Remember that tomato plant that I killed on Sunday? The one that caused me to decide to break the other tomatoes out instead of sliding them out?
Well this morning I had a moment to kill while waiting for my fellow carpoolers and wandered out to the garden. It was raining pretty steadily and had been […]

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Starting plants from seed is not for the faint of heart. Or at least that’s what I was pondering tonight while I potted up 16 broccoli, 16 Brussels sprouts, 32 lettuce and 8 peppers.
There’s something just a bit twisted about thinning seedlings that you purposely started. About choosing which get to live and which die. […]

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Today was a busy busy day. I’ve got a lot to say, but I’ll start off with the best part of it. Today I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Melinda and Matt of Elements in Time. They moved to Seattle just 2 short weeks ago and today paid us the compliment of driving […]

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Yesterday felt like the weekend of summer. Of course, we all know it’s an illusion since summer in Seattle doesn’t start until July 5th. But that’s okay, it’s nice to be fooled for a couple of days. Of course, the lettuce starts wish that I’d realized how hot it was sooner… But we only lost […]

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I know I’ve been talking about spring forever, but today was a day that made it feel like we’re skipping straight from early spring to summer. They predicted 85, but I don’t think we quite made it. In a matter of hours it feels like everything has sprung.
The mint in the pot from last year […]

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This fabulous coat belonged to my great aunt Ruth. She was an interesting woman, what I remember most about her is her heavily rouged cheeks, little pillbox hats and her boyfriend. I think his name was Bill? Anyway, at family gatherings he used to always give me a dollar and tell me not to spend […]

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Not really. Today it rained, a nice soaking rain. And though it seems like we’ve been waiting for nice weather forever, it’s okay. It’s okay because the nice weather is coming later this week - it’s supposed to be almost 80 either Thursday or Friday.
Until then though, this mass of greenery on the sofa table […]

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