P3

We're pleased to announce a new web feature, the Pregnancy Photo Project (P3).  If you didn't know that we're pregnant, well I'm sorry that you're learning about it here, but it IS true!

We're working on a photo each week of the pregnancy so that our long distance family and friends can keep track of us.  And understanding that this sort of thing is always more interesting to us first-time parents, we'll use the magic of computers and the high speed internet to compress the latter 22 weeks of pregnancy down to only 18, just so you don't get too bored.  (And who knows, we might have the baby a week or two early, so enjoy these pictures while we have them!)

So check back often, we need the web traffic.  And that attention stealing band Portishead has gone and copied us, nicknaming their 3rd album P3.  The nerve!  Never mind that it's been critically and publicly acclaimed (http://www.avclub.com/content/music/portishead, http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/50072-portishead-third).  WE have the original P3 here!  (coming soon that is)

Cozy

Best to stay inside where it's warm and cozy, right? Sam and Mia have the right idea, but their attitude is contagious. Who wants to go outside where it's cold, rainy, icy, snowy, and gray, all at once? Things are so depressing outside, you either have to sleep or laugh. (obvious what the cats chose) But really, today I saw a guy trying to dig his Miata out of a snowbank with the handle end of a broom. It was a nearly 2 foot snowbank, frozen over, and he had a broom. Is that comical or pathetic, you decide. But it speaks to how unprepared people were for this weather. I fear that no amount of NW extra strong, extra large, extra shot coffee can save us now!

You Decide

Picture #1: Colorado or Oregon?
Picture #2 : Outside Fargo, or outside Portland?

Confused Kitties

We're not sure if Sam ever saw snow (being from Buffalo as he was) but Mia was born and raised in Oregon and today's snow was news to her. Entertained as she was by falling snow flakes, she had no interest in getting her feet cold.

But Sam frolicked in the snow; and why shouldn't he, with his perfect camo coat?

Garden

Here's how the farm has been looking, or rather had been looking until the snows arrived. Most of the food crops are out, and cover crops are in. All we have left is swiss chard (should be able to keep going through the winter), and the sunchokes, which I have to dig up for the root cellar.