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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
280 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
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 Posted - Oct 11 2025 : 2:01:32 PM
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Self Portrait [6]
I hate taking selfies, but convinced myself my phone camera was safer sitting in the coffee plants ticking down its 10 second delay than with me on the slackline. |
Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
1650 Posts
Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
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Posted - Oct 11 2025 : 2:02:59 PM
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Christine I have always wondered how the pour overs work, I guess it’s a good idea.
Also I love your story of Pause and Panda, so sweet! |
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Wanda Sue
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month-August 2022 |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3151 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
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Posted - Oct 11 2025 : 2:09:33 PM
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| Christine, I have a moka pot and forget to use it! You’ve inspired me to get it out. The red one is SO pretty! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
280 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2025 : 2:27:06 PM
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Gardens [7-12]
What system do you all use to plan your gardens and document how it all went? I set a reminder to take a picture of my yard once a week, but am discouraged by how unextreme of a makeover I see in a 4 year span. I could say the same for my photography skills!
We got some strawberry towers in, started another compost Amazon box, swapped the broken down wheelbarrow for a capsized plywood dog someone threw over the fence that needs power tools to fit in our dumpster. I guess all those wheelbarrows of mulch helped a bit with the weeds.
Do you all have dilemmas like this too? I planted pole beans in a potted citrus because they're nitrogen fixers and good companion plants, right? But then they trellised themselves up this big thorny sucker that sprouted below the graft. Do I cut it, sacrifice the beans and route more energy to the kumquats or let it ride?
More bean drama. Fallon and I bought a half dozen varieties of pole beans from Rancho Gordo -- the $7/lb for eating ones. Then we planted them along a fence to see if we could make our own landrace version. We think Coronas and Scarlet Runners won, but we neglected to consider that we planted the north side of the fence and most of the beans followed the sun and grew south onto our neighbor's side of the fence so we can't provide a full report.
I think in general, things go better if I get uncomfortably close. You can see a bee coming in for a landing on our banana stand and I can't see the hundreds of pounds of bananas about to be cluttering up the kitchen counters.
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Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
280 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2025 : 2:56:09 PM
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Kids [13-18]
I took this one as a joke for MJF first aid badge because we even squeezed a kit on Fallon's new "vehicle" a geared bike. But this shot just feels so "arty" to me without doing anything to modify it. Maybe it was the low in horizon afternoon sun and how photographers say they like working at dawn and dusk? Or that theory about zooming in way more than seems appropriate? Or maybe just all these lines of bike frame and legs? I don't know.
This morning at the climbing gym, inspired by photographers that captured candid shots of kids not looking staged and happy. Then tried cropping it and letting the software auto enhance it. Still don't think I got close enough to convey the terrified expression. Frustrated that photos of things that are steep don't look nearly so steep in photos.
And celebrating a successful summit over acai, thinking Fallon beat me to finding the perfect lip color... but I wanted to try to erase the distracting ad on the top of the table and messed with one of the preset filters ("punch").
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Farmgirl#8680
www.steamstead.blogspot.com
Oct 2025 FGOTM |
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Bellepic
True Blue Farmgirl
280 Posts
Christine
Santa Ana
CA
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2025 : 3:29:28 PM
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Spark joy. [19- ?]
I had been asking for a golf cart for errands and kid activities and Jens found me the functional equivalent that would not get me in trouble with highway patrol. This is from a decade ago before Tesla had its own assembly line and was putting electric vehicle guts in Toyota Rav4's. I named it Spark Joy and eventually got a license plate to match. Since I drive like a granny, tailgaters will have plenty of time to reflect on Konmarie's methods while trying to get around me.
Similar to steep things not looking steep, I tried taking a picture of a painting in a public bathroom from an extreme side angle which reminds me of how photographs don't let you see paint texture.
And as long as we're being edgy and taking pictures of bathrooms, might as well capture the view from our home "throne." We used to have a clawfoot tub in here with a shower curtain and Jens got annoyed that when you turned the shower on, the curtain would vacuum in and attack him. So now it is a wet room with non-load-bearing climbing holds. This also had me thinking about a quote in some photography book about 99% of photography being rearranging the furniture. Does anyone else feel compelled to tidy because there is some distracting clutter in the background of your shot?
But I let this one stay busy because we're supposed to be living the farmgirl lifestyle right? Compost bin? check. Seed sprouting jar? check. Sink drain diversion to greywater handle? check.
Mom uniform. Only 8 years away from being able to join the Red Hat Society!
Beverage of choice-- Madagascar sipping chocolate from coffee shop in photos 1-3 for chocolate badge. This is sipped while Fallon is taking piano lessons at the other end of the strip mall because drinking coffee at 4PM is a recipe for disaster. I am trying to collect 100 beverages served in real cups after freaking out about microplastics, so now my phone is filled with pictures of them to keep track. I like that the crockery is chipped.
Dessert -- [ensconced in plastic!] still working on chocolate badge. This brand (Royce) has chocolate from different origins with a flavor map for how they are stronger in different notes. So very educational. I have a map of our town under a vinyl cover on our dining room table because I realized I am so navigationally challenged, I use my map app to get everywhere and vaguely remember learning all the states and capitals off a placemat...
Taco Tuesday! I learned how to fry tortillas to make chips.
Hard to believe a dude chugging coffee out of a Mr. Coffee can also inlay a squid in the floor of your steampunk kitchen renovation...
His son is more of a scuba diver, welder, electrician... This was what he and Fallon made me for Mother's day. When the sun hits the solar panel and the pump starts running, Charlotte is not happy in her web.
Alright, that's what I got for now. Thank you for the encouragement Wanda Sue and Debbie K.!
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