PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables

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PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Jul 12

Best take I've see on Lindsey Graham yet:

Clip from @GenXeralissimo on YouTube - "Lindsey Graham is now the first republican in Congress who I actually believe has spoken to Mitch McConnell."

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Jul 9

So _that's_ what GPC's special parts were originally designed to do!

Glamour shot of MST3K's original Gypsy/GPC, a robot with black dryer hose for a body/neck, and hinged purple plastic totes for head and lower jaw. Her single eye is a large flashlight with its own looped handle. Gypsy/GPC runs the higher functions of the Satellite of Love, and so has little attention to spare for the likes of Joel, Mike, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Jul 1

Too bloody hot to cook inside, but the farm share waits for no one. So, grilled snap peas and broccolini are the lucky winners! #HeatWaveCooking

A gas grill close up: on two grill pans are snap peas in a single layer on the left, broccolini spears on the right. Both are just starting to char. NOM.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Jun 28

Excellent, no notes! (Though I'd've gone H is for Hobgoblins) So, one note.

Screenshot from MST3K's episode 'Hobgoblins' - two furry wrinkled little monster puppets are driving a golf cart in in the dark. There are no hands visible on the steering wheel. Mike, Thom Servo and Crow T Robot are seen in silhouette at the bottom of the screen.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Jun 16

They say they don't observe Pride, but 47 threw a giant party that featured sweaty almost-naked men grabbing at each other while the crowd cheered them on. I don't kink shame. Happy Pride to the homoerotic athletes and the industry that exploits them. Your host is the worst President in history.

Moody black and white photograph of the UFC fighting ring, taken through the chain link fence with the front facade of the White House in the background. Two muscled men in spandex trunks are barefoot in the ring, grappling in a stance that looks like an embrace. Around the ring, photographers point cameras at the combatants while spectators scream around them. Photograph taken from Time magazine, with the caption: "Heavyweights Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane fight on the South Lawn of the White House during the UFC Freedom 250 event."

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Jun 15

Rhubarb was made for upside-down cake. Sweet cake and caramel with tart rhubarb, aw yeah. This one was baked in a 10 in cast iron skillet. Yum!

A glistening upside down cake with visible chunks of rhubarb surrounded by a brown sugar caramel over a sweet vanilla cake.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Jun 6

Taking my kid to hang out with My Fellow Olds and their kids at the #TMBG show, and it happens to be Pride in the city too, nice! Rainbows and good music abound.

The stage at the Boston House of Blues venue, seen from the absolute last row at the top of the balcony, dead center. With blue stage lighting on stage, no musicians can be seen. Drum kit, keyboard & accordion, two guitar areas, horn section. Giant disco ball suspended above it all, rotating but not illuminated… yet. Spouse did very well with this outing!

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Jun 4

The song of my 50's has finally been written...

Cartoon drawing (couldn't find artist; reverse image search had a thousand insta hits but not much else - it's more than a year old) in green pen-and-ink of a racoon standing upright, facing to the left and dressed as a shirtless cowboy (fur, but hat & boots) giving a side-eye to the viewer. The caption curving above its head says "MY BODY HURTS" and below in block text: "AND I'M MAD AT THE GOVERNMENT"

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· May 29

UPDATE: SPIDORR has now withdrawn from the Freedom 250 Celebration.

Screenshot from MST3K's episode "Earth Vs. The Spider" - Joel and the Bots are dressed in furry spider suits covered with eyeballs; both Crow and Tom Servo are holding double-necked guitars. They are portraying the fictional rock band SPIDORR.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· May 23

Benedict Cumberbatch is the Japanese version of Benedict Cumberbatch, LOL - but I get you.

Image of Benedict Cumberbatch from 2013, in front of Japanese promotional posters for Star Trek: Into Darkness. He is wearing a blue kimono with a silver and black triangle-patterned obi, is holding a microphone, and is performing the Vulcan Salute to an Asian woman in a more elaborate, flowered pink kimono who is smiling and returning the gesture.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· May 23

Then why does he have a British accent, hmmmM?

As created by a Star Trek title card caption generator: Image of a Star Trek enterprise-class starship, cruising through space toward a yellow star, passing close to the right side of an asteroid that is wreathed in and shedding clouds of gases that are being left in a wake behind it. The caption says "Picard is French. No, really."

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· May 19

Unintentional bisexual icon, Hengelina Bawklee is complete. She was a pull-from-the-hat gift in return for donations to my Knit-For-Food knitathon this year, and the recipient requested ‘a chicken! pink-purple-blue please!’ Glad to oblige. 🧶 #Knitting

A hand-knit stuffed chicken, she is a light tan with pale blue, purple, and pink stripes on her tail, backside and neck. Front quarter view

A hand-knit stuffed chicken, she is a light tan with pale blue, purple, and pink stripes on her tail, backside and neck. Hengelina is looking straight into the camera, or perhaps into your soul.

A hand-knit stuffed chicken, she is a light tan with pale blue, purple, and pink stripes on her tail, backside and neck. Side view with flash, in hopes of showing the brightness of the pastels.

A hand-knit stuffed chicken, she is a light tan with pale blue, purple, and pink stripes on her tail, backside and neck. Top-down view, which shows off the stripes.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· May 1

Joyful Beltane, my witches! Leap the fires and come out the other side better and stronger for the summer to come.

Against a vibrant green leafy background, a Maypole crowned with flowers is partially wrapped in colorful ribbons that spread out from the pole like spokes. The image is of only the top of the pole, so the interweaving dancers below are not seen.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 28

Tried making bagels - they all had holes when they went _in_ the oven… #breadsky

A baking sheet with five ‘bagels’ though three of them should just be buns since they lack any hole whatsoever, and the other two have very tight holes. I expect they will still be tasty though.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 27

The season of the Grilled Pizzas is upon us! Let the outrageous NOM NOM begin! (Grilled pizzas are 100% my fave, since I don’t have a wood-fired bread oven in my future.)

A pair of beautiful grilled pizzas on a cooling rack; these beauties sport a medium-thick, chewy-bubbly crust with sautéed onions, mushrooms and cubed grilled chicken, with sauce and cheese right to the edge as God intended. They were delicious.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 26

I call this one 'Unexpected Lesbian Awakening.' It just spoke to me.

Screenshot of a game of Wordle, solved in 5 tries as follows:
Row one: CHEAT - E is yellow
Row two: SPORE - O and E are yellow
Row three: BONER - O is green, N is yellow, E is green
Row four: NOMEN - OMEN are all green
Row five: WOMEN - solved! all green

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 26

For this week's #ShowMeYourKnits theme of purple, here's my proudest project: self-striping sock yarn 🧶 in the Asexual flag colors for my kid. I could wish the purple stripes were less red, but for a first attempt I can't complain. The Kiddo still loves to wear these.

Two hand-knit socks laid flat on sock blockers, they are simple stockinette in the Asexual Pride flag colors: white, silver, black, purple. I hand-dyed the self-striping yarn as well, woo!

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 25

Wow, I could wish my Easter Eggs came out that nice! Valley Yarns Franklin, dyed with leftover Easter egg dye - food coloring and white vinegar, heat set in the microwave after applying the dyes in plastic wrap. Especially love that green-yellow-orange stretch! 🧶 #DIY

A skein of fingering weight yarn laid spread out on a glass table, the better to display its bright colors. The skein colors move - from the bottom clockwise - pale red, a little whiteish, into green, then yellow, then sunny orange into bright red, into purple and bluish purple with a spot of green, then back around to the reds. Hand dyed with leftover Easter egg dye baths made of food coloring and white vinegar. The yarn will likely end up as socks.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 25

How to know your spouse knows you very well: to make you laugh, they put a pyramidal-shaped box on their head and say "I've got a new Church Hat!" #MST3K

Screen shot from MST3K's 'Jack Frost' shows a traditionally dressed little old man whose hat is a giant red mushroom cap that matches his knee-high boots. the traditional dress is Russo-Finnish and is predominantly white linen or cotton with colorful embroidery at the hems and neck; it drapes like a short dress with a belt and under shorts of a contrasting color. He is standing in a luridly-lit crack among a Star Trek: The Original Series style rocks.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 24

Probably 15 years ago I bought a giant cone of Valley Yarns Franklin undyed, and it’s been a hoot just being able to wind off a skein and use whatever color I have in my hands. This skein is for leftover Easter egg dye. Clearly I’ve got another decade of 🧶yarn still left, ha!

A wound skein of white fingering weight yarn lays on a grey blanket with a wide cone of the same yarn waiting to be wound next to it. Both are crossed by a home made niddy-noddy made of PVC pipe and fittings.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 18

I'm told this week's #showmeyourknits is cowls - my mom was constantly cold during her last decade, and she convinced me to make several for her; which of course I never took pics of. Here's one I knit 🧶 for my kid's school auction - it actually sold for what it was worth in time & materials!

Close up picture of a knitted cowl arranged on a table to show both the outside texture and inside smoother texture. The outside features a framework of off-white yarn in a pattern of staggered, mutliple-row slipped stitches over a background of variegated green-rose-purple yarn; the overall effect is somewhat like a honeycomb of white over a bank of variegated color. Yarn is Malabrigo Rios in Ivory and Arco Iris; pattern is 'Just Weave It' by Susan Ashcroft https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/just-weave-it---2024

Close up picture of a knitted cowl laid flat on a table to show the outside texture. The cowl features a framework of off-white yarn in a pattern of staggered, mutliple-row slipped stitches over a background of variegated green-rose-purple yarn; the overall effect is somewhat like a honeycomb of white over a bank of variegated color. Yarn is Malabrigo Rios in Ivory and Arco Iris; pattern is 'Just Weave It' by Susan Ashcroft https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/just-weave-it---2024

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 12

12 hours knitting 🧶 all done! Hands are definitely tired. Spent the morning part on my sunny porch, then chose to watch #MST3K’s The Gauntlet since it’s a marathon too. 😁 congratulations to all the knitters who raised $$ for hungry folks today! #KnitForFood2026 #KnitForFood

The knitter after 11hrs, 50 minutes. Hands tired, still smiling. A piece of flat knitting in many colors is hard to see; next Alt text will describe pattern.

A flat piece of knitting is spread on a ratty ricking chair footstool. The pattern is Emotional Support Chicken; the tail portion is knit in alternating spring green and pale purple, the main body is maroon, with an additional dark blue stripe and green and purple stripes at the neck. The chicken is being knit in honor of Ann Pinkham, my mom, who passed this past March. Maroon is her favorite color, lime green is mine. Love you Mom!

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 11

Nine hours in and about to break for dinner. Most of the back end is done on this Emotional Support Chicken, moving onto breast shaping and head. Probably won’t finish today, but making good progress! #KnitForFood #KnitForFood2026 🧶

A half-knit Emotional Support Chicken stuffie, with Spring green, blue and purple tail end stripes against maroon body coloring. The knitting looks like a weird flat shape at the moment.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 11

House: cluttered. Shirt: “Knitting Not War.” Project: Emotional Support Chicken. Knit For Food 2026 is ON!!! 🧶

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 8

This little dude was in the rubbish in my garage today. Look out, neighbor’s chickens, the minks (I think that’s what it is?) have woken up from winter hibernation!

Among broken doodads and whatnots, a small weasel, possibly a mink, looks curiously at the camera. It is brown on top and white below, with pink ears and a black tassel on the tail (not shown, but seen by OP while it scampered away.)

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 5

Best Star Trek crew, wrong answer only.

A cast picture of the main voice actors of Cabin Pressure, a BBC Radio program. From left to right: Series writer and creator John Finnemore, in character as Arthur Shappey, in red shirt and black waistcoat, jaw slack and expression excited. Slightly in front and to the right of him is Roger Allam, who plays First Officer Douglas Richardson; he is wearing a pilot's uniform and is looking over his shoulder at Arthur with a cynical smile. Third in line is Stephanie Cole, who plays MJN airline owner Carolyn Knapp-Shappey; she is wearing her flight attendant's uniform styled with a silk scarf in order not to look too much like a 'little old lady.' Last in line is a young Benedict Cumberbatch who plays neurotic Captain Martin Crieff; he is dressed in a pilot's uniform with his hat under his arm and is trying to look as capable and important as possible. Cabin Pressure is a hilarious listen; I found it in the library audiobook section.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Apr 3

My unkempt lawn showing the first few crocuses.

Image of a brown lawn thick with dead grass and last year’s leaves and the faintest hints of new green growth. Scattered around, in singles and twos, are four purple crocuses, and one more white with purple streaks.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Mar 28

Dress for the world you want to see. #NoKings #KnittingNotWar 🧶✌️

A middle aged white lady in jeans, hand-knit green and white beanie style hat, blue sweatshirt and grey vest is facing the camera, surrounded by a crowd of protesters. At her hip a small purple bag has two strings of yarn leading from it to the half-knit pair of maroon socks in her hand (two at a time magic loop style). Her other hand is held as if to to say ‘well?’ Around her neck is a sign, based on the ‘make art not war’ image by Shepard Fairey, altered so that the woman in the center is knitting, and the slogan says ‘Knitting Not War.’

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Mar 20

Joyful Ostara, my witches! Happy to feel the sun returning. Where I am, that means snow drops and crocuses, won't get daffodils or tulips for 2-3 more weeks.

A field or lawn in morning light, with short grass in between large clumps of white snowdrops and pale purple crocuses in full flower. In blurry background the foliage of daffodils can be seen; they are not yet in bloom.

PlantsAreNeat is drowning in vegetables@plantsareneat· Mar 15

Taken from Tumblr, where the Ides of March is an annual Holy Day: