Damn…has it been four days since my last post already?
I’m tired. Tired tired tired. I had a nasty cold last week, and it’s still hanging around in my lungs and dragging me down.
It’s tempting to search around for a meme to entertain you, but I’m feeling too tired and lazy to even do that. The kid’s napping, and I’m crashed out on the couch. Ostensibly poking at the novel, but my brain’s not really charged enough for that today. So here I am, blogging about nothing.
So…uh…hi. How are you?
Things are pretty good here, apart from the general post-viral fatigue and a creeping weltschmerz. I rode my bike alone at night for the first time last night and didn’t die (and even had a good time), so that’s good news. It means I get to stay in Portland. My cycling nervousness was putting my Utopian green card at risk, you know. I rode to a bar, of all places. Which is kind of thin incentive since I don’t drink. But apparently the promise of an evening out with other moms, sans kids, was enough to get me on the bike after sunset. We had a great time. And, it bears repeating, I didn’t die. I had good lights on the bike, front and rear. I didn’t get run over. I didn’t get doored. I didn’t hit any potholes. Good, good, good.
Also, I owe you a garden post, but today is not the day for that. I thought the garden had failed me, but it turns out I just failed to plan. Either that or everything is running incredibly late in my garden this year. Because after two months of not much of anything but green beans and one yellow squash a week, suddenly the winter squashes are setting fruit, the yellow squash is churning out five squashes at a time, the tomatoes are starting to ripen, and the okra–which I knew all along wasn’t really suited to our climate but I LOVE pickled okra and so gave it a shot anyway–is setting fruit. AND we even have one watermelon the size of a robin’s egg. Which probably won’t mature before it gets too cold, but hey…it’s fucking adorable. Yes, I need to take photos. Tomorrow? Tomorrow.
If you’ve read this whole ramble, you either like me far more than I deserve, or you were very patiently holding out for something interesting. Which I do not have for you today, and I am deeply, deeply sorry.
Well…no, actually, that’s a lie.
Hope you are over your cold and feeling better soon.
Hope you are over your cold and feeling better soon.
Somehow all of that nothingness was thoroughly entertaining!
Somehow all of that nothingness was thoroughly entertaining!
You know, we don’t just like you, we love you. Feel better!
You know, we don’t just like you, we love you. Feel better!
I think the watermelon was worth it.
I think the watermelon was worth it.
I’m laughing at your watermelon, mine are ALWAYS like that. And don’t give up on the garden, everything is late this year. My tomatoes are a month behind and my pumpkins are the size of deflated soccer balls.
Glad you are feeling better.
I’m laughing at your watermelon, mine are ALWAYS like that. And don’t give up on the garden, everything is late this year. My tomatoes are a month behind and my pumpkins are the size of deflated soccer balls.
Glad you are feeling better.
Congratulations on not dying. I’ve got a cold this week. I guess they’re going around. It’s amazing how many hours I can sleep in one day.
Congratulations on not dying. I’ve got a cold this week. I guess they’re going around. It’s amazing how many hours I can sleep in one day.
YEAH for riding the bike at night! We’ve been riding at night too, but with a really big-ass light in front.
YEAH for riding the bike at night! We’ve been riding at night too, but with a really big-ass light in front.
Widespread frost warnings here tonight. It probably won’t get my garden, knock on wood, because I have a pretty nifty microclimate. But soon. Ugh.
Widespread frost warnings here tonight. It probably won’t get my garden, knock on wood, because I have a pretty nifty microclimate. But soon. Ugh.
Since you’re the one that turned me onto Lush and now I work there, I feel obligated to tell you to hie to your nearest Lush and get the “Too Drunk” emotibomb (for your shower) and shut up your bathroom and chuck it in your shower and turn on the shower as hot as it will go for a steam inhalation type thing.
Or if you want a bath, go get a Geo Phyzz. 🙂
There’s a Lush in Utopia too…otherwise it wouldn’t really be Utopia, methinks.
Feel better soon! Can’t wait to hear more about the book!
Since you’re the one that turned me onto Lush and now I work there, I feel obligated to tell you to hie to your nearest Lush and get the “Too Drunk” emotibomb (for your shower) and shut up your bathroom and chuck it in your shower and turn on the shower as hot as it will go for a steam inhalation type thing.
Or if you want a bath, go get a Geo Phyzz. 🙂
There’s a Lush in Utopia too…otherwise it wouldn’t really be Utopia, methinks.
Feel better soon! Can’t wait to hear more about the book!
Aw, you know I love those just-life posts. Alse love the image of one tiny watermelon. It’s like a haiku.
Aw, you know I love those just-life posts. Alse love the image of one tiny watermelon. It’s like a haiku.
i gotta tell you, i kinda love these posts. it just seems like a lighter side of you is expressed. like talking about cute baby watermelons and pickled okra…these are things i like knowing
i gotta tell you, i kinda love these posts. it just seems like a lighter side of you is expressed. like talking about cute baby watermelons and pickled okra…these are things i like knowing
I’m right there with Mamie – I like a smattering of daily life.
Congrats on riding the bike. I was all set to get on my new hand-me-down bike and ride my kid to school and bike to the farmer’s market, etc. when I somehow managed to bruise my tailbone. No sitting on a bicycle seat for quite a while for me, I’m afraid.
I’m right there with Mamie – I like a smattering of daily life.
Congrats on riding the bike. I was all set to get on my new hand-me-down bike and ride my kid to school and bike to the farmer’s market, etc. when I somehow managed to bruise my tailbone. No sitting on a bicycle seat for quite a while for me, I’m afraid.
Posts like today’s is why we like you too!
Posts like today’s is why we like you too!
I love you a lot– as much as you deserve.
I love you a lot– as much as you deserve.
I also live in Portland and my purple peppers are little tiny guys but they sure taste good! I’ve only gotten 2 zukes so far, but there are lots of flowers. All four of my HUGE tomato plants have tons of green fruit and no red! This summer just wasn’t normal. Bear that in mind. You planted at the right time…for a “normal” summer in the Pacific NW.
I also live in Portland and my purple peppers are little tiny guys but they sure taste good! I’ve only gotten 2 zukes so far, but there are lots of flowers. All four of my HUGE tomato plants have tons of green fruit and no red! This summer just wasn’t normal. Bear that in mind. You planted at the right time…for a “normal” summer in the Pacific NW.
I walk by a peach tree everyday(although I only just noticed it) that is super heavy with fruit and no one is picking them. It is in someone’s yard but branches are practically touching the ground from the weight and a bunch have already fallen to the ground and are just rotting. What is the proper thing to do? Also I tagged you for a meme on my blog
I walk by a peach tree everyday(although I only just noticed it) that is super heavy with fruit and no one is picking them. It is in someone’s yard but branches are practically touching the ground from the weight and a bunch have already fallen to the ground and are just rotting. What is the proper thing to do? Also I tagged you for a meme on my blog
A while ago you were asking about how much one should plant in order to get some decent amount of produce from the garden. I found an OSU publication which has amounts to plant for a family of 4. I found it useful, I thought you might too:
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/ec/ec871.pdf
(click on “Planting dates, quantity and spacing”)
A while ago you were asking about how much one should plant in order to get some decent amount of produce from the garden. I found an OSU publication which has amounts to plant for a family of 4. I found it useful, I thought you might too:
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pdf/ec/ec871.pdf
(click on “Planting dates, quantity and spacing”)
Hooray for biking. I completely understand the “and I didn’t die thing”. The first time I rode my bike after becoming a mother was really freaky. I never thought I was immortal before that, but I realized how much was at stake this time around.
Now cycling is my preferred transportation. Glad you got out and your utopia card is intact.
Hooray for biking. I completely understand the “and I didn’t die thing”. The first time I rode my bike after becoming a mother was really freaky. I never thought I was immortal before that, but I realized how much was at stake this time around.
Now cycling is my preferred transportation. Glad you got out and your utopia card is intact.
Fruits and veg are all late in Seattle this year, too.
The person who showed me the Five Rememberances always gets read to the end…
Fruits and veg are all late in Seattle this year, too.
The person who showed me the Five Rememberances always gets read to the end…