In a hole in the ground, there lived a nerd

Screenshots for those who want to try to make the recipes. One was completely blocked by text but I thought maybe someone would like to make them ♡

From Margaret Davis

GLAZED BLUEBERRY PIE

- Soften a 3 oz. pkg. cream cheese.

- Spread in bottom of cooled, cooked pastry shell.

- Fill shell with 3 cups of blueberries.

- To an additional 1 cup of blueberries add 1 cup of water.

- Bring just to boiling.

- Simmer 2 min.

- Strain reserving juice, about ½ cup.

- Combine ¾ cup sugar, and 2 tablespoons corn starch.

- Gradually add reserved juice.

- Cook, stirring constantly until thick and clear.

- Cool slightly and add:

- 2 tablespoons lemon juice

- Pour over berries in pastry shell and chill.

the others are:

From Kathryn Andrews

KAY’S FUDGE

- 2 SQ. chocolate

- 2 TBS. butter

- Melt on low heat

- Stir in 1 cup milk

- Bring to boil

- 3 cups sugar

- 1 TSP. vanilla

- Pinch of salt

- Cook to softball stage

- Pour on marble slab

- Cool & Beat & Eat

From Naomi Odessa Miller-Dawson

SPRITZ COOKIES

- 1 cup of butter ormargarine

- ¾ cup sugar

- 1 teaspoon vanilla

- 1 egg

- 2 ¼ cups of flour

- ½ teaspoon baking powder.

- ⅛ teaspoon salt

From Constance Galberd

CONNIE’S DATE & NUT BREAD

100% Good Stuff - 0% Bad Stuff

Ingredients:

- 8 oz. dates cut into small pieces

- 1 cup raisins

- 2 cups boiling water

- 2 tsp. baking soda

- 1 ½ cups sugar

- 2 eggs, well beaten

- 4 cups flour

- 2 tsp. baking powder

- ½ cup chopped nuts

Directions:

- Pour boiling water (where 2 tsp. of baking soda have been dissolved) over dates and raisins. Cool.

- Add 1 ½ C. sugar and mix well.

- Add 2 eggs, well beaten.

- Gradually mix in 4 C. of flour and 2 tsp. of baking powder. Beat thoroughly.

- Add ½ C. of chopped nuts. Beat thoroughly.

- Bake at 350 for ¾ - 1 hr.

Bake in tin cans.

One batch = 13 small cans

From Christine Hammills

A GOOD CARROT CAKE

CARROT CAKE

Ingredients:

- 2 cups flour

- 4 eggs

- 2 tsp. baking powder

- 2 cups sugar

- 1 ½ tsp. soda

- 1 ½ cups oil

- 1 tsp. salt

- 2 cups grated carrots

- 2 tsp. cinnamon

- 1 (8 ½ oz.) crushed pineapple, drained

- ⅔ cup chopped nuts

Directions:

- Sift together flour, baking powder, soda salt, and cinnamon.

- Beat eggs and add sugar.

-Let stand 10 mins.

-Mix in oil, pineapple, carrots, nuts, flour mixture.

-Turn into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.

-Bake at 350’ for 35 – 40 min.

-Cool in pans for 10 min, remove to wire racks, and cool well.

VANILLA CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Ingredients:

- ½ cup butter

- 1 (8 oz.) cream cheese

- 1 tsp. vanilla

- 1 pound powdered sugar, sifted

Directions:

- Mix butter, cream cheese, vanilla then add sugar. First between layers, top and sides.

From Annabell Gunderson

ANNABELL’S SNICKERDOODLES

Mix Thoroughly:

- 1 c shortening

- 1 c margarine

- 3 c sugar

- 4 eggs

Sift Together And Stir In:

- 5 ½ c flour

- 4 tsp cream of tartar

- 2 tsp soda

- ½ tsp salt

Directions:

- Roll (softly) into balls the size of small walnuts.

- Roll in mixture of 6 tsp sugar and 6 tsp cinnamon.

- Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

- Bake at 375 F for 8-10 minutes or 400 F for 6-8 until lightly brown, but still soft.

“When he died the ravens sat in the trees outside for a week, watching. Taking turns. A horde of raccoons tried to break into the house every night, tearing at the siding. Eventually they gave up, but it was unsettling.”

#ryland grace is not graceful

children of any species are very good at being annoying and very cute while doing that

a sphinx child based on this post

The Blood Ocean bubbling and boiling and steaming at the start, I don't think that's it's natural state: without going into what this being the natural state would mean for any DNA in the blood (which we know it has), but it always bothered me the "we need to send SMs down to get samples and study it", as it happened with the SM-8, when they have the Blood RIGHT THERE, they could have just taken it from a long line, BUT... The Towboat is not a towboat, it's a freaking ship hovering and undoubtedly emitting massive levels of heat. from its engines. The Blood Ocean is most likely not boiling all over, its boiling *under the towboat* and probably making any and all samples taken under it useless. This also may help explain why later Ava cleans the blood from the porthole without a care about getting into contact with it or it being on the towboat: if the DNA on the blood is needed for the Pinhole God to exert influence and change others (which most likely Yes), and this DNA is literally cooked and made useless by the heat under the towboat, whatever blood reaches the launching bay can't cause anything to anyone there.

My guy that's the most recognisable man I've ever seen

Some doodles :)

Touch-starved Simon is everything to me raaahhhh

Yes, he's a kind and gentle person who wants the best for others, wants to help. He's brave when it's needed. But Grace is also a 'coward', picks easy paths because he's afraid, and is prone to explosive, destructive anger. The fox motif is just perfect. They're beautiful, sweet animals, have good pet aspects, witty and intelligent. But they are predators. Desperate, hungry, will bite off its own leg to survive, will bite you to survive.

Angel Grace who was on the verge of rebellion but backed off due to fear, but still harbors that angry spark inside him that makes him almost painful to be near. Monster Grace who has the bearing of something domesticated but will become all claws and violence if pushed. A smile that can widen into a maw of sharp teeth. He will run, but if you corner him, he will also bite.

Bloodymary especially. Let them pull that from each other. Simon driving Grace to an edge and he snaps. Simon seeing it as a fragment of hope ( if this is in him too, maybe I too can be gentle like he is?) and Grace seeing it as a stunning damnation ( maybe I am just pretending to be ‘good’?)

When Grace was given a 3 hour window of time his decision was ‘save myself, at the risk of damning 7 billion people’. What would his choice be in 30 seconds, if it’s his life for another’s?

Give him thorns. Make him messy.

Whether Grace makes the first move or Simon does, I could definitely see him considering romance and intimacy to be his method of repaying Grace—Grace has been isolated from other humans for years, this is something that he needs, it's one of the few things Simon can give. He ends up genuinely falling for him too, but in the back of his mind there's always that little voice telling him that he needs to be of use, that tells him he can't say no.

And when Grace finds out!!! Oh he would feel like an absolute monster. He would absolutely cry for several hours. Which only makes Simon devalue himself more because he feels like it's his fault Grace is upset. And now, even though Simon genuinely does want to be with Grace, Grace can't exactly take him on his word on that anymore, can he?