All Hallows Eve

Plastic. It's what's for dinner.

So, who is up for a journey to the toxic, plastic-nest in the Pacific?

Prayer request.

Please pray for this family.

My Dearest Husband.

Baked this apple pie for breakfast. More pictures of the beautiful apples are included, as well.








Yes, Mr. Bibliotecaria made the crust.

Autumn 2007

We picked a bushel of Rome Beauties and Golden Delicious. We went here and heard some trad music beautifully shared. We hiked. I have a bonnet now. All in the last two days.

Note to self.

I have a huge, gregarious pile of work to scan and publish. A small child whose name Saint was celebrated on September 27 shoved part of a deck of cards in the disk drive. I have it on the calendar to take this thing in and have the cards removed, so I can back up the images on the disks, and get this machine cleaned up a bit. Sometimes I get a little wild with image files, and well, they have to fit somewhere.

So don't forget to take it in.

Then there will be a lot of nice stuff in time for autumn light.

Go Vegan Pancakes! and we have a garden!

In the news today, we have successfully created an edible vegan pancake. We call them Bearcakes, after baby bibliotecaria. Rice milk instead of cow, and then a flaxseed egg substitute:

1tbsp flax seed substitute (simply mix 2 1/2oz of ground flax seeds into 8fl oz water. Bring to a boil and simmer for a few minutes. Cool, then place in a refrigerator).

And then 1/4 to 1/2 of a banana. Then just follow the betty crocker recipe (or your favorite pancake recipe) except with whole wheat or whole grain.... it is delicious, especially covered in Mr. Bibliotecaria's berry sauce.

In other news: WE HAVE A GARDEN! We now have a spot at the local community garden. Mr. Bibliotecaria is volunteering there, and we have one bed, plus this funky spot with a bicycle wheel bean pole... We're planning on putting garlic and shallots in the ground this week, and then planting some chard, beets and lettuce--as well as a ground covering that we can then turn under for compost--fava beans, buckwheat or vetch. But we need to does some measuring for nutrients to see if we have to add anything (nitrogen, etc.) and then make our selection.

It is really a lovely community garden, with lots of children and a cool bench/meeting area with elephants and stuff. There are several fruit trees, and a worm man.

It would be nice to be able to grow stuff at our home, but this is a nice bike ride from our place with the added bonus of neighbors.