Only 86F but seems hotter

[feng_shui_house]

Again, no thrift store (and haven't done any yardening yet) but this is still not procrastinating, because last night I got another swatch sampler in the mail (containing a custom design someone's waiting for) & instead of setting it aside to do stuff in stages I got it all done today.

Also I added a layer of wall patch & did a load of laundry & gave 7 of my hydroponic radishes a couple spoonfuls of soil in their water (these 7 have a couple inches of root, so I'm thinking to slowly introduce soil & with any luck they'll be good to transplant eventually with their roots grown into soil & not be traumatized.)

Yesterday I happened to see the bulk pickup-- it's changed a lot in recent years. It used to involve a driver of the big truck, two men walking with rakes who'd pick up bagged stuff to put on the lift-loader and tidy up if needed, and one man driving a forklift. Yesterday it was one man, one truck. He moved just a little way out of the driver's seat to an external seat with controls for a giant claw (reminded me of the ones in the 'grab a prize' games). Then he operated the claw to pick up the stuff in a few grabs. Very efficient, but I wonder how many guys lost their jobs and benefits. Also makes me glad I put out my trash very neatly, either in bags, or tied bundles, or sometimes boxes. I doubt this guy tidies up if things won't pick up with the claw.

SO MUCH Stuff I still need to do.



http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6075985-amaryllis-without-butterflies-2-by-eclectic_house

http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6085773-crocus-patch-butterflies-by-eclectic_house

http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6082217-optical-illusion-non-slanting-lines-cheater-by-eclectic_house

http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6080231-hickory-iberian-lynx-by-eclectic_house

http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6078698-cat-amongst-pigeons-by-eclectic_house

http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6082217-optical-illusion-non-slanting-lines-cheater-by-eclectic_house

http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/6073291-wooden-elephant-pillow-by-eclectic_house

Comments

[sallymn]

They are lovely! I think I like the crocus one best...

[feng_shui_house]

Thank you! ;^) I remember the day I took the crocus photos- the weather had suddenly changed, quick temperature shift just as the flowers were getting ready to bloom, and it made them pink, streaked with white. The sun was bright and at just the right angle to make fake dew with the garden hose. :^)

OT: your fic system

[mecurtin]

Your folders turn out to really work for me! Whaddaya got in the way of "Apocalypse"?

Re: OT: your fic system

[feng_shui_house]

Apocalypse is one trope I don't have TW folders for- I do have two *unfolded (just in the Teen Wolf superfolder)* fic that are both zombie apocalypse. Generally I like to have at least 3 fic that fit a trope before I made them a folder.

yours was a good heart for me (Zombie apocalypse Sterek- I remember really loving this one.)

http://archiveofourown.org/works/2663450

What Turns Up In The Dark (abandoned wip, but hey, 36,ooo words and I have a vague impression that it didn't really feel unfinished.)

http://archiveofourown.org/works/491109/chapters/857827