Monday, March 23, 2009

New Potatoes Planted

                                                  (Photo taken on 03/17/09 by Marvin)

Jo planting our potatoes.

One bed down; ten left to be planted.

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Ice Storm Flashback: Ladybug

                                                                                       (Photo taken on 01/27/09 by Marvin)


Our ladybug remained bright and cheerful throughout the entire ice storm.

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Kiln: Glaze Firing



Jo's kiln reached it's temperature for this glaze firing, a little over 2300ยบ F.  She has the controller set to "fire down" slowly -- as opposed to simply shutting the kiln off and letting the temperature drop.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Pancakes Anyone?



I'll bring the pancakes. Who'll bring the maple syrup?

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

Ice Storm: Television Antenna




Television antenna that we, fortunately, had not gotten around to installing yet. Had it collected that much ice while on the house roof, it would probably have come crashing down.


(Note: As time and a slow dialup connection allow, I will be editing and uploading ice storm photos to a Picasa online album and will eventually post most of them on this blog. If you want to check out the Picasa album from time to time, it is here.)


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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Ice Storm: Off The Front Porch





Taken off our front porch during the ice storm.  (Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 12:19 PM)


(Note:  As time and a slow dialup connection allow, I will be editing and uploading ice storm photos to a Picasa online album and will eventually post most of them on this blog.  If you want to check out the Picasa album from time to time, it is here.)

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Monday, March 2, 2009

Ice Storm: Icicles On Icicles



The slower freezing mist and drizzle that fell during the morning of 01/27 coated limbs and stems with a layer of ice.  The heavier freezing rain that fell during the PM ran off the stems and created icicles which changed direction as the limbs sagged more and more.  The icicles ended up looking like tusks.  (Photo taken:  Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 12:19:10 PM)


(Note: As time and a slow dialup connection allow, I will be editing and uploading ice storm photos to a Picasa online album and will eventually post most of them on this blog. If you want to check out the Picasa album from time to time, it is here.)

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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Ice Storm: Bowed Tree In Yard



Freezing rain is still falling and this tree near the northwest corner of our house is still collecting ice. The large upper limb that's very bowed in this photo eventually snapped. (Photo taken Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 12:18:02 PM)

(Note:  As time and a slow dialup connection allow, I will be editing and uploading ice storm photos to a Picasa online album and will eventually post most of them on this blog.  If you want to check out the Picasa album from time to time, it is here.)

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