The Diary Project

2022
December

!!! IT'S NOW WINTER !!!

view from The DMZ towards house in The Fairie Lands full-on fall, leaves a blazing
circa 2022-10-18
so, not winter

FOOD: Cream of Potato Chip Dip Soup

TD: Short Hose.


Seed Stratification Done. Now, all I have to do is wait.

Wet/Cold (freezing water): Peach, Oak/Acorns, Hickory, Elderberry, Redbud.

Dry/Cold (freezing temperatures): Peach, Hickory, Cardinal Flower, Grapes, Butterfly Weed, Redbud (boiled first).

Dry (basement): Lambsquarter... I should probably go Cold with these, as well.


The Great Mouse War has begun: i.e. Mice be In The House.

High Roller Risk™: Defender gets to roll one die (1d6) for each Defending Army (and Attacker 1d6 for each Attacking Army), making battles go that much faster... and presumably (for I am not doing the math) countries with large stacks that much easier to defend.

Shrew in The Lab!

{So far, the count is:
1 Shrew: Live Release
1 Meadow Mouse: Live Release
1 Field Mouse: er, um...

I have found myself going down into The Cellar (more regularly, The Basement) to check multiple times each day on the status of various items: first, it was water intrusion; then, temperature control; and now, it's mice. Oh, I continue to check on all three variables, but the driving force, which prompts me to arise at 2am, has changed over time.}

Tree {Holiday}: Log&I → Lo'gondi → Lð'gondæ → Lð'gondus {i.e. Log & Us}

FOOD: Carrot Hash. Shredded Carrots baked with Shredded Pork and Onions w/ loads of Spices.

Snow... or as I like to call it, Slow Release Rain.

QAUZAR: Fictitious Eighties Arcade Chain.
/superscript for trailing ZAR
/Q=black, AU=gold, ZAR=brown/orange-off_red
/it's a logo


2+"x18+"x48+"

Insulation Acquired: 11@3.5"x15"x96"


Sin is Evil/Harm to Others.
Vice is Evil/Harm to Oneself.

Trees Trimmed


Even as "An Old Soul," as once was said of me, I have done some serious ageing (vis a vie my spiritual side), as of late.

Yeah. That sucks.

My Soul has experienced some serious ageing as of late.
/undergone


Christmas!

I spent way too much time (that being any time at all; and then, some) cleaning stickers off my new Leather Handled Lightweight Hatchet.
/(point of sale)
/And, yeah. I'm thinking the inclusion only fits one way, so the field (aka clue) is solid and complete.

Down in The Lab, solving The World's Problems.

{I have dedicated The Back Leaking Wall down in The Lab to Poseidon. Sure, He needs a better name... one that I can spell. But between you, me, Poseidon, Odysseus, and The Back Wall, I believe there was a breach that needed fixing, of which the leak was but a mere symptom.}

Three Pigs Popcorn™ a Keeping The Wolves At Bay Enterprise

D: 5+ Hours Puttering & Sorting in Lab & Workshop.

TD: Drywall Patch in Basement Stair... a self-inflicted wound (yep). Prep/Stage/Sharpen Tools for Assault on Woodpile... Reduce/Sort/Cull Limbs {cut by others} (nope... unless Gathering counts).

D: Washed another Multi-Drawer Storage Bin. Worked on Reducing Tree Limb Pile. Both Ongoing Projects.

Check C-O!
/{a late entry}


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Rather than working on Inside Projects as I expected during this colder weather, I find myself napping more-and-more... for hours at a go... multiple times per day. So, you know, some degree of Depression mixed in with whatever else.


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