Bruce Moffatt
@midnorthcowboy.bsky.social
Bank janitor in Saddleworth, South Australia
Anybody know what the deal is with Chihuahuas? I'm feeding this one for a friend while he is away. He (the pup) is possessed by violent evil spirits. He got out of the yard and it took three of us to get him back home. Two of us are nursing bite wounds. Now he's all like nothing happened.
July 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Anybody know what the deal is with Chihuahuas? I'm feeding this one for a friend while he is away. He (the pup) is possessed by violent evil spirits. He got out of the yard and it took three of us to get him back home. Two of us are nursing bite wounds. Now he's all like nothing happened.
This is Vulcan at approximately 15 months old. He is XXXL size for a cat, and has the genetic material from his wild father to be a ruthless killer. His upbringing has molded him into a semi-liquid partly visible shadow lurker. He loves pats, cuddles and tickles, and slashing flesh with his claws.
June 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is Vulcan at approximately 15 months old. He is XXXL size for a cat, and has the genetic material from his wild father to be a ruthless killer. His upbringing has molded him into a semi-liquid partly visible shadow lurker. He loves pats, cuddles and tickles, and slashing flesh with his claws.
I got two new hens today. They are Lavender Sussex, close to laying their first eggs. These hens are very tame and seem to enjoy a cuddle. They are joining our mixed-breed flock and will hopefully help keep the fruit orchard clean.
May 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I got two new hens today. They are Lavender Sussex, close to laying their first eggs. These hens are very tame and seem to enjoy a cuddle. They are joining our mixed-breed flock and will hopefully help keep the fruit orchard clean.
I was given this cap quite sometime ago by a friend. Does anyone recognise the style and can shed some information about its ethnicity and perhaps its significance if any in a religious sense?
May 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I was given this cap quite sometime ago by a friend. Does anyone recognise the style and can shed some information about its ethnicity and perhaps its significance if any in a religious sense?
Bear, Buster and Vulcan. It's a cool autumnal night in country South Australia. There is hardly a sound. Just the constant muted hiss in my brain of the constant collisions of anxietrons that course through my bulging blood vessels.
May 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Bear, Buster and Vulcan. It's a cool autumnal night in country South Australia. There is hardly a sound. Just the constant muted hiss in my brain of the constant collisions of anxietrons that course through my bulging blood vessels.
Buster and Vulcan. Two of four kittens found in a flower pot along with their mother Athena. Now 15 months old.
April 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Buster and Vulcan. Two of four kittens found in a flower pot along with their mother Athena. Now 15 months old.
Crumb is great. I love it. It is crunchy and filling and very tasty.
February 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Crumb is great. I love it. It is crunchy and filling and very tasty.
My first ever attempt to bake baguettes. These are sourdough baguettes with a heavy dough that has strong bakers flour, wholemeal rye flour, and spelt flour.
Plenty of room for improvement but I'm happy with this as my baseline
Plenty of room for improvement but I'm happy with this as my baseline
February 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
My first ever attempt to bake baguettes. These are sourdough baguettes with a heavy dough that has strong bakers flour, wholemeal rye flour, and spelt flour.
Plenty of room for improvement but I'm happy with this as my baseline
Plenty of room for improvement but I'm happy with this as my baseline
Sourdough with wheat, rye and spelt flours. It tastes great. I went overboard with the scoring.
February 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Sourdough with wheat, rye and spelt flours. It tastes great. I went overboard with the scoring.
I grew the basil and tiny tomatoes that sit on these sourdough crostini. I also baked the wheat, rye and spelt sourdough bread. It's not a world changing thing in itself but the crostini were delicious.
February 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I grew the basil and tiny tomatoes that sit on these sourdough crostini. I also baked the wheat, rye and spelt sourdough bread. It's not a world changing thing in itself but the crostini were delicious.
Saddleworth sourdough batard.
Crumb is soft and airy with no gumminess.
Crust is crackly and chewy.
Taste is superb. Slight maltiness. Subtle, balanced salt and sour.
It's dry-country kitchen-baked bread.
Crumb is soft and airy with no gumminess.
Crust is crackly and chewy.
Taste is superb. Slight maltiness. Subtle, balanced salt and sour.
It's dry-country kitchen-baked bread.
February 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Saddleworth sourdough batard.
Crumb is soft and airy with no gumminess.
Crust is crackly and chewy.
Taste is superb. Slight maltiness. Subtle, balanced salt and sour.
It's dry-country kitchen-baked bread.
Crumb is soft and airy with no gumminess.
Crust is crackly and chewy.
Taste is superb. Slight maltiness. Subtle, balanced salt and sour.
It's dry-country kitchen-baked bread.
Saddleworth sourdough home baked batard with rye and wholemeal spelt flours added to a strong white wheaten baking flour.
February 9, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Saddleworth sourdough home baked batard with rye and wholemeal spelt flours added to a strong white wheaten baking flour.
Raspberry Pi 500 micro desktop. Very happy with this little PC version of the Pi5.
February 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Raspberry Pi 500 micro desktop. Very happy with this little PC version of the Pi5.
Five years ago we picked up our dog Bear at an animal shelter. He is the goodest boy.
February 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Five years ago we picked up our dog Bear at an animal shelter. He is the goodest boy.
Hens and pullets laying beautiful eggs.
February 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Hens and pullets laying beautiful eggs.
Sourdough boule
February 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sourdough boule
One step closer. It's edible, it tastes ok, the crust is terrible.
February 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
One step closer. It's edible, it tastes ok, the crust is terrible.
Proofed (prooved?)
Pre-shape / first shaping done. There's some big blister bubbles, and the top skin is good.
So far so good.
Pre-shape / first shaping done. There's some big blister bubbles, and the top skin is good.
So far so good.
February 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Proofed (prooved?)
Pre-shape / first shaping done. There's some big blister bubbles, and the top skin is good.
So far so good.
Pre-shape / first shaping done. There's some big blister bubbles, and the top skin is good.
So far so good.
Sourdough rising.
5% Rye, 10% wholemeal, 85% white plain flour. It's rising slowly at the moment however the last loaf did this then kicked off quickly at the end, so I'm watching it closely so it doesn't sneakily go overproofed.
5% Rye, 10% wholemeal, 85% white plain flour. It's rising slowly at the moment however the last loaf did this then kicked off quickly at the end, so I'm watching it closely so it doesn't sneakily go overproofed.
February 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Sourdough rising.
5% Rye, 10% wholemeal, 85% white plain flour. It's rising slowly at the moment however the last loaf did this then kicked off quickly at the end, so I'm watching it closely so it doesn't sneakily go overproofed.
5% Rye, 10% wholemeal, 85% white plain flour. It's rising slowly at the moment however the last loaf did this then kicked off quickly at the end, so I'm watching it closely so it doesn't sneakily go overproofed.
The small egg in this photo. The other two eggs are from 'normal, barnyard mix hens. Only one of the four topknots has started laying so far.
January 30, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The small egg in this photo. The other two eggs are from 'normal, barnyard mix hens. Only one of the four topknots has started laying so far.
I'm not sure what's in her. I got her from a local chicken lover who has frizzles, silkies, barnevelders, wyandots and others. I think the head mop comes from silkies or frizzles. I got four young pullets at the same time, two dads, two mums and nobody knows what the grandies were :)
January 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I'm not sure what's in her. I got her from a local chicken lover who has frizzles, silkies, barnevelders, wyandots and others. I think the head mop comes from silkies or frizzles. I got four young pullets at the same time, two dads, two mums and nobody knows what the grandies were :)
While Russia incinerated an oil refinery at a time, as the US commits hara kiri by electing the least apt to govern, and Europe stands in trepidation and unreadiness, I find solace in the wondrous beauty of a backyard chicken.
January 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
While Russia incinerated an oil refinery at a time, as the US commits hara kiri by electing the least apt to govern, and Europe stands in trepidation and unreadiness, I find solace in the wondrous beauty of a backyard chicken.
Glow in the dark chicken. Well, not literally but there's beauty there that deserves eggs-ageration.
January 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Glow in the dark chicken. Well, not literally but there's beauty there that deserves eggs-ageration.
Chickens.
The world needs to contemplate chickens more, and plot racial domination less.
It's all I've got to offer.
The world needs to contemplate chickens more, and plot racial domination less.
It's all I've got to offer.
January 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Chickens.
The world needs to contemplate chickens more, and plot racial domination less.
It's all I've got to offer.
The world needs to contemplate chickens more, and plot racial domination less.
It's all I've got to offer.
This is today's egg harvest from my tiny flock of chickens. The tiny egg is the first egg laid by one of the youngest hens. We shall have a little celebration of her first ovulation.
There is good in the world.
There is good in the world.
January 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This is today's egg harvest from my tiny flock of chickens. The tiny egg is the first egg laid by one of the youngest hens. We shall have a little celebration of her first ovulation.
There is good in the world.
There is good in the world.