Brick City Acre

14/10/2024

A woman in one of the groups I'm in just posted that it's her and her boyfriend's one year anniversary and ask for the people in the group to help promote her boyfriend's tattoo businesses Instagram.

That's a really cool anniversary present! 💝

02/09/2024

Dehydrated apple roses.

01/09/2024

... And it takes 1 gallon of water to make a gallon of water. 🤔

24/08/2024

Making some lavender infused butter.
Wonder what I'm going to do with it 🤔😉

21/08/2024

🌿 Mosquito Repellent Oil 🌿

The kids came in and told me we had ripe beautyberries! I’ve been on the lookout for these to make a mosquito repellent for weeks now and had completely forgotten we planted some along the fence line last year.

Beautyberry leaves have been shown to naturally repel mosquitoes, thanks to their special compounds like callicarpenal. I picked a few leaves to create an all-natural and very effective mosquito repellent. It’s simple to do at home if you have access to beautyberry leaves—just infuse them in oil and add some essential oils for extra protection and a lovely scent.

Here’s the simple recipe if you want to make it yourself:

1/4 cup beautyberry leaf-infused oil
20 drops lemongrass essential oil
10 drops eucalyptus essential oil
12 drops lavender essential oil
Just combine these ingredients, and you’ve got yourself a natural, effective mosquito repellent!

For those who’d rather purchase it, I’m offering this repellent in 10 mL rollerball bottles for $5 each. If you’d prefer to make your own, or are interested into essential oils and difusers, I have an affiliate link with a great company that offers high-quality products. Feel free to check them out https://organicaromas.com/ref/531/ your support through this link is also greatly appreciated!

As many of you know, we’re working hard to purchase a home for the kids and me. Every bit of support is truly appreciated!

31/07/2024

So things got a little bit wild and overgrown.

I'll be posting my progress on cleaning up this mess.

However I was able to collect a whole bunch of Spanish needle and I am super excited.

For those of you who don't know Spanish needle is edible and incredibly nutritious, the seeds can be used as a topical analgesic, and the dried leaves can be used as a to***co substitute.

31/07/2024

It occurred to me that I have never had a party. I haven't been at a point where I felt stable enough in the future. Now that I'm at the most uncertain point in my life... I realize that it doesn't matter.

I am going to party on Saturday August 31st. It will either be a victory housewarming party or a last hurray! No matter which we are going to have a blast.

Let me know if you want to come!

22/07/2024

When I first came across Oliver Anthony and his music, I was blown away to say the least. He had a whole collection of songs that I could listen to for hour...

08/06/2024

Somebody has a friend!

I didn't have my phone the first time I walked out here. They stayed just like that let me go get my camera....❤️

07/06/2024

This lizard is extremely chill and always up to get a picture. He's going to be a really nice buddy. Prepare for cutie lizard pics on a regular basis.... ❤️

12/04/2024

22/02/2024

So, if ya'll remember me talking about Arura Borealis last year.....Well, last year was spring, and summer is almost upon us.

Last night two moderate sized flares, with no coronal mass ejections hit ahead of earths orbit. Glancing impact remains possible until the 25th.

The official statement is while high frequency radio users may experience some temporary loss of signal the GENERAL PUBLIC NEED NOT BE CONCERNED. Please plan accordingly.

18/01/2024

So, props to Kush for bringing the best gift a cat has ever brought me. A snuggly, domestic (maybe) bird... No birds were harmed in the bringing of this gift! Slight injury to the wing that is unrelated to his rescue.

We got the bestest cat!

22/08/2023

Check this out

Researchers at the University of Ottawa, in collaboration with Danilo Zia and Fabio Sciarrino from the Sapienza University of Rome, recently demonstrated a novel technique that allows the visualization of the wave function of two entangled photons, the elementary particles that constitute light, in....

19/08/2023

We have beautyberries

12/08/2023

Solar flares will peak in the next few years, potentially providing extra energy for human beings to transform – or self-destruct. Get ...

07/07/2023

Orcas sinking ships, shark bringing us a turtle to save, deer seeking us out to save her baby, and now this... It's like the animal kingdom is welcoming us back into the natural world, IF we are willing to be a part of it. If not, well refer to the first story. None of us wrote the histories that lead is here. All of us are writing the future! Where do we want it to lead?

Captain of tourist boat from Baja California, Mexico, says grey whales return repeatedly for ‘grooming’

04/07/2023

We need more of this.

They’ve UNpaved paradise and put up a food forest in the parking lot in Portland, Oregon A Portland, Oregon couple purchased an old, rundown apartment building, 4 miles from the city center in 2007. The 1950s building had fallen into such disrepair, a quarter of the apartments were deemed “unliv...