OBrienSci
@obriensci.bsky.social
Teacher, plant lover, science nerd, maker, voter. Always aiming to learn & do better. Adores critters. COVID cautious. ADHD. NOYCE fellow. Opinions are mine. She/Her.
Need a little feel good story?
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Need a little feel good story?
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
My neighbor has a cottage baking license & asked if anyone needed homemade bread during the snap crisis.
I brought her some flour for that lil’ project & today she brought me homemade bagels.
A tiny silver lining of this mess is neighbors making new connections. 💗
As the days get darker, the ceramic luminaries shine ever brighter.
Man, I just love these.
Man, I just love these.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
As the days get darker, the ceramic luminaries shine ever brighter.
Man, I just love these.
Man, I just love these.
Prepping homemade soap for felting… cleaning up the edges and rough spots so it felts evenly.
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Prepping homemade soap for felting… cleaning up the edges and rough spots so it felts evenly.
I really need life to cut me a little slack.
But in the meantime, aren’t my homemade gnomes cute?
But in the meantime, aren’t my homemade gnomes cute?
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I really need life to cut me a little slack.
But in the meantime, aren’t my homemade gnomes cute?
But in the meantime, aren’t my homemade gnomes cute?
This was dancing over my house tonight.
Imma take that as a good omen. 🤩
Imma take that as a good omen. 🤩
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This was dancing over my house tonight.
Imma take that as a good omen. 🤩
Imma take that as a good omen. 🤩
Today I’m learning how to render deer fat. If it turns out, I’ll use it to make soap. 🧼
I always love learning new things! 🤗
I always love learning new things! 🤗
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Today I’m learning how to render deer fat. If it turns out, I’ll use it to make soap. 🧼
I always love learning new things! 🤗
I always love learning new things! 🤗
Listen, I know “jarlic“ gets a bad rap, but when you grow your own hardneck garlic and then prep and freeze it, it’s pretty good.
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Listen, I know “jarlic“ gets a bad rap, but when you grow your own hardneck garlic and then prep and freeze it, it’s pretty good.
For a little over 15 years I’ve been breeding garlic for health and clove size.
Regular clove is about 1/8 oz, mine is 7/8th.
Try to tell me evolution isn’t real. 🤣🤣🤣
Regular clove is about 1/8 oz, mine is 7/8th.
Try to tell me evolution isn’t real. 🤣🤣🤣
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
For a little over 15 years I’ve been breeding garlic for health and clove size.
Regular clove is about 1/8 oz, mine is 7/8th.
Try to tell me evolution isn’t real. 🤣🤣🤣
Regular clove is about 1/8 oz, mine is 7/8th.
Try to tell me evolution isn’t real. 🤣🤣🤣
Ancient copper is my new favorite glaze 😍
October 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ancient copper is my new favorite glaze 😍
Roasted garlic from my garden.
Ommgggggg 😋
Ommgggggg 😋
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Roasted garlic from my garden.
Ommgggggg 😋
Ommgggggg 😋
Scarlet runner beans are some of the prettiest beans 🫘😍
October 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Scarlet runner beans are some of the prettiest beans 🫘😍
I’m packing up some packages to mail this morning, and the newspaper I grabbed was from the morning of No Kings 1. 😭
Damn. Still heartbreaking.
Damn. Still heartbreaking.
October 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’m packing up some packages to mail this morning, and the newspaper I grabbed was from the morning of No Kings 1. 😭
Damn. Still heartbreaking.
Damn. Still heartbreaking.
Can I share some more pottery joy?
I just about died of happiness when this baby emerged from the kiln.
My first thrown platter that didn’t warp! 12” across, finished.
And that glaze? 😍
#ceramics
I just about died of happiness when this baby emerged from the kiln.
My first thrown platter that didn’t warp! 12” across, finished.
And that glaze? 😍
#ceramics
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Can I share some more pottery joy?
I just about died of happiness when this baby emerged from the kiln.
My first thrown platter that didn’t warp! 12” across, finished.
And that glaze? 😍
#ceramics
I just about died of happiness when this baby emerged from the kiln.
My first thrown platter that didn’t warp! 12” across, finished.
And that glaze? 😍
#ceramics
Eggs fresh from my friend’s chickens, chives and raspberries fresh from my yard. All served on my own pottery.
This is the good life.
This is the good life.
October 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Eggs fresh from my friend’s chickens, chives and raspberries fresh from my yard. All served on my own pottery.
This is the good life.
This is the good life.
Saturday morning knitting while listening to my favorite historians 💗 @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Saturday morning knitting while listening to my favorite historians 💗 @hcrichardson.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
One of the best parts of harvesting wild rice is having extra to share.
💗
💗
October 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
One of the best parts of harvesting wild rice is having extra to share.
💗
💗
Recipe: 1/2t dried basil
Me: absolutely not
Me: absolutely not
October 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Recipe: 1/2t dried basil
Me: absolutely not
Me: absolutely not
One of my lithops (“living stone”) succulents is blooming.
🤩
🤩
October 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
One of my lithops (“living stone”) succulents is blooming.
🤩
🤩
The delight of a dinner made mostly from my own garden and in a bowl I made myself.
🥰
🥰
October 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The delight of a dinner made mostly from my own garden and in a bowl I made myself.
🥰
🥰
Today’s dispatch from a “war torn” city:
I found a carved heart on my deck, the bumblebees are all over my abundant sunflowers, and I waved at little kids at bus stops on my way home from work.
My dog and I will play frisbee in the yard later.
I found a carved heart on my deck, the bumblebees are all over my abundant sunflowers, and I waved at little kids at bus stops on my way home from work.
My dog and I will play frisbee in the yard later.
September 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today’s dispatch from a “war torn” city:
I found a carved heart on my deck, the bumblebees are all over my abundant sunflowers, and I waved at little kids at bus stops on my way home from work.
My dog and I will play frisbee in the yard later.
I found a carved heart on my deck, the bumblebees are all over my abundant sunflowers, and I waved at little kids at bus stops on my way home from work.
My dog and I will play frisbee in the yard later.
I made a double batch of @peggyflanagan.bsky.social Wild Rice hot dish with the wild rice I harvested this fall.
Delicious! 😋
Delicious! 😋
September 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I made a double batch of @peggyflanagan.bsky.social Wild Rice hot dish with the wild rice I harvested this fall.
Delicious! 😋
Delicious! 😋