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The trees in the orchard were pruned in an effort instigated by Sunday, and directed by Walter. Joe, Ray and Caroline were up from Toronto as well. Caroline, Emmerich and I went on a four-hour hike to look at Tiss’ … Continue reading
Seedy Conversations
A Seedy Saturday was held in Maynooth last weekend. 
Seedy Saturdays are locally organized seed exchanges. Many thanks to the organizers, sponsors, presenters, and everyone who participated. Sunday came up from Toronto with Joe to do a worm workshop. Stephen and Clark attended (I was home with Emmerich, who was not feeling well). Stephen saw lots of (already) familiar and friendly faces and picked-up some bean and squash seeds. The food was a good as promised – Stephen and Clark enjoyed some excellent pizza and amazing chocolate avocado pie. Clark also very much enjoyed the complementary tricycle. The annual Cabin Fever party, which followed was a great success. There was a potluck competition and plenty of dancing. Vince, Karen, Andy, Brook, Stu, Leslie, Sunday and Joe attended and all accounts were good. Ray and Caroline arrived from Toronto for the last half-hour. I look forward to attending both next year.
I am currently halfway through a drive from Toronto to Dragonfly with bees! It is important to travel at night with bees to ensure they have flown in the hive when you move it as they return there after dark. So, I have this late night ahead. At least the bees seem good. Let’s hope the queen survives the trip – fingers crossed. Thanks for the truck Sunday!
Let the puns “bee”gin.
Bee well my friends. 🙂
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Oh the humanity of it all! It is that time of year again when the tree blood of maples is harvested and scarifies to the waffle gods are made.
The Daily Quotient (DQ) series of posts started a week ago. It doesn’t seem to be working for me or the public (based on comments and views). I was thinking of cancelling it for now, going back to the drawing board and starting again in the summer; and then this happened.
The lava lamp seems to have died for now. I fiddled with the plug and it made a bunch of noises, but no cigar. So goes the lava lamp, so goes DQ for now.
It is for the best. It needs work.
I will still be posting frequently and will focus on the three p’s: people, places, and politics. Each of these aspects seem to generate the most interest (for myself and the public).
This was, at first, a wonderful addition to the house. But after a week, it seized. Argh. As far as tech goes, I read it is simple and robust, so maybe I can rebuilt it in the summer.
Another piece of many pieces hanging in the house. Wayne’s memory tells him Zoe picked this one up at a Grateful Dead concert. If you zoom in far enough, you’ll find the author’s name in the top right corner – Bob Hock.
I ended up in the sun room with it’s large collection of art books.
The world of art by Pierre Belves and Francois Mathey.
Here is a picture of the inside of the door to the space under the stairs. Olathe believes this is Sam’s writing. When Olathe was a kid, the space in front of this door was her toy corner. Now, Clark uses the same toy corner 30 years later.
For the nature feature this week, here is a picture of the Big House during Saturday afternoon. Today, we had some of the strongest winds this season. Pretty exciting weather for the winter storm enthusiast.
NB: Sorry for delays in DQ this week. But this delay, allowed for me to post about the storm. 🙂