Leaf-Mould Fairy Princess

On the weekend, I broke a trowel and a shovel turning over one of the garden beds, but then I swept the deck of dead leaves to enable lilacsigil's love affair with compost which disturbed all the leaf-mould-eating ladybirds. So I sat in a cloud of black and yellow ladybirds and felt like a fairy princess. A leaf-mould fairy princess, so glamorous.

I've got my fic for Exchange of Interest posted, plus one treat and another one or two coming down the pipes in the next few days. I got bitten by a plot bunny, which is all good except the last thing I need is another wip. Here's the list of requests, if anyone is interested: Exchange of Interest requests. The timetable for the exchange is at poi_fanworks.

I am dithering on my wipbigbang, I need to get it going.

Linkspams
Fannish stuff
- The Greatest, multifandom SF/F/H characters of color extravaganza
Amazing vid by bironic. So good. I cried. (Which might be the meds, but I'm going to lean into it here.)

- For Aussie writers/people active in Aussie evening timezones, sassbandit is hosting low-key writing sessions at their journal. There's a poll here about preferences: Australians! (and adjacent). Or check out where we all had a go last night: Australian evening writing group.

- seasonofkink starts soon! (Tomorrow, I think?) But if you can't wait, or *whispers darkly* want to have more control, here's a nifty bingo generator: Let's make you a bingo card!

- At fan_flashworks, highlander_ii posted this amazing creation: No Fandom : game : butt match
It's a butt-matching memory game. *nods*

Science Stuff
- Puffin beaks are fluorescent and we had no idea
I think this link has been around Tumblr like, twelve times, but those puffins in their funky party specs will always make me laugh.

- i miss #hannibal so i made my own. Size doesn't matter
Via The Rec Center's weekly newsletter, this awesome human person MADE THEIR OWN HANNIBAL DOLL HOUSE. It's fricking amazing.

Brains and Bodies
Listen up: hearing aid takes out top design award
Interesting article at The Age about design and stigma of hearing aids.

- not sure who wrote this but it's helpful
Via miss_s_b, one of those brain/thinking lists where I can tick basically every box, plus some strategies for heading them off. (It might be the medication taper, but lately I am having a big mood crash as soon as the sun goes down. lilacsigil just said "I kind of want to fight you for being mean to you...")

When the Way You Love Things Is “Too Much”; or: Why I Went to Portmeirion
Via The Rec Center again. I went in for the autism story, I came out wanting to watch the show. (Which seems to be on Youtube: The Prisoner 01 Arrival, but you know I'm going to be watching the 2005 version with Jim Caviezel: The Prisoner Ep.1 Arrival (2009). As soon as I have time.)

Craft
- At etsy, Alula Creations
Amazing beaded birds.

- Knitted jumper belonging to Lapstone resident the keeper of intriguing tale from First World War
I love that she knitted herself a version of the jumper that kept her grandfather alive in a POW camp.

- Making Nests for Wildlife in care
Knit or crochet nests for orphaned/injured animals. WIRES is one of the wildlife rescue and rehab groups in Australia.