Have a cute dog photo. It won’t make up for Spotify taking away our like icons, but it might help it hurt a little bit less.
Babiest Baked Potato
Category: Photography
Notebook Review
I was looking for a new notebook. I usually order whatever looks cheap and cheerful in A5 with 160 gsm paper, but a bunch of people on Reddit recommended Scribbles That Matter notebooks.
The notebook is fine? I like the paper finish, the grid isn’t too light or dark, the pages are numbered, and the cover is a nice shade of pink. But, I hate the pen loop. It’s riveted to the back cover, which creates a lumpy spot. I also don’t love that some of the pages are glued together along the spine.
Altogether, it’s a decent notebook, but I’m probably not going to order another one.
Pens
The bottom pen lasted two weeks. That’s a personal best. I’m glad I bought a 5 pack, because I’m obsessed with this brown ink.
Snacks
I’ve been trying to do better with taking healthy snacks to work with me, so I stay away from the vending machine. Today it’s a granny smith apple, mandarin orange sections, red grapes, and blueberries. I’ve had good luck with blueberries lately. Often they’re mealy and flavorless, but these are tart and crisp.
Black Walnut Trees
The trees in this little wooded area are all twisted, because invasive honeysuckle vines have deformed them. These are black walnuts. You can see the remains of last fall’s seed heads along the tops of the branches.
The weather was amazing yesterday. Sunny and mid-70sF, with a sky full of wispy cirrus clouds.
Polly
Polly went back to the vet today for another round of bloodwork. She’s hyperthyroid, which is super common with old cats. She’s not quite where she needs to be yet, but she’s better. We’re going to up her thyroid meds and recheck in a few more weeks.
She is the unspiciest tortie cat ever. She just sat there, wrapped up in her little burrito, chilling.
Cherry Tomato
I’ve been watching this cherry tomato slowly turn into a raisin. Eventually one of the custodians will sweep it up, but I’m not holding my breath.
Pinked
I put a roll of washi tape in an old tape dispenser, and now I’m obsessed with the little pinked edges. I also bought a pair of 3mm pinking shears, for wider rolls. And for everything else, because all the things must be pinked.
Also, it’s been so long since I used my blog that the dashboard and editor have changed drastically. Thanks, I hate it.
ETA: Alsoalso, I changed the blog template. I’m not loving it, but the main column is a little wider. The columns on the old template were super skinny.
Shelfie
Someone on Reddit was trying to figure out how to use a Moleskine notebook for multimedia art journaling. The overwhelming advice was “Don’t.” Several people recommended hand-binding their own books, which is easy and very satisfying. But you can also use cheap composition notebooks, and Strathmore makes some really nice multimedia coil-bound journals. One benefit to coil-bound notebooks is that there’s less chance you’ll overfill the notebook and stress or break the binding. I know people love a nice, fat journal. It’s not a good idea to add a lot of bulk to them, though. I’ve overfilled a few, but I’ve learned strike a balance. Most of mine, whether I bound them or bought them, lie fairly flat.
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red paper boat 