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I would totally try them but I feel like it’d be kind of hard, like literally most beans are rock hard when dry roasted. Maybe if you used toasted chicken peas and a savory seasoning in the sugar mixture? I’m not a food scientist I think we’re on to something!

I think this kind is the same as normal peanut brittle but it’s got red coloring added it’s not actually baked bean flavor. It think it’s less like honeycomb candy and more like regular hard candy. So it’s probably the same stuff but without baking soda added to aerate it.

Right?! Still, I do vastly prefer it to real baked beans. And I guess technically you don’t bake baked beans either, it’s more a stewing situation which you kind of do the brittle part of peanut brittle. Maybe there are more similarities than I initially thought lol

Mmmm baked beans (I’m sure it’s peanut brittle which is actually roasted and then candied and not baked but peanuts are also legumes)

the blue lake

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Congrats and/or condolences on the move! I could get on the bike but I doubt I’d get it moving and survive. Walking is hard bc our sidewalks are only in downtown and thats maybe half a mile at best. Luckily I only go to work and my sisters and any errand that needs doing can be done in between.

Right? Everywhere I need to go in a day is 3-5 miles hike from my house 💀 I’d love to ride a train or bus but we barely have a taxi taxi around here much less public transit sadly.

IMO dragon fruit is just sweet and doesn’t have a real flavor. Dragon fruit flavored stuff is great and tastes nothing like the fruit itself. To be fair I’ve never had it fresh from the tree or bush or however it grows so it’s entirely possible the ones available to me are just bad examples.

Thank you 🥹 I am thrilled with how it turned out! I’m a bit medium on the harlequin. This was my first time doing it and the edge pieces especially were a nightmare but overall I am pleased and already working on a second one!

A crochet scarf featuring a small vine covered but, a mill house, backed by a sky full of fluffy white clouds, flower studded islands in a deep blue lake, and trimmed with harlequin pattern and multicolored tassels to represent Howl’s iconic coat and the falling stars that brought us Calcifer.

A closeup of the mill house featuring one of the stray cats we take care of. Her name is Mama.

A closeup of the hut, also featuring Mama cat.

A closeup of the harlequin pattern and tassels.

I’m proud to announce that the Howl’s Moving Castle scarf is complete and survived the washing machine! I’ll be shipping it off next week to its final destination 💖 #Crochet #Tapestry #Fanart #HowlsMovingCastle

One of the most iconic villain crash outs imo

One side of a crochet piece featuring a small vine covered hut, flower islands, and a bright blue sky with clouds. The bottom is fringed in a harlequin pattern representing Howls iconic coat.

The other side of a crochet piece featuring a mill house, flowery islands, and a bright blue sky with clouds. The bottom is fringed with a harlequin pattern representing Howls iconic coat.

Ready to add the trim and then it’s on to washing and blocking. I’ll be sharing photos of the finished project soon!

Side A of an ongoing crochet WIP. It features flower speckled islands, a small mill house with a green roof, a sky full of fluffy white clouds, and a harlequin pattern at the bottom meant to evoke Howl’s iconic coat.

Side B of an ongoing crochet WIP. It fest has flower speckled islands and the beginnings of a small vine covered shack (the entrance to the flower fields) and a harlequin pattern meant to evoke Howl’s iconic coat.

I’ve been persisting despite the horrors. I haven’t had a lot of time to work on this project but it’s working up quickly when I do get to sit down with it. Side A is complete and once Side B is done I’ll attach them, add the border and fancy bits, and weave in those ends.

A crochet tapestry depicting a small house on a lake studded with flowery islands. The sky behind bee house is bright and cloudy and the bottom edge is trimmed on a harlequin pattern do blue and pink.

Coming along quickly! I am almost halfway through. Still trying to figure out if I am going to do it in one long piece or if I should do it in two pieces and join them in the middle.

My sister makes the recipe on the back of the Bakers brand chocolate package and they’re the best brownies in the world. I highly recommend them if you feel up to it. It’s seems like a fairly simple recipe but I have never tried it myself bc I am a pie maker not a baker.

A crochet WIP featuring a blue and pink harlequin pattern that flows into a lake of the smae blue with grassy flower studded islands topped by the beginnings of a small house.

Keeping my mind and hands busy because there’s not much else I can do at the moment. I feel like it won’t look like much until I get th trim on it but it’s working up quickly.

Same here and we aren’t even expecting much out of it. Helene hit us hard and folks weren’t prepared so there’s a bit of extra anxiety about. I got a really good deal on CaraCara oranges though and there were plenty of them too. And I was able to get toilet paper so I’m not complaining too much.

Concatulations!

A crochet work in progress that features a blue and pink harlequin pattern that fades into what will eventually be a lake with small islands covered in grass and flowers.

I’m trying not to hate this. I am trusting the process really hard right now.

Camellias are some of my favorites 💖 My Grandmother had one like this right outside her house and one of the neighbors up the street had a white one and own that was variegated with a darker pink and white. Gorgeous 💖💖💖

“Nothing is gonna us forever but a lot of things can save us today.”

The best sandwich I even had was pumpernickel, roast beef, tomato, onion, Swiss, alfalfa sprouts, poppyseed dressing, cut in half diagonally, with a lemon Italian soda to wash it down from The Continental Cafe in historic Stone Mountain GA over a decade ago.

Even here it is not safe, even this grave has been defaced, someone has written on the stone, in some angry hand: “Hope Rides Alone”

Three orange kittens huddle together between a blue barrel and a wooden fence. They are young with carrying shades of orange tabby fur and their eyes are bright and blue and also very confused.

A tabico female with dark tips and yellow eyes, the mother of the kittens from the previous picture.

The world is rough right now but the feral cat we’ve been feeding finally felt safe enough to bring her kittens by. They are terrified but let us pick them up briefly to make sure they’re healthy. Once they’re a little older we will get them vetted and socialized so they can find loving homes.

As a person who uses social media almost exclusively for sharing my work and viewing other artists I totally agree. I get a lot more engagement here and on Mastodon despite having a smaller following and see a lot more content I like in those spaces.

There’s no shame in being the person who brings a store bought dish be it fried chicken, ice, or even paper goods imo. You still deserve to be included even if you don’t have the skills or time to make something yourself. What matters is that you’re there to celebrate with everyone.

I was so sad I missed this giveaway 😭 I was swamped at work and was on lunch by the time I got the notification and it was already over. I’m so thrilled it brought this much!!! I am thrilled but not surprised, it’s absolutely stunning 💖

They should have let Steak and Shake die.

Dragon Riders of Pern by Anne McCaffery , the original trilogy is great and would be so cool bc it’s a really interesting scifantasy series. Also the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix.