Making New Friends...

...at the Farmer's Market.

A Visit to Kennewick

Number 100!

While spending my spring break with my parents and old friends, I discovered that I had smileys on 93 geocaches. So close!!

So my folks humored my request to get to a round 100. We drove down to Old Highway 95 to search for the Caitlyn's Cache "Putnams Challenge" series.

There were 10 geocaches in the series, plus a couple extras nearby, which means...

WOO HOO! 

Here's to another 100 adventures!

A Blingy Wall

All my jewelry lived in a box. All tangled together. It was sad. I decided to do something about it, and I had a cork board hanging out unused. So...

I traced a design, using a tissue box to help me with the right angles.

Filled it in with my favorite color of acrylic paint.

Laa laa laa...

Gave it a second coat for extra boldness.

Ooh la la!

It took an hour of tracing and painting, then I gave it about three hours to dry before I pinned up my things. I'm glad to have easy access and fewer tangled chains.

Some Valentine's Love

I'm a celebrater. I celebrate anything. But I really, really like to celebrate Valentine's Day. I think it's nice to do nice things for the people you love! So here's what I did:

I got cardstock from Michaels (keep an eye out for 40% off coupons on the website!) and the rest I had on hand.

I took a finished-off toilet paper roll, folded it into a heart shape, and used the shape as a stamp in acrylic red paint.

I let that dry overnight, then used Crafty glue to add on ribbon trim. I used three sweet flavors of ribbon:

But most important, I think, are the nice written inside. :)

Gettin' Some Dirt Under My Nails

Sometimes I get frustrated that my course requirements do not permit me to spend all my time learning about media.

Then there are days like today which make me grateful that I am given the opportunity to explore different perspectives.

I'm in a sustainability course that synthesizes geology with social sciences. We're required to do some kind of service project during the term.

I went out to the Organic Growers Club farm, a 2-acre lot just outside of the Corvallis city limits.

There were about 15 of us helping out today.

We spent 4 hours turning up soil and digging up roots.

That's about 60 man hours.

There was a little friendly competition for who could dig up the longest quackgrass root.

My new friend Jess found a lot of REALLY long ones.

There were also TONS of earthworms. As I came across them, I named them after presidents.

Meet Taft.

We also came across a bunch of these little grubs. The manager of the grounds said that they're safe to eat, so a few of us tried some.

Challenge accepted.

I was promised that they would taste a little nutty, like almonds, but really it just tasted like bug.

What a great day to get my hands dirty!

Bonus: Dobie the Doberman.

Salty Stone and The Greatest Henge In All The Land

Hey, friends. I made a video of today's BIG ADVENTURE!

Sorry for laptop potato. My DSLR is still in the shop getting repaired. I'll try to narrate videos from my phone camera, since that seems to be better. Learning!   :)

Another huge thanks to Christelle for making my day!