tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98968762024-03-13T05:12:34.864-07:00Change Junkiesbeing a record of events, both mundane and extraordinary, in the lives of Justin & Catalin, a generally cautious pair who, with unsettling regularity, throw caution to the wind and set out in new directions....Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.comBlogger516125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-35558300295088259222011-12-26T20:36:00.000-08:002011-12-26T20:37:51.520-08:00Return of Change Junkies?I think I might revive this blog. Is anyone still subscribed? If you are, let me know, please!Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-41709062376124283202009-07-27T11:07:00.000-07:002009-07-27T11:13:09.533-07:00Recent Photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2ziJZnY2u6N8u5H69Zi5bTMrYUivNHe6_iBTk-19A8eUdwdGwQepXcyObQK5ej3KtuRaAOFs8IFHmdtUg8BusqssFQvkga8Guqjm53DAIWGwFzB858oUDKFc1zlsrx91_drS/s1600-h/2009July-mid+005.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2ziJZnY2u6N8u5H69Zi5bTMrYUivNHe6_iBTk-19A8eUdwdGwQepXcyObQK5ej3KtuRaAOFs8IFHmdtUg8BusqssFQvkga8Guqjm53DAIWGwFzB858oUDKFc1zlsrx91_drS/s320/2009July-mid+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363203571263412338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCO17SveH6RQo0hbR2UJGX27vB5_ygfIXkSvBX9kgc0LlryfiAzYv1N7yYqeIeNg2uBHWfg6aE5cu78Hs24XlpP9RqFLRrza0sMLNKZ-TeITED9KoKqUsAZgxlOaqCI-jyckNw/s1600-h/2009July-mid+004.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCO17SveH6RQo0hbR2UJGX27vB5_ygfIXkSvBX9kgc0LlryfiAzYv1N7yYqeIeNg2uBHWfg6aE5cu78Hs24XlpP9RqFLRrza0sMLNKZ-TeITED9KoKqUsAZgxlOaqCI-jyckNw/s320/2009July-mid+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363203431810192306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHY1LWO3v6DAgO3KwqukOAUqVjiyLsV42_2Qs1FuXtVsChgg-mwtdPhxe_GwMRzXEHzyVMT6FSjEkfv3ArDY4e1LdvLhOxQZ3rXSdD_PXRW5uMgJV_ZkoShR7_2F83xAenPwX/s1600-h/2009July-mid+001.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHY1LWO3v6DAgO3KwqukOAUqVjiyLsV42_2Qs1FuXtVsChgg-mwtdPhxe_GwMRzXEHzyVMT6FSjEkfv3ArDY4e1LdvLhOxQZ3rXSdD_PXRW5uMgJV_ZkoShR7_2F83xAenPwX/s320/2009July-mid+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363203290246265010" /></a><br /><br />We (F, J, our visiting-from-Australia friend S, and I) took a hike in Redwood Regional Park, and climbed Redwood Peak, hoping for a great view. It was a nice climb, and the redwoods were nice and cool, but the view was not so much of a vista, really, as the peak was densely forested.<br /><br />Just before we left, Justin decided he needed a haircut so he wouldn't look like a hobbit in his new hat, which is not even featured in any of the pictures. Next time!Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-1874545905364370832009-07-27T11:01:00.001-07:002009-07-27T11:05:27.811-07:00Pobala Persimmon Tree<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hhMSb2g4dvgzuUAF2BWxU2G2Gtzrw-21se24meD0zuJmzMX2G9rGAQp0zSHj35Cx8PN3-L_bvR2MnDgQwx-bNQf-9Veki5CrlgInHDwyLLIUs9J3noF_H-Jhm8YD0dSV0huE/s1600-h/2009July-mid+009.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hhMSb2g4dvgzuUAF2BWxU2G2Gtzrw-21se24meD0zuJmzMX2G9rGAQp0zSHj35Cx8PN3-L_bvR2MnDgQwx-bNQf-9Veki5CrlgInHDwyLLIUs9J3noF_H-Jhm8YD0dSV0huE/s320/2009July-mid+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363202261214009202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5e3W45EvmWyaUTr2XiGcDeCcPUvFB_F-5zxG0khPO3gav2FA-HtDOLLBaHIh9MxxOOs0M8iP_Z_7UTHanNQdx-fSkLfm7eWZJzNv8OEL4V_joLRJAh5OpEbcFxkG5cmm6beg/s1600-h/2009July-mid+014.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5e3W45EvmWyaUTr2XiGcDeCcPUvFB_F-5zxG0khPO3gav2FA-HtDOLLBaHIh9MxxOOs0M8iP_Z_7UTHanNQdx-fSkLfm7eWZJzNv8OEL4V_joLRJAh5OpEbcFxkG5cmm6beg/s320/2009July-mid+014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363202104796422322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOjzkKiT6tvMZDLpntuNckFw7popJc04BsHdZ8pGq-ILoOoPjkI6vzxuUTWvMUVAf-2PY5BF_WTiUdaaz2Bc3jTjH_8S_Xsd8lhtanOVIJovJ9ZsIZ6ejWn78X1Cse1Um4C9C/s1600-h/2009July-mid+002.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOjzkKiT6tvMZDLpntuNckFw7popJc04BsHdZ8pGq-ILoOoPjkI6vzxuUTWvMUVAf-2PY5BF_WTiUdaaz2Bc3jTjH_8S_Xsd8lhtanOVIJovJ9ZsIZ6ejWn78X1Cse1Um4C9C/s320/2009July-mid+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363201945696876290" /></a><br /><br /><br />Advice, anyone?<br /><br />Just to be clear, these pictures represent two fallen branches. The skinny one that is still attached in the picture has been cut off below the cut. The other one is still as shown here.Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-18356798801743595992009-07-16T14:45:00.000-07:002009-07-16T15:02:49.590-07:00Meandering through the Pastures of the PastUnearthed many treasures and nostalgia triggers in boxes that have been stored in my parents' barn since at least 1998.<br /><br />A few highlights:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8H2TuGnXZalYrElVVGCkkT_cPxOpWDlM-hddxCx0aSUbDSmAm1-klRzhPyy_i0VfZ6Jqcm8ThFxF0YQidprMrmsYHqiT60F4pNSOsh9tYkFwO2bjFAZ0W1uLZlE2z_kAdjolc/s1600-h/2009July-early-mid+029.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8H2TuGnXZalYrElVVGCkkT_cPxOpWDlM-hddxCx0aSUbDSmAm1-klRzhPyy_i0VfZ6Jqcm8ThFxF0YQidprMrmsYHqiT60F4pNSOsh9tYkFwO2bjFAZ0W1uLZlE2z_kAdjolc/s200/2009July-early-mid+029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359179075048568242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xw13xhK0ypKtlxcfJLgH_Qca-lV-CtuSGhuOWjw_5ElLU81IEtNJhN7vPHaEEtgicPThVUkWGZ5-N017FgHH9GpwID26SWZNlA-QiNnpzztWfvdD0CGqjujz09lNNgUBH4Zt/s1600-h/2009July-early-mid+028.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xw13xhK0ypKtlxcfJLgH_Qca-lV-CtuSGhuOWjw_5ElLU81IEtNJhN7vPHaEEtgicPThVUkWGZ5-N017FgHH9GpwID26SWZNlA-QiNnpzztWfvdD0CGqjujz09lNNgUBH4Zt/s200/2009July-early-mid+028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359178926161346466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAi0tYygp1L5po_qhd3ZKAz50ZenY8bXGv2KEnsuZPwAHCIEl4rgcL5DBdj3cwjmFMZvBQtaWLjAUPrb1WHLPQlbETDNSYEuaL7tAQoUSEr-rJJ7MCiOikHxbuAHbes_xtyk4/s1600-h/2009July-early-mid+026.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAi0tYygp1L5po_qhd3ZKAz50ZenY8bXGv2KEnsuZPwAHCIEl4rgcL5DBdj3cwjmFMZvBQtaWLjAUPrb1WHLPQlbETDNSYEuaL7tAQoUSEr-rJJ7MCiOikHxbuAHbes_xtyk4/s200/2009July-early-mid+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359178762825092050" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCO7ggRj5vdxd_DsemjgaCPAJ2PCDUPLc4Am2ifjsIxcVFuHfnf_IX5-OLsS2NV15APZgHsqzq8-l45-67jQ5myDruvo9X9j7gEVRBGqHQgFaEqH6gtkrQp-SbFHnd8HRBmFE/s1600-h/2009July-early-mid+025.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWCO7ggRj5vdxd_DsemjgaCPAJ2PCDUPLc4Am2ifjsIxcVFuHfnf_IX5-OLsS2NV15APZgHsqzq8-l45-67jQ5myDruvo9X9j7gEVRBGqHQgFaEqH6gtkrQp-SbFHnd8HRBmFE/s200/2009July-early-mid+025.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359178616499566514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWQvLfkE2VWndx14UlQjpO0RZWrM1f1hwjd-qCJbgbihtO-EgIzaGlmxH-csNfCEY_BaT5Qhkkl3Cf9oPRyK8zM8QNj_GVxnbtNn4U4DftPpPo3gJ3w15Ry8jD36-zL9RYlyI/s1600-h/2009July-early-mid+021.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWQvLfkE2VWndx14UlQjpO0RZWrM1f1hwjd-qCJbgbihtO-EgIzaGlmxH-csNfCEY_BaT5Qhkkl3Cf9oPRyK8zM8QNj_GVxnbtNn4U4DftPpPo3gJ3w15Ry8jD36-zL9RYlyI/s200/2009July-early-mid+021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359178129343723362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zp9gXM5o1k2GHtrp9RMArHFhed1uNu2vyDXzrJnEkcIj_CTflgM0a1M4Y7OivXgbSDga0yUHfWWmoxAIl9CoTnZLy3mE1NOXFy_oNvucDxgOcgDRy0pSKtAmeEiUUBh7mOOv/s1600-h/2009July-early-mid+024.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zp9gXM5o1k2GHtrp9RMArHFhed1uNu2vyDXzrJnEkcIj_CTflgM0a1M4Y7OivXgbSDga0yUHfWWmoxAIl9CoTnZLy3mE1NOXFy_oNvucDxgOcgDRy0pSKtAmeEiUUBh7mOOv/s200/2009July-early-mid+024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359178470066554562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj767IqPdeVJxA8SyFWsrld5Vnsp_SFbJBrPtX5A6aq5BfW35LoN8hJdgp_7ahqotcPU66HVeadSwurxppcpjQnToH08rpuE1AENehY1A_vUmNHH3hA2kw9GVN0a7SPYzKxNSey/s1600-h/2009July-early-mid+022.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj767IqPdeVJxA8SyFWsrld5Vnsp_SFbJBrPtX5A6aq5BfW35LoN8hJdgp_7ahqotcPU66HVeadSwurxppcpjQnToH08rpuE1AENehY1A_vUmNHH3hA2kw9GVN0a7SPYzKxNSey/s200/2009July-early-mid+022.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359178293179694322" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cornhusk dolls</span>: These are some of the folks who lived in my dollhouse. My mom made the man and the baby, I think.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Answering machine</span>: My sister says that we were the first people she knew with an answering machine and this was it.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Diorama of flower fairy</span>: This was not for school, but the kind of thing a kid like me did for fun. Originally there were dried and pressed daffodil flowers as part of this I think, but they had long since crumbled and fallen away.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My first knitted projects</span>: a bag/purse, a bear, a lion.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Pegasus</span>: yes, this was mine.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Macrame</span>: my mom made this and I think it's great. It definitely speaks from a certain era, doesn't it?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Apache roadster</span>: I don't actually have any memories of this, but I'm guessing it was my older brother's.<br /><br />More in another post.Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-22856772725419872532009-07-16T14:28:00.000-07:002009-07-16T14:45:04.176-07:00Yard and Garden updatePoor neglected blog, usurped by the promiscuous and seductive facebook...<br /><br />Garden report: Justin made great croquettes last night with squash, beets, onions, garlic, garbanzo flour, egg. Wish I could say the eggs were from our chickens, but we don't have the chicken area set up yet, alas. <br /><br />Crookneck <span style="font-weight:bold;">squash</span>, green <span style="font-weight:bold;">beans</span>, spaghetti <span style="font-weight:bold;">squash </span>(some of which we've been harvesting young and eating raw), <span style="font-weight:bold;">beets </span>(pretty much done now, until the ones I just planted are ready), a few very delicious sungold cherry <span style="font-weight:bold;">tomatoes</span>. The rest of the tomato plants (and there are a lot of them!) are laden with <span style="font-style:italic;">various shapes and sizes</span> of <span style="font-weight:bold;">heirloom tomatoes</span>, all still green, but looking ready to change color at any minute. We ate our first <span style="font-weight:bold;">pears </span>yesterday, and I just ate a wee but ripe <span style="font-weight:bold;">apple</span>! <span style="font-weight:bold;">Cactus pads</span> (<span style="font-style:italic;">nopales</span>) are always available, and there are a few flowers now, and I'm looking forward to some <span style="font-style:italic;">tuna </span>(<span style="font-weight:bold;">prickly pears</span>; <span style="font-style:italic;">beles </span>in Tigrinya). <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Roses </span>are blooming, and <span style="font-weight:bold;">coreopsis</span>, and some <span style="font-weight:bold;">mallow </span>and <span style="font-weight:bold;">sweet peas</span> and mexican primrose and <span style="font-weight:bold;">yarrow</span>. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sunflowers </span>getting close, and some other things which I won't be able to identify until they bloom. Some flowers that were coming up all over the place (in and outside of beds) that I had left because I thought they were <span style="font-weight:bold;">calendulas </span>have finally bloomed, and although they are yellow and pretty enough, they don't look like calendulas unless they're a different variety than I've ever seen. <br /><br />I radically pruned 4 camellia bushes in front, in hopes that they will grow back with a more open and natural shape (as opposed to rectangles with dense surfaces). We'll see how that works out! Here's a picture of the pruning in process.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VDXhkakdjd8GGrOfftK7yKUH6Fd7EOrDs7BwhPeMimJQeZkvrxoTgASQ1apYdpEqpyCj5CGOaW9z5evnZTNSrzxHJGbpqP9iSXjwORNg5qAFrAkIDGcsXiEa5uyk7z0MEdHA/s1600-h/2009July-early-mid+017.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VDXhkakdjd8GGrOfftK7yKUH6Fd7EOrDs7BwhPeMimJQeZkvrxoTgASQ1apYdpEqpyCj5CGOaW9z5evnZTNSrzxHJGbpqP9iSXjwORNg5qAFrAkIDGcsXiEa5uyk7z0MEdHA/s320/2009July-early-mid+017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359176603201718946" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-11610013377778934212009-06-23T22:37:00.000-07:002009-06-23T22:42:02.755-07:00If you can't beet 'em...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7OjMOqCjCWhyphenhyphenYnifj_QlGvDQZ4T__NGNlBTR-y9DBs1Sf__gNJN01QOjWfo9Eov52FYY1HQeuzoaQbtLylM0yfYqRonEn4WpORPvlV02jyeO1fSLnVvWpzbgMI4lwHBMPKqn/s1600-h/JustinBeets3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7OjMOqCjCWhyphenhyphenYnifj_QlGvDQZ4T__NGNlBTR-y9DBs1Sf__gNJN01QOjWfo9Eov52FYY1HQeuzoaQbtLylM0yfYqRonEn4WpORPvlV02jyeO1fSLnVvWpzbgMI4lwHBMPKqn/s320/JustinBeets3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350764343707853522" /></a><br /><br />Justin happily harvested a good bunch of beets the other day.Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-73686295421162989032009-06-21T22:28:00.000-07:002009-06-21T22:38:38.877-07:00Exposing the hidden beauty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPyqgAI9Fud5BfSOfxoxWNHIbVPKMGRbFycRS8arlenOY5Lbii87FFAKPqNkClBmqwl-pP_wCZ_SfOGkJPir11dR-Ho2b9sAC64xLAmDx2jHntg1k0Ggg6mXkIyTZn5VG4BUS/s1600-h/2009Irrigation+floor+002.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPyqgAI9Fud5BfSOfxoxWNHIbVPKMGRbFycRS8arlenOY5Lbii87FFAKPqNkClBmqwl-pP_wCZ_SfOGkJPir11dR-Ho2b9sAC64xLAmDx2jHntg1k0Ggg6mXkIyTZn5VG4BUS/s320/2009Irrigation+floor+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350020066700727074" /></a><br /><br />We tore out the carpet in the guest room yesterday. Taking out the staples from where the pad had been attached to the floor was a little tedious, but also satisfying. Removing the tack strips along the edges that help the carpet in place was difficult at first but became easier with practice and the right tools. The floors are a gorgeous polished dark reddish honey color. The carpet pad left a waffle pattern across much of it which we need to clean off once we figure out the best way to do that without damaging the wood. <br /><br />The baseboard needs some augmenting. For some reason the floor boards do not reach all the way to the baseboard (which sits on the subfloor, below the level of the flooring), so we are going to add a foot molding to the current baseboard. We thought of pulling the baseboard off and starting over, but it turned out to be a bear to take off, partly because it is partially below the surface of the flooring. I don't know if the picture really shows it that well. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_rjuaoe3fQozv6utd7Q9IX8bNDoJg6WozafbvqWOoVezpZPLBKyV2qUBx_Eh9LyDHOy6hOV-SfgJJ8DfMxD_FCv_s_Xj2210uQAC-3OwlwI0P9BFNpaHPX54zSXUlsbu219g/s1600-h/2009Irrigation+floor+019.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_rjuaoe3fQozv6utd7Q9IX8bNDoJg6WozafbvqWOoVezpZPLBKyV2qUBx_Eh9LyDHOy6hOV-SfgJJ8DfMxD_FCv_s_Xj2210uQAC-3OwlwI0P9BFNpaHPX54zSXUlsbu219g/s320/2009Irrigation+floor+019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350021787560404370" /></a> <br /><br />We thought we might go ahead and paint too, while the furniture is out of there, so that's pretty much the agenda for this week, in addition to getting a cat and finishing our drip irrigation system for the veggies.Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-47892316819186105322009-06-13T23:07:00.001-07:002009-06-13T23:10:29.800-07:00Mallow Maladies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfwA_Ui81q-VGaBaOxNIxcY8C4fmNH8648rUiYDKM61ghcgCvaUmCyPrUyDqFgAdQHMNKWuw0CfY3Kslc3POR9yEv_j3siuN1GaQZ_StBv3YVg-vPvRA8KDf4p1p69yRF7Yaz/s1600-h/2009plant+disease+014.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfwA_Ui81q-VGaBaOxNIxcY8C4fmNH8648rUiYDKM61ghcgCvaUmCyPrUyDqFgAdQHMNKWuw0CfY3Kslc3POR9yEv_j3siuN1GaQZ_StBv3YVg-vPvRA8KDf4p1p69yRF7Yaz/s320/2009plant+disease+014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347061542578417218" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBddu4OkmErf9iXlRfj7ZqamQ2lqZU-ZGU_CUMXYqyY_3dRvmZKgIv0CiTqWlUjTEWX2vX3tS3Fk03Bbjd1jCwkrOou379m-6OIRTzFGmZc4RlZExoKWDOwG8wwQ_lKhRnLi8G/s1600-h/2009plant+disease+013.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBddu4OkmErf9iXlRfj7ZqamQ2lqZU-ZGU_CUMXYqyY_3dRvmZKgIv0CiTqWlUjTEWX2vX3tS3Fk03Bbjd1jCwkrOou379m-6OIRTzFGmZc4RlZExoKWDOwG8wwQ_lKhRnLi8G/s320/2009plant+disease+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347061396260992258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBxiW4qX8QlUHYcvO85celGhz3CFecYXubZuwoAVdKtVrZ6vLgq1hIAXzmKIwNuL_Lz7h5bslLOY0u0QtaHntY8ppIpPUBoBxp4dl3R2tdQTZi8Oki0UlWZ1a4bFvvb9dK2Gu/s1600-h/2009plant+disease+011.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBxiW4qX8QlUHYcvO85celGhz3CFecYXubZuwoAVdKtVrZ6vLgq1hIAXzmKIwNuL_Lz7h5bslLOY0u0QtaHntY8ppIpPUBoBxp4dl3R2tdQTZi8Oki0UlWZ1a4bFvvb9dK2Gu/s320/2009plant+disease+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347061246781036274" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6LSovLh1FYu5orBfiQ00uKrix44eCTuGkdPs9wwr_7wvbf0dAfqEAcF8XE3B84bfvzc1_8_uRqHYFPjCUsYpxX22qVLSP0X-VYvwQor4GUTxK8ymdkWp3w51PpwstEFKJKc0/s1600-h/2009plant+disease+010.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6LSovLh1FYu5orBfiQ00uKrix44eCTuGkdPs9wwr_7wvbf0dAfqEAcF8XE3B84bfvzc1_8_uRqHYFPjCUsYpxX22qVLSP0X-VYvwQor4GUTxK8ymdkWp3w51PpwstEFKJKc0/s320/2009plant+disease+010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347061081108774930" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-16253874327172650822009-06-13T23:03:00.000-07:002009-06-13T23:07:11.337-07:00The Coreopsis problem<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_82PZc3oIJE6-NklgAzudNwrF8J0W6i78qhXCDLua1lQ0linNMbBwY7y3vWyeYBqQGglDTMVNoI6rnjRWKKS3UdhqUzdiEkXynVgEUcD1f_wFgzYZUGJLGdi3l2XcBn-o1l1/s1600-h/2009plant+disease+009.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_82PZc3oIJE6-NklgAzudNwrF8J0W6i78qhXCDLua1lQ0linNMbBwY7y3vWyeYBqQGglDTMVNoI6rnjRWKKS3UdhqUzdiEkXynVgEUcD1f_wFgzYZUGJLGdi3l2XcBn-o1l1/s320/2009plant+disease+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347060761256809618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLF9ostDVW4Kq8eIjYAiFx0fsvKYd8S7REfmCSj2FBZlN4YnKuXCRFIeqt60vZmtZpwtCoPR1fKvMty5MB_DPX2l62DV_HAn8E3Ze-Bld5SEFYmkZC8lm3znoRmY8-YaLFeSps/s1600-h/2009plant+disease+005.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLF9ostDVW4Kq8eIjYAiFx0fsvKYd8S7REfmCSj2FBZlN4YnKuXCRFIeqt60vZmtZpwtCoPR1fKvMty5MB_DPX2l62DV_HAn8E3Ze-Bld5SEFYmkZC8lm3znoRmY8-YaLFeSps/s320/2009plant+disease+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347060627421747826" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGPq8D1Dc4qMT_CSDWMb3tEXILqbWR76IGEK_m_W_XIVTeMNx1qZzX0ra-VQ0zKT0TNZnewgE_mGazIRS7Wfrz7sPN12yh1WmLEquVnBLU6xYDGc3Cghp1l9fphVV9jcgIQZ1/s1600-h/2009plant+disease+004.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGPq8D1Dc4qMT_CSDWMb3tEXILqbWR76IGEK_m_W_XIVTeMNx1qZzX0ra-VQ0zKT0TNZnewgE_mGazIRS7Wfrz7sPN12yh1WmLEquVnBLU6xYDGc3Cghp1l9fphVV9jcgIQZ1/s320/2009plant+disease+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347060395200601634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbVpftbWHI-RQQ74-1qVfaadbCaI3AyX7Gx-YmYhakhoaGtcXW4hLx-Sx7qGjoyVs6NJyJ4YpWtnzbpnyOMVk0wRz18WHZ2BfDofosd_JE1DOV42hyphenhyphenRJ_wnHxBbIDglns8cHL/s1600-h/2009plant+disease+001.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbVpftbWHI-RQQ74-1qVfaadbCaI3AyX7Gx-YmYhakhoaGtcXW4hLx-Sx7qGjoyVs6NJyJ4YpWtnzbpnyOMVk0wRz18WHZ2BfDofosd_JE1DOV42hyphenhyphenRJ_wnHxBbIDglns8cHL/s320/2009plant+disease+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347060244064389906" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-62481657904392285382009-06-13T22:46:00.000-07:002009-06-13T23:01:40.626-07:00So many sad plant symptoms...so few diagnostic toolsIf only they could talk.<br /><br />We bought a coreopsis at Annie's over a month ago along with some other drought-hardy annuals. The coreopsis has grown vigorously and is now about 3 feet tall with flower buds at the ends of many top branches. All of a sudden it has been losing its lowest branches. It's quite woody and the branches at the bottom are also fairly woody and sturdy and stretch out from the main stalk nearly parallel to the ground and are quite long. The pattern is that a branch goes all wilty without changing color or anything else, then it just falls out of its socket (where it attaches to the main stalk). It's very sad to see. The branches are opposite each other and so far I think it has lost three pairs of opposite branches, the two lowest pairs and the third lowest.<br /><br />The other plants right next to it are fine. However, the giant mallow (yes, I know it is considered a weed and that it has a humongous tap root, but I think it's pretty) growing across the walkway from the coreopsis also experienced one lower branch drop. It happened before the coreopsis started losing branches, so I didn't pay that much attention at the time. But the mallow is also very woody with very wood sturdy branches. It hasn't lost any more, but I did notice that it's got some kind of thing causing little bumped dots on a lot of the large lower leaves. Pictures of all of it in the next post.<br /><br />Like in so much of my gardening, I am adopting a wait-and-see attitude, only because I can't figure out anything else to do. <br /><br />This is also my attitude about a number of weeds/volunteers coming up around the yard. If I don't recognize 'em, I let 'em grow so I can see what they turn out to be. I was letting a bunch of something grow that I thought was calendula but now that the buds are close to opening I no longer think so. Oh well. <br /><br />Other garden notes: The tomatoes are getting so big they have completely outgrown the silly little cages we had put up with they were wee. Justin improvised some new cages from the fencing I took down a couple of weeks ago. They look like they'll work, but we didn't have enough fencing for all of them. <br /><br />I tore out the rue after realizing that was what had caused a bad rash on Justin's arms. I also cut down most of the luxury snail accommodations a.k.a. calla lily patch, and spread worm castings under several of the fruit trees. <br /><br />So much to learn and do! I'm excited to have more time to do it starting Monday.Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-69493001190141242972009-06-07T22:34:00.000-07:002009-06-07T22:48:06.098-07:00More Garden PixOne of the natives we bought at Annie's. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzN9qWJWZOZ5RGs_lM02sHCg64-XlL-yUAB3qlMmB5DuAcvqjnj6RvOxJUf89yorOwFzhKXf4S_DJBEfHqdKy2r4zFcRMJ_rUTERRt8vFnrlW3OdXvZUZA_tAe75I9x60m0tk/s1600-h/2009lateMay+144.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzN9qWJWZOZ5RGs_lM02sHCg64-XlL-yUAB3qlMmB5DuAcvqjnj6RvOxJUf89yorOwFzhKXf4S_DJBEfHqdKy2r4zFcRMJ_rUTERRt8vFnrlW3OdXvZUZA_tAe75I9x60m0tk/s320/2009lateMay+144.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344827764573963378" /></a><br />The leaf that I am holding in the 2nd picture is from a plant in a corner of the yard (3rd picture). It was completely bare at first. It has a lot of upright cane-like stems all coming from a central root area, and it is about 5-6 feet tall. Any ideas about it? It reminds me of a poinsettia. The prickly pear, of which we have been harvesting and eating the pads, is finally also producing fruit. Not a lot so far, but I'm hopeful. I'm in love with the walking onions, in multiple pictures below, not just because they look like crazy Dr. Seuss plants, but because they taste great, too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4XCX0yIMWDAo9r3SmqL70fwsxG0vkZdCnKlgVCD12SZi-rWNTedzR-a1ZJcfWu0yEh0cuaYWQRwH-PUTOJiun7YsbgBONU8xpszhs29GyH-uo3zbb0RAOjELYfUQSqCGlHSF/s1600-h/2009lateMay+131.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4XCX0yIMWDAo9r3SmqL70fwsxG0vkZdCnKlgVCD12SZi-rWNTedzR-a1ZJcfWu0yEh0cuaYWQRwH-PUTOJiun7YsbgBONU8xpszhs29GyH-uo3zbb0RAOjELYfUQSqCGlHSF/s320/2009lateMay+131.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344827517505487266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwJ1HBsqRCDQ4Duxq_N2daZtqKed_hEmZjMzZvoMfbSG2OOyR8tudK5zjBI2_1Jk92Tx0pfGJKiIIJunFxvmUyeF2_kIjcZz8nMk14BnTcakCk986hGmSrQeeddDxPYPhfirDi/s1600-h/2009lateMay+129.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVlFNph2bWI9TLW-RbsoJ55ihqg2l0lsiJJ4fXUSStG6N28CmMRxWRg9xn0IcGhKilQRnOtLQ2bPjXb24Kw7p54JebPCIYFBtkPc5Pek_9XWQNxpVafNJjc6X6x4vWYpsiYb5/s320/2009lateMay+107.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344826601124113154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3qgviDsj3tbdui9Pm7doOq7bSecB-ZRkIEDjvAxMgprasqUgQXuftc29Em0xzuPHk4U-6V93FjfXhzgZpI5VCNmVGXh9bfwY4_onJHK6SHNqmIIFzWsWivjouUH5eUnlB11y/s1600-h/2009lateMay+103.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3qgviDsj3tbdui9Pm7doOq7bSecB-ZRkIEDjvAxMgprasqUgQXuftc29Em0xzuPHk4U-6V93FjfXhzgZpI5VCNmVGXh9bfwY4_onJHK6SHNqmIIFzWsWivjouUH5eUnlB11y/s320/2009lateMay+103.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344826440682922386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAhX9o9_f1-0j-FUAa5Zb8x23udIN_DHNSww138qYk5eZYWZUyEbWIE-UkzvXGoFn8dWdSlb09HbPREzNlC_9I7Iwv2iPBl3BQFfmIErga8xXpco7gs948QILJGE3qi6g3CkT/s1600-h/2009lateMay+102.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAhX9o9_f1-0j-FUAa5Zb8x23udIN_DHNSww138qYk5eZYWZUyEbWIE-UkzvXGoFn8dWdSlb09HbPREzNlC_9I7Iwv2iPBl3BQFfmIErga8xXpco7gs948QILJGE3qi6g3CkT/s320/2009lateMay+102.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344826297454165522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7xaZIU-Or6XvCwwXGmfJoKAC22Sf9j7DNPTy_awsZwhDKBfMP_K3ZYu4Rz0vdo3ZddgfAYypn4u_kkwRqTdlMz12TizZd5LHZjl5Yye425dl4Jrz0IcB45SG7Vwk0QRjiDno/s1600-h/2009lateMay+100.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7xaZIU-Or6XvCwwXGmfJoKAC22Sf9j7DNPTy_awsZwhDKBfMP_K3ZYu4Rz0vdo3ZddgfAYypn4u_kkwRqTdlMz12TizZd5LHZjl5Yye425dl4Jrz0IcB45SG7Vwk0QRjiDno/s320/2009lateMay+100.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344826122606369474" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-37595374794095515982009-06-07T22:20:00.000-07:002009-06-07T22:34:08.307-07:00Untethering the Fruit Trees<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqt3LHsmG6SsVcZc671TxaWEPcgt22JlOD0oolBXVEnm8sEuK_sJnwwpt-M1ZbQ6-uiQGAAW7ByimMBGc0TWaG_I2CRiyZS_RMHk0K7mLtn65kySz2UqN7-8FIfiEZsa6-Iky2/s1600-h/2009lateMay+089.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqt3LHsmG6SsVcZc671TxaWEPcgt22JlOD0oolBXVEnm8sEuK_sJnwwpt-M1ZbQ6-uiQGAAW7ByimMBGc0TWaG_I2CRiyZS_RMHk0K7mLtn65kySz2UqN7-8FIfiEZsa6-Iky2/s320/2009lateMay+089.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344823050797254370" /></a><br />Another task I did recently (can't remember if it was one or two weekends ago) was to free all the trees of their multiple restraints. The number of ties and ropes and wires and cords was really so incredible that I began to suspect the previous owner of perhaps acting out his bondage fetish on the trees. As an incorrigible scavenger, I appreciated his re-purposing of so many things; however, my sympathy for the trees was greater. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsh42sCen2PN6fg2Kg9r_DVbswzKJiSHk5ml2tfTtMpjnrs-EEqyjOv1bIXi19rpyPee9Hme5GPNXBhRb5DCdpIIF2UIPMhGRcc9hFDNI825aCxdw2ie4z15FaNFDZpl4eHnH/s1600-h/2009lateMay+091.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsh42sCen2PN6fg2Kg9r_DVbswzKJiSHk5ml2tfTtMpjnrs-EEqyjOv1bIXi19rpyPee9Hme5GPNXBhRb5DCdpIIF2UIPMhGRcc9hFDNI825aCxdw2ie4z15FaNFDZpl4eHnH/s320/2009lateMay+091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344823222542007122" /></a>The pile of cords pictured with my foot were all taken just from the persimmon tree, pictured below. The belt, though, remains, as I could not untie it. The bucket includes ties from several trees.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXTbJWgnTnkYq4US_PLfnAJ-yNUHgAMRFt1RzfvIDXz-XOxNISpxLAG3iytSgjrEqYow2p9p3k2LFJdGdKZScgPwj0rlqipVMFME1jSVxjrzAwrdSwR054cv4KpVg7pidlL2L/s1600-h/2009lateMay+092.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPXTbJWgnTnkYq4US_PLfnAJ-yNUHgAMRFt1RzfvIDXz-XOxNISpxLAG3iytSgjrEqYow2p9p3k2LFJdGdKZScgPwj0rlqipVMFME1jSVxjrzAwrdSwR054cv4KpVg7pidlL2L/s320/2009lateMay+092.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344823376004968898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigydBrAirMwlWHwH5hcrLHasXXg7Fp0CVk2Sbu5kwreS1SbZFhAEXUArSd6dnGuErAdE6hy5EmMuVDvQRcu6kUjZbY8lTY-m6fQm5Lkro00kq-pZ5Fa3hfZHQdQ1Lu0Ln7lU_y/s1600-h/2009lateMay+108.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigydBrAirMwlWHwH5hcrLHasXXg7Fp0CVk2Sbu5kwreS1SbZFhAEXUArSd6dnGuErAdE6hy5EmMuVDvQRcu6kUjZbY8lTY-m6fQm5Lkro00kq-pZ5Fa3hfZHQdQ1Lu0Ln7lU_y/s320/2009lateMay+108.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344823538024180818" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vGWNhA_UmRYnj6CXmzw_m4hjHYJIEH-gCVGO7MdTYSpN-VxQAuV7YQ0EVuw3nk7achJ0KfOcniqpAjEZYjqz0RX6K2LW8kp7NyMS1QGlvJQoSJC-BWqHIkowtkBJFTCbzSpR/s1600-h/2009lateMay+098.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vGWNhA_UmRYnj6CXmzw_m4hjHYJIEH-gCVGO7MdTYSpN-VxQAuV7YQ0EVuw3nk7achJ0KfOcniqpAjEZYjqz0RX6K2LW8kp7NyMS1QGlvJQoSJC-BWqHIkowtkBJFTCbzSpR/s320/2009lateMay+098.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344823710059697810" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbsLE7FMjSQ92LG7NKi9IySN33EDUpHdIUUYV1arL4ePea25xkC1csV3CumAWWC2tvOXLUIhZ59wu_yVenD2V-4xnapGLTXTiDHeqZiFA74JJZoRijG5jshoLkl0m4bI3Cuy_/s1600-h/2009lateMay+093.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLbsLE7FMjSQ92LG7NKi9IySN33EDUpHdIUUYV1arL4ePea25xkC1csV3CumAWWC2tvOXLUIhZ59wu_yVenD2V-4xnapGLTXTiDHeqZiFA74JJZoRijG5jshoLkl0m4bI3Cuy_/s320/2009lateMay+093.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344824846082923250" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-23813069778146705082009-06-07T22:13:00.001-07:002009-06-07T22:20:01.914-07:00Integrating Spaces<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzpCrcKCz4HAvAOFZ6v737Mnki98aHQyc7NENOsPpnGwN9UdZINMw6tvRefv8vvXg0uZFHM9LAS9V0OPUHXbgQShyWInUsf5hXZp5CaFX4wYr_DVHsLpPdvtRDT3U_9zX4BS4/s1600-h/2009lateMay+086.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNzpCrcKCz4HAvAOFZ6v737Mnki98aHQyc7NENOsPpnGwN9UdZINMw6tvRefv8vvXg0uZFHM9LAS9V0OPUHXbgQShyWInUsf5hXZp5CaFX4wYr_DVHsLpPdvtRDT3U_9zX4BS4/s320/2009lateMay+086.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344821202428745266" /></a><br />I recently took down one of the fences that had defined the dog area for the previous owners. It's interesting how hard it is to re-imagine space that has already been divided in a particular way. Slowly, I am beginning to imagine how to create the spaces in our yard that we want. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUA2HKcqT-oPtRGgZWwV1GVREbm7Ucq1RyeVMWcx3njV9nh8WjBOP3xHBIVQpeorx7fEHXFpWZ9pgC4li6TlvQl_x8kuggsVuDATdaw7pfdJVT5aclhDZsUjYh4riYJh6Prep/s1600-h/2009lateMay+113.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUA2HKcqT-oPtRGgZWwV1GVREbm7Ucq1RyeVMWcx3njV9nh8WjBOP3xHBIVQpeorx7fEHXFpWZ9pgC4li6TlvQl_x8kuggsVuDATdaw7pfdJVT5aclhDZsUjYh4riYJh6Prep/s320/2009lateMay+113.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344821378524835282" /></a><br />Justin has since managed to get all the rest of the posts out, discovering in the process that the irrigation pipe runs below them, along the side of the sidewalk back to the shed. Fortunately, no pipes were broken in the process of that discovery. <br /><br />These pictures are from that day. Now the space looks a lot more connected, and it's saved me a lot of walking around and through the two gates.Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-10869613034796439202009-05-20T20:23:00.000-07:002009-05-20T20:25:41.501-07:00Lizard On Crutches in Fair Oaks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uYMICXQBafD8dkA3cUl9nWdj-34JaY4JanstFtUOEe0jdVj5yKtWQihmE_WHXsuSl4YtSMTiZUBFYqhbvnZgWgaYG1YX_VmKiKKv6Q0rqMLPbEkTmYXi4SgEb7EjEhLfffaD/s1600-h/2009early+MayGarageSaleKasers+006.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uYMICXQBafD8dkA3cUl9nWdj-34JaY4JanstFtUOEe0jdVj5yKtWQihmE_WHXsuSl4YtSMTiZUBFYqhbvnZgWgaYG1YX_VmKiKKv6Q0rqMLPbEkTmYXi4SgEb7EjEhLfffaD/s320/2009early+MayGarageSaleKasers+006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338113013293709042" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-36553406710521661102009-05-11T18:34:00.000-07:002009-05-11T18:48:22.566-07:00The fruit Ripeneth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8FSyzVNH1zitpDa6Ib0niKm9krFMx8GRgRfuMqk3XxxJ07jEW-r8QTbJNESqPi8614jkSaJ29nHCj8TN-wYQYLe0IP1PzZsPO8EqnTDzt7OQQyvaCtPYgigXd73Jj2zuDRbj/s1600-h/2009early+May+039.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8FSyzVNH1zitpDa6Ib0niKm9krFMx8GRgRfuMqk3XxxJ07jEW-r8QTbJNESqPi8614jkSaJ29nHCj8TN-wYQYLe0IP1PzZsPO8EqnTDzt7OQQyvaCtPYgigXd73Jj2zuDRbj/s320/2009early+May+039.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334745868674150370" /></a><br /><br />The pomegranate has begun to blossom.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh_H-rnk44UxZsNmkwIv9uu8TP_2tDIHfudtRZpDMnQRgNdJY9aJ7k7Yis0MExhOyqyfWnbkkhLKy5JddQ8aCvPWbpYdycTzIghHX1jFIlmp7HC0b2Il4Y97XO4Vo0VI9D6Xa/s1600-h/2009early+May+035.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh_H-rnk44UxZsNmkwIv9uu8TP_2tDIHfudtRZpDMnQRgNdJY9aJ7k7Yis0MExhOyqyfWnbkkhLKy5JddQ8aCvPWbpYdycTzIghHX1jFIlmp7HC0b2Il4Y97XO4Vo0VI9D6Xa/s400/2009early+May+035.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334748216170417058" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The persimmon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbkDH_Gy-_AS7Xo__ppH8aMOhk-Np_6bluxB8AR5hAJLHJY4E6R32tIqGY7otKLcyw-Y0opB6dlYxfy-bvtwEQz5053TBFd94h9DeHFPyiBuhQMOEch7xejWALseCEEfeE1xV/s1600-h/2009early+May+042.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGbkDH_Gy-_AS7Xo__ppH8aMOhk-Np_6bluxB8AR5hAJLHJY4E6R32tIqGY7otKLcyw-Y0opB6dlYxfy-bvtwEQz5053TBFd94h9DeHFPyiBuhQMOEch7xejWALseCEEfeE1xV/s320/2009early+May+042.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334745521344947154" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The fig.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlURUk3Q4aNT4uvcGaUK0rW2M69orEBNAwfo8p4PhuIgVh7SgPvZtZ0ua7C8b-_RMESNfXOJj20U1N-YkAPxx3OgYQO6wZdtzX5zRrRfPfG9zyKsyqapibRrzKn0Ax5UbAAjW9/s1600-h/2009early+May+043.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlURUk3Q4aNT4uvcGaUK0rW2M69orEBNAwfo8p4PhuIgVh7SgPvZtZ0ua7C8b-_RMESNfXOJj20U1N-YkAPxx3OgYQO6wZdtzX5zRrRfPfG9zyKsyqapibRrzKn0Ax5UbAAjW9/s320/2009early+May+043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334745364960472258" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The pear.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOBp6MhiPx4rj18n4hvzU-8LX1ddNH0Lc4MZp6CNBnhEbjr2_T3pftr-HnkBy-u41rnya-_dpxiPvDSpt0MwMPFHVPp5VMhCcMC334VEvGUhm2phoUT9n_6T87XiQZ4fh4W1P/s1600-h/2009early+May+037.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOBp6MhiPx4rj18n4hvzU-8LX1ddNH0Lc4MZp6CNBnhEbjr2_T3pftr-HnkBy-u41rnya-_dpxiPvDSpt0MwMPFHVPp5VMhCcMC334VEvGUhm2phoUT9n_6T87XiQZ4fh4W1P/s320/2009early+May+037.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334745193099373154" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The peach.Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-2309656792881838452009-05-08T19:48:00.000-07:002009-05-08T20:00:59.128-07:00Resident AmphibianI finally got around to trimming back the calla lilies a bit. I was not surprised to find a lot of snails and slugs, but I was surprised to find this little critter. I'm assuming it's a salamander, but I don't think I've ever encountered a salamander in my backyard in California. Does anyone know what type it is? The video shows it scampering back to cover.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOI65eZCo5pwRtP31tYnrKR3v_kQi4E_CoBsq2vPZ-EM3auUVtNeODvpSP0zsAUVRxPL0Yp7Zf_zSpy_iKYrVMriuEC_a2q-lkketjUC3Sc6t0yUbyodu9qM_IgY4mc-YiBYMH/s1600-h/2009early+May+029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOI65eZCo5pwRtP31tYnrKR3v_kQi4E_CoBsq2vPZ-EM3auUVtNeODvpSP0zsAUVRxPL0Yp7Zf_zSpy_iKYrVMriuEC_a2q-lkketjUC3Sc6t0yUbyodu9qM_IgY4mc-YiBYMH/s320/2009early+May+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333651604184174530" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLI_QIXFNmWAv3PlM9nO6SImLBzHiHdHoKmf9BR3DrgTk58KsfbEM308wxuP3jG6WDue7RmkuatEn00h18y_z35pnSmMhn2T5H7aYTi_Y_RQpZabTjWyCxC8B69iliEwfo3od/s1600-h/2009early+May+027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLI_QIXFNmWAv3PlM9nO6SImLBzHiHdHoKmf9BR3DrgTk58KsfbEM308wxuP3jG6WDue7RmkuatEn00h18y_z35pnSmMhn2T5H7aYTi_Y_RQpZabTjWyCxC8B69iliEwfo3od/s320/2009early+May+027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333651422825568050" border="0"></a><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyjafj8LHHLFQ3aP5f2KFsQgUfz5GcR2F5zYjZNyz6uLdR2_4l4Wd24mGH7UwzxoMjjVmXlE64rFo8' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-40667299470269842322009-04-26T17:51:00.000-07:002009-04-26T18:08:52.604-07:00Earth Day festivitiesI went to the 10th annual West Contra Costa County Earth Day shindig on Saturday. It's at the recycling center, but I didn't get to go on that tour. I toured the Wastewater Treatment Plant, which was just a little ways down the road. I've posted some photos on facebook, so if you're on fb you can check them out there. The power at the plant comes from three sources: methane captured from the contents of the sewers, solar panels, and from our local gas company. The stink was pretty bad in certain areas, and if I were to take students there I would suggest bringing a bandana to cover over the nose and mouth. Overall, though, it was really interesting. A good thing to see. Everyone should know where stuff goes when you a toilet. <br /><br />Back at the main Earth Day event, I volunteered at a booth where we let people make paper from paper scraps. Just put the tiny scraps in the blender with water, liquify, pour the pulp over a screen, roll out water, and let dry on newspaper. It was kind of crazy, as it was very popular and there were not always enough volunteers. <br /><br />Today, Forest and I made a classic cardboard and aluminum foil solar box cooker. It took longer than expected as we didn't boxes of exactly the right size and spent some time re-sizing our boxes. Still, a worthwhile endeavor. Forest is going to try it out on his balcony, which gets hot western sun.<br /><br />I hope you are enjoying this lovely time of year, where the plant world seems to be noticeably changing every day.Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-75867548409559549802009-04-15T21:28:00.000-07:002009-04-15T21:44:22.859-07:00Fruits of the SeasonI have just started to read about how to harvest and cook <span style="font-weight:bold;">nopales</span>. Anyone have a favorite way of getting rid of the thorns? <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3y1hyphenhyphen7IeBlDKiZ6UXZbIP3qxSG_Z8u1r-O5VDIUUFqEtIUZTUhup7wgTzpaEwlcMFPPrFZdLSulA8ZFeLpusNMWOqCJzuyxjn-QpIzaLqJ9QoNdgpRfBfQPzaw8cVXtgceTCX/s1600-h/DSC05069.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3y1hyphenhyphen7IeBlDKiZ6UXZbIP3qxSG_Z8u1r-O5VDIUUFqEtIUZTUhup7wgTzpaEwlcMFPPrFZdLSulA8ZFeLpusNMWOqCJzuyxjn-QpIzaLqJ9QoNdgpRfBfQPzaw8cVXtgceTCX/s200/DSC05069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325144692624696610" /></a><br />The <span style="font-weight:bold;">lemon</span> trees are so productive, we cannot keep up with just the windfall (and there are some strong daily winds here, so there is <span style="font-style:italic;">always </span>windfall). <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdtrKOxK-SbeSBFswIkbH_rFJimhKYsTriJzShNkZWjdeBSDLctVq3TH9vS5BnDMjPlzs18K76hU2v5paYpY02q1c_HSGU4tQETu1MOfP0JSp1IoR8tJHoSWrDDDOvSjvpwUR/s1600-h/DSC05049.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdtrKOxK-SbeSBFswIkbH_rFJimhKYsTriJzShNkZWjdeBSDLctVq3TH9vS5BnDMjPlzs18K76hU2v5paYpY02q1c_HSGU4tQETu1MOfP0JSp1IoR8tJHoSWrDDDOvSjvpwUR/s200/DSC05049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325144152165987954" /></a><br />The <span style="font-weight:bold;">fig</span>, which had fruit before it had leaves, currently looks like this. I was just reading about figs last night, and I think this is the small first crop, which will be followed later in summer by a larger main crop. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_N6uH2JcRSkf2kg7ydH0ZBL9ic2wOCo2ASZ20JEnRxkU8gSLPoPExQNEboZbwy5pq1j1Y-URqUb-54VMCFcaypRRyVoA4VpkrKBbWvDJb7zNNsP3Q7pP8Wmn7lYtENF9HsSIk/s1600-h/DSC05054.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_N6uH2JcRSkf2kg7ydH0ZBL9ic2wOCo2ASZ20JEnRxkU8gSLPoPExQNEboZbwy5pq1j1Y-URqUb-54VMCFcaypRRyVoA4VpkrKBbWvDJb7zNNsP3Q7pP8Wmn7lYtENF9HsSIk/s200/DSC05054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325143619692923890" /></a><br />The <span style="font-weight:bold;">peach</span> tree has these fruit now. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBIDx9vT4Hb498zMkVu7X7S5OJKBC59d1_6ZLQBkoecYDcx2e9r4ZSuhhyphenhyphenlbmd63zMDvRZ3QfmGT0c97z3HK3CTrmNUKNPdvgImQvynIWl5Vj1jcKQc_sPgllgT2zEAqlsiO5/s1600-h/DSC05051.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBIDx9vT4Hb498zMkVu7X7S5OJKBC59d1_6ZLQBkoecYDcx2e9r4ZSuhhyphenhyphenlbmd63zMDvRZ3QfmGT0c97z3HK3CTrmNUKNPdvgImQvynIWl5Vj1jcKQc_sPgllgT2zEAqlsiO5/s200/DSC05051.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325143306282110146" /></a><br />Below is the fruit on the first <span style="font-weight:bold;">apple </span>tree to bloom. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7CGuipQSwbiUUNe3emwGuvcPDQmAFznnROFHVHHKVP3JUkgYqRjrh9HwauHsnVfeoo8DsnOVFb19lktvk-9fFUV0_jqfWh2EFq9ElRP9iH-G4NFKHzoGxPE_Lo-xofCT-QW3/s1600-h/DSC05050.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7CGuipQSwbiUUNe3emwGuvcPDQmAFznnROFHVHHKVP3JUkgYqRjrh9HwauHsnVfeoo8DsnOVFb19lktvk-9fFUV0_jqfWh2EFq9ElRP9iH-G4NFKHzoGxPE_Lo-xofCT-QW3/s200/DSC05050.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325142998297222866" /></a><br /><br />I am now pretty certain that the two trees at the northeast corner of the house are strawberry guavas. My first thought upon tasting them was, "guava-like" especially the texture and seeds inside. However, I couldn't believe guavas would grow in this climate, and also the fruit were much smaller than any guavas I'd ever seen. Other people have agreed that they seemed like guava, but nobody has been completely certain. I just read that there a couple varieties grow in the area, and one is called "strawberry guava." I believe that is what I have. Today I discovered some of the fruit higher up on the tree is quite large. Previously, we'd only seen fruit about the size of cherries.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEtTMvdL2JVKZnp8ytsdwkrfoga-b-PaMhB0g_73S9psB-oH-BgZEPRVUENvXDEkB4BliUwBPMbzhyphenhyphensvhwtEadEp8y006PPag_DWs2Q_L3eaPqq-m95uDZBzCsyrNM4m7Op1a/s1600-h/DSC05039.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEtTMvdL2JVKZnp8ytsdwkrfoga-b-PaMhB0g_73S9psB-oH-BgZEPRVUENvXDEkB4BliUwBPMbzhyphenhyphensvhwtEadEp8y006PPag_DWs2Q_L3eaPqq-m95uDZBzCsyrNM4m7Op1a/s200/DSC05039.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325141727351545362" /></a> The picture shows the range in size of these fruit.Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-63656209121182431132009-04-15T21:13:00.000-07:002009-04-15T21:25:53.518-07:00Candid Shots Inside the HouseHere are some pictures of the inside of our house because Sophie asked. I resisted the urge to tidy up or wait until everything has a place before taking the pictures, because then of course it would be an even longer wait.<br /><br />The first picture is a camellia in a bowl on the coffee table. It looks much better there than any of the blooms look on the bushes, which are still rather square (from their earlier severe pruning). The roses are on the back of the toilet in the hall bathroom. I wish I could send smell-files on the internet: these are fantastic old-fashioned really fragrant roses. When the bathroom door had been closed, I opened it and was struck by the noticeable aroma of roses in the air. The roses grow along the west side of the house. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pVnb-7ZuQg0JvqdIZSuIYzjdQLrj_4BqVe9Bz96cEyVj75DpKtrwoQQYF0rmQnnJoQ-wdLAgqsAQPxouq-WJ01n9aQHvfbwwPzolDMxOerM5urHz7wNVFeYw0DJqVh_QH-yd/s1600-h/DSC05046.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pVnb-7ZuQg0JvqdIZSuIYzjdQLrj_4BqVe9Bz96cEyVj75DpKtrwoQQYF0rmQnnJoQ-wdLAgqsAQPxouq-WJ01n9aQHvfbwwPzolDMxOerM5urHz7wNVFeYw0DJqVh_QH-yd/s200/DSC05046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325138848301947954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8zEqlwfwfPfJoG9oqHTc_pO13nfghB5BoM-cJvnMbiXzlh1U58ba9Ni9n8Dh368L4kG_omL20o-TlCipNRoFACEQPLkn4LRFub0b3vtIKJKqIt4PbhjjNbQMg-HgN-8ryx55/s1600-h/DSC05047.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim8zEqlwfwfPfJoG9oqHTc_pO13nfghB5BoM-cJvnMbiXzlh1U58ba9Ni9n8Dh368L4kG_omL20o-TlCipNRoFACEQPLkn4LRFub0b3vtIKJKqIt4PbhjjNbQMg-HgN-8ryx55/s200/DSC05047.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325138688743756082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtAYjTwTWSgEue3TPz0tF7cidcqW5CA8iJIUyGy5GZnTRAO7Nsdc_P4xrGHi8o5xfn0ZAUk9wlAFQ4CIxfLE9H3FYV2q7uXcSHuSiu5t-i4zCTJ6iXyvDUSpVud7sb_xyjgsc/s1600-h/DSC05044.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtAYjTwTWSgEue3TPz0tF7cidcqW5CA8iJIUyGy5GZnTRAO7Nsdc_P4xrGHi8o5xfn0ZAUk9wlAFQ4CIxfLE9H3FYV2q7uXcSHuSiu5t-i4zCTJ6iXyvDUSpVud7sb_xyjgsc/s200/DSC05044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325138544261641394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYXkfzS6DddPvcdN1wpOsqHk_9aZ3tt7sZnDfSBHcs9GL89XLhKpOpqVhldE5fcJMRSM4pi2ECd-nBJCfqYx5akQQXTE2Rt7GIxoEBCx4xMiVGvzTVrgy9FGRh-T0YoXzV2Gm/s1600-h/DSC05043.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYXkfzS6DddPvcdN1wpOsqHk_9aZ3tt7sZnDfSBHcs9GL89XLhKpOpqVhldE5fcJMRSM4pi2ECd-nBJCfqYx5akQQXTE2Rt7GIxoEBCx4xMiVGvzTVrgy9FGRh-T0YoXzV2Gm/s200/DSC05043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325138356755001474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEeSXBc11hOemoInvXo4MbjVWeT87xPqJcI6F4mhQMHtrB1hgxrj24t7kbf5sYTRUUuxw4TAY6X4zuPUmWEqGanO4KTTDIDUuN3DcStWAzYNbOnEm0Z71M6PmGiLcS1ztr5Jl/s1600-h/DSC05042.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEeSXBc11hOemoInvXo4MbjVWeT87xPqJcI6F4mhQMHtrB1hgxrj24t7kbf5sYTRUUuxw4TAY6X4zuPUmWEqGanO4KTTDIDUuN3DcStWAzYNbOnEm0Z71M6PmGiLcS1ztr5Jl/s200/DSC05042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325138232097366898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYjCzC1wt_f-w7UWd-7Pmj6dfJ6qX8E5ylRn7mWjtoMZAFZ1UqCV5Xl8nDnLUWBmUGmuUw6WL40fmYiyTPX1aePm5IzjKBnPfxM4ymOXSS-AFJANgdvxcUquuXOn8DVjhI5TW/s1600-h/DSC05041.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYjCzC1wt_f-w7UWd-7Pmj6dfJ6qX8E5ylRn7mWjtoMZAFZ1UqCV5Xl8nDnLUWBmUGmuUw6WL40fmYiyTPX1aePm5IzjKBnPfxM4ymOXSS-AFJANgdvxcUquuXOn8DVjhI5TW/s200/DSC05041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325138052826939026" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-87461299253569320392009-04-15T19:56:00.000-07:002009-04-15T20:41:23.180-07:00Heavenly Spring BreakI've been busy in the best possible way. Rode over 10 miles on my bike on Monday, on three separate errands. Monday also brought visitors (thanks Laurie and Helen!), which reinforced <span style="font-weight:bold;">the feeling of being on holiday</span>. I've been puttering in the house and garden, <span style="font-weight:bold;">spending time reading gardening books and cook books</span>. Made my first jar of <span style="font-weight:bold;">preserved lemons</span> (thanks for the idea, Heather!), made more lemonade, plus <span style="font-weight:bold;">vegan lemon-poppyseed cake</span>. <br /><br />I've also been <span style="font-weight:bold;">solar cooking</span> again, though my box oven needs some refurbishing or something. We've done <span style="font-weight:bold;">rutabagas</span>, <span style="font-weight:bold;">beets</span>, <span style="font-weight:bold;">butternut squash</span>. I cooked some <span style="font-weight:bold;">beans </span>today, but they didn't quite get done, so I finished them in the pressure cooker. <br /><br />Today I had long chats with two neighbors. One offered to bring us some <span style="font-weight:bold;">lemon liqueur</span> she made from lemons from our trees. The other offered me <span style="font-weight:bold;">free heirloom tomato plants</span>, which I promptly put into the ground. He has been in the neighborhood for 35 years and has been raising tomatoes for 30. <br /><br />We had our old <span style="font-weight:bold;">push/reel mower</span> blades sharpened, and I finally mowed the front lawns today. They're going yellow, and I'm sure there are neighbors shaking their heads and saying, "<span style="font-style:italic;">What a shame! The old people took such good care of the lawn.</span>" What will they think when we sheet mulch it and turn it into <span style="font-weight:bold;">a native plantscape</span>?Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-43004819095003467042009-03-30T22:44:00.000-07:002009-03-30T22:57:28.904-07:00Salvaging and Making DueWe transformed this old wardrobe that our friend Steven had given us long ago into a pantry for food storage. Our kitchen, while spacious in the center, is not overly equipped with cupboards, and we'd been living with several boxes in the middle of the floor of the kitchen, trying to figure out where all the kitchen stuff would go. A few 1X2s and 1x4s and it is fulfilling its highest calling.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_Az-vSNom9jf25-0PliMx2MkFcApm4YHM75AIxb8JvX_1BLH87DePJQFQgH3_RkFUVNWweqNzwoV7vNQ79xxSlzyggJ994410ewF2ROUMGSjo_frEuGn35vIHEvKKXC-OFeE/s1600-h/2009lateMarch+023.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_Az-vSNom9jf25-0PliMx2MkFcApm4YHM75AIxb8JvX_1BLH87DePJQFQgH3_RkFUVNWweqNzwoV7vNQ79xxSlzyggJ994410ewF2ROUMGSjo_frEuGn35vIHEvKKXC-OFeE/s200/2009lateMarch+023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319224436054688562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhZpqVYegx0mW-e0KOJ2DgMPhL6mSJKH2YyrRlKuyN64BwjAwFtV0M6cB0S6ZLwsBGklAPnDUOhRFi8SvCO2qtaO0nLULN3tcjYGnv0rgaAQsBhxH6HLOgJOIrui98Om-QHUI/s1600-h/2009lateMarch+027.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhZpqVYegx0mW-e0KOJ2DgMPhL6mSJKH2YyrRlKuyN64BwjAwFtV0M6cB0S6ZLwsBGklAPnDUOhRFi8SvCO2qtaO0nLULN3tcjYGnv0rgaAQsBhxH6HLOgJOIrui98Om-QHUI/s200/2009lateMarch+027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319224293794320034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aHdYQysdkneX_UMTd691ULIEs2PjtTMzy4kLy7-0qDXwOad6lna9JNWj2YC8fjbhY9k0htr9r5RozW-uaaz2PLw7abAJGFmWwrz5d5B7d7yWel38LH3tsyqLZSIgPCXZy173/s1600-h/2009lateMarch+024.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aHdYQysdkneX_UMTd691ULIEs2PjtTMzy4kLy7-0qDXwOad6lna9JNWj2YC8fjbhY9k0htr9r5RozW-uaaz2PLw7abAJGFmWwrz5d5B7d7yWel38LH3tsyqLZSIgPCXZy173/s200/2009lateMarch+024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319224168903475058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik28X-U5iY_G3lBN95sVPYVYq86h6mok0kngnOrgEFP7OhngNpMPHKoF8tyPjKqxRl5HTQuANLYrSoQeEjDO6S_EZHB4qCMInc65Fi5FTDHjvO0z6uo1lJdGkdvhXld7j_59_G/s1600-h/2009lateMarch+028.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik28X-U5iY_G3lBN95sVPYVYq86h6mok0kngnOrgEFP7OhngNpMPHKoF8tyPjKqxRl5HTQuANLYrSoQeEjDO6S_EZHB4qCMInc65Fi5FTDHjvO0z6uo1lJdGkdvhXld7j_59_G/s200/2009lateMarch+028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319223972533371186" /></a><br />I was really wanting an outdoor table for the covered area outside the back door. I knew we would eventually find something, but I really was wanting something on Sunday morning since people were coming over that evening. I told Justin as we left to do errands, "I want to find a free outdoor table." He pointed out that we couldn't really fit a table in the car, and I reluctantly agreed. <br /><br />Nothing at Urban Ore. Went to Berkeley Bowl and got the closest parking space I've ever seen on a weekend. A couple more errands. Back in Richmond, we saw a sign for a garage sale. Before we found the garage sale, we saw some furniture on a lawn with a "free" sign. One of the items was a round formica table, with detachable legs, that just barely fit in our car. And here it is:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCrgCLlIxIy85dfFAbjHkLkAAtc-iCc0J1UgVcRP-fOJJAgQtG7qt80BzthpT9jfGVZpSZyxjIqpAXSKXRcvFO1RyvY6GQBIGiQiXfM4EWBgRbSJU43pAuZf2KbGxWStzSPeU/s1600-h/2009lateMarch+031.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCrgCLlIxIy85dfFAbjHkLkAAtc-iCc0J1UgVcRP-fOJJAgQtG7qt80BzthpT9jfGVZpSZyxjIqpAXSKXRcvFO1RyvY6GQBIGiQiXfM4EWBgRbSJU43pAuZf2KbGxWStzSPeU/s200/2009lateMarch+031.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319225605911657010" /></a><br />By the way, the vase was also salvaged and the flowers are from the yard!Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-67833003152787382242009-03-18T18:38:00.000-07:002009-03-18T18:54:23.478-07:00Name that Dormant Tree<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdobdj0125jMZAAGz017PE-Z_PpY_IKIt_LaRCz4DxvzfyFnnPjusqhfJBUDNOf16RkPQrQMrLLtrPte07W9bgfFCIkgIZuzFv_UZm6h3GdTlkzaYCBarnRDt9zeRZ-00X29S/s1600-h/2009midMarch+030.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGX_FIsVqBQ7NDmJEaEU0KRM41F9lZSkoOAtmjV-QzrPZ683KSDC3dDQBeQxTlnmK6vmEEJ1RSZDi1-rlxsfcwuxpWD8k37YSeGTwbiv8H-nFGDQbJZXdd44m0qb9I53ffuUgc/s200/2009midMarch+023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314708792469064258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWN_TSOgmtwyMoCnxZ4fUKD_5mpZ1bxAsPD2k4nivMqHsOHzm-KOgzc-l7tCO6i43K-Nj3Fn8DYSzQUyIae34UYRDyeXlHDAY-yaQ3S3f9o0M1RzJVAkuh3HDFf0HPNT9Vali/s1600-h/2009midMarch+019.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWN_TSOgmtwyMoCnxZ4fUKD_5mpZ1bxAsPD2k4nivMqHsOHzm-KOgzc-l7tCO6i43K-Nj3Fn8DYSzQUyIae34UYRDyeXlHDAY-yaQ3S3f9o0M1RzJVAkuh3HDFf0HPNT9Vali/s200/2009midMarch+019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314708257939946834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9QI6fou48JSMjsbEwS1J610LVPIk979xwKLMMXpzLlzJxrN_jt7rtdz94xBHkjhAhgIh0oYT6xokzimDOMrjJ6QFzQvQuDIB06lptkMYAu2xhp-WUzIqRlfCerqeQWv6PXnV/s1600-h/2009midMarch+017.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9QI6fou48JSMjsbEwS1J610LVPIk979xwKLMMXpzLlzJxrN_jt7rtdz94xBHkjhAhgIh0oYT6xokzimDOMrjJ6QFzQvQuDIB06lptkMYAu2xhp-WUzIqRlfCerqeQWv6PXnV/s200/2009midMarch+017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314707611166943586" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-65195776892392982692009-03-18T18:29:00.000-07:002009-03-18T18:58:34.881-07:00Peach Tree DamageThe lovely peach tree had some plastic wrap around one limb and the crotch where all the limbs come out from the trunk. We removed it and discovered underneath some kind of damage/infestation. I can't actually tell if it is active or the result of something that already happened. I'm posting pictures in hopes that somebody will be able to identify what it is and what we should do about it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdXv4o3h0BIai6DnQsqUkyOHdc6OFpiaDWjSCUTAyGwgq1qZylI_h_LJtiPCVfjetnaKVMJBuNYFl8xBfNB9gPr0bDj-9tS8BPSKDz_JErbZli_r7-vkGdywMyGpYvWuKuXlg/s1600-h/2009midMarch+037.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdXv4o3h0BIai6DnQsqUkyOHdc6OFpiaDWjSCUTAyGwgq1qZylI_h_LJtiPCVfjetnaKVMJBuNYFl8xBfNB9gPr0bDj-9tS8BPSKDz_JErbZli_r7-vkGdywMyGpYvWuKuXlg/s200/2009midMarch+037.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314706951580652818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaGLqDsCjCI1yy145hVuO5FnJNhO8koFwvF9xqhf7s2g1vGbepOE1xAUysGO0TYoIjwLTnU0T8PTWlrOooPjA_2zsG5IJxYgLccrdNw-oTJX9Vk2950-zo6lBxdO5brFqLJas/s1600-h/2009midMarch+016.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQaGLqDsCjCI1yy145hVuO5FnJNhO8koFwvF9xqhf7s2g1vGbepOE1xAUysGO0TYoIjwLTnU0T8PTWlrOooPjA_2zsG5IJxYgLccrdNw-oTJX9Vk2950-zo6lBxdO5brFqLJas/s200/2009midMarch+016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314706773987645522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1aa0efihXWTbZ_t2FU40sNqluVq4wUQ6FE0Pck4RgvuR184zsK0seD49U-tq_xtF_Wgf6sVdMB6Tj4IgogshYeX98Zhcgl-31dt9tP8rmt1T2eJwoUpZIntX6XLrMy8eP6LH/s1600-h/2009midMarch+012.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF1aa0efihXWTbZ_t2FU40sNqluVq4wUQ6FE0Pck4RgvuR184zsK0seD49U-tq_xtF_Wgf6sVdMB6Tj4IgogshYeX98Zhcgl-31dt9tP8rmt1T2eJwoUpZIntX6XLrMy8eP6LH/s200/2009midMarch+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314706420056573346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvo3lRMlR17o9ieJ_i9I038PyZgJvHBxeedqwFFTiGTZHg6FfZH_aN6KdmDck8eow-Ef8HPMWMiT96daFACwIkglECQJi0sUmWTIHF5JNkOa_6UMS2H5xP6kzwpKMUlY127Yx7/s1600-h/2009midMarch+009.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvo3lRMlR17o9ieJ_i9I038PyZgJvHBxeedqwFFTiGTZHg6FfZH_aN6KdmDck8eow-Ef8HPMWMiT96daFACwIkglECQJi0sUmWTIHF5JNkOa_6UMS2H5xP6kzwpKMUlY127Yx7/s200/2009midMarch+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314706198334260898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4iZ-gPgKuJ-BtDANECfhy-8iSptWeS5JmIzwIC9dQckNAgU8vkxFbk__anp9EBa4eMHfoYOLza2PkkD7cuEBF6gDkTF3XDsedTKp75uLuIlHt0bt1aoE-mSM8LLEK3fzpDZQ/s1600-h/2009midMarch+008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4iZ-gPgKuJ-BtDANECfhy-8iSptWeS5JmIzwIC9dQckNAgU8vkxFbk__anp9EBa4eMHfoYOLza2PkkD7cuEBF6gDkTF3XDsedTKp75uLuIlHt0bt1aoE-mSM8LLEK3fzpDZQ/s200/2009midMarch+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314706027566508242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhUbhGjtzltaNAfcskH_Vy-4RO-i5dgX3kf9dscnzPRTh-JHucCyWULws-9AqoZlBFf8NtCSZFoULLEZRk8kOUIF-pLAQrYep8ZhicGnPJtxscOThMdrrO_vpsMQ4DQCslC4h/s1600-h/2009midMarch+007.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhUbhGjtzltaNAfcskH_Vy-4RO-i5dgX3kf9dscnzPRTh-JHucCyWULws-9AqoZlBFf8NtCSZFoULLEZRk8kOUIF-pLAQrYep8ZhicGnPJtxscOThMdrrO_vpsMQ4DQCslC4h/s200/2009midMarch+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314705866625794978" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-74912325818364879782009-03-15T21:12:00.000-07:002009-03-15T21:16:05.908-07:00Just a Quick NoteAbout the trees in the backyard:<br /><br />I think the tree near the house is guava. Although the fruit are much smaller than any guava I've seen, they look and taste like guava. I will take a sample to the nursery.<br /><br />Other trees that were identified this weekend: definitely one is a fig,then there appear to also be a walnut, an avocado, and an apple. <br /><br />Several others remain unidentified. Their identities shall reveal themselves when they leaf or flower. Mysteries of a limited time-span!Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9896876.post-88069282628536223412009-03-04T20:42:00.000-08:002009-03-04T21:33:39.270-08:00More pictures, just because I have themA few more pictures from when we were there on Monday. As you can see, we got the grand old range. We need to buy a refrigerator and a washing machine (clothesline is already in place!). We're going to leave the carpets in place for now, even though they are kinda funky (not dirty, just brown and worn).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9hLo4IsBdgfjZDNPxQFmvzDJvBbbFhyphenhyphenX7YMthZ2UIme1ZXb-BIHibCqzz-xrz3r8BcX849VIsGTe7F0zHKQzSdVMXbQ7B8DQ2syFDe4E6bn3KGiVkvoEhE0i6-IauflenGBl/s1600-h/2009houseClosing+040.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9hLo4IsBdgfjZDNPxQFmvzDJvBbbFhyphenhyphenX7YMthZ2UIme1ZXb-BIHibCqzz-xrz3r8BcX849VIsGTe7F0zHKQzSdVMXbQ7B8DQ2syFDe4E6bn3KGiVkvoEhE0i6-IauflenGBl/s200/2009houseClosing+040.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309571527266105554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XfdKmJdCOTUwRjKeYH0DpV7t5qMn-OqDRlN2Ryf6Vj1xAZI8H2IJQe4-7axiqSIoVMhn9WBdP81DALHpMerqSdtLZaBbiwhQYjqQ2NpLK2ZGRUsWK0I6m_iGo89Ybvw4Epe2/s1600-h/2009houseClosing+039.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XfdKmJdCOTUwRjKeYH0DpV7t5qMn-OqDRlN2Ryf6Vj1xAZI8H2IJQe4-7axiqSIoVMhn9WBdP81DALHpMerqSdtLZaBbiwhQYjqQ2NpLK2ZGRUsWK0I6m_iGo89Ybvw4Epe2/s200/2009houseClosing+039.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309571350890665426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_EKhIB4CFGJL0tmvYRktDeGRFaXQcEVV0Tevdxa8iO9sJxHkBWwtXT5y09HDkqxaBjj2wNtQPpeDedjJm139RdTxtPHtharWeBa9lf1HZImXh9_v3jBba4-K4yqTLmmqhzFj/s1600-h/2009houseClosing+037.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_EKhIB4CFGJL0tmvYRktDeGRFaXQcEVV0Tevdxa8iO9sJxHkBWwtXT5y09HDkqxaBjj2wNtQPpeDedjJm139RdTxtPHtharWeBa9lf1HZImXh9_v3jBba4-K4yqTLmmqhzFj/s200/2009houseClosing+037.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309570952514814642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKH6MCrrP3sZNN2RKgOfem9-srj8iHnpnQ24feio0o8sq7fui5i0hpsB_ceCO5QQQpx2Wqf0LP8ng9Tx__td2O7u2oxCpIbQ07jeJ0Ux5YuobM1FtPN9YlDNoIdhVYL0T9q-r/s1600-h/2009houseClosing+035.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKH6MCrrP3sZNN2RKgOfem9-srj8iHnpnQ24feio0o8sq7fui5i0hpsB_ceCO5QQQpx2Wqf0LP8ng9Tx__td2O7u2oxCpIbQ07jeJ0Ux5YuobM1FtPN9YlDNoIdhVYL0T9q-r/s200/2009houseClosing+035.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309560121099913954" /></a>Catalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182897467503746728noreply@blogger.com3