Monthly Archives: November 2007

MKJEPRC

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Today we met up with my cousins Mark and Kim, Aunt Joan and Uncle Errol in Cambridge. Kim is back in the States for vacation, so we wanted to get together before the holidays got too crazy!

The crew
The crew back at Mark’s place

We went out for lunch at the [California Pizza Kitchen](http://www.cpk.com/) and then headed over to Mark’s place to hang out for a while. It was nice to see everyone, and to see Mark’s apartment again now that he has actual furniture. 🙂

More pics from the day [here](http://prwdot.org/gallery2/v/events/2007/cambridge_mkje/).

Rebecca’s Book

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You know how scientists, thinkers, and inventors of old (and probably of new) had those notebooks where they would write all of their ideas, plans, formulas, etc? Well, my wife has a book just like that. I think it’s pretty cool, so I wanted to share some photos of it:

The Book

Instead of drawings of water screws or flying machines, Rebecca’s book contains drawings of craft and interior decorating ideas, lists and plans for parties, and other random musings. Lovingly hand-inscribed with pencil, Rebecca’s notebook is an inspiration to me. To be more thoughtful, plan better, and get all of my ideas down somewhere.

You can see [more pictures of the book](http://prwdot.org/gallery2/v/craftiness/rebeccas_book/).

King-Hussey Cemetery

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There’s a small cemetery just down the road from [CBD](http://www.christianbook.com/). I’ve passed it often, and thought it would be interesting to shoot some photos there at some point. Today I decided to take a walk on my lunch break, and here’s what I came up with:

Tombstone

See more of [King-Hussey Cemetery](http://prwdot.org/gallery2/v/travels/2007/king-hussey_cemetery/).

A Meager Harvest

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I learned some good gardening lessons during my first growing season. Top of the list: Don’t plant your garden (almost) directly underneath the dryer vent. Duh.

I was able to enjoy a few handfuls of green beans and sweet peas over the course of the summer. And I got a couple bunches of cosmos that bloomed beautifully. The green peppers and spinach were totally strangled by the cosmos and the pumpkins and squash were nuked by the dryer exhaust.

The carrots didn’t do too badly. Since I’m an optimist I’ll say that we got a great harvest of “baby carrots”. Those are practically a delicacy, right? They are almost too cute to eat!

Carrot Harvest

All in all, not too bad. Due to our travels the garden didn’t get planted until late in the season and I probably didn’t water and weed it as much as I should have. We’ll give it another try next year!

[edit] I cleaned up the carrots, steamed them, and we ate them whole with dinner. YUM!

Bradstreet Playground

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Last week, we went for a walk down to the playground on our street. We all had fun playing around and taking pictures…

Peter and Catherine

It’s getting colder, so I’m not sure how many more trips we’ll be making to the playground. But it was good to get this one in! More pics can be found [here](http://prwdot.org/gallery2/v/travels/2007/bradstreet_playground/).

Keeping Warm the Earth Friendly Way

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Here it is November 5th and the Wood family has yet to fire up the furnace. I had set a goal not to use the heat until October was over, but now it is a game to see how long we can go without it (and without the high heating bill!) We know that eventually it will get too cold and we’ll be happy to turn the heat on. Until then, though, here are some things that we’ve been doing to keep warm as the temperature starts to dip.

* wearing socks and slippers
* wearing sweaters
* drinking hot tea and cocoa
* eating soup
* exercising

What are your favorite ways to keep warm?

Tacoby Bellsbury

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Thanks to Jacoby Ellsbury of the [Red Sox](http://www.redsox.com/), on October 30 we scored three [free tacos at Taco Bell](http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fan_forum/tacobell/)!

Peter loves those tacos!

There was quite a lineup at the North Shore Mall’s Taco Bell location. See our Gallery for [more photos](http://prwdot.org/gallery2/v/events/2007/free_taco_day/)!

Work of art

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At work today, I proudly affixed Catherine’s first piece of artwork to my desk:

Artwork

She made it mostly by herself (with a little help from momma for the stamping) earlier this week at the [North Shore Children’s Museum](http://www.northshoreymca.org/pages/11446_north_shore_children_s_museum.cfm). I’m looking forward to seeing more works of our from our girl. 🙂