gif of dozens of Emperor Penguins walking in a somewhat-straight line. There is flattened snow beneath their feet and big piles of lumpy snow in the distances behind them.

lydiaschoch,
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@MsHearthWitch That sounds like a nice way to walk. 😊

lydiaschoch, to random
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Congratulations to Thailand for legalizing same-sex marriage. What great news. 🌈

KentuckyConjurer, to random
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I'm missing my witchcraft community over here on Horrorhub.

I'm doing a local online community group ritual on Sunday, April 21st.

The ritual will be posted a couple of weeks before the event. This is posted for people who haven't done a ritual before and need to get their feet wet. If you have more experience, you are more than welcome to use your own ritual. We will all posts pics the day of the event with a specific tagline.

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lydiaschoch,
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@KentuckyConjurer @MsHearthWitch I’m wondering if this is something you might be interested in, @DavidBridger? (No pressure if it’s not!)

GottaLaff, to random
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Kate Middleton reveals she has cancer: Princess says she is undergoing chemotherapy and ‘getting stronger every day’

https://trib.al/vAewyqA

lydiaschoch,
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@GottaLaff @WarnerCrocker Oh, this is so sad. I hope she recovers quickly.

MsHearthWitch, to food
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lydiaschoch,
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@MsHearthWitch That is adorable. I didn’t know it was possible to make a cookie like that.

MsHearthWitch, to food
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Attempted shaker cookies today. It's been YEARS since I made sugar cookies, so they're a little rough around the edges. But we had fun icing them!

The cutaway part is isomalt, with edible glitter in the middle. It's two cookies stacked on top of each other.

I'm hoping my new job affords me opportunities to bake fun treats for other people again.

lydiaschoch,
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@MsHearthWitch I’m really happy for you. May you make a lot of amazing cookies this year.

Miriamm, to random
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Whose cat wrote this…

lydiaschoch,
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@Miriamm This is a screenshot of an article from The Telegraph with the title “Cats are nice and enjoy spending time with humans, study finds” and includes a photo of a grey and white striped cat who is sleeping contentedly on a plush beige carpet.

The person who tooted this added this hilarious commentary to the image: “whose cat wrote this…”

lydiaschoch, to random
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lydiaschoch, to Bloomscrolling
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Look at the beautiful little snowdrops here in Toronto!

cmdln, to random
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Good morning and TZAG, friends.

Getting up was slightly easier so clearly starting to adjust to the time change.

Enjoying tea on the patio and waiting for the fire to catch.

I have two job interviews today then beer and pizza tonight with my son at a nearby farm brewery.

lydiaschoch,
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@cmdln Good luck with your job interviews!

dgar, (edited ) to random
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Long night so far.

A call from my sister just after midnight that she’d taken mum to the hospital.

Been holding bedside vigil while sister goes home and gets some sleep. Doctors running tests and whatnot. Morphine for the pain. Machines that go “bing”.

It’s about 4:30am and mum’s snoring with a plethora of tubes and wires.

Eyes are heavy. Chair is uncomfortable. The nurses showed me where I could make a cup of coffee for myself.

lydiaschoch,
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@dgar I am so sorry for your loss.

lydiaschoch, to food
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There’s nothing like going to a coffee shop on a rainy day.

It’s such a cozy experience to enjoy a treat there while the rain patters everywhere.

MsHearthWitch, to random
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Omg, I have an interview tomorrow late afternoon for a job at a therapy horse barn and I am unreasonably excited about it. It would be such a good fit and I think I could do the job really well!!

Pls send all the good vibes.

lydiaschoch,
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@MsHearthWitch I’m sending lots of good vibes. Good luck.

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