This year we were fortunate to plant a garden for the first time! It was hard work, but very very rewarding. We just have a little plot of ground in front of our
four-plex. When we moved in, it was all grown over with grass and weeds.
It took a lot of sweat and tools to get it all pulled out. The soil was better for making pots than vegetables, so we had to sift out chunks of clay and add clay buster. We added seeds, water and time, and voila, a garden!
Our harvest included: many nice green onions, some small white onions, some withered green beans, a plethora of beautiful and tasty tomatoes, a couple stunted carrots, one little head of lettuce, and a variety of squash (acorn, zucchini, winter, and spaghetti) that turned out very strange because they cross-pollinated with each other.
While our harvest was sometimes a little disappointing, we learned a lot and loved watching it grow. We already have a plan for next spring.
We received some awesome presents and GAVE some, too! We tried to give gifts that were homemade and from the heart this year...which means 
that they won't be truly appreciated for a while...but we got the most out of giving them.
It took a lot of sweat and tools to get it all pulled out. The soil was better for making pots than vegetables, so we had to sift out chunks of clay and add clay buster. We added seeds, water and time, and voila, a garden!
Kelly and I had a good Halloween. We went with Julie to Amy and Steve Collier's for dinner and a movie. We like using Kelly's theater make-up skills and we have acting in character together. If you don't know who Carl and Ellie Fredricksen are, watch the Pixar movie titled "UP" (it comes out on DVD this month).
This semester we are also learning how to render with marker and in Photoshop. This was my first marker rendering assignment. It is the front view of 4 bottles/containers. It has been a lot of fun learning how to use this medium to portray form and surface change. Now we are working with tablets and stylis (computer monitors you can draw on with a special tool). Hopefully I will render something well enough to post here.
Thanks to Aaron for taking these photos!
Having fun at Castle Park.
Amy is so photogenic.
Sisters, sisters...
A handsome man and his wife and a cute niece and handsome nephew.
