I Can't Think of a Clever Title: June 2006 Archives

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June 30, 2006

Summer Eating

The boys and I made freshly squeezed lemonade yesterday using this recipe. We even added ~~high fructose corn syrup with red dye number 40~~ grenadine to make it pink for Iris, who was napping.

(In case you are wondering, he is wearing part of his Jedi costume.)

I was on a roll. New Jersey is swimming in blueberries this time of year, so I decided to make a blueberry crisp using this recipe. It was really, really good.

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Friday Random Ten

Shuffle Those MP3s

1. Jealousy - Liz Phair
2. Baby, Baby, Baby - Jayhawks
3. American Girl - Dance Hall Crashers
4. Gift X-Change - Calexico
5. Maybe - Alison Krauss & Union Station
6. Anywhere But Here - Softies
7. No. 13 Baby - Pixies
8. Glorious - Breeders
9. Comes a Time - Nada Surf
10. Words without Wrinkles - Luna

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June 29, 2006

Sheep

The kids and I spent the earlier part of the week in Ghent, NY with Eric's parents, who rented a vacation home there. You may be aware that recently there has been a lot of rain in the Northeast. Well, in the 48 hours or so that we spent there, I think we saw rain for about 44 of them. Luckily the few clear, dry hours we had were in the middle of the day. We took advantage of the sunshine and visited the Old Chatham Sheepherding Company.

It was a beautiful small, family operation. We were able to roam through the sheep pens freely. The kids were able to pet the little lambs and we got a see a ewe with her triplets, who couldn't have been more than a half an hour old. All the while the ewe in the neighboring pen was panting and groaning with labor pains.

I do have to say that the La Leche League Leader in me felt kind of strange to see a staff person hauling in a 50 pound bag of powdered lamb formula, especially with all of the engorged udders in the place. But business is business (as they say) and Henry really did like the cheese his grandparents bought him from their little self-serve shop.

** Note: I wasn't sure if I should have used "an ewe" or "a ewe." The former sounds terrible to my ear but the latter looked really awkward in print. So I decided to let Google decide. "A ewe" won with 156,000 results versus "an ewe" which only has 38,800.

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June 25, 2006

The National Road

When reading the Sunday paper this morning I saw that the National Road turns 200 this year.

This picture was taken 11 years ago this month (when the Road was only 189 years old) in Western Maryland. Eric and I were returning home to DC after celebrating his birthday with a weekend at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland.

This bridge was part of the original National Road. Standing on the stone bridge looking to the south you can see US 40 and beyond, there lies I-70.

Interstates are great when you need to make haste. But if you have the luxury of extra time, traveling on the smaller, older roads are a wonderful way to explore.

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June 24, 2006

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Before:

After:

I was actually very busy during my internet vacation. We spent a week in Kansas City, made various local day trips and completely revamped our backyard. I had planted a garden once before but it was quickly abandoned after I became pregnant with Theo, as first trimesters aren't conducive to such things.

Eric and I have put a lot of time and energy into it and we love it. There is something so satisfying about watching your plants grow. The gratification is considerably more immediate than raising children. Not to mention stepping out your back door and cutting some of your own arugula or parsley for dinner!

I plan on boring you throughout the summer with updates of my flowers and veggies.