February BAG post
Feb. 28th, 2020 02:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meridian_roseFirst of all: Potatoes!
I planted them in an old hessian shopping bag last year. There didn't seem to be many flowers on the impressive stalks and when I pulled the stalks at the end of the season I found only the tiniest pea sized potatoes. But then last Friday I found what I thought was a stone on the path - it was a potato spilled from the bag which had split open! I dug all through the bag and found the pictured beauties. We had them roasted with Sunday lunch and and chipped and fried as home made chips on Tuesday. Lovely!
I'll be away next week. I hope to come back inspired. Need to schedule as many of the writing blogs as I can for Wednesday. I'm reusing an old poem for the 4th. This month I wrote 3 sentence fics; "Monsters" was my favourite.
Being kind to myself has been a battle of "Look I wrote a fic for the writing blog and kept on top of my work stuff" versus "so what that's nothing, ugh" versus me doubling on "I did the important things and I'm proud of myself." I never realised tackling negative self-talk was so difficult, though so very worthwhile. It hasn't necessarily helped me feel the most productive but at least I'm not feeling miserable.
I had the house to myself for a week and watched (in some cases rewatched) a lot of movies, some I enjoyed more than others.
I've been trying to write again. I've managed some words. I'm keeping on top of noting down ideas. I'm editing my small fandom big bang fic and my artist has mocked up some amazing ideas!
It was Good Omens got me writing last year after a slump. I was hoping The Witcher might prove useful. I've seen the first four episodes. It's helping. I wrote an outline for a fic. I may talk more about that later. Possibly as part of the 'changing way I've been writing when I do write' post.
I've been away so long from DW, or so it feels, that I'm a bit overwhelmed about returning to regular reading and posting, though I hope to find at least a more managable rhythm.
I've sometimes written brief tweets/tumblr posts, things that seem too short and trivial for DW and maybe they're not? Maybe I should crosspost at some point. Maybe I should do more of the crossposting from tumblr I put in a document last year. I don't know. And that's fine, I'll tackle things as and when.
The Snowflake challenge...I know you can never be too late to join in but I didn't get very far with it. Maybe something else to do later.
I've been suffering with a cold that's mostly in my ears which is a new experience, hoping that clears soon!
I hope you're all doing well.
I planted them in an old hessian shopping bag last year. There didn't seem to be many flowers on the impressive stalks and when I pulled the stalks at the end of the season I found only the tiniest pea sized potatoes. But then last Friday I found what I thought was a stone on the path - it was a potato spilled from the bag which had split open! I dug all through the bag and found the pictured beauties. We had them roasted with Sunday lunch and and chipped and fried as home made chips on Tuesday. Lovely!
I'll be away next week. I hope to come back inspired. Need to schedule as many of the writing blogs as I can for Wednesday. I'm reusing an old poem for the 4th. This month I wrote 3 sentence fics; "Monsters" was my favourite.
Being kind to myself has been a battle of "Look I wrote a fic for the writing blog and kept on top of my work stuff" versus "so what that's nothing, ugh" versus me doubling on "I did the important things and I'm proud of myself." I never realised tackling negative self-talk was so difficult, though so very worthwhile. It hasn't necessarily helped me feel the most productive but at least I'm not feeling miserable.
I had the house to myself for a week and watched (in some cases rewatched) a lot of movies, some I enjoyed more than others.
I've been trying to write again. I've managed some words. I'm keeping on top of noting down ideas. I'm editing my small fandom big bang fic and my artist has mocked up some amazing ideas!
It was Good Omens got me writing last year after a slump. I was hoping The Witcher might prove useful. I've seen the first four episodes. It's helping. I wrote an outline for a fic. I may talk more about that later. Possibly as part of the 'changing way I've been writing when I do write' post.
I've been away so long from DW, or so it feels, that I'm a bit overwhelmed about returning to regular reading and posting, though I hope to find at least a more managable rhythm.
I've sometimes written brief tweets/tumblr posts, things that seem too short and trivial for DW and maybe they're not? Maybe I should crosspost at some point. Maybe I should do more of the crossposting from tumblr I put in a document last year. I don't know. And that's fine, I'll tackle things as and when.
The Snowflake challenge...I know you can never be too late to join in but I didn't get very far with it. Maybe something else to do later.
I've been suffering with a cold that's mostly in my ears which is a new experience, hoping that clears soon!
I hope you're all doing well.
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Date: 2020-02-28 03:45 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-03-01 07:51 pm (UTC)I never realised tackling negative self-talk was so difficult, though so very worthwhile. It hasn't necessarily helped me feel the most productive but at least I'm not feeling miserable.
Yes! Good job! <3
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Date: 2020-03-10 09:15 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-03-10 09:18 am (UTC)This is quite a nice article about it https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/potato/growing-potatoes-in-bags.htm
Best of luck! :D
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Date: 2020-03-10 09:19 am (UTC)Thank you so much :D