Photo is from the ones I already very carefully, removed from my lemon tree. These are saddleback slug catapillars.

Went to get the last stalk of corn, and they are all over the leaves in this bed. I didnt realize and one brushed my face! It hurts!

Aside from the minor panic attack, that I was about to have to call an ambulance, I think I'll be okay? It def hurts. I did like the internet said and took sticky tape to the area and washed it with soap and water.

They are everywhere in my garden, making me want to not go near it.

I dont think the mantis can eat them for me. Has anyone ever dealt with this?

Potato harvest is excellent this year! My tomatoes are okay, but I have not gotten as many as id like. Feel free to laugh with me on my pathetic corn lol

gardening is so legit. Learning more with each season :)

Im always planting potatoes though. Its beyond easy, and I absolutey enjoy the act of digging for the spuds. I was sad I had no more to dig!

I am in LOVE with the opening act on this day, Excrementory Grindfuckers!!!

Arte Concert has been streaming the entire festival, this band was my first ever hearing of Excrementory Grindfuckers, and Its my new fav band. I speak absolutely no german, but this set hit every single little bit of my brain like a happy little battling ram. Amazing.

Havnt felt actual joy in a few weeks, this was great, and wanted to share it somewhere <3

Im not gonna do it. If I didnt have a support network and family though, Id be feeling it.

struggling to cope with both micro and macro ...sadness in humanity.

Im tired of coping today. Im crying every 15 mins.

I did go to my art therapy group this morning, and felt a little better. Only to come on here and see.. what my country is doing.

Being human is a curse.

gonna go to my dr appt in a minute, and then make my favorite leek soup, or ask my husband to handle dinner so I can be a puddle on the floor.

Nearly 40 years on this earth. Today, feels like too much.

We grew corn when I was a kid, first time growing it myself. Impluse bought a few stalks to throw into the garden bed, and now this corn is bringing me a lot of joy. Grow corn, Grow!

I saw a post somewhere yesterday for this cake, and knew I had to make it. I used this recipie:

https://www.sarahsslice.co.uk/post/sarah-s-moss-cake

The only thing I changed was I sliced fresh strawberries into a bowl and added a tablespoon of sugar to them. Let them sit for an hour or so and added them to the center layer of the cake on top of the cream.

Never made this before.

recipie calls for two 8" rounds, but I dont have maching pans so I made one 9" square, and one 6" round.

have not cut into it yet, but I am stoked for later :D

Depression cured for today at least. Love staying busy

I will win this battle. I failed doing a U stair, but got an L shape up. Changed my mind on adding a third floor LOL.

Love this game so much! Def a learning curve with build mode, but absolutley incedibly fun

I am so excited to check this game out!

Giddy Happy!

Seven gdang years! The time is now! :)

Rain all day today! Looks like night time lows wont dip too far below 50 for the grow season. Just brought all my suffering babies outside today!

One of my favorite days of the year!

Hi, I am not sure where to post this, im sorry if It shouldnt be here. I am severely depressed and desperate to get some.. freedom back. I can remove this post if not allowed.

I used to ride, had a nice road bike I could use regularly, that a friends father always maintained for me. I never learned about any of it. I know there are tubes in the tires likely ruined. This is my bike that has been sitting in a partially exposed shed for five years.

It is a bit rusty, and looks in need of a lot of help. Im asking my huaband if we can repair it to working order for my gift on mothers day, but as I look at it more and more, I just see dollar signs going up and up. But I know nothing.

do any of you folks out there, know if it might be difficult to restore? Ideas for resources? Im about to look up bike repair shops in my area, but Im afraid this repair might cost more than is reasonable as a mothers day thing.

I look at this and just, metaphor written all over it. This bike is to my life.

anyhow, would it be expenisive? is a bike tune up expensive? Im terrified for some reason. please help.

Saw this out and about today, I realize it's pretty dead here, but figured I'd share the info. Really happy to see this.

https://youtu.be/Rm9bIf_cmrY

lyrics:

Yo, what's peace? Is it military roaming the streets? Is it locking kids in jail for stealing something to eat? Is it pulling me over to try to see if I'm sober Ask me for my registration but shoot me when I go reach? What's peace? Is it locking up people like me For selling weed, but then you go and let a pedophile free? Is it Capitalism or privatizing the prisons Or giving corporations freedom to poison food that we eat? Fuck peace! Only "peace" that I keep is my Glock .9 If they take me, then I'm taking a Whitney, we all dying And eye for an eye, like fuck it, leave the whole world blind Rain or shine, dog, I'm down to risk it all for mine They screaming "peace!" but they giving us raw I got machetes and swords for any law enforcement thinking he hard The whole system's a fraud, we follow fictional laws They try to break us down, but you can't break the image of God And that's why [Hook:] Only peace (piece) that I keep is my .9 BRAP BRAP! Take that Fuck around and take a permanent nap Only peace (piece) that I keep is my .9 BRAP BRAP! Take that Fuck around and take a permanent nap Only peace (piece) that I keep is my .9 BRAP BRAP! Take that Fuck around and take a permanent nap Only peace (piece) that I keep is my .9 BRAP BRAP! Take that Fuck around and take a permanent nap

[Verse 2 - Locksmith] Lies are assorted through the lives that's distorted Every crime that's reported only sparks the cries to record it Conversations 'bout reparations how they try to retort us If Jesus Christ arise tonight, he'd probably try to deport us We absorbing the Fascist tactics that they pass as religion Inject the government with White Christian Nationalism Avoid taxes and prisons, send some more Blacks through the system And use the internet to cause more massive distension Yes I'm feeling fine, matter fact, I'm killing time Politicians say nothing like these rappers filler lines That's why I get the skeevies knowing Stevie's pulling strings Take a look inside the cabinet, see it's clearly Miller time You got a lion in your pocket, you lying You got a long line of far-right conservative actors going on Grindr Just another reminder, if you spot us in the streets Without total liberation, there can never be peace [Hook] Only peace (piece) that I keep is my .9 BRAP BRAP! Take that Fuck around and take a permanent nap Only peace (piece) that I keep is my .9 BRAP BRAP! Take that Fuck around and take a permanent nap Only peace (piece) that I keep is my .9 BRAP BRAP! Take that Fuck around and take a permanent nap Only peace (piece) that I keep is my .9 BRAP BRAP! Take that Fuck around and take a permanent nap

[Verse 3 - R.A. The Rugged Man] You should learn to never judge a wolf by the dress and attire People divide us, self-reflection - never lecture a liar Pressure applier, never sweat, make the aggressor perspire Death of desire, destruction, the prophecies of Jeremiah They're so proudly anti- being anti-Fascist Meaning openly pro-Fascist, anti-Blackness Scared of Black women, Black pilots, scared to take flight Anti-Brown, anti-MLK, anti-Civil Rights Scared of Muslims, scared of Mexicans, scared of non-Whites They butt-hurt by Bad Bunnies, Barbies, and Bud Lights These weak nerd brigades crying about Black mermaids I get busy the bullets burst and I disperse grenades The rhetoric's oppression of expression, censoring the press Death in excess, the Megadeth, arrest Hegseth The White ethno-state DHS remigration Pushing White Supremacist theories of replacement Can we get Health Care and better roads? Heaven knows Daily Oval Office meetings look like Jerry Springer episodes Bloodshed head to toes, when these devils get exposed Only "peace" is leaving these pieces of feces in pieces How insecure you gotta be to pretend Christ was White? And hate those that look like what Christ really looked like? They call you Marxist, Socialist and Commie They hate you if you Haitian or Somali They blaming 9/11 on Mamdani The brain caved background Hate facts, hate Black/Brown Take it back to H Rap Brown Palm greasy reporters that bought all TV sources These Cracker creepy supporters, let's burn 'em with their tiki torches That's Peace!!

White Bean, Potato, Leek, and a smidge of bacon Soup.

Includes carrots and onions, chicken stock I made, tomato paste & spices.

I used two cans of beans(rinsed) today, instead of soaking. I took one can of beans, and emersion blended them with a cup of the broth, and dump it in the pot. it makes in creamy, and I love it.

My dad died and Im having trouble as I meet my (fully trauma riddled) extended family over the last few weeks. Crying a lot for everyone's pain. Needed some comfort today. Soup is love.

This is my third time to the office. Im waiting for the Doctor to come in and whie waiting in the examination room, I spot this. I start flipping through it, and I am getting upset.

I wait for the doctor to come in. I immeditely ask him, hey what it this? why is it here? He blew me off and just said "oh its just an opinion piece" and I said, yeah, but who put it here, do you believe in this? And he just shrugged. I said, Im leaving, that is so wierd, thats weird to have in a doctors office. And I left. Ill never go back to that place.

I need a doctor who believes in science. You wanna be christain thats fine, but this literally says,for christain nationalism. gross.

Putnam CT, USA if anyone is curious. I want to post the photo in google maps reviews, but I am afraid to, even with my google account being a burner. Yes, it's the red pocket of an overall blue state, but, I just, was not expecting to see this.

I am fat. I've been fit, I've been fat, Im fat right now. Been fasting where I can because regular working out just isnt happening yet, and Im trying to grapple with my relationship with food.

I cook. I cook like your great great grandma, but with better spices. I can make nearly anything from scratch. I've bread proofing right now, Pan de Cristal, Im working on a sunday sauce, dont @me with carbs, it's sunday and I will be having this one meal today. There is garlic confit in the oven! I make soups and beans, and chicken. My produce draw is always full with somthing. I dont buy any junk. Fruit, and peanut butter for the family, theres always stuff. I bake snacks. Like, for the love of god, my husband,

"Im running to walmart"

He comes home with a massive amount of freezer foods, his "snack run". Stouffers enchaladas, taquitos, what he calls a "pillow" of something just labled "taters", Frozen pizzas, all this. It wont even all fit in the freezer. Im stuffing my frozen veg in the corner to make room. I made fun of the resses "dairy dessert". My son said, it that ice cream? and I said, "I dont think you can call it that, more like wax chocolate flavor dairy dessert" and he got mad at hearing my snark, he doesnt need it. I just, ugh. I said, well next time Ill argue I should be allowed to keep alcohol on the counter (hes many years sober) if your allowed to bring all this junk food.".

we havnt spoken yet, I stopped cooking and came outside, hes prolly not even thinking about it, but im here. pissed. the easiest way for me to avoid bad food, is to not have it in the house.

I cook, I cook anything you want, I can make it. I make exceptions for everyone, theres stuff we can keep I wont touch anyway. I try to have dicipline, but fuck, it like sticking him at the bar, but for me, is the same with the fridge. But he will never ask me to make him something, I have to force him to take a meal from me always, drives me mad.

I dont want to be fat anymore, why is he not helping or taking it seriously.. never mind, fuck these national brands! omg. fuck walmart. :( I cant. im so annoyed. unethical af.

my freezer is rediculous right now and I dont like it.

The last three bakes I've done have not turned out, I was so upset. I figured out my baking powder had gone off. Got some fresh stuff and made these:

https://natashaskitchen.com/mixed-berry-muffins/

• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup Greek yogurt , (or sour cream)
• 1/2 cup extra LIGHT olive oil, (not extra virgin)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 250g all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup strawberries, hulled and diced
• 1/2 cup raspberries
• 1/2 cup blueberries

The changes I made,

First step, I zested a whole orange into a scant 1 cup of sugar and combined until evenly incorperated. then also mixed in about a teaspoon each cardamom and ginger powder. maybe a little less cardamom, and a little more ginger. I use cane sugar.

Used 1 cup frozen cranberries and 1/2 cup frozen blueberries

Used two containers of berry greek yogurt.

Oil of choice was avacado.

Confidence regained. Don't forget to check the date on your baking powder!

OG recipe PaleoSpirit

This recipe was foundational to when I first changed my diet to plant based 15 or so years ago. I don't like cream cheese, but I love artichokes and spinach. Cashew cream is a great alternative, and adds in protein.

Do I add a bit of cheese at the end? Fancy high quality cheese? Maybe. Maybe I like a little asiago mixed in. Maybe I added some from the block parmesan to it this batch, sure did (asiago is better in this I think, but don't have any rn). I go heavy on crushed red pepper as well, add it at the beginning so it infuses with the olive oil.

I do like to have it served at the recipe suggests, with cucumber. When it's warm and you have it with fresh cool cucumbers it's so very good. One of my favorite foods here, even if it's not much to look at. Something I don't have to feel guilty about eating.

I devided it, one tray for later, and one tray to be baked for 25 minutes at 350°F and look how beautifully it browned!

Original Recipe: Post Punk Kitchen

I like that this recipe is vegan, however in my alterations I sub the maple syrup for honey, as I usually have it on hand over maple syrup. It works well with the flavor profile I think. Today, I added 1/2 teaspoon of espresso powder to the recipe, and did a quarter teaspoon each cayenne and hatch green chili powder.

I think these are one of my favorite cookies. I've probably been making them a decade, glad the recipe is still up, one of these days I'll write it down.

They were supposed to be empanadas, but I messed up the dough. I like a little semolina in my dough with the flour, but added too much, and didn't use enough fat, (butter.. it was just a lot so I used what I had). The dough came out more like pie crust, and I wasn't wasting 1000g of flour mix so I made little pie cups. 23 little fucking pinch pots, took forever.

I had leftover taco meat in the fridge (ground bison and ground chicken), leftover spicy beans from the freezer (pinto and bacon), and mystery chili also from the freezer, I labeled it chili, but I don't remember what protein I stuck in there but it had dark kidney beans. Warmed them all together, added a cup or more of hand shredded cheddar, and made these.

My husband said I should have added the cheese to the top, being these were supposed to be empanadas at first, I agreed, but there was a heafty amount already in the mix, I wasn't shredding more or over doing it on the cheese. Not bad though. Leftovers for days now.