Archive for January, 2007
January 31, 2007 – Inside Work
Well, the cold has settled in. Time for inside work. The Iowa Network for Community Agriculture conference is coming up on Saturday. I’m presenting part of a workshop and on the planning committee, so lots of details to focus on this week.
January 30, 2007 – Do I Still Have Sucker Imprinted on my Head?
Here’s a picture of what I think I usually look like: Here’s a picture of what I think I must look like to a car salesman at Kia of Des Moines: Now the story… Last week I caught the tail end of a radio ad about new 2006 close-out minivans at the Des Moines Kia ...Read more.
January 29, 2007 – The Core of Winter?
It seems like today may be the middle of winter. It’s been cold for a few weeks now, and the coldest days of the year are supposed to be here this weekend, followed by more below normal temperatures. The corn stove has been running like a top (knock on maize) lately which adds a delightful ...Read more.
January 28, 2007 – A Boy and his Fish
Martin is very proud of his fish. If you look closely, you’ll find a gold and grey goldfish in the bowl. There is much “discussion” of fish ownership between Martin and the girls, who want to hone in on the fish ownership. Martin said “I started the conversation about getting the fish.” The conversation started ...Read more.
January 27, 2007 – New Pancake Cutting Technology!
Saturday morning is pancake morning, pretty much year round. This morning was buckwheat pancakes. Martin still has a hard time cutting the cakes, so this morning we gave him a pizza cutter and he loved it and it worked great! one year ago…
January 26, 2006 – Disappearing Commodity
Today was a one day break in the cold snap. We saw 40 degrees! The snow started to melt. Fortunately, most of it melted off the driveway before it could refreeze as ice. one year ago…
January 25, 2007 – Thingamajig Thursday #58
Here’s this week’s thingamajig entry. Should be a snap for the northerners. Also check out last week’s answer. As always, put your guess in a comment below. Move mouse over this sentence to pop-up answer. one year ago…
January 24, 2007 – Certifiable Scale
The folks at Two Friends farm found a fire sale on some commercial scales at the local grocery store. The have/can be certified as legal for trade, so if/when we want to sell items by weight, we’ll be able to do so easily and legally. one year ago…
January 23, 2007 – Roof Snow
The recent snow and temps near, but not quite, freezing lead to icicles and other such phenomona. This is a picture of some ice sliding off the hog barn roof, but freezing before it could break off and fall to the ground. Â one year ago…
January 22, 2007 – Skiing at Last
The recent snow lets the kids get out their winter toys and number 1 on the list are the cross-country skis. There’s lots of country to cross out here. Â The girls even found a pair of their old skis for Martin to use. Emma got new skis for Christmas 2005 and this is the ...Read more.
January 21, 2007 – Snow At Last
We finally have a blanket of white after a winter of brown. The last week we’ve had two snowfalls. Just enough to warrant trying out the tractor with the blade for clearing snow. It sure beats shoveling! I’ve still got some learning to do with the equipment, but right now it is a novel activity. ...Read more.
January 20, 2006 – 90th Birthday Bash!
Today we celebrated our 90th birthday! I recently turned 45 and Linda turned 45 a while back, so we added them together, threw in a seven piece live band, cooked a turkey and invited guests to bring a dish to share. To our surprise, everyone on the guest list was able to come. The band is ...Read more.
January 19, 2007 – Blog Finally Recreated & Moved
After a week of messing around, the blog has been moved to a brand, new location. As feared, there was no action from Google on kicking off the spammer, so I’m on the High Hopes Gardens web server, using a new blog tool, WordPress. There are still a bunch of links within posts that don’t ...Read more.
January 13, 2007 – Blog Hijacked
The high hopes blog has been hijacked – I was backing it up and temporarily renamed the file and in seconds a bot took over the name. I’ll see if Google can restore it, otherwise I’ll have to give it a new name somewhere else. one year ago…
