Archive for May, 2008
Spring break, day 5: Lotusland part 5
We walked through the orchards to the gardens surrounding the house. Then we walked down a path lined with olive trees to a hidden cactus garden.
Spring Break, day 5: Lotusland part 4
The gardeners recently put in this small garden designed to attract beneficial insects so they could cut down on the insecticides they used to deal with pests. The really interesting part of this picture, though, is the tree in the center: a dawn redwood. The dawn redwood is a very interesting tree with a very […]
Finals relief
After finals, I came home and slept a long time. Then I got up and baked and baked and baked. I went a little nuts actually. Luckily, I went to a potluck the next day, so I only ate half a pan of brownies.
icing
Stacey is moving away. So we made a cake. She likes icing more than I do.
What I’ve Noticed
A woman fights off a man who assaults her and is assaulted by bystanders in retribution, via Feministing. The Pill Kills – a new campaign of the American Life League. That $600 isn’t going to help our economy and it certainly won’t help people who really need it. 7.2 million families holding sub-prime mortgages, disproportionately […]
photo 365, day 7
Rainy days make me feel bad.
Spring Break, day 5: Lotusland part 3
The water garden used to be a swimming pool. Ganna Walksa, the creator of the garden, kept a narrow lane as a pool and filled the rest with water lilies. We weren’t there at the right time to see them blooming, but it was still a very calm part of the garden. Near the house, […]