I like a variety of things, usually involving science or science fiction. My hobbies are all excuses to collect pretty colors: sewing, quilting, knitting, even baking and running, somehow. Microbiology and food safety person. Every now and then I code something.
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Last Notes npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika ok I need to know where you got the Republic of Two Systems button please npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Cosmos time! Sensation beat out Diablo for my first bloom. #flowers #bloomscrolling npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Top assembled and ironed! Reconfiguring my sewing space for basting & quilting is up next. #quilting #effikaExplodingHeartQuilt npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Took advantage of a nice soaked garden bed post-thunderstorm to get the okra and snake melon (aka Armenian Cucumber) planted! #gardening npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika I guess I'd better wait to plant my okra and cucumber npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Spent some time in the garden this morning: npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Signet marigold & cosmos seeds planted, as well as soil for the okra planter (more to be added later this week). And some extra cages trying to keep the squirrels out. npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika If you'd like more details (pattern used, etc) please see my PatternReview entry: https://sewing.patternreview.com/review/pattern/197627 #quilting npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Photos of the finished #temperatureQuiltEffika! npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika 🙌 Near perfect match to the beginning and ending of a decorative stitch border!! I wish I could say I planned it, but this is pure serendipity. It will be very easy to camouflage that as I tie off the ends. #quilting #effikaAlaskaQuilt npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Final (probably) okra harvest, making for 166 pods from 4 plants this summer. Not bad for starting them a bit late! #gardening npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Couldn't move the stump so I decided this will just be where my next raised bed goes. Not quite hugelkultur but close enough! #gardening npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Growing the snake melons/Armenian cucumbers was a bit different than normal cucumbers. They didn't want to make female flowers until I cut them back significantly so my fruiting season started a little late. And once a vine had made a melon and I'd harvested it, no more female flowers would grow on that vine. The plant would make more female flowers on other branches only after I'd cut off the vine I harvested from. Once I figured out the pattern it was quite prolific, though! #gardening npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Harvested my last Armenian cucumber/snake melon today (& forgot a picture, but I did take one of a bee). In mid-September both plants stopped making female flowers and began yellowing, so I suspect something in the day length triggered it. npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika I like eating things I grew! Sourdough bread with my Armenian cucumber sandwich, microwave-fried okra (with Penzeys Turkish seasoning) , and in the background that ambiguous mass is sautéed kale with lemon & craisins. #food #gardening #baking npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Pollinator pollinating my okra! #flowers #bee #gardening npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika "Will you come pick pears?" npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika I planted okra that regularly reaches 36-48" tall in a 31" tall raised bed and I am only 60" tall so it's stepladder harvest time #gardening npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Me before sewing the legs together at the rise: "I didn't even try pattern matching when I cut these out so it's very unlikely they will get close enough to matter." npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika I like knowing exactly what's eating my plants, too! Feels better somehow. Good luck! npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika I've seen some pretty dark ones-- coloring can depend on what they eat. But the stripes only on one side is very curious! No clue now. I guess you'll have to catch one and raise it into a butterfly/moth to be sure 🤔 npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika army cutworms! They are a menace. npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika SPLIT SUNSET! #weather #okwx #sunset npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Found the lost cucumber seed from a month ago. The weather must be right: it went from seedling? to PLANT in a week. #gardening npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Cylindra beet harvest! These are not as big as I had hoped for, but they're big enough for me to harvest before 3" hail hits them. They grew fantastic greens (despite previous hail) and will cook up well. #gardening #food #beets npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika #bloomscrolling #SilentSunday npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika but I don't want AI summaries, I want a frog :-( npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Lap Quilt: Completed! npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Lap quilt: Top is completed and square enough to begin making the quilt sandwich and eventually quilting! #quilting npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Kaylee passed away during the construction of this quilt block. I knew I wanted to incorporate a little reminder of her, and had planned to do her name, but I didn't have enough space. npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Lap quilt block 17 of 17: Kansas, from Carol Doak's 60 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars. Now to embroider one of the squares and sew them all together! #quilting npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika I've been trying out various Android Mastodon apps again, and really wish @npub1rx6…pdar would let me change the font size! It's really great other than that, but font size is a deal-breaker for me. Fingers crossed it gets added soon! npub1p6x02m0d934609cly2ee7veyy3yccszcthm5j4dg6s69lld4mzssh5jwel effika Lap quilt block 14 of 17: The Nebraska Star Block is from 60 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars, by Carol Doak. This one is the 6" block size.
