So, I've been in Tucson for about 3 months and have finally decided to make a blog. What better way to start my blog than to introduce everyone to my house?
We also finally bought some ceramic pots for our herbs, so hopefully basil will make it a little longer... and a clothes line so we can start taking full advantage of the dry air!
The picture to the left is of Kaitlyn, Jeff, Jen and me after working on our garden all afternoon. Though the patch may seem small, we worked hard pickaxing through caliche ("a layer of soil in which the soil particles have been cemented together by lime" http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/ mg/soils/caliche.html) to make it. Apparently, just a few inches below the dusty Arionza... dust is this rock like layer that can get in the way of roots, basements, and optimistic gardeners. This week Jeff, who works at the local Food Bank, is going to bring some seeds home and we'll hopefully get some veggies planted to join the flowers!
Below is a picture of Kaitlyn posing with our new compost container. On Thursday we all had the day off thanks to Veterans Day and borrowed a truck to go collect pallets, dirt, soil, manure, etc.
We also finally bought some ceramic pots for our herbs, so hopefully basil will make it a little longer... and a clothes line so we can start taking full advantage of the dry air!Now I'm sitting in cafe on 4th Ave, an area about a mile from our house full of cafes, thift/vintage stores, and other Tucson goodies with Jen and Jeff (who are also working on their blogs!) Tonight we're going to head down to Southside Presbyterian for a dinner and "ritual for preparing and holding peace within", in preparation for the vigil at Fort Huachuca tomorrow. For those of you familiar with the annual vigil at the SOA, this is a sister sort of event that acts as a demonstration against torture.
Well, I don't want to overwhelm this post with too much background of my life in Tucson but I'll try to explain it a little more in future posts :)
Hey Erin - I'm so glad you caved! Has the temperature gotten better? It sounds like you were trying to break through cement from your description of breaking ground...strenuous but I am sure you will all be so gratified to see flowers and vegetables growing. Are those all your roommates in the photo?
ReplyDeleteWe are in London visiting Kerry and spending the week with Bob who is on his way home now. Clark and I are staying another week. Bob did really well with all the activities, although he doesn't walk as much. The new medicine makes him so much better and he truly enjoyed all the plays, dinners, even a tea! Noni was very present with this group as they remember her from previous trips and Bob would mention where Noni sat when we visited certain places etc. The weather has been typically dodgy - rainy almost every day, except the day we went to Jane Austen's home - Bath - where it was sunny all day.
Bob came with us when we visited Kerry at Parliament: we met her MP, Jo Swinson, a Lib Dem from Scotland. We spent the rest of the afternoon watching a heated debate on housing cuts in the House of Commons. The next day (when we were in Bath) there were riots with students attacking the Conservative Headquarters and managing to outwit the police.
Please keep writing!
Love,
Maggie
Miss you, Erin! Glad to read about your SW adventures. :)
ReplyDeletelove, morgan