We have a great garden, thanks to our friend Finn. We also have very industrious gophers, thanks to our ‘friend’ nature. We love her and all, but she really likes to test the relationship. Anyway, we’ve tried pretty much every anti-gopher method out there – cayenne pepper, smoke, water, hair (I know, but desperate times…) …
Monthly Archives: April 2010
The Ruthies – Layered Abstracts
It’s been weeks since I’ve posted images from our Friday Ruth days. We’re still going strong and the girls are doing some fantastic work, so I thought I’d dig out some photos from weeks past and show what we’ve been playing around with here. These photos are from one of my favorite days – we …
Easter
We canceled our annual egg and beer hunt this Easter, due to rain and Tom’s impending 40th birthday party in a couple of months. (There are going to be two bouncy castles, people – we need to stay focused.) It ended up being a lovely, quiet, rainy day and we had a lovely brunch with …
Back From the Fort
Whew. We made it. Our trip to Sutter’s Fort was challenging, incredibly fun, and thankfully over without a hitch. I can just hear all those pioneers from the 1840’s laughing. “You call that a hard day?” they’re saying. “Shoot. You don’t know a hard day from a hog’s beard.” (Now they’re laughing even harder. “Hog’s beard?? …