Garden Report - Tomatoes Planted
June 2, 2008
I finally have garden progress to report, today I planted tomatoes. It doesn't look so pretty but I'm using High Yield Tomato Mulch for better water retention and weed prevention. But mostly to reduce blight caused by soil spores that splash up onto the leaves. The "mulch" is also supposed ...
Boardin' to the Old Port
June 2, 2008
When we decided this morning to head to Portland instead of the mountains we didn't realize the Old Port Festival was today. Coincidently, our original plan to scooter, bike and board around the back cove was thwarted by the unanticipated gravel path. Can't skateboard on that. Plan B was the ...
Sunday Morning Crafting
June 1, 2008
Today we're headed to Portland to walk, skateboard & scooter the Back Cove Trail. Thunderstorms are forecasted for the mountains and although we'd love to be out hiking we don't want to run the risk of being on a summit in a lightening storm. While we wait for Daddy to ...
Camping Trip Highlights
May 31, 2008
Last weekend the kids came home with sandy pockets stuffed with seashells and I came home with a memory card filled with not-so-great photos. But some of the weekend's highlights couldn't be collected from the beach or captured, poorly or not, on camera. I'll call them my trip treasures, and ...
Cookin' in the kitchen
May 30, 2008
The kids and I spent the morning at the Nutrition Center Kitchen cooking with the Lots To Gardens crew, preparing food for a supper & live music fund raiser at the Franco-American Heritage Center tonight. Nutrition Center Kitchen We love what Lots to Gardens does, "challeng(ing) the cycles of poverty ...
Front Yard Chives
May 29, 2008
I used a few techniques presented over at Pioneer Woman Photography to tweak this photo of my front yard chives. Gotta say I love the result. Even though I don't have a kick butt camera I can still manage to take some decent photos and GIMP sure helps for editing ...
Peafowl Art
May 28, 2008
Laurent and Celine's combined drawing of the peafowl we saw today at Claybrook Farm. Brienne and Celine's collaborative drawing. (notice the horses in background - too cute)
