Today we went above and beyond and furnished a previously built potting table into a full-blown seed-germination factory. Just as I was leaving Aroma Joes, I thought to ask for extra cardboard trays. The kind coffee shop girls obliged. I explained that I am starting seedlings in mouth-wash cups, or Dixie cups as my neighborContinue reading “The Potting Table”

Yesterday I helped my landlord and his son clear a fallen Pine tree. The Pine was a blowdown, which fell as a result of the recent wind storm in New England. The cutting was easy. With a sharp chainsaw, the wood easily melded to the simple shapes we cut. The bright yellow wood really brightensContinue reading “Just some Benches… and a Trampoline!”

It was a great way to end the month, for despite not actually finishing the competition, I completed 8 paintings in 7 days. I joined the competition officially on February 21. The competition, fittingly titled “28 in 28”, is a special way to celebrate February and its dreary weather. My uncle Rigg, who finished theContinue reading “Incomplete, but Successful February “28 in 28” Challenge”