Science! Psuedo-science! Nature! Art! Nonsense!
May 18, 2019
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Seven hours in the garden later, the garden is finally up and running about a week late. I usually get everything in around Mother’s Day, so I am not too far behind, but the rain put a serious kibosh on the original plan.
Here is a celebratory video about all of the stuff in the garden. (I forgot to mention the cucumbers near the beginning, but I think I covered most everything. Hopefully all the seeds will germinate and we’ll be off to the races.
April 27, 2019
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Day one involved cross country skiing. This is not a thing we do well. We got better.
At least there were waffles and beer! Though I think that home brew knocked my internals out of whack.
Our skiing all happened somewhere around here
Day two was also cross country.
On the third day, we arose from the dead and did some downhill.
Then it was back on the grindstone for more cross country.
This guy had better skis than we did
Fin
Cheers!
After skiing, there is always bubbly!
April 27, 2019
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Art in the Corner
Ever since we moved to this property in 2002, I have wanted to use one of the old rusted farm implements as an art piece. 17 years later, here is the piece pretty much exactly how I imagined it. The rock slab is a 2500 pound bluestone slab from Pennsylvania. Getting that properly staged was a thing, but it all went surprisingly smoothly.
Mogli is suspicious of this art idea
April 10, 2019
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The bluebells are peaking in mid-April this year (a bit early), so we are outta here, headed to Norway for more winter. Because we, um, actually we think we’re nuts.
Here are some pictures from the daily walk.
Willie likes Spring
Bluebells by the river (this is our home loop)
The dogs have lost the trail!
The greening of the Blue Ridge has begun
This field smells like honey
Pollen leg is a thing
Footbridge on Wheat Spring Branch
March 18, 2019
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Whatever you do, make sure you visit the amphitheater (though this time of year it might have better been called the “amphibian-theater”). Also visit a winery and catch a buzz before you park the car.
The posse
Amy dwarfed by a giant redwood
The band at the crest
Crown
More crown
March 18, 2019
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On a beautiful Spring day (one of the first for months) we went to the edge of the continent with Uncle Jim and Chloe. Just south of the Russian river is Shell Beach and across Highway 1 from that is a nice set of trails traversing the coastal hills.
All told, we may have hiked 3.5 or 4 miles.
From the Pacific
Vernal mud on the trail
Spring mushrooms were everywhere (irises too)
To the fern forest
Then it was back down to the ocean.
January 2, 2019
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New Years Eve 2018 was a bummer. A few of our best friends actually came even though we let the dogs out and turned off all of the lights. Sorry.
Figuring out when “advance” is can be tricky near the international date line
This creepy guy showed up and flashed just about everyone
Fortunately the absinthe fairy saved the day
Well sorta. There were some killings. Accidental, of course. And the killer was really sorry before he even showed up at the party.
The Seelbach (a drink that we are really sorry about)
We’re sorry if you caught any communicable diseases. Really. The hooker said she was clean.
Look who’s pregnant now (and who has whose nuts in a very small jar)
Someone is looking crazed well after midnight when the absinthe was flowing.
And someone else is looking wasted
Cheers!
Braxton Hicks is a bitch
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. WE’RE SORRY. IN ADVANCE.
