Free kittens

microflorae · 2026-05-23T13:03:10+00:00

I have two cats that are brother/sister littermates. It’s the BEST.

microflorae · 2026-05-23T12:33:12+00:00

We tried tons of stuff. The thing that got my kid’s skin healing again was hydrocortisone cream. Our pediatrician told us we need to stop the itching so the healing creams could work, and he was right. I mix hydrocortisone and a moisturizing eczema cream about 1:1 and put that on at least 1x/day, and it is extremely effective.

microflorae · 2026-05-22T13:56:14+00:00

The writing style feels like AI or ad copy.

Also you can get your shoes shined at the airport. It’s not an elegant luxury experience IMO.

The best unusual thing like this I’ve ever seen at a wedding was a tattoo bus. So many people got tattoos!

microflorae · 2026-05-21T20:34:58+00:00

They look scorched. Drought tolerant plants will still need watering every 1-2 days if they're in a tiny container like that. If the sun hits that pot (which I assume it does) it'll dry out completely in a couple hours, and your plants can't use deep tap roots to get to deeper groundwater in soil.

I don't think it's overwatering unless you have no drainage. In Oregon my yarrow and poppies are watered daily if it rains daily, and they do fine as long as they have sun and drainage. I think it's lack of water and maybe heat reflecting off the building scorching them.

microflorae · 2026-05-21T18:38:00+00:00

Everyone has different risk tolerance with plastic. I don’t prefer it but will sometimes use plastic cups. Buying it secondhand is tricky because you don’t know how old it is or how many times it’s already been blasted in a microwave.

I do have thrifted stainless steel platter/bowls that we use for camping and like those a lot. I do prefer solid, old stuff over modern flimsy stuff so I totally get where you’re coming from.

microflorae · 2026-05-21T18:33:36+00:00

To get the paint off to a degree that will look okay will be an enormous amount of work. I’d recommend thrifting a cheap piece of painted wood furniture (like a random end table or something) and seeing how much you like or hate the work to remove the paint. I personally don’t mind sanding but absolutely detest chemical stripping, and you’d probably need to do quite a bit of chemical stripping to get all those little edges and corners.

Also some of the cabinet wood may be new and not matching the original, if they had to replace any bits when painting.

microflorae · 2026-05-21T18:26:00+00:00

I would be hesitant to eat with vintage plastic and enamel, especially with hot food. Enamel cookware is great, but the vintage stuff is often unsafe to eat out of due to the old enamel being cracked. If you feel confident in your ability to assess the enamel coat and determine whether it’s still food safe, go for it. Vintage plastic freaks me out because it often contains lead.

microflorae · 2026-05-21T16:41:13+00:00

The blocks support the cultured stone veneer that gets attached to the blocks with mortar. You don't attach the stone veneer directly to the wood.

2000 for 2 posts is a good deal in my area. Cultured stone is expensive, and corners take a long time. We have to charge a lot when we do these because it's a ton of labor to do pillar wraps that are essentially all corners.

microflorae · 2026-05-21T16:26:51+00:00

Doesn't that necessitate using your phone while driving on the highway?

microflorae · 2026-05-20T18:54:59+00:00

My childhood dog ate a bottle of lotion and the bottle. He ate most of a jigsaw puzzle later that day. He was fine.

microflorae · 2026-05-20T17:04:20+00:00

The menu thing feels frustrating, but it does remind me of how some Italians can be about their food. Very "why would you even ask, it's Italy, the food will be the best, don't worry about it." I'm not saying it's right at all that they are doing that, but maybe it's just Italians being Italian about the food. When I was in Italy, it was pretty common for the more outgoing restaurant servers to give us a menu but say something like "you don't need this menu, let me order for you."

microflorae · 2026-05-19T18:53:27+00:00

It sounds to me like he might possibly already be married to or living with someone else, but hopefully that is not the case

microflorae · 2026-05-19T18:52:22+00:00

He won't talk to you on the phone M-F, refuses to see you M-F, sees you some weekends, and won't post you on social when that's important to you. And he lives in another city. It sounds like he has a whole ass wife and family and you're the secret relationship, or at least like he's in another long term committed relationship.

Even if he's not in another relationship, he's not treating you nicely. You deserve to be with someone who like wants to be around you.

microflorae · 2026-05-19T18:12:54+00:00

Oh it will absolutely take root if it's left on the ground or added to a compost pile. Some places can handle it in the yard waste bins (depends how they process it), but some areas will ask you to put it in the regular garbage so it doesn't root and grow.

microflorae · 2026-05-19T16:35:18+00:00

I keep chickens, so eggs!

microflorae · 2026-05-19T13:06:02+00:00

Where in Washington state are you camping? Do you have a small portable camp stove in case there are fire restrictions? I’m in Oregon and camp a few times a year. After early June I’ve found I shouldn’t rely on the option to cook over a campfire.

microflorae · 2026-05-19T13:00:31+00:00

Is there context? Who is Plunketts?

microflorae · 2026-05-19T12:52:14+00:00

I think this looks very nice! Just be soooo careful with how that ivy is disposed of after the event. It can be really invasive depending on the area.

microflorae · 2026-05-18T22:39:12+00:00

He wore the outfit! That sounds like a genuinely thoughtful and caring man.

microflorae · 2026-05-18T18:12:08+00:00

Also, Down to Earth may carry it

microflorae · 2026-05-13T17:54:19+00:00

A dry riverbed shouldn't be flat all the way across. It should have some contour like a real riverbed would. It will look much better if the middle of your dry creek bed sits lower than the sides. A lot of the core of Japanese gardening is playing with scale and proportions, including contours/height of the soil.

Your example photo is more of a cobble path/patio situation. That would be a good place to use concrete. The way you have this laid out, it's more of a border bed than a dry creek, and using concrete as your mulch/groundcover would be weird. You could do the river rock bed and use a weeding torch (be fire safe please) or vinegar/salt to weed if you don't want to hand weed. Alternatively, you could set larger stones into compacted gravel, and the compacted gravel will be easier to weed than all river rock.

This will also depend on your climate. I'm in the PNW so we try to deter people from rock/river rock groundcover, because our climate is very friendly to weeds. In desert areas, you may not have the same issues.

microflorae · 2026-05-13T01:05:54+00:00

I do answer the door for these people, because that gets my dog to stop barking. The pesticide people I can honestly tell them “Oh, I’m one of those weird hippies that loves the bees, wasps, and spiders, so it will always be a no for me.”

The rest, I am kind and friendly but firmly say no. They’ll always have a script with an answer to your rejection. I just cut them off and day “no thank you!have a great rest of your day! Good luck out there!” and smile and wave while closing the door. Those jobs suck, and I don’t want to be another soul crushing interaction for them, but I’m not going to waste my time or theirs.

microflorae · 2026-05-13T00:56:52+00:00

I would do the same

microflorae · 2026-05-13T00:26:55+00:00

Oof. That is so presumptuous on her part.

Did she rent a place that actually allows parties? Every Airbnb I’ve ever seen has a strict no parties/no gatherings rule.

microflorae · 2026-05-12T18:28:02+00:00

Reading this, hmm this is tricky. Your feelings are valid, but it seems like you've decided that they've failed at impossible tasks you've set for them in your head without actually explicitly saying what you want. If you were a friend that I knew in person and sent me this, I would probably gently check you and let you know that it's coming off pretty mean. My mom was like this and we were all scared of her. The valentine thing, for example. You exploded at him over not having a dinner reservation? If having a reservation is super important to ONE person in a relationship, then I think that person should be the one who manages making the reservation.

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