Erised and gardening woes
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The hd_erised poll is open! And I am failing at link insertion because my iPad hates me. It's here: http://hd-erised.livejournal.com/62396.html
I feel very confident of my one guess, though I've only read the first part of the story (too much to do!). I know one other, but no fair because I actually know it, and I read one other fic that has a familiar taste to it, but I couldn't place it (the first one posted, I think, where they are fake dating. Highly amusing!)
If you think you know which fic I wrote (and aren't one of the handful of people who know the answer), leave a guess here. First correct answer wins a prize! And I have no idea what that will be. Maybe an 'extra', or a postcard, or violet crumble. Right now I have no idea what I am having for breakfast and it's 11.37am. I have definitely used up my planning brain!
Looking forward to reveals because I REALLY want to talk about some of the process of writing that bugger. I have useful writing knowledge to impart.
And on an unrelated note, I had to bin my toughest gardening gloves yesterday. A thing you do in Australia that you don't do in saner countries is shake out shoes and feel glove fingers before putting them on. TWO fingers with random inclusions yesterday! Cockroach in one and spider in another. The cockroach was dead and not budging, and the spider was alive and gnashy. Since the gloves were not expensive and were aged, I wasn't going to argue over who won that one!
My second toughest gardening gloves and I had a rewarding afternoon pruning flowers and potting on tomatoes. Now for the herb repotting this afternoon before my promised week of rain!
I feel very confident of my one guess, though I've only read the first part of the story (too much to do!). I know one other, but no fair because I actually know it, and I read one other fic that has a familiar taste to it, but I couldn't place it (the first one posted, I think, where they are fake dating. Highly amusing!)
If you think you know which fic I wrote (and aren't one of the handful of people who know the answer), leave a guess here. First correct answer wins a prize! And I have no idea what that will be. Maybe an 'extra', or a postcard, or violet crumble. Right now I have no idea what I am having for breakfast and it's 11.37am. I have definitely used up my planning brain!
Looking forward to reveals because I REALLY want to talk about some of the process of writing that bugger. I have useful writing knowledge to impart.
And on an unrelated note, I had to bin my toughest gardening gloves yesterday. A thing you do in Australia that you don't do in saner countries is shake out shoes and feel glove fingers before putting them on. TWO fingers with random inclusions yesterday! Cockroach in one and spider in another. The cockroach was dead and not budging, and the spider was alive and gnashy. Since the gloves were not expensive and were aged, I wasn't going to argue over who won that one!
My second toughest gardening gloves and I had a rewarding afternoon pruning flowers and potting on tomatoes. Now for the herb repotting this afternoon before my promised week of rain!
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Date: 2016-01-03 01:16 am (UTC)I've put my hand into a gardening glove and found a dead cockroach, too. I guess that's better than a live one? And spiders, ick! Glad you had a second pair of gloves, and how lovely to spend a productive afternoon in the garden! We had some rain overnight and I guess at some point I'm going to have to do some weeding and lawn-mowing...
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Date: 2016-01-03 01:05 pm (UTC)I was nearly washed out, but the storm hit and then moved on! Hurrah! And I mowed the lawn yesterday, so now it looks like lawn again, instead of the collection of weeds I know to be hiding in there.
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Date: 2016-01-03 02:18 am (UTC)I was used to up-ending my chore boots to make sure nothing was inside (I once had a toad roll out of one!), but not gloves. Yuck!
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Date: 2016-01-03 01:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-03 03:31 am (UTC)I suppose it's unfair if I vote - but bugger all, a violet crumble has me intrigued. ♥
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Date: 2016-01-03 01:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-03 02:03 pm (UTC)And I'm a bit sad at the lack of guesses in general. But hoping it will pick up. I should offer something on my journal if anyone guesses mine. No one EVER guesses mine. :P
ETA: and now I am embarrassed. In the US crumbles/cobblers/crisps are baked things.
Apple Crumble
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Date: 2016-01-03 09:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-03 01:08 pm (UTC)* Big Furry, Friendly or Fucking depending on temperment and position Spider.
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Date: 2016-01-03 08:45 pm (UTC)As for the bug/arachnid varieties... I once thonged a spider running across my lounge room and it promptly exploded into a million babies. The sound out my mouth was not human! Morbid fear of spiders.
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Date: 2016-01-08 11:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-08 08:08 pm (UTC)Those wolf spiders are huge! I can only imagine my terror seeing millions of eyes as well as those massive things! Did it bite? I remember camping somewhere in Northern Vic where there was an infestation of massive huntsman spiders. It was okay until we found one on the front of the car hanging by inches (Inches!!!) over top and bottom edges of the front bumper bar. That freaked me out a lot!
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Date: 2016-01-03 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-08 11:28 am (UTC)Also, EW!
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Date: 2016-01-08 10:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-08 11:27 am (UTC)But you didn't hear that from me :-)
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Date: 2016-01-08 08:23 pm (UTC)