beadlizard

Retired farmer

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@CaddellBeth @TarynA83 I do both. The pair otn this week is a mix of commercial and handspun. I bought a skein of light brown that is sort of a sad hue in person, but a strand of bright pink handspun worked in here and there is cheering it up.

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@Dirtdragonmom Laughing so hard!

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@TarynA83 This is so good! Isn't it amazing when they realize the difference and how good it feels? And this will show in their adult lives when they push themselves that last little bit to complete projects. Great parenting!

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@CaddellBeth @TarynA83 And socks! (That's what I'm knitting with my handspun this afternoon.)

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@WadingSmith Gorgeous grain and the color!

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@Sagewytch What wonderful news! And you were home to see it! You have an appointment tomorrow, right? Hope it goes well.

Still sending prayers.

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@Architectolder I'm more rustic than that, but I'm not that foolish. That fireplace is nuts. A birdhouse?!!!

Would like to see something that has a chance at being real please.

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@Architectolder The water damage in the living room ceiling gives me qualms. The power strip on the kitchen wall brings back memories. I'd be inclined to gut it and pretty much just keep the stone and logs.

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That looks like an AI fabrication. Missing handles on some cabinets, for instance.

The floor usually looked more like little bricks (had two variations of it), that fridge layout never existed in the places I lived (single door with a small top freezer that had an internal door, and later we got side-by-side with a narrow freezer that had its own external door, more curves to the outline, too), never seen a toaster like that (they were small and more curvy), never saw a wall oven like that (is that supposed to be a broiler below?).

What even is that "appliance" on the left?

And no housewife in her right mind would hang copper aspic molds (is that what those are supposed to be?!) unevenly like that. Raise them up a bit so they are centered in the wood "valance" and move them so they fit the scallops better. My grandma kept hers in her walk-in pantry because she didn't want to have to scrub the copper before using them.

I do miss Harvest Gold and easy to mop lino. I sure don't miss asbestos.

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I wrote a long rant, deleted it, and summarized instead. I prefer wood without epoxy (hand-rubbed wax or some good quality oil please, or varathane if you must), I truly enjoy seeing large expanses of grain and do not require all edges to be square in my world, and it's obvious he has never even touched a good quality cashmere sweater, let alone spun and knit one.

Your mill photos of slabs are a highlight for me on X. I miss living in logging country, being able to tell a cousin I have enough saved up for a load of larch side lumber next time he has some, and spending a day with my hand planes, saws, and hammer building something useful.

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The main joy of my middle and high school years was we bought a fixer-upper that came with a big old garden in back, and the house had been built by an agriculture professor.

The garden hadn't been maintained in decades, but two of our neighbors were in their 90s and they helped me find the things they remembered, like a giant mound of asparagus, an old grape vine, etc. The professor had planted his experimental tulips in clumps underneath lilacs, and they were exquisite.

One of the delights was a mature mock orange. The scent!

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@brim006 Sure is a beautiful part of our country. I've been enjoying your photos and stories very much. Most of my family is in Minot now.

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@Dirtdragonmom Oooh! Thank you!

My husband's favorite new t-shirt is this one...
https://t.co/lLzpwxChfJ

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@CrubersGate I'm not seeing any metal box fans. Metal is pretty much drum fans now, or that's what is coming up in my searches.

Bob Vila: https://t.co/szuEpDSzat

Or something like this one at Home Depot: https://t.co/u5Y3yXf2KS

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@FenixAmmoHR What a transformation! Beautiful.

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@FrankBr05713205 I always enjoy your posts, but that one made me weepy.

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My metal roof on the main house at the farm went up in 1995, iirc. I've been expecting it to fail for years, especially considering the exposure, but I did build a sturdy house. Been lucky I guess, plus my dad's architect friend who edited my plans had me add the same kinds of structural reinforcement he uses in Texas. We get more straight wind than swirly wind, but it can blow hard up the draw.

Exterior of the main house is log (I'd rather have metal due to fire danger, but logs were cheap and cheap mattered back then), interior walls are western frame, built it to last with extra concrete in the foundation, extra layers in the floor, thicker plywood, metal keys, etc.

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@Korteacres @DeplorableEdD I was looking at the one on Johnnys -- I'll give those a try. Thank you!