Roast Lamb à la Nagi + Leftovers Thereof
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highlyeccentricLast Sunday I had lamb, but had to go get more ingredients before I could make Nagi's slow-roasted middle eastern lamb shoulder. I ended up running too late to make it in a slow-cooker, and still short a few items, so I had-hocked it a few ways. The leftovers turned out amazing though, kept going all week.
( Spiced Lamb Shoulder )
Nagi serves hers with lemon herb couscous. I (being gluten-intolerant) recommend basmati rice, cooked with at least half the liquid being stock. You may wish to add sultanas to the rice.
Recommended toppings:
( Yoghurt sauce )
( Ful Medames )
Serve: Lamb on a bed of rice, with roast vegetables and the two dip/sauces.
Leftovers 1: Same thing, minus the yoghurt if you're taking it to work to reheat. If carrying it in a container to reheat, do include an orange wedge, and a dash of extra water, to infuse with the rice.
Leftovers 2: Ful Medames on celery sticks, as a component of Girl Dinner / Picky Tea.
Leftovers 3:
( Lamb and Feta Pizza )
Leftovers 3b: Leftover pizza.
Leftovers 4, which I made at the same time as the pizza:
( Spiced vegetable and bean soup )
Leftovers 4b: soup. Mix yoghurt sauce through if you're taking it in a container to work.
Leftovers 5: Wraps/soft tacos/thingy with fuul medames and lamb. If you have leftover mushroom / zucchini from the pizza, toss that in here. Add avocado if you have any.
Leftovers 6: at this point just "uses for ful medames", but ful medames mixed with Jack M's banana chili ketchup makes a good spread base for breakfast burrito.
This has been: a week of lamb and things that go with lamb.
( Spiced Lamb Shoulder )
Nagi serves hers with lemon herb couscous. I (being gluten-intolerant) recommend basmati rice, cooked with at least half the liquid being stock. You may wish to add sultanas to the rice.
Recommended toppings:
( Yoghurt sauce )
( Ful Medames )
Serve: Lamb on a bed of rice, with roast vegetables and the two dip/sauces.
Leftovers 1: Same thing, minus the yoghurt if you're taking it to work to reheat. If carrying it in a container to reheat, do include an orange wedge, and a dash of extra water, to infuse with the rice.
Leftovers 2: Ful Medames on celery sticks, as a component of Girl Dinner / Picky Tea.
Leftovers 3:
( Lamb and Feta Pizza )
Leftovers 3b: Leftover pizza.
Leftovers 4, which I made at the same time as the pizza:
( Spiced vegetable and bean soup )
Leftovers 4b: soup. Mix yoghurt sauce through if you're taking it in a container to work.
Leftovers 5: Wraps/soft tacos/thingy with fuul medames and lamb. If you have leftover mushroom / zucchini from the pizza, toss that in here. Add avocado if you have any.
Leftovers 6: at this point just "uses for ful medames", but ful medames mixed with Jack M's banana chili ketchup makes a good spread base for breakfast burrito.
This has been: a week of lamb and things that go with lamb.
Poem: "The Result of Your Own Bad Behavior"
Jun. 6th, 2025 08:57 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by janetmiles. It also fills the "activism" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Monster House.
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janetmiles. It also fills the "activism" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Monster House.( Read more... )
Poem: "When Warmth and Gentleness Are Needed"
Jun. 6th, 2025 08:48 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired and sponsored by janetmiles. It also fills the "community" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Clay of Life.
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janetmiles. It also fills the "community" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. This poem belongs to the series Clay of Life.( Read more... )
Poem: "Emodox"
Jun. 6th, 2025 08:22 pmysabetwordsmithThis poem came out of the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by the "unlabeled" square in my 6-2-25 card for the Pride Fest Bingo. It has been sponsored by janetmiles. This poem belongs to the series A Poesy of Obscure Sorrows.
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Pobre Diablo
Jun. 6th, 2025 08:38 pmmoonhareA strange little animated series on Max, from 2023, about the Antichrist, and Armageddon, sort of… I started it for the furry characters, particularly Mefisto, and got drawn into the fun, odd, rambling storyline. Available in English (dubbed). Eight episodes. Worth a binge!
Mefisto. Surprisingly there aren’t a lot of pics of him out there…
…or of this guy, Waslag.
Mefisto. Surprisingly there aren’t a lot of pics of him out there…
…or of this guy, Waslag.
Lake Lewisia #1261
Jun. 6th, 2025 04:39 pmscrubjayspeaksThe many mirrors of the Beacon House sometimes spent too long reflecting each other, an endless tunnel of silvered glass that slowly lost more and more light as it iterated. So in spring, when the sun was growing stronger, the keepers methodically rearranged them, rotating new ones out to the positions that caught more of the house’s white walls and broad lower windows, breaking up pairs that had gone too far down dark alleys. Up into the high reaches of the tower, new light bounced, refreshed, renewed, rekindled, to illuminate those in need.
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LL#1261
Birdfeeding
Jun. 6th, 2025 03:31 pmysabetwordsmithToday is cloudy, warm, and damp. It drizzled a little last night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 6/6/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/6/25 -- It rained off and on today.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds.
EDIT 6/6/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 6/6/25 -- It rained off and on today.
[Daf Yomi] Maseches Shevuos perek 1-4
Jun. 6th, 2025 01:58 pmlannamichaelsNotes on the first 4 prakim of Tractate Oaths, of which two of them were not about oaths at all.
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FAKE Fic: Out Of The Storm
Jun. 6th, 2025 06:18 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Out Of The Storm
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Dee, Ryo, OMC.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: While Dee and Ryo are on a camping trip, the weather takes a turn for the worse.
Word Count: 1313
Written For: Challenge 454: Clean at
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fan_flashworks.Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
Ficlet: Invasion Of Privacy
Jun. 6th, 2025 06:09 pmbadly_knittedTitle: Invasion Of Privacy
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 605
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: As far as Ianto is concerned, this is a disaster.
Written For: The prompt ‘any, any, i found your journal’, at
threesentenceficathon.Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
Soundscapes [status]
Jun. 6th, 2025 10:40 amrebeccmeisterWhen it is "hot" like it was yesterday, I have a really hard time sleeping (humid, 88 degrees out, and I am not acclimated to heat right now). Inside our house got up to 83 degrees, and outside temps didn't drop until sometime in the middle of the night when there was a thunderstorm.
At that point I got up and put the box fan in the back bedroom window, and opened up one of the windows in the living room, in addition to opening up the window in the bedroom where we sleep, the latter of which goes against S's wishes because it might be that a neighbor on that side of the house sprays pesticides. It was 79 degrees inside the house when I got up to go rowing at 4:15 am, and around 66 degrees outside. I took the box fan out of the window and closed up all the windows, because S has said in the past that he won't manage the box fan during the day, and I'd rather not leave it running to pull in hot air as the day warms up. (Seems counter to the effort to try and use night air flow to cool the house down.) Thankfully the daytime temperatures today are cooler, so there's some hope of actually getting the house cooled back down again today. That can be really hard once it gets up to 83 degrees inside, especially if there's a lot of going in and out of the house through the back door in the middle of the day.
Under these circumstances, does it make sense to leave the attic fan running in the attic? Or should it get turned off? If it's turned off, that seems like it makes the air in the attic still, which is the condition where air serves as a better insulator. I don't really understand how attic fans work, though, so maybe I'm wrong about that.
In the meantime, here are 3 videos I recorded at Lock 10 from our trip. I decided that Lock 10 is a "singing lock," plus it was fun to watch the foam undulate.
I suspect I am going to wind up taking a nap in my office at some point today. Rowing practice was pretty intense, on top of the poor sleep. At least I *can* nap; my research students will start up on Monday, and I'm going to have to be "on" all day for quite a while here.
At that point I got up and put the box fan in the back bedroom window, and opened up one of the windows in the living room, in addition to opening up the window in the bedroom where we sleep, the latter of which goes against S's wishes because it might be that a neighbor on that side of the house sprays pesticides. It was 79 degrees inside the house when I got up to go rowing at 4:15 am, and around 66 degrees outside. I took the box fan out of the window and closed up all the windows, because S has said in the past that he won't manage the box fan during the day, and I'd rather not leave it running to pull in hot air as the day warms up. (Seems counter to the effort to try and use night air flow to cool the house down.) Thankfully the daytime temperatures today are cooler, so there's some hope of actually getting the house cooled back down again today. That can be really hard once it gets up to 83 degrees inside, especially if there's a lot of going in and out of the house through the back door in the middle of the day.
Under these circumstances, does it make sense to leave the attic fan running in the attic? Or should it get turned off? If it's turned off, that seems like it makes the air in the attic still, which is the condition where air serves as a better insulator. I don't really understand how attic fans work, though, so maybe I'm wrong about that.
In the meantime, here are 3 videos I recorded at Lock 10 from our trip. I decided that Lock 10 is a "singing lock," plus it was fun to watch the foam undulate.
I suspect I am going to wind up taking a nap in my office at some point today. Rowing practice was pretty intense, on top of the poor sleep. At least I *can* nap; my research students will start up on Monday, and I'm going to have to be "on" all day for quite a while here.
May Book Roundup
Jun. 6th, 2025 09:32 amunicorndukeI cranked through a lot of books in May. There was a lot of rain. And also related book occurrence, I'm cleaning out the contents of a church and selling books on ebay. Feels vaguely sacrilegious but it's not like we're selling the nice bibles.
Read
DNF
Read
- Corambis by Katherine Addison - fourth and final book in the series. what a bizarre series. Like a trainwreck, couldn't look away. I talked about this in one of the crafting hangouts that I think I understand why her Tomb of Dragons has gone the way it has now that I've read this series, because I think she doesn't really write easy or simple stories. This series was about losing your place, over and over and over again and how to find the people that you should really stick with when all else has gone away. And some weird magic/sex stuff but hey, whatever. Library e-book
- A Drizzle of Magic by S. Usher Evans - I think I missed something by not reading the first one, but also this book is primarily about the main character walking across town and having discussions with other people. Somewhat dull, I guess there was a conclusion but I don't really remember it. Library e-book
- Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - this book was so delightful and funny to me. There are three main characters and they are all living in different genres of book and the interactions are hilarious and so good. Library audiobook
- The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by CM Waggoner - this book is so funny. It's a book for you if you like funny old ladies and meta about murder mysteries and that one town who has so many murdered people in it. I spent much of my time trying to pin-point exactly where the fake town was located because it was placed in upstate NY in my old stomping grounds. I think the closest would be Ballston Spa although it could be in the Guilderland area as well. Library audiobook
- Countess by Suzan Palumbo - nice little novella, enjoyed it, nice writing style. library e-book
- Once Upon a Tome by Oliver Darkshire - the author read this one in a more conversational style than most e-book readers and it was a delightful listen. semi-fictional day in the life of a book antiquarian. library audiobook
- The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall - really good book, has some great gender, some great fantasy and magic. library e-book
- Unnatural Magic by CM Waggoner - magical mysteries and really neat magic systems. set in the same world as The Ruthless Lady's Guide but in a different time and place. This was the author's first book, so I can see how the world was refined to what it was in the The Ruthless Lady's Guide. Also some cross species relations that were interesting. library e-book
- Artificial Condition by Martha Wells - I love Murderbot. library e-book
- The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison - listen. they're good. library e-book
- The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells - I will never get over that the wizards have guns, I love this series so much. library e-book
- The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by CM Waggoner - deeply delightful book that I enjoyed a second time. library e-book
- Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells - library audiobook - definitely an interesting experience to listen to the book instead of read it. Felt like it slowed the action down a bit.
- The Ships of Air by Martha Wells - they are having a very busy week in this series. library e-book
- The Gate of Gods by Martha Wells - the book was available when I finished the last one, so I just read it immediately. SO GOOD. library e-book
DNF
- Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas - I DNF this one because I am no longer on my small YA kick like when I read the first one, I'm finding YA irritating these days, so this was simply not for me. Library e-book
Sigur Rós - Whoo!
Jun. 6th, 2025 07:32 amyuuagoI managed to score a ticket to see Sigur Rós in Edmonton later this year! They're going to be performing with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
This is super exciting. They're one of those bands that I've enjoyed for a long time, but never thought I would be able to see perform live. I remember seeing Takk in the store and buying it based on the album design, completely unaware of what their sound was like, and then getting my mind completely blown.
I've never actually been to Edmonton - like, I've gone around it plenty of times on the way to visit family down south, but we never stopped anywhere other than Costco. So, I'll probably take an extra day or two to go to the Royal Alberta Museum and the Art Gallery of Alberta. Maybe will also do some shopping and whatnot.
If anybody has suggestions of Fun Things To Do in Edmonton while I'm there, I'm open to ideas. I'll probably be taking the intercity bus to get there.
Ahhh I'm super excited for this concert. <3 <3 <3
This is super exciting. They're one of those bands that I've enjoyed for a long time, but never thought I would be able to see perform live. I remember seeing Takk in the store and buying it based on the album design, completely unaware of what their sound was like, and then getting my mind completely blown.
I've never actually been to Edmonton - like, I've gone around it plenty of times on the way to visit family down south, but we never stopped anywhere other than Costco. So, I'll probably take an extra day or two to go to the Royal Alberta Museum and the Art Gallery of Alberta. Maybe will also do some shopping and whatnot.
If anybody has suggestions of Fun Things To Do in Edmonton while I'm there, I'm open to ideas. I'll probably be taking the intercity bus to get there.
Ahhh I'm super excited for this concert. <3 <3 <3
Skate Park
Jun. 6th, 2025 02:57 amysabetwordsmithBlind skateboarder creates 'world-first' adaptive skatepark: 'I've never had a place where I can skate with full confidence'
About seven years ago, he started dreaming of creating the world’s first adaptive skatepark right in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan.
Finally, the park is a reality.
Called “The Ranch,” the 5,000-square-foot skatepark is completely accessible, allowing both seasoned low-vision boarders to take it for a spin and newcomers to the sport to feel welcome.
Everyone should have access to opportunities for physical activity and creativity.
About seven years ago, he started dreaming of creating the world’s first adaptive skatepark right in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan.
Finally, the park is a reality.
Called “The Ranch,” the 5,000-square-foot skatepark is completely accessible, allowing both seasoned low-vision boarders to take it for a spin and newcomers to the sport to feel welcome.
Everyone should have access to opportunities for physical activity and creativity.
Friday Five - oh why not
Jun. 6th, 2025 03:23 pmtielan1. Have you ever been to summer camp?
No. But 'summer camp' is not a thing here in Australia the way it seems to have been in the USA. There were camps, yes, but they were very directly related to school - a week is the longest that I remember and I was 12. After that, it was school excusions, yes, or band camps, and a couple of times Beach Mission (yes, literally, Christian mission in the middle of summer at a beach).
2. Have you ever made a s'more?
Yes! Back visiting some friends in upstate NY in the early 2000s when their sons were just born. Her family had a holiday house on a lake and we went and stayed there, and they taught me about making s'mores.
3. Have you ever slept under the stars (no tent/tarp)?
Possibly, depending on how you take it. I've slept on a wooden porch, huddled up with a bunch of other people. We were doing an "all nighter" purely for the sake of doing it. It wasn't fun.
Actually, wait yes, I have slept under the stars. At a 'B&S' (Bachelors' and Spinsters' ball) out west, in the tray of a utility truck. We'd tossed a bunch of mattresses in, and there were about a half-dozen of us all sprawled out to sleep after the ball. It wasn't terrible. We were young, and that makes a difference!
4. Have you ever had a member of the opposite sex sleep over at your house?
Only after I became an adult. House-sharing in Sydney means you have housemates who have all sorts of people staying over.
5. What type of bed do you have (queen, twin, bunk, etc.)?
Twin. I had a queen-size at our last house (and had a queen-size pretty much since I was 24) but when we moved out into this place, there wasn't space for a queen-sized bed, so I downsized to an IKEA twin with an under-bed storage space. And, as it turns out, the queen-mattress fitted sheets fit on the twin-size when you have a super-thick mattress.
No. But 'summer camp' is not a thing here in Australia the way it seems to have been in the USA. There were camps, yes, but they were very directly related to school - a week is the longest that I remember and I was 12. After that, it was school excusions, yes, or band camps, and a couple of times Beach Mission (yes, literally, Christian mission in the middle of summer at a beach).
2. Have you ever made a s'more?
Yes! Back visiting some friends in upstate NY in the early 2000s when their sons were just born. Her family had a holiday house on a lake and we went and stayed there, and they taught me about making s'mores.
3. Have you ever slept under the stars (no tent/tarp)?
Possibly, depending on how you take it. I've slept on a wooden porch, huddled up with a bunch of other people. We were doing an "all nighter" purely for the sake of doing it. It wasn't fun.
Actually, wait yes, I have slept under the stars. At a 'B&S' (Bachelors' and Spinsters' ball) out west, in the tray of a utility truck. We'd tossed a bunch of mattresses in, and there were about a half-dozen of us all sprawled out to sleep after the ball. It wasn't terrible. We were young, and that makes a difference!
4. Have you ever had a member of the opposite sex sleep over at your house?
Only after I became an adult. House-sharing in Sydney means you have housemates who have all sorts of people staying over.
5. What type of bed do you have (queen, twin, bunk, etc.)?
Twin. I had a queen-size at our last house (and had a queen-size pretty much since I was 24) but when we moved out into this place, there wasn't space for a queen-sized bed, so I downsized to an IKEA twin with an under-bed storage space. And, as it turns out, the queen-mattress fitted sheets fit on the twin-size when you have a super-thick mattress.
Follow Friday 6-6-25: Active Communities on Dreamwidth Spring 2025 J-Z
Jun. 6th, 2025 12:19 amysabetwordsmithThese are active communities in Dreamwidth from Spring 2025 . They include things I've posted, but only the active ones; the thematic posts also list dormant communities of interest. This list includes some communities that I've found and saved but haven't made it into thematic posts yet. This post covers J-Z.
See my Follow Friday Master Post for more topics.
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See my Follow Friday Master Post for more topics.
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Recipes
Jun. 5th, 2025 11:11 pmysabetwordsmithSomeone mentioned efforts to increase use of offal. The much simpler way to get more people to eat organ meat is to present delicious recipes using it. This is easily accomplished by scouting cuisines that already use a lot of organ meat, such as soul food or some Asian cuisines. Use everything but the squeal!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_soul_foods_and_dishes
https://www.butterforall.com/traditional-cooking-traditional-living/category/nutrient-dense/
https://foragerchef.com/category/carnivore/offal/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_soul_foods_and_dishes
https://www.butterforall.com/traditional-cooking-traditional-living/category/nutrient-dense/
https://foragerchef.com/category/carnivore/offal/
Good lord I am tired
Jun. 5th, 2025 07:28 pmunicorndukeI actually took a nap today which is not a thing I normally do.
We opened for strawberry picking today for a half day from 8am to 12pm. This meant I was down at the field setting up at 6:45am because there was much to do. Me and dad had moved the RST (rolling selling thingy which is a prototype ice fishing house they got ten years ago now) and plopped it down at the west farm late last night but didn't finish setup because it was already 8pm. I had trouble falling asleep because I ate dinner almost at 9pm.
First customer got there at 7:15am. Sigh. We had lots of pickers and everything ripe pretty much got picked. It's light picking currently, we only have a few early varieties and so they ripen ahead of the main season. We warn people picking is light and they simply don't listen.
I was On Register the whole time. It's exhausting doing retail stuff. I understand why my mom doesn't want to do it anymore but my god I absolutely 100% don't want to do it. We're getting a worker for half of the days and she's starting next week, so I have to suffer through this weekend. I need to find a farm partner/worker who really likes that shit because it's terrible. I don't mind doing it for a little bit but ugh. Exhausting
While chatting with a customer, I got the idea to make pancakes for lunch with strawberries and whipped cream. So I did that. And then I had a 30 min nap on the couch.
I successfully did a new thing this afternoon: fertigating! Irrigation + fertilizer, it has a whole complicated setup.
One thing I've been trying to figure out how to manage is my garden. I haven't worked on it at all. Once I'm done for the day, I'm tired enough that I don't want to go back out and do more stuff out there. Part of it is that I thought about my work hours (6 days a week, 8am to 7pm with an hour lunch = 60 hours a week), well duh I'm tired a lot. So I think I'm just going to give it up for now and figure out something for next year. I've got peas and potatoes in the ground and I'll be happy to eat them when they're ready. I think I need to narrow my focus a bunch to maybe some small flowers around the house and then see if I can manage something else at some point.
I started watching The Repair Shop again and boy howdy it's a delight as always. I also have realized I want to be like Jay, the host. He's so dapper and also a furniture restorer. And I started the next season of Taskmaster which has been a gosh darn delight.
Thank goodness it won't be as hot for a couple of days coming up. Full body sweating. Ick.
We opened for strawberry picking today for a half day from 8am to 12pm. This meant I was down at the field setting up at 6:45am because there was much to do. Me and dad had moved the RST (rolling selling thingy which is a prototype ice fishing house they got ten years ago now) and plopped it down at the west farm late last night but didn't finish setup because it was already 8pm. I had trouble falling asleep because I ate dinner almost at 9pm.
First customer got there at 7:15am. Sigh. We had lots of pickers and everything ripe pretty much got picked. It's light picking currently, we only have a few early varieties and so they ripen ahead of the main season. We warn people picking is light and they simply don't listen.
I was On Register the whole time. It's exhausting doing retail stuff. I understand why my mom doesn't want to do it anymore but my god I absolutely 100% don't want to do it. We're getting a worker for half of the days and she's starting next week, so I have to suffer through this weekend. I need to find a farm partner/worker who really likes that shit because it's terrible. I don't mind doing it for a little bit but ugh. Exhausting
While chatting with a customer, I got the idea to make pancakes for lunch with strawberries and whipped cream. So I did that. And then I had a 30 min nap on the couch.
I successfully did a new thing this afternoon: fertigating! Irrigation + fertilizer, it has a whole complicated setup.
One thing I've been trying to figure out how to manage is my garden. I haven't worked on it at all. Once I'm done for the day, I'm tired enough that I don't want to go back out and do more stuff out there. Part of it is that I thought about my work hours (6 days a week, 8am to 7pm with an hour lunch = 60 hours a week), well duh I'm tired a lot. So I think I'm just going to give it up for now and figure out something for next year. I've got peas and potatoes in the ground and I'll be happy to eat them when they're ready. I think I need to narrow my focus a bunch to maybe some small flowers around the house and then see if I can manage something else at some point.
I started watching The Repair Shop again and boy howdy it's a delight as always. I also have realized I want to be like Jay, the host. He's so dapper and also a furniture restorer. And I started the next season of Taskmaster which has been a gosh darn delight.
Thank goodness it won't be as hot for a couple of days coming up. Full body sweating. Ick.