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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 2h

Banana bread is already half eaten. We love this recipe here.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 2h

Marzipan cake out! Came out shorter than I expected. Will report back later on how it tastes.

A marzipan cake baked in a Nordic ware Bundt pan

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 3h

Garden update… We’re at a little over 10 oz of okra every two days now, and there’s still one watermelon on the vine, although this one will be a little one.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 5h

Getting ingredients ready for tonight’s dessert, Marzipan Cake

Ingredients include: milk, orange zest, almond extract, butter, baking powder, salt, marzipan, flour, sugar, nutmeg, cardamom, vanilla, eggs, and oil

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 11h

When you need two large crockpots to contain your meatballs and sauce, you probably shouldn’t have doubled the recipe

A silver crockpot and a red crockpot on the counter

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 21h

If any of my followers like cider, this one was rather tasty

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Uncovered some frozen bananas when we tidied the big freezer, so a banana bread is in order.

Ingredients include: flour, sugar, eggs, crisco, salt, baking powder and soda, vanilla, and bananas (already in mixing bowl)

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Collapsed all the sauce into the tall pot and now putting that into the fridge till tomorrow

An orange enamel Le Creuset pot mostly full of tomato sauce

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

When you have to cook the sauce in two pots, you may have made too much sauce

A tall orange pot and a shorter stainless steel pot on the stove

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Meatballs headed to fridge

Two large rectangular Tupperware of meatballs

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Just a few of the 60 meatballs getting ready to broil before refrigerating overnight

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Time to start prep for tomorrow’s dinner. I’m cooking Crockpot Meatballs with pasta, garlic bread, and marzipan cake. Meatballs and sauce get prepped in advance, then slow cook tomorrow. The recipe supposedly makes 4-6 servings, so I’m doubling it. There’s gonna be so many meatballs!

Ingredients include: ground pork and beef, olive oil, white bread, salt, pepper, peeled whole tomatoes, onions, basil from garden, garlic, oregano, crushed red pepper flakes, parsley, eggs, Parmesan, and buttermilk

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This aligns with her general philosophy

A four panel comic from Strange Planet by Nathan Pyle. One alien is talking to the other while the first alien pats the alien dog.

Alien 1: THIS CREATURE HAS REQUESTED
GENTLE HANDPATS

Alien 2: FOR HOW LONG

Alien 1: UNTIL ONE OF US
PERISHES

Alien 2: LIFE WELL SPENT

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

‘Tis the season (to hang Haunted Mansion ornaments)!

Half-undressed politician on a dynamite barrel

Tight-rope walking woman with parasol over crocodile

Older woman sitting on husband’s tombstone

Three men on shoulders, sinking into quicksand

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Cocoa would like more skritches, please

A small brown dog, with a greying muzzle, lies on my stomach and gets her head rubbed

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Celebrating Fall Break by getting some tasty Persian food for take-out.

Small cup of hummus; box with parsley, mint, radish, feta squares, and butter; three large baked flatbreads

A plate with kubideh, chicken kubideh, grilled tomatoes, and basmati rice and a plate with salmon and chicken barg kabob, grilled vegetables, and basmati rice

Ghormeh Sabzi with lamb shank and basmati rice

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Day 4! I have to say, I’m pretty darn impressed with this box. It’s not LEGO brand, but the build is good quality, the bricks all fit well, and the instructions are clear. The included details in the haunted house are impressive. I’m very tempted to look at other builds by this same company

Small box for day 4, containing a variety of colored bricks

Apparently haunted houses have lava in their bathtubs, but don’t run out of toilet paper (which is usually part of my bad dreams).

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Day 2 gets us part of our first room and a black fireplace

Rectangular box for day 2 and a pile of black and blue-green pieces

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Day 1 (I’m starting behind, so I’ll probably do a few today) It’s the foundation of the house

The first box - two large 16x16 grey flats and assorted brown, blue-green, olive, and grey pieces

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Inspired by @awesomebiota.bsky.social, I purchased a Halloween calendar. It’s 24 boxes that eventually come together to build a haunted house.

The cover of the Haunted House Advent calendar showing the completed haunted house

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Another trip to the garden this morning. Cut back the Thai basil, harvested some okra (including a couple from one of the back bushes), and picked yet another cucumber.

A woven brown basket full of Thai basil, with a couple of okra and a curled Suyo Long cucumber visible

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Harold the heron came visiting our yard last night, possibly looking to snatch some of our guard toads. Luckily, they all seemed to be hiding in their hidey hole.

A yellow crowned night heron stands on our front yard at night, looking over towards the toad hole.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Breakfast was included each morning, and it was amazing. Dinners were extra but well worth the cost.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s been a little over 2 years since our favorite B&B went event only. Husband and I had many writing retreats there while son was at camp and it was a great place to rent a building for a larger family vacation, especially when needing to keep an eye/ear out for a wandering older family member.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Pulled the (possibly) last watermelon and cut them both up for distribution at work.

Second to last watermelon was just on the verge of getting overripe

Last(?) watermelon weighed in at 11 lbs. 12.4 oz.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sunday Dinner is served!

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cake out and cooling. Only a small bit of crust in the bottom of the pan, so it was probably a drip rather than a leak.

A well-risen stout cake cools in its springform pan

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

After filling, there was a small puddle of batter on the counter. Was it a leak? A drip? Who knows! I stuck it on a baking sheet just in case. Positive thoughts please

A hopefully not leaking springform pan, half filled with dark brown batter, on a baking sheet in my oven

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Getting my ingredients ready for tonight’s dessert, a Stout Cake inspired by GBBO.

Ingredients include: heavy cream, vanilla, baking soda, powdered and superfine sugar, eggs, cocoa powder, flour, sour cream, butter, Guinness. Not pictured - cream cheese

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Updates from the garden…banana is at five hands of baby bananas, there’s suspicious activity happening on the neverending watermelon vine, and two green anoles (the front and back garden squad) are keeping watchful eyes out.

We’re up to five hands of baby bananas. Most likely won’t ripen as it will get cold before they’re ripe, if they even get pollinated. I might need to learn how to hand-pollinate bananas.

A small baby watermelon and a larger one below on the vines

Two green anoles hang out on the back wood fence near the very happy lantana blossoms

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Time to break out the manual slicer!

A cross section and a whole loaf of sourdough rye bread

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Filling for pies tomorrow. I’m guessing this is more of a stew with a lid than a pie. Will taste good though.

Cooked ale & steak pie filling in my big cast iron Dutch oven

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One side dish will be Orange-glazed Carrots, cooked in the crockpot. Son is getting his peeling practice in!

Ingredients include: carrots, sugar, butter, salt, pepper, chicken bullion, orange marmalade, and sage from my garden

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Starting the filling for the Ale & Steak Pies for tomorrow’s Sunday Dinner.

Ingredients include: seasoning mix I brought back from the Guinness tour in Ireland, oil, onions, eggs, beef shoulder, mushrooms, and puff pastry. Not pictured, one bottle Guinness.

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pesto made and ready for the freezer

Ingredients include: basil from the garden, olive oil, salt, pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan, and pecorino

Pesto mixed and in blue ice cube trays for freezing

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The squirrels planted a pecan in the space between our house and a raised bed, which has now grown into a 4-foot tree. Yay for pecan, but boo for location. Husband dug it up with roots and replanted it in a free corner of our yard. Bonus tree!

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Dizzly @dizzly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Both loaves done. Loaf on right was cooked five minutes less than the loaf on the left and still hit the correct temp. I really like this recipe, but I think I need to adjust its timing for my oven.