Saturday, April 10, 2010
Spring Break 2010
Friday: Crashed after the longest 4 day week I've ever had. Holy Holy Week Batman!
Saturday: Brunch with Stephanie, Josh, and Paul, friends of Grant's from high school. A rare experience of high school memories. A brief walk through the farmer's market. We now have friends to visit in Santa Barbara - a perfect starting point for an excursion to the Channel Islands. (S&J are you ready for us in June?) Then I worked on the perfect jewelry supplies order - every thing left that I need to start soldering. However, the most important part, the solder, is backordered. Last, I made a to-do list.
Sunday: Jesus Rose from the Dead. This seems to be an annual occurrence on my Spring Break. Secular school district still follows the Christian calendar. Much celebration at FCCO, followed by a lovely dinner at Sarah Eve and Jordan's home, and then a movie with Ryan and Molly at SaltHouse.
Monday: Started with an acupuncture appointment. We're about done with my ankle, now working more intensely on sleep issues. Figured out how to back-up my phone on my computer and download podcasts to the phone. These are trivial things to most folks, but I've only recently had a reason to do this - more bus riding and opportunity to listen to podcasts! Yoga. Dinner. House meeting.
Tuesday: Cleaned the bedroom! Farmer's market and ate pie at Crixa. Then a book discussion group with Seminary of the Street on The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Clairborne.
Wednesday: Lunch with Marisa, pie at Crixa (again!), shopping for backpacking trip, yoga, dinner, dancing with Emily!
Thursday: House breakfast, acupuncture, lunch with Molly as I was cooking Dinner (early cooking because of leaving for Point Reyes backpacking Trip!)
Friday: Stroll along the beach. Sleeping in the warm afternoon sun. Reading about a revolution and contemplating my "in."
Saturday: Woke to threatening clouds and quick winds. so we packed up and headed to Bovine Bakery, then slowly made our way home to where I am currently blogging from. Tonight - Beer Revolution.
Sunday: School Work - so sad. But I feel great that I got to do so much during my break. Now, 10 more weeks of school. The count down in on.
Full Belly Farms Tour
Since oh somewhere around Spring of 2005, give or take a few months, we have been a member of the Full Belly Farms CSA (community supported agriculture). As a member, we receive a box of vegetables every Wednesday afternoon. Now that we live in SaltHouse, we get 2 boxes each week for the 6 of us.
Last month we read in the newsletter about visiting the farm for a tour. In 4+ years of getting vegetables, we never visited the farm and we thought it was about time to see where our vegetables come from.
93 miles away in perfect traffic = about 90 minutes of drive time. So easy, so beautiful, we're planning to come back in the fall for the hoes down party. Co-owner Judith was our knowledgeable tour guide. I didn't get any pictures of her, but you can find her at the Tuesday Berkeley Farmers' Market almost every week.
Oddly enough, I didn't get any pictures of the vegetables either. But they do grow them, and we de eat them every week.
I did get a picture of the chicken tractor... one of the co-owner's daughters was explaining how it works... every night the chickens go into the "tractor" for the night, then they close the doors and move the electric fence and chickens to a new field. In the morning, the chickens have a new home of fresh grasses and bugs, or whatever chickens eat.
They also lay eggs, but not enough for the CSA members to get them weekly... maybe someday.
After the tour, we enjoyed a picnic lunch. Three of us from SaltHouse were able to go (me, Grant, and Ryan). We packed a beautiful lunch - but alas, no pictures of that either.
After lunch, we wandered around looking for the creek which is one of Full Belly's water sources. On the way, we heard the cute cry of piglets - so irresistible that we had to go check them out.
oh farm life. So tempting. We're starting with our little plot of garden out in front of the house. Pictures to come of that soon... or not so soon given my track record with blogging.
Last month we read in the newsletter about visiting the farm for a tour. In 4+ years of getting vegetables, we never visited the farm and we thought it was about time to see where our vegetables come from.
93 miles away in perfect traffic = about 90 minutes of drive time. So easy, so beautiful, we're planning to come back in the fall for the hoes down party. Co-owner Judith was our knowledgeable tour guide. I didn't get any pictures of her, but you can find her at the Tuesday Berkeley Farmers' Market almost every week.
Oddly enough, I didn't get any pictures of the vegetables either. But they do grow them, and we de eat them every week.
I did get a picture of the chicken tractor... one of the co-owner's daughters was explaining how it works... every night the chickens go into the "tractor" for the night, then they close the doors and move the electric fence and chickens to a new field. In the morning, the chickens have a new home of fresh grasses and bugs, or whatever chickens eat.
They also lay eggs, but not enough for the CSA members to get them weekly... maybe someday.
After the tour, we enjoyed a picnic lunch. Three of us from SaltHouse were able to go (me, Grant, and Ryan). We packed a beautiful lunch - but alas, no pictures of that either.
After lunch, we wandered around looking for the creek which is one of Full Belly's water sources. On the way, we heard the cute cry of piglets - so irresistible that we had to go check them out.
oh farm life. So tempting. We're starting with our little plot of garden out in front of the house. Pictures to come of that soon... or not so soon given my track record with blogging.
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