I did start some seeds at home last week (carrots, salad bowl lettuce, green onions, chives), and hopefully these will do better and can be transplanted into the existing gaps.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Garden Update - into the home stretch!
Michael dug/constructed the last box for our community plot this week and on Saturday we mulched all the paths and rebuilt the teepee structure, lining it with brick. Then, on Sunday, while the boys were down at Grandma and Grandpa's (see Mike's last post), I spent the day beginning to plant the two middle boxes (one rose each, and some poppies), and portions of the last two veggie beds. A lot of my seeds have not come up at all, so I planted some last minute procurements from the nursery.
I did start some seeds at home last week (carrots, salad bowl lettuce, green onions, chives), and hopefully these will do better and can be transplanted into the existing gaps.
I did start some seeds at home last week (carrots, salad bowl lettuce, green onions, chives), and hopefully these will do better and can be transplanted into the existing gaps.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Grandparents & Technology
Technology is growing and expanding at an incredible pace. For some of us, its pretty exciting but for most its fairly intimidating. For grandparents... it's downright scary!
Web 2.0, digital downloads, social networking, RSS, DVRs, podcasts, mp3... are just a blur when you're still trying to learn the basics of how a computer works. So, I have to give my parents a HUGE round of "virtual" applause for taking a big leap into the scary world of technology over the past few weeks. The VCR has been ditched and replaced with a DVR, digital cable and new HDTV (which is gorgeous). Their computer has been completely overhauled and they're now using web-based emails, calendars, RSS readers, and Skype. They're enjoying the world of digital music with an iTunes account and iPod. And just last night we installed a webcam and they made their first video phonecall.
That is a lot of tech to absorb in such a short amount of time but they're making slow and steady progress each day.
Great job Grandpa and Grandma!
Web 2.0, digital downloads, social networking, RSS, DVRs, podcasts, mp3... are just a blur when you're still trying to learn the basics of how a computer works. So, I have to give my parents a HUGE round of "virtual" applause for taking a big leap into the scary world of technology over the past few weeks. The VCR has been ditched and replaced with a DVR, digital cable and new HDTV (which is gorgeous). Their computer has been completely overhauled and they're now using web-based emails, calendars, RSS readers, and Skype. They're enjoying the world of digital music with an iTunes account and iPod. And just last night we installed a webcam and they made their first video phonecall.
That is a lot of tech to absorb in such a short amount of time but they're making slow and steady progress each day.
Great job Grandpa and Grandma!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Aaron Builds a Robot
Building with blocks or Legos has never held much interest for Aaron. However, building with furniture... he loves! The house was very quiet while he worked hard on his latest creation. If you look at the photo with the eyes of a pre-schooler you'll see the robot (Transformer).
Hint: the feet are the two small chairs at the bottom of the photo.
Hint: the feet are the two small chairs at the bottom of the photo.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
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