Monthly Archives: September 2006

The loofah plants Anne Marie gave me finally have a few blooms. Here’s a baby loofah.

I had a delightful time Sunday at the North Georgia State Fair. The highlight had to be the pig races, which were starting up just as we arrived. They’re at the starting gate. And they’re off! Way faster than my … Continue reading →

Almost there . . . Thanks to Anne Marie, who owns and shares, among other magnificent tools, a sledgehammer, the fence is partially erected. Just have to finish putting up the chicken wire, finish lining the base of the fence … Continue reading →

Been a delinquent blogger. And sleeper. Lately. Tired. Here’s some of what’s been going on. Stephanie and Alex came to town! We went to Aroma’s in Five Points, which was pretty nice. The staff there kindly took this picture of … Continue reading →

More progress on the chicken coop. Here’s how it was left after the coop-raising party. I got this already-assembled bit at the construction trash pile next to where I work. My coworker David, coop-builder extraordinaire, cleared us collecting wood they … Continue reading →

Prepared to be wowed by the fine photography a free camera several years old can offer. Today at noon Kate and I got box lunches from Cookies and Company and went to Herty Field to hear a free concert by … Continue reading →

I went to supper tonight at Farm with plant pathologists, entomologists, and drama teachers. It was a fun time. I was able to probe experts with my bug questions. I learned there are only about four hairy caterpillars in this … Continue reading →

For many reasons. Let me count the ways I heart them today. (1) Because Pat gave me this pan. (2) Because the first Friday of every month one department hosts breakfast, and last Friday acquisitions went all out, with a … Continue reading →

I have some really amazing friends. Friends who will–despite all logic to the contrary–spend their Sunday afternoon sweating and being bitten by mosquitoes in order to help piece a chicken coop based on pitiful blueprints. First, Carrie and Jacob came … Continue reading →

Searched around on What’s That Bug? one of my very favorite web sites, and found this: Sometimes called the monkey slug, the full-grown hag moth (Phobetron pithecium) caterpillar is brown, 0.5 inch long, and has nine lateral lobes or processes … Continue reading →