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Otis Orchard

Jaspenelle
by Jaspenelle
Mon
10
Aug
2009
9:32am
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our haul
Yesterday afternoon some of our friends came over and we drove out to one of Shannon’s co-workers organic u-pick farm in Otis Orchard. Can you believe we bought all this food for $7?

We started off picking a bucket full of bush snap beans. It was $6 for a bucket, which we split three ways. Required harvesting butt shots (Andrea, Peter, Shannon and Jeremy):
beans
Damian chilled in his wagon most of the time, eating beans, lots of beans.
Damian
This morning we had beans, zucchini, and bacon for breakfast. Tonight we will have beans with vinaigrette as a side at dinner. Damian doesn’t mind, I don’t mind, Michael requested it so I assume he is okay with our family being full of beans. I am also going to can some, garlic dill beans.

After beans I was allowed to drag everyone across the field so that I could ogle at my lovies, I’d marry them if I could.
Andrea and Peter
I’m talking about the sunflowers! Where was your mind? Granted Andrea and Peter are by no means hard on the eyes either, and Andrea is tall enough that she could totally be a sunflower if given the appropriate headgear.Jaspenelle and Michael Speaking of which, two of my sunflowers are developing their blooms. I can’t wait for them to open!

After la grande detour, we wandered back up front and bought sweet corn (quite possibly the best sweet corn in existence,) cucumbers and zucchini. I’ll going to make dill pickles this week, as well as a huge batch of zucchini relish. Last year I completely underestimated Michael’s relish-loving tendencies, so this year I am upping the ante. I bought 26 pounds of zucchini, which should give me quite a few jars, enough for gifts too. Maybe I’ll make a loaf or two of zucchini bread as well.

As always it is wonderful to save coin buying food in bulk and preserving it, but more then that I enjoy trips like this because of the new experiences with provides Damian with and fun we always have galivanting around with our friends. Let’s face it, picking a bucket of beans is not really that fun when you are all by yourself. (More photos from our day in Otis Orchards are here.)

One of those general updates…

Jaspenelle
by Jaspenelle
Tue
28
Apr
2009
10:28am
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Other then getting my hand stuck in a jar, I have been pretty busy lately.

On Friday, Michael watched Damian for the afternoon, which allowed me to go shopping with my friends Ileen and Andrea. I now have a pair of jeans that fits properly and is not white (because lets face it white anything and babies do not mix) and a mini skirt. Michael and Damian survived without me.

On Saturday, Michael, Damian, Ileen and I went to the Finch Arboretum for a free composting class. I’d say it was a blast but honestly it was a little boring. Add brown waste to bin, mix in green waste, water, turn, wait, repeat… The vermicomposting station was pretty neat though (composting with worms) and the Finch Arboretum is gorgeous. All wasn’t lost though, friends make even the dullest times better and we all received free compost bins for doing it.

On Sunday we did the usual food shopping and then stopped by Northwest Seed and Pet to pick up compost and topsoil to fill my two raised bed. We also bought nylon netting so I can build trellises for my cukes, beans and tomatoes.

Rained on Monday and it is brutally windy today, so I am confined to indoor tasks. Yay, dirty diaper laundry! Erg, or something like that. As soon as cows stop flying around a nice informative gardening post will happen.

Damian nor I have felt overwhelming fantastic for a couple days, probably swine fluplague doctor (promised I would try not to joke about that) the bubonic plague. I had to say that somewhere in this post so I could have an excuse to post a plague doctor drawing (not that I collect creepy historical pictures or anything.) Some day I will dress like that for Halloween. Granted if this thing turns into a pandemic, this year might be a poor choice… Still, doesn’t he look so awesome? Reminds me of a raven.

Anyhow. This Saturday we will be out in Medical Lake celebrating Beltane at Sal’s. We will have a ritual (where I will be calling water and setting up the water altar,) a maypole, a spiral dance, drumming, a potluck and just a great time in general. Beltane is one of my very favorite sabbats, the gateway to summer and a celebration of sweet luv. If you are local and interested in going check out the Spokane Pagan’s meetup group.

That’s it for now. Don’t forget to wash your hands.

My Friends

Jaspenelle
by Jaspenelle
Sun
15
Feb
2009
11:18am
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friends
(Left to Right: Michael, Shannon, Ileen holding Damian, Andrea, Peter and Caswallon.)

Community is an important aspect of my spiritual self, and to that extent friendship is too. I can’t imagine life without good friends spending good times together (or supporting each other through any bad times.) I am an extrovert, I am a people person, I need people to share with to be balanced and happy.

I feel blessed with a wonderful talented amazing circle of friends, who I am able to see often and who accept my family wholeheartedly. I am blessed that we can get crazy silly and serious when need be with each other. I am blessed with honest friends who are not afraid of sharing their opinions, and who know themselves, and who are still open-minded enough to be accepting of new ideas. I am blessed with friends so close that they feel like family and that Damian has such fantastic “aunts and uncles” to grow up knowing.

Michael and I quite possibly have some of the greatest friends in the world. They are made of pure awesome (with several cups of sexy piratiness added in.) We might not always agree but we can always get along. Love you guys!