something new

broccoli from the Davis Farmers Market; the shapes

It is almost spring. We are thinking about getting a dog/puppy. Today I picked up my first CSA (Consumer Supported Agriculture) box. Fresh, organic, local vegetables from less than 50 miles away. Needless to say vegetables are my new favorite food group.

http://www.localharvest.org/csa/


We visited Del Rio Botanical, a CSA provider just a few miles away from downtown Sacramento with our friends a few weeks ago. I was sold. I feel like I have farm in my blood; or wish I did. Too bad I'm just two generations too late in my family.

http://www.delriobotanical.com/


I decided to go with a CSA box every other week from Full Belly Farm, around 50 miles away.

http://www.fullbellyfarm.com/


This is neat photo-documentation of a Fully Belly CSA box.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicole903/tags/csa/


This week we received: fresh oregano, green garlic, mixed chard, mustard greens, carrots, asparagus, broccoli, and salad greens. I like new experiences.

chard stems

a friend of almost 24 years

Justin Bowman. Age 26. Heart Attack. Childhood Friend. Family Friend. So Kind.

T street

This is my new home in Sacramento. Note: the left upper residence and the "For Rent" sign

This is the apartment before I moved in. Note: its not messy yet



This is my boyfriend Michael. We graduated architecture school together.




Note: Snake enclosure on the left




I think I will consider this a photo blog, and less of a blog blog. My photos are better than my words anyways.

Wednesday Mud Day

Wednesday is usually a half day of work and the rest of the afternoon we spend on the San Juan River enjoying the coolth. This week however, I was covered in mud for approximately 90% of the time and only went into the river to wash off. Mud = fun, we have been waiting for this mud since week 1 (thank you rains of week 4 for providing the silt in the river for this extravagant adventure.

Cow Branding etc...

Calm before the storm, just hanging out in the desert like usual...
(note bull in back)

Us also hanging out waiting for something exciting to happen...

YIKES

I know lets circle the cars so that when we round up the bull it wont have anywhere to go BUT inside the corral

and it begins

ouch, never seen that before

yeah that's a bull, good job James and Julie

I now introduce you to Rocky Pointy Spinney, Heather's new best friends. Turns out he doesn't enjoy eating grasshoppers bigger than himself or crickets... any ideas?

Hike take 5

Today was hike #5 up Rock Point, which I led alone. I also happened to be the first person to see the rattlesnake on our hike back, (yeah that's right, first in my life!)



I also painted everyone on my staff postcards with little love notes on them this past week.

Climbing Rock Point, trips #1-4

Every trip up to Rock Point has been quite memorable thus far. Its quite amazing how high you climb and how far you can see. I still don't understand how we are able to convince high schoolers that its cool to wake up at 4 AM their time at home (5 AM here) and hike for two hours. We must be very persuasive..

camera was on manual focus for the first trip up, lame

#1 Thursday, week 1, just a handful of staffers, campers and counselors

#2 Friday, week 1, 31 people, half of the camp including most staff members





#3 Thursday, week 2, 40 people, record so far, touched a Desert Night Snake, took up the tail end of the group

#4 Friday, week 3, just a few shy of the record, led the group