technonaturalist

Got stuck on a bunch of decisions and decided to just go ahead with “good idea at the time” next time I’m working on it x_x

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I know there’s always something to do in the garden but seeing as it feels like we’re starting from scratch (even though we’re not starting from scratch we’re restarting from stopped) it currently feels like an insurmountable task list that will never end added to the other insurmountable task lists that will never end for the rest of my life.

Adulting amirite.

Like the day I started putting down pavers for the aquaponics. It involved scraping an area larger than a single paver as flat as I could with this random piece of plank I found lying around (we have a ridiculous amount of junk in the garden, some of it is ours and some of it seems to have been buried by previous occupants, this one was ours, and I did eventually find a more reasonably sized piece of plank to use), stomping all over it as though my weight would be enough to compact it properly (near enough is good enough!), placing the paver, adjusting the paver, checking with a spirit level to make sure it was flat, adding or removing dirt under whichever side needed it, checking again, rinse repeat, stomping on paver to make sure it was stable and that the dirt underneath was properly compacted (with the added weight of the paver I should definitely be able to compress the ground!), checking again to make sure it was still level, rinse repeat until level. Then go get the next one (the first two I took from the neighbouring raised bed, the next one I had to go one raised bed over as the other neighbouring raised bed had a tyre on top and I wasn’t quite strong enough to pull it out from under the tyre), make sure it’s level with the first paver, and then do all the stuff I just did with the first paver with the second one, and then check to make sure it’s both level with the first paver and also level. Iterare ad nauseam.

Accidentally applied glass texture to the entire plane model which was amusing. It’s slow going as I’ve been focusing too much on the quilt as that kind of has a due date.

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It’s been hours and I haven’t gotten very far with this thing as I have no idea what I’m doing. On the bright side at least I caught up with everything finally and the schedule reconfigurations seem to be working.

Wanted to put the first decorative patch I ever made (trackies that they were originally on have been retired into the scrap box) onto the first quilt I ever made but it was slightly too big, so it’s gone on the equally deserving first (and so far only) quilt I ever patchwork repaired which made me realise that I like patchworking and quilting.

Adding more patches to Middle’s favourite quilt which became my first patchwork quilt (very old one that I repaired not one I made). Cats not helping. Too hard to work around, too cute to move. Ergh.

Wanted to make a tie blanket, found out polar fleece sheds microplastics. Natural materials apparently don’t work as well. Some 100% cotton fabric and bamboo wadding and quilting supplies later I’m accidentally trying to learn how to quilt.

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I found a thing.

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Finally getting back on schedule (though ran slightly late today). I am very rusty. My new scissors are very sharp and iridescent and purple! ^_^

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The brakes got hit as money haemorrhaged (we needed a new vacuum cleaner and some expensive medical shenanigans happened) which gave me a serious case of Veruca.

I “just” wanted to get more plants and some recycled rubber pavers to replace the concrete ones (the rubber pavers theoretically should move with the ground, the tree roots have heaved the path and one of the concrete pavers is broken and the rest of that part of the path is basically a constant trip hazard from end to middle and while gravel is the easiest option I also “just” want everything up that end to be barefoot friendly) because I “just” want the the yard to look nice for once.