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I’ll survive the summer, but I’m gonna have to get me some new pencils this fall, me thinks.
Featured are the pencil shavings I’ve kept for the past two years, for funsies :moomin_happy:
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Us: "Ok, so we'll only spend 2 days in Von Donop on Cortes Island instead of 27 days like last year :moomin_hmm: ." Us 4 days later: "Waah it's so nice here, let's never leave :moomin_yay: ." If someone starts off by saying, “I have a special ability that permits me to discern lies from truth on the news...” you know its gonna be bad.
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I'm always wary of people who have absolute confidence in what they know, that think they understand how everything works, and how others thinks...  @rek no i want people to tell me about the evil socialists so that i know who they are and i can go hang out with them Been solar cooking beans for the last few days, with all the sunny days we’ve had they cook in under 2 hours. To be fair, I pick ones that cook fairly fast like black beans and kidney beans. We’ve been adding them to all our meals. Lentils are crazy fast too (a legume tho). Only failure was soybeans. I tried solar cooking them twice. It’s too messy(deck was sticky with soybean juices) and takes too damn long, even if they’ve been cracked and soaked. @rek the solar oven experiment info is great :D Have you seen “Will it tofu?” Series of videos? https://youtube.com/@marystestkitchen Earlier this year we fermented some purple top turnips with some red beets in brine. It is very, very delicious.  @rek Is that the same pickle that is often used in falafal wrap and middle eastern salads? It looks very similar. Just finished reading Lord of the Flies. What a devastating read. It is rare that when reading a book that I have to stop mid-sentence, cause I'm choking up, cause what is happening is so terrible. That last chapter was especially stressful. Kept me awake for a long time (we read at night, i read aloud for both of us).
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Christ. Had a boat try and stern-tie next to us, but the wind kept pushing them on the beam, then as they tightened the stern-line it caught into their dinghy, then the dinghy fell in the water, then a line of the dinghy got caught in the prop. We yelled at them to stop going forward. Guy pulled boat with dinghy. Wife didnt know how to lower/lift anchor or what the markers on the chain meant, can't pull stern-line in by hand (lacking strength). Holy HELLL XD... They had help, but g'damn...! They were dragging towards us, then towards shore.... Not knowing how to handle your boat is so, so dangerous, especially with a boat that large. Not being able to deal with it physically is also a big problem :/. Walked on another trail on the south shore of Roscoe Bay (Ridge trail). Lots of uphill, scrambling over fallen trees. Aaaaaand Devine got stung by a bee again It's a bit of a funny situation when to get internet to pay my bills, the phone needs to be hoisted up the mast to get a connection, but to pay my bills, I need a verification code sent to that same phone. I know the code was sent cause I can feel the vibration in the mast *buzz buzz*. Kay, time to pull it back down, then back up again (hopefully, w/o losing connection). The other day someone called us, and there was lovely music playing aloft for a short few seconds.  Note: I'm not complaining, I just think it's funny. Not looking for ways to fix this. :moomin_flower2: Black Lake, where we've been swimming these past few days. Edges are full of sunken logs, and yellow water lillies. Woohoo~ being stern-tied to shore makes it so much easier to solar cook ^_^! Put the cooker on the bow, with zero adjustments needed. Pino in Roscoe Bay. Been here for nearly 6 days. We love it here. It's sheltered, not overly busy at the moment, either. Ought to be a good place to weather the coming warmth, because there is a freshwater lake just a short row+walk from shore.
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@rek do you have a thermometer? Curious what the water temps are in the bay and in Black Lake. @rek just started to follow you, because you are definitely living my fantasy dream, there, Roscoe Bay on a sailboat. Climbed 683m(2241ft) on top of Mt Llanover on West Redonda Island (50°10.745'N, 124°47.462'W). Approx. 4 km each way. Up top offers amazing views. We could see Cortes Island, the lake near Refuge Cove, and to the far left Sarah Point (the last corner to turn before reaching Desolation Sound). A bumblebee spent the day aboard Pino today. We could not persuade it to leave. When it did leave. We added screens on all windows/doors. The bumblebee came back a few short minutes later. We watched it as it tried all of the openings, all 3 were screened, all impassable. Never seen a bumblebee so determined to get back inside. Wonder why o_O.
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Just released the list of changes and updates to the Hundred Rabbits projects for the month of June! Made some solar cooked whole wheat(milled just this morning, thank you Dev) chocolate chip cake. Turned out perfect :moomin_yay: Buying chocolate chips was SUCH a good idea...!
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The far end of the solar cooker heats food at a higher temp, so the ends of the tube cake has a cookie texture XD... crispy bottoms and all, kinda neat. Arrived in Roscoe Bay on West Redonda Island. Can only enter here on a rising tide, the entrance dries entirely at low tide. Didn’t expect to find a signal, but Devine hoisted the phone up the mast and now we have internets *flails*. Going to chill here for a few days :). In Sturt Bay at the north of Texada Island. Heading into Desolation Sound tomorrow with the help of some SE winds. We have several anchorages in mind, depending on how tired we are, or whether the wind is good or not. Looking forward to staying put somewhere nice and sheltered for a little while, to work on projects and to chill. We’ve been moving from anchorage to anchorage since June 6th, and it’s been nice, but it’s a bit tiring 😴 Had a nice 13nm sail from Maude Bay (Thunder Bay) this morning. Forecast called for light wind, we didn’t know what to expect, we could see there was wind when we left the anchorage, but thought it would die. The wind was a pleasant strength, it stayed with us all the way to Sturt Bay. Today Pino's anchored in Thunder Bay 49°45.831'N, 124° 16.105'W. Taking a day off from sailing, before we head to the north of Texada Island. Shores are lined with small cottages, the bay is overun with crab traps(not so good) and seals(very good). Wrote a detailed post on our 46nm sail to Princess Louisa Inlet, our time there, and the sail back. What a beautiful place.  |
@rek I assume you are aware of pencil extensions? Those make working with short stubs more comfortable.
@rek I use the same pencils and nurse them to their last as well. :suwi:
@rek We have the exact same matchbox! :)