Crazy Organization Going On
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thagirionOh man, long time no post. I think about LJ everyday but never seem to get around to it. Not for a lack of stuff to talk about. My life is always interesting. So the pumpkin and gourd garden are doing well so far. Looks like I might get at least two types of cushaw pumpkins. It's been chemical warfare though to get it to work and I hope I can stay on top of all the bugs and diseases.
It amazes me how some of my intersts are seasonal. I have found this out from keeping this journal so long. It never fails that I become my most creative in the Fall. It last through winter then come Spring it's gone through Summer and then the cycle starts again. WHY? Why can't I keep up the art year round? Well anyway, I've started working on my Bullet Journal again. Pumpkins is the theme this month. Wanted something easy to draw to get back into it. I'm thinking so much about my characters too. Fear and the rest of the crew of Triangulum Resistance are once again on my mind.
I'm back into my nepenthes too. I'm starting to think I tend to get back into some of my fave plants around this time. This year I've been focusing on collecting as many variants of Nepenthes Ampullaria as I can. Unfortunately funds aren't so wonderful at the moment and nepenthes are expensive. I wish I could buy everything on my wishlists. Bergen Watergardens just got some awesome ones in. I hope to do a video on them soon. So far I have N. ampullaria red x black miracle. This is my fave and most amazing one. N. ampullaria green. N. ampullaria lime twist and N. ampullaria bronze nabine. That last one was from Black Jungle Terrarium supply and it came in like garbage. I have it in a bag hardening it off. Hope it will be ok. I would love to have an all red and the one that's green with red lips. I've got one coming in the mail still called Red speckled. Can't wait to get it. N. ampullaria is unique among nepenthes in that it does not produce digestive acids. It does eat bugs but is a detritovore meaning it eats leaves that fall into its pitchers. If you think about it then it's a cannibalistic plant in a very loose definition of the word.
I'm so sick of all the junk in our house. Why does it seem like there's no end in sight to this dilema. We get rid of stuff but still have too much. We're not adding to the problem. We buy what we need. Although since I ended up with my mother's stuff we really do have a lot less. I think there are two major factors involved. First we have a house that's too small with little to no storage. Closets for example. Second we aren't using our limited space properly. I think a lot of it is wasted and things are stored improperly. So I have been learning about what to do and Chris has been helping me buy bins and boxes. He was impressed with how I have been organizing the garage and the small kitchen pantry. He was worried I was getting so many boxes but really they've all been put to use and have disappeared out of the way. They are labeled so you know what is in them. I am SO looking forward to the day I can make a documentary about this and how how bad we had it in 2016 to how we finally got rid of everything but the stuff we need and love. It went to the storage unit and brought stuff back. That's scary because we don't have room for it. But 2/3 of it s for trash and for donations. The last 1/3 I need to sort through then figure out how to organize it. I have lots of stuff I would like to sell but I don't want to put stuff up on Ebay, Etsy or places like that. I don't like the idea that they take a cut of my profits. Screw that. Hopefully I'll think of something else.
We've also been cleaning up the yard. Chris has helped me cut branches and whole trees down. Some of which I pulled down with my jeep. I do hope to make a video of that at some point too. Again it's crazy how much junk our yard produces and I hope we can hire the dumpster again soon.
Lastly, the budgies are doing good. I have a video of Minion to share where he talks on his perche. I hope he will do this again so that I can make all his talking videos this way. I really hate filming him behind bars, but he only talks in his cage.
https://youtu.be/qA1VyjOwnZ4
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It amazes me how some of my intersts are seasonal. I have found this out from keeping this journal so long. It never fails that I become my most creative in the Fall. It last through winter then come Spring it's gone through Summer and then the cycle starts again. WHY? Why can't I keep up the art year round? Well anyway, I've started working on my Bullet Journal again. Pumpkins is the theme this month. Wanted something easy to draw to get back into it. I'm thinking so much about my characters too. Fear and the rest of the crew of Triangulum Resistance are once again on my mind.
I'm back into my nepenthes too. I'm starting to think I tend to get back into some of my fave plants around this time. This year I've been focusing on collecting as many variants of Nepenthes Ampullaria as I can. Unfortunately funds aren't so wonderful at the moment and nepenthes are expensive. I wish I could buy everything on my wishlists. Bergen Watergardens just got some awesome ones in. I hope to do a video on them soon. So far I have N. ampullaria red x black miracle. This is my fave and most amazing one. N. ampullaria green. N. ampullaria lime twist and N. ampullaria bronze nabine. That last one was from Black Jungle Terrarium supply and it came in like garbage. I have it in a bag hardening it off. Hope it will be ok. I would love to have an all red and the one that's green with red lips. I've got one coming in the mail still called Red speckled. Can't wait to get it. N. ampullaria is unique among nepenthes in that it does not produce digestive acids. It does eat bugs but is a detritovore meaning it eats leaves that fall into its pitchers. If you think about it then it's a cannibalistic plant in a very loose definition of the word.
I'm so sick of all the junk in our house. Why does it seem like there's no end in sight to this dilema. We get rid of stuff but still have too much. We're not adding to the problem. We buy what we need. Although since I ended up with my mother's stuff we really do have a lot less. I think there are two major factors involved. First we have a house that's too small with little to no storage. Closets for example. Second we aren't using our limited space properly. I think a lot of it is wasted and things are stored improperly. So I have been learning about what to do and Chris has been helping me buy bins and boxes. He was impressed with how I have been organizing the garage and the small kitchen pantry. He was worried I was getting so many boxes but really they've all been put to use and have disappeared out of the way. They are labeled so you know what is in them. I am SO looking forward to the day I can make a documentary about this and how how bad we had it in 2016 to how we finally got rid of everything but the stuff we need and love. It went to the storage unit and brought stuff back. That's scary because we don't have room for it. But 2/3 of it s for trash and for donations. The last 1/3 I need to sort through then figure out how to organize it. I have lots of stuff I would like to sell but I don't want to put stuff up on Ebay, Etsy or places like that. I don't like the idea that they take a cut of my profits. Screw that. Hopefully I'll think of something else.
We've also been cleaning up the yard. Chris has helped me cut branches and whole trees down. Some of which I pulled down with my jeep. I do hope to make a video of that at some point too. Again it's crazy how much junk our yard produces and I hope we can hire the dumpster again soon.
Lastly, the budgies are doing good. I have a video of Minion to share where he talks on his perche. I hope he will do this again so that I can make all his talking videos this way. I really hate filming him behind bars, but he only talks in his cage.
https://youtu.be/qA1VyjOwnZ4
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Date: 2021-10-13 01:51 am (UTC)Ha, and nice to see an interview with Minion as well, that’s a fun idea. He was even kind enough to give a love bite XD
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Date: 2021-10-13 11:38 am (UTC)Well I had him on that perch on my desk and noticed he was being so loud. He then started talking and I wondered if he'd talk into the mic so I grabbed my camera and mic. And he did. I hope he will continue to do this. One of the artistic projects I must do is build a tiny mic stand so he stops biting me. Putting him back on the perch was the moment he got mad and turned on me ha ha.