Efnir: Undocumented Mix

September 5, 2020

Surely much of a rose's charm is its fragrance?
Agreed, the ones in my mum's garden are divine, those in florists, less so.

According to rose breeders, fragrance is the element, which makes roses susceptible to "weaknesses". If you want longevity in stores, or of your bouquet, then you breed out fragrance....It is akin to well formed tasteless tomatoes, when breeders in the 30s decided that form is better than taste....

September 5, 2020

Yeah, that would have totally changed the story. Seriously, I change a character's name and suddenly they're a completely different person.

In my case, they often don't want to reveal their names. So, I have to go with a generic name until they decide if I'm serious enough to be introduced to them in a more intimate fashion

September 5, 2020

Well, blue-black is where I live. Thanks for another review, but dannngggg....I want this ink!

I have two mixes, one blue, one brown, where good samples go to Valhalla. I call them Who-Cares Blue Edition, and Who-Cares Brown Edition.

I also made a mostly-Noodler's mix named Murk, and Skrip mix known as Blackquoise.

And then there's Buckbeak Blue, and Vert Elphias.

September 5, 2020

In my case, they often don't want to reveal their names. So, I have to go with a generic name until they decide if I'm serious enough to be introduced to them in a more intimate fashion

Characters are funny, um, characters.

September 5, 2020

Well, blue-black is where I live. Thanks for another review, but dannngggg....I want this ink!

I have two mixes, one blue, one brown, where good samples go to Valhalla. I call them Who-Cares Blue Edition, and Who-Cares Brown Edition.

I also made a mostly-Noodler's mix named Murk, and Skrip mix known as Blackquoise.

And then there's Buckbeak Blue, and Vert Elphias.

You've got a talent for naming inks! Sorry, I'm afraid I can't help with acquisitions, but perhaps if you dump enough samples into "Who-Cares Blue Edition", it will eventually become "I Care Blue-Black Edition".

September 8, 2020

It's never too late.... I got inspired by what you wrote and you came up with pretty good ones.....

Some characters are finicky and don't like to reveal their names and sometimes decide to change gender....or simply die off
I recently read that Holly Golightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's was originally Connie Gustafson

Connie Gustafson? Yikes! That would have made for a really different story.

I've run into name issues with character names in the story that I haven't been able to sit down an put onto paper. I had to change the nickname of one of the characters from "Dodger" because the nickname for one of the other characters is "Brooklyn".... Now I have to change "Dodger's" nickname to something else, and I'm having trouble envisioning the "new" character....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

September 8, 2020

According to rose breeders, fragrance is the element, which makes roses susceptible to "weaknesses". If you want longevity in stores, or of your bouquet, then you breed out fragrance....It is akin to well formed tasteless tomatoes, when breeders in the 30s decided that form is better than taste....

That's why I vastly prefer heirloom roses. At some point breeders decided to breed for the shape of the bloom and bred all the "rose-ness" out of them, in favor of long stems and high centers. I didn't use to like roses until we discovered one in the garden in our first house, planted by the previous owners. I didn't know what it was, so I went to the local garden center and bought a book on roses to try to find out what it was (I never did figure it out). And when I got to the section on heirloom roses I was FLOORED. Because there I found roses that looked like heraldic ones -- five petaled red or white ones. And other roses that didn't look anything like the long stemmed one that everyone said "Ooh, aah" about. So I ended up ordering some heirloom roses from some catalog -- an Apothecary Rose, a York Rose, and a third one (later time period but not from when the hybrid tea roses took over). And discovered how poorly clay soil drains.... The more modern rose didn't make it (it had really dark almost black petals, and I got it because it was the closest I could find to its pre-18th century counterpart). But the other two? They were going "Okay, yeah, whatever..." and unless the people who bought our house dug them up they're probably still going strong, 30+ years later....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

September 8, 2020

Connie Gustafson? Yikes! That would have made for a really different story.
I've run into name issues with character names in the story that I haven't been able to sit down an put onto paper. I had to change the nickname of one of the characters from "Dodger" because the nickname for one of the other characters is "Brooklyn".... Now I have to change "Dodger's" nickname to something else, and I'm having trouble envisioning the "new" character....
Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Maybe Dodger's nickname wasn't that in the first place.... and does that really change who s/he truly is? We go by many names, our parents calls us by a different name, our friends/ siblings give us nicknames, at the office something else, and in the World Wide Web, we go with many alter egos......

I personally believe that our left / right side are battling, or if you will our creative spirt / ego.... If we manage to quiet one, the name/ story will emerge.. easier said than done but possible

Edited September 8, 2020 by yazeh

September 8, 2020

That's why I vastly prefer heirloom roses. At some point breeders decided to breed for the shape of the bloom and bred all the "rose-ness" out of them, in favor of long stems and high centers. I didn't use to like roses until we discovered one in the garden in our first house, planted by the previous owners. I didn't know what it was, so I went to the local garden center and bought a book on roses to try to find out what it was (I never did figure it out). And when I got to the section on heirloom roses I was FLOORED. Because there I found roses that looked like heraldic ones -- five petaled red or white ones. And other roses that didn't look anything like the long stemmed one that everyone said "Ooh, aah" about. So I ended up ordering some heirloom roses from some catalog -- an Apothecary Rose, a York Rose, and a third one (later time period but not from when the hybrid tea roses took over). And discovered how poorly clay soil drains.... The more modern rose didn't make it (it had really dark almost black petals, and I got it because it was the closest I could find to its pre-18th century counterpart). But the other two? They were going "Okay, yeah, whatever..." and unless the people who bought our house dug them up they're probably still going strong, 30+ years later....
Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Ruth, not all modern roses are that bad. While, I have a penchant/ bias for antique roses, especially albas, I have a few modern Canadian beasts, which while scentless, are quite lovely, rugged and thorny..... and I have one miniature, from late 60s, which is really lovely.....

maybe in the end, a rose is a rose is a rose.....

March 4, 2022

Here's the line width measurement. The line is one of those used for dry time. Magnification is 100x. The grid is 100x100µm. The scale is 330µm, with eleven divisions of 30µm each. The line width for this ink is roughly 270µm.