What subcultures would you like to see migrate to nostr? (Doesn't have to be realistic. Don't say Bitcoiners lol).

Did she cover her face on her own or did you to keep her anon? 😆

We're in a position where we have to move back near family and we won't be able to bring these two with us for various reasons.

I would love nothing more than to find them a loving home but the problem is they are bonded so they basically have to go as a pair. They're super friendly but they're really meant to be guardian dogs on a farm or homestead. We won't likely have the space to keep them if we're renting in Southern Ontario.

Any nostriches know how to help with this one?

#asknostr #homesteading #greatpyrenees #goodgirls

#breadwithme note #2

(see below for the first note)

the next step is autolyse which is combining flour and water to get gluten formation to start. this part is vital for high hydration doughs and one could argue that I don't particular need this step.

I do it anyway because it fits my routine and it's been working for me. This process starts with washing the dishes because I want hot water from the tap. Once it gets hot (around 95-100F) or so I fill up a jar and set it on the counter until I get to a good stopping point with the dishes.

From here, I use my scale and tare out my 2.5qt pyrex glass mixing bowl. I measure 210ml water and then 300g bread flour. I've been using King Arthur Bread Flour (blue bag) it's readily available at our grocery store.

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I always put water first because I want flour to be on top of the water because it mixes better. Ultimately it doesn't matter that much but I have found that flour first then water is a little more tedious to mix.

You can mix with your hands and I encourage those who are beginning to bake to use their hands here. It is sticky and messy at this stage but I think it's important to be able to feel the texture change, where it is dry vs wet, how to mix it more evenly and to feel the temp.

I use my dough spatula nowadays. The motion I use to mix is a combo of scraping and folding in. I also press on the dough like you're trying to disperse water in a sponge. That's the goal here, to get all of the flour hydrated.

Here's how it looks in the beginning. Shaggy, dry. keep going.

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after a while it comes together a little more. it doesn't need to be smooth. it needs to be evenly hydrated. it takes just a few minutes before it looks more like this.

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at this point, I spritz a little mist of water over it and cover it with the lid of the pyrex. the dough temp is about 85F which is high for me. I could have used less hot from the tap but it doesn't really matter because as long as I track the dough temp I can adjust timing as I go. I use an instant read thermometer to measure the temp.

And now, we wait. I usually set it on the counter for an hour but if I forget or get busy and it's two hours that's fine too. I'm gonna go clean up the rest of the kitchen and maybe get a little knitting in too.

See you for note #3 in a little while!

#breadstr

The hardest thing to teach people about #addiction is the one thing that works. And I will die on this hill.

Tough love works. And it saves lives. Don’t help.

#recovery

Guilty 😂

We’re so tied to our phones, we can’t even go to the grocery store without grabbing the damn thing. How crazy is that. “What if there’s an emergency and I need to make a call?!” When was the last time you called anyone?! 🤣 I almost never do.

gather a lot of wood ash into a large container and add water. the water that filters through is contains lye.

collect fat drippings from animal meat.

combine the fats and lye for saponification. requires stirring so use a big stick.

pour the mixture into molds or a large container to set and cure. this could take about a month so keep track with the phases of the moon.

I couldn't build a computer.

I was a seamstress and costumer for decades but fibre arts was never something I got into. Now, most of my handmade crafts involve jewelry, clay, woodworking, painting, pyrography, ink making, incense and herbs, etc.

My daughter is the spinning and weaving person in the family and she teaches classes in the artisan shop she owns. Today I took one of her classes on weaving. This is my very first try. This photo is before it is washed, trimmed, blocked and the fringe tied. It took me 6 and a 1/2 hours from warping the loom to cutting it off. The yarn is acrylic because I didn't want to use expensive wool to learn. The next thing I will make is a thicker shawl and if I can find some alpaca wool, that would be my first choice. I will need to borrow one of her larger looms.

#NewSkill #prepping #crafting #weaving #IAmInSoMuchTrouble #fibrearts

Made a sundress for my tot. Its reversible. Too bad it snowed all weekend

Not quite correct. To enable "the channel", you need 6 confirmations by default:

1) First Date

2) Second Date

3) Meeting Parents

4) First vacation

5) Engagement

6) Marriage

Pass this PoW chain and the final settlement is done ;)

I did a thing today. I showed up and winged a cybersec analyst practical cert and passed with a really good score 💅