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Snowy sunset

Snowy sunset

Snowy sunset

Snowy sunset

Beautiful ride home through a winter wonderland. #maine

Absolutely not. F that. As soon as the survivor finale comes back on I’ll turn the tv on.

Really really fat saffron buns

They’re over proofed!!!!
In my best Paul Hollywood voice.
My poor lussebullar. Ah, well. They taste REALLY good.
Had a work call interrupt me for far too long. Oops. There’s more dough in the fridge and I’ll try for some prettier ones tomorrow.

Powdered Sufganiyot with homemade jam

Made some sufganiyot today! Not the prettiest things in the world but tasty! I made the jam inside! They look a disaster but it won’t stop me from eating the whole plate!

Fuck Trump and his stupid tarriffs!
Anyway, I am off to do some baking!

A set of metal measuring cups with Swedish holiday decor

I’ve been working on learning my grandmother and great-grandmother’s recipes. Many of my great grandmothers cookbooks use these measurements. So this is really special!
I present, the most well traveled measuring cups in the world!

…and my friend Jane in Australia saw it. She said, “No tariffs like that in Australia!” and bought them for me!!!!!
And they just came today! I am over the moon!
They’re impossible to find in the US, and yes, I know I could just do math. But cooking is fun for me and math takes that fun away!

I had to document the county of origin. I had to get documentation on where the metal was smelted. I had to pay a ridiculous tariff fee.
It took so long that eventually the package was destroyed. I was so angry. Plus I was out that huge ass fee.
I whined about this whole ordeal on Facebook…

7 months ago I ordered a set of measuring cups from Sweden, the only set I could find with the VERY specific measurements they use.
They got stuck in customs for months. It was a whole thing. I had to contact the company I bought them from, the company that produced them, and file SO MUCH PAPERWORK.

This person took this when they called the race

Nice to wake up and realize I live in a sane state. I was a little worried there for a bit. But all the loud voices online, were just that…noise and trolls. Thank you, Maine. #maine

Whole wheat fried dough with Maine blueberries, maple syrup, and powdered sugar

Natural dying demo tent with colorful silk squares

Gorgeous yarn skeins

Community needle felting project

Weekend at the Common Ground Fair in Maine. Volunteered yesterday and have a shift for tomorrow. Today was my free day so I wandered around, went to a chicken first aid talk, and angora rabbit grooming demo, helped with a community felting project, and went to a solar cooking demo. Always fun.

Also anyone with a quote from the amazing N.K. Jemison on the cover gets to the TBR pile immediately!

Alt text for the photo: a picture of a book called Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill. The cover is most intriguing with a prominent picture of a fox in a dashing pose looking sassy.

This just came in the mail mail! By @mcflycahill90.bsky.social
@dartbeef.bsky.social shared a comment that he made announcing it’s publication, and I love to support writers and artists of all types! The cover immediately captured my attention, and I can’t wait to get started!

I would pick that up just for the cover. Putting it on my tbr list as we speak!

Blueberry EVERYTHING!
I have to get my blueberry order in! Thanks for the reminder.

2025 garlic harvest. This should get us through the fall and part of the winter! Prepping a new garlic bed for next year. #garlic #gardens #maine #gardensky 🌱

Bumblebee on an elecampane flower

Hummingbird Clearwings Moth on Monarda

Hummingbird Clearwings Moth on Monarda

Bumblebee on Monarda

Happy, happy pollinators in the garden today. Hummingbird Clearwings, Bumblebees, lots of butterflies I didn’t get pictures of! #garden #maine 🌱

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Lots and lots of sun. Where I’ve been planting them has good drainage too. I’ll keep trying!!!

Poppies, yes. Breadseed poppies. Not sure how California poppies would do in Maine. Maybe my uncle will let me dig a few plants up next spring and I can start a patch that way. His self seed so well.

Maine. And they would if they would even sprout. But I can’t seem to get the seeds to even sprout. :( I planted some in the winter and some in the spring and none of them came up. Maybe the birds got them.

Beauties!

I’ll try that. Will try winter sowing again too. I will NOT give up! :)

I will start preparing some bare ground for them in the fall! And mark it. Otherwise it will be covered in snow and I’ll lose the spot.

I think they’re just annuals though my uncle’s self seed year after year. I’ll try starting them inside next spring. I am flummoxed.

I wonder if I covered them too much. I’ll try again this winter! Thanks!

I can’t even get seeds started. Don’t know what I’m doing wrong!

Hey Gardening Blue Sky! Does anyone have tips on growing poppies? I can never get them to grow. My grandmother had lovely ones, which my uncle has the later generations of in his garden. But mine never grow. What am I doing wrong?
#gardening #gardens #maine 🌱