Media - our house - Page 21

A photo of an electric guitar and bass guitar propped against a wall, sitting next to a bass guitar amp and a regular guitar amp, with a pedal board filled with pedals sitting in front of the whole lot, and cables going everywhere.

Current status. 🤘🏻

Posted on 27 April 2023, 21:21

A photo of a British Shorthair cat with striking yellow eyes lying on our driveway looking totally unconcerned.

I went out to do the grocery shopping this morning, and when I got back home I was greeted by this handsome fellow.

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Posted on 27 April 2023, 11:25

A photo of an espresso machine portafilter with wooden ring around the top of it, sitting behind the WDT which is essentially a wooden handle with a bunch of long, very narrow, almost needles coming out of the bottom of it.

I ordered some espresso machine goodies from Etsy at the start of this month, a dosing funnel for the portafilter and a WDT tool (https://www.baristahustle.com/blog/weiss-distribution-technique/). They arrived today and are very handsome, looking forward to seeing the difference with my coffee tomorrow!

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Posted on 26 April 2023, 15:06

A photo of a small scruffy blonde dog lying on his side with his back firmly against the side of my leg. I'm sitting on the lounge and there's an Xbox controller resting on my leg.

Beanie is keeping me company while I play Diablo III. (I didn't put him in this position, he came up onto the lounge and snuggled against my leg.)

beanie our house dog darkroom

Posted on 23 April 2023, 22:34

A small plastic container with foam in it and two individual guitar strap locks, each made up of three pieces. One piece screws into the guitar itself where the existing strap holder does, one goes through the hole in the guitar strap, and the third screws into the other side of the previous piece to hold everything in place. The combined bit attached to the guitar strap then clips over the head of the piece that's screwed into the guitar, and you can quickly unlock it to swap straps around if needed.

Had a lovely birthday lunch at our local pub with a bunch of friends, and I got a very thoughtful gift: a set of properly-good guitar strap locks!

our house darkroom presents guitar

Posted on 22 April 2023, 18:04

A photo of a small scruffy blonde dog lying on a tan-coloured lounge with his head up on the arm of the lounge, looking directly at the camera.

I left to go pick @yayKM up from the train, and Beanie was EXTREMELY unconcerned. Didn't move from this position while I was putting my shoes on and getting the keys.

beanie our house dog darkroom

Posted on 21 April 2023, 17:00

A photo of a small bass guitar amp with a bass guitar leaning against it, and a novel sitting in front. The amp is an Orange Crush Bass 25 and has a black mesh on the front with the rest of it being the customary bright orange colour. The guitar is a Yamaha BB434 and the body fades from black around the edges into a dark rich orange/red wood in the middle. The book is a sci-fi novel "Empire of Silence" by Christopher Ruocchio.

A photo of three guitars hanging on a wall.

Birthday loot! 😁 The book was a surprise gift from @yayKM, the reviews are glowing so I'll definitely be starting that next when I finish my current book. And I've gotten the bass all nicely wall-mounted already. Very excited to start learning it, I've heard very good things about the Bassbuzz course (https://www.bassbuzz.com/lessons/beginner) from LOTS of people so I'm going to start with that.

books our house darkroom presents guitar guitar amp bass guitar

Posted on 20 April 2023, 10:12

A photo of ten assembled and undercoated humanoid but extremely clearly not human miniatures, plus two more that look kind of like a cross between a dog and a pig. The humanoids are fairly spindly and have faces that almost look like turtles, and their "hair" is spines that stick straight out from the back of their heads. Their clothing is quite organic, there's a bit of armour but it's quite worn-looking. They're all wielding various weapons, mostly extremely long rifles.

Finally got my Kroot from the Into The Dark box assembled and undercoated! The organic feel of them should be a nice change of pace from the clean lines of the Voidscarred.

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Posted on 17 April 2023, 14:05

A photo of a completed game of Scrabble.

It's Saturday night and we definitely know how to party! Much closer game than last one, I won 326 to 305.

our house darkroom board games scrabble

Posted on 15 April 2023, 21:19

A photo of the front of our house. There's a path next to the garage on the left that leads to the front door and has three small kalanchoes in pots along side the wall, and to the right of the front door is a big bay window with a small garden with red mulch in it. In the garden there's two conifers in tall white pots in front of the window, two small trees (I don't know what specifically they are) in blue pots on either side of the conifers, two somewhat sad-looking lavender plants also in blue pots in front of those, and some more kalanchoes and a jade plant at the very left of the garden.

I did some rearranging of the front garden today, quite pleased with the results! The problem with the conifers in their old position (under the eaves at the left there) was they constantly needed watering because they almost never got any direct rain, and also we had to semi-regularly trim them because they'd grow tall enough that they'd hit the eaves. Both these problems should be solved now, and hopefully they'll also grow a little better because they'll be getting some more light as well.

our house gardening darkroom

Posted on 15 April 2023, 16:27