watched: the residence
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tozka🎬 The Residence: Created by Paul William Davies. With Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Molly Griggs, Ken Marino. Inside the White House's staff residence and the lives which workers share with the First Family. 🔗
Binge rewatched The Residence today and I liked it much more this time around (tho I still think it's a bit too long).
In my first watch, I was too anxious to get to the solution and it became frustrating when they went on tangents. Knowing the solution and watching it again was much more fun. I enjoyed the humor more and caught some things about the murder motive that I missed the first time around.
I wish they'd do another season, or even a movie! I love the Cordelia Cupp character.
Binge rewatched The Residence today and I liked it much more this time around (tho I still think it's a bit too long).
In my first watch, I was too anxious to get to the solution and it became frustrating when they went on tangents. Knowing the solution and watching it again was much more fun. I enjoyed the humor more and caught some things about the murder motive that I missed the first time around.
I wish they'd do another season, or even a movie! I love the Cordelia Cupp character.
Recommendation: Too Late, Too Late - Hornblower amalgam
Jan. 11th, 2026 04:00 pmpetraI recommended the first story in this series when I read it in Yuletide, suspecting but not being sure at the time that it was by sanguinity.
I love William Bush's POV too:
Too Late, Too Late (2008 words) by sanguinity
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hornblower (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: William Bush, Horatio Hornblower
Additional Tags: POV William Bush, Episode: e07 Loyalty (Hornblower), Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss
Series: Part 2 of The Worst Part of Waking Up
Summary:
sanguinity.I love William Bush's POV too:
Too Late, Too Late (2008 words) by sanguinity
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hornblower (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: William Bush, Horatio Hornblower
Additional Tags: POV William Bush, Episode: e07 Loyalty (Hornblower), Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss
Series: Part 2 of The Worst Part of Waking Up
Summary:
Bush is too late to the beach to stop the firing squad.
Bonus Bush point-of-view on the beach scene.
characters20in20 - Wanda Maximoff (MCU)
Jan. 11th, 2026 03:35 pmflareonfury posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
fandom_iconsThe below icons are for characters20in20 Round 20 with Wanda Maximoff of MCU. Images are mostly from WandaVision, Multiverse of Madness, and Civil War.
Preview
"You break the rules and you become a hero. I do it and I become the enemy. That doesn’t seem fair...."
characters20in20 Round 20 with Wanda Maximoff of MCU. Images are mostly from WandaVision, Multiverse of Madness, and Civil War.Preview
"You break the rules and you become a hero. I do it and I become the enemy. That doesn’t seem fair...."
In completely different news
Jan. 11th, 2026 10:41 pmroga...........see I made that previous post and now now I finally feel like I can make a post about normal! life! stuff! and fandom!!! this is exciting.
I will just say that I am, as one would expect, WELL on the Heated Rivalry train. After finishing the show and the main youtube-reaction-podcasts/videos, I needed more so I went ahead and read the books the show was based on, and then immediately read the other books in the series, and my MAIN loves are Ilya and Shane, my close second favorites are EVERY SINGLE OTHER SHIP IN THAT SERIES, I am so far gone my god. I'm now debating whether I need a break from hockey novels (to be clear, a break means moving on to fics), or whether I should continue to Rachel Reid's standalone hockey novels, despite the fact that her books make me, well, very distracted when I should be working, which is not ideal. I think maybe it would be smarter to hold off for the weekend.
For now, I have written zero words of HR fics but have many ideas, so if anyone has any idea of how to get writing without a yuletide deadline forcing me to, please let me know! Also: if there are any HR fic exchanges I am happy to hear about them. I'm not in any HR-dedicated discords and do not think I will stumble upon such an exchange independently.
Other than that, more fandom yays:
-The Pitt season 2 \o/
-Stranger Things final season! That one is less of a \o/ lol, but I still enjoyed watching it, criticisms and all. I love those kids.
-A Thousand Blows is back for the second half of its season! I haven't watched it yet but I loved the first half and can't wait for more.
-New Josh Charles show aka Best Medicine! Okay, it's not great yet, but I'm giving it a chance.
-Avengers Doomsday trailers! I have them but I love them ugh Marvel are truly assholes for doing this to me.
-Over on AO3, spqr has been posting Masters of the Air fics which have been so great they have sucked me right into that fandom.
-(Interspersed, of course, by HR fics, naturally)
And on the local theater front: I went to the new production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle yesterday, at Habima theater. Other than being one of my favorite plays, and absolutely timeless in message, it was such a gorgeous production. Beautiful set design, including a constantly shifting backdrop of sand art that was sculpted live by the actors on stage; beautiful compositions and singing; great acting, and a great translation. It was maybe a little more immersive than Brecht would have liked, but sorry dude, if you don't want me getting emotionally invested in your characters you should have stopped writing emotionally investing stories!)
I couldn't find a trailer for the production, but if you have any interest in what it looked like, there are snippets of the stage and cast here.
I will just say that I am, as one would expect, WELL on the Heated Rivalry train. After finishing the show and the main youtube-reaction-podcasts/videos, I needed more so I went ahead and read the books the show was based on, and then immediately read the other books in the series, and my MAIN loves are Ilya and Shane, my close second favorites are EVERY SINGLE OTHER SHIP IN THAT SERIES, I am so far gone my god. I'm now debating whether I need a break from hockey novels (to be clear, a break means moving on to fics), or whether I should continue to Rachel Reid's standalone hockey novels, despite the fact that her books make me, well, very distracted when I should be working, which is not ideal. I think maybe it would be smarter to hold off for the weekend.
For now, I have written zero words of HR fics but have many ideas, so if anyone has any idea of how to get writing without a yuletide deadline forcing me to, please let me know! Also: if there are any HR fic exchanges I am happy to hear about them. I'm not in any HR-dedicated discords and do not think I will stumble upon such an exchange independently.
Other than that, more fandom yays:
-The Pitt season 2 \o/
-Stranger Things final season! That one is less of a \o/ lol, but I still enjoyed watching it, criticisms and all. I love those kids.
-A Thousand Blows is back for the second half of its season! I haven't watched it yet but I loved the first half and can't wait for more.
-New Josh Charles show aka Best Medicine! Okay, it's not great yet, but I'm giving it a chance.
-Avengers Doomsday trailers! I have them but I love them ugh Marvel are truly assholes for doing this to me.
-Over on AO3, spqr has been posting Masters of the Air fics which have been so great they have sucked me right into that fandom.
-(Interspersed, of course, by HR fics, naturally)
And on the local theater front: I went to the new production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle yesterday, at Habima theater. Other than being one of my favorite plays, and absolutely timeless in message, it was such a gorgeous production. Beautiful set design, including a constantly shifting backdrop of sand art that was sculpted live by the actors on stage; beautiful compositions and singing; great acting, and a great translation. It was maybe a little more immersive than Brecht would have liked, but sorry dude, if you don't want me getting emotionally invested in your characters you should have stopped writing emotionally investing stories!)
I couldn't find a trailer for the production, but if you have any interest in what it looked like, there are snippets of the stage and cast here.
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Sucreabeille: Scorpio
Jan. 11th, 2026 01:44 pmbrigidMy husband's a Scorpio.
When I think of Scorpio I think of some pretty specific things and this perfume isn't it.
Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes it's a bad thing, sometimes it's a neutral thing.
Scorpio: A summer rainstorm, white Egyptian amber, bright pink peppercorns, dalmatian sage.
Scorpio is October 24 to November 22, meaning it's very solidly an autumn or spring sign. "Summer rainstorm" doesn't make sense. Vibes-wise it makes sense, Scorpio and Rainstorm, but there's autumnal and spring rainstorms. This also doesn't smell like rain at all. It also doesn't smell like peppercorns or sage (although dalmatian sage might just be something I'm unfamiliar with).
I'm not a fan of this scent, and it kind of gives me a headache. It's only been "resting" for about a week since I got it so I'll try it again in a week or two and see if I like it more. It's got a kind of plastic-ness to it, although it doesn't smell like plastic, if that makes sense. It's just a sort of feeling.
Perfume Master List
When I think of Scorpio I think of some pretty specific things and this perfume isn't it.
Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes it's a bad thing, sometimes it's a neutral thing.
Scorpio: A summer rainstorm, white Egyptian amber, bright pink peppercorns, dalmatian sage.
Scorpio is October 24 to November 22, meaning it's very solidly an autumn or spring sign. "Summer rainstorm" doesn't make sense. Vibes-wise it makes sense, Scorpio and Rainstorm, but there's autumnal and spring rainstorms. This also doesn't smell like rain at all. It also doesn't smell like peppercorns or sage (although dalmatian sage might just be something I'm unfamiliar with).
I'm not a fan of this scent, and it kind of gives me a headache. It's only been "resting" for about a week since I got it so I'll try it again in a week or two and see if I like it more. It's got a kind of plastic-ness to it, although it doesn't smell like plastic, if that makes sense. It's just a sort of feeling.
Perfume Master List
Six o'clock after the war
Jan. 11th, 2026 09:08 pmrogaI wrote this on the week of October 13th – maybe one or two days later – and never finished the post, so never posted the post, and here I am stuck in this limbo of how do you post about anything when I still haven’t addressed That. So I will just was that now and take it from there.
( flashback to October musings )
( flashback to October musings )
Belated Yuletide reveal: Hornblower, plus an extra
Jan. 11th, 2026 11:47 amsanguinityIs it too late to post about Yuletide? Surely not!
For Yuletide 2024, I tried to pick up a Hornblower-TV pinch-hit. Alas, even though I had the first part of the story written, I wasn't quick enough to get assigned the pinch-hit. Which turned out just as well, because the story stalled out and while I told myself I could post it as a treat, I never finished it. I ended up quasi-trunking it that spring as a hopeless job.
But in November I finally figured out what its plot needed to be (sadly, it would require a complete rewrite!), and then one of the Yuletide 2025 requests was even a better match for the overhauled story than the original 2024 pinch-hit would have been. So I rewrote it, and published as a Yuletide treat, hurrah:
This morning I was tidying my WIP folder, archiving the stories I've finished since the last time I cleaned up, and remembered I still had the first version of the story, which is in Bush-pov. I still like it very much, and it's mostly all stuff that doesn't appear in the rewrite, except by implication.
So this morning I published it as a bonus:
One of the things I love about fic is that there doesn't have to be one canonical version; you can post alternate povs and alternate endings, and bits and bobs and scraps of things. And a lot of times people enjoy them! And if they don't enjoy them, they don't have to click. It's great.
So if Bush-pov on the beach scene is the kind of thing you might enjoy: enjoy!
For Yuletide 2024, I tried to pick up a Hornblower-TV pinch-hit. Alas, even though I had the first part of the story written, I wasn't quick enough to get assigned the pinch-hit. Which turned out just as well, because the story stalled out and while I told myself I could post it as a treat, I never finished it. I ended up quasi-trunking it that spring as a hopeless job.
But in November I finally figured out what its plot needed to be (sadly, it would require a complete rewrite!), and then one of the Yuletide 2025 requests was even a better match for the overhauled story than the original 2024 pinch-hit would have been. So I rewrote it, and published as a Yuletide treat, hurrah:
The Worst Part of Waking Up forThe title btw, was only meant to be provisional, but it was as sticky as fuck and time was tight and I never got around to changing it. I do realize it's the perfect title for a Folgers Incest fic (and I had a serious conversation with myself about whether I really wanted to waste such a great title on the wrong fandom), but in the end I don't have any real ambition to write Folgers Incest fic. And anyway, it's funny. So there it stayed, sorry for the earworm.BromeliadDreams
Bush/Hornblower
Hurt/Comfort, Dying Declarations, First Kiss (is also the) Last Kiss (or it should have been damnit), Everybody Lives (as embarrassing as that is for some), When He Made This Bed He Wasn't Expecting to Wake Up In It, Episode: Loyalty
Summary:
At the end of Loyalty, Bush is too late to save Hornblower. With his dying breath, Hornblower requests a kiss from Bush…
…only to wake up a week later and discover he's going to live after all. Damnit.
This morning I was tidying my WIP folder, archiving the stories I've finished since the last time I cleaned up, and remembered I still had the first version of the story, which is in Bush-pov. I still like it very much, and it's mostly all stuff that doesn't appear in the rewrite, except by implication.
So this morning I published it as a bonus:
Too Late, Too Late
Hornblower/Bush
POV William Bush, Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss, Episode: Loyalty
Summary:
Bush is too late to the beach to stop the firing squad.
Bonus Bush point-of-view on the beach scene.
One of the things I love about fic is that there doesn't have to be one canonical version; you can post alternate povs and alternate endings, and bits and bobs and scraps of things. And a lot of times people enjoy them! And if they don't enjoy them, they don't have to click. It's great.
So if Bush-pov on the beach scene is the kind of thing you might enjoy: enjoy!
final Yuletide canons tally
Jan. 11th, 2026 11:45 amsnickficOne of my favorite aspects of Yuletide has become making a list of stuff from the tagset that I'm interested in checking out and then orienting my fall reading/watching around it. I'm generally bad at reading on a theme, but it turns out "maybe I can write this for Yuletide" is a theme that does work.
I thought this year I'd record for posterity what all I tried:
The hits:
Moby Dick reread
Red Rooms (2023)
The Shadow of the Leviathan
The Secret of Chimneys
Short films My Sister and the Prince, Corvidae, Serpentine, Possibly in Michigan, and The Vampire Gastelbrau
The misses:
Strangers on a Train - did not enjoy this! DNFed with 60 pages to go!
Pern reread - wooof the misogyny
Crooked House (2017) - a deeply mediocre Christie adaptation
Battle Royale (2000) - idk man, it was fine?
The Starving Saints
The Incandescent
Rotherweird
The Ascent of Rum Doodle - this was Too Silly
The... other?
Crash (1996) - I can't tell if I liked it, but I wrote a fic for it, so!
I thought this year I'd record for posterity what all I tried:
The hits:
Moby Dick reread
Red Rooms (2023)
The Shadow of the Leviathan
The Secret of Chimneys
Short films My Sister and the Prince, Corvidae, Serpentine, Possibly in Michigan, and The Vampire Gastelbrau
The misses:
Strangers on a Train - did not enjoy this! DNFed with 60 pages to go!
Pern reread - wooof the misogyny
Crooked House (2017) - a deeply mediocre Christie adaptation
Battle Royale (2000) - idk man, it was fine?
The Starving Saints
The Incandescent
Rotherweird
The Ascent of Rum Doodle - this was Too Silly
The... other?
Crash (1996) - I can't tell if I liked it, but I wrote a fic for it, so!
Snowflake Challenge: #4 Rec
Jan. 11th, 2026 01:36 pmoldtoadwoman
Snowflake Challenge, #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page
YouTube recommended this to me last night and it was the last thing I watched before bed so I think this counts:
I'm a little sad that a protest song from 1966 still feels so relevant. (YouTube recommended this just after I watched a modern protest song about ICE.)
Also, it's always weird to see John Denver without glasses. His glasses were so iconic, I think of them as a part of him.
A Prayer for the Crown Shy, by Becky Chambers
Jan. 11th, 2026 11:13 amrachelmanija
Mosscap and Dex's adventures continue from where they left off. They visit human places, including Dex's large and confusing family. Mosscap has a brush with mortality. Dex does not return to being a tea monk, their vocation still up in the air.
I enjoyed this novella for much the same reasons I enjoyed the first one, though I missed the tea service, which was my favorite part of the first book. Mosscap does turn out to be fallible and learns from Dex as much as Dex learns from it, which was nice. My favorite part of this book was the glimpses of the world, which still seems like an extremely nice place to live in.
Hild's Song, by Himring
Jan. 11th, 2026 06:51 pmhhimring posting in tolkienshortfanworksAuthor: Himring
Title: Hild's Song
Characters: Hild (Helm's sister)
Pairing: n/a
Text type / Format: Poem (a lanterne, but repeated)
Source / Fandom: Lord of the Rings (Appendices)
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Angst
Word Count: 19
Summary: Hild's spinning song, during the winter while she was besieged with some of her people in Dunharrow. For the January challenge, to go with an earlier post about Hild and Frealaf. Also, because I was just listening to a radio programme about Distaff Day (apparently on 7 January) that featured a number of spinning and waulking songs.
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Title: Hild's Song
Characters: Hild (Helm's sister)
Pairing: n/a
Text type / Format: Poem (a lanterne, but repeated)
Source / Fandom: Lord of the Rings (Appendices)
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Angst
Word Count: 19
Summary: Hild's spinning song, during the winter while she was besieged with some of her people in Dunharrow. For the January challenge, to go with an earlier post about Hild and Frealaf. Also, because I was just listening to a radio programme about Distaff Day (apparently on 7 January) that featured a number of spinning and waulking songs.
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wychwoodFriday morning we had about 8-10cm of snow and public transport wasn't running, so I worked from home. All the main roads around me were clear pretty much throughout, but side roads etc didn't get clear - and then everything half-melted and refroze so anywhere that still had snow got pretty miserable. The pavements on my way to church yesterday had about 3-4cm of lumpy ice, and it was not a fun time, although it also didn't feel particularly dangerous as long as I walked carefully.
At ten minutes before Mass we had six people in the building including me, the priest, and one other altar server. As we went in we'd hit about twenty, and by the end of the homily we were up to 45, which is a bit under half the usual number (although there were a lot of unfamiliar faces, possibly coming to a closer church than they would usually attend?). I was very surprised by the number of latecomers; I left home half an hour earlier than usual, to be sure of getting there OK, and it's not like anyone didn't know there was ice everywhere. I can understand not coming in those conditions, but just, idk, leaving at the usual time? that seems weird to me!
Anyway, it's warmed up a lot today and has been raining for a couple of hours; remnants of the packed ice will no doubt hang around for a while, but hopefully most of the pavements will be more-or-less clear tomorrow morning when I leave for work.
Dad's off to France again this week, so I'm back over there next Monday for the week. My chances of ever catching up with the laundry are receding into the distance and I'm starting to feel stressed about the weekend after, since I'll be there until Sunday morning, then into a double choir rehearsal, then back in the office on the Monday. Probably it will be fine but I need to do a lot of thinking about food planning etc at some point this week. I was having such a nice relaxing time too!!!
At ten minutes before Mass we had six people in the building including me, the priest, and one other altar server. As we went in we'd hit about twenty, and by the end of the homily we were up to 45, which is a bit under half the usual number (although there were a lot of unfamiliar faces, possibly coming to a closer church than they would usually attend?). I was very surprised by the number of latecomers; I left home half an hour earlier than usual, to be sure of getting there OK, and it's not like anyone didn't know there was ice everywhere. I can understand not coming in those conditions, but just, idk, leaving at the usual time? that seems weird to me!
Anyway, it's warmed up a lot today and has been raining for a couple of hours; remnants of the packed ice will no doubt hang around for a while, but hopefully most of the pavements will be more-or-less clear tomorrow morning when I leave for work.
Dad's off to France again this week, so I'm back over there next Monday for the week. My chances of ever catching up with the laundry are receding into the distance and I'm starting to feel stressed about the weekend after, since I'll be there until Sunday morning, then into a double choir rehearsal, then back in the office on the Monday. Probably it will be fine but I need to do a lot of thinking about food planning etc at some point this week. I was having such a nice relaxing time too!!!
Birdfeeding
Jan. 11th, 2026 01:03 pmysabetwordsmith posting in birdfeedingToday is cloudy and cold. It snowed a little last night, just enough to leave riffles in the grass and some larger white patches in the fields.
I fed the birds. I've seen a large flock of sparrows, several mourning doves, and a starling.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 1/11/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a male cardinal.
EDIT 1/11/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I've seen one female and two male cardinals.
EDIT 1/11/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a large flock of sparrows, several mourning doves, and a starling.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 1/11/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
I've seen a male cardinal.
EDIT 1/11/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
I've seen one female and two male cardinals.
EDIT 1/11/26 -- I did more work around the patio.
As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.
Football Sunday
Jan. 11th, 2026 10:50 amsusandennisWe did finally get to the Chinese restaurant and it was pretty much a fail. Mostly the food was struggling to get to fair. BUT, good to know. We don't have to go back. It was a pleasant evening so no big loss.
This morning we had breakfast here and then did a short walk through the complex and now we're watching a football game.
Biggie is fairly fond of Bill's lap but Julio got up there just now to get some action. Julio sat for ear scratches from Bill for longer than any other human in his little life. But, then Biggie decided he was done and so then was Julio but it was amazing for a bit.
Our team is winning and I've got an idea for a new knit toy that I'm playing with.
This morning we had breakfast here and then did a short walk through the complex and now we're watching a football game.
Biggie is fairly fond of Bill's lap but Julio got up there just now to get some action. Julio sat for ear scratches from Bill for longer than any other human in his little life. But, then Biggie decided he was done and so then was Julio but it was amazing for a bit.
Our team is winning and I've got an idea for a new knit toy that I'm playing with.
Rocks!
Jan. 11th, 2026 10:15 amsunnyskywalkerMy front yard came covered in a thick layer of pea gravel over three different types of weed fabric, two of them such thick plastic that water probably can't get through anywhere but under the seams. This did absolutely nothing to prevent weeds, but did make it harder to plant anything I wanted in the ground. It also got baking hot in the sun, especially since it's a south-facing slope. I'd made a start shoveling patches several feet square and dumping them on a tarp in my side yard, removing the weed fabric and covering the cleared patches with bark, and planting native plants which should only need watering about every three weeks once they're established. But what do you do with literal tons of rocks?
Well. It turns out my parents' friends have a long, muddy driveway in need of free rocks! After several weeks of drizzle, cars were getting stuck in the mud. Winters here usually do see long stretches of drizzle, so it couldn't go on like that. How fortunate that we had complementary problems!
Between five people over two days (except I was working the first day and couldn't join the retirees), we have shifted about 2.5 tons of pea gravel. One more trailer load ought to finish it off. Or well enough, anyway; there are handfuls of scattered rocks still, but that's fine--native plants here like a bit of gravel well enough. Soon I'll be able to bring in bark for a softer covering which will gradually improve the soil and won't roast us or the roots of plants I like in the sun. Wheelbarrows full of bark are also much lighter than gravel, needless to say, so that job should feel easy by comparison!
Then it will be time for the springtime native plant sales--the fun part! This season's handful of plants will probably go toward filling in around the new little western redbud tree I planted in fall. This will provide a few more big cobbles, since the entire neighborhood is built over a layer of river cobbles from old mine dredgings, and I can add a few more feet to the path borders in progress.
All in all, a good start to the new year!
Now there's just the equally-large amount of rock in the back yard...the slightly larger, more angular rock that locks together, making it vastly harder to shovel up...
Well. It turns out my parents' friends have a long, muddy driveway in need of free rocks! After several weeks of drizzle, cars were getting stuck in the mud. Winters here usually do see long stretches of drizzle, so it couldn't go on like that. How fortunate that we had complementary problems!
Between five people over two days (except I was working the first day and couldn't join the retirees), we have shifted about 2.5 tons of pea gravel. One more trailer load ought to finish it off. Or well enough, anyway; there are handfuls of scattered rocks still, but that's fine--native plants here like a bit of gravel well enough. Soon I'll be able to bring in bark for a softer covering which will gradually improve the soil and won't roast us or the roots of plants I like in the sun. Wheelbarrows full of bark are also much lighter than gravel, needless to say, so that job should feel easy by comparison!
Then it will be time for the springtime native plant sales--the fun part! This season's handful of plants will probably go toward filling in around the new little western redbud tree I planted in fall. This will provide a few more big cobbles, since the entire neighborhood is built over a layer of river cobbles from old mine dredgings, and I can add a few more feet to the path borders in progress.
All in all, a good start to the new year!
Now there's just the equally-large amount of rock in the back yard...the slightly larger, more angular rock that locks together, making it vastly harder to shovel up...
Icons: 5 icons from the Murderbot tv show
Jan. 11th, 2026 01:46 pmmarcicat posting in beagoldfishTitle: Icons from the Murderbot tv show
Fandom: Murderbot (2025 tv)
Summary: Icons from the Murderbot tv show!
Sorry mods! Now with correct formatting to put everything under a cut!
( 5 icons from the Murderbot tv show )
Fandom: Murderbot (2025 tv)
Summary: Icons from the Murderbot tv show!
Sorry mods! Now with correct formatting to put everything under a cut!
( 5 icons from the Murderbot tv show )
Check-In Post - Jan 11th 2026
Jan. 11th, 2026 06:38 pmbadly_knitted posting in get_knittedHello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.
Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?
There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.
This Week's Question: What are your crafting goals for 2026?
If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.
I now declare this Check-In OPEN!
