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Wanna see my worms?
Recyclezone.co.uk is a wonderful resource even for those of us on the other side of the world. This article on Worm Composting just provided me with some fantastic info, too. I am going to modify the design I had earlier, using a rubbermaid storage bin, to include drainage material and a tap so that I can utilize the nutrient-rich compost water as ( Read more... ) -
*salivates*
b_r_c creates astonishingly lovely and unique jewelry from silver-covered tree leaves set with semi-precious stones. This piece, set with a labradorite and finished with an oxidation wash to create an iridescence across the metal, is soooo what I want a random suga-daddy or suga-mama to get me for my birthday. Which is March 24th ( Read more... ) -
Attn fancypants iconmakers!
In honor of the new hibiscus starts that I was given at Seattle Tilth, I wonder if the following video can be made into an icon:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1282239089828094896&q=hibiscusThis 45-second time-lapse video of a hibiscus bloom opening is just so lovely and sensual. I'd like to see it sped up, squared and put in a 100x100 ( Read more... ) -
lose yourself.
(32) mix all the cereal in the cupboard and eat it. (33) have backwards day. (34) spin around a lot. very, very quickly. fall over. repeat. (35) draw a picture with your feet using crayons. send it anonymously to an important government person or celebrity. (36) ask someone on a date. go toy shopping together. (37) go to the cinema alone and marvel ( Read more... ) -
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Rob and I are both sick with the stomach flu of spooky doom ( Read more... ) -
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I started my first job in Olympia on Friday. I am a temp preparing medical documents and legal paperwork for scanning. Analog to digital, the end of mountains of ancient records, the beginning of an electronic digital idea. I wonder what happens to all the paper after it's been rid of stickynotes, staples and paperclips and then scanned? I ( Read more... ) -
YEAR IN REVIEW
Go to your calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2005. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that's your "Year In Review ( Read more... ) -
teas if you please
Yogi Tea is giving away free tea samples! Click here.I ordered the Bedtime, Peach Detox and Raspberry Ginger Tea, which sounds delicious. Neko just went vegan and gave me a big honkin' bottle of honey which I will be using a lot of, since I am almost out of my fancy co-op honey. I've become a compulsive tea drinker. I'm very caffeine-sensitive ( Read more... ) -
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It was snowing so prettily today that I couldn't resist going for a long walk in the woods. Silence. Huge snowflakes gathering on my eyelashes until I wipe them away with a gloved hand. Shelf mushrooms on ancient cedars grown over even more ancient rotting stumps. New trails leading to unexpected places, a long corridor flanked by a natural row ( Read more... )