Comments on: Random

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:20:15 +0000

I know this is really late, but what you’re probably seeing is called “frost heave”. The freezing and thawing of the ground pushes things up. It’s a pain for archaeologists too.

By: lee

lee — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:13:05 +0000

Lynn – Not really warmer (nights getting down near freezing still), but I think the iris here are on an earlier schedule. Where I grew up, one of our neighbors had used a corner of our property to dump his trash (before my parents owned the place) and during my 20 years there we never stopped picking up bits of glass and metal that came to the surface. I suspect we’ll be picking up matchbox cars around here just as long.

Rachael – Thanks. I like them a lot too. I want to build a tiled shower stall and the decorative tiles will be a center piece. It at least sets a color scheme for us. Not sure what the other patterns in the shower will be. The sales people said the tiles were originally limited run ink block prints. When the artist ran out of those, Motawi Tileworks approached her about doing some ceramics based on the same designs. I would assume the process would be quite different to create them, even though the effect seems quite similar.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:24:19 +0000

I like the block-print-inspired tile. Block print is really cool. Roxanne took a class on it while she was in college, I think. I guess it’s very time-consuming. I wonder which one’s faster- the block print or tile?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:21:39 +0000

That is awful that Jack isn’t taking care of the gophers! Our 2 housecats are constantly hunting – sometimes they hunt in one area for several days. It seems like they hardly move a muscle when they hunt – they just stand there motionless, waiting for the mouse (or whatever it is they are hunting) to appear. They just swear some critter is there, and they are going to wait it out.

I know what you mean about trash – we have SO MUCH trash appearing, too! I keep thinking that I need to go spend a day picking up trash again, but there’s so many things on my to-do list, and it’s COLD outside! So that chore has been delayed, maybe until the days get warmer here in Maryland.

My mother gave me many iris bulbs last summer, and I didn’t plant them for months. I finally got them planted just before it got too cold here. I can’t believe your are starting to grow already! Is it getting warm there in OR?

Can’t wait to hear about the bathroom renovation as you work on it!!!

By: robin

robin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:11:27 +0000

Boy, we need a Rascal around here. The back fields are even worse with gopher holes. Thanks for an ID on the plant. I am really bad at that sort of thing.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:02:36 +0000

Very nice to see around your place. Too bad about the gophers and I hope Jack helps take care of that problem. Rascal is doing his share of mousing around our place. The plant looks like mullein. It is a medicinal herb and so I would keep it. Lovely to see the irises coming up too.