• What a great way to start the morning: Miles Davis - So What - Live http://tinyurl.com/5daobv #
  • Canning tomatoes [making salsa] with my brother today. #

I had a great time participating with my brother and his wife doing this.

  • Coring, scoring, and blanching tomatoes #

Salsa - Paul skinning tomatoes

Salsa - skinning tomatoes

Salsa - Paul chopping jalepenos

Salsa - Callayna Peppers

Salsa - Callayna Cilantro

  • Waaaaay to many tomatoes ready for this recipe. Onions too. Soup? #
  • All ingredients ready to go. A break for lunch, then we begin. #
  • Uh-oh. Timing off. Have to be done by 3pm. Looking iffy. #

Salsa - Many pots, one cook, small stove

  • Everything on the boil. Apt. is like a steam bath. Bro’s schedule freed. No time pressure. #

Salsa - Al cooking it up

  • First batch done. Starting second run now. #

Salsa - Paul checking headspace

 

Salsa - Paul lidding the salsa

  • The smoke alarm was not a welcome interruption. #
  • Final bath. Having the not enough to go into the last jar taste test with corn chips. Good flavour & bite. Done. I’m outta here. #

Salsa - Fruits of our labour

Salsa - Taste test

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  • Election fever rising: Co. I work at will be open on Labour Day. They do contracts for a major Canadian political party. I’m off that day. #
  • @moneycoach A broad brush stroke: Canadians talk about [the gov't] looking after each other. Amercians talk about looking after themselves #
  • @moneycoach Uh-huh: family [the individual] first, government second. That’s why socialism [Dems? :-) ] is so scary for some Americans #
  • M$: Stop asking me to update to WinXP Service Pack 3. #
  • Waiting for email and link from Shiraz to test the new CE #
  • Today’s 6.1 earthquake in BC - http://tinyurl.com/5zojhr See the shaking http://tinyurl.com/5f8n6l Sumatra 2004 http://tinyurl.com/5jkacc #
  • One of the the 15 words for rain in Vancouver: Misting - many small raindrops which feel like a sea-spray. Got any of your own? #
  • @keiramc How about a West Coast name? In the winter, the heavy rains could be called Pineapple or Firehose http://is.gd/20OQ #
  • Bookmarked: Köpstopp: Tema sopor - bokashi [Sweden] http://tinyurl.com/6rf98d #

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  • Peace Corps document “Intensive gardening for profit and self sufficiency” can be adapted for city use http://tinyurl.com/57nnf5 #
  • @rouxbe Cilantro when using the leaf, Coriander when using the seed. I don’t see a problem with two names for different parts of the plant #
  • Firefox wants me to upgrade to FF3, then gives me a list of all the add-ons/extensions that won’t work with it. No thanks. #
  • The flashing prompt the means ‘your next typos will be appear here’ disappears when I am working in Gmail. Anyone know a solution? #
  • @socialwebtools I like the extensions / add-ons that FF3 will prevent me from using. #

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  • Cleaning out [science projects from] the fridge means a having a full bokashi bucket at the end of it. #
  • @seismic007 Great news on the bokashi. Keep spreading the word! #
  • One of my knew followerz tweeting for there businiss has bda speling. How can I tell them polightly what a negitive inpact that hsa? #

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  • Tweets from Honeybee Centre last Sunday now have pics http://tinyurl.com/3tlajs #
  • Fixed my tent tonight. Process frustrating, but I feel good having finished the job without breaking anything or losing parts along the way #
  • I have better things to do [later] than be awake at this hour of the morning. #
  • Wandering online leads to news that Stephen KIng’s The Stand is going to be serialized by Marvel http://tinyurl.com/4lv9hz This is good! #
  • Alarm went off 30 minutes ago. Time to get a few things ready for the Kitsilano Famers Market. A rainy market day & NO hot drinks on site #
  • Raining. Really raining. #
  • Even in this weather, the crepe wagon has a lineup. #
  • A husky-x rolling in pile of snow from ice rink. #
  • Home wet and tired. Shower to warm up,then deliver 27 1L mason jars to bro’. Serious salsa canning session coming up = more declutter for me #

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  • Not feeling my best at the moment. A few mistakes, lower than expected sales, higher expenses. It is sometimes hard keep perspective open. #
  • New pants from V V. I like giving clothes a second life. Alterations to all cost more than the initial purchase. Worth it. #

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  • Made bokashi, worked, provided advice on making bokashi. Getting ready for Famers Market tomorrow. My first rainy day @market this summer. #
  • Retweet @grist: Anti-bike crusader halts San Francisco’s cycle-friendly plans: http://tinyurl.com/5emcmb. FTW? #
  • Truck loaded and off to Riley Park Farmers Market http://www.eatlocal.com 12:30 - 5:30pm today. #
  • Market on. Crowded. That’s good. #
  • 1st sale today to couple who live a few doors away from my old apt. #
  • Raining. Thunder. Dry under tent. Crowds gone. #
  • Like seeing committed shoppers here despite the rain. #
  • Dedicated shoppers under tent

  • Rain. Puddles. Kids. Splash. #
  • Kids and Puddles

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Cherry Tomatos

Radishes and more

  • I have the visual accuity to appreciate art but not to draw it, hence no Manga avatar for me. #
  • Seeded a guerilla garden yesterday just in time for the rain to take care of watering it. #

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  • On way home on slow Hwy 1, old man driving switched lanes at every opportunity to get ahead. Time saved: 10 seconds. Expletetive deleted. #

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