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Archive for April, 2004

dogwood flower

Posted: Thursday, April 22nd, 2004 in outside in the garden | 1 Comment »

Since I did not get to take any pictures of the dogwoods last Sunday as I had hoped, I am posting this shot of a dogwood flower in my neighbor’s back yard. We don’t have any flowering dogwoods ourselves but the limbs of this little one may someday extend over our fence.

a less-traveled path

Posted: Tuesday, April 20th, 2004 in nature and environment | 2 Comments »

Sunday afternoon I joined a group for my second foray into Dogwood Canyon. It was very windy and there were threats of showers but the temperature was pleasantly in the low seventies. And once we got into the canyon the wind was no longer a factor.
The more I see of this property […]

first taste of the garden

Posted: Tuesday, April 20th, 2004 in outside in the garden | 3 Comments »

We got our first small harvest from the vegetable garden today. Enough new potatoes for a meal for two, cooked with sprigs of rosemary and diced onion, both also from our own garden.
It feels good to have your own food growing just steps away from the backdoor, even though the vast majority of […]

china rose ‘mutabilis’

Posted: Sunday, April 18th, 2004 in outside in the garden | 2 Comments »


fun and diversions on saturday night

Posted: Saturday, April 17th, 2004 in blogging and technology | 2 Comments »

Via Joel who picked it up from Maria, the fifth sentence meme:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
The nearest book is […]

 

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