Still recovering from the epic launch of THE ECHO ROOM by @parkerpeevy last night! She and @tracicheeauthor did an adorable interview about survival situations (Parker would just stay on the deserted island 😆) and there was an actual escape room set up in the bookstore before the event! Here’s the tag line for this book (which I read in a single day): THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN BEING LOCKED IN IS FACING WHAT YOU LOCKED OUT. 🤯
🥕Carrot Harvest 2018🥕 These are ‘Cosmic Purple’ from Baker Creek. I did a mixed planting with a few cultivars and thinned blindly, not realizing the Cosmics out-competed the others by like, 95%. If you’ve never had purple carrots before, here’s the 411: They taste exactly like orange carrots, and they’re only purple on the surface. (Inside, they’re orange.) They (this applies to all cultivars) need frequent watering until they build up a canopy, and they should be harvested at 3-4 months. I kinda forgot about these and left them in the ground 5+ months, but the only downside was that I lost the biggest 3 to cracking. They grew in 2 square-foot boxes and yielded enough to fill 2 gallon-sized zip-locs. Also, they’re DELICIOUS 🤤
SF Zoo with Sister
A little informal tour of my garden
This is what it looks like when I’m hanging out near the top of the wall, trying to figure out how to make the move I just missed. 🧗🏽‍♀️ Even resting, it’s pretty fun! The yellow route here is the one I was working on. I already owned black and I’m not touching that pink 5.12b 😜
Scabiosa stellata ‘Starflower’ 🌟🌸
I’m going to save these in case we ever get invited to the met gala 😜
It’s worth noting that about 75 faux butterflies went into these costumes, along with a large amount of aluminum wire, half a spool of orange thread, and significant application of orange eyeshadow.
The theme for Derek’s annual work party was Wonderland. Here are some details from his costume 🎩
The season of the nasturtiums has ended; the season of the morning glories has begun. 🤨 They’ve won this round.