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So now we're finally working our way around to the cold part of the year, those few months of weather that pass for either winter or fall around here. Some of the peppers got nipped by the cold, they were already bad when I checked them this afternoon. The ones deep within the leaves were still okay, so I picked them, taking no more chances, and ( Read more... ) -
a gopher ate my melon!
I can't believe it! Melons don't usually grow well here but I got some volunteers that came up with the compost, so I'd been letting them ripen, figuring I'd maaaaaybe have one or two ripen before it gets too cold. There was one big one that was way ahead of the rest, and today I went out to put a piece of wood under it so it wasn't sitting on the ( Read more... ) -
What?
So- I give the computer one last check, and a 7.9 earthquake has hit Indonesia, and ANOTHER tsunami warning has been issued for Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Thailand. My earthquake sense has been on today for some reason, oddly I was waiting for one to happen over here or in Japan ( Read more... ) -
in which I try to recount many things in one post, probably forget lots
So during the past few weeks I have:
1. Made soap, wherein which I discovered that
A) Bay is the only plant that I get a good scent from alone
B) Making bay soap just about makes my nose bleed
C) It actually takes quite a lot of conventional scent to get the soap full of smell
2. Collected some coast buckwheat and coast daisy from the WAIT FOR IT... ( Read more... ) -
okay f-list, soap making advice
Alright, so I know some of you are crafty people. Are any of you semi-experienced soap makers? I intend to continue googling (it's hot as the devil's griddle iron outside, I'm not going anywhere anytime soon) but I thought I'd put a few questions out there. I have fairly basic experience, I do the adding-stuff-to-bases soap making. I know ( ( Read more... ) -
meme again
Leave me a comment and I will reply with why I like you. If I don't know you, I'll either make something up or tell you why I like your LiveJournal. You must pay for the privilege by posting a message like this one on your LiveJournal.I think this meme has pretty much made the rounds, so most of you are already safe! So comment if you like and I'll ( Read more... ) -
sleep to dream
Lately I've been having trouble sleeping. This is not unusual, sleep and I have a very on-again, off-again relationship. But when it goes on for long enough, things start to feel very surreal. The world gets a thin, hazy feel to it as if you constantly have one foot in the real world and one in Dreamland. This makes for some very poor decision ( Read more... ) -
pics + meme
Ok, let's try this again since my last effort was eaten.
I am a bad photographer so these don't really do it justice, but here are some pics I took of a sweet pea garden I visited a while ago.
Pictures are here.Next ( Read more... ) -
and so...
it seems I have received a promotion in life, except it's not one where I get any money or anything fun like that. No, apparently I have crossed some magical line of 'enough time spent outside in the garden', and have received a promotion from the local birds, moving me from the status of 'icky, potentially skeery thing, best avoided' to 'large, ( Read more... )