Today is sunny.......

well kinda... LOL .. what did u expect?? after all we're on the west coast... and unless u live in southern cali... its generally 'kinda' sunny....

i've been attempting to get into the garden, when it's not snowing, raining, hailing or otherwise icky out!!! today i started to muck about where i have asparagus, strawberries and a hill of rhubarb... mmm weed city... ah well, once i've gotten the early spring clean-up done, it won't be too bad...


here's a cute pic... sian made her very first cake... well from the box... instructions from erika... it turned out delicious... she's helped me make carrot juice, carrot apple juice... and those she really liked...

Dith Pran passed away today... if you've seen The Killing Fields you'll remember who he was...

2002 was......

the last time we got snow this late in the year.... suprise wake up... well i wasn't too surprised since it's been snowing on and off for days.... but at least nothing 'stuck' ..... 7:30 a.m.
brrrrrrr and more brrrrrrrr.... gotta go feed the critters and put out some grain for the wee birds... made up some hummingbird food as well.... they don't do well in the snow... poor babies....

2 hrs later.... mmm more snow.. :(

9:30 a.m.

What do you think?......

of this article... from the Seattle Times Newspaper .... just a little bit scary to think of how much we really are being watched.... i'd rant and rave but i'm sure you already know how i feel about it all....

sooooo on a more positive note.... a new car is sitting in my driveway... not for me, but daughter.... an Aveo 5 ... pretty darn cute i say... not of the upper league but certainly of the cheap on gas league... a very pretty girly perwinkle blue... on a grey day is actually brighter more purplish tone... and it won't eat $400.00 worth of gas each month... pretty good trade off i'd say.....
was dreaming of another truck... but then the gas reality sets in... sighhh ... to bad i'm a realist!!

Concrete canvas....

seems an interesting concept for emergency shelters... dykes etc., saw a short news clip of it... but found this link online....

farming....... is more than meets the eye... read this....

Grumble grumble.....

it's cold and snowy... brrrrrr is all i gotta say... and according to the weather guy... more to come.... much like March of 2002 i think.... it snowed on the 31st. in 2002.... so much for gardening weather!!!
i got a put together, kinda, greenhouse..... tomatoes are the focus this year... and i will try, once again, eggplant and peppers.... last year was a fallout in the heat lover plants... and not just in my garden, was a typical complaint amongst us not so green thumbers ;) hard to keep a green thumb when ya got dirt under yer fingernails :D

HOP HOP down the lane........

here comes the Easter Bunny.... well... kinda....

sian and erika looked for eggs and candies....



and i managed to get a pic of 'mommy' in the window... she's camera shy.... even more than dora....




mmm easter cake....

after the 'hunt' everyone went inside, except dora... she found her own egg... not a chocolate one tho :D

Pics.......

of erika and levi ... we moved the tent and with my help... we made it just like home... :D

complete with solar lights to guide them in the dark....







i tried to get Sian over, but she was busy with Auntie.... they were gathering things for the fire.... then she came and got marshmallows for roasting... wasn't a hit... she'd rather eat them 'raw' just like her food...




Spring equinox today.... it was filled with lots of blooms... at least on the island... back east.. nada... brrrrrrrrrrrr for them... for awhile longer...

my new furnace is almost installed... yay... it works, tomorrow or tuesday will be finished... as per usual there is Murphy's Law....

Levi offered to do the dishes tonight...