75 bar falls 30.07 2mph E dew-point 59 sunrise 6:58 set 7:13 Lughnasa Waning Gibbous Harvest Moon rise 9:58 set 1:37 Couldn’t get chipper this morning, so I spent some time moving logs, then went on to plant daffodils. After the nap Kate and I worked on transferring day lilies to a front bed. She […]
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A Splitting Morning
63 bar rises 30.11 2mph NW dew-point 54 sunrise 6:58 set 7:13 Lughnasa Waning Gibbous Harvest Moon rise 9:58 set 1:37 A crisp morning, tending toward a warm afternoon. Great for outdoor work. Have to split logs so I can use the chipper on them Monday. Then, plant bulbs and move hemerocallis. Plenty outside labor […]
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There are times when the judgment of the universe becomes inscrutable. At best. The complex interplay among our nature, our nurture and the actual facts muddies the whys of life. Always. It is no wonder that humans seek answers, we are pattern seekers, probers, wonderers, wanderers. Yet, there may be no answers. I know a […]
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70 bar falls 29.98 0mph S dew-point 58 sunrise 6:57 set 7:17 Waning Gibbous Harvest Moon rise 8:32 set 11:01 On Thursday nights I watch Supernatural on the CW. My lifelong fascination with gothic tales, especially ones involving demons makes this irresistible to me, even more so than Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which I also […]
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64 bar steady 30.16 0mph NW dew-point 56 sunrise 6:56 set 7:17 Lughnasa Waning Gibbous Harvest Moon rise 8:32 set 11:01 September will be a full out garden and landscaping month. I have bulbs coming from White Flower Farms, a tree to finish cutting up, then two trees to mulch. Then I’ll be working with […]
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73 bar steady 30.18 1mph N dew-point 47 sunrise 6:54 set 7:19 Lughnasa Waning Gibbous Harvest Moon rise 8:02 set 9:41 Got this one down without hitting the house, the fence or the glass table on the deck. My merit badge is secure. This work prepares the area for the orchard and fruit bushes. Lindsay […]
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57 bar rises 30.17 2mph NNE dew-point 51 sunrise 6:54 set 7:19 Lughnasa Waning Gibbous Harvest Moon rise 8:02 set 9:41 Enough ranting. The fiscal world will go about its business; Kate and I made our decisions and have commitments that make sense to us. In the political realm Obama has gone from looking like […]
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After years in urban ministry, economic development, affordable housing and responsbility for urban congregations spread throughout the metro area I thought I knew Minneapolis. Not so. When I drove over to ecological gardens, Paula’s home at 4105 Washburn Avenue I discovered north Minneapolis, the one that includes Shingle Creek, the Humboldt Greenway, Victory Memorial Drive. […]
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59 bar steady 29.98 2mh NE dew-point 53 sunrise 6:48 set 7:29 Lughnasa Waxing Gibbous Harvest Moon rise 6:15 set 3:35 9AM Sun/Shade OK. All the sun/shade photographs have been printed and I will take them over to Ecological Gardens today. Just looking at them myself, it is obvious that we have vegetable growing possibilities […]
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68 bar falls 30.06 0mph NNE dew-point 38 sunrise 6:45 set 7:34 Lughnasa First Quarter of the Harvest Moon rise 4:49 set 12:17 Corn, Bleeding Heart, Impatiens, Beets and Beans at 3pm This morning I got up, ate breakfast and went straight outside. Posting in the morning has begun to interfere with other projects. […]
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