I had invited neighbors to come over for a late evening dinner yesterday. It felt really good to see those people, to hear their stories. There was good food, a campfire, music and singing together. The party went on until midnight. Now slowly sipping my morning coffee. Picture album: 2026 Like up 7 users have voted.
I burnt fire in the ground oven for 4 hours or so. The meat was wrapped in tin foil and damp cloth. I let it simmer in the oven for 3 hours, covering the oven with the flat stones shown on the ground in the picture. To make it more tight I added a layer of sand. For some time I burnt a small fire on top of the covered oven to maintain the temperature. The meat is a lamb shoulder, covered with…
I made a smallish ground oven. I ll try it tomorrow. Picture album: 2026 Like up 11 users have voted.
Blanched nettles to be frozen. Picture album: 2026 Like up 12 users have voted.
All through the summer I ve been slowly working with the 3D human models, and with a tool to make 2D sprites from the models. Today I have a first test running in Ancient Savo. It uses a lot of the same logic which operates the sheep models - and looks like it adds a little random rotation to every sprite, just to make a flock of sheep appear less monotonous. Also, seems like at some point I have…
Viikunia The Cat seems to enjoy the tropical temperatures indoors. In this room the ambient temperature is about +28 C. Outdoors it is +14 C. Picture album: 2026 Like up 10 users have voted.
This should kill the rot fungi. Picture album: 2026 Like up 13 users have voted.
Carrots have been growing just fine. Picture album: 2026 Like up 14 users have voted.
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The tap water is resumed! Luckily, I didn t need to buy any new parts. But the fix is indeed a temporary hack, which won t last for months. So, it gives me more time to think how to upgrade the system - or, in other words; how to get the money to buy a new pressure tank and related utilities. As, currently the tank is only 25 liters, and I d like it to be at least twice the volume. Well, but that…