"City Born Great" by N. K. Jemisin (Hugo nominated for Short Story ( Read more... )

I stole this post from Ambyr's tracking list so that I can start tracking where I am in reading Hugo finalists. I'm pretty far behind, particularly as I have read NONE of the nominated novels, but hopefully I can catch up. Achaosofkittens has some of the novels (noted as "we own them"), and some of the shorter stuff is online. As I read them, the ( Read more... )

So here I am, over on DreamWidth. For everyone who has migrated, please say hi and let's trade access.

Also, I'm still playing with access settings. So regardless of footers or other additives, I'm still reading and commenting on LJ.

This entry was originally posted at http://reedrover.dreamwidth.org/2056680.html. Please comment there using ( Read more... )

My basic gardening technique for the flower beds is:

1) Buy too many bulbs.
2) Pick a spot in which to plant some of these bulbs, and check that spot for daffodils.
2A) Does it have daffodils? Then create your hole by digging up and removing most of them.
2B) Does it not have daffodils? Then dig some up from some place that needs thinning and ( Read more... )

I called it correctly: Madeline kidded yesterday afternoon in the kidding pen during the rainstorms. She had a slightly-undercooked single boy baby who is bright white. I guess the Richie red genetics didn't cross well with the recessive black Mona x Jared genetics ( Read more... )

We are expecting two inches of rain today. We need it, and Friday is a good day to get rain, since I have to be at work anyway. It's already raining buckets right now and my last doe - Madeline - is due to kid Very Soon Now(tm). Since I'm at work, I stuck her in the kidding pen already to make sure that she doesn't kid somewhere out in the pasture ( Read more... )

Silence Fallen, by Patricia Briggs. Urban Fantasy. Hardback, 384 pages. Book 10 in the Mercy Thompson series. Keeping it ( Read more... )

The goldfish survived the winter. I spotted both of them swimming in the pond this morning. Also, something went "blorp" so the frogs might already be back. There was a frog (toad?) on the path last night, too. Yay frogs! On the drive home last night, I saw two foxes and two rabbits, though thankfully not in the same places ( Read more... )

I worked in the garden this evening. I got the six potato grow bags set up and started. I'm horribly late, but hopefully we will get something from the Yukon Golds that I put into dirt ( Read more... )

Pansy kidded her daughter this morning. I'm so pleased for her new owners to have such a darling colored girl. Congrats Pansy and yay Ari wasn't a total washout siring only boys this year. ( Read more... )