Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Indiana is not good for syruping...
Our weather has been thus:
Last week - not a degree above freezing
Today and tomorrow - lows between 25-35, highs around 40 (pretty good!)
Next few days - lows in the 40s
Makes for pretty icky sap. Any plans for syrup in NY?
Last week - not a degree above freezing
Today and tomorrow - lows between 25-35, highs around 40 (pretty good!)
Next few days - lows in the 40s
Makes for pretty icky sap. Any plans for syrup in NY?
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Monday, January 03, 2011
New Years 2002-2003
Who has a group photo?
I thought more JoBi attended but they're not in this photo, which is the only group shot I have:
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Beware the Yule Cat
Is all your autumn spinning done???
I was doing some reading about old solstice and yule celebrations and came across the Icelandic Yule cat. Apparently, if you don't get all your autumn wool spinning done by the winter solstice, the Yule Cat eats you in the middle of the night.
So, you've got about 20 days...
Bill and I are off to purchase a spinning wheel this morning, so we can avoid this freaky feline.
I was doing some reading about old solstice and yule celebrations and came across the Icelandic Yule cat. Apparently, if you don't get all your autumn wool spinning done by the winter solstice, the Yule Cat eats you in the middle of the night.
So, you've got about 20 days...
You all know the Yule Cat
And that Cat was huge indeed.
People didn't know where he came from
Or where he went.He opened his glaring eyes wide,
The two of them glowing bright.
It took a really brave man
To look straight into them.His whiskers, sharp as bristles,
His back arched up high.
And the claws of his hairy paws
Were a terrible sight.
(More here)
Bill and I are off to purchase a spinning wheel this morning, so we can avoid this freaky feline.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Monday, May 03, 2010
Milk Snakes
Guess what I found in a pile of slate? A gaggle (5) of milk snakes, about 6" long! The kids, mostly Thomas, thought they were pretty cool. He is still looking for them. They are pretty cool, once you look them up to make sure that they are not massaqua rattlesnakes. Kelly did not appreciate a tangle of snakes so close to her kids, poisonous or no, so we relocated them to the neighbors yard. And no more piles of slate in direct sun exposure next to the house. And no more compost heap within 300 yds of the house.
I can't wait to tell my mom, she won't come near our house until Christmas.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The bestest most funniest T shirt I ever saw
In perusing the site of a local hop farm, from whom Jon and I wish to procure new rhizomes, I came upon this little gem at the bottom of the following page: http://www.pmihops.com/products.php
How appropriate given our lenten season, No?
Monday, March 15, 2010
Floating Island Commune
I can't decide if there is something wrong with this idea but right now outside all the snow melted and Syracuse looks like it was just ejected from the bowels of a creature with amoebic dysentery and I just got back from a beautiful week in the sunshine state so this is looking pretty good...
Who is with me?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Interesting take on national debt
Debt seems to have taken a front and center role in politics (again). While reading this very interesting article on gold, I came upon this little gem of a factoid:
"If you’re worried about massive deficits, recall that our country was founded with debt, debt that was ultimately paid back."
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