Category: Garden

  • Recognizing accomplishment

    I’ve been feeling a bit down on myself lately. I guess I just haven’t felt like my list of accomplishments has been very admirable. My sister Adee pointed out, that I should stop calling myself “lazy,” when I visited a few weeks ago. And yet, that’s how I’ve been feeling. Too often, it seems I’ve…

  • Happy Fall!

    Picture taken at Sky nursery two days ago. (Nothing like Sky to make me feel like emptying my wallet!)

  • I can do hard things!

    This morning I went to the dump, all by myself. First I took all the broken up drywall and two by fours from Sabina and I’s wall demolition, and then I loaded the truck HIGH with my “yard waste.” I think Scotland got a kick out of seeing his mother, 4 months pregnant, jumping on…

  • Some thoughts on canning

    Two weeks ago, Scotter and I spent three days at my parents’ house. We went up to celebrate my Mom’s birthday, let Tom sleep in peace as he was working nights, and just absorb a bit more sunshine before the fall gray hits Seattle. My parents’ garden was overflowing with produce and being the waste…

  • Organizing banter

    Tom had the day off, and took Scotter for the afternoon/evening to a Star Trek convention he is attending with a friend from out of town. It’s been a LONG time since I had this much free time! I created a long list last night in preparation, mostly it entailed organizing our home. I’m eager…

  • Edible berries

    I've recently become obsessed with local free food. Maybe I'm moving down the freegan path, or maybe it's that our food budget is stretched thin. Probably, I'm just overwhelmed by how much produce is abundant in public areas here. Just today as Scotter and I went for a walk we found a plum tree with…

  • Strawberry Picking

    On Saturday we went strawberry picking at Biringer Farms. The day was gorgeous, the strawberries ripe, and the scents incredible! I grew up picking strawberries in my back yard so paying to do so, always feels, well very city-slicker-ish. But this was worth every scent. For one, it was Tom’s first experience picking strawberries (besides…

  • Chongqing

    From Xi'an we flew to Chongqing where we were to board the boat for our Yangtze River cruise. We arrived hours before we could get on the boat so our driver took us to this beautiful park. Chongqing was once called “ChongKong” by foreigners because it was such a huge financial hub. It continues to…

  • Beijing II

      I'm not quite sure of the best way to go about sharing and documenting this trip. I'm taking SO many pictures and we're seeing so many incredible things that I'd love to share. If I feel like I'm experiencing China for my younger sisters, nieces and nephews then I suddenly see it through various…

  • Soaking up Cleveland

    My emotions have been strange these past weeks. I tend to be quick to cry- be I happy, sad, or angry. I just have over-active tear ducts. That being said, they’ve been particularly refined these past weeks. I had my final student voice recital Friday- no tears. I cried my eyes out a few years…