Cindy's Blog

round 2 smackdown hat

cindy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:41:57 +0000

round 2 smackdown hat, originally uploaded by cwalker5555.

Here it is. The finished round 2 yarn smackdown hat. Pixieknit should have received it yesterday but she hasn’t posted a message about it. Come on Pixieknit. Confess.

Wisteria

cindy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:19:07 +0000

The wisteria is blooming. Here are some shots of it.

But the wisteria pics are really an excuse to try out a new technique I learned for rounding image corners.

Here’s our ridiculous ground cover, winter wheat and hairy vetch. The passages through it were made by the rabbit, Fred. He’s constructed his own maze so he can hide from hawks and eat at the same time. Its so cute.

Here’s the broccoli and kale crop. All that survived is the few plants that were protected inside fencing.

johnmaestro

cindy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:49:20 +0000

johnmaestro, originally uploaded by cwalker5555.

John and the neighbor’s cat, Maestro, take a nap.

yarn smackdown hat completed

cindy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:36:43 +0000

hat2, originally uploaded by cwalker5555.

Here Garrison models my finished yarn smackdown hat. I took Thursday off hoping to finish it in time for the 5 pm mailing, but it was done and sent off at 11:10 am.

The young one returns home

cindy — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:24:33 +0000

Garrison came home for the first time last Friday. Its so nice to have him here, even if it means the return of laundry on the floor. He’s already put on his freshman ten, but in his case its mostly muscle from what I can tell.

The picture of him with his roommate may have been the last time they were both cheerful in each other’s presence. They are not the best of friends. You can’t have everything now can you?

End of Year Garden Accounting

cindy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:53:42 +0000

Here’s this year’s list of garden costs:

compost - $47.31
fertilizer - $7.00
seeds - $20.10
rebar/fencing - $31.87
winter cover crop seeds: $4.98
soil / peat pots - $4.98
TOTAL: $127.52

So much less than last year’s $375. But I underspent on fertilizer. I think that was a big part of the reason my pumpkins didn’t do better. Compost will probably cost more too because I’m going to give up on ordering it by the yard and will instead buy different types of bagged compost and manure. There will be no fencing costs next year. I already have fencing but the rabbits won’t be free range. I guarantee that.

Two of the rabbits escaped last week. They were out only for a few days, but it was long enough for them to take out almost all of my kale and broccoli.

Garrison at Chico

cindy — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:42:30 +0000

Here’s Garrison and his roommate after a long hot day moving into his dorm.

They seemed compatible on move-in day. We’ll see how long that lasts.

The dorms have a new arrangement, each side having a bed above a desk to leave more floor space. Its much better than what we saw on the dorm tour or on Chico’s website. The downside is that no matter what your height is, its hard to remember to back up before you stand up from the desk to avoid hitting your head on the underside of the bed.

Garden Update

cindy — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:20:14 +0000

Pumpkin season is over already. Here’s the biggest one. Only 11.4 pounds and 32 inches around. Look how square it is from above. So much for being an Atlantic Giant.

Here’s the rest of the backyard. The area closest to the camera is where I had the toughest time getting anything to grow, including the Atlantic ‘Giants’. Its also where the crimson clover cover crop was growing over the winter.

But at least the santa claus melons and canary melons are doing well. Look at ‘em spilling over onto the patio. Brandywines and volunteer tomatoes are crowded together behind the melons.

Here’s one of our first watermelons. So small, but so tasty.

It has a split in it like about half of the melons and tomatoes. What on earth is causing this?

And now for a shot of Jack’s man boobs. They’re visible since his fur hasn’t grown back in after a piece of a sponge ball was removed from his duodenum. A week and a half of not eating much caused him to lose a noticeable amount of weight, probably making his man boobs saggier than they were.

My cat has bigger breasts than I do! Should I knit him a manzierre?`

The latest finished project

cindy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:48:44 +0000

bestbabysweater1199

Originally uploaded by cwalker5555

This is Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Best Baby Sweater. This one was made with baby yarn on size three needles so it will fit a small baby. Its as much fun as the 5 hour baby sweater which I believe was based on it.

cars1179

cindy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:45:24 +0000

cars1179

Originally uploaded by cwalker5555

Not to dwell on this, but here’s a pic of both crunched cars, the beemer and the passat. Just a week or two after the beemer was hit, someone backed up into the passat. At least the latter accident was quickly resolved. We’re still waiting for the resolution of the beemer crash to be finished.