Erin Ryan
@erinleeryan.bsky.social
Doctor of space rocks turned professional curser at computers. Human of Freya the dog and of Modicello the garden 🌱 (USDA 7b). Does crochet 🧶 in her off time, also cooks a lot 🍽
Cleaned our sidewalk of snow but holy shit, it is straight up sheet ice underneath thanks to the rain before the snow yesterday.
December 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Cleaned our sidewalk of snow but holy shit, it is straight up sheet ice underneath thanks to the rain before the snow yesterday.
Ahh, we've reached the point where the city reuses the emails from last week about trash pickup delays due to the snow except...replacing the dates only works if the email doesn't mention specific days of the week as well.
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Ahh, we've reached the point where the city reuses the emails from last week about trash pickup delays due to the snow except...replacing the dates only works if the email doesn't mention specific days of the week as well.
Omg. A certain dog really loves baked goods, to the point of drool dribbles from both sides of the mouth at once.
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Omg. A certain dog really loves baked goods, to the point of drool dribbles from both sides of the mouth at once.
Y'all....it was below freezing at afternoon/evening walkies time and Freya knows I am the human responsible for her wearing a teddy bear themed snood (though I did not put it on her) and she is _not_ pleased. But really, I don't need her ears to crack and then bleed 🤨
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Y'all....it was below freezing at afternoon/evening walkies time and Freya knows I am the human responsible for her wearing a teddy bear themed snood (though I did not put it on her) and she is _not_ pleased. But really, I don't need her ears to crack and then bleed 🤨
Last night I did not make the lamb loin roast of yumminess because...we ate lunch later than 2pm and weren't very hungry at dinner. I am however making it for tonight's dinner and...yeah, it smells good.
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Last night I did not make the lamb loin roast of yumminess because...we ate lunch later than 2pm and weren't very hungry at dinner. I am however making it for tonight's dinner and...yeah, it smells good.
Popped outside to harvest some italian parsley from the front yard as it's snowing, and wow, that had a good layer of ice on it.
(also: what the heck, I still have a winter garden as there are also salad and Chinese winter radishes, turnips, leeks, radicchio, chard, and beets out there)
(also: what the heck, I still have a winter garden as there are also salad and Chinese winter radishes, turnips, leeks, radicchio, chard, and beets out there)
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Popped outside to harvest some italian parsley from the front yard as it's snowing, and wow, that had a good layer of ice on it.
(also: what the heck, I still have a winter garden as there are also salad and Chinese winter radishes, turnips, leeks, radicchio, chard, and beets out there)
(also: what the heck, I still have a winter garden as there are also salad and Chinese winter radishes, turnips, leeks, radicchio, chard, and beets out there)
Since we got fresh bird seed yesterday and it's snowing, we just put up the bird feeder. Now we see how many hours it takes for disgruntled mini dinosaurs to appear in the yard.
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Since we got fresh bird seed yesterday and it's snowing, we just put up the bird feeder. Now we see how many hours it takes for disgruntled mini dinosaurs to appear in the yard.
Oof, perhaps closing schools was the right call even if the transition to snow was after "sunrise", the rain and then snow has made our porch good and slippery.
December 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Oof, perhaps closing schools was the right call even if the transition to snow was after "sunrise", the rain and then snow has made our porch good and slippery.
Oh. It's another night of freezing fog outside before more snowflakes grace us with their presence. Fantastic.
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Oh. It's another night of freezing fog outside before more snowflakes grace us with their presence. Fantastic.
Me tonight: I half hope schools are closed tomorrow because then the neighborhood association election can't happen and I'm really not in the mood for certain people.
December 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Me tonight: I half hope schools are closed tomorrow because then the neighborhood association election can't happen and I'm really not in the mood for certain people.
Dog: is snuggled on my hip. Spouse: on other side of sofa and complains of dog fart smells before I get hit. Me: proposes we need to author a scientific study about dog farts and use of "directional nozzles" for their ejection and the potential implications for spacecraft.
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Dog: is snuggled on my hip. Spouse: on other side of sofa and complains of dog fart smells before I get hit. Me: proposes we need to author a scientific study about dog farts and use of "directional nozzles" for their ejection and the potential implications for spacecraft.
Tomorrow I'm back on cooking duty and I have a lamb loin roast in the fridge. I'm wondering if I can roll it with arugula pesto and roasted pepper in the middle and then serve with latkes or rostis and a radicchio salad.
December 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Tomorrow I'm back on cooking duty and I have a lamb loin roast in the fridge. I'm wondering if I can roll it with arugula pesto and roasted pepper in the middle and then serve with latkes or rostis and a radicchio salad.
No, after looking at all the neighbor's roofs where snow is melting in lines along their roof supports, I did not fly my drone to check our snow melt. Nope.
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
No, after looking at all the neighbor's roofs where snow is melting in lines along their roof supports, I did not fly my drone to check our snow melt. Nope.
Ah 3am, I've missed you for a few days. But here we are with me overheating as a dog cuddles me very upset because *checks list* papa didn't let her catch any of the 3 deer on evening walkies.
December 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Ah 3am, I've missed you for a few days. But here we are with me overheating as a dog cuddles me very upset because *checks list* papa didn't let her catch any of the 3 deer on evening walkies.
So...since our new fence is (in)famous, I guess I need to get cracking on mural design ideas sooner rather than later 😬
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
So...since our new fence is (in)famous, I guess I need to get cracking on mural design ideas sooner rather than later 😬
I am at a Christmas party at the Darden School at UVA and how they haven't gotten in deep 💩for ADA violation with all the ankle breaking etc potential with construction I do not know.
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I am at a Christmas party at the Darden School at UVA and how they haven't gotten in deep 💩for ADA violation with all the ankle breaking etc potential with construction I do not know.
Today in failures to plan: I should have tried on the velvet jumpsuit for the Christmas party earlier as that was obviously too much boobies even for me.
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Today in failures to plan: I should have tried on the velvet jumpsuit for the Christmas party earlier as that was obviously too much boobies even for me.
Lol, even though I did not shovel the heart attack snow, and instead swept it with the giant push broom, my shoulders are letting me know I pushed some mass today.
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Lol, even though I did not shovel the heart attack snow, and instead swept it with the giant push broom, my shoulders are letting me know I pushed some mass today.
For the Charlottesville people waiting for the snowflakes to end before shovelling: the accumulation has become very wet, sloppy, and...heart attack-y. Best to rely on the plow/pushing method of snow clearing, not the throwing.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
For the Charlottesville people waiting for the snowflakes to end before shovelling: the accumulation has become very wet, sloppy, and...heart attack-y. Best to rely on the plow/pushing method of snow clearing, not the throwing.
Well...the dog's repsonse to her first snow with a fenced yard (after having gotten multiple miles of walkies this morning) was : "plz find my tennis ball. Oh, thank you, I take inside now. "
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Well...the dog's repsonse to her first snow with a fenced yard (after having gotten multiple miles of walkies this morning) was : "plz find my tennis ball. Oh, thank you, I take inside now. "
Well first slip lane stupid seen, crunching on the median, then driving down wrong side of road.
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Well first slip lane stupid seen, crunching on the median, then driving down wrong side of road.
It's a little winter wonderland-y outside this morning.
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It's a little winter wonderland-y outside this morning.
The smol girl is snuggle-buggled with her mama tonight. She would be sharing my blankie if she were actually in favor of that, but she's anti clothes and anti blanket and likes existing dog naked.
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The smol girl is snuggle-buggled with her mama tonight. She would be sharing my blankie if she were actually in favor of that, but she's anti clothes and anti blanket and likes existing dog naked.
Ah, the power of cultivating one's experience at a place like this is that one can just block someone whose first and only interaction is to be a jerk 🫠
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Ah, the power of cultivating one's experience at a place like this is that one can just block someone whose first and only interaction is to be a jerk 🫠
Mmmmmm cookies (toasted coconut, macadamia, and chocolate chip cookies because I'm in a mood).
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Mmmmmm cookies (toasted coconut, macadamia, and chocolate chip cookies because I'm in a mood).