prettier than any of the surrounding plants!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
The mother of all mushrooms
prettier than any of the surrounding plants!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Beautiful Blue!
Now, didn't that bring a smile to your face?
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Granite
Now, I could spend weeks wandering from supplier to supplier looking at stones. (If it weren't for that day job). We've been looking at slabs of granite for one piece of the kitchen counter - and boy are there some gorgeous pieces of rock out there. Thank God for the patience of Jonathan (not to mention Jacques!)
We loved this one. But unfortunately when we read the label, it was soapstone. Maybe not the best choice for a family that is slightly on the slobby side and definitely hates to clean.
Luckily other stunning choices were around the corner. Plus, with a name like 'Stormy Night', how can you go wrong?
Well, except that it was about 30% above our budget. That's a problem. Love the gray and red and quartz. Plus it's from Canada, so the carbon footprint from shipping is lower (but really everything's already in the Boston area, so that's carbon under the bridge.)
Looked at lots of very calm, uniform greys browns and whites, but it turns out we really like the dramatic stuff. The more quartz, veins, and particles the better. Really, it's not a huge area of stone, and everything else in the big room is white and brown, so I think pretty much anything could work.
Loved this one - kind of like a big headcheese made from stone. Lots of purples and greens. Definitely stuff to look at and daydream with as you eat your morning cereal.
And, a more restrained version. Lots of blacks and browns. It was really this shiny, and looked like you were looking at the bottom of a riverbed.
Here's a beautiful one that looks like veins of huge, prehistoric leaves.
And, the one we're leaning towards - a nice balance of color and veining.
We loved this one. But unfortunately when we read the label, it was soapstone. Maybe not the best choice for a family that is slightly on the slobby side and definitely hates to clean.
Luckily other stunning choices were around the corner. Plus, with a name like 'Stormy Night', how can you go wrong?
Well, except that it was about 30% above our budget. That's a problem. Love the gray and red and quartz. Plus it's from Canada, so the carbon footprint from shipping is lower (but really everything's already in the Boston area, so that's carbon under the bridge.)
Looked at lots of very calm, uniform greys browns and whites, but it turns out we really like the dramatic stuff. The more quartz, veins, and particles the better. Really, it's not a huge area of stone, and everything else in the big room is white and brown, so I think pretty much anything could work.
Loved this one - kind of like a big headcheese made from stone. Lots of purples and greens. Definitely stuff to look at and daydream with as you eat your morning cereal.
And, a more restrained version. Lots of blacks and browns. It was really this shiny, and looked like you were looking at the bottom of a riverbed.
Here's a beautiful one that looks like veins of huge, prehistoric leaves.
And, the one we're leaning towards - a nice balance of color and veining.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Flora
Lots of mushrooms seem to be springing up - every time I walk around (picking up the debris from Irene) seems like there's a new one. I'm looking forward to learning about how the land changes over the seasons, and I think this may be a whole new category.
Here is a particularly massive one, growing right in the right of way - you'd think it would have been crushed before it even surfaced above the leaves.
Others remind me of the Morels and other tasty mushrooms that they sold in the markets when I was in Spain. Pretty sure if it's growing here, they're not selling it in Spain though.
I'm also reminded of a mechanical engineer that we knew in Albuquerque, who would pick pounds and pounds of some sort of mushroom and send them off to family in Poland. As far as I knew, everyone survived.
Here are some Indian Pipes (I believe).
They have been well sheltered by one of the boats. Here is a particularly massive one, growing right in the right of way - you'd think it would have been crushed before it even surfaced above the leaves.
Others remind me of the Morels and other tasty mushrooms that they sold in the markets when I was in Spain. Pretty sure if it's growing here, they're not selling it in Spain though.
I'm also reminded of a mechanical engineer that we knew in Albuquerque, who would pick pounds and pounds of some sort of mushroom and send them off to family in Poland. As far as I knew, everyone survived.
The variety of shapes and sizes is amazing. Also makes me think we need to clear out some of the smaller trees and get more sun on the ground!
Red - I know brightly colored frogs are toxic (thank you Museum of Science) - wonder if that holds for mushrooms as well.
Monday, September 5, 2011
Boats for Sale
Well the time has come to part with some of the herd. We had a nice kayak paddle today, and think that's what we're most likely to use on the pond. Now, we're hoping to fund part of the kitchen with the canoe and one of the metal boats. Follow the links if you want to see the Craigslist ads.
It has been fun doing a little research on these boats - the AeroCraft was built in Michigan, probably in the 50's but possibly as early as the 40's or as late as the 60's. They made some slick little speed and ski boats as well.
Boat Listing
The research we've done told us that the man who owned the property also had the Grumman distributorship for the area, so it's not surprising that one of the boats we found under the snow was a Grumman canoe.
Much lighter than you'd think, but I suppose since they started off making aircraft, that's not suprising.
Canoe Listing
It has been fun doing a little research on these boats - the AeroCraft was built in Michigan, probably in the 50's but possibly as early as the 40's or as late as the 60's. They made some slick little speed and ski boats as well.
Boat Listing
The research we've done told us that the man who owned the property also had the Grumman distributorship for the area, so it's not surprising that one of the boats we found under the snow was a Grumman canoe.
Much lighter than you'd think, but I suppose since they started off making aircraft, that's not suprising.
Canoe Listing
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