Today was a snow day, so I WFH. I knew it would be, so brought two bags of work home with me yesterday. About 6" of snow, so put on my snowshoes for my morning walk with Luci & Loki. I fell on my butt(ouch) when I was showing off to Luci. That's the last time I do that for a while.
After house chores I worked for a few hours, then made a weird dinner. Chili french fries, using the air fryer, and patties with chicken, cheddar, onions, egg, flour and spices. I was just trying to use up the leftover chicken and make a square meal. It ended up being yummy, though.
After dinner I headed down into the Soap Lab to make two batches of tubed lip balm. They came out great. Really Great. I made two flavors, Sweet Spearmint and Lemon Coconut, the latter of which I am wearing now. I put it on over 2.5 hours ago and it feels like I just put it on. That's how I know it's Really Great. I'll include some in with my soap boxes for sale, which I'll finally do a post for this weekend, and keep pinned on this page.
Vanessa virginiences, or American Lady on Liatrus Spicata, or Button Snakewort.
Both Native
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
There are a lot of expressions that we hear now and then; most we think we know the origin of, some we don't. For the most part we just don't ponder the origin of commonplace expressions because they are... common. The first thing I discovered when beginning to read this little gem of a book, was not only hadn't I considered where many common sayings come from, but my preconceived idea of their origin was actually wrong! Kinda embarrassing, but guessing I may not be alone in this. I thought it would be of value then to share some tidbits from this book. Audio format is nice, as you can multitask while listening to this. This is my first attempt at recording reading a book, so any constructive criticism is welcome!
Cool! I've never noticed galls on staghorn sumac. Location: SE NH.
Melaphis rhois on Rhus typhina
https://bygl.osu.edu/node/1112
Happy garden with all the heat, humidity, and occasional rain.
I made a yummy zucchini chocolate bread for my sister's visit. Going to air fry some of what I just picked.
