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wyld_dandelyon) wrote2025-03-18 03:25 am
wyld_dandelyon) wrote2025-03-18 03:25 am
Lots of Music, Not-So Small Kitties, and Wee Seeds
Festival of the Living Rooms 25 was a lot of fun. I sang a bunch of songs, did a bit of hosting, and a lot of co-hosting (watched to let people in, managed to mute a few people who didn't realize they were unmuted, reminded a few people to unmute when it was their turn, pretty normal stuff.) I really love the zoom filks, especially this one, where there's concerts that I can do other things during as well as open circles. I definitely want them to continue!
I also managed to schedule just about everything from this FAWM into my Patreon, so there's public lyric posts and members-only audio posts from now to midsummer. I know I didn't manage to post everything from last FAWM there, so I'll be checking to see what I posted and what I didn't, and adding more posts as time goes on.
I also made some mental notes about songs that I want to record. Maybe I can manage another short album or two before the next Bandcamp Friday. Let's see--ah, here's the schedule for 2025: May 2nd, August 1st, September 5th, October 3rd, and December 5th. I'll have to think about what's the best way to remind myself of those dates, so I'm not trying to get stuff ready for publishing the night before, like I did this month!
The kittens are getting big, especially Ri, who is already huge at a little over 8 months. I got a care credit card, and got Donnflaith's sugery done, but have not heard back about the pathology of the mass they removed from her neck. I've got my fingers crossed about that.
I finally got some tomato seeds into little pots into a mini plastic greenhouse. For the first batch, I grabbed two ziplocks full of dirt that I'd pressed moldy tomatoes into to dry during a recently-past summer. (Since I learned that tomato seeds don't germinate well unless they are "seasoned" by sitting in spoiled tomato juice or pulp, I just take the tomatoes from my garden that start to spoil and press them into a pot with dry dirt and let the tomato remains dry there.) So I put a tablespoon of that dirt onto each pot, which may be way too many seeds, but I can thin or separate them, watered it and set the flat onto a heating pad and under a "dome". I'll also plant some tomato seeds from seed packets, and some Italian peppers, and some cayenne, and then think about what else would be worth planting indoors.
I will be experimenting with setting the seedlings in front of a fan this year, so hopefully they'll grow stronger stems and leaves, which should help when I transplant them into my garden. I was gifted some bookshelves last year, from a friend's parents' basement, so it will be a little easier to organize the seedlings. (I got some grow lights to hang from the bottoms of the shelves; I should take pictures to share once I get stuff set up.)
I know there's more stuff I haven't talked about here, but I'm sleepy and have stuff to do tomorrow, so I should sign off. See you around!
I also managed to schedule just about everything from this FAWM into my Patreon, so there's public lyric posts and members-only audio posts from now to midsummer. I know I didn't manage to post everything from last FAWM there, so I'll be checking to see what I posted and what I didn't, and adding more posts as time goes on.
I also made some mental notes about songs that I want to record. Maybe I can manage another short album or two before the next Bandcamp Friday. Let's see--ah, here's the schedule for 2025: May 2nd, August 1st, September 5th, October 3rd, and December 5th. I'll have to think about what's the best way to remind myself of those dates, so I'm not trying to get stuff ready for publishing the night before, like I did this month!
The kittens are getting big, especially Ri, who is already huge at a little over 8 months. I got a care credit card, and got Donnflaith's sugery done, but have not heard back about the pathology of the mass they removed from her neck. I've got my fingers crossed about that.
I finally got some tomato seeds into little pots into a mini plastic greenhouse. For the first batch, I grabbed two ziplocks full of dirt that I'd pressed moldy tomatoes into to dry during a recently-past summer. (Since I learned that tomato seeds don't germinate well unless they are "seasoned" by sitting in spoiled tomato juice or pulp, I just take the tomatoes from my garden that start to spoil and press them into a pot with dry dirt and let the tomato remains dry there.) So I put a tablespoon of that dirt onto each pot, which may be way too many seeds, but I can thin or separate them, watered it and set the flat onto a heating pad and under a "dome". I'll also plant some tomato seeds from seed packets, and some Italian peppers, and some cayenne, and then think about what else would be worth planting indoors.
I will be experimenting with setting the seedlings in front of a fan this year, so hopefully they'll grow stronger stems and leaves, which should help when I transplant them into my garden. I was gifted some bookshelves last year, from a friend's parents' basement, so it will be a little easier to organize the seedlings. (I got some grow lights to hang from the bottoms of the shelves; I should take pictures to share once I get stuff set up.)
I know there's more stuff I haven't talked about here, but I'm sleepy and have stuff to do tomorrow, so I should sign off. See you around!
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My Bandcamp is here: https://wylddandelyon.bandcamp.com/
Also, my Patreon where lyrics are always free and where audio is mostly for paid members only is here: https://www.patreon.com/c/Wyld_Dandelyon I am sharing some of the FAWM demos of songs that I am not putting up on Bandcamp there as well, for patrons only; other people will have to wait until I make a more polished recording (if I do), or catch me singing it in person (again, if I do).
On my Patreon, I also share bits of works in progress; ficlets (a term I use for flash fiction or fictional story-bits that might not ever become part of a bigger story); thoughts on defeating writer's block; paintings (finished or in progress); musings on creativity and life; the occasional tarot bit; and my poetry (mostly haiku).
In the last year, Patreon decided to let people become free members, so you can choose to get notified when I post something. I think they hope people will then see posts that exist that they can't read and upgrade their memberships. I can't say I don't hope that too, but mostly I'm just really happy to have people interacting with me over there; everyone is welcome.
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Re: tomatoes
As to tomato seedlings, the ones I planted from my own tomatoes a couple of days before Equinox, processed as described, started sprouting within two days, and I will have to dramatically thin them. The others, from seed packets, which I planted at Equinox, still have not sprouted at about 5 days.
That's a rather dramatic difference!