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Victoria 🪴

@mimimerlot.northsky.social
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💼 Marketing and Community Director in Video Games, used to be in tabletop 🧑🏻‍🍳 Culinary and Fermenting Enthusiast 📝 Writing a middle-grade fantasy for kids w/ ADHD ♿ ADHD, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cane User 👥 They/Them 🍁 Canadian 🖤🩶🤍💜 Views are my own.

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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 8h
I've never knitted more than a scarf before. I am knitting a cardigan for the first time. Super simple one. I'm just following the pattern and trusting the process right now because I have no idea how this works.
A large ball of soft white yarn, with an in process knitting project. A fawn dog lays on its bed, snoozing, in the background. A model posing with her hand in her hair. She wears a short sleeved knitted cardigan with a button detail on the sleeves.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 16/10/2026
Oh heck yeah! First stretch goal has been unlocked for Rangers of a Broken World TTRPG by @catlinggun.bsky.social, published by @evilhat.bsky.social. If you haven't backed this yet, you should! There's so much kindness and hope in this game. I think we need that. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
A banner from the Rangers of a Broken World TTRPG Kickstarter page celebrating the funding of printed end papers and epub edition. It has an open spread a natural landscape at the front of a book on the left hand side,
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/10/2026
The plate.
A hunter green plate with a gold rim filled with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, roast beef, gravy, cranberry sauce, peas, and corn 
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/10/2026
Snacks and punch.
Crackers on a plate to the left. A two-tiered wooden serving tray with salamis and kielbasa, and cheese. A large punch bowl with red punch and orange slices.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/10/2026
Candied sweet potatoes are ready for the oven.
Mashed candied sweet potatoes in a baking dish.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/10/2026
Leeks, garlic, rosemary, red wine, shiitake, and truffle salt. The roast will cook in this.
Leeks, garlic, rosemary, red wine,  shiitake, and truffle salt simmer in a silver pot with a wooden spoon resting.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/10/2026
Table is set. With mom in the hospital, I went disposable for the tableware. We're all quite tired and emotionally raw, so I am making it easy on us. Note the card table dip to accommodate all of us. 😅
A table set for ten in a dining room painted a jewel toned teal. A card table was pushed onto the end of the dining table, with a long cream tablecloth with gold geometric patterns on it.

Each place setting consists of a gold paper doily with a hunter green dinner plate with gold rims, a smaller hunter green plate with gold rims on top, and a folded cream napkin done in a Pope Hat style. Gold fork and knife on each side of the setting. A sparkly gold-rimmed wine glass is at the top right, with a gold water glass to the right of it. At the top of the setting is a laser cut place card.

Along the center of the table are three dark green glass vases with yellow flowers in them. Two cream taper candles in green glass candle holders are alternated between the vases.

A five tiered shelf full of ttrpg books is in the far corner on the left. Each window has cream curtains with extra large pink flowers and green leaves.Close up of a table setting as described in the first photo.A close up of the flowers.A single setting.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/10/2026
The leek and brie flamiche, before the pastry covering. It will then be coated in egg yolk and refrigerated until the turkey comes out in three hours.
A springform pan with puff pastry on the bottom with a thick layer of sauteed leeks over top. On top of that are cubes of brie. There is loads of brie in this thing. Like, 3/4 of a Costco wheel of it.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/10/2026
Beginnings of candied sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes, cinnamon sticks, two orange halves (left over from the cranberry sauce), and two bags of pomegranate, hibiscus, and rosehip tea. The sweet potatoes will be mashed with margarine, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and brown sugar and then baked.
Sweet potatoes, cinnamon sticks, two orange halves (left over from the cranberry sauce), and two bags of pomegranate, hibiscus, and rosehip tea in a pot of boiling water.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cranberry sauce will simmer for an hour. Made with whole cranberries, zest of two oranges and two lemons, sugar, water, and the juice of two oranges.
Whole cranberries, zest of two oranges and two lemons, sugar, water, and the juice of two oranges simmer in a black pot with a wooden spoon resting in it.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/10/2026
Making Thanksgiving dinner! Stuffing is a rye sourdough with apples, cranberries, garlic, onion, celery, green pepper, margarine*, loads of sage, rosemary, white wine, and stock. *a couple guests have dairy allergies, otherwise I would use butter.
Rye sourdough with apples, cranberries, garlic, onion, celery, green pepper, margarine, loads of sage, rosemary, white wine, and stock in a large, 15" cast iron pan, simmering. All of the bread and veg have been chopped finely in a food processor. The apples are sliced in small, thin squares and the cranberries are whole.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's been a very long and stressful day spent in the hospital with an ailing parent. The hospital is ongoing and will be for about a week if all goes well. It's to do with Parkinson's. I bought these to break out for Thanksgiving, but I will open one up tonight.
Three bottles of booze on an antique dining room china cabinet and buffet combo.

Left: A bottle of Burmester Tawny Port, 10 year old. 

Middle: Nutty Solera Jerez Xeres Sherry, medium. 

Right: Bas Armagnac, Marie Duffan Napoleon.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 04/10/2026
Backed this game ages ago. Finally cracking it open.
Wild Gardens boardgame by Rose Gauntlet Entertainment. Design by Isaac Vega and art by Lyss Menold.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 04/10/2026
About to jump into this sapphic dystopian scifi for book club.
Cover of Yours For the Taking by Gabrielle Korn.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'll pickle, make relish, and freeze the green tomatoes. But what I am most delighted about are the Peter Piper peppers at the front. They look exactly like they were advertised on the seed packet and make me laugh.
Green tomatoes of various varieties and sizes in a woven basket on a wood table. There are jalapenos and peter piper peppers which are quite au naturel phallic. Close up of the phallic peppers.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 01/10/2026
I stated this in a Discord and this is what was posted in response. A+ posting.
First panel: Wolverine laying on top of his bed in his costume holding a wooden picture frame.

Second panel: Wolverine's hands and the front of the picture frame. He's tenderly touching a badly photoshopped box of Melona popsicles in the frame.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
Used Affinity to design these. And I love that Alphonse Mucha's stuff is public domain now.
Alphonse Mucha's Rose on the left. To the right is the following text in art nouveau fonts:

You're invited
for a soiree of dinner and murder

Saturday, November Fourteenth
at seven o'clock in the evening
located at the home of the chanteuse Amelie Mignon
found at [address blocked out]

The Setting

It is nineteen twenty-one. Amelie Mignon has been delighting the fashionable set at nightclubs across Europe since before the war, and has settled into the raucous Parisian night life.
You are amongst a close circle of Amelie's, invited for a heady evening of cocktails, dinner, champagne, and song.

Your Character

Your name is Raph Wellington (pron. rafe), the son of an English Earl and owner of the hottest nightclub in town, La Chat Chaud. You and Amelie were flames during the war, but she broke it off along with your heart. Now her rival, the celebrated chanteuse Jocelyn Oiseaux, hangs on your arm.

You ooze charm and have perfected the disarming smile. You have an easy manner and always have a flattering word for a lady.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
Secretly, I set this one in the 1920s because I have a fringed and sequined dress in my closet I've only ever worn once. I also have an appropriately bobbed wig. So, y'know...
Alphonse Mucha's Rose on the left. To the right is the following text in art nouveau fonts:

You're invited
for a soiree of dinner and murder

Saturday, November Fourteenth
at seven o'clock in the evening
located at the home of the chanteuse Amelie Mignon
found at [address blocked out]

The Setting

It is nineteen twenty-one. Amelie Mignon has been delighting the fashionable set at nightclubs across Europe since before the war, and has settled into the raucous Parisian night life.
You are amongst a close circle of Amelie's, invited for a heady evening of cocktails, dinner, champagne, and song.

Your Character

Your name is Terrence Slater, an American newspaper tycoon with rags on four continents. You're a self-made man with a penchant for cigars, whiskey, and beautiful women, such as your current lover, chorus girl, Lucky Andrews. Any headline is a good headline, and you're unscrupulous and ruthless when it comes to selling papers.
  
You're audacious, boisterous, and at times crude, but everyone lets you get away with it because you're most likely footing the bill.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
My friends like ones that are set in the past so they can dress up in costumes, so I tend to keep things a bit historical.
Alphonse Mucha's Rose on the left. To the right is the following text in art nouveau fonts:

You're invited
for a soiree of dinner and murder

Saturday, November Fourteenth
at seven o'clock in the evening
located at the home of the chanteuse Amelie Mignon
found at [address blocked out]

The Setting

It is nineteen twenty-one. Amelie Mignon has been delighting the fashionable set at nightclubs across Europe since before the war, and has settled into the raucous Parisian night life.
You are amongst a close circle of Amelie's, invited for a heady evening of cocktails, dinner, champagne, and song.

Your Character

Your name is Xavier Bellecamps, a socialist and poet laureate de Paris. You served in the French navy during the war, receiving multiple commendations while protecting the trade lanes of the Mediterranean. You are hopelessly in love with Amelie's sister, prima ballerina Ysolde Morneau, and would do anything to catch her eye.
  
You are witty, disarming, and are not afraid to voice your political opinions. While fashionable, your clothes are slightly worn.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anyway, I love writing these things. They're quite easy, to be honest. Once you have a format, you just set a theme and fill in the blanks.
Alphonse Mucha's Rose on the left. To the right is the following text in art nouveau fonts:

You're invited
for a soiree of dinner and murder

Saturday, November Fourteenth
at seven o'clock in the evening
located at the home of the chanteuse Amelie Mignon
found at [address blocked out]

The Setting

It is nineteen twenty-one. Amelie Mignon has been delighting the fashionable set at nightclubs across Europe since before the war, and has settled into the raucous Parisian night life.
You are amongst a close circle of Amelie's, invited for a heady evening of cocktails, dinner, champagne, and song.

Your Character

Your name is Ysolde Morneau, the sister of Amelie Mignon and renowned in your own right as the prima ballerina of the esteemed Ballet Russe. You were engaged to Armand de Vigny until you introduced him to your family and Amelie sank her claws into him.
  
You appear beautiful and delicate with an air of melancholy. Men fall at your feet for the chance to be your knight in shining armor. You enjoy fluttering your lashes, but you only have eyes for one.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'll be playing the murder victim, Amelie Mignon. I'll be alive throughout dinner as we set the story up, and then die shortly afterward so I can facilitate the game.
Alphonse Mucha's Rose on the left. To the right is the following text in art nouveau fonts:

You're invited
for a soiree of dinner and murder

Saturday, November Fourteenth
at seven o'clock in the evening
located at the home of the chanteuse Amelie Mignon
found at [address blocked out]

The Setting

It is nineteen twenty-one. Amelie Mignon has been delighting the fashionable set at nightclubs across Europe since before the war, and has settled into the raucous Parisian night life.
You are amongst a close circle of Amelie's, invited for a heady evening of cocktails, dinner, champagne, and song.

Your Character

Your name is Lucky Andrews, an American chorus girl making your name in Europe. Your lover is newspaper tycoon Terrance Slater, and together you will do anything for a headline. Fame means power, and you are determined to bathe and luxuriate in it.
  
You are an utter bombshell and you slink and sway when you walk, confident in the knowledge that every pair of eyes in the room are on you.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
The characters are over the top and ridiculous on purpose. Not everyone is an actor so the silliness gives something for everyone to grab onto. Plus, it lends itself to a fun and entertaining night.
Alphonse Mucha's Rose on the left. To the right is the following text in art nouveau fonts:

You're invited
for a soiree of dinner and murder

Saturday, November Fourteenth
at seven o'clock in the evening
located at the home of the chanteuse Amelie Mignon
found at [address blocked out]

The Setting

It is nineteen twenty-one. Amelie Mignon has been delighting the fashionable set at nightclubs across Europe since before the war, and has settled into the raucous Parisian night life.
You are amongst a close circle of Amelie's, invited for a heady evening of cocktails, dinner, champagne, and song.

Your Character

Your name is Jocelyn Oiseaux, a chanteuse of waning repute. Your position as headliner was taken by the coquettish Amelie Mignon and you resent her for this through a forced smile. You attend the party with your new lover, nightclub owner and titleless English aristocrat, Raph Wellington, who has promised your name in lights once again.
  
You are glamorous, attractive, and drip with sex appeal. You are often seen with a feather boa draped across your bare shoulders.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
I created these characters with each of my friends who will be playing them in mind. I know they're comfortable to play each role.
Alphonse Mucha's Rose on the left. To the right is the following text in art nouveau fonts:

You're invited
for a soiree of dinner and murder

Saturday, November Fourteenth
at seven o'clock in the evening
located at the home of the chanteuse Amelie Mignon
found at [address blocked out]

The Setting

It is nineteen twenty-one. Amelie Mignon has been delighting the fashionable set at nightclubs across Europe since before the war, and has settled into the raucous Parisian night life.
You are amongst a close circle of Amelie's, invited for a heady evening of cocktails, dinner, champagne, and song.

Your Character

Your name is Armand de Vigny, a wealthy French playboy and decorated pilot. You are Amelie's latest of a string of lovers, and you are jealously determined to be the last.
You are fashionable, confident, and are not afraid to take control of a situation. You are often found with a cigar in one hand and a snifter of brandy in the other.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wrote a murder mystery for a dinner party with friends and designed postcard invitations for each of them. Each have a little character background for them so they can cobble together a costume. They'll receive more details when they arrive at the party. I haven't designed those cards yet.
Alphonse Mucha's Carnation illustration on the left of the postcard. An Oscar Wilde quote is at the top: "Murder is always a mistake – one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner." and then lines for an address are below.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 27/09/2026
Making blueberry beer. Starting the mash. I'll probably do two boils.
Barley and blueberries in a big pot of water.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cleaned up for a wedding.
A redhead with an updo smiling into the camera. They wear a corseted cocktail dress in olive green with draping across the bust. A redhead with an updo, head thrown back laughing. They wear a satin olive green cocktail dress with gold shoes, shawl, and clutch.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is my I am still sick, but kinda better so back to work look. But I am pleased that my hair is long enough to pile on top of my head now. Growing out a 'hawk is a lot. Lol This has taken a few years.
A person with a red, messy bun. They are pointing at the bun. They wear big, square glasses that resemble the type of glasses worn in the 80s on Murder, She Wrote. This is an intentional fashion choice. They wear a black t-shirt and are in their home office. The 9ffice walls are a bright aqua. There is a lot of commissioned and original art on the walls.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm sure I can make something that looks like this, but tastes great. Those just look like beet roots in a pudding.
Rokeg blood pie
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 20/09/2026
Playing the dlc to pillars of eternity 2 and there is an asset overlap. I need to interact with the spirit (the pink/purple thing) but it is prioritizing the blue thing which changes the water levels. I can't get it to register the spirit at all, no matter what angle I try to approach it from.
A party of all godlike save for Eder standing in ruins with a waterfall.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 17/09/2026
I LOVE THIS!
“It’s part technological awareness,” she says. “There’s also the media literacy piece, which I think is really important. So, knowing that or understanding that not everything that ChatGPT tells you is actually true. It’s quite easy to get ChatGPT or other AI services to pump out misinformation and tell you things you want to hear or things that just might not be true. And not everybody realizes that.”

Tech decoded
On the set, I got to watch Maharaj and Almeida film a segment for an episode about deepfakes. The pair walk into the TVO studio, with Maharaj excitedly pointing out, “Wow, this is like a real TV journalism studio! If anyone’s going to know what’s true and what’s false, it’s these people!” They then sit down to speak with an expert in a talk show-style setup to the backdrop of a square yellow-and-black sign, “Big (If True).”
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 17/09/2026
I finished way ahead of schedule, which is great! I had so many issues physically with my shoulder, arm, & out of control auto immune disease for quite some time. It's really nice to be able to move around again. I need a cane on bad days, but that's fine. I can get around & that's what matters.
The conqueror finisher graphic for the Space Exploration virtual challenge. Start: aug 5, finish sep 16. Total distance: 99.8km
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 14/09/2026
... Thanks, LinkedIn, for letting me know I can be my own client.
Screenshot from LinkedIn notifications that says: Director of Marketing and Community Relations Victoria Rogers could be your next client. 

Chat, I am Victoria Rogers.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 14/09/2026
Looking for a period drama to watch. Count of Monte Cristo or Poldark?
Masterpiece Count of Monte Cristo key art. The Count stands moodily on rocks jutting out into the ocean. Spray rises up behind him. Poldark key art. A woman with reddish hair in a maroon dress stands close to a man in a jacket and tricorn hat.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 13/09/2026
Making peach ginger beer.
A peck of roughly sliced peaches and 2kg of roughly chopped ginger in 18L of water on the stove in a stock pot.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 11/09/2026
My hair was this colour as a kid (my dad's side of the family are all gingers), but it faded to a dark blonde as I got older, with coppery highlights in the sun. I always fall back on this colour when I need a change but don't want to grab the scissors.
A person with wet, curly hair, no makeup, in a white terry cloth robe. Their hair is freshly washed and a coppery red. The colour highlights their fair skin and freckles. They have hazel eyes.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looking through the Newzoo 2026 Global Games Market Report and honestly, I'm loving that Paralives is coming to take the crown from Sims. I haven't played The Sims 4 since the buyout, and I was a whale.
Top 5 PC titles by revenue per genre for 2026. In the Simulation category, The Sims 4 is ranked 1 with Paralives at 2.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 05/09/2026
My Paper Plane has a little paper plane.
A cocktail with a paper plane on the edge with a tiny clothes pin.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 01/09/2026
I laugh every time I type in Steamworks in search for work. The sauna was founded in 2004. Steam's portal was created in 2008. They only had to do a little searching before deciding on a name...
Search results for Steamworks. The top one is Steam's Steamworks (the dev portal to the backend of Steam), and the second one is Steamworks Toronto which is "the ultimate gay sauna experience in Toronto's gay district."
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 30/08/2026
18.4 litres of salsa. Jars are sterilizing while this simmers.
A very large stock pot filled almost to the top with salsa.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is the first time I have been able to get an African violet to bloom again. I am so proud of myself. The trick I've learned is to pretty much ignore it and just give it a bit of water every 1 to 1.5 weeks.
A purple African violet.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/08/2026
Went out into the county to shop the farmer stands. Got 15 kg of roma tomatoes and 4 kg of jalapenos, and a big bag of white onions. Guess what I am canning tomorrow?
15 kg worth of roma tomatoes in a large box.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 29/08/2026
So... gonna finally do a thing, at 44 years old.
The MTO's Driver's Handbook. Ontario
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 23/08/2026
Bottled 9 litres of the blueberry-pineapple ginger beer! It's a beautiful colour. It'll clear up more after it settles.
A clear flip top bottle filled with a vibrant pink liquid. It's on a hammered metal drink table with a large bird of paradise behind it.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 22/08/2026
Had lunch at a nearby vineyard, Cooper's Hawk. Had an equally lovely view there.
Grape vines at a vineyard. A verdant wood is behind them.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 22/08/2026
I love where I live: a small city nestled in an agricultural county surrounded by lakes, vineyards, breweries, historical museums, galleries, beaches, and lots of markets and festivals. Went out to a couple of vineyards today. Bought a few bottles. This one is a small batch. Really nice.
Mary's Lane "Garnet" Cabernet-Merlot. 2020. Vin de Picnic. Dancing Swallows Vineyard. The label has an illustration of a quaint red barn, green grass and pine trees. A red and white checked picnic blanket lays on the grass a little distance from the barn.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yeah! The indigo gin is beautiful on its own, but when mixed with lime juice 96t makes this lovely lilac colour.
Empress Indigo gin. Gin that is indigo coloured in a clear bottle.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 21/08/2026
Making mushroom gravy from scratch. Also making: Yorkshire pudding, green beans almondine, Parisien peas, mashed potatoes, and a roast (but cooked in the pressure cooker and finished on high heat in the oven). A lot of red wine, garlic, and rosemary flavours going on here.
Mushrooms in butter and red wine with garlic and onions in a cast iron pan.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 21/08/2026
Made a French gimlet. Empress Indigo Gin St Germains Elderflower Liqueur Lime Juice Tiny touch of Sea Salt Garnished with rose buds and lavender to keep the floral aromas going.
A lilac coloured cocktail in a pink and gold coupe. Rose buds and lavender petals are situated in one corner. 

The glass is on a rattan stool.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 21/08/2026
I have chosen my path for my cello adventure. I am now at the buying accessories stage because wood floors and cellos don't play well with each other.
Two books of sheet music for the cello, side by side on a metal music stand. Left: The Fiddlin' Workshop for Cello by Jeanine Orma. Right: Cello Chords, Rhythms and Backups for Fiddle Tunes by Renata Bratt. Both are published by Mel Bay. Also on the stand are two different kinds of endpin stoppers: a strap that attaches to a chair leg with a rubber end with an indent, and a heavy puck with an indent.
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Victoria 🪴 @mimimerlot.northsky.social · 15/08/2026
The elderflower wine. Going to let this steep for a few days and then I'll add the yeast and nutrient after straining.
A 3 litre glass fermentation jar with water, dried elderflowers, and lemons in it. A cheesecloth is over the top to keep bugs out.
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