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Got our ballots on Oct 14, returned them to the local ballot box on Oct 15. Vote early, folks. #ivoted #midterms2026 #voteearly

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Fire roasted home-grown tomatoes, with olive oil, salt, and pepper, in one cup portions, frozen for future meals!

Frozen one cup portions of roasted tomatoes in vacuum sealed bags.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We don't have a lot of color here in western Washington, but we do have some! It's mostly in the understory, because the tall evergreens shade many deciduous trees out. Vine maples, being a smaller tree, are an exception. These are from a trip we took to Leavenworth yesterday. #photos #autumn

Vine maple understory in shades of yellow, gold, orange, magenta, and crimson line the highway.

Vine maple understory in shades of yellow, gold, orange, magenta, and crimson along the road.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

More tomatoes! And even more still on the vines in the greenhouse. I am starting to see some possible blight, though, so the end will be coming soon. These will be roasted and frozen for various dishes over the winter. #food #foodsky #garden

Tomatoes - some red and ripe, some still shades of pink and orange and not quite ripe yet. Most are between baseball and softball size.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Smoking a couple of small home-cured boneless pork shoulder hams. Grocery store ham and bacon is often too sweet and never has enough smoke flavor for me so I prefer to create my own. #food #foodsky

Two small cured chunks of ham sit in a smokey chamber in an indoor smoker.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thirty pints jars of applesauce. Next is apple butter and apple chunks for pies and then I'm calling it quits for the season! Well, at least when it comes to big stuff. #food #foodsky

Thirty pints jars of homemade applesauce sitting on the countertop after a long day.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The rest of the apples are in for the year, and they are the cooking/saucing kind. We are making a LOT of applesauce right now. #foodsky #food

A VERY large kettle holding a LOT of applesauce sits in the middle of a five-burner stove.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Apples! These are the last of our apple harvest here - three large baskets full of what we think are Fuji. We just finished up the Honey Crisps - which were about the same amount. Apple sauce, apple butter, apples for cooking still to process...but we are finally close to being finished this year.

A hand holds a very nice freshly harvested apple. Three large black baskets with more apples are in the background.

Three stacked "bulb" baskets that we use for harvesting, filled to the top and more with nice large apples.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

India style mushroom fried rice, with probably three times the normal amount of mushrooms. (SO many dried mushrooms in the pantry - many of them foraged - and some fresh in the fridge that need to be used up.) Dinner tonight, paired with roasted chicken thighs and a vegetable. #foodsky #food

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Super Carrot Cakes! (Basically, rotating some pantry goods.) Expired spice cake mix, 2 cups of grated carrot, one cup of grated zucchini, candied ginger bits, chopped pecans, crushed pineapple, dried currants, unsweetened coconut flakes, cup of buttermilk, four eggs, vegetable oil. #foodsky #food

Loaf and round shaped small autumn spiced super carrot cakes on a cooling rack.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Gumbo for dinner! A more heart-healthy version with turkey sausage, smoked turkey, and double the vegetables, over brown rice.

Bowl of Cajun style gumbo over brown rice.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I gave a donation to the campaign of someone in particular that I believe deserved to be heard. The very next day the barrage of texts began from random people who are not in my district or state, but apparently smelt blood in the water. I won't make THAT mistake again, I can assure you.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Traditions! Pet rock Preseli Bluestone and I are enjoying the Solstice sunrise at Stonehenge together this morning. (On YouTube, of course!) I think that makes about 15 years of such quiet celebrations now. #Solstice #SummerSolstice #SummerSolstice2026

A small blue grey "pet rock" watches the Summer Solstice sunrise event on YouTube. The screen shows the sillouette of Stonehenge in the dawn with mist behind it and the sun rising over the hills behind the mist in a glorious blaze of orange and gold.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The Oregon coast was just gorgeous today. Driving out to the Devil's Punchbowl, we saw several grey whales spouting off in the distance as we watched from the viewing area on the bluff. Found a fossil clam later, too! What a wonderful day! #Oregon #WhaleWatching #Beach #Fossils #Rockhounding

Devil's Punchbowl, Oregon, looking north. Rugged coast and tidepools sit below a high bluff. The sky is beautifully blue, as is the ocean.

A ceiling-less sea cave with rocky bottom. The tide is mostly out, so the interior is not underwater, but when the tide is in, it is filled with churning seawater.

A small, dark, fossilized Katherinella augustri bivalve (probably) fossil. It is mostly complete, and at least partially agatized.

Two Grey Whales spout in the distance. Part of the back of one whale is visible in this photo.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Birthday dinner: Hot Pot (mushroom flavor) with four kinds of mushrooms (including Porcini we foraged locally), wild and cultivated greens (including fiddleheads and wild chrysanthemum) tofu, home-grown asparagus, kabocha, fish balls and krab. Very yummy and good for us.

Hot pot set up with electric burner, bowls and a tray of various vegetables and mushrooms.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Breakfast. Homemade "Heinz" beans and home-cured and smoked back bacon. Oh, and of course, tea! Yum!

A small plate with a variety of breakfast items sits next to a computer. On the plate are grilled tomato halves, some back bacon, mushrooms, black pudding sausage, and a fried egg. In a small bowl are Heinze-style beans. A steaming mug of tea with milk is on the side.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Big red Clivia - no longer a seedling, now full size and in its second year of bloom. Very pleased with this one! Came in the same batch of no-nane seedlings as my new butter yellow Clivia. #BloomScrolling #Clivia #Gardening

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

My new butter-yellow Clivia in near full bloom! This is a seedling from the same no-name batch as the big red Clivia I've already posted. I was hoping for something in the yellow range and I got it! Two more seedlings will likely bloom next year. #BloomScrolling #Clivia #Gardening

An unusual butter yellow clivia in near full bloom.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Just returned from #NoKings in Monroe, Washington. I didn't get to go to the one in October (spent the Friday night before in the emergency room) but some friends of ours who did said turnout for NoKings3 was probably twice what it was for NoKings2, and the honks of support were pretty much nonstop.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The second of my four "mystery Clivia seedlings" has bloomed, and it's a lovely butter yellow! Two more to go, but as they are a bit smaller, they likely won't bloom until next year.

A close-up of a butter yellow Clivia flower.

A cluster of butter yellow Clivia flowers.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Finished Object Friday - a very large and heavy couch/bed cover I have been working on for about three years now. Bernat Yarnspirations extra-thick blanket yarn, in the color "Leather." Double and half double crochet. That is a three-seater couch in the pic, btw. #crochet #finishedobjectfriday

A very large crochet blanket in shades of brown and brownish grey covers a three-seater couch.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

We have had a Pacific Chorus Frog living in our greenhouse for about 4 years now, thriving and growing well, but "disappearing" from view in the cooler season. We didn't know where it went, but now we think maybe we do. We found it camping out on top of one of our covered electric heater plugs!

A green Pacific Chorus Frog sitting on top of a heater plug in the greenhouse, keeping itself warm during the winter time.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Lake Crescent, Washington, summer of 2025. Biking the lake trail was a real highlight of our year. Teal waters are a famous feature of some of our lakes. The deep water is also incredibly clear. #pacificnorthwest #outdoors #washington #lakecrescent #lake #olympicpenninsula #biking #water #video

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

View up the Sky Valley this morning. The sun broke through the clouds for a while, warming the snow and creating banks of mist and fog. Merchant, Gunn, and Gunnshy peaks, Skykomish river. Part of the Wild Sky Wilderness area. #pacificnorthwest #washington #skyvalley #mountains #photography

Craggy mountains form a background for a river. Mist rises from the trees as the sun warms the snow.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

We had a little bit of snow yesterday evening. This is what our woods looked like this morning. #washington #snow #woods

A trail leads off into the snowy woods. A sunlit mist hangs in the air.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Happy Solstice! Me and my pet rock, Preseli Bluestone, enjoying our twice-a-year tradition of watching the solstice sun rise at Stonehenge. (Usually as a video, not live, because of time differences). #solstice2025 #solstice #astronomy #yule #winter #stonehenge

A small piece of Preseli Bluestone rock sits on a keyboard in front of a pre-recorded video of Winter Solstice sunrise at Stonehenge.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Motherboard fried on my old laptop, so I got a Lenovo Thinkpad. Decided to go with Zorin Linux Pro for the OS instead of Windows 11. Hardware so far has been plug-and-play, and since most of my productivity software is browser-based, no issues there. The few things I need to install work great, too!

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The tally of my bananas is in... we grew 12 lbs of bananas in western Washington State in our greenhouse this year. It only took four years to get there! But hey, we did it. And they are tiny, but tasty. #gardening #bananas #greenhouse #washington

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

View out the window on this blustery, gorgeous fall day.

Green cedar trees mixed with orange-yellow big leaf maples, with a bright blue sky in the background.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

The time has come to cut my bananas! They have lost their angular look, the first row is starting to turn yellow, and one of the fruits has split. Can't wait until they are ripe! (Double Mahoi dwarf Cavendish variety, grown in a greenhouse.) #gardening #bananas #pacificnorthwest

A bunch of homegrown bananas from Western Washington state sitting in a sink, showing the older fruits at the top of the stem which are beginning to turn yellow. The banana fruits are small but the bunch has at least 60 or more set.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Hit the finish line! #tourdefleece2025 project. 4.9 ounces, 140 grams, about 250 yards of sock weight yarn. 80% alpaca, 20% silk. Caked and ready for whenever I need more docks on my needles! I'm calling it "Affogato" after the Italian dessert coffee. #handspun #yarn

Finished yarn in shades of brown and cream, wound into a "cake"

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Finished with my #tourdefleece2025 spin. Plied, skeined on my teeny tiny niddy noddy, washed to set the twists, and now drying. About 250 yards, and 4.7 ounces. I'll give it a day or so to dry, then wind it into a cake and make a final decision on what it is going to be used for. #handspun #yarn

Plied singles of alpaca and silk mix fiber yarn in shades of brown and cream.

Newly plied yarn in shades of brown and cream being "skeined" on a small niddy noddy.

New yarn in shades of brown and cream washed to set the twist, drying on the back of a rocker on the porch.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Week 2 update for #tourdefleece2025 I am about three-quarters of the way through spinning the second bobbin of single for the yarn, and hope to finish that by tomorrow. Then I need to ply, set, dry, and skein! Looking forward to seeing what it looks like finished.

Bobbin of hand spun alpaca and silk single in various shades of brown.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Half of the alpaca and silk batt spun up. Seventy grams of single waiting for the other half to join it for plying into sock yarn. Looks like a fancy coffee! Note: pre-drafting and extra care while spinning are a MUST because silk and alpaca draft quite differently. #tourdefleece2025 #handspun

Purple bobbing with 70 grams of sock-weight singles in shades of fancy coffee browns!

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

#TourdeFleece2025 week one progress... Carded shades of brown alpaca roving together with some silk, tore batt into roving for spinning into sock yarn. Began spinning yesterday. My singles are a bit uneven as this is only the second time I've used my new spinner, but should even out in plying.

Several shades of brown alpaca roving, along with the silk roving they are being combined with.

Partially spun batt of multicolored alpaca and silk fiber on the drum carder.

Batt torn into strips and wound into mini-bumps for spinning.

Spinning progress so far on the EEW spinner bobbin.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Working on my #TourDeFleece project today. I'm carding five different shades of alpaca roving, along with about 20% silk, to make a more durable and lustrous sock yarn. Going to start spinning this tomorrow!

Multiple brown and tan shades of alpaca roving with some silk roving in the foreground.

Partially completed alpaca roving batt on the drum carder.

Completed batt in shades of tan and brown draped on the back of a dining chair.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Rustic yarn from Chile swatched up in "broken rib" stitch. I made it the right size and shape for a cardigan pocket, so I wouldn't waste the yarn or the time. #yarn #handspun #fiber

Swatch square in broken rib stitch that is the right size to be repurposed as a pocket on my future cardigan.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

One of my Double Mahoi bananas is blooming!!!! I've had it for four years, it's grown to fill it's half-barrel pot (and then some, it has two significant offshoots now) and is about 9 feet tall. I thought I saw a flag leaf today, and I was right! #gardening #greenhouse #tropical #banana

Looking a bit rough after the winter, my Double Mahoi banana and its two offshoots are filling its large half-barrel pot.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Three and a half pounds of lovely, rustic, hand-spun, natural colored, bulky Chilean wool! All wound into balls and ready to use. Planning a rustic bulky cardigan and some slippers, and the rest will likely be made into something woven. I can't wait to knit this up! #wool #Chile #handspun

Four large balls of grey and brown tone rustic hand-spun wool.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

#showmeyourknits purple week post! Still working on these, but I have one done. 🧶 #knitting #socks

Purple, blue and pink variegated simple sock with its mate still on the needles. Submission for purple week on #showmeyourknits.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Interesting rock found while on a bike ride the other day... Powdery minty-blue chert. Unusual color for this type of rock! #rockhounding #rocks

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

More information on my "three day socks." I timed the next pair I made and found it took me 8 hours per sock. Shorter socks could probably be done in 6, but I like cuffs. I knit English and "throw" so I'm not the fastest knitter. You may be a lot faster. 🧶 #showmeyourknits #knitting #socks

Three pairs of "three day socks" in green, purples, and grey that I now know take 8 hours per sock.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Grey Alpaca socks! While this picture shows them without the ends woven in, these are now actually finished, washed, and tucked away in my special sock drawer. They are SO soft and squishy - I love them a lot! 🧶 Posted for #showmeyourknits Grey Knits Week. #knitting #handknitting

A finished pair of grey crew length socks in a soft sport weight alpaca yarn.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I harnessed some of that "Oh my gawd, I am getting SO sick of this project!" energy and got 'er done tonight. V-neck cowl scarf has been completed. Second pic shows the set, ready for our next bike ride! #knitting #handknitting #showmeyourknits

Cowl scarf with matching ear warmer head band.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Finished over-dyeing these nine light pink skeins. I tried several new dyeing techniques to mix it up a bit. Bottom to top - hot tropical, speckles over light pink, shades of plum self-striping, black raspberry, and summer roses. Probably all destined for knitted socks. 🧶 #fiber #knitting #socks

Original color of the skein lot - kind of a "meh" light pink.

New, much brighter skeins in colors of pink, gold, golden orange, peach, plum, and raspberry.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

First attempt at over-dyeing a self-striping sport-weight sock yarn - the contrasting part came out a bit more "subtle" than I planned (used too much dye and it ran) but I think it will work. I'll know more when I knit it up. Original color skein for reference.🧶 #yarn #fiberarts #socks #knitting

Two skeins of sock yarn, one pale pink and the other a mix of purples in a self-striping pattern.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Bought some rather insipid light pink yarn from someone's de-stashing project, with the intent of over-dyeing it in more vivid colors - in this case, shades of violet, rose, peach and gold. I have enough for up to three more projects! I may try a self-striping pattern next. #fiber #knitting

Finished new colorway in shades of violet, rose, peach and gold!

Newly dyed yarn alongside the original light pink color.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Three day socks! Dialing in a simple cuffed sock pattern in an indie color way ("The Greening") in light sport weight wool. #knitting #showmeyourknits #socks

Pair of simple green socks in sport weight wool, knitted in just three days.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Here is my current green work in progress for #showmeyourknits this week - a pair of very simple toe-up socks in green shades. I'm about 6 rows away from where I will start to turn the heel. Loving the colors! #knitting #socks

Sock body being knitted in lots of shades of green.

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Teresa @teresaurus.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Oldest Work In Progress socks are finished - eleven YEARS since I started these. (Got 80% of the way thru and lost the ball of teal accent yarn.) Hand-spun superwash merino, hand painted yarn and a very simple 3:1 ribbing for the body. Not perfect but DONE. #showmeyourknits #knitting #socks

Didn't find the teal accent yarn I lost ten years ago, but I did find the fiber I spun it from!

Spinning up some replacement yarn to replace the teal yarn I lost in the move.

Finished socks, washed and blocking. Mistakes were made, and they may be a bit too big, but they are finally, finally done.

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