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sorry they are tiny so the pics arent great. my adult mystery snail laid an egg clutch but i scraped all of them into a separate container to try and raise them. the eggs in the container haven't done much but i noticed these dudes with weird shells that look like they are pointing right instead of left? one of them is next to a bladder snail it seems different right? like with a more developed face?

anyways I have no idea how they would have hatched unless some eggs fell into the water and hatched but if they are mysterys I'll be happy!

maybe its australian 🤠

found in an old patch of wood mulch. nice shot of the mycelium on the 4th one

over the last few warm seasons I have made many a last word as well as many of the various LW riffs by switching one of the four ingredients out but so far the standard gin recipe has remained my favorite. I have been enjoying this bottle of Leblon cachaça a whole lot over the last few weeks and tonight I figured why not try switching the gin for it.

I've been loving caipirinhas recently for the same reason I like LWs, because they are refreshing and tart while still having a nice complex herbal undertone to it. tonight I figured why not and I'm honestly really happy with the result. standard recipe sub cachaça as the base.

- 3/4oz Green Chartreuse

- 3/4oz fresh lime juice

- 3/4oz cachaça

- 3/4-ish oz maraschino liqueur (using a jigger I filled it a tad *below* the 3/4oz line; its how I like LWs but if you like it fully equal parts stick with what you like)

- shake and double strain into a cocktail glass, poured over a maraschino cherry (next time I think I'll try a lime twist instead to get a bit more bite from the oils)

Weirdly enough the final product wasn't too dissimilar to a gin based one, just with a slight bit of boost to the herbal notes. that distinct grassy twang of the cachaça comes through the chartreuse/maraschino really well for my taste. not sure if I would say its 100% better than a standard LW but it is something I will definitely be making again!

also in my 2 minutes of google searching I didnt really see anything about a cachaça last word so people lmk if there is a proper name for this mix!!