Soulsong Garden Harvest

Last weekend we were back in Westport, CA for some of the Soulsong harvest. We spent a wonderful day outdoors picking various berries, apples and pears from the Soulsong gardens. Some fruits were eaten on the spot, others were going to be canned, dried or put into pies by Donna. Thad is going to try his hand at making some cider. fyi: Thad's latest batch of Mead is delicious! It is made with chocolate, mmmm!

We also went into town, Fort Bragg, to run some errands. Here's a shot of the library where I setup my virtual office this summer.



Before leaving, Donna gave Syd flower seeds and plantings from the gardens. With Syd's drawing of our San Francisco backyard, they planned out the placement of the plants. Syd will be planting Shasta Daisies, Chicks and Hens, Poppies, Calendula, Rose, and Dill. Looking forward to Spring...

With a box full of apples, Keith will treat us to some home-made apple pies later in the week. First up, home-made raspberry pies!

Back at home, Syd found these Fuschias already in residency in our garden. She also found some Jade succulents. I saw one Naked Lady Flower pop up and fade from the garden. And, some other unidentifiables also reside.



After a trip to the local nursery for some organic planting mix and some garden prep work, Syd waters the lot.

Homework

Keith works on Latin while Syd works on Language Arts at the dinner table.



Here I be with freelance work in the home office.



I managed to get my first San Francisco job interview this week after sending out resumes since May! Let's hope for the best.

"A Jatukam Ramathep amulet is highly valued as a good luck charm during Thailand's time of economic and political troubles... Different variations of the Jatukam amulet focus on the promise of wealth and prosperity, such as the Super Rich, Immediately Rich, Rich Without Reason and Miracle Rich models." --SF Chronicle story

Maybe we ought to get one of these good luck charms. I'd settle for Super Rich.

Sweet Shop

Thursday, August 30, 2007

On our walk home from school, we stopped by the sweet shop.



Sweets for my sweetie!



Oooh, what do we see here?



It's Liz!

Uncle Jeff

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Uncle Jeff (K's brother) came to visit Syd today. He brought a video which featured road trip visits to Salvation Mountain in Calipatria, CA and Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village in Simi Valley, CA. The Bottle Village looks like a place right up our alley to visit on a future Southern California trip.

We were treated to a home-made lasagne dinner made by Keith. The lasagne was two days in the making. After the delicious meal, Syd, Keith and Jeff made some creations with the anchor blocks.



Sydney's cork collection was used in this structure.

After School

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Syd's second day of school went well. Syd's feeling good as she has not yet received homework! We took a trip to the library after school which is a block away from school and got our library cards.



New buddies, Keziah and Giovanna.