Winter Update

  The trials of our first year gardening continue. Supposedly, in Oregon you can plant kale and chard in the fall and harvest it throughout the winter.  Unfortunately for us, this winter was just a little too cold (and dark up at our forested farm site) and the crop froze to death.

Christmas with Baby

Phew, its so easy to lose track with things coming along so fast. I think this picture is about 23 weeks, right? It's actually after Christmas when it was taken. (You can tell because all of the snow has melted away) So now the tree is gone (but not forgotten, its actually in the firewood pile) and the belly is bigger. Much bigger--man you should see the thing! Of course momma still looks great!

21

21 weeks, and on the Hana "Highway" in Maui.

20

20 weeks, and starting to look like a baby! Actually, this picture is upside down. In reality she prefers to stand on her head, and oh by the way she is a she!

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.

More on Poultry in Cones

Sarah Palin is copying us!! Step-by-step, here is what happened...

1-Our footage of my chicken processing day hit the internet.
2-One of my photos was submitted for the Pulitzer in Journalism.
3-Overnight this blog became a web sensation.
4-Next, the term "kill cone" was nominated for Merriam Websters word(s) of the year.
5-Now everyone in the world wants a piece of the action, even Governor Palin. Watch this video, where she pardons one turkey, then banishes all his friends to the kill cone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-kjM1asH-8