napalousa

napalousa, 5 months ago to writing

Hi I’m Napalousa,
I a Scot living in America. I love to cook for my family, garden, listen to music, doodle, play guitar. I write all kinds of stuff, including ‘A Gentleman in Hell’ a novel about the life of Doc Holliday. I love reading weird and wonderful stories and enjoy dipping into history and folklore especially stuff with ghosties, and monsters.

I love nature, trees, animals of all kinds, especially horses, dogs and cats.

I also like making crafty stuff and make candles, do visible mending and I’m a beginner knitter (fingers crossed but not literally).

#writing #cooking #trees #gardening #music #crafts #folklore #books #drawing

napalousa, 4 days ago to random

Washing and drying the rose petals from the garden to make rose syrup.

Cat_LeFey, 7 days ago to Bloomscrolling

Annual trip to the greenhouse today, look at these awesome 'galaxy' petunias!

#bloomscrolling

Same as previous, but in dimmer lighting and closer for detail.

napalousa, 3 months ago to random

Abby discovered our cat Sophie’s sunbathing spot on the bed. Both girls have been stretched out loving the heat and the air coming through the open windows.

napalousa, 3 months ago to random

Can anyone recommend a good Tai chi teacher on YouTube? I’m looking for absolute beginner videos please.

napalousa, 4 months ago to art

Last week I found this Chinese Paper Cut book at Half Price Books. It’s absolutely beautiful and unexpected. I wasn’t intending to get it but it was cheap as chips (less than $10) and it seemed wrong to leave it. Each page is a beautiful paper cut with film over it to protect it. Chinese astrological signs on one side and birds on the other. No clue what the background to this is but enjoy the photos! #book #art

An open book with a multicolor paper cut of two birds surrounded by flowers on the left page in pink, purple, grey, blue and emerald green. The right page has a paper cut for the year of the rat. Around each page is Chinese writing and a description in English.

napalousa, 1 month ago to random

Has anyone made wild violet jelly?

napalousa, 1 month ago to random

The Lily of the Valley is blooming!!! This was something the previous owner of our house planted so every time it pops up it’s a lovely surprise. The scent is gorgeous too. I brought some in to put in a vase then realized it’s so dinky it’s too small for nearly everything vaguely vase shaped. Might put a piece in a tiny jelly jar just because.

napalousa, 4 months ago to random

Just saw Alien for the first time and I’m absolutely blown away. Why have I not watched it before now? Anyway, good stuff. My cat watched it too and is asking why there aren’t more cats in action movies? Seriously though that was absolutely marvelous.

napalousa, 3 months ago to random

Love the golden sunlight at this time of year.

napalousa, 1 month ago to random

My lovely husband @ahermitforhire with our new broadfork. I had a go with it and it works beautifully. It’s pretty easy going on the back and legs. Hopefully we can get this area cleared and sow plenty of wildflower seed into it.

napalousa, 2 months ago to random

I’m having a go at forcing a magnolia indoors. I was surprised to see the new leaves this morning. If you like my vase you can get them in the pasta sauce aisle at Aldi 😂 I like them cause they have the measurements down both sides but the sauce is also pretty good.

napalousa, 1 month ago to random

Seriously lacking energy today. Went out into the yard to try and steal some from the sun. The dogwood tree is in full bloom. A starling was singing to me in that manic clickety clack that they make. I wolf whistled at it and it called back.

Sat by the steps and watched a honey bee go to town on a dandelion. I’ve decided I’m not weeding unless a plant needs some space and is being bullied by another plant. So far there is a jolly combination of yellow dandelions and purple violets, there’s vivid sea of green from the Nigella that has chosen to go almost wild and the mosses we planted a few years ago are doing well. My Coral Bells have finally flowered sheltered under a feathery weed. Well done garden! Your color pallet is much better than I would ever pick and it makes a nice contrasting canopy for all the tiny bugs.

Dandelion flower seed head ready for the wind to carry the seeds far away.

napalousa, 1 month ago to random

Coastal US people do you use any special words for a sea fog that rolls inland during the summer? I grew up calling it haar but not sure if people in America call it that. A hermitforhire grew up in a landlocked state and can’t help me with this.

napalousa, 1 month ago to random

So @ahermitforhire wanted something to put the raisins and peanuts for the mockingbird in that wasn’t just leaving them on the plastic rain barrel.

@ahermitforhire has been taking apart a outdoor table that we got free from the neighbors that is basically busted. I found a wooden tray that I no longer use for plant pots in the garage. Wouldn’t you know the two fit together perfectly! So here is our random things bird feed trough. :blobcatgiggle:

napalousa, 25 days ago to random

Some foal pictures from my walk the other lunchtime at the horse park. This is a Percheron foal and he’s huuuuuuuge! At least 14hh. He’s on loan right now. He’s losing his foally soft coat right now. A quick guide to foal body language, the expression in the second photo is ‘Arghh my butt is unbelievable itchy. I just need to rub it on something.’ I would have rubbed his back with my fingernails to loosen some hair, but you’re not really meant to pet the horses (I do anyway shhh) but having an itchy foal using me as a scratching post would probably politely get me kicked out. Sorry dude maybe your mom will scratch your back later!

Foal standing in pen. Itchy foal is itchy. That moment when you have an itchy butt but you can’t scratch because you’re in polite company.
Mare in background eating hay off ground in pen. Foal peeking through bars.

napalousa, 2 months ago to random

Some spring blossom for you from my walk today. The horse isn’t called blossom but he may as well be. Have you ever seen a horse with golden eyes before?

A white/cream draft horse looks out of his stall door. He has golden eyes! His lips are seriously in goober floppy mode. I think someone must have given him a treat shortly before I took the photo

napalousa, 5 months ago to random

This is outside our local Meijer. There’s always crows, in this part of town but 😳. I wish I could give you a more landscape picture. Imagine this except in at least 2 or 3 trees all the way along.

napalousa, 4 months ago to books

I just finished reading Mudlark by Lara Maiklem and is in an absolutely fascinating read about mudlarking the Thames estuary and all the London history that these items represent. I started flagging bits that I wanted to put in my notebook and I think I’ve finished an entire thing of flags.

She finds everything from glass bottles, Roman coins, printers lead letters, glass eyes, clay pipes, dead bodies, buttons, pottery, false teeth, you name it. #reading #books

napalousa, 10 days ago to random

Last year I saved Nigella Love in a Mist seeds to replant. It turns out I didn’t need to save any seed because the Nigella has gone rogue (but in the nicest way possible). I love how some flowers are single and some are double. Anyone know why? Is it just natural variation?

Close up of two flowers with ferns leaves and four leaf clover shaped petals
Swathe of blue ferny flowers.

golgaloth, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to writing

#WritersCoffeeClub Feb. 2: Do you agree with Jodi Picoult who says you should finish writing a book even if you think it might be garbage?

Who has the time, these days? Jodi started publishing back in the early nineties, with a publishing contract. That's thirty years ago. Within the volume of that time the industry has changed vastly. Can someone with a net worth of around $10 million give meaningful advice to the desperate writers of today.

#WritingCommunity #writing

napalousa, 2 months ago to random

Watching the squirrels nibble on the new green leaf buds and shoots of the shrubs and trees. They’re always so delicate with the branches. They really seem to savor them. I guess if I’d been eating old acorns and dried seeds, I’d savor the fresh greenery too.

napalousa, 3 months ago to random

The yoghurt worked! It set well and it tastes pretty good too. Still not 100% sure about the cooler method, but everything looks good. One of the jars even sealed when I took it out. Now to make cheese! Just kidding 😄

Cat_LeFey, 17 days ago to random

I went on a walk this morning, and when I get home my husband says, "Make sure to take the rocks out of your pockets before they go in the laundry!"

He knows me so well, lol 😂

Uair, 8 days ago to bookstodon

@bookstodon

Idea:

Bookstores should group fantasy with horror instead of scifi. Both fantasy and horror are purely creations of the author's mind; scifi is tethered to factual information.

If you need to group scifi, I'd put it with mysteries and thrillers.