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Posting this here because it's a lovely soothing live feed from Sapsucker Woods at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca NY. https://www.youtube.com/w...MSVF_Ab3-z8LpDm_wLqxRdRY0If you are ever in Ithaca, it's very interesting to tour the lab even if you're not a birder. |
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"Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds." Theodore Roosevelt
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Cordelia Fitzgerald
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Posting this here because it's a lovely soothing live feed from Sapsucker Woods at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca NY. https://www.youtube.com/w...MSVF_Ab3-z8LpDm_wLqxRdRY0If you are ever in Ithaca, it's very interesting to tour the lab even if you're not a birder. Thank you for the link! I didn't know you could tour their lab. I'd love to one day. Their Merlin Bird ID app is wonderful too! I've used it several times during this quarantine...was delighted to identify an Eastern Towhee the other day! |
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So the shallots and elephant garlic are sprouting up. All 5 kinds of potatoes are growing like crazy. The trick with potatoes is to just lightly cover the tubers with soil and every time you see a sprout coming though, lightly add more potting soil. This makes for an underground tower of potatoes instead of just one 'floor'. When you get to the top of the grow bag, let them sprout and flower. When the flowers dies off, then start checking the 'garage door' in the grow bag. I use the grow bags for a lot of veggies and especially for strawberries.. I just ordered 3 kinds of Sweet Potatoes (annual) and 3 kinds of asparagus (which we wont see any yield from those for 2-3 years).
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Principessa
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Sooo....it is going forward, slowly, but it is getting shape.
About a short month ago I started renovating / re-decorating the combined kitchen-living room of my 1 bedroom rental appartement. A lot of new work learned, getting tired (taking on too much, for me unusual, work and working until late hours), a lot of muscle ache, bruises and such and very surprised by the selfless help both in work and thinking along with me of various people in my surroundings. My family wanted to help, but didn't dare due to Corona. In general I am not easy in asking help. And my head goes often in overdrive, sometimes into an extent that I am "drowning" myself. As once said to me, you are too busy thinking / too busy in your head.
Before I started I was already pushed by family and friends to do something about my appartment. It was crowded, mismatching furniture and items, several stuff lying around and old & stained carpet and paint. In other words it looked very messy and chaotic. I was even very hesitant to invite people to my place. As I needed rest in my head, it would be better if my appartement would become more fresh, orderly and neat. Some items should have been done by and/or dealt with by my landlady. But in the past years she is doing almost nothing and I would have probably have to wait until never. And in April/May we had about 1,5 week off of work due to the Corona situation. I decided to start.
Now one of the walls is renovated, cracks repaired (all done by myself); walls and ceiling are painted; a new continues floor in living room and kitchen (laminate flooring); baseboards, kitchencabinets, window frames and 2 doors (including frame) painted; putting up new IKEA furniture (in addition and/or replacement to some of my old stuff); small repairs in and around the house (with help of very technical friends); intensive cleaning of several items (including spots I couldn't reach before); moving of the larger items to a new spot and so on.
Currently still some IKEA furniture has to be done; redecorating several stuff; decide what to do with my (overload of) old stuff; cleaning up my messy bedroom and central hallway (were all stuff coming from my livingroom/kitchen and such was stored for a while); waiting for the garbage people for the bigger garbage and so on. There are still small open items were I have to think about what to do with it.
Perhaps later this year or next year other rooms in my place will be taken on. some contain defects for which I am still waiting for the landlady. It is an old building and maintenance has hardly been done in recent years. In addition, as some have put it, various items in the building and the various apartments are done very amateurish in the beginning already.
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I’m still working as a nurse but part time so I’ve been raising my two pups and doing a lot of puzzles. It’s been years since I did a puzzle but now I’ve drug them out one by one over the past 6 weeks. It helps to occupy my racing mind from work. Unfortunately I haven’t done many of the productive things I could be doing like cleaning out closets and such.  |
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Principessa
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I’m still working as a nurse but part time so I’ve been raising my two pups and doing a lot of puzzles. It’s been years since I did a puzzle but now I’ve drug them out one by one over the past 6 weeks. It helps to occupy my racing mind from work. Unfortunately I haven’t done many of the productive things I could be doing like cleaning out closets and such. Doing puzzles is good for the mind 😊 |
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I really enjoyed this documentary about Highgrove https://www.youtube.com/w...v=eEwmPdYBNFI&t=3075s. I cant watch the news any more. On the garden front, I awaiting my order of many colored tomatoes. I use https://www.heirloomtomatoplants.com/ They have all kinds of wild colors, stripes, purple, black, yellow, white, orange none GMO. The giant pumpkins are getting planted out tomorrow. My breakfast room looks like the original Jumanji. But I had to wait for the polar vortex to pass last week. We actually had a little snow one morning. |
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I ordered two pounds of lavender and am now making eye pillows with lavender and rice. I have no sewing machine and wouldn't know how to use one anyway. So I hand sew the little rectangles and try to use up the fabric I bought years ago for "projects" that never came to fruition. After working all day at my computer and being interrupted by my kids for breakfast, lunch, dinner, a ride, solving a problem, something something something else. I can't wait to go back to the office. I'm more productive and efficient there.
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Gemsheal
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I printed out a variety of William Morris prints and cut & pasted them into an old printer's drawer I purchased a thousand years ago. Then I fixed it to hang with picture wire. It improved the look of the drawer 100% and made a beautiful space to store my crystals. Not an original idea - I stole it from an Etsy vendor - bless her.
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My fondest childhood memory is ... not having to pay bills and taxes 🤓
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Principessa
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This week help from a nice neighbour with putting up IKEA furniture  Unfortunately due to some issues a bit delay. But in the meantime the guy went enthusiastic outing ideas, drawing, designing etc. for a build in wooden desk for my appartement. Including drawers and shelves. I am ok with it and we will see. He also offered to build it, with only material costs. But for now I need a cleaned up space and some rest. As currently I am still living in a mess. It feels like it is dragging on and there need to be a kind of closure. So I told him that and also gave him an additional challenge. Designing something for the weird bar between my living room and kitchen. It seems I have a lot op men in my surroundings with a passion for working with wood  |
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I ordered two pounds of lavender and am now making eye pillows with lavender and rice. I have no sewing machine and wouldn't know how to use one anyway. So I hand sew the little rectangles and try to use up the fabric I bought years ago for "projects" that never came to fruition. After working all day at my computer and being interrupted by my kids for breakfast, lunch, dinner, a ride, solving a problem, something something something else. I can't wait to go back to the office. I'm more productive and efficient there.
I make the lavender sachets in the little draw string pouches that you can buy as wedding favor supplies. I use a ton of them in the closets. My best hack for laundry is to take the absolutely single socks that have been hanging around forever, fill the foot part with the lavender and tie a knot in the neck. Then I throw it into the dryer and everything smells great. |
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I ordered two pounds of lavender and am now making eye pillows with lavender and rice. I have no sewing machine and wouldn't know how to use one anyway. So I hand sew the little rectangles and try to use up the fabric I bought years ago for "projects" that never came to fruition. After working all day at my computer and being interrupted by my kids for breakfast, lunch, dinner, a ride, solving a problem, something something something else. I can't wait to go back to the office. I'm more productive and efficient there.
I make the lavender sachets in the little draw string pouches that you can buy as wedding favor supplies. I use a ton of them in the closets. My best hack for laundry is to take the absolutely single socks that have been hanging around forever, fill the foot part with the lavender and tie a knot in the neck. Then I throw it into the dryer and everything smells great. Great idea! I have 6 tiny lavender plants in my garden now and one big one I planted last year. Can’t wait to harvest the flowers! |
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