RustyRaven
@RustyRaven@aussie.zone
Interested in sewing, gardening and preserving, with a strong focus on sustainability.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🤠 Thursday 20 August 2026 2 days ago:
I guess I use a hybrid version. It’s as you go for the first part of the meal, then towards the end I’ll start focussing on making sure that everything is divided up into portions to make sure there is a bit of everything to go into each bite. I’m the opposite of the people who want all their food segregated and eaten separately, I want all meal components to have equal representation throughout the meal.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🤠 Thursday 20 August 2026 3 days ago:
Today’s overnight oats were particularly delicious. Although I put so much fruit in them I’m starting to think I should refer to it as fruit salad with oats.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍏 Saturday 15 August 2026 1 week ago:
There is - I have one! It actually has a tower/stand that has the bag in it, you put it away on the stand and it opens the dust canister, sucks the dust into the bag and closes it again. I think you can have a robot vacuum that attaches to the same tower.
The one I have is an LG vacuum but there are other brands too.
- Comment on Discussion Thread ⛵️ Friday 14 August 2026 1 week ago:
I put a mandarin in my lunch bag a couple of days ago and ended up not eating it because I took some leave. I figured it would still be fine for a snack today, but I was very, very wrong. I haven’t seen such strong mould growth on a piece of fruit in a long time 😬
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐱 Tuesday 11 August 2026 1 week ago:
I did mine this morning too. I was very glad that things like ‘occupation’ had free entry, not a forced choice from a drop down list. They never actually have anything that fits.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐱 Tuesday 11 August 2026 1 week ago:
Lots of people at work today so I have a bonus afternoon off. I can now do those things I was supposed to do yesterday and never got to because the lure of the couch was too strong.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐱 Tuesday 11 August 2026 1 week ago:
Opening it was a matter of peeling the envelope off the letter instead of actually opening it, but it held up pretty well. The vouchers for the tip are drying off, the letter telling me I’m old and should be doing things to ward off dementia is in the bin, and the envelope of junk mail went straight in the bin.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🐱 Tuesday 11 August 2026 1 week ago:
My package turned out to have just fit into the mail box. Which turned out to be not particularly waterproof when there is heavy, wild rain. It’s a bit on the soggy side, and the letters that were with it were absolutely sopping - they were litterally dripping water.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Tuesday 4 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
Varies dramatically based on the type and size of cartridge. I have a laser printer with massive toner cartidges that I’ve changed once in 20 years. Many thousands of pages for it. But I’ve had inkjets that seemed to run out every 5 seconds.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Tuesday 4 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
A what three words address? There is a ‘disco fish hunt’ and a ‘dodo fish hunt’, maybe it’s the Prime Minister’s next holiday plan.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Tuesday 4 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
i’ve got some cheese & herb scrolls I made to go with it. I think they need to be a bit cheesier though, and the next batch I might add some bacon too. If I don’t have something like that cheese on toast is my preference for vegetable soups.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Tuesday 4 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
I was never given soup when I was sick, so it can’t be that. Sick food was always dry crackers and flat lemonade.
Pumpkin soup is often pretty yucky. I don’t mind it with a reasonable amount of curry in it, or the one I had today had a lot of chicken stock to give it flavour. Pumpkin on it’s own is just boring mush that is often a bit too sweet. It also had a fair few other vegetables in it, so it wasn’t just watered down pumpkin puree like a lot seem to be.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Tuesday 4 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
Why does the thought of soup for lunch always feel so unappealing, but then you have it and it’s delicious and you wonder why you don’t have it more often?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪿 Tuesday 4 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
I managed to trigger my bank’s fraud detection last night by transferring some money to myself. Apparently not having a description/reference can be a red flag, so from now on I’ll be putting in reference notes for the benefit of the fraud dept. 😁
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
Pizza night
Grilled salmon pizza. Mr Woof got a few bits and was very impressed.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
It should keep moving - it’s beautiful and sunny again here!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
Breakfast muffin assembly went well. I bought some ‘muffin top’ tins that are perfect for cooking eggs in the oven, and I can fit a dozen eggs and a tray of bacon in the oven at once. Assembly and wrapping is still a bit tedious, but I’ve now got a dozen breakfast muffins in the freezer with a lot less mess and effort than cooking in the pan took.
Now I just need to clean everything up, then vacuum pack all the meat I bought for the freezer.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
Hopefully your weather is a bit better than mine then, it’s freezing cold and raining this afternoon. I took out the compost bucket earlier and that’s as close to gardening as I’m coming today.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
I was a bit disappointed that the ham I ordered was not available and they refunded me instead of giving me a different type of ham. But then the ham was in the order anyway, so now I’m very happy because I got free ham. It’s a total rollercoaster of emotions this morning!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
It has been surprisingly sunny considering the forecast. The morning dog walk was surprisingly pleasant, it was 4 degrees and felt like -2, but there was sun which makes it much more acceptable.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
I think you deserve a good chill out day. I’m sure Gibson will like having you around to hang out with too.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
I’m very glad to have an indoor day planned today. Grocery delivery is being dropped off this morning, so I’ll be doing some packing of things for the freezer and making another batch of breakfast muffins.
The top temp here (Ballarat) is only expected to be 10 degrees. The whole week ahead looks pretty miserable - the highest expected temp is 13 on Friday, and tomorrow is only expected to get to 9. Plus rain and possible hail.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🪼 Monday 3 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
Lovely weather for it. Try not to get hailed on. 🥶
- Comment on Discussion Thread 👽 Sunday 2 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
My induction hotplate that I do most of my cooking on is dying, so I’ve ordered a new one. I bought a bit more expensive model this time, hopefully it is worth the extra. It has a built in temperature probe, so you are supposed to be able to set it to cook to a specific temperature and can use it to sous vide if you want to. It also had real dials and buttons instead of touch screen, so I shouldn’t have any further issues like accidental water drips changing the settings on me.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 👽 Sunday 2 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
Why is it that my plans for a ‘couple of vegetables on the side’ always turn into a massive serving that turns into the main part of the meal and make fitting everything onto the plate challenging?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 👽 Sunday 2 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
I followed up mowing the back yard with a pressure wash of the concrete paving areas. It looks so much better now - I knew there was a bit of algae starting to be a problem, but I hadn’t realised how much ground in dirt there also was. I do like this cool but sunny weather for getting things done outside, it’s really pleasant being able to work outside without overheating.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 👽 Sunday 2 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
You have inspired me, there are a few things I’ve been meaning to chuck out in the fridge and I’ve been putting it off for weeks now. I hope the compost bin likes pickles.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 👽 Sunday 2 August 2026 2 weeks ago:
Why do there have to be so many different sizes of battery? I have about 27 different types available, and of course the garage door remote needs one I don’t have.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😃 Saturday 1 August 2026 3 weeks ago:
I took advantage of the weather and managed to get the washing dry outside. It feels like a major achievement at this time of year.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍷 Friday 31st July 2026 3 weeks ago:
It looks like Melbourne is expected to get to 17 degrees, so even nicer than Ballarat’s 12!
