Keri

@defystars

Runner. Baker. Dreamer. Geek. Cat Mom. Painter. Photographer. Bird nerd. Reader. "Excellent fun til you get to know her" If you are an engagement farmer and follow me I will block you. GTFO. 🇺🇦

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Keri@defystars· Jul 24

Everything about this is wrong. "Frozen Ice Cubes" as opposed to what? Is there another type I'm unfamiliar with? And 4 ice cubes for $3. We're doomed as a society 🫠 #Aldi #EndstageCapitalism #Doomed #what

Multiple boxes of "Frozen Ice cubes" from the redundant department of redundancy at Aldi. The store is selling 4 ice cubes for $3. A 5lb bag of ice is $1.97 at walmart across the street.

Keri@defystars· Jul 22

Atlantic Beach Pie bar. Super easy, super good. #dessert #baking

A square of Atlantic Beach Pie on a gold rimmed white plate. A fluffy dollop of whipped cream sits on top.

Keri@defystars· Jun 21

@therunchat.com painted rock. Dont see too many of these around! #RunChatHunt

A rock painted to look like a cartoon dogs face in brown and green grass.

Green toned graphic of the "Unique Neighbors" items to find during #RunChatHunt

Keri@defystars· Jun 21

@therunchat.com sunrise 5k race, summer solstice weekend. Not my best time but always a good time! #RunChatHunt

Purple to pink toned graphic of the "The Classics" items to find during #RunChatHunt

Keri@defystars· Jun 11

@therunchat.com In all the years I've lived here and passed this house, I have never seen a BODY in this WATER. 😆 If it were my pool I'd be in it alllllll day. #RunChatHunt

An inground pool sits unused surrounded by lounge chairs and a lovely shaded garden. Its neighboring pool is also seldom used. So sad.

Keri@defystars· Jun 11

@therunchat.com Wildflowers! So many pretties along the path today. So many of them invasive weeds lol. #RunChatHunt

A collage photo of wildflowers blooming. Clockwise from top left: chicory, Musk thistle, ox eye daisy, Musk thistle pre-bloom, crownvetch, and common elderberry.

Green toned graphic of the "Nature on the Run" items to find during #RunChatHunt

Keri@defystars· May 26

#RunChatHunt I WIN!! Best weirdest thing to see on a run, right here! 😂 The Weinermobile!! At the end of my street even!! @therunchat.com

THE WIENERMOBILE! A large fiberglass shaped orange hot dog sits on a yellow chassis, the front of which looks like a smiling face. It is the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

Purple toned graphic of the "There's More" items to find during #RunChatHunt

Keri@defystars· May 26

#RunChatHunt Out of Season decor! I also saw a Rudolph window cling lol. Wow, I thought it was bad for not putting away my St Patrick's Day lights....and they're out of view on my porch. @therunchat.com

The green door of a brick house still has a "Season's Greetings" door hanger decoration on it. It is currently May 256th. Maybe they mean all seasons?

Keri@defystars· May 26

#RunChatHunt Wildlife! So. Many. Cute. Babies! 😍 (okay its one family but you have to take soooo many baby pictures). @therunchat.com

A small gaggle of Canada geese walk across a lawn on their way to the pond. One adult goose leads five gosling followed by another adult goose.

A small family of Canada geese walk in a line down the street, an adult in the front with five babies in tow followed by another adult goose.

Keri@defystars· May 10

Aren't they though? Cute and little bastards 😆

A fox squirrel stands on a cement brick, hes facing the camera with one front leg raised. His fluffy tail is curled over his back.

Keri@defystars· Apr 27

Thanks! It makes book ends with last year's 😆

Purple metal cut out of a growling Bulldog. This was an age group prize at a local 5k in 2025. I won my age group that year and in 2026.

Keri@defystars· Apr 27

Local 5k yesterday. Started talking to some guys running and their cheer squad (one of the guys wife lol). Complete strangers. Very nice people. We ran the race, met up at the end, and all came in 1st in our respective age groups! 2nd year for me. #runchat

Age Group award for a local 5k. Backlit in front of a window. Script 5 and K with a medallion in the middle, on which is a cartoon like picture of a growling bulldog

Keri@defystars· Apr 13

Omg its almost there. #breadsky #sourdough

Cross section cut of a sourdough loaf. Sitting on a wooden cutting board.

Keri@defystars· Mar 21

@thisone0verhere.bsky.social inspired by your Starch Sadness, I present "Starch Madness", battle of potato dishes.

Keri@defystars· Mar 3

These nurses at work need to slow down on making babies. 4th blanket done, three more to go. Next up waves and a whale shark!

A small crocheted duck with a green headband sits on a crocheted green blanket with a cream border.

A clear up of the crocheted dick on a green crocheted blanket showing the textured stitch used. The "suzette stitch"

Keri@defystars· Mar 1

Thanks! I baked my second loaf, 40 minutes with the lid and 10 without. It made a softer crust but still somewhat dark and I think i like it better. She's still kind gummy but edible lol.

Sourdough boule on a cutting board. Made from my starter "doughlene". Working on perfecting my recipe, she's still slightly gummy.

Keri@defystars· Mar 1

7 hour bulk fermentation, looked like it had risen 75%. 18 hour cold proof. 50min bake @ 450. A little less gummy. Might try slightly less hydration next time I make bread. This was 75% h2o, might try 65 with the long proof and see if its better. #breadsky #bread #sourdough

Keri@defystars· Feb 28

Okay, maybe I'm getting better? But the inside is still TBD! I'm gonna need a sharper knife... #breadsky #bread #sourdough

A golden brown sourdough boule sits on a cooling rack . My efforts remain to be seen, until I can cut into it. But the smell is heavenly.

Keri@defystars· Feb 25

Happy birthday to me! Homemade Paris-Brest, 100% from scratch. #patisserie #choux #HolyCrapThatsGood

Side photo of a Paris-Brest dessert. A ring of choux pastry filled with mousseline made with almonds and pecans.

Keri@defystars· Feb 25

4.00 for my 40th! In about 40 minutes too (a little less actually, I stopped to paint my nails 💅 😆 it dries faster on the treadmill and I can't use my hands anyway!)

Screen shot of my run details from my Garmin. The circles show a distance of 4.95 miles, average pace of 10:04/mi, and 142 bpm heat rate. I ran 4 miles for my 40th birthday today.

Keri@defystars· Feb 15

Welp #breadsky that didn't work. Rather gummy/wet. Not long enough bulk fermentation (6hr total)? Longer bake needed? 24 hour cold proof. Internal temp was over 208°F. 65% hydration: 100g starter, 500g bread flour, 325g H2o, 10g salt. #stumped #sourdough

A lovely golden brown sourdough boule sits on a wood cutting board next to a yellow bread knife.

Interior look at the sourdough boule. A bit gummy/wet texture with nice open holes.

Keri@defystars· Feb 14

You guys I could cry. It smells so gooooood. I cant wait to cut into it. #breadsky #bread #sourdough #doughlene

A top down view of a sourdough boule fresh from the oven rating in a red dutch oven. A large golden brown X is smashed into the top of the bread.

A side view of a sourdough boule resting on a wire cooling rack over an electric oven burner. The side is golden brown with peaks from the slash at the top.

Keri@defystars· Feb 3

This is my second starter. 2 weeks old. Same schedule and feed amounts but using 15g whole wheat flour & 15g bread flour. Both same smell and consistency- rather doughy/stringy/gluteny lol. Same doubling after 4 hours. Both kept at 72° ish (cold house). #help #breadhelp #sourdough

Side view of sourdough starter in an old olive jar.

Top view of a sourdough starter. Lots of large bubbles rest at the surface.

Keri@defystars· Feb 3

Alright #breadsky, my sourdough starter is 3 weeks old. Doubles 4 hours after feeding (doesn't really fall that i can see 🤔) for the past 4 days, smells bready/yeasty, and has pretty nice bubbles. Starts at the 50mL line, doubles above the 100mL line. Where do I go from here? #sourdough #bread

Sourdough starter in a jar marked with graduated mL lines.

Top view of sourdough starter in a card, some large bubbles can be seen popping on the top

Keri@defystars· Jan 27

Is there ever a bad time to make gougeres? Not that I needed a reason, but I think these will go well with potato soup tonight. 😋 🤤

Cute little mounds of pate a choux sit in rows on a cookie sheet ready to poof up in the oven.

A mound of pate a choux turned Gougeres on a plate

The airy interior of a gougeres on a patterned kitchen counter top. The mound has been bisected to show the inside.

Keri@defystars· Jan 12

Sunset 1/12/2026

A bright orange, pink, and dusty purple sunset steaks out from the horizon which is obscured by silhouetted trees and a house's roof line.

Keri@defystars· Jan 2

& @nitasweeney.com my favorite part is the limit on number of times you can get the annual badge 😆

Keri@defystars· Dec 24

Ugh, who even likes those pictures? Posing those poor, innocent animals usually forcing them into outfits and props. I mean seriously.... (My only two who would pose for me 😆)

A smart tabby and white cat wearing a bright red Santa hat poses infront of a christmas tree. He's surrounded by silver tinsel and posed on a fake snow blanket. This is Bucky.

A black and white cat lies on a fake snow blanket, a christmas tree is lit behind her and silver tinsel surrounds her. This is Kuiper.

Keri@defystars· Dec 24

#RunChatHunt Sunset! Okay so the sun doesn't really set at 4pm but it feels like it right? Also I'm not going back out there lol.

The sun in a blue, cloudless sky reflects off of a creek with leafless trees on both banks

Run Chat Hunt scavenger list of items to find while on a run. The circles by body of water, something out of season, welcome sign, nativity scene, wild display, nutcracker, bike, Santa,, bridge, and sunset are filled in.

Keri@defystars· Dec 24

#RunChatHunt Bridge