#maple spinner

[lovelyllamasblog]

Maple Spinner

Parent's Story: Mother Holle (Frau Holle)

Powerful Qualities: Creative, Integrous, Optimistic

Roommate: Mildred Goldstraw

Secret Heart’s Desire: I would love to open my own bakery one day. I love baking bread and other sweets.

My “Magic” Touch: I can always tell when something is ready to be taken out of an oven. I know it doesn’t sound very cool, but it has saved a few loaves from being overbaked.

Storybook Romance Status: Marcel Prince is really sweet, but Ian Lear,… OH! You know what! Nevermind! It’s not important!

“Oh Curses!” Moment: I tend to say “Yes” even when I should “No.” I can’t help it! When someone asks for help, I have to help them!

Favorite Subject: Cooking Class-ic. I love learning new recipes!

Least Favorite Subject: Dance Class-ic. I have two left feet.

Best Friends Forever After: My sister Birch, Alanna Dale, Ivy Eden, and Ginger Breadhouse.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Wow, this is 1931 home in Winnetka, Wisconsin is impressive. 9bds, 9ba, $8.9M.

Wow, look at the carved wood walls. There's an original tile floor in the foyer, too, and a leaded glass inner door.

You know, I like the white carpet on the stairs. I wouldn't want to clean it, but it looks beautiful. This home has those bas relief ceilings, too.

Is it the way they're photographing the room to get the ceiling in, or are the ceilings low? The large sitting room has wood paneled walls to match the entrance hall, plus the same ceiling and a beautiful fireplace.

Very classy guest powder room. Black marble floor with white veining, and the marble counter on top of an antique dresser has a sink ringed in gold. The gold wallpaper ties it all in.

Comfy home office. The rounded desk looks art deco and is nestled perfectly in a triad of framed windows.

The library shelving is gorgeous. Oblong octagonal cutouts in carved shelves, and that gorgeous fireplace in the middle has a pediment with a pineapple and a black & white marble surround.

I like this light dining room. Cream and pale blue bas relief ceiling is so soft and stunning.

These cheery bright dining spaces are so pleasing. This is a breakfast room in creamy white and it gets a lot of sun from the windows to the garden.

The kitchen is a professional chef's kitchen. It begins with a large pantry done in the same cream color with large glass paned doors on the cabinets so you can see the dishware. The kitchen cabinetry looks maple and has a cute corner fireplace, black countertops and copper pots hanging over the double island.

At the top of the stairs on the 2nd level is a magnificent oval leaded glass skylight. The glass panes are opalescent. And, there's a large sitting room up here, too.

They've made a walkway between 2 area rugs in the huge primary bedroom. On one side is a lovely mahogany canopy bed that contrasts well against the white room and the other side is a sitting room.

There is a huge home office up hear with a pretty French Provincial desk and a chaise lounge.

The bath is nice, there's a separate room for the toilet, and a lovely vintage marble counter on the sink. Love the rust-colored marble on the floor.

What a lovely guest room. It's so large, there's a huge picture window between 2 full-sized canopy beds.

Down in the large basement is a rec room that looks like the ultimate man cave. Rich dark wood furniture, a red pool table with an unusual pool lamp- it's not the usual stained glass, this fixture has foxes in red waistcoats holding up electric candles - love that.

Wow, man cave indeed. That fireplace is the size of a room. You can definitely walk in there. And, look at the life-sized butler statue in the corner. Is he creepy?

The home gym looks commercial. Mirrored walls and a black ceiling make it look industrial.

Outside, the iron gate makes it look like a secret garden.

The hedges are cut in patterns.

It must cost a fortune to maintain these gardens. The property is 3.25 acres.

Is it me, or does the pool look like a fidget spinner.

I love conservatories and this one is lovely. The plants and wicker furniture really bring the outdoors in.

This is the prettiest tennis court with the trees and latticed fencing.

An elaborate play set for the children looks like it conveys.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/44-Locust-Rd-Winnetka-IL-60093/70453195_zpid/

[oc-poll-tournament]

OC Poll Tournament Round 1 Character Announcement!

Thank you everyone who submitted! There are 12 characters in the running, so it will be a small tournament, but I hope to make this fun!

Here's the plan: I put the characters' names in a random wheel spinner, and whichever characters get pulled successfully will be up against each other in the first round poll! IF (and I'm totally not saying this because it happened, no way (sarcasm)) the wheel chooses two characters who are from the same writer, I'll reroll, since I don't think that's fair. I am putting the names of the characters and who they're up against down below, along with their pronouns and the blog that submitted them. If there's anything that needs to be changed, please let me know! After that, I'll work on the polls themselves, and I'll plan for them to be posted tomorrow at noon central time. They will be open for a week, so there's plenty of time to vote! If any of the participants wants to send me extra propaganda during the week, please send an ask or submit, so I can post the propaganda without comment. I think that's about it, but if anyone has any questions, please let me know!

Now, here are the characters and who they're up against!

Poll 1

Rodri (he/him) @grailfish

Crislie Crimsworth (she/her) @gailynovelry

Poll 2

Conor (he/him) @pen-of-roses

Athansios (he/him) @somealienquill

Poll 3

Levi (he/him) @abalonetea

Yuen (he/him) @grailfish

Poll 4

Valerio Álvarez (he/him) @lieutenant-amuel

Viper (she/her) @maple-writes

Poll 5

Meparik (he/him) @gailynovelry

Nat Finch (he/him) @albatris

Poll 6

Eddie Alfaro (she/her) @calicohyde

Chess (she/her) @concealeddarkness13

[lilaccatholic]

I'm watching the squirrels in my yard because I'm ninty or whatever and I just watched this squirrel silently put up with this other squirrel making advances to her and now she's using her tail as an umbrella and eating the seeds from all the maple spinners that have fallen and oh the universality of women

[kirisclangen]

Pinned!

This is just where I wanna put all the designs I’ve been making for all the cats I currently have on Clangen! There’s a lot of them so… idk, I reckon I can just queue a few up and set it to post once a day? That seems good.

Once I get through all of the existing cats I have, I think I’ll end up doing semi-regular updates on what happens between them every few moons! Doodle pages, profiles for new cats, etc.

My main is @fantasykiri5, and I mostly make hermitcraft/life series fanart there, so pretty different from anything that’s gonna be here.

I mentioned it in the sub header but the rough format I’m gonna use for this blog is very much inspired by @/warriorsproject and @/cryptidclaw! Go check them both out!

World setup under cut:

There are 5 clans;

Beetleclan,

Tulipclan,

Honeyclan,

Bayclan,

and Vixenclan.

1: The Mountains

2: Abandoned Twoleg Nest (old cabin)

3: The Farm

4: The Maple Hollow (Vixenclan Camp)

5: Tunderpath (mountain road. All other thinderpaths are very scarcely used, like the one up to the farm or to the dock. There not a large risk, but they’re also called thunderpaths by the cats.)

6: The Clearing (Tulipclan Camp)

7: The Small Valley (Honeyclan Camp)

8: Twoleg Place

9: The Lake (meeting place)

10: Southern Twoleg Bridge

11: Northern Twoleg Bridge

12: The Tidepools (Bayclan Camp)

13: Twoleg Nowhere Bridge (fishing dock and small parking lot)

14: The Shipwreck (Beetleclan Camp)

15: Bearclaw Islands

16: Star-Spinner (lighthouse)

17: Lonely Twoleg Nest

Links (will be updated as I go):

Bayclan Lore

Beetleclan Lore

Tulipclan Lore

Honeyclan Lore

Vixenclan Lore

[rynfinity]

Maple spinners aside it is a pretty time of year…

[lovetransaction]

the taste of butter ❤

Here's the opening reel:

It rains near-constantly. That's what does the crops in, Mom and Dad say. Well, Dad says it; Mom hugs baby Millie tighter while Millie coos and burbles. She's the one Winchester whose grumbling is leavened in her throat instead of leaden in her stomach. Adam and Jack talk in circular sentences, maple spinners spinning around each other and never touching the ground, twin-language. Sam scrapes the side of his thumb with his other thumbnail, his pointed face elfin and thoughtful.

I apologize to anybody who knows the fate of the baby in The VVitch. I have not changed that, so ... you know what's coming 😣

[mushroom-for-art]

Context I was thinking about my like version of the Pokemon world so obviously the one inhabited by my ocs but was also considering the crossover au of the Rosy Maple Moth squad and how in my friend Cinnatwos lore their mew Maple is the mother of Mewtwo and Newtwos as their offspring were stolen. But Moths lore he canonically had a run in with a mewtwo that tried to kill him and I don't think that makes sense for it to have been one of Maples kids especially as he would've sensed similar aura but is completely unaware of her lore

SO to get around this and also desperately try to be unique for my pokemon world I tried to come up with new lore for my version of the og mewtwo, if other blogs get to have the og then so do I XD so in moth squad au there's like 2 separate version of the og, too powerful lmao

My version of mewtwo is similar to xxtcs who was originally a mew first, but unlike Scarfy he had lived most of his life as an adult full grown mew before his capture, the initial string shot did not register as malicious and the speed drop left him incredibly overwhelmed when he was grabbed by more shots of webbing before being hit by a powerful dark pulse, he basically got like 10 speed reduced status effects in one instant mobility severely limited then smacked in the back before his head was yanked back with yet another string shot to receive a nose breaking Shadow Ball.

The metal electric cage thing was inspired mostly by Phlurri (do check out all these brilliant artists BTW I haven't @ them as it feels inappropriate but like go look), but also by the canon ones used in multiple movies like on the legendary birds, the electric fidget spinner thing in the Celebi movie, the zappy shock machines in the second mewtwo movie and those used on newt, the electric netting in the Latios Latias movie, the metal box cage in Zoroark...im seeing a pattern here... Pokemon really likes their bad guy with electrical restraint devices

Anyways these guys clearly knew what they were doing and mew was overwhelmed and severely injured.

My thinking is as its never said what Amber died from/how she died (and like, I checked! I was on her wiki page this morning I couldn't see anything), I've decided Amber had some kind of genetic disease/issue which killed her likely very quickly just she's suddenly really unwell and then she's gone and they couldn't have predicted this. Now you'd think then cloning a new Amber who'd have the exact same genetic structure and would have the same disease and die the same way would be cruel but Dr Fugi had what he considered a big brain moment. Mew is the genetic pokemon, humans and Pokemon were at some point the same, so he wants to splice Mews perfect dna into Amber's to fix and replace the damages to her dna structure to clone a better healthier Amber and maybe even add more benefits like better immune system expression of human Psychic powers ect which that's leaning into very heavy genetic tampering of your own daughter there Fugi. Of course Ambertwos dna genetics rejects the mew sequencing because that's Pokemon dna you absolutely tool. So Dr Fugi goes "the dna is too different, I need to make it easier for Amber's genetic sequencing to accept it," which sir, just get therapy it's probably cheaper. And so he splices HIS dna into the mew because adding Amber's damaged dna into the mew would be counter intuitive but as her dad she has half his dna so by using his which is healthier (tho still a carrier of this genetic disease I imagine), Amber's body should be less likely to reject it. If you're an actual genetic scientist please don't come for me I know this is probably vastly incorrect. So mew gets forcefully spliced with human genetics, resulting in becoming mewtwo.

At some point they likely give the now mewtwo LOTS of drugs both painkillers because of the genetic splicing rejection, forceful immune system suppressant and subsequently merging of dna and altering of his physical form as the new dna is incorporated is hella ouch and also they try to amnesia him when he tries to fight, won't want to escape if no memories of freedom. So Dr Fugi kind of because Mewtwo human genetic father. Also while Ambertwo rejected mew dna, mew probably is unable to reject Fugis dna because of a mix of drugs and probably a lot more aggressive implantation of dna they would've added significantly more of Dr Fugis coding into Mews body to force acceptance but would've been more delicate with Ambertwo naturally.

The new mewtwo dna is then taken and put in Ambertwo and it stabilises her for a while allowing her Psychic access to Mewtwo. I think Ambertwo holds some awareness of things and sees the scared small traumatised confused mewtwo struggling to grasp at fading memories and knows what has happened was wrong, so very wrong. And like in the movie she still dies, I think to some degree she willingly kind of goes "I don't want my life to be made this way," and let's herself slip peacefully back to sleep once more leaving Mewtwo alone.

And then like usual plot lore he starts growing bigger due to human dna, wakes up, kills people, gets manipulated by Giovanni, commits crimes and murder, questions Giovanni and bails when he realises he was lied to and used and goes fuck it I'm taking ALL you bitches out. A very grumpy man

He's probably a lot more cynical than others due to his vague memories of being a mew knowing his life was stolen because of one selfish human and he hates the mew he encounters in the movie as they're like a mockery of himself giggling blissfully at his agony a reflection of look what you were look what you've lost.

He's a lot more hateful of other twos as well he thinks generally they shouldnt exist ever, he has a lot of projected hate, he believes the others genetic freaks and abominations because they're made as twos off the bat, he's different he tells himself he's better than them because he was a natural creature first. But really he hates himself the most because of what he lost and envies the kind of innocence the others have of not having lost a life. He's just going through a lot don't worry he'll get put in therapy

But yea this is the weird short comic thing of my boy and introduction to him and if I never draw him then oops.

[thisislizheather]

Summer Saturdays Vol. 8

EATING

Obsessed with Oikos’ Maple Syrup flavoured Greek yogurt. And these open-faced heirloom tomato sandwiches (below).

Above Photo: Toasted sourdough rubbed with garlic, then mayo, cheddar cheese, sliced heirloom tomatoes, sea salt & basil vinaigrette if you’re feeling fancy

DRINKING

Loved this Honey Soda I got from a farmer’s market.

COOKING

Tomato and fennel pizza with store bought dough (and added sausage) actually turned out pretty good. (And yes this sounds condescending, but you only think you don’t like fennel.)

Above Photo: Sausage & fennel pizza

BAKING

I used this great espresso cream cheese frosting with this vanilla cake recipe and it wasn’t spectacular, so that was depressing.

CRAVING

This bruised tomato and bread soup and only some of these insane CNE foods.

LISTENING

It happened. I downloaded a bird-identifier app. And you know what? I’m happier.

WATCHING

Detroit Rock City really holds up, still a great movie.

WEARING

The Urban Outfitters nail polish Cherry Iceeee (they have it in store at Square One in Mississauga) and tons of After Bite.

EXPERIENCING

All the public pools within a 10km radius.

LOVING

The Queue app to organize all the movies I want to see. There’s a spinner tool that makes it somehow more fun to decide, too? A smarter person might not admit that.

SHOPPING

The wild sales at The Bay right now (the customer service is atrocious since it’s a ghost town - but the deals, my god the deals).

GRIEVING

The end of the second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty. SUCH A FUN SHOW.

You can read last week’s Summer Saturdays Vol. 7 over here and you can see my summer highlights on Instagram over here.

[dancingsunflowers-ocs]

Alexandra, my love, may I ask for a WBW with Sydney Berlin?? (And if you wanna send one for one of my characters too, you know... I'm not complaining 😉). 🖤🖤🖤

Thank you Raven!! (@starlit-epiphany/@daughter-of-melpomene) 💕 I’m going to definitely send some to you, right now!! 😉

B A S I C S

full name: Sydney Anne Berlin

gender: Cisgender female

sexuality: Biromantic, asexual (sex-positive)

pronouns: She/her/hers

O T H E R S

family:

Mary Grace Berlin (Mother - Deceased)

Alvin Berlin (Father - Deceased)

Jacob Berlin (Younger Brother - Deceased)

Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Father Figure)

birthplace: Scotland, Earth

job: Starfleet officer

phobias: Losing loved ones, death, spiders, tight spaces, blood

guilty pleasures: Disney films, cheesy romantic novels, movie musicals, alcohol (especially rum and lemonade cocktails), American sitcoms, 1990’s boybands, pancakes with maple syrup, fidget spinners, cute animal videos, chocolate

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: Lawful Good

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: both

organized/disorganized: organised

close minded/open-minded: open-minded

calm/anxious: both

disagreeable/agreeable: disagreeable

cautious/reckless: cautious

patient/impatient: impatient

outspoken/reserved: both

leader/follower: follower

empathetic/unemphatic: empathetic

optimistic/pessimistic: pessimistic

traditional/modern: modern

hard-working/lazy: hard-working

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Sydney Berlin x Pavel Chekov

ot3: Sydney Berlin x Pavel Chekov x Hikaru Sulu

brotp: Sydney Berlin x Nyota Uhura x Christine Chapel

notp: Sydney Berlin x Montgomery "Scotty" Scott

[lovelyllamasblog]

Mildred Goldstraw

Parent's Story: Rumpelstiltskin

Powerful Qualities: Confident, patient, courageous

Roommate: Maple Spinner

Secret Heart’s Desire: Like any princess out there, I want to find my One True Love.

My “Magic” Touch: I can turn straw into gold with my magic spinning wheel, though I hate sitting there and doing nothing but spinning all day.

Storybook Romance Status: I haven't met my One True Love yet, but Daring Charming is very handsome isn’t he?

“Oh Curses!” Moment: Whenever I see a spinning wheel, I just have to sit and spin. My friends literally have to pull me away whenever it happens.

Favorite Subject: Damsel-in-Distressing Class. I know I’m the heroine of my story and I’m in no real danger, but it doesn’t hurt to know what I should do if I fall into any potential danger you know? And what I should do when a handsome stranger saves me.

Least Favorite Subject: Gymnastics. What princess likes to sweat?

Best Friends Forever After: Alanna Dale, Maple Spinner, and Yeh Jia Li.

[angelinas-teas]

Low Carb Sumac Salad - Lebanese Salad Sumac Salad - Lebanese Salad Our Sumac Salad recipe gives you all the yummy middle eastern flavour minus the carbs! Made with simple ingredients and zingy sumac, which makes it perfect for serving alongside your next lamb roast or at your next barbecue. Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 0 mins Total Time 10 mins Course: SaladCuisine: Middle EasternKeyword: cucumber, heirloom tomatoes, sumacDifficulty: EasyDiet: Suits all diets and eating styles Servings: 4 as a side Calories: 181kcal Equipment Tomato or serrated knife Salad Spinner Ingredients For the salad 500 grams cherry tomato medley (approximately 18 ounces or 4 cups) 240 grams Lebanese cucumbers (approximately 2 medium, 8.5 ounces or 2 cups diced) 120 grams red banana capsicum/peppers (approximately 1 medium, 4.2 ounces or 1 cup diced) 60 grams onion (approximately ½ a medium onion, 2 ounces) 1 cup mint chopped leaves 1 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves For the sumac vinaigrette ¼ cup olive oil 1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice ½ tablespoon sumac Pinch chilli powder (or more if you like things spicy) Instructions Step 1 - Prepare Veggies Wash your cherry tomatoes under cold running water, pat dry then cut in half. Transfer to a colander, season with some sea salt to help release the wonderful tomatoey flavour. Wash, trim and peel your cucumber, capsicum/pepper and onion. Wash your parsley and mint, either shake dry or spin dry using a salad spinner. Strip the herb leaves from the stems and then roughly chop. Add all your chopped vegetables and herbs to a large mixing bowl. Step 2 - Shake-Up Dressing Add all vinaigrette ingredients to a glass jar, season. Shake well to emulsify, taste and adjust flavourings. If it is too puckery add a tiny bit of honey or maple syrup. Step 3 - Assemble the Salad Pour your dressing over your veggies, season and toss well to combine. Taste and adjust seasonings according to your liking. Arrange in a salad bowl, add a sprinkle of sumac on top to garnish. Serve and enjoy!

[lindamarieansonsnaps]

[guuzaka]

Ever wondered what a bunch of Canadians spinning really fast looks like? 😵💫😵 Wonder no more! 😲 Watch the video to find out! 🍁 Crazy, eh?! ⭐🤪 ⭐

[gretelfrei]

who everyone is in my role swap AU

it will probably be helpful to list this out!

also!! i am changing things in this AU as it would be really strange if i kept everything the same - like i have megumi as ryoko, and kugie as joe, so they would not have gone on a date like joe and ryoko did cause that would be disgusting.

so yeah!!! keep that in mind when reading thisss

(1st person is the role they fill)

sara = ryoko (ryoko is the main character)

joe = kugie

ryoko = megumi

sou = joe

kanna = nao

kugie = mishima

nao = anzu

mishima = maple

reko = hinako

alice = sara

q-taro = safalin

gin = shin

kai = mai

keiji = ranmaru

miley = keiji

megumi = ranger

safalin = alice

ranger = reko

anzu = q-taro

hinako = kurumada

kurumada = hayasaka

hayasaka = gin

mai = miley

ranmaru = kanna

maple = kai

midori = gashu

gashu = midori

also i made these with a wheel spinner so basically all of them are completely random, but i am working with it!!!

[rynfinity]

Maple spinner h**l starts tomorrow night (probably should have started tonight, but…), but at least I got started?

*tumbles into the yard work abyss*