Yesterday Demon Kitty came over to visit us. I’d been out watering the yard and I left the screen door open.
When I came back inside, DK was basking in the sunlight cleaning himself.
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The mystery plant bloomed, I think everyone was right, it does look like a lilly of sorts.
This week Gavin is back in Portland, OR for a conference. To help the time pass I’m (finally) assembling photo albums with Aperture. I’ve finished our first year together (May ‘06-’07), including our trip to Germany in April 2007.
The second year (May ‘07-’08) is mostly compete, I just need to add captions. I’ve just started the third year (May ‘08 forward). They’re fun and colorful. Eventually we’ll get them printed.
I’ve also made a vat of chili, my fingers still smell like onion.
Photo by Stephen, taken in early July somewhere on the Oregon Coast
I now present photos from our trip to Oregon.
A few months back some small green shoots poked above the ground. I hadn’t planted anything in the corner where they were occurring, but I welcome most low maintenance plants that show up on their own.
I have no idea what this plant is, there is a smaller one next to it (lower right corner). Does any one have any idea what it might be?
When I first brought the transplanted blackberries home they looked pretty awful and Gavin fervently hoped they would die. They sat by the back fence, looking increasingly pitiful and dead.
When they reached an awful low - crispy, brown shriveled leaves - with clearly no chance of survival, I moved them off to the side - out of sight out of mind, and let them sit on their own in the corner. Imagine my surprise when I noticed little green leaves making a comeback.
I carefully trimmed away the dead leaves to allow the little recovering plant some space to grow. They’re not thriving, but they are looking lusher and greener than they have in weeks.
The blackberries are making a comeback, but they’re going to stay in their pots until we eventually live somewhere where I can have wine barrel full of blackberries (or a corner of the yard I want to let get over taken).
Wednesday night Megan graduated from Gunn. MC Hammer was the key speaker, and he did a magnificent job. He also graciously stood for photos with every last one of the graduates as they picked up their diploma folders and walked across the stage. Continue reading ‘Congratulations to the Class of 2008′
We’ve got a new sofa, well, not exactly new, but new to us. It folds out into a double sofa bed, and is quite cushy. We’re debating slip-covering it, it is a bit beige-on-beige-on-beige.
It’s official, I decided so. Our ice cream maker needs more use, so I decided to make another batch of hazelnut gelatto. The first batch was amazing, and it was so simple to make I decided to make another batch.
After five minutes of churning
After about 20 minutes of churning
All done
I churned it longer than the first batch, and it has a slightly fluffier consistency than my previous attempt. I really need to use the ice cream maker more often, it’s very straight forward, and I’ve got a great book full of recipes that I really should open up and use.
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Dull Daily Event: Breakfast
Task: Eating bowl of Frosted Flakes
I decided to compare my Adventure Spoon with my Favorite Four Duckies Spoon. The Adventure Spoon really couldn’t compete, it was bulky, unwieldy, and had a funky plastic taste that detracted from the Frosted Flakes. In contrast, the Four Duckies Spoon is light, has no odd flavor, and works quite well for it’s intended purpose.
When breakfast was over, the Four Duckies Spoon and cereal bowl easily slid into the dishwasher, while the Adventure Spoon had to be hand washed.
The Adventure Spoon did not enhance breakfast in anyway. If anything, breakfast was made tedious. The little red light was annoying to use, and really rather pointless for eating cereal.
