#RedMud

[heartkaji]

★… 999 OKINAWA !❞

𝜗ৎ sum. endo’s never met a girl made of flowers.

𝜗ৎ notes. short poetic / flowery word vomit. mentions of blood. possible part two coming if i’m not too lazy </3

you met endo yamato in the summer of ‘99.

he died that summer with ivy in his teeth & dogwood in his mouth. when you asked around, the locals said the marigolds bit him to death.

funny how you met him in a marigold field, thistles in your hair & rosevines at your feet. endo yamato was dirty ink & swollen ankles bruised by rose thorns & japanese barberry. you thought he was beautiful.

but you didn’t dare near him, not when he crushed holly stems between his fingers, petals splitting in his palms. he seemed to have issues with the snapdragons & lamp grass—you watched from afar as he stomped on gold petals & camellia leaves till you decided the greenery had suffered enough.

“excuse me ? please don’t hurt the flowers.”

your voice is a dandelion in midsummer breeze. if you were any quieter, endo could’ve ignored it, but he turns to you, gashes on his forehead & blood dribbling down his chin,

“who the hell are you ?”

you want to shrink in on yourself, crawl into a mouse hole if you could. but instead you stand frozen like a deer in headlights, knot in your chest & voice swelling in your throat, “please don’t hurt the flowers.”

it’s more or less a squeak but endo seems amused. his lips curl into something of a grin & you don’t miss how he licks blood off split lips. “okay then, miss. but what’s in it for me if i do as you ask ?”

your lips tremble & your eyes sting & why the fuck are you crying ?

endo makes a face akin to surprise. your hands are dappled in tree sap & redmud yet you reach to clean your tears & now you’ve got soil & earth on your face too. endo feels bad. his brows are furrowed & his chest feels tight & how the hell did he get you sobbing?

his hands are faster than his head. his fingers are still drenched with earth & blood but they move to cup your cheeks & clean salt water off your face. now you’ve got soil on your skin & blood on your cheeks & holy hell you look even prettier up close.

endo tenses when you lean into his palm. there’s tears dribbling down your cheeks & it’s fucking disgusting but endo doesn’t necessarily feel repelled. he wonders what you’re doing out here, crown made of glaze lilies & cherry branches sitting on your hair. you’ve got a basket of holly & hawthorne in your hands & endo can’t help but think of how your cheeks match the rose petals.

“you’re beautiful,” endo’s got summer in his throat so it comes out as a whisper. he thinks you didn’t hear him but your heart bleeds up your throat. you free your cheeks from his hands & flowers spill from your basket, “please don’t hurt the flowers.”

endo gives you a nod. the flowers are safe with him.

© ─ heartkaji; do not steal, copy, edit, translate or reupload

[rustbeltjessie]

wisconsin roadside psalm

I.

why did? i grew up here in this frowzy ditch, & the gray-gray featherplant unbraided me with spiky branch hands. i grew on

goldthread & gaywings, bogbean & toothflower, & the squirrel corn

II.

on the coldstarred peninsula, the once- friends played dingdong & ditched me here. i grew my

fleshy rootstalks downdeep into redmud & limestone. woke flummoxed from the fumitory & the needlebrush

III.

why did i? our lady of the roadsides asks while floating from the bayfog— she is a sheetghost with one round

abysseye, one eye patchworked in redbranch. she holds a burntpaper  rose in her dollhand. o lady

IV.

i crack myself open for you, peel my paleheart. inside

all weak & waterjuiced.

—Jessie Lynn McMains, NaPoWriMo 2025, Day 17 (this is literally so many prompts all at once— @nosebleedclub’s “growing up” prompt, spprompt’s “why did you do it?” prompt (from last year), twobeesescapril’s prompt “i crack myself open,” and NaPoWriMo.net’s prompt for today, which was to choose a Leonora Carrington painting (I chose “The Ancestor”) and/or a Remedios Varo painting (I chose “Plant”) to write from.)

[krugkorien]

Hello! I'm Krug Korien, a writer & artist. Usually I post at Twitter but now I'm also here now! If you're into artists & worldbuilders with billion OCs who draw something new every day and infodump about all kinds of weird stuff - I'm your gal! I mostly draw dark fantasy, cyberpunk, masculine women, wlw. I'm also best friends with Marena Redmud, and we often write stuff together.

[sushant11000]

Jhamsikel cafes

“Imagine you’re in Jhamsikhel, a cool neighborhood in Kathmandu. It’s known for its awesome cafes, but there’s a small problem – there are so many cafes in Jhamsikhel! Each one has something special, and it’s kinda tricky to decide which one to pick for your coffee or a yummy brunch. That’s where we can help. 

Our guide to ‘Cafes in Jhamsikhel’ will show you around this awesome place, so you can find the perfect cafe that matches your style and taste. 

Don’t worry; this isn’t a treasure hunt where you have to figure it all out by yourself. We’ve done the exploring for you. All you need to do is follow along with our guide and pick the cafe that feels right for you. Get ready for a taste of Jhamsikhel’s unique cafe culture!”

7 Best Cafes In Jhamsikhel

Evoke 

“Evoke isn’t your regular coffee spot; it’s a gateway to a world filled with flavors, sights, sounds, and your own imagination. They aim to make a fun place where you can let your creative side run wild and feel happy. Evoke has tasty food and good service.

 But what makes it really cool are the vibes and location. It’s perfect for couples who want a romantic date, and they even have live music. 

So if you’re in the mood to chill with friends or need a place for a school meeting, Evoke is the place. They’ve got good coffee and a positive vibe – it’s more than just a café!”

Location: Lalitpur

Timing: 11 am to 10 pm

Cafe Soma

Tucked away in the heart of Jhamsikhel, Cafe Soma is a delightful discovery. When it comes to finding a café with an extensive café soma Jhamsikhel menu, this is your spot. But it’s not just about the menu; it’s the perfect mix of culture and flavors.

Offering a range of rich espressos, exotic teas, and a menu that bridges local and international tastes, Cafe Soma stands out among restaurants in the Jhamsikhel area.

Whether you’re seeking a cozy coffee break or a place to dive into artistic vibes, Cafe Soma has it all. Don’t miss this chance to experience its unique blend of tastes and cultural charm.

Location: Lalitpur

Timing: 7 am to 9 pm

Himalayan Java

“Himalayan Java has consistently maintained its reputation for delivering top-notch coffee, as well as offering a delectable breakfast and brunch selection. Their commitment to cleanliness and hygiene creates a welcoming atmosphere, while the attentive and friendly staff enhance your experience.

 While it’s true that the pricing may not align with everyone’s budget, the value you receive makes it a worthy investment. 

In sum, Himalayan Java ranks among the best cafes in Jhamsikhel, and it’s a superb choice for couples looking to enjoy the romantic ambiance, whether you choose to sit indoors or outdoors.”

Location: Lalitpur

Timing: 7 am to 9 pm

Red Mud Coffee

Red Mud is the go-to spot for coffee hangouts and friendly get-togethers in Jhamsikhel. Situated in a cozy nook, it offers perfect spots for enjoying coffee with friends or taking some quiet time alone, surrounded by natural views outside and calming background music. 

Their blended mochas are a big hit, and while the food and service are just fine, it’s the cafe’s ambiance and longevity that keep people coming back. Redmud Cafe has been a fixture in Jhamsikhel for quite some time, earning a place as one of the most charming and popular cafes in the area.

 It’s the ideal place for hot coffee and tasty Jhool momos on a rainy day, and the youthful and friendly atmosphere brightens anyone’s day, making it one of the best cafes around Jhamsikhel.

Location: Lalitpur

Timing: 8 am to 10 pm

Bozze Belly

The atmosphere is pleasant but be prepared for a bustling crowd. Despite the hustle and bustle, the staff provides excellent hospitality, and they’re always friendly.

Booze Belly is a relatively new venture, and it’s gaining popularity, especially among young people. As the name suggests, they offer both drinks and belly-filling food. Although I haven’t had the chance to visit, I’ve heard that the funky interior design is a big draw. 

They also host exciting events like Ladies Night, Karaoke, and Movie Night, creating a vibrant and fun-filled environment. This is one of the best cafes in Jhamsikhel with live music.

Location: Lalitpur

Timing: Tuesday 11 am to 2 am

The Busy Bean

The place has a cozy charm and tends to draw in quite a few long-term foreign visitors, making it a diverse and interesting spot. The atmosphere caters to people of all ages, creating a welcoming and inclusive vibe.

When it comes to coffee, they take it to the next level by using fresh, locally sourced ingredients. It’s clear that they have a passion for supporting local products, which adds a unique touch to the experience. The environment is like a melting pot of cultures and flavors, making it an intriguing place to spend some time and savor a cup of coffee.

Location: Lalitpur

Timing: 8 am to 9 pm

Road House Cafe

Roadhouse Cafe, situated in the vibrant neighborhood of Jhamsikhel, is a culinary haven that beckons both locals and travelers alike. With a diverse Roadhouse Cafe Jhamsikhel menu, it offers an array of culinary delights to tantalize your taste buds. 

Whether you’re a fan of savory dishes, sumptuous desserts, or exotic beverages, this cafe has something for everyone. The extensive Roadhouse Cafe photo collection captures the cafe’s inviting ambiance, perfect for coffee dates, casual hangouts, or even business meetings.

 With convenient Roadhouse Cafe hours, you can enjoy its cozy setting and delectable offerings at your convenience. It’s the ideal spot to relish the flavors of Jhamsikhel.

Location: Lalitpur

Timing: 11 am to 10 pm

Conclusion

To sum it up, these are the best cafes in Jhamsikhel, it has an array of unique cafes that cater to diverse tastes. Cafe Soma’s artistic charm, Red Mud’s cozy appeal, and Roadhouse Cafe’s diverse menu each offer something special. These cafes aren’t just places to grab a bite or a coffee; they’re experiences that delight your senses.

When exploring these Jhamsikhel cafes, you’re embarking on a journey through different flavors, cultures, and atmospheres that cater to all sorts of preferences. It’s a neighborhood perfect for cafe lovers, offering a delightful escape from the daily hustle and bustle.

[morimatea]

People enjoyed the tranquility of a slower pace of life.

[richarddredmud]

RED MUD PROCESSING

The waste from the conversion of the bauxite into aluminium oxide, red mud, is one of the largest disposal problems in the world. 

Pressure-cooking bauxite with sodium hydroxide solution to dissolve the alumina content should be a simple enough process, but silica in bauxite reacts to give sodium aluminium silicate. The iron oxide content of bauxite is a diluent and a materials-handling problem. Expensive sodium hydroxide is lost to the tailings because of the difficulty in washing the insoluble material.

As the ferric oxide, with its variable amount of combined water, is such a nuisance, there has been some interest in using reducing agents to convert the smallest particles and the surface of the larger particles into the non-hydrated magnetite. 

I have suggested (GB patent 2 569 767) mixing ferrous sulphate (another waste) with red mud and heating, so that the reaction occurs with the alkali in the red mud to produce ferrous hydroxide, which would react with ferric oxide to give magnetite. Magnetite is not hydrated and so more readily filtered off. 

The process would neutralise most of the alkali in the red mud and the magnetite might be separated magnetically for use as iron ore. Low-grade magnetite iron ore is upgraded by magnetic separation in the USA.

There have been many proposals for the recovery of the materials from the sodium aluminium silicate of red mud. The compound is readily soluble in dilute sulphuric acid. The solution contains sodium sulphate, aluminium sulphate and colloidal silica. The colloidal silica has hitherto been difficult to remove. Fortunately, an American company offers filter membranes within a vibrating module. Gelatinous hydrated silica can now be filtered off without clogging the filters. 

I have proposed (GB patent application 2 576 266) a process, whereby the membrane-filtered sodium sulphate and aluminium sulphate solution is heated under pressure to give a precipitate of basic sodium aluminium sulphate and a solution of sodium hydrogen sulphate. This solution can be recycled to treat more red mud. There would have to be an input of sulphuric acid. Dilute sulphuric acid is readily available as a waste from many processes. The granular basic sodium aluminium sulphate can be heated with sodium carbonate solution to give insoluble basic sodium aluminium carbonate (dawsonite). 

Dawsonite can be heated to give sodium aluminate. There is a large market for sodium aluminate. It is reacted with sodium silicate solution to give a precipitate of sodium aluminium silicate. This forms the bulk of commercial washing powders. It softens water and helps lift dirt off washing.    

[synthetictv]

Another #peeperfrog, last one to show. They don't move until the last second and are easy to photograph in a calm manner. #frog #photography #nature #naturephotography #macrochernoff #water #redmud #redclay #amphibian (at Soul Fire Farm)

[nistha-nakarmi]

ART USING HOME MADE COLOR PIGMENTS

[teachingwind]

Most people see something dirty and want it to be clean, not @star.guides we see something dirty and make something great with it. #perspective #laughingcatdidit #redmud #wildernesslife #wildernesstherapy #starguides #leavefootprintsthatmatter #stafflife #breakingfree #dirtycar #reddirt #southernutah https://www.instagram.com/p/B_EZ5_7lfm4/?igshid=bm2h94szi8s0

[inspireuplift]

For just $29.97 With the Garden Path Maker Mold you can create a gorgeous, cement (or red mud) garden path to enhance the beauty of your outdoor space. This paving mold consists of irregular-shaped holes, which hold the cement slurry and allow you to smooth out the top by hand. Once your cement has dried, simply remove the loading mold and add stone sand or plant grass in the gaps. The end results are stunning and add an earthy and natural-looking stone element to your yard or garden. Suitable for gardens, meadows, balconies, villas, patios and more Easy to operate, ladies and children can also DIY their own garden creations Mold can be used repeatedly or use multiple molds at the same time until footpath is complete. It's possible to make paths of different colors, just blend preferred coloring pigment into the cement before pouring. No expensive equipment or laying costs! Practical and convenient and you save money while adding to the charm and beauty of your yard or garden. Step by Step Instructions for using your Garden Path Maker Mold: 1. Rake the area you want your stones in and place your mold down 2. Prepare concrete in separate container 3. Pour wet concrete into Maker Mold 4. Use board or other straight edge to smooth and even out the surface of your concrete 5. While wet you can add any decorative items to your concrete; shells, foot or hand prints, rocks, colored glass, etc. 6. Trowel to smooth around added items, if necessary 7. Allow to set overnight 8. Remove Maker Mold 9. Add fill dust, stones, sand, gravel, etc. to the spaces in between and sweep clean. It's that easy! Specifications: Color: Black. Material: PP (Plastic) Size: 35 x 35 x 3.6 cm

[aneetlife]

....it’s the Utah way of life, couldn’t agree more 🏜🚍👅 #bringiton . . #stayingcool #daddycool #quoteoftheday #redmud #moabutah #archesnationalpark #familytrip #roadtrip #travelacrossamerica #rvtrippin #motorcoach #luxetravel #cooldude #mydad #adventure #exploreamerica #seekingadventure #summerholiday #funtimes #nationalparksofusa #lifeofexperiences #aneetlife (at Zion National Park, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1dL1_4AHVU/?igshid=1cysk58sk24el

[morimatea]

Keeps silent, is the good scenery. . . . #stove #charcoal #teapot #kettle #claypottery #redmud #teatray #tearoom #teacaddy #zisha #books #lifestyle #art #quotesdaily #chinesestyle #quietness #peacelily #silent #scenery #culture #vases #bamboo #beauty #joy #happytime #instamoment #inspiration #ownart #timetravel #morimatea https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkvp1QPL5x/?utm_medium=tumblr

[archipedia]

Third post to celebrate the Début Award Finalists of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2019, just announced. Continuing with COMUNAL: Taller de Arquitectura. From the website: COMUNAL was founded in 2015 in Mexico City by Mariana Ordóñez Grajales, architect graduated from the Autonomous University of Yucatán. In 2017 the architect Jesica Amescua Carrera, a graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana, joins the team. And their mission, which to us seems very relevant: Improve living conditions and livability of rural communities in our country through integral participatory processes that trigger the valuation and rescue of popular knowledge, autonomy, exchange of knowledge, resilience and empowerment, always putting the people at the center of the processes. #archipedia #architecture #architectureproject #brick #bamboo #bambooarchitecture #bamboostructure #red #redmud #limeplaster #sustainability #sustainablearchitecture #architectureideas #bricktiles #brickpanel #brickwall #brickwork #imagine #love #archilove #archilover #archilife #studentsofarchitecture #architect #mexico #mexicocity (at Mexico City, Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0uTmDVDLgn/?igshid=1nj0y8x3xlkq2

[novasciencepublishers-blog]

Red Mud: Production, Composition and Impact Kay Richard (Editor)

Red mud is a waste material derived as residual from the Bayer process by the caustic digestion of crushed bauxite at elevated temperature. It is chemically characterized by the presence of Si, Al, Fe, Ca, Ti as well as an array of minor constituents such as Na, K, Cr, Ni, Mn, Cu, Zn and Pb. Red Mud: Production, Composition and Impact begins by giving a brief review of laboratories, in situ and remote sensing techniques applied to characterize the RM waste materials focusing on both standard and novel methods.

Next, the authors deal with composite materials based on different kind of polymers and red mud, and attempts to summarize the literature about these kind of materials. A great deal of attention is also paid to the possible applications of these new alternatives to classical materials. The main characteristics of several red muds from own studies and the scientific literature are described, and relevant examples of chemical composition variability of red muds emphasize the variability in chemical and mineralogical composition of red muds.

Click the link to order now! https://novapublishers.com/shop/red-mud-production-composition-and-impact/

[socialpeloton]

Gravelin' 🚴💨🔥 Where is your ride? Tag #SocialPeloton 🚴💨🆒 This gang of friends is in St. Petersburg 🔥🚴🚴🔥 Via 👉 @my_stalin ・・・ #redmud #cycling #цуклинг #gravel #gravelking #socialpeloton . . . . . #socialpeloton #cycling #велоспорт #ciclismo #cyclisme #groupride #cyclingclub #gravelroad #gravelgrinder #passionforcycling #whereiride #stpetersburg #russia #gravelbike (at St. Petersburg, Russia)

[mero2paisa-blog]

Mero 2 Paisa with Binayak Kuikel || Youtuber - Why So Offended || Nepali Podcast - Episode - 33

Mero 2 Paisa with Binayak Kuikel || Youtuber – Why So Offended || Nepali Podcast – Episode – 33

Binayak Kuikel– A Truly Nepali Podcast, This episode of Mero2Paisa features Binayak Kuikel known for his youtube channel: Why so offended. He along with the host : Aashish Adhikari get into a conversation where they talk about Binayak’s aspirations for comedy and the genre he pursues. He shares how he started and what and how…