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mariellequinton

@mariellequinton@ottawa.place

Knitter, walker, gardener, coffee lover, Mommy of 2, environmentalist
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mariellequinton, to Ottawa
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Was that an F18?

mariellequinton, to random
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Cat is very pleased with himself for having stolen some peanut butter off the 10 yr old's plate. Cats are weird.

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I'm amused that I told myself I need to wake up every 2 hours to check on the clouds. Went to sleep at 11, woke up at 1 and there were clouds, woke up again at 3 and the sky was clear. I guess this is some kind of feature leftover from having babies.

mariellequinton, to Ottawa
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I can see the aurora borealis! It's not cloudy!

mariellequinton, to random
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Hmm, it's cloudier now than before.

ottaross, (edited ) to random
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Well, we're out in the night, on a bit of urban farm and watching the skies. There's a lot more cloud than expected, but seeing stars overhead, and a crescent moon.

No sign of from here, but there's lots of light pollution and residual post sunset glow.

mariellequinton,
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@ottaross Urg. Do you think they leave it like that on purpose? To look pretty?

mariellequinton,
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@ottaross Yeah, but wouldn't they have shades they could lower? It would help keep the heat in at night too.

mariellequinton, to random
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YouTube has just given up and is now just throwing commercials to me in any language. English, French, Chinese, and this week Korean! I have my language preferenced right there, in the YouTube settings, but 🤷🏼‍♀️

mariellequinton,
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@WhippoorwillSong Sometimes I get Hindi (I'm guessing), but yeah no Spanish or other European languages outside of French and English.

mariellequinton, to vegan
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I have attempted lavender scones today. Mine don't look anything like the recipe ones, so I'm not sure what's happened. But these look better, so hopefully they taste great.

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I made a lavender latte to go with the lavender scone. The scone is delicious!

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Compare to the recipe's photo https://www.thecuriousfrugal.com/lavender-scones/ I wonder why mine look so different. Mine are much fluffier.

mariellequinton,
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I swapped vegan butter for coconut oil, but that typically doesn't make much difference except for taste and I doubled the recipe because one cup of flour is not going to be enough for the boys. So I'm really curious as to what the difference is.

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Even the next day the scones are spectacular! Having one right now with lavender coffee ;) one other small difference is that I used soy milk instead of almond milk. I like soy milk in baked goods better because it has more fat and the protein is a bonus. The protein may help in its own way too, I think it's more similar to dairy milk than almond milk is.

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A storm is getting organized as it approaches us. It was rather diffuse until about half an hour ago. It's approaching us from the southwest.

Unless it dissipates suddenly (as has been known to happen) we'll be getting some rumbles momentarily.

mariellequinton,
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@ottaross Heavy rain here!

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Made myself a lavender iced latte! We've moved right into iced latte weather :)

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Already ads for the new iPad on YouTube. Huh.

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Outdoor coffee!

mariellequinton,
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Urg. The various beeping construction vehicles have arrived. Beep beep. Idle idle.

mariellequinton,
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The cat yelled at me, I thought at first he was complaining I was right outside and should be inside with him, but then I set up a chair inside in front of the door for him. Now he's happily looking outside and hanging out with me while safely being inside and I still get to be outside :)

mariellequinton,
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Wants to look outside. Does not want to be outside.

mariellequinton,
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I went for the a walk so I had to move the chair to lock the door, but the cat was waiting at the door for me when I got back to put his chair back.

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It's very nice out. I recommend a walk. I had to go back home to get a hat with a brim. Sunglasses were not cutting it.

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    mariellequinton,
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    @WTL @grivettcarnac Aim to get yourself transferred to a scientific department. They dress terribly 😝

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    @grivettcarnac It was so weird. It was scary because so many people said it took a long time for their taste to come back. Some people it never came back. I figured it would because a few times, in the morning, on my first sip of coffee for like half a second I could taste it. And then it was like I shorted out my taste receptors and then nothing. I was using pumpkin spice creamer so I could taste cinnamon etc for a moment and then before I could swallow it turned to water. This was better than my kid, for him almost everything just tasted terrible. It was hard to get him to eat at all. I couldn't imagine if he'd been a toddler and I couldn't have reasoned with him.

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