u/MarcusSurvives

I've been thinking about doing this since my sister got married a few months ago--I pressed some of the flowers from their bouquet and arrangements and was planning to make a cyanotype for them as a Christmas present, but hadn't gotten around to it until I realized we're in October and the sunlight is waning!

Had to guess at exposure times particularly since the plants were all different opacities--I think the translucent flowers are my favorite to expose at this point given how "X-ray like" they look.

What botanicals do you like to capture?

As you're doing research into identifying sites in London that appeal to you, save those sites to specific "Lists" within Google Maps, and include a brief note about what it is and why you've saved it, as well as any other "Need to know" tips like "Free" or "Reservation required" or "Pub Quiz on Thursdays" or "Try the Y--it's highly rated".

I created separate lists like "London - Museums", "London - Food", "London - Shopping", "Greenspace", "Attractions", etc., so that whenever we were in a specific area of London I could open up the app and easily see what's around me that I've already looked into and vetted. By dividing the attractions into specific groups, I could essentially "filter" to the type of attraction I was interested in, whether it's a park or a cafe or historical site.

The other nice thing about the list feature is that you can save a location to multiple lists, so for example you could save the V&A to both "Museum" and "Food" if the prospect of eating in the world's oldest museum cafe is appealing to you.

Doing this takes the pressure away from adhering to a strict itinerary and adds some flexibility to your schedule, especially if you get done with an attraction in less time than you anticipated. It also cuts down on the "Where should we go to eat? I dunno, what's around here?" conversations that can waste time and cause squabbles, lol

It also allows you to help keep your daily sightseeing concentrated within one geographic area rather than in multiple areas across different sides of the city. By seeing all of your places of interest laid out on a map in clusters, it's easier to narrow down on what you'd like to do for each day of your trip, and reduce the chance that you end up having to schlep from one end of the city to the other to try and fit everything in.

Overall this approach really helped me cut down on decision fatigue during my trip, because the only places I had saved were places that I'd be pleased to visit.

Example map of mine is attached.

I've a general store and a saloon for now--maybe I'll make some other buildings for my more desert-y Pokemon!

There's an area below the gate at Withered Wastelands that was just ASKING for a hot spring, and while I was at it I decided to build a sauna!

Spoilers ahead:

After Team Rocket's Rocket went to space, I figured the best use of the platform would be to give Ditto and the gang an observatory to keep a lookout for the returning humans!

I think I might add a planetarium-type room to the middle of the building (and build some stairs into the lower chamber--Magnemite and Persian are currently trapped) but that's a project for another day