>> Oh, but I would like to cut down even more on alcohol. <<
Consider alternative celebratory beverages. There are some very fancy sodas available, including "dry" ones that are barely or not sweet. Among my favorites is muscadine grape juice, though, which really is sweet.
I'm quite fond of bitters for cooking, but they're originally intended for mixed drinks. While there are nonalcoholic ones (e.g. in a glycerine) base, most use alcohol as a carrier for the flavors. Vena's Fizz House makes splendid ones.
My mother was very fond of homemade V8 juice. Much like a Bloody Mary, less the liquor.
>>Get my diet in order, too etc.<<
My partner and I like reading cookbooks together, then picking out new recipes to try. If you start with a healthy cookbook, you'll discover more such recipes. Today's find was just me looking online for something to do with overripe bananas; I found this recipe for Banana Bread Brownies. It is much healthier than average, because the bananas cut the refined sugars about in half -- and it tastes a lot like chocolate bread pudding.
>>I also tend to struggle with taking photos if there's nothing in particular to photograph, but looking back, I'm always glad over even those mundane shots.<<
1) In looking through family photos after my mother's death, it wasn't the "important" events I valued most. It was the pictures inside our homes, or around the yard, that remind me how things looked years ago.
2) Consider making still life compositions with objects meaningful to you. Here's a list of still-life art items that would work well in photography too. Fun idea: take some pocket money and a box, then hit your local antique stores, thrift stores, rummage sales, etc. for interesting items. When you get tired of shooting those, swap with other photographer or artist friends.
>>Open-minded people who post fairly often and share stuff about them and their life. I don't really have many friends IRL so I love getting to know people all over the world. Always a plus if you post photos, but it's understandable if you don't (I'm just a very visual person and love to see how people look like and where they live and all that.)<<
I post daily about a wide variety of topics, and occasionally post photographs, mostly of my yard.
>>Always knitting! Occasionally photography and whatnot. Thanks to (or because of) ADHD I may be very interested in something random all of a sudden, but it may wane equally fast. For the past years I've been more or less into: coloring (adult coloring books and watercolors), plants (like indoor greens but why not gardening as well), going out for walks (with my DSLR), languages, science...<<
It sounds like we have some interests in common. Feel free to drop by my blog and see if you like it.
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Date: 2023-01-06 09:04 am (UTC)Consider alternative celebratory beverages. There are some very fancy sodas available, including "dry" ones that are barely or not sweet. Among my favorites is muscadine grape juice, though, which really is sweet.
I'm quite fond of bitters for cooking, but they're originally intended for mixed drinks. While there are nonalcoholic ones (e.g. in a glycerine) base, most use alcohol as a carrier for the flavors. Vena's Fizz House makes splendid ones.
My mother was very fond of homemade V8 juice. Much like a Bloody Mary, less the liquor.
>>Get my diet in order, too etc.<<
My partner and I like reading cookbooks together, then picking out new recipes to try. If you start with a healthy cookbook, you'll discover more such recipes. Today's find was just me looking online for something to do with overripe bananas; I found this recipe for Banana Bread Brownies. It is much healthier than average, because the bananas cut the refined sugars about in half -- and it tastes a lot like chocolate bread pudding.
>>I also tend to struggle with taking photos if there's nothing in particular to photograph, but looking back, I'm always glad over even those mundane shots.<<
1) In looking through family photos after my mother's death, it wasn't the "important" events I valued most. It was the pictures inside our homes, or around the yard, that remind me how things looked years ago.
2) Consider making still life compositions with objects meaningful to you. Here's a list of still-life art items that would work well in photography too. Fun idea: take some pocket money and a box, then hit your local antique stores, thrift stores, rummage sales, etc. for interesting items. When you get tired of shooting those, swap with other photographer or artist friends.
>>Open-minded people who post fairly often and share stuff about them and their life. I don't really have many friends IRL so I love getting to know people all over the world. Always a plus if you post photos, but it's understandable if you don't (I'm just a very visual person and love to see how people look like and where they live and all that.)<<
I post daily about a wide variety of topics, and occasionally post photographs, mostly of my yard.
If you like photos and exploring different people's locales, I recommend
>>Always knitting! Occasionally photography and whatnot. Thanks to (or because of) ADHD I may be very interested in something random all of a sudden, but it may wane equally fast. For the past years I've been more or less into: coloring (adult coloring books and watercolors), plants (like indoor greens but why not gardening as well), going out for walks (with my DSLR), languages, science...<<
It sounds like we have some interests in common. Feel free to drop by my blog and see if you like it.