Nov 16 2018
Whereupon Nikola gets her pointe shoes. Ms Marie takes an entire cohort to one store in Tacoma for their first fitting. She has been so excited to wear them. Ms. Marie tells the girls, “No complaining” about the shoes. One night after evening class, the girls all looked exhausted and dragging as they filtered out …
Nov 15 2018
We hosted Thanksgiving dinner at our house this year. Both sets of grandparents and Susan and Monse joined us. The plan had been for appetizers and cheese and wine and cocktails until the turkey was done. It was a serious starch fest, with 3 types of stuffing (Stovetop, mom’s sticky rice stuffing, and the Konig …
Oct 26 2018
The tomatoes deserve their own entry, if only for the number of varieties we tried. While I did the Italian grandfather method this year, I chose to not pick off all the sucker branches. This led to multiple bifurcations and a high density of vines in a small space. The plants were not as lush …
Sep 15 2018
Here is the breakdown of how the garden fared this year. Some surprise upstarts but relatively low yields this year. Sunflowers – did very well from seed. The bird netting enclosure protected them at seedling stages. Cucumbers – lemon cukes did very well this year. Tasty Jade was very good. Not a ton, but a …
May 07 2018
Very long respite from posting. Unfortunately, the WordPress mobile app stopped working with my home server and I only recently figured out how to make it work again recently. It also turns out that the server was not sending out emails for quite a while. But no one noticed because, well, see above. My “drafts” …
May 06 2018
The arms race with the birds began early this year. Rather than waiting for the birds to start dust bathing in my seedlings, we decided to build a more semi-permanent solution. I have seen several planter boxes in the neighborhood that have a bracketing system using PVC pipe. Most are bracketed to the inner wall. …
May 06 2018
The emplantening is upon us. The Tilth edible plants sale descended upon Meridian Park this weekend. The weather was gorgeous, so the crowds were fierce. Well, as fierce as Seattleites browsing for cherry tomatoes can get. Our haul included: Tomato, Paul Robeson (one of my favorites) Tomato, Mushroom Basket (looks interesting) Tomato, Sweet Million (always …
May 15 2016
Popo and Gung Gung took Alton to the CAST Fishing Kids event at Greenlake, where scads of kids were trying their hand at fishing. The swimming area next to the Bath House Theater was cordoned off and stocked with (triploid?) trout. In the half-hour session, Alton caught the limit! He landed two nice trout — …
May 07 2016
Today was the Washington State Mathematics Council Math Olympiad. West Woodland fielded eight 5th grade teams of a field of 20 teams in all from our local area. Perhaps the home field advantage was at play, as the girls crushed it! Nikola’s team (also including Siena, Jane, and Willa) managed a perfect score on the …
Apr 24 2016
Today was the annual piano recital for all of Donna Brodland’s piano students. There were 28 students performing and Nikola, Monse, and Clare’s dad Tom closed the recital. Frankly, it was amazing that all of the students played their pieces and we finished on time! Nikola did great (her piece was Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the …
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