Archive for July, 2010
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
Summer Job
I am 3 years old. Billy Schroeder is 4. Mom is wearing little white ankle socks,
Every Summer it was necessary to paint the fence with some kind of special silver paint. It would start to clot right away, and make flat little pieces in the can, even as you were painting.
1 Comment » - Posted in Dittrich, Historical Trenton by Barb
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Strange Seattle Houses: Treehouse Fun
Not far from my house lies this treehouse behind a high hedge, made of old boards, metal roofing, and a recycled wooden window. It’s being overgrown with vines and is open to the south. I’ve never seen any kids playing in it, but it’s picturesque nonethless.
3 Comments » - Posted in Art by Tracy
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Radishes
This year for my experimental crop I grew a radish mix. Daikon radishes, red ones, cylindrical ones, magenta ones, bright purple easter eggs. The slugs nibbled at some of the tops, but not too badly. They’re very good in a salad or chopped up with tuna fish and mayo.
1 Comment » - Posted in Personal news, Recipes and food by Tracy
Monday, July 26th, 2010
Hot Rod Angel
It doesn’t look like much, but boy did I love that car! It was a “69 Camaro, and I painted on the back Hot Rod Angel, after a line from a Bruce Springsteen song.
2 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich by Barb
Monday, July 26th, 2010
Low Tide
Summer low tide at Golden Gardens beach is always exciting. The sea pulls way back, leaving stones, seaweed, driftwood, and sometimes bones in its wake. It’s possible to walk way out to distant sandbars. Where pools form, the sun warms it so the normally cold, icy water becomes tolerable to feet and body.
If you’re lucky [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Personal news, Warner by Tracy
Monday, July 26th, 2010
Strange Seattle Houses: License Plate Quonset Hut
A few houses from me a neighbor has built a small garden shed close to the street from a curved piece of metal corrugated roofing, recycled boards, an old multipaned window, and license plates. I doubt the owner had a plan. I like the curved shapes, which remind me of a WWII quonset hut.
From the [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Art by Tracy
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
SUP
Violet and I went stand up paddling at Pokai Bay. It was so much fun! I can’t believe that I did it right from the start, and never fell in. Not that it would have really mattered. The water was so warm, and it was a beautiful day. I can’t wait to do it again!
2 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich by Barb
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Mom
Mom is in a new nursing home.
Mill House
325 Jersey St #206
Trenton NJ 08611
609-394-3400
http://www.seniorsnorth.com/Millhouse.html
3 Comments » - Posted in Dittrich, Family news by Barb
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Purple Sky. Purple Clouds.
Alas, no purple rain…
2 Comments » - Posted in Amusing timewaster by Barb
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Spring Lake/ White City
I’m not sure which name it was going under when this picture was taken. But look! There’s no power plant behind the trees in the back ground!!
