2008 Archives
Up, up and away!
"Up, up and away!" reads the "For Sale" sign in front of our house. And after 44 days, we got a mini Christmas miracle by way of a sale! It was a painfully difficult process, so it's a huge relief to have a happy outcome on this whole house-selling hooha.
Carrots. Lots of tiny carrots.
I dug out my little patch of carrots today. I guess I didn't thin them out enough to grow past "baby carrot" size. It was a monumental cleaning job, attending to all those little carrots, but now the job is done and soon they will be cooked with some mustard and honey... ummm.
Move over, baby Mozart
Lillian knows exactly what music she wants to listen to these days, and it isn't Mozart, Chopin, or any other "baby classical" you find in so many places. She asks for it, dare I say demands it, by name.
That name is David Bowie.
Here we go again...
It's happening... again!
m^2 / 2008
My friend Brahm did it so I was inspired to go fer it, too. And hey, why not do a little design freshy-up along the way? So here it is: m2 / 2008. A bit lighter, a bit more nostalgic. Inspiration came from my ever-growing collection of Moleskine notebooks, which I use for day-to-day note taking (work or otherwise). The doodles that appear between entries are scans I took from my notes.
There are still little missing pieces and things might not all be working... but I will just have to fix those things as I stumble on them.
Glaciers of the '80s
I stumbled upon some photos from 1983 when my family visited Glacier National Park. I remember riding this cool bus with huge snow tires up to the base of some glaciers.
Harvest time
It's harvest time! Well, almost. The first zucchini has arrived. I will eat it tomorrow.
The ultimate food-mile friendly food source
Over Christmas holiday, I built a veggie garden in the backyard, which had been on my "todo" list for a long time. I found extra decking material under the deck, and was able to build an extension from the bottom-most step out to one side, and fill it up with 1000 liters of soil and compost. Armed only with an old hand saw, a hammer, and some nails, it took a few days to complete.
It is befitting that I am also nearing the end of The Omnivore's Dilemma at this time (which I highly recommend if you're interested in some fascinating history of corn in the US and an exploration of the modern industrial food supply).
I planted beets, lots of lettuce, carrots, zucchini, beans, chard, and rhubarb. One zucchini plant in particular is growing like gangbusters, and full of these gorgeous golden blooms that open in the evening and close up late in the morning.
I can't wait for our first harvest!
Happy 2008
It's 2008, and summer is here. Hooray!