March 11th, 2010

Coming soon from Moon Farms
After talking about it every spring for the past ten years, it’s finally happened! Yes, despite our horrible climate and soil to grow anything other than weeds and cactus, we now have a teeny tiny vegetable garden.
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Tags: Austin Texas, DIY, Garden, homeowner
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December 8th, 2009

DIY
We moved earlier this year. In many, many ways, it was a big step up from the old house. However, one decidedly step down was going from a house with a 2 car garage to a house with a very narrow carport. Besides the obvious differences, there was a major annoyance. The carport didn’t have any lights.
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Tags: DIY, Electronics, garage, homeowner
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December 5th, 2009
I’ll blame it on the weather. With a December cold front blowing in a couple of days ago, and me being ultra-productive nowadays (it’s all relative, don’t forget), I decided to get all artsy-craftsy while staying inside and warm.
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Tags: DIY, just for fun, lightbox, photo
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November 24th, 2009
Just going through the photos in the hard drive (download Picasa3 if you want an easy time of it). Found this cool shot I took in Cuernavaca, Mexico in July of 2009.
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Tags: lightning, mexico, photo
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November 19th, 2009
I wasn’t sure if the dead tree in the backyard still was home to our furry, yet extremely ugly, family of ‘possums, but I caught this guy (or gal – you can inspect the photo, as for me, I’ll pass) heading out for a night on the town a couple of nights ago. Hopefully they won’t move into the basement like that unfortunate family of raccoons did over the summer.
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Tags: animals, backyard, opossum, possum, wilderness
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