Monday, April 26, 2010

Getting back into Writing

Ok, it has been a while sense we wrote. I just decided that I'll be chronicling our growing season this year as we now have tons of garden space. I'm sure I'll write on other topics too.

2010 Update. All is well here in Eugene. Monica and I won the Community Garden lottery and we ended up with 2 plots at the end of our street. We just planted lots of things this past weekend including green beans, tomatoes, basil, green and orange sweet peppers, and we did it in a fun garden design–concentric circles. At home, we got a new chicken from Mike Bennett recently. He had to offer her for adoption because she was noisy at is place and he wasn't really allowed have chickens at all. Her name is Henny Penny and she is fine. She is our first brown egg layer. Our other 5 ladies are laying 4 or so eggs a day. Our bees are doing good too. The one hive is strong with tons of activity, while the new hive did not make it through the cold season. I've got it open and we are hoping for a swarm to take up residence.

The kids are doing great. Rainy is in soccer, Torrent is riding like a champion and Dare is starting to do a little riding on the road. Sangy is a pro on the back of the extra cycle or on the middle of the Triple now. This summer we'll get her going on the Piccalo (trailer bike) too.

Monica is busy planning the school talent show, and working with the classes to increase biking and walking with the new Boltage program. Rainy and Torrent are singing "If I had a Hammer" for the show. Family School is getting a class together for bike safety too. We are busy.

I've just sold two bikes recently. The Bike Friday and the Gunnar. The sale of these two bikes has made room for a new one from Perennial Bikes. I'll be taking picture of it as they become available. It should be a beauty.

That is a quick update. More to come.