Schitt's Creek is my happy place

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Flower Power Friday

Some flowers and other summer things...

Hydrangea, Lily, Cucumber blossoms (and the results of those blossoms), and another batch of robins

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Random question of the day for my fellow Noah Reid fans: If you had one, and only one, song request for Noah to cover, what would it be?

Mine is The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. Weird, I know. But I love the song and it gives me chills whenever I hear it and I think Noah would just get it, you know? The whole vibe, the importance....also, as random as it is, I bet he knows it.

Anyway, you go next. Yes, you....

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I wrote a thing! It's short and silly and based on that Yaga pic of Noah that Dan commented on, calling him his husband 😍

It's been a while....hoping this will get me started back in the writing groove!

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Noah-a-Day-May (2023 Edition) | Day 31 ⇢ Noah Through the Years

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at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you

[yokowan]

at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.

[le-jardin-inculte]

at some point in your life you will be making some sort of cream based dessert that requires gelatin to thicken it. and you will soak some gelatin sheets in water and think "this is too few gelatin sheets for this amount of cream." this is the devil speaking. it will thicken in the fridge and if you add too much you will end up with milk jelly

[shithowdy]

at some point in your life you will be baking cookies. you will take the sheet out after twelve minutes as the recipe instructs and the cookies will still be glistening and soft. "these don't seem cooked enough," you will think to yourself, "i should place them back into the oven until their edges are nice and golden." this is the devil talking. this is how you get dry, overdone cookies. the cookies will continue to bake on the warm sheet for several more minutes and then harden up after sitting on a rack for a while. trust the process. trust the process.

[whitachi]

at some point in your life you will be adding a small pasta to a soup and you will think "that is not enough small pasta." this is the devil talking. the pasta will absorb the stock and expand. this is how you end up with a soup that is a solid mass of soggy ditalini.

[araceil]

At some point in your life you will be adding garlic to a dish and you will think "that is not enough garlic." These are angels speaking. They are correct. Add more garlic.

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Enjoy this funny pic of my cats I took today. 🤣🤣🤣 Caught him at the beginning of a yawn. His sister is obsessed with any and all boxes. That's all....

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Flower Power Friday

Some pics of wildflowers during a walk with the kiddos this week. And the black raspberries are starting!

@a-noble-dragon, @carolrain, @elleelleg

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Fic Rec Friday's Week of Celebrations and Self-Recs

Day 5

Occupations: Hmmm. I think I only have one fic where D or P is doing a different job than in canon and I already used it in another category.

Whump & Sickfic: Ooof...okay, I'll post that really angsty, really serious, very personal fic I wrote that one time.

Take Me To Church

Nature: This flower themed gem

Love is in Bloom

Food: Oooh, I have a few that I'm proud of so I'm going to rec them all.

Scones a misunderstanding about Patrick's favorite pastry

Paint with all the colors of the wind chapters 80-90 (though there are other chapters that involve food too!), lots of flirting by way of muffin metaphors

Visit Home a drabble series involving a lot of food

Watermelon Sugar featuring Marcy and a bit of embarrassment

Fashion gonna have to squint at this one, but it includes a very specific outfit of Patrick's, inspired by a very specific outfit of Noah's

Patrick Goes Country

Self-Care I don't think I have anything that really fits this one

@a-noble-dragon, @carolrain, @elleelleg, @queenmabcreates, @stereopticons

@mallpretzles, @mammameesh, @jamilas-pen, @trickiwooao3

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FRF Week of Self Recs and Celebrations!

Day 3

Sporting: Featuring the baseball

At Least Semi-Firm

Angst with a Happy Ending: Without getting too serious in the angst department

Roses are Red

Missing Scenes & Codas: One from every episode that Patrick is in

Where words fail, music speaks

Hobbies: I guess this is a hobby?

Actively Murdered

Meet Cute/Ugly: I think this is the only fic I've ever written about them meeting for the first time

Call Me Maybe

Family: OMG, too many to choose from! Let's do this one that expands beyond just Marcy and Clint a little bit.

Public Displays of Affection

@a-noble-dragon, @jamilas-pen, @queenmabcreates, @carolrain, @elleelleg

@mallpretzles, @stargazer56, @mammameesh

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FRF Week of Self-Recs and Celebrations

Day 2

Holidays:

You taught me everything I know about exterior illumination

Rare Pairs: Hmmm, not in my wheelhouse. This is sort of rare-pair adjacent....an assumption about a couple that never was.

Roommates

Night at Stevie's:

Out of Control

Tropes: Let's go with mutual pining

Grey Matter

5+1 & 5 times:

Twelve-Spotted Skimmer

Media: If you squint...watching the Olympics is "media", right?

Going for Gold

@a-noble-dragon, @jamilas-pen, @carolrain, @elleelleg, @queenmabcreates

@stargazer56,

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Fic Rec Friday's Week of Celebration and Self Recs

A whole week of self-recs? Let's see if I can find one for each theme...highly doubtful. ;)

Sunday:

Light & Fluffy: A few of David's favorite things

Humor: Oh boy....too many to count! I'll narrow it down to two that are technically very long series ;)

Marcy's Innocent Questions

Technology - Friend or Foe?

Hurt/Comfort: Not my specialty, but this sort of fits the bill

The "Appointment"

I don't think I have anything for Disability Representation, Period pieces, or Around the world

See ya tomorrow!

@a-noble-dragon, @elleelleg, @queenmabcreates, @carolrain, @jamilas-pen

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Writer’s Tag Game

Choose a tag from each fic in your top 5 to share with everyone. Tags can be self-explantatory or remain ambiguous. Most fun tag wins David x Patrick for the weekend.

Thanks for the tags everyone! I'm a little late, but this was a fun one and I wanted to do it anyway.

I too did not stick with my top 5 ranked fics...I just browsed to find 5 I liked ;)

phallic sand castles

Everybody poops

butt stuff

paying homage to big belt buckles

I don't know how to tag this without giving away the punchline

This was fun! @a-noble-dragon @queenmabcreates @trickiwooao3 @jamilas-pen @elleelleg

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Fic Rec Friday week 48!!!!

I had a few ideas for what is most likely my last week to host. Ultimately, I felt like it was time....since we're winding down....for....SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION!

That's it. That's the theme. Do you have a fic that you're particularly proud of? Or a fic that got a lot of attention when you posted but hasn't been recc'd yet? Or something that didn't get enough attention and you want to give it a boost? Here's your chance! I know we all hate it, but we should be proud of the work we've done and there's nothing wrong with patting ourselves on the back every now and then ;)

I'm going to start with 3 of mine. The first two come from my 'Pants on Fire' series wherein Patrick Brewer is caught lying about one thing or another, usually to embarrassing results. These two are less embarrassing and more heartwarming and ended up being chapters long instead of a one-shot. Some of my best works spawned from short fics that you carnies loved and encouraged me to write more! So thank you all!

Public Displays of Affection where Patrick learns to let go a bit around his family.

Dana? where we meet Patrick's BFF Brad!

For my 3rd rec, I'm going to go with my frozen over fic from a couple of years ago. It's just got a healthy dose of embarrassment, along with some feelings too....and my most favorite parents, Marcy and Clint.

Stockings Were Hung By The Chimney With Care

The last thing I'll say is that if you're new here, or not familiar with my work, about 90% of it is super embarrassing situations for our boys that usually involve sex and Marcy, sometimes Clint. So if second-hand embarrassment is your jam, you should probably check out my fics ;)

Ok, carnies, passing the baton to you!

@queenmabcreates @carolrain @mammameesh @a-noble-dragon @elleelleg

@jamilas-pen @mallpretzles @flowertrigger

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Flower Power Friday

Spring things : future strawberries and current asparagus

Fingers crossed for no more frost warnings....sigh...it's the middle of May! Get it together mother nature!

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New chapter of my technology fic. Woo hoo!

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New Fic!

Hey guys! I wrote a little something....finally...

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Flower Power Friday!

Hey, I actually have flowers and other spring things to post!

Thanks for the tags @carolrain @a-noble-dragon

Tagging some others.... @elleelleg @mammameesh @jamilas-pen @stereopticons @queenmabcreates