92 - done!

92. grow a plant that actually bears fruit/vegetables

well, i did it. finally. i grew a pea. that's right, i grew a single pea.

why just a solitary pea, you ask? well, when i first planted my peas in may, it was just starting to feel like spring. we had a little bit of nice weather, so a few days after i put the seeds in the soil, the vines came up and went nuts, crawling their way up my windows to the sun.

look at that nice little bud at the top there.

however, we have had an absolutely horrendous june. i am not kidding - it rained for 23 days straight. we had a low average temperature - about 59 degrees. i believe i read somewhere that it is the most rain we've had in boston since about 1915. or something to that effect. basically, it's been nasty, non-summery weather here. as if the boston winters aren't bad enough.

and apparently it has been amazing weather in seattle. sigh.

so, all of my plants died. (well, the tomato is still kicking, but it has some spots on its leaves.) but not before i got my pea!

it has now been sunny and nice for the past few days, although apparently thunderstorms are on their way. great.

not a great summer for growing things. at least i could check this one off my list.

.cheers.

.gerber.

.the remnants of my birthday flowers.


today is 50 degrees and sunny - i'm hoping the nice weather sticks around for a while! and my peas are continuing to grow like mutants - i'll be posting some more pictures soon (i know you're excited). gerbers are just so awesome, though. i love them.

not much new and exciting. i'm just looking forward to the summer.

.cheers.

.april showers.

.happy fools day, everyone.

will post more in-depth in the next day or so; i've been a bit swamped lately.

.cheers.

.home.

.it is official - i'll be home for christmas!

booked my flights last night, and almost gagged due to the ridiculous price of tickets. and there i was, hoping that i could upgrade to first class via saved miles. tough luck. ah, oh well.

for those of you who care (and, i know, religiously follow my blog), i'll be getting into seattle the morning of 18 december, and will be leaving on the same early-morning flight that i always do on sunday, 28 december. so, that will be nice to have so much time at home. (kristin, will you be coming home for cmas?)

nothing else new here. tonight, j's friend from l. school is hosting a dessert party with his wife (i think she's the one that is hosting, really). they just had a baby, so i think it is mostly to introduce everyone to the baby. i'm going to make my dark and light brownies. mmm.


one thing that i think is funny - j decided to order pizza (apparently playing im football out in the rain makes you hungry...who knew), and he felt the need to order via the world wide web. so he ordered his pizza, and on the confirmation page, it shows you when the pizza is in the order, prep, bake, box, and delivery stages. so, we could see that fabio was prepping j's pizza, that it went into the oven at 2:14, and that omar is delivering our pizza. now that, my friends, is an example of way too much information.

a few more macro shots (told you i'm obsessed). flowers are even awesome when they're all shriveled and wrinkly. i love the visibility of their veins, and the texture of the petals - all leathery and dry.



.cheers.