Posted on July 17, 2008 by essiewb
This is the first bell pepper on the pepper plant. It is about three inches long. Two days ago it was the size of a thimble, but in the perfect pepper shape. There are also several oblong jalapenos on it’s neighbor. Chris tasted one and said it’s fiery. My little rolling cart is in the [...]
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Posted on July 7, 2008 by essiewb
In front of me I have two chemocaps. Panda Cotton cap:
Panda Cotton is 59% bamboo, 25% cotton, 16% elastic nylon. Knit on size 2 circulars with two sets of ribs at the bottom and a spiral crown. It is so soft and fluid, beautiful stitch definition. My in-laws’ friend should be comfortable even if his scalp becomes [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2008 by essiewb
This is my one hundred and eighty-sixth post. I think at two hundred there should be a celebration, but I’m not sure what. The numbers are important to me only as reminders that I have persisted with this task. I never set out to achieve any particular number of posts, and I can easily foresee [...]
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Posted on June 9, 2008 by essiewb
Chris planted these peppers this week – two red bell peppers and a jalapeno. He likes to cook spicey. This week he made an Alfredo sauce that was out of this world, so good that I got extra and dipped bread in it. I was eating the whole wheat sandwich bread from Niedlov’s. I think it’s my [...]
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