Today...

is World Autism Awareness Day..... Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the world.... it affects my family... the stats on Autism is staggering... gotta wonder what really is going on with our children....

First day of Softball....

well it was a practice! the season is starting mid april... woohoo... should be fun... have been going to ball since the mid 70s... do i play? no... but i do keep score.. trust me its hard work... keeping 15 women in check!!! my team is pretty good as teams go... most of them actually remember what order they are in... and our league is fun... its Coffee League which was started by Marie Berry, in the 70s... there were other leagues but none for moms with children... it was and still is a very important part of nanaimo... a sign of the times is less teams, more working moms... my eldest daughter Tova is on the team... and there are a quite a few Mom and Daughter, great fun...

this was a pic from our last years wind-up trophy gathering party!! ahem... every year there is a dinner/dance/trophies etc.. for the league... its a lot of fun... btw, the beverage in MY cup is non-alcoholic.. i was the designated driver.. the lush in the front (with the medal around her neck) is well, perhaps u see a family resemblence.. cough cough!!

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