bicycles + gardens = bliss

First off, a big thanks to Mama and Papa Oliver (aka Sue and Jim) for a great May 24 chez eux at their Bracebridge cottage. It was awesome. And I think we've all gotten the geocaching bug pretty bad now! yay :)

Happiness is a bicycle - built for two, built for one, whatever tickles your fancy. This week I've been listening to a definitely not the opera (dnto) podcast about cycling while cycling to work. So awesome. Biking makes me so very happy, its pure bliss.

And me and Joe, well, very much mostly Joe, has been digging up new garden beds! Pics to come! They aren't planted quite yet, but we've got big plans (alright, so they are somewhat fuzzy plans...I just found out today that we might be already too late to plant spinach! Although apparently a fall crop would be doable?)

Final bit here - a "sociable" bicycle ... super neat! Wonder if Joe and I could handle one? Without steering the bike in half I mean :)

Into May!

Hello blogosphere,


Katherine here ... I promise that I'll get Joe to make his first post soon. It will be, dare I say, epic. (But no pressure sweetie. ha.)


So we're doing pretty great here in suds - looooooving the start of summer. This weekend is going to be all about gardens and our backyard - rebuilding the grape arbour and putting in a couple little gardens for veggies and flowers. And we're throwing in some games with friends, wine, and a roller derby match in azilda tonight. And Mom and Dad are coming over tomorrow to hang out and help/supervise/save us from ourselves with rebuilding the arbour. Woot! 


I had some kinda crabby reflections about the election that I think I'd still like to share ... I'll try to keep it short :) 'What's most frustrating about the election outcome (well, besides the fact that they only got 40% of the vote and our electoral system is completely broken!) is that I feel like the cons speak to people's basest instincts - fear of the unknown and the other, selfishness, and short sightedness. To me, they disregard our potential as a country, as communities, and as individuals. Our potential to be fully human, to care for each other, to care for the earth. To reach out and strive for a future where no kid in Canada goes hungry, hell where no kid anywhere goes hungry. For a future where 'making a living' never means 'destroying the environment', our very basis for existence.' 

I had a bunch more thoughts related to climate change ... but hey doesn't seem necessary!  Hope everyone out there has a wonderful weekend! If you've got gardening tips you wanna share, please do :)