Posted in misc, daily photo on May 1st, 2008
Blackberries are rampant in Washington state and we pretty much consider them an invasive weed. There is one native variety, the trailing blackberry, but all of the evergreen versions are invasive from either Europe or Asia. We’ve got some trailing out of the woods on our back property line that I think are native and […]
Posted in personal, daily photo on Mar 14th, 2008
Some people buy themselves furniture, flowers, candles or other niceties as housewarming presents. Not me I guess.
The very first thing I bought “for the new house” was a pair of pig farmers for me. I have a pair of Wellingtons (traditional black), but they came free with the last house and are about 2 sizes […]
Posted in daily photo on Feb 19th, 2008
Ingelina, with Seattle Tilth, just emailed me this photo from last fall. This was Lucy and I at the Sustainable Ballard Fest on the day that we met Jim McDermott. Not the best photo ever, but one of the few of me actually with the girls (usually I’m taking the photos).
Posted in personal, house, dogs, daily photo on Nov 23rd, 2007
I’ve got a lot to say about our local Thanksgiving, I just want to think on it a bit before saying it. In the meantime, can you tell what’s wrong with this picture?
Do you see it? That missing piece of pipe is because I once again forgot that I’ve got an industrial strength garbage disposal combined with a mix […]
Posted in urban chickens, EatLocalChallenge, daily photo on Sep 20th, 2007
It’s hard to believe, but I missed the 1 year anniversary of this blog, and almost missed the anniversary of Agnes becoming the first resident of the Urban Hennery. It’s been a year filled with new connections, unexpected discoveries and a new appreciation for the landscape and farmers that feed us. The hens are so much […]
Posted in urban chickens, personal, daily photo on Jul 31st, 2007
Reintegration to the real world is always hard. But today is something worth celebrating. Today is Mike and I’s third wedding anniversary. Three years ago we exchanged vows and finally made it official. It was a great weekend on Whidbey Island and a beautiful day at the Admiralty Head Lighthouse.
We didn’t do anything too special […]
Posted in personal, daily photo on Jul 17th, 2007
So I’m on this business trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Center of commerce. Really. No, really. Anyway, it’s a trip that I should have skipped seeing as how I was scheduled to be here for less than 24 hours and it’s been nothing but a hassle.
Last night we had to abort our landing about 10 feet […]
