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Carl sure gets up early.  Plugged away on the south side and sealed up the parts above the doorway.  Stuck 18 of my saved Dr. Deb tomato seeds in some potting dirt on Friday - drying out more for future germination.  Started another group of seeds today from the order I got from my friends at Blackbird Naturals over a year ago.  http://www.blackbirdnaturals.com/  Lamb's Quarters, Matt's Wild Cherry Tomato, Astragalus, Holy Basil, Goji Berry, Maca, Burdock, Stevia, Wild Spinach, and Calendula.  62,80,25,0,C

great weight...

Another day too nice to spend mixing concrete - but I just couldn't put it off any longer.  Jumped into the pour this afternoon.  Walter gets a raise today.  He selflessly churned without even a burp for the duration of the mixathon.  2.5 hours, 25 bags of concrete, 25 gallons of water, 2208.5 lbs moved by hand.  That's only 14.74lbs per minute but I'm sure I will feel it tomorrow. 

Big boost in the mail today.  Although I am months away from actually planting anything in the greenhouse - I have been thinking about what to grow.  Taking advice from some good friends.  Got my superfood seeds from Blackbird Naturals. Wild and organic seeds to start the food flow.  A great selection and outstanding packaging (I love little wooden boxes and tiny tins).    

http://www.blackbirdnaturals.com/grow-superfood-seeds/  (give the page some time to load so you can read all about the goodies)  80,87,45,0,W 

Blackbird Naturals

The supposed day long deluge was only morning drizzle.  Although I really didn't deserve the treat - I did a GrubShack lunch this afternoon after waiting for the road to dry out.  Got a double delivery today.  UPS brought me my copy of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and USPS brought me something really special - more about that later.

Was pretty pleased with my rock work yesterday so I went out and fetched 3 more loads.  Spent the late afternoon assembling the e"rock"tor set - adding some stone walls to the fire pit project. One or two more days of drizzle and rocks and I will be returning to spray paint mode.

Back to the special delivery today...this is my tale of a crazy life path and 6 degrees of separation.  Way back in the 80's, I met and became friends with a makeup artist named Bonnie Maller.  She introduced me to photographer Chris Callis who I worked for and became good friends with.  While working for Callis, I met another photo assistant and good friend - and now successful photographer, Dan Winters.  At the time, Dan was dating Denise Milford, now another successful photographer and film maker - and good friend.  After I made the move here, Denise introduced me via the web to her sister Debbie Young.  Debbie introduced me via the web to Anthony Anderson - both I consider good friends though we have never met in person.  Today I got Truffles I ordered from the company that Anthony started with Alexandra and Andrea.  The truffles are UNBELIEVABLE!!  The internet links are as follows:

1. http://www.bonniemallerdesigns.com/

2. http://www.chriscallis.com/

3. http://danwintersphoto.com/

4. http://www.facebook.com/denisemilford

5. http://debbiedoesraw.blogspot.com/

6. http://www.blackbirdnaturals.com/

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