Category Archives: Garden

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Odds and ends schoooltime

Posted on August 30, 2010 by cbd

A roundup as the semester gets underway: another failed chair search (sigh), being on sabbatical, Amelia joins Madelyn at day care, our porch work is almost done, and a new restaurant. Continue reading →

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Odds and ends Monday

Posted on June 14, 2010 by cbd

Odds and ends for mid-June: brief note on our Utah/Arizona trip, housework, and rain. Continue reading →

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Last harvest

Posted on December 4, 2009 by cbd

Some photos from our last harvest trip to Barefoot Gardens for 2009 Continue reading →

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Odds and ends Sunday

Posted on October 4, 2009 by cbd

Odds and ends for an Autumn Sunday: pumpkins in a tree, running a 5K, Amelia nearly walking and talking, getting a jump on Spring courses, writing my application for sabbatical leave. Continue reading →

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Goodbye 2008

Posted on December 31, 2008 by cbd

Let’s review: Jan 5: Madelyn starts the Big Girl sleep plan. I’m happy to say this continues; the Bee is pretty easy to put to bed now. Feb 21: I get an awful flu bug, missing classes and losing eight … Continue reading →

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Frost

Posted on October 16, 2008 by cbd

I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised about this, but there’s a frost warning for tonight. And again Friday. In 2007 we had tomatoes in November. Not this year.

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Odds and ends Thursday

Posted on June 5, 2008 by cbd

Catch-all: strawberries, cleaning, accessibility internship, writing a review Continue reading →

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Odds and ends Friday

Posted on June 8, 2007 by cbd

Light on the blog as I’ve been heavy on everything else here lately. Accessibility: the WCAG Samurai (Joe Clark &c.) have published the draft of their errata to WCAG 1.0. Also recently, the Illinois web accessibility bill passed the house … Continue reading →

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Odds and ends Friday

Posted on April 6, 2007 by cbd

Too long since one of these catch-alls… Madelyn: our girl has extended her mobility into the Z dimension; she’s climbing like mad now. Footstools lead to tables lead to trouble. The Bee now pushes chairs around the house to grab … Continue reading →

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Garden gone

Posted on October 11, 2006 by cbd

Looks like a cold snap is coming. We may even get some snow. Last year we had a few mild frosts in October, but most of the garden made it into mid-November. If we see high 20s tonight and tomorrow, … Continue reading →

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