summer’s end callers (haiku) (after pic at end)

juicy rotund red flavorful characters call each summer’s end The quantity isn’t what it’s been in other years with Mortgage Lifter, but what has grown is large and so tasty. Eating this RIGHT NOW:

dVerse — Prosery Monday — Future’s Garden

“William Morris 6” The future gathers in vine, bush, and tree:Persimmon, walnut, loquat, fig, and grape”by Yvor Winters from Time and the Garden Future’s Garden She wakes to coughs, groans, and clanks. Rubbing her eyes, crusted with dust, she winces and wonders how much time she has before her clouded corneas become blindness. Or will…

Hydroponic Tower Garden (updates)

A couple of weeks ago I went to the library and noticed a strange new gadget. There were no plants in it at the time. At first I thought it was a 3D printing project as the library has a 3D printer. I asked and was told it was not printed by the 3D printer…

TTPC — synonyms only (tanka)

want vacant breakfastsuits my vacant morning mindovernight oatmeal!usual hot, cold, jazzed up withcinnamon, raisins, maple syrup mindless = vacanthumdrum = usual Selma Martin is today’s host of TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge.  Selma says: Your Tanka Tuesday challenge invitation is to write a tanka, plus choose two synonyms using the two words: Mindless and Humdrum

Scoby Dooby Do

Some of my long-time readers may remember me talking about fermented foods, and kombucha specifically.  I go through periods of fermenting foods and then my interest wanes for awhile and then returns.  The last time I brewed kombucha was a few years ago.  The pickle jars and bottles of 2nd fermentation were abandoned on shelves…

Doodads fmg

We met up at fmg on Tuesday, as we have all summer.  We headed back to the recreation of the farm from Lena’s childhood and planned on taking a back route over to the Japanese Garden, but there was work going on in that area, so it was gated off.  Instead we took a boardwalk…

Doodads over past (busy) week

On Monday, a group of 8 of us, 6 adults and 2 kids, drove out to the farmer’s market I frequent, where a playground and farm animal petting area has been added over the summer.  The playground included a giant tractor tire that has been made into a sandbox, with included farm equipment trucks to…