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Don't know if this counts here... it's the result of a blossom. My first tomato of the year. I'm teaching it how to play the piano. It may be small, but it was ultra packed full of incredibly delicious flavor. [image: 1753469406037-7251.jpg]

Wonderful!!

@Mik said in WTF Cookbook: Make this. You'll thank me later. I just used ground chipotle and some adobo spice instead of the can. also breasts instead of thighs. Also sauteed instead of firing up the grill for two little chix breasts. Still delicious. Marinated for three hours. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023145-tajin-grilled-chicken This looks great, definitely will try it!

I’ve never seen this before. It’s a “Nona Auralia”. Apparently you can make stovetop sourdough bread in it. https://images.app.goo.gl/Fnypx I envision making bread while camping, maybe even over a fire!

@pique said in Christmas tree?: I usually leave the christmas decor up until we get longer daylight hours. It is very dark here, and the lights alleviate that. I can imagine! I love the soft white Christmas lights, they make everything feel twinkly and warm. @Bernard and @AdagioM Jan. 6th is always my take-down day, but this year the 6th is a Monday and I have a ton of meetings on that day -_- so I planned to undecorate early this year. If we had outdoor lights, I’d want them out longer. @RealPlayer want do you mean by “real parlor grand”? Is that a length thing, or something else? Maybe I should just call mine a “dining room grand” since it’s in the room that’s supposed to be the dining room.

We're free and clear for at least 10 days. Hurrah!

This was in my news feed. Zelensky: Ukraine agrees deals for 'hundreds of thousands' of drones https://share.google/Z7gcDJoqvAg0EQqXp

Until yesterday I had never seen Bighorn Sheep in New Mexico. We saw this group of females and young wandering on the edge of the gorge at the Rio Grande Gorge bridge just north of Taos. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1D4WzDaQA8/

Here’s something I didn’t have to do in CA -blow all of the water out of the sprinkler lines so they don’t freeze. [image: 1729800592221-fc5850b6-ac18-4a23-9eb0-edf97a3bcdf0-image.jpeg] Thought about doing it myself but decided to hire it out this time so I can see how they do it. On line I was told it takes a big air compressor. I have a fair sized compressor but nothing like this: [image: 1729800745895-fcd88765-8e93-4453-9d69-199254d2bbcd-image.jpeg] SK, have you had your sprinkler system winterized yet?

You're welcome, Mik. Glad to hear it.

FFS. We're talking about children being shot in the head and people lining up for bread being massacred. Enough.

There is a genocide happening. The turn of phrase she used is irrelevant. She knows this. Nobody on earth has done more to systematically document it within the context of internation law. This genocide, the people who carried it out, and those others who participated in it and were rewarded beyond the dreams of avarice will have earned the ignominy with which history will associate them. They are living in an an open air prison, with no food, water, or sanitation. The civilian population is being bombed, shot, attacked with drones, deliberately starved to death, and made to die in filth and disease. Anyone who doesn't understand that the point is to cause death to the civilian population for the purpose of taking every remaining piece of land hasn't listened to the Israeli government's own words let alone to me.

Perhaps we need apet thread?

@RichL hi! I think maybe we both went on a Steinway tour back in the day

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A masterful summary of “the last three weeks” and “weird”: Link to video

Boycotts seem to be gaining momentum Ivan Hansen, a retired Danish police officer, loaded up his basket at the supermarket, carefully checking each product to avoid buying anything made in the United States. No more Coca-Cola, no more California Zinfandel wine or almonds. The 67-year-old said it’s the only way he knows to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies. He’s furious about Trump’s threat to seize the Danish territory of Greenland, but it’s not just that. There are also the threats to take control of the Panama Canal and Gaza. And Trump’s relationship with Elon Musk, who has far-right ties and made what many interpreted as a straight-armed Nazi salute. On his recent shopping trip, Hansen returned home with dates from Iran. It shocked him to realize that he now perceives the United States as a greater threat than Iran. “Trump really looks like a bully who tries in every way to intimidate, threaten others to get his way,” he told The Associated Press. “I will fight against that kind of thing.” https://apnews.com/article/denmark-europe-france-boycott-usa-trump-6e4b568ef4ae5705ac200a3986a8ebf6

@wtg Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool is decent! Yes, frogging is ripping because you rip-it rip-it rip-it.

@Mary-Anna said in Grand Obsession: I believe the video of Muffin and me was made at Plays88Keys' piano party. Jon was there and he's in the video. Do you recall, Jon? She had a Steinway at the time, so you're probably right that it was a New York Steinway. I think that was Plays and Improv’s house in Richmond. You, me, Bernard, and PD were all there. And some local friends of theirs. I remember seeing Piano Son and Muffin interacting as awkward teens. What a great memory.