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Waterfall Rapelling in NH
Last year my big adventure that I wanted to do for my birthday was to go whitewater rafting. And I loved the idea of continuing that trend with another adventure, although I had not specifically thought about it needing to be water related as well.
So last weekend
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Cut Flowers
Generally I do not care for cut flowers. They make me sort of sad, but I appreciate the idea. Today I found a daisy blossom with a short stem lying in the middle of the sidewalk, and I did not want to leave it to wilt unappreciated and trampled. So I tucked it behind my ear and brought it to work with me.
Live flowers are like reminders of hope and ( Read more... ) -
Random Free Giveaway: Vibram Fivefingers shoes
Hey locals (and people of the community who have locals who would be willing to get these from me), my awesome sister provided me with several pairs of Vibram Fivefingers shoes. I have no idea the particular shoe styles as I admit they mostly look the same to my untrained eye. I have pairs available in size 42, 43 or 44 if anyone is interested. I ( Read more... ) -
Gardening Preseason
We are well into the gardening preseason. Which is to say that I am hard at work with planning, but it is still too early to plant yet.
In terms of what is already in the ground:
Daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips are up but not budding yet. At least in my yard they have a few more weeks unless they are forced by unseasonably warm weather. None of the ( Read more... ) -
Edge
Something about winter always makes me want to create things. I am not talking about Giftmas presents, actually this feeling tends to kick in once the weather gets really cold which is generally too late for that. Something about the hibernating months just makes me want to be still with creative effort. It is a time to dream about what could be ( Read more... ) -
Places I Slept 2012
I have always sort of loved this meme ( Read more... ) -
Picture day technology
So the paperwork came home last night for Chiquita's picture day at school. Apparently this year all pictures are being done in front of a green screen. So the default backgrounds this year are (classic) blue or "outdoors."
Bizarre! It makes me strangely nostalgic for the shooting star background. You know back in the day when there were a bunch of ( Read more... ) -
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Sunday lunch: beet and goat cheese arugula salad
Sunday: chicken drumsticks, rice, and farm share veggies
Monday: eggplant bolognese
Tuesday: ham steaks, colcannon, steamed carrots
Wednesday: minestrone soup
Thursday: - game -
Friday: - up to salvbard and jasra -
Everyday Kidling Magic
At the bus stop this morning there was a little girl who was delighting in the fact that she could both see her reflection in the glass bus stop wall as well as see through it. She told her mom "I am in the trash!" with great delight and a touch of the enticingly forbidden. I was really impressed by her mom too, encouraging her to think but not ( Read more... ) -
Jasra bday wishes
Clearly this post isn't late, it is just part of a greater plan to extend an extended birthday even further.
Happy birthday jasra!
I hope the coming year allows for contentment. (It is not overrated!) May your work logistics work out in a way you are happier with, such that you get to spend more time with the community you had been developing there. And ( Read more... )