Thursday, August 31, 2006

I STINK!

For all of the repetitive tasks I have done in preparation for my sister's wedding, sadly "lather, rinse, repeat" has not been one of them.

Monday, August 28, 2006

From LI

Today my nearly 1-year-old niece learned to call the cops on speed dial. I'd like to think all the police who came to the house wouldn't have been quite so stern had they been able to hear the child cackling with glee from the kitchen. That's my girl!

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Born and Raised on a Balcony


These are the first two successful tomatoes I've ever grown. I haven't tried them yet, but they are sure to be the best tomatoes ever. Because I grew them myself. My tomatoes.


Friday, August 18, 2006

Twenty-eight seconds of 'Aww'

The most cute you can get into 28 seconds ever to be seen on youtube... here

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

You Think Bush is Bad?

Virginia Senater George Allen hopes to be the Republican presidential candidate in 2008. Wouldn't we be lucky to have such an intelligent, witty, and charming man to run the country for a change? The kind of man who will call a person of color a monkey? And we thought international perception of the US couldn't get any worse. Boy, were we silly, silly people.

Friday, August 11, 2006

Knitted Titty

I recently discovered Knitty.com, an online journal with free knitting patterns and technique discussions. I was browsing through their pattern archives when I came across this jewel. Talk about resourceful. Really - read all her notes and warnings about the prosthetic knitted breast - she really put a lot of thought into this... and also it's funny. God forbid I ever get breast cancer, but if I do, I , too, will strive to have "a different titty for every day of the week".

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Happy To Be Here

A few weeks ago instead of being asked to cat-sit by two friends while they traveled, I was instead asked to water their community garden plot. I knew they had one, but never knew where it was exactly. Little did I know there was a such beautiful sanctuary just on the outskirts of downtown Madison. I often enjoy Olbrich Botanical Gardens, and the UW Arboretum, but the community gardens lie somewhere in between the wilderness of the arboretum and the manicured feel of the botanical garden.

The Eagle Heights Community Gardens is one of the largest of its kind in the US, and has been there for almost 45 years. It is located next to the apartments at Eagle Heights, the low-rent, culturally diverse housing offered to UW grad students, faculty and staff - particularly those with families.

When you walk in, you no longer hear traffic - just twittering small birds, shrill hawks, and trumpeting cranes. Entering the gardens is not very different from what I'd imagine entering the Shire to feel like. People build stuff - little structures and things - out of branches and vines. There are bird houses all over the place with nests inside. And alongside the lake you can watch the cranes take off so gracefully. But when they land kind of nearby and you see that they are at least three feet tall, it's a little scary. But so beautiful all the same. And everywhere there are families taking care of organic fruits, veggies, and flowers. I enjoyed sampling green beans and sugar snap peas from the plot I was watering - there's
nothing like ripe veggies picked off the vine.

Anyway, just look how cool: