Charleston bike fitting vid

Rather than critique, I just repost: A sad little video with some redeeming feetures. DON'T FORGET THE LUBE.

Rode to the mailbox

A nice bike trip to mail a document. There were a handful of fledgling wrens twittering in the bushes by the path. I tried to record them on my phone but the frequency was too high.

Thyme in a bottle

Poets have often wondered if they could save thyme in a bottle. The answer is "oh hell yes." After about a week, the purple basil and chives are looking pretty good too. :o) (Not so much for the dill, but it was already ill.)

Basil outside and in the office

I have been experimenting with transplanting GrowPods into containers. Meet Basil. I was having a hard time keeping up with the basil, and I wanted to lower the lights in that unit so I could get other stuff started, so I yanked him out and put him in a vase, with my formula of one tablespoon coffee grounds (for nitrogen and carbon) and a little java moss (for oxygen). He spent some time indoors and out, even in the direct sun, and he looked OK for a few days. Now he's starting to look dried out though.

Fuel

I had lunch on campus yesterday. It was excellent, a half a "Napa County wrap" which involved grilled vegetables and some kind of Tuscan vegetable soup. But the portions were not terribly substantial, so I went for the dessert. Did I ever. Photo attached. No I did not finish the whole thing. It is a fresh-made chocolate cheesecake that uses a layer of plain cheesecake as frosting, topped with cherries. Probably weighed about three pounds.

Hops at two weeks

After two weeks, I have a serious little hops plant. Thanks, ABC.

Crisp and cool

No I'm not talking about my new AeroGarten lettuce. It's the weather to which I refer. Even though it was treacherously windy I snapped a pic on the bridge.