§ A late season warm spell has given our garden a bit more life. We picked four big brandywine tomatoes and a huge handful of Thai chili peppers. Our tiny raspberry bush has suddenly started flowering again too.
§ The upside of having so many maple trees in my yard is that one day, theoretically, I could tap them all for syrup. The downside is that each fall they blanket every square inch of my yard in an almost unfathomable number of leaves. Raking and bagging becomes a never ending chore through the month of November.
§ I started a fresh roll of Portra 800 film. Still no updates on the film I dropped off for processing last week but they did warn me that it might be a while.
§ I made paneer from scratch twice this week. It is kind of a pain and it requires a lot of milk but is undoubtedly worth it.
§ Merlin and John talked about King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard again on this week’s episode of Roderick on the Line. I still really enjoy the frenetic virtuosic creative energy of Flight b741. Their latest single “Phantom Island” carries at least a little bit of that energy forward which is a good sign. Ultimately, what I really want is more songs like “Hog Calling Contest” in the world.
§ Bluesky seems to be having a moment. For my part, I plan to be just as active on there as I am on Mastodon which is to say cross posting these blog posts there, idly scrolling though my feed every couple of days, and basically nothing else.
