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Books. Boardgames. Family. A healthy dose of horror.
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First #knitting project in the books. Got it cast off and blocked. Now to wait for it to dry and I can wear it. Was overall a pretty good experience. Not quite sure what my next project will be but looking forward to doing more. Definitely made a few mistakes and learned a few things.
A knit rust orange scarf pinned to blocking squares to dry. There are several different stitch patterns. Garter to stockinette to basket weave to seed to smooth sand to rib and then back through them in reverse order.
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Got in a game of Heat today. Came down to a photo finish. I was one space behind the car that had just crossed the finish line. Boosted. Had to shuffle my deck. Drew a one and just pulled alongside. So close! This is from the middle of the race. #boardgames
The boardgame Heat pedal to the metal set up on a table. There is a blue playmate on top of the table under the game. Closest to the edge is the player board sitting a draw pile, the engine deck with heat cards and the discard pile. The great Britain race track is set up with 6 cars on the left side. Green is on the lead with blue at the back back of the pack.
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Realized I haven't shown any of my #knitting progress. I have the first three sections done and the fourth is almost complete. I actually had to frog a couple rows today as I'd completely messed up a row of the seed stitch. Repeated the row 1 pattern instead of doing row 2. That was super stressful.
The first 4 panels of a knitted scarf. From right to left a garter stitch section, stockinette section, basket weave section and a not quite finished seed stitch section. There is a mushroom stopper on the needle on the left with the stitches on. In the upper right is a ceramic yarn bowl with the ball of yarn and the other needle. The yarn and scarf are a rust orange color. The scarf and bowl sit on a wood table.
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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First apple of the season. Rave. Crisp and juicy. On the tart side. Love this time of year.
A red and yellow rave apple sitting on a black flattop stove.
September 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Decided I wanted to try to learn to knit. As a treat for finishing my last project and starting a new hobby I picked up this yarn bowl at the farmer's market tonight.

I can cast on relatively well. Figuring out the knit stitch is giving me a little trouble. I'll get there.

#knitting #hobbies
A ceramic yarn bowl with a ball of light brown yarn in it. There are two bamboo knitting needles in the holes of the bowl. The bowl is glazed brown on the outside and there is a gray star above and to the right of the needles. It's sitting on top of the dally bugle Lego set box. There is a bookcase in the background with lots of books stacked pretty much every which way. Ignore the books.
September 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Just recently finished a cross stitch that I started just about a year ago.
The front of a completed crossstitch done on yellow Aida cloth. It's a 3/4 diorama scene of cloud and tifa in the bar 7th heaven. Cloud is sitting at the bar with his buster sword on his back. Tifa is behind the bar. The characters are from the game final fantasy 7. This is the 8 bit version not the recent remake so the characters are pixelated.
September 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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So I'm bad at judging how close I am. And I did little else. But about two weeks shy of one year the cross stitch is finished! Cloud and Tifa are forever at the bar. Yay! Plus the back for you sickos. You know who you are. #crossstitch #finalfantasy7 #ff7 #crafts
The front of a completed crossstitch done on yellow Aida cloth. It's a 3/4 diorama scene of cloud and tifa in the bar 7th heaven. Cloud is sitting at the bar with his buster sword on his back. Tifa is behind the bar. The characters are from the game final fantasy 7. This is the 8 bit version not the recent remake so the characters are pixelated. The back of the cross stitch described in the other image. It is very tidy.
September 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Almost done! I'll hit a year working on it in just over two weeks. Hoping to finish just before that. We'll see! #crossstitch #ff7 #wipwednesday
A work in progress cross stitch that's probably about 90% done. It's a diorama style scene from final fantasy 7 featuring tifa and cloud at the bar seventh heaven. It's just three upper portion of the picture that's unfinished. There is a chibi Cthulhu needle minder in the upper right corner. The fabric is a pale yellow.
September 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Up to my usual summer shenanigans. Almost all of this homegrown or from a farmer's market #salsa
Chopped salsa ingredients on a yellow cutting board. There are tomatoes, jalapenos, green pepper, white onion, garlic, serranos, cayenne along with a red spatula off to the side
August 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Got in some #DyingMessage tonight. Alas my murderer wasn't found. Continue to love Oink Games. This is a fun little game where you try and leave a message that lets the other players figure out which suspect killed you. #boardgames
"crime scene" photo taken for the board game dying message. A bearded man in glasses lies on a felt pool off blood. His right hand points at some cards arranged next to him. They include a shaded circle above a horizonal line and an eye to the left of a vertical line. Above him is a row of suspect cards with the letters a and b visible above the two cards on the left.
August 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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First batch of #salsa of the summer!
Large pot with some salsa simmering in it. It is on a black flattop stove the salsa is a bright red.
August 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Future #salsa ingredients. Gotta love a community garden space.
A pile of green jalapeno and serrano peppers with some orange cherry tomatoes on a black glass stovetop
August 6, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Took @chuckwendig.bsky.social to some woods on Mirror Lake. I'm sure this will be fine.
A copy of staircase in the woods held up in front of mirror lake in Utah with some woods and bald mountain in the background. Three cover of the book shows a staircase amid some trees
August 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Hiked the Mount Timp trail this morning. It was gorgeous. #hiking #naturephotography #nature #macrophotography
Picture taken while hiking the mount timpanogos trail. There is mountainside on the left with several pine trees going from left to right in a rough curve up the hillside. The sky is light blue and there's a puffy little cloud that's lit light orange yellow by the sun. Macro photo shot of some pine-ish foliage. It's light green with bits of yellow at the tips Shot of a canyon looking out onto the basket with some more mountains in the distance. The sky is blue with a not quite c shape of clouds in the foreground and more clouds in the distance.
July 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Free slurpee and Superman all in one day. Pretty great!
Slurpee day 2025 cup with a coke slurpee in it. It's a very colorful cup featuring an open mouth with dark blue lips and the top row of teeth with stars on the two front teeth. There is a hand hiding the cup.
July 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Uke concert! 1st set was amazing. Looking forward to the rest. #jakeshimabukuro #egyptiantheater #concert
Marquee for the Egyptian theater indicating an evening with Jake Shimabukuro
June 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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#wipwednesday I'm just about done with the black on the bottom third. Been on a kick lately because working on the project has been a calming influence. #ff7 #crossstitch
Unfinished cross stitch that is a diorama style image of Seventh heaven from final fantasy 7. Tifa is behind the bar and cloud is sitting at the bar with his buster sword on his back. The middle third is complete and the bottom third has most of the black stitching done. The bottom left chunk is missing as are the colors in that third. The top third is also unfinished. The project is on yellow Aida cloth. There is a chibi Cthulhu style needle minder on the right side.
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Every so often my son and I will raid the fridge and make a dagwood. The greatest of all sandwiches. This was the last one. It was divine. Highly recommend.
A row of ingredients on a kitchen counter. Mayo mustard an egg some mushrooms lunch meats cheese jalapenos pepper jelly. There's a microwave and a couple knife blocks in the background A finished dagwood sandwich on a plate using the ingredients from the other picture. Lunch meats fried egg jalapenos bacon etc on a bun. The sandwich is on a plate
June 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Got in a game of #cascadia Used the D score card. That was tricky. We got a little confused about scoring the hawks. If anyone knows if you can score a pair of hawks with an elk elk salmon bear bear in between as 9 points we would love to know. (That's not pictured this is my tableau) #boardgames
Finished tableau for cascadia. There is a collection of land tiles with various landmass types (river, mountain, plains, forest, marsh) with animal tokens on top (fox, elk, bear, salmon and hawk). A pinecone token is next to them.
June 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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I'll mention The Fisherman by @johnlangan.bsky.social Great cosmic horror mixed with thoughts on grief. And fishing.

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Cover for John Langan's The Fisherman. It features a dark cloudy sky above a roaring surf and a beach with some rocks and a small boat. There are small figures leaving the boat.
May 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Seven months in and I've managed to finish the middle third of the pattern. Pretty happy about that milestone. It should go a little quicker from here I hope. #crossstitch #finalfantasy7 #wip
Work in progress cross stitch. This is the completed middle third of a diorama style scene from final fantasy 7. It features Tifa and Cloud in the bar seventh heaven. You can see Tifa behind the bar and cloud sitting at the bar with his buster sword on his back. It is being stitched on yellow Aida cloth. There is a cute Cthulhu needle minder above the pattern.
April 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Drove up the canyon for some nature. #nature #photography #macrophotography
Shot of blue sky with some white fluffy clouds on the left side above a snow covered mountain peak which is in turn above some pine covered hills Photo of a creek showing part of a large rock on the right side with lots of ripples in water above a gravel creek bed Macro photo of water ripples and rocks. The light is reflecting off the water in places. It's pretty in an almost abstract way.
April 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Tried making a loaf of rye bread with the bread machine. Played a mission in marvel dice throne Missions while it was baking. Managed to take down Kingpin. #baking #boardgames
A smallish loaf of homemade rye bread on a rack. There's a hand towel on the back of it. There is one slice cut laying on the right side of the loaf.
April 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Our ornamental cherry tree is in bloom. Lovely bit of beauty that's welcome at the moment. #photography #macrophotography #blossoms
A single ornamental cherry tree in bloom with lots of blossoms. It's in a back yard there's a fence behind it. The grass is green and the sky is a pretty light blue with a couple thin clouds Close up shot of a cherry blossom in bloom
April 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Went on a hike with my sister this morning. Couple of sights from it. #nature #photography
Picture of a snow dappled mountain with pine trees at it's base. The mountain and trees are reflected in a reservoir. The sky is an overcast gray Picture of an eroded rock formation with lots of hollows and edges. It's on a hillside covered in dormant trees with no leaves. The sky is overcast gray
March 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM