tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60151395930231858832024-02-18T21:39:15.915-08:00Topanga BubblesMarlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.comBlogger414125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-42430919558292653632012-03-25T23:05:00.001-07:002012-03-25T23:14:40.795-07:00Touch rocksYesterday Gregorie handed me a chunky-plastic-heart-shaped-jewel-y thing and said, "Can you make me a necklace?" I was on my way to clean the bathroom and I really wanted to say, "NO!" I looked up at those roll-y brown eyes and thought about all the plastic junk my kids have, despite my best intentions, and about how she didn't need to be "fancy" in this moment, and I said, "No." And then she pressed that chunky-plastic-heart-shaped-jewel-y thing into my hand. She did. And I reeled. Whoa. I felt it. I held it. And I was transported. To a moment sometime far away. I was 4 or 5 or 6 or 8. I don't know. But I held something, I dunno, was it a heart or a stone or a random piece of chunky plastic? But it felt.just.like.this. And it was intended to be hung on a string. What was it? I searched my memory. But, no, I'll never know. I just know it felt.just.like.this in my hand. Ya, that... I made her the necklace. And when she sleeps, I touch the heart.Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-9480598303265561352012-03-13T22:31:00.001-07:002012-03-13T22:31:45.727-07:00For KatThere are people you meet on your journey who touch your soul, become part of your being. Then the ribbon flows on and you leave those parts, stop pressing those places, make new spaces. The friends aren't gone, they are just not.right.here. And sometimes it's so hard to get beyond just.right.here. But then, once in a while, you let go of the immediate and think across the miles and the years and you want to say, "HELLO FRIEND! Here I am! I miss you! How are you????? Look at me now!" And often when you're a mama, it's not so much "look at me" as "look what I made!" So, for my sweet old (as in, we've known each other a while!) friend, here are my crazy, wild lovelies. Or the last couple months of them anyway.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for the hot tub.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleeping angels.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gregorie Ann.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alex John.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Through the forest another comes laughing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And ready for cake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or ice cream.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sisterly love.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gregorie's idea of the tooth fairy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make lemonade!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's all good!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flowers for you!</td></tr>
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Yesterday, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, an old friend (and I don't mean she IS old, just that I have known her since before I was even really ME) posted on Facebook that she was grateful for: pie. And I was hungry and my head reeled and my mouth watered. The day before, at about the same time (the I've-cooked-two-kids-breakfast-and-packed-their-lunches-and-dropped-them-at-school-but-haven't-eaten hour) a blogger I read had mentioned popovers AND posted a picture, which prompted me to run to the kitchen and whip up a batch. They were good. I ate them with Stilton and gouda and apricot jam. But THIS was pie. It was two days before Thanksgiving so on everybody's mind (and lips) were apple and pumpkin. But the image lodged in my brain and taste buds was CHERRY. Oh, those Rainer cherries I had put up in light honey syrup this summer called to me and said, "THIS is why you put us in these jars." And I resolved to bake a cherry pie, darlin' (or is it charming?) Billy. <br />
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I researched some recipes online quickly and consulted The Joy of Cooking. It seemed that I needed tapioca to thicken the cherry syrup, in a nice clear, unassuming way. Tapioca. Not something regularly stocked in my kitchen. So, I needed to hit the grocery. But life gets in the way. I got the tapioca yesterday afternoon, when I took the girls for their Halloween treat from Gran and Poppy (who live 3000 miles away and sent $$) -- they got frozen yogurt. But then it was time to cook dinner, eat, clean up, bath, bedtime. No cherry pie. <br />
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Today was a new day and I was determined. Yesterday I had considered buying a crust and just filling it. But that seemed wrong. Those hand pitted cherries could not go in a store bought crust. I looked at the go-to recipe for crust for so many people -- Ina Garton's recipe. But hers uses shortening. Uh, I just can't. Part of my "hang up" is straight up nutrition -- trans fats, GMO's, all that... bleh! But there is also this. I remember Crisco in my mother's pantry when I was a child. I remember her pulling it out to fry chicken or such things. I remember looking into that open container, at that gorgeous snowy white STUFF. And thinking, "OH MY that looks yummy. I want to taste it!" And tasting it. And finding out that it somewhere between doesn't-taste-at-all and makes-me-want-to-retch.<br />
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And, total pie aside, brief off topic! Today for the kindergarten party in Gregorie's class, I made popcorn. I, as I always do, popped it in coconut oil. And every time I open the container of coconut oil I look in, at the gorgeous snowy white stuff. And I stick my nose in. And I inhale. And I usually taste. And I always think, "THIS is what I expected back then. THIS dreamy goodness!"<br />
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But anyway, I decided that an all butter crust was the thing for me. So, I went with Smitten Kitchen's all butter recipe. And I started at 4 pm and clearly hadn't thought about "chill it for an hour or two" part. So, I waited. And dreamed of store bought crusts. And thought about the fact that I don't actually own a pie pan. Hmmmm..... All this was a bit much, so I drank some homebrewed IPA and thought that tomorrow would be a good day to make a cherry pie...<br />
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[to be continued...]Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-27285593015801483622011-10-20T20:58:00.000-07:002011-10-20T20:58:28.722-07:00Tying down bubbles<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">I was working on my short story tonight and I needed my journal. And I couldn't find it. Not my "right now" journal, obviously, but my Journal. The big one. I needed a quote from it. To make part of the story "hang". And I looked and looked. And while I was looking (panicking) I saw the popcorn pot in the sink. And I started to wash it. And I saw the dish rack full of dishes drying. So, I started drying/putting away. And I came to the lunch boxes. The Bento Boxes. Oh, the nice, square boxes into which I pack the nice square lunches. "Where is my Journal????" And I dried the boxes and set them on the counter and dried all the little rectangle containers that go in... And I thought, "MY LIFE DOES NOT FIT INTO SQUARES! IT DOES NOT FIT IN THESE BOXES!" And I remembered where my Journal was. But I'm still wondering where my life fits into these boxes....</span>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-57903466038420534472011-10-02T22:17:00.000-07:002011-10-02T22:17:45.538-07:00Sycamore Canyon<div><embed flashvars="&p=f4e3c51b1815f057f350ca&skin_id=1010&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" height="290" name="FLVPlayer" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" salign="LT" scale="noscale" src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=f4e3c51b1815f057f350ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="327" wmode="transparent"></embed><div style="font: 12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; text-align: center; width: 327px;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt5" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Make a video - it's fun, easy and free!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A broccoli sprout from???? There are actually a dozen or so of these! Volunteers always seem so much stronger in my garden so I'm hopeful this might become something great.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah, like this crazy pumpkin!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Under the pumpkin, there grows some lovely baby chard!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More baby chard!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And all is not lost up above, in the sunny beds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Figs! I picked (and ate) two yesterday! A dozen or so to come!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bell peppers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dahlias! Loaded with honey bee tho I couldn't capture a picture that way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow bell.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Banana peppers -- hmm, are these the sweet or the hot? I never know until I cut in!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blackberries have made an arch across the tipis.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And we do have SOME tomatoes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow crookneck.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div>I was hoping to find another rogue pumpkin back here, where the planted pumpkin has spread into the hops, but no.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumpkin-hop jungle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What I found was this lovely spider!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div>And just one more time:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nq3Wnve2tyI/TnGPfsQGpUI/AAAAAAAAJEo/77mhS8zbmGA/s1600/IMG_6366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nq3Wnve2tyI/TnGPfsQGpUI/AAAAAAAAJEo/77mhS8zbmGA/s400/IMG_6366.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />
</div>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-35429777324442619362011-07-30T22:47:00.000-07:002011-07-30T22:52:10.365-07:00AcceptanceMothers and gardeners have something important in common -- they both come to realize that there are things they can do, and things they can't; situations they can control, and those they can't. At some point they likely determine that there are fruits they can cultivate, and some they just can't -- though, I'll admit, I have yet to concede anything in my garden or with my kids!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Today I spent a couple long, sweaty, itchy hours working on my tomato bed. I pruned extra foliage and added strings and raised others to keep the tentacle-y vines "contained", off the ground, exposed to the ripening sun, free from molds and fungi.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The only thing that is growing in this box that was actually PLANTED in this box is the dill, which you probably can't even see. The tomato and the tomatillo are both volunteers. And have taken over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IIcd8xMrWk4/TjTj9mTAIdI/AAAAAAAAI_4/EK16Wgg9YzY/s1600/IMG_5728.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IIcd8xMrWk4/TjTj9mTAIdI/AAAAAAAAI_4/EK16Wgg9YzY/s400/IMG_5728.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />
I decided to leave these PLANTED tomatoes to themselves (other than the store bought cages) -- no pruning. I'm curious, this is an experiment -- the tomato plants themselves are store bought and therefore not as near and dear to my hearts as the little former seedlings in the big bed. <br />
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</div>Despite encroaching tomato plants, I have managed to grow some nice peppers this year. After a complete pepper failure last year, I'm enjoying these beauties:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RgsLucsmfo0/TjTjgFoqCrI/AAAAAAAAI-E/NZEi3OySfR8/s1600/IMG_5726.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RgsLucsmfo0/TjTjgFoqCrI/AAAAAAAAI-E/NZEi3OySfR8/s320/IMG_5726.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I even picked a couple today.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JAwwYSVk7I4/TjTjoARtKnI/AAAAAAAAI-k/ZVhiepTDSE4/s1600/IMG_5707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JAwwYSVk7I4/TjTjoARtKnI/AAAAAAAAI-k/ZVhiepTDSE4/s320/IMG_5707.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>I ate them in my lunch lettuce wraps and Gregorie made quick work of the carrot. I did manage to grow her part bunny, part bear.<br />
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My carrots this year have not been that successful. I do have this lovely bed of them growing though<br />
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I have decided that if my beans won't grow and my blackberries want to take over the tipis, so be it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I have resolved that sharing strawberries with the wild things is just part of the game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b85Z5ZogyZk/TjTjuykB1jI/AAAAAAAAI_A/3ju2e9heo9s/s1600/IMG_5713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b85Z5ZogyZk/TjTjuykB1jI/AAAAAAAAI_A/3ju2e9heo9s/s320/IMG_5713.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have learned that I CAN grow calendula and cucumbers (after several failed attempts),</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gRB37Vl-GUE/TjTjtYOn5BI/AAAAAAAAI-8/9b06iZBH_jw/s1600/IMG_5712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gRB37Vl-GUE/TjTjtYOn5BI/AAAAAAAAI-8/9b06iZBH_jw/s320/IMG_5712.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFISR2jkoBNWNTJkCsyRYTV1yQG3mPv1I7ELbEkuLO2D_LZ4iusfX_TFmbMVARPJfdjiRpImvG4ewywOK8KB_Kir31oBpn9z9GEQaVMI8WOvsJKRkBmgEeAnEqjXXZGbrW4VEFXZiWCUgj/s1600/IMG_5735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFISR2jkoBNWNTJkCsyRYTV1yQG3mPv1I7ELbEkuLO2D_LZ4iusfX_TFmbMVARPJfdjiRpImvG4ewywOK8KB_Kir31oBpn9z9GEQaVMI8WOvsJKRkBmgEeAnEqjXXZGbrW4VEFXZiWCUgj/s400/IMG_5735.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I cannot make my crookneck squash produce a female flower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UXwNTm542Y4/TjTj6ZHtcOI/AAAAAAAAI_s/Zv3NxBnsWbs/s1600/IMG_5724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UXwNTm542Y4/TjTj6ZHtcOI/AAAAAAAAI_s/Zv3NxBnsWbs/s320/IMG_5724.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And while I cannot stop this planted pumpkin from overriding its cucumber neighbors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-spW3a5eH0nwf9IiNQTxlQNUthhFkvy-lMghB39sRmk1pLxV1M7xfLghAgNAlBZfwuFhMwN8ie_PgX1t5PpadmuhZ_jH7Y5MHDRupnK-50oHJu9SRFj3G5QuZ8lRrQLyulYjxKwm7OBv3/s1600/IMG_5731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-spW3a5eH0nwf9IiNQTxlQNUthhFkvy-lMghB39sRmk1pLxV1M7xfLghAgNAlBZfwuFhMwN8ie_PgX1t5PpadmuhZ_jH7Y5MHDRupnK-50oHJu9SRFj3G5QuZ8lRrQLyulYjxKwm7OBv3/s320/IMG_5731.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or this volunteer pumpkin from shading the chard seedlings,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dti0DXX1Tts/TjTj0DC1jJI/AAAAAAAAI_U/e6r6OKGNNCo/s1600/IMG_5719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dti0DXX1Tts/TjTj0DC1jJI/AAAAAAAAI_U/e6r6OKGNNCo/s320/IMG_5719.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I CAN make this pumpkin have sex.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By picking this male flower</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYpK7ppoeQCaTyKcuQiG9q0H6F1aVz_Got50D1VRxlmNiVo6wq4idqOSOUC97pP_V9MAh3_CLO7eLQRBR9ReMIUgdgnjjPsnxLHQK5vLGUGE_kEp-DHHbOZ9XaG91YMJlwZ8-U3idRP9-/s1600/IMG_5720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYpK7ppoeQCaTyKcuQiG9q0H6F1aVz_Got50D1VRxlmNiVo6wq4idqOSOUC97pP_V9MAh3_CLO7eLQRBR9ReMIUgdgnjjPsnxLHQK5vLGUGE_kEp-DHHbOZ9XaG91YMJlwZ8-U3idRP9-/s320/IMG_5720.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And pollinating this female.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6mnQCbzKA04/TjTj3D0fVvI/AAAAAAAAI_c/NM8y2mhOa2A/s1600/IMG_5721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6mnQCbzKA04/TjTj3D0fVvI/AAAAAAAAI_c/NM8y2mhOa2A/s320/IMG_5721.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I left them stuck together for good measure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can make (or at least help) the hops grow up the twine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QbOusB9YsGI/TjTjiPvR78I/AAAAAAAAI-Q/QIAIaeiUz3s/s1600/IMG_5727.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QbOusB9YsGI/TjTjiPvR78I/AAAAAAAAI-Q/QIAIaeiUz3s/s400/IMG_5727.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I can NEVER tame the mint, sage, or borage!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OvoDutcDK0w/TjTjz601YdI/AAAAAAAAI_Q/i4X_O_OK6L4/s1600/IMG_5717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OvoDutcDK0w/TjTjz601YdI/AAAAAAAAI_Q/i4X_O_OK6L4/s400/IMG_5717.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aBLFXTEcJXY/TjTjzsu6hYI/AAAAAAAAI_M/pUzTDVnnw8E/s1600/IMG_5718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aBLFXTEcJXY/TjTjzsu6hYI/AAAAAAAAI_M/pUzTDVnnw8E/s320/IMG_5718.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Frankly, the potatoes look a little out of control too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGWGOEse0dA/TjTj6Xhoc5I/AAAAAAAAI_w/v2I5d4jwveI/s1600/IMG_5723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QGWGOEse0dA/TjTj6Xhoc5I/AAAAAAAAI_w/v2I5d4jwveI/s400/IMG_5723.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cannot make my husband clean up the dog poo. But I can clean it up myself. I'll spare you the picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally, I cannot keep my children from making messes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bIIVLueLHL0/TjTjhedIRxI/AAAAAAAAI-M/lZqOdOymd9Q/s1600/IMG_5716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bIIVLueLHL0/TjTjhedIRxI/AAAAAAAAI-M/lZqOdOymd9Q/s400/IMG_5716.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I can make sure they clean up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HUAl8c3YKsY/TjTkPHLGQjI/AAAAAAAAJA4/pHMymb_cRGA/s1600/IMG_5738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HUAl8c3YKsY/TjTkPHLGQjI/AAAAAAAAJA4/pHMymb_cRGA/s400/IMG_5738.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At least most of the mess...</div>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-20112052342065720082011-07-25T23:50:00.000-07:002011-07-26T22:09:06.049-07:00I can explain everything...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't wanna be green.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoping for purple.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoping for red.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green is fine with me.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ah, who knows what color below grows.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stay green.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm pretty in pink.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green on blue.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green on green.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green on brown on blue on green.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green on ground.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green on brown.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green before greener.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clear on green.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clear on greener still.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-3455661346980522832011-07-20T23:27:00.000-07:002011-07-20T23:55:04.427-07:00Happy 5th Birthday Gregorie Ann -- or the Story of the ET, I mean, TipiG: Grandma, I'm kinda scared.<br />
A: You wanna sleep with me?<br />
G: I forgot my crown.<br />
A: That's okay. You wanna sleep with my sheep?<br />
G: Okay. Can I have the moose too?<br />
A: Okay.<br />
G: How about an apple.<br />
A: No, that's for the morning time.<br />
G: How about we have it in the nighttime. As a snack?<br />
A: No. In the morning time.<br />
G: Okay. But what if I wake up in the middle of the night?<br />
A: If you need a snack you can have some. But just go to sleep. NOW!<br />
G: I can hear the traffic. I can't sleep. [there is NO traffic, btw]<br />
A: GREGORIE, go to sleep now. [I'm waiting for her to say, "Go the fuck to sleep!"]<br />
G: This is MY ET. You don't make the rules in my ET, I mean tipi. It's my tipi. My tummy is empty.<br />
A: That's not true. You should have eaten more dinner.<br />
G: It's my ET.<br />
A: It doesn't have anything to do with the ET or the TE or the TP.<br />
G: I'm taking the basket outside. I'll go eat with the coyotes.<br />
A: MOOOOOOMMMMMMM, can you make Gregorie go to sleep?<br />
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Uh, no. Five years later, and NO, I can't.<br />
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Okay, that is not where I planned to start this post but well, as I was typing that is what I heard...<br />
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Rewind to yesterday.<br />
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I was cleaning the house, sort of delayed Spring cleaning. Or 5th bithday party cleaning. Or just cleaning because houses NEED cleaning. And for once they weren't UNcleaning. The house. In fact, they were actually cleaning OUT the house. Carrying all sorts of stuff to the driveway. Where they had set up some sort of makeshift camp. With lots of stuffies and blankets and of course doll clothes (though there were no dolls to wear them). <br />
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I had asked Mr. Bubble to fill a galvanized tub with some sand to make a play area for the party. I meant on the back walk. But he put it right there, in the driveway camp. And the Bubbles had obliged by bringing all the sand toys, from the back walk. The camp was becoming a tent city, without a tent.<br />
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Dinner came and went and bath too. And they said, "We're going to sleep outside in the camp." With no tent, I asked? <br />
<br />
A: Yes! You and Daddy can sleep together. In our bed!<br />
G: Yes! It will be ROMANTIC!<br />
A: Make us a baby sister!<br />
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And out the door they went. And 4 seconds later they were back. <br />
<br />
A: We need a tent. There are raccoons out there.<br />
G: And coyotes.<br />
A: And it's cold!<br />
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So they slept with me.<br />
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Today I went to the Valley to pick up the bikes Gam bought them. As I was driving home I passed a small shop I had passed a thousand times before -- right on Topanga Canyon Boulevard, just south of Ventura. I'd noticed it before -- it sells custom and vintage baby furniture. There is always something cute out front. Today there were adorable tipis out there. Hmmm... I drove a block further and then I said, "I NEED one of those. For Gregorie's birthday present. Well, I at least need to find out how much they are..." I quickly circled the block and parked as close as I could to the storefront (as the bikes were in back, spidy webbed in but not locked...). I walked into a special space, a complete custom boutique. The owner/designer was speaking in Spanish to a potential vendor about showing his wares. They paused and I inquired about the tipis -- I got the new price, the price of the older display model, and the price of the new display model. I considered, for about a second, and took the new display model. <br />
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When I got home the girls were at the camp. I told Mr. Bubble about the bikes and the tipi. And I asked him if he minded if I gave G her gift early -- I mean, there they were playing the exact game that inspired it. Why waste a day of her tipi sitting in the bed of the truck????<br />
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She, they, instantly loved it. And made plans for sleeping in it. They further fortified camp. Which further emptied the room I have to clean tomorrow... They pulled out extra covers. And clothes for tomorrow (Sherri, the lemon skirts and green t's to match). Then they packed a picnic basket of apples and eggs and cheese sticks and fruit leathers. And a jar of dry oats.<br />
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And when the time came, they got flashlights and started out and....<br />
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they came back in.<br />
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But, with it being the Eve of G's 5th birthday and all... I couldn't let it go...<br />
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I thought, "This is a moment. A moment, a turning point, that I can INSIST on to get them out of my bed." Not that I really want them out. I love them there. Most of the time. But they do not have a baby sister because... And G has really taken to this strange habit of trying to plant her toes somewhere between my knees and my kidneys. So, yeah, out with you!<br />
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At first I just set up the ET, I mean TP. And they started rolling the stuff back in. And then I thought, "If I really want them to SLEEP here..." Duh! Roll out the bed from under mine! Genius! A perfect set up!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AH, not in, but OUT! Check out the oatmeal mess though...</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-89868720395827422242011-06-25T22:27:00.000-07:002011-06-25T22:35:48.460-07:00The ShareThis past week Alex finished her final days of her first year of school (kindergarten at Topanga Charter Elementary). Friday was her last "share" (what we called "show and tell" when I was in elementary school). She chose a family photo, which I'm proud to say has been a big theme of her shares all year -- most kids bring in toys or gadgets -- I love that what she wants to share is her family and our tales. Well, it has been so much a theme that I wasn't at all sure that the framed photo of the four of us, my parents, and my bro, SIL and niece and nephew hadn't already been shared! So, I suggested that she take instead a photo from the Panama Cruise we took with my folks a few years ago. She enthusiastically agreed. And then I was struck with the realization that I had no idea where I had stored those photos...<br />
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Well, I did eventually find them.<br />
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But not before I found a large box and an overflowing bag of "stuff" -- finance stuff. Commercial real estate structured finance stuff, to be exact. Research and deal summaries and statistics and theories I had accumulated over a career in that stuff. Stuff that holds ZERO appeal to me now. I pulled the box out of the girls' closet with emphatic disgust. "WHY is this crap taking up vital space that could be used for craft supplies and to-be-grown-into-Patagonia-jackets-bought-on-great-sales and memory boxes?" I got the whole stinking pile to the hall before I paused and said, "Could I... Ever... Maybe? Would I... Ever? Maybe..." NO NO NO NO! I could not would not could not join the dance. Again. Ever. The Stuff must go. But as of this writing, it hasn't.<br />
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But it's sitting in an annoying enough location that it will soon. Go somewhere. <br />
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The other day, <a href="http://topangabubbles.blogspot.com/2011/06/really-big-spider-oh-my.html">this day specifically</a>, I was going to stake the tomatoes and went in search of our sledge hammer. I thought that it was in a box in the storage area under the back deck. I dug around through the cobwebs and the dried oak leaves, checking box after box (why why does Someone not organize that area????). I never found the sledge hammer, though I did find several boxes of tools and one of old tupperware containers. And I also found a large box of law books. Heavy hard covered tomes into which I poured my brain and spirit and over $100k over 20 years ago. (Yes, 2011 will mark the 20th anniversary of my graduation from Columbia Law School -- scary how that time has... well, no it's not actually scary at all -- in 20 years, wow, the lives I've led... the journey to arrive HERE has been grand; I digress...) For the longest time those ridiculous books (because trust me, I NEVER had cause to consult one after my graduation one sunny day in May in Morningside Heights -- no reason to ever lift one and crack it open) sat on a shelf in my living room(s). My Black's Law Dictionary still sits on my shelf. But that's different, a true reference manual, which has been cracked. These were text books, nothing more than class materials. But they were so HEAVY, so serious. Maybe their presence reminded me to be proud of my JD, a degree that led me down the proverbial garden path. Until I found myself on the right garden path. But I AM proud of my JD, proud of my education, my knowledge, my abilities, proud of my career (to an extent), proud of my journey. I don't remember when I put those books in a box and moved them into a dirty cellar. And I wonder why I put them there -- did I ever think I'd want, or need them again? I'm going to send them packing. This week. With the Stuff.<br />
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Remember those cruise photos? I found those in a bag that had somehow become a last minute carry on tote as we boarded the ship. (Where did we get that bag? I'll have to ask Gregg.) <br />
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Inside the bag I found the photos, a bunch of "scrapbook material", and my journal The journal I started the winter before my year long solo adventure of self discovery -- three times across the US and to Panama and back. Yes, I had been heartsick over its missing status. Thank the Universe for the Share!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">p.s. I just now realized that I could have used one of those heavy books to drive in my tomato stakes...</div>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-65448147269152445702011-06-20T22:43:00.000-07:002011-06-20T22:45:37.788-07:00A really big spider! Oh my!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Today, the first really hot and sunny day in over a week, I decided to stake my tomatoes (yeah, I'm smart that way). <br />
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</div>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-89042032385512396942011-06-15T22:20:00.000-07:002011-06-15T22:20:00.990-07:00Onion gogglesToday Gregg made some amazing onion soup for dinner. <br />
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As soon as Greggie saw him slicing onions she ran to get him the onion goggles she bought him for Father's Day. But then, she put them on herself!<br />
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</div><div>Then I started wondering, hmmm.... how does the rest of the house look? I knew I had vacuumed the office and cleaned all the toilets and sinks/counters in the bathrooms, but I hadn't actively "cleaned up". I had, multiple times told the girls to be sure to clean up whatever they were playing with before they headed outside to seesaw. But I had doubts...</div><div><br />
</div><div>I looked in the living room:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDVMiR6BH0NLWKX_A8U5pyfjHm2Gdk8tpevYmX1MmtZ12YkNKXLrCOF5Qz0CLwrFy0MTXoSbwMeln-bbkctTRzm1a9SnlXqmt1DOq-12RnuFLrtyUq4eDlW7C9whbDWCHJVouiQRcn6A9/s1600/IMG_4297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDVMiR6BH0NLWKX_A8U5pyfjHm2Gdk8tpevYmX1MmtZ12YkNKXLrCOF5Qz0CLwrFy0MTXoSbwMeln-bbkctTRzm1a9SnlXqmt1DOq-12RnuFLrtyUq4eDlW7C9whbDWCHJVouiQRcn6A9/s400/IMG_4297.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay. Good.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Then I checked the office. Uh oh.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RvgKpfx6zRg/TfbrEha2RbI/AAAAAAAAHwg/YmzLk2Qe3E0/s1600/IMG_4288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RvgKpfx6zRg/TfbrEha2RbI/AAAAAAAAHwg/YmzLk2Qe3E0/s320/IMG_4288.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gQF4K-77RF8/TfbrEnfd3xI/AAAAAAAAHwk/8MxxBxDLJlw/s1600/IMG_4289.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gQF4K-77RF8/TfbrEnfd3xI/AAAAAAAAHwk/8MxxBxDLJlw/s320/IMG_4289.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I mean, it's okay, in terms of clutter/neatness-- just a basket of clothes to go on the line. But what is Alex doing in here? With her vReader? Hmmm... I took the clothes outside and then checked the girls' room:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VIM6knQLUAU/TfbrKonRhmI/AAAAAAAAHw4/2LWpaYMdHWg/s1600/IMG_4294.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VIM6knQLUAU/TfbrKonRhmI/AAAAAAAAHw4/2LWpaYMdHWg/s400/IMG_4294.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Uhhhh... again, okay on clutter. They DID clean up. They just didn't go outside! Yikes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r3p0nRvekzo/TfbrMWwIhHI/AAAAAAAAHw8/f47VsMUbzOQ/s1600/IMG_4295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r3p0nRvekzo/TfbrMWwIhHI/AAAAAAAAHw8/f47VsMUbzOQ/s320/IMG_4295.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, and here is the other one in the master bath, with the Mobigo. GO OUTSIDE NOW!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRth52s_lKvQzYFsi9YtYecYJE_M6Y49lXwSa-14l_3a9B3YJGVPcrQ-tjmnt1QmLcneQzOEHYb8Lq4zZ6DCq0IxiarjZytydcsjXklGQWu4N9xaoZEFQevOC-BiY0lX4WXLh6glVa7-N/s1600/IMG_4318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRth52s_lKvQzYFsi9YtYecYJE_M6Y49lXwSa-14l_3a9B3YJGVPcrQ-tjmnt1QmLcneQzOEHYb8Lq4zZ6DCq0IxiarjZytydcsjXklGQWu4N9xaoZEFQevOC-BiY0lX4WXLh6glVa7-N/s320/IMG_4318.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ahhh!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So later one of the girls (Greggie I think) got ahold of the camera and snapped this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r-68wZ-J1bQ/TfbrNi2naNI/AAAAAAAAHxE/6kfA0K0TBRs/s1600/IMG_4298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r-68wZ-J1bQ/TfbrNi2naNI/AAAAAAAAHxE/6kfA0K0TBRs/s400/IMG_4298.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One word: GUILTY! And yeah, that's an Etsy shop and I bought myself two rings... Double yikes!</div>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-57561800599646618352011-06-11T22:00:00.000-07:002011-06-11T22:05:55.543-07:00Today in p-p-p-picturesThis morning I tried my hand at braiding garlic. My first couple attempts were not grand:<br />
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And I'm most proud of my princesses on the porch eating peach popsicles! (I think my favorite part of these pictures is there pheet!)<br />
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Trying out this new poem -- perhaps a work in progress. <br />
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<div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Let me lead you down my garden path</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">And tell you tales of love and wrath...</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Walk with me while sunlight soothes</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">And tell me all your pithy truths</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Did you dream of wealth and power</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">and ignore the dew on fragile flowers</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Or did you rest on bended knee</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">and understand the strength of trees</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Did you breathe the fresh green air</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">and lead with heart without care</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Or did you sell your soul to Mr. Man</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">and then go sell his corporate plan </div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Where do you stand, and lie your head?</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Where <i>is YOUR</i> place?</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">What will they say of you when you are dead?</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Does your mirror like your face?</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">I have no tales of wrath to tell</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Least not any you know not well</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">I leave my anger by the way </div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">and try to smile upon the day</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">My world hasn't space for greed</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">Instead it calls me to sprinkle seed</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">For HERE<br />
in my tangled garden</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">love and hope and joy and peace</div><div style="background-color: #003764; color: white; font: 13.0px Arial; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;">have won.<br />
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</div>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-23553166450154579592011-06-07T23:38:00.000-07:002011-06-08T16:50:04.519-07:00Recycled flowers and the scent of dirtToday the girls and I went to the garden store to get some marigolds to put along our tomato bed. I also decided we could use some other annuals to make a cutting garden. I chose several 6-packs of dahlias. Between the store and home, a few of the blossoms fell off. Once home, we pulled an overgrown bed of radish plants (that were not making any radish "balls") to make space for our new flower garden. Many of the radishes were blooming. Alex cannot let a blossom go to waste:<br />
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When I finally cleaned up for dinner I found this beautiful bowl on the kitchen table. :-)<br />
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I spent the weekend in Portland with some fabulous, fun friends. On Saturday after brunch, <a href="http://kindalikeachef.blogspot.com/">Monique</a> and I strolled around a little neighborhood with cute little shops. We stumbled into one that sold soy candles and goat milk soaps and felt hats and sweet little girl dresses made from recycled fabrics. I found an adorable dress that would be perfect for Alex to wear to her 3 R's day tomorrow but at $36 for a size 6 recycled dress, I passed. But I could not pass on the soaps. There were all sorts of scents. The traditional ones from lavender to tangerine to patchouli. Wonderful sages and evergreens and roses. At 3 for $10 or $5/piece I decided to go with 3. My first choice was plumeria. I had decided the soaps would be a Father's Day gift for Gregg and he loves that scent. Then I found Campground. It's deep, piney earthy-ness quickly convinced me. Then there was Campfire Smoke. Um, no. We don't need that -- any of our clothes that haven't been aired out since the wintertime fires in our bedroom fireplace already carry that aroma! But then -- Dirt. Dirt. Yes, a soap called Dirt. I smelled it. I was hooked. It was perfect. I could only imagine how in the wet heat of a shower it would transport the 4'X4' world of our bathroom into a perfect post rain garden!<br />
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Now the soap, along with some chocolate covered coffee beans and some chocolate covered cacao beans and an out of print limited edition tome on the history of beer in the US that I found at Powell's, was supposed to be a Father's Day gift. But I'm not good at that waiting sort of stuff. So, I gave it all to Gregg on Monday. And today, for whatever reason, he put Dirt in the shower, but didn't use it. So, tonight I showered. And there it was. Deep and rich and calling me. And while it wasn't mine to use FIRST, I did buy it... So, use it it did. And it was every bit as wonderful as I'd imagined. Like bringing a Spring rainshower into your tub. I feel clean and fresh, because of Dirt...<br />
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I'm not sure how Sonya Lee feels but she looks happy enough.Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-53579213889275042442011-06-07T00:04:00.000-07:002011-06-07T00:08:03.497-07:00Roots<h1 style="color: #003399; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></h1><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</div>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-79830246969813711042011-06-02T22:37:00.000-07:002011-06-02T22:43:31.503-07:00A peace paradeI'm sure a lot of you went to a Memorial Day parade. We did too, sort of. As we do every year, we went to the Topanga Days Peace Parade. Since I think some of my readers may have never seen a peace parade -- one without gun-toting Marines and symbolic canons -- I thought I'd show what one looks like -- just a small town parade celebrating community and a call for peace. Before anyone gets up in arms at my "lack of patriotism," let me declare: I believe, with all my heart and soul and being that it is possible to honor those who have served, to offer memorial for those who have died, to pray for those currently serving, while still believing that war is not the answer. We may be a bunch of hippy freaks, but we have a unicorn!<br />
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I already discussed (or shared pictures of) my garlic harvest below. It's still sitting in a big pile outside, waiting to be braided. Waiting because I have been busy. First I did aprium halves in light syrup. I did some plain, and a few with fresh mint and a few with fresh dill:<br />
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Then I made some aprium/honey jam. And finally today I finished up 10 pounds of pitted cherries in extra light syrup (I used raw cane sugar for most but tried a few in a honey syrup):<br />
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And I still have this very large salad bowl full of ripe stone fruit in my refrigerator!<br />
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Meanwhile, I also pulled the onions:<br />
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Which opened up the long, sunny bed for the tomatoes (I don't have a picture of those planted but I put about 30 plants in this bed now):<br />
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The row of carrots in front is maturing and slowly being harvested and I am putting new seeds in tomorrow. I think we'll also put some marigolds in among the yarrow border.<br />
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Spring into Summer, Hare to Honey, Flower to Strawberry...Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-18601635648335450892011-05-26T23:55:00.000-07:002011-05-27T00:04:29.017-07:00The status of things...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1L62kR0Jg9o/TdSNRLZLSYI/AAAAAAAAHTM/f48WDWMcs44/s1600/IMG_3843.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1L62kR0Jg9o/TdSNRLZLSYI/AAAAAAAAHTM/f48WDWMcs44/s640/IMG_3843.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let me lead you down my garden path</div><div style="text-align: center;">And tell you tales of love and wrath...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Or maybe I'll just show you pictures of my kids and my plants and my stuff...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumpkin and potato growing in my morel habitat</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow chard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nasturtiums</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garlic bed, pre-harvest!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Onion bed, last week</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making meatballs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And flatbread</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self portrait</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First lemon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another SP</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alium harvest!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garlic!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Potato flowers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garlic bed now -- almost clean slate!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new clean slate for planting</td></tr>
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</div>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015139593023185883.post-10282465855605494892011-05-16T22:04:00.000-07:002011-05-18T21:38:53.404-07:00An inadvertent harvest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AnQb-ktzFok/TdIByryCE8I/AAAAAAAAHNs/v0rsRM2Nwno/s1600/IMG_3753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AnQb-ktzFok/TdIByryCE8I/AAAAAAAAHNs/v0rsRM2Nwno/s320/IMG_3753.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I was weeding the garlic and onion beds the yesterday ("weeding" means pulling ash tree seedlings for the most part), I decided that the yarrow had gotten OUT.OF.CONTROL. I know it's a beneficial and I like it well enough, but when it jumps the border of the bed and becomes insidious inside and hides my carrots from view, well, it's time for some yarrow-taming. I pulled clump after clump, unintentionally dislodging a few intentional plants -- the almost-ready-for-harvest onions and volunteer potatoes pictured above, as well as about a dozen baby carrots that were quickly devoured by one to-remain-nameless 4.8333333-year old....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't let those sweet little onions go to waste and as I already had a few in the crisper drawer (from the CSA box) I decided to make onion powder! I thinly sliced the onions and put them in the dehydrator.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DPz5UJDyZHs/TdSRCmDw7nI/AAAAAAAAHVw/2wgh3yjZf2c/s1600/IMG_3764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DPz5UJDyZHs/TdSRCmDw7nI/AAAAAAAAHVw/2wgh3yjZf2c/s320/IMG_3764.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today Alex and I pulverized them into some yummy smelling sweet onion powder!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q75VEiJcJec/TdSLTPrYSnI/AAAAAAAAHOU/XupBsqu97B8/s1600/IMG_3866.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q75VEiJcJec/TdSLTPrYSnI/AAAAAAAAHOU/XupBsqu97B8/s320/IMG_3866.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Until she founds another caterpillar, in the peas!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ph2Z1k2M1ok/Tb-RoWyqD5I/AAAAAAAAHDA/KiNuOwBcmLk/s1600/IMG_3594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ph2Z1k2M1ok/Tb-RoWyqD5I/AAAAAAAAHDA/KiNuOwBcmLk/s320/IMG_3594.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDym1d7tnE0dDCtGzVCgCzhLPDdrTVwnJf1tcNctEbNwqHkRLyHSQ9dH0JfBOmblDXEMc7IvPvPpCJNZzlsvdCUnUfN53cFhA0wW0hk0QVWvXnYPsmNW_QRmNYdQ9w4Rou9TjICzd6H-f/s1600/IMG_3596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDym1d7tnE0dDCtGzVCgCzhLPDdrTVwnJf1tcNctEbNwqHkRLyHSQ9dH0JfBOmblDXEMc7IvPvPpCJNZzlsvdCUnUfN53cFhA0wW0hk0QVWvXnYPsmNW_QRmNYdQ9w4Rou9TjICzd6H-f/s320/IMG_3596.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfmYg_-E5BMtK7wWBJUBFrkjwGnHUs-r99-2SsvfL-Yq7HAOFL3GFAbP2SiJMuMKSvuRhM3r44M0v9GGs8f8NeMWiyA7cly9-IYcI2Gra2SFve5QmvGZ-4Ny3hkwDs1-qaEH0OEwFu1ti/s1600/IMG_3598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfmYg_-E5BMtK7wWBJUBFrkjwGnHUs-r99-2SsvfL-Yq7HAOFL3GFAbP2SiJMuMKSvuRhM3r44M0v9GGs8f8NeMWiyA7cly9-IYcI2Gra2SFve5QmvGZ-4Ny3hkwDs1-qaEH0OEwFu1ti/s320/IMG_3598.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I need to send his picture in too, because he's also not in the book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But check out my peaches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gYzmt7TzCjw/Tb-RycojpMI/AAAAAAAAHDo/dUvQX5vZgKY/s1600/IMG_3601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gYzmt7TzCjw/Tb-RycojpMI/AAAAAAAAHDo/dUvQX5vZgKY/s320/IMG_3601.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My blackberries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yXw6xhZatPU/Tb-RvwWvhnI/AAAAAAAAHDY/ujCveBf_H2E/s1600/IMG_3600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yXw6xhZatPU/Tb-RvwWvhnI/AAAAAAAAHDY/ujCveBf_H2E/s320/IMG_3600.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My apples. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yXw6xhZatPU/Tb-RvwWvhnI/AAAAAAAAHDY/ujCveBf_H2E/s1600/IMG_3600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--HS3XCezpWw/Tb-R1t0SD3I/AAAAAAAAHDs/0MBcHnR7wrc/s1600/IMG_3603.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--HS3XCezpWw/Tb-R1t0SD3I/AAAAAAAAHDs/0MBcHnR7wrc/s320/IMG_3603.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh, and my lunch!!!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vCCr_DQXjlk/Tb-THUuXT1I/AAAAAAAAHEM/HJcZAYcqbaQ/s1600/IMG_3560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vCCr_DQXjlk/Tb-THUuXT1I/AAAAAAAAHEM/HJcZAYcqbaQ/s320/IMG_3560.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Marlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10127429112847922035noreply@blogger.com2