Photo of the Week
General Discussion
You’d think I’d have reached the point of saturation with the plant shopping by now, and I thought I had, truly. But then I got the three little cacti pictured above in the mail (I ordered the pots separately, but aren’t they adorbs?!), and they were so healthy and wonderful that I just had to spend the “new customer” coupon the shop owner sent me, and now here we are, waiting for three more plants to come…well, this week was the plan, but since it decided to “winter” again (read, snow), I’ve asked her to hold off sending them until next week.
Then I’m done for awhile. I think. Probably.
At least the last two purchases have been succulents/cacti, which are less demanding than tropicals. So there’s that. I’m still going to have to set up another grow light for these, as I don’t have enough southern exposures to keep them all happy. I was thinking I’d take some to work, but as these aren’t your everyday “find ’em in the grocery store” type plants, I’m rethinking that for now. I do have a pot of Jade cuttings that will go to work with me soon.
I’ve been writing poetry this past week for poetry month – it’s kind of fun, and I’m using it as dual purpose to learn how to make simple TikTok videos as well (if you want to check out my attempts, my TikTok handle is @jamiedebree, because I’m complicated that way). The world seems to be embracing streaming video at a rather quick pace (thank you, pandemic *eyeroll*), so I’m adapting, rather more slowly. I’ve ordered some minimalistic video equipment to add to my new desk/writing/publishing setup, and I’m hoping to put out more video content…eventually. It’s a process, just like anything else.
As for the writing…aside from poetry, I’ve revised the first scene of the short story I’m working on yet again, and I’m finally happy with it, so I’m moving forward from there. I’ve decided I’m going to rework where I can, but if I come to a scene that needs a lot of revision, I’m just going to rewrite it instead of revise it. I think that will make everything go faster. Or I hope so, anyways. My goal is to publish this story in May, so I really need to get a move on.
Dare I hope the new desk setup will help with that? We’ll see – more on that next week. I will say posting this blog has been much quicker with a wireless trackball, as opposed to the track pad on my laptop.
Currently Reading
Breath in Every Room by Tami Haaland (poetry)
Tier 1 by Cindy Gunderson (Audiobook on Youtube)
Video Highlight
This is crazy cool, methinks. Can you imagine how much work went into making it?
Animated Fiber Art
@buttafly2u This is so cool & Satisfying to watch! #animation #art #satisfying #fyp #foryou #foryoupage ♬ original sound – Yolanda
Song of the Week
Lord I Hope This Day is Good:httpss://youtu.be/nWR78buhHbI
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