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ehyde, 25 days ago to random

Went on a nature walk with 3yo this morning and we saw:
-so many birds
-lots of turtles
-a deer
-even a snake
-lots of people with doggies too

But by far the most exciting sighting was:
-baby geese and baby ducklings

A female mallard duck and two ducklings, near the water's edge.

ehyde, 26 days ago to random

Today in Hyde gets sucked into games their kids are playing: Flight Rising.

ehyde, 29 days ago to random

Lrb: thinking about Yin Ren and his canon Blahaj userpic

ehyde, 30 days ago to random

Have inadvertently gotten 5yo interested in a fiber art by virtue of They Have Looms In Minecraft

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

This morning I am sitting at a window seat at the bike path cafe, enjoying a salad, tea, and a delicious cookie, and planning to head to the library when I'm done. Unfortunately it has started raining.

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

7yo and 5yo are pretending to bloodbend each other. 3yo is bloodbending his snacks

(We just finished season one of Korra)

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Starting a reading thread for #CultivatingInC

So far, this novel is taking a much more realistic approach to AI than Happy Doomsday 🤣

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Me sending epubs to my friends: sure just let me dm you on discord

Me sending epubs to my seven year old: wait, how do I--? Oh right. Cables. Cables are a thing

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Apparently in ye olden dayes you might buy the pages of a book, unbound, and have it bound according to your budget & taste.

Anyway this is what ebooks are for, yes?

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

What cnovel should I read next? This may be an interesting poll because although all of these have been recced to me elsewhere, I don't know if anyone here has read them

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Now to decide what to read next. Maybe I'll post a poll too!

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Book post! This is "Salvage" by MuffinLance. The typeset file was shared by someone in the bookbinding discord, so I just focused on the cover. #bookbinding #HydeMakesBooks

The endpages of the book are gray construction paper with a gold foil pattern of ocean waves.
The headband of the book is wrapped mainly in gray thread, with five thread "beads" in red, blue, red, gold, blue. The edges of the pages are sprinkled with teal paint.
The book is spread open showing the complete cover design. The back cover mirrors the front except it has the lower part of the ocean wave rather than the crashing peak.

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

btw, I'm trying to get better at describing my book projects in the alt text, and I'd appreciate any tips on what kinds of descriptions are helpful vs unhelpful

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

eyyyy surprise new short story translation from edanglars just dropped! https://x.com/edanglars/status/1786537313528369447

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Time to case in this book let's go

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Does anyone know of a good dollmaker/picrew for making dnd characters?

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

#DungeonMeshi drabble entirely for the sake of a tagging-related pun (I apologize in advance)

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“Oh.” Laios sounded disappointed. “They're just ordinary birds.”

“Ordinary birds?” asked Marcille. “Ordinary birds we can eat? With ordinary, normal meat?”

“Some of the early dungeon explorers tried using them as messengers,” Laios explained. “But it didn’t work. They must have gone feral and formed a colony.”

“There’s not much meat on a dove,” Senshi commented, “But here’s what we can do.” It took a few hours to pluck the feathers, boil the meat, make the gravy, and finally bake everything into a pie, but when he was finished, it was the most normal meal of their journey thus far.

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Realizing I actually have an awful lot of danmei novels on my tbr. Yet I keep asking for recs 😅

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Happy to report that 5yo, in his first D&D campaign, also opted to eat the mushroom monsters.

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

I added a page to my neocities site listing cnovels I have read. Currently it is only a list, though I may add more in the way of descriptions/reviews eventually.
https://ehyde.neocities.org/other/novels

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

I know it's a handy shorthand to distinguish demonic cultivator Wei Wuxian from sect disciple Wei Wuxian, but no one called him "Yiling Laozu" during the Sunshot Campaign. He didn't get that name till he had taken the Wen remnants to the Burial Mounds. (fanfic pet peeve of the day)

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Kids are creating dnd (ish) characters. 7yo heard about dragonborn and didn't stop to ask questions, immediately invented a backstory with a human mom and a dragon dad (I do not think this is how dragonborn work but I am not the dnd parent)

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Headbanding in progress #HydeMakesBooks

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

Bike people: can anyone recommend me youtube channels or other sites where I can learn basic bike repair & maintenance?

ehyde, 1 month ago to random

It's Jingrui's birthday today! Everyone wish Xiao Jingrui a happy birthday! #NiFNotABirthdayParty