Stacy Cashmore

@stacy-clouds

Speaker & Tech Explorer DevOps Microsoft MVP Developer Technologies Loves learning, Lego, our sand dunes and family! Learning to love with Long Covid and ME/CFS

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Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· 14d

There are time when just stopping is the right thing to do. On the way to getting bloodwork and pick up new meds I passed this lamppost on my bike. On the way back I stopped to get the sun behind it. It was so relaxing just to stop, look, capture the image, and chat to an older lady who was passing

Sun shining through an ornate lamppost with greenery behind it

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Jul 4

That’s looking much better!

Stacy with red and teal hair, in a sundress (black and cherries) red glasses with gold arms

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Jul 4

Time to top up the red! And redo the teal. And all whilst listening to a stunning 80s sound track!

Stacy sitting in a hairdresser’s chair with foil in her hair and red dye on the remaining hair

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Jun 29

As well as finishing my second book, I’ve also been lucky enough to have reviewed 2 books so far this year. This landed on my letter box today. @engstromjimmy.bsky.social’s 4th edition of Web Development with Blazor. Looking to up your Blazor skills? Get a copy and work though! 💯 recommend!

Jimmy Engström’s Web Development with Blazor 4th Edition. There is a raccoon on the cover with a purple glow

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Jun 18

Tomorrow we have a company outing, including a walk around a historic port. There’s no way I’d managed that so I rented a chair and my colleagues have said that they will push me so that I can enjoy the the day too. #ChronicIlness #ME #POTS

The boot of a car open, with a folded wheelchair in it. There is also a metallic red walking stick on top of the chair.

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· May 16

Those days when I just want or need to chill, this is my go to game: #TinyGlade. No objectives, no power ups, no missions. Just let your imaginary run wild and learn how you can use the daily basic building blocks to make something special! This is what I’ve been building the last couple of weeks 🥰

Screenshot from the city-builder game Tiny Glade showing a charming medieval village viewed from above at a slight isometric angle. On the left sits a crumbling ruined castle with sandy stone walls. The center of the village features a lively town square surrounded by a mix of houses with warm terracotta and cool slate-blue rooftops. To the lower right, a newer castle structure stands. in the lower left there is a sandstone square watchtower. Winding dirt paths connect the buildings, and the settlement is framed by dense forests with green and violet-blooming trees. A toolbar with build icons is visible along the bottom edge.

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· May 7

But it’ll be worth it to get the rooms back, and to get this toy back in the garage!

A brocklands green 1500 Triump Spitfire with cream interior, roll bar, and wooden dash with cream dials

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Apr 27

I love this though - pure luck, but it looks like these were meant to go together!

The tower of the haunted mansion Lego set and the cockpit of the UCS Millenium Falcon Lego set with a perfect angle between the cockpit and top of the tower. There is about a 2cm gap between them

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Apr 27

I’m very finished the book I was reviewing & given all my feedback, which meant that today I work a little on the studio… Starting to make the space for the day bed between the Kallax at the back of the room, and the ones at the front. I’m done, if I don’t stop I run the real risk of a PEM attack…

Image of a wall with a hanging shelf, on which is the Lego Haunted Mansion. Under the shelf is a walking treadmill . On the wall above the shelf is the UCS Millennium Falcon. In front of the treadmill is a cream Stratocaster guitar. On the side a low kallax shelf is visible

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Apr 24

Buying books online has the convenience of getting more choice more easily. And it may be cheaper. However… Your local independent can generally order you what you want, and you can’t pick 5 books and then take 30 mins at a table to pick. Support your local independent shops. They are awesome.

5 books sitting on a table waiting to be read: Clockwork Boys, Mystical Cat Shelter, How to Find a Higgs Boson, To the Death, and Life Hacks for a Little Alien

The head of a border collie dog snuggled up against my knee

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Apr 22

Google having a celebration of Earth day whilst building massive data centers for AI and wasting stupid amounts of eneergy and water is sick. And not in the good way.

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Apr 14

The weather has improved and seeing as the treadmill was busy at physio I decided to just take a walk outdoors ☺️

Stacy in cats ear headphones and a white hoodie in front of bushes. She has red and teal hair and the cats area are pink and gray.

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Mar 22

Some more updates! The layout for mobiles didn't quite work as I had hoped, so I made some updates this weekend. Making the tags work better, fixing issues with the images, and making it easier to read for both mobile and desktop.

Mobile layout of stacy-clouds.net - the header is slightly off, but the title is now bold and centered, the tags are visible under, and the text is held a little from the edge for better readability

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Mar 18

I will never not love this building! #Stadhuis #Leiden

A view of the entrance to Leiden Stadhuis with the sun illuminating the top half and the bell tower just visible. The building is yellow stone in a gothic style

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Feb 19

Does it count as a hack, if bought full size keycaps for my low profile keyboard (because I like the look and typing experience) but then sanded down the keys that caused a problem? After all, MOA kecaps are not supposed to go on low profile keyboards...

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Feb 17

I’m on the sick at the moment with a flare up of my ME, to try and keep me occupied I’ve been doing another picture (when I have the mental/physical energy at least). I’m loving seeing my improvements over time 🤩

A ghost in a cozy chair reading a book. There is a cat and a sparkly tea cup next to the chair on a side table with a lilac tablecloth. The wall is puce, and there is a bookshelf full of differently coloured books. The books have silver and gold patterns and writing on them. There is a window with a night scene outside of a hill, tree and stary sky. On the floor there is a dark brown rug, with a light brown border.It is an incomplete alcohol/acrylic/gel picture.

The same picture, but the floor around the rug has been coloured in as a light wood, with darker brown grain.

The table cloth on the side table now has felt like texture, and there are folds in the loose end of the table cloth. The puce wall also has a herring bone pattern, and gold stripes

The chair now has a cloth like structure, the ghost is semi transparent and you can see the structure of the chair through it.

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Feb 8

Today was a little better. I managed this from start to finish. Practice with acrylic pens using gel pens for details. Next time I’m going to try alcohol, acrylic, and gel pens all together. When I’ve recovered more, doing this has hit my fatigue again…

Acrylic pen picture of a cute black cat in bed with 2 ghosts. The pillows are visible through the ghosts, and there is a grey and black bedsheet with gold moons and stars, silver skulls and fish skeletons, and orange pumpkins and ginger cats. The bedsheet has a 3d effect and gold panel at the top stretching the width of the bed. The pillows are pink and blue with silver strips and swirls respectively. Through the ghosts they are a lighter shade. There is blue wallpaper with gold strips, and purple curtains with green ties that have gold tassels at the end. The curtain and ties are highlighted where they are in a little light, and have white gel pen strips where the light hits. There is a round, silver window frame, and the sky outside is dark with 2 different tones of blue and with clouds that range from purple underneath to blue on top. There are white highlights on the clouds. In the sky there are 3 bats flying

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Feb 8

Well, I managed the swatch sheets. Just. Seems that even coloring was too much for my body… After I got these finished I couldn’t do any actual colouring, and instead slept for 3 hours… Maybe today, we’ll see…

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Feb 7

#Swetugg the aftermath! After an amazing few days that triggered my fatigue more than I was expecting, yesterday was super tough, and today and tomorrow are going to be bed days. So time to try my new pens and see if this helps…

Bed table with a coloring book,swatches for the acrylic pens. Acrylic pens, gel pens, and alcohol markers. My legs are visible from under the table

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Feb 5

Another #Swetugg over, Ted and Hippo are ready for the trip home. The conference, speakers, and of course the attendees have been amazing as always. Hey da Stockholm. Hope to be back soon!

Plushies hippo and Ted looking out of the plane window waiting for take off 😍

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Jan 24

Woohoo! Hippo and her travel companion are on board and ready for our Stockholm adventure! A week with Friends and then on to #Swetugg!!!

Plushie hippo in her pink hoodie, and brown bear, looking out of the plane window during boarding!

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Jan 18

And it’s done! I’m very happy with the results!

A cute cat picture with a shade sky, dark clouds, black cat with red eyes and grass of several shades of green with grass blades springing up, and bright spots like glow worms

The same picture with with flowers colours in. Red and yellow flowers, with silver spots in the moonlight and gold in the shade

The finished picture with dark bushes in the foreground that we are looking out from behind. The bushes go from purple to dark green, and also have white highlights plus gold and silver speckles. The flowers have extra detail using black fineliners.

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Jan 17

A relaxing morning of learning to shade using alcohol markers, and highlighting with gold, silver, and white gel pens. The fade. Between sky couples could be better, but not bad!

Coloring book with a blue though violet, to dark blue sky. The different colours are faded into each other

The same picture with a cat coloured in. Solid dark gray alcohol markers, silver gel pen collar, and white gel pen white fur patches. There are white gel pen stars in the sky, and a gold gel pen moon

Same picture with clouds colours in. Different shades of dark blue blended into each other. The cloud edges are highlighted in white gel pens, along with extra highlighted sections showing edges to fluffy parts of the cloud.

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Dec 13

The joys of #ChronicIllness... Yesterday I got a hair cut. I adore the results, I was aiming for something a bit more extreme than I normally do, maybe a little cyber punky. By the end of the cut I had a tick in 1 eye, and was absolutely broken. Today everything hurts and I think it's a bed day.

New hair cut from 1 side, showing the wavy side of the asymmetric hair style. The hair is layered, with the old red dye showing as highlights and the hair is aessy wave

The shaved side of the asymmetrical style. The shave side is grey and dark brown from growing out after the last time it was dyed.

The shaved side from the bacm. The shaved side goes around the back of the head with the eaves starting about halfway up. On the non shaved section the red dye looks like highlights

The full waved side of the back. The messy waves are in full view and red dye is visible

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Dec 10

My hearing aids came with a travel case. Great, and I need it with me all the time so that the delicate wires don't get damaged if I need to take them out for any reason. But... Every time i catch sightbofnit i swear brain gets freaked about the strange mouse that has appeared 😂😅

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Dec 9

So... My hearing aids work best with an iPhone... So once I know that I am keeping them (in about 3 weeks) I'm thinking of making the switch back. So I was just looking at what I can get one for saw this reccomendation. I know they got big, but do I really need a wall mount for it? 😅🤣

Reccomendation list from a website:. At the top: Apple iPhone 16 5G 128GB Blauwgroen. Reccomentaion: TV Wall mount for 32" to 77" mac 50KG Vesa 400*400

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Nov 24

I decided to just do it. I don't think it's bad, but I'm not sure it was needed either...

The cartoony Christmas tree with metalic gold tinsel across the branches

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Nov 24

So... Let's try making some Christmas alcohol marker drawings. Number 1 a caftoony Christmas tree. I'm happy with the shading, and the lights. I really want to do some metallic posca tinsel but and terrified of ruining it 😅🫣🤣

Cartoony alcohol marker Christmas tree. It has a snowy top, green body, with shadows under the layers. There are lights in the tree teal, red, yellow, and purple. The base is a light brown pot with shading to show it's round.

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Nov 8

I am loving the train from Malmö to Stockholm! Only 15 euros upgrade to 1st class and it's space, comfort, drinks, snacks, and a delicious lunch! Another 75 mins and I can chill 🤩

A prawn sandwich, doctor who on the laptop and a comfy 1st class seat.

Stacy Cashmore@stacy-clouds· Nov 6

And I'm now looking at what's new in C# and .NET with @wildermuth.com!