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good news, please?
Anyone got some? I could sure use hearing some. Pictures of puppies and kittens also welcome. -
knitting!
I've been quietly participating in National Knitting Month (NaKnitMo). Instead of pledging a wordcount like NaNoWriMo, you pledge a stitch count. The "standard" pledge (according to the Ravelry group) was 30K. Sounded like kind of a lot, but I figured there was nothing to lose. It came at a good time - I was knitting gifts for twin girls born in ( Read more... ) -
birdies? hippo birdies?
happy birthday to my oldest friend, kenllama! -
revelation
After many years of study in different parts of the country, I have come to a conclusion.
Swim coaches subsist on a diet of caffeine and sadistic pills. There's really no other explanation.
Good night and good luck. -
first harvest!
tally: 6 green beans. might seem a paltry haul, but it's the first and they're MINE MINE MINE! muahahahah nomnomnom. they are the green beaniest green beans i've ever had.
don't necessarily expect future harvests to make it into the house, especially when they're this size.... ;) -
murther! cold blooded murther!
an unidentified subject, with a something, in the GARDEN ( Read more... ) -
cucumber AND squash!
so the big winners are two cucumber plants (not a third, but maybe soon?) and a squash plant (just one so far).
we'll see if there's anything else new tonight when i go to look. maybe i'll take pictures tonight. -
it's growing!
i was out of town all weekend, and got back late enough last night that i wasn't particularly inspired to go check out the garden. but i drove by it on my way to work this morning* and omg! something's coming up out of the ground! i can't remember what i planted there, so i'll have to go check my map when i get home. but i'm so excited! i'll report ( Read more... ) -
garden update :)
Today's additions were green beans (2 rows) and tomatoes. Both determinate (bushes, rather than vines), and both from seeds. there were tomato plants at lowes, but all of them looked a little.... something. so i went to the seeds. we'll see what happens. *shrug ( Read more... ) -
the garden, it grows...finally...
I planted herbs on memorial day weekend. the week after we moved i got in the garden one night to work on the soil, and completely overdid it, effort-wise. i was wiped (overheating, dehydration, and vigorous work...) for a couple days ( Read more... )