May 2006 Archives

Yesterday, Karen joined the celebration of Beth and Yashi's engagement. Beth is the daughter of Karen's cousin Cheryl and her husband Jay. Karen took a dozen plus pictures. Matzal Tov!

There are many, many things to be done about this new house. The Unpacking and organizing have not gotten much attention of late. But I have come across most, if not all, of the pie making apparatus. It is the fifth or sixth rainy day and I do not have much ambition for house work. So it was pie time. Rhubarb makes its appearance in early summer, but who knows where the supermarket gets their produce. But there it was. Combine the rhubarb with some Empire apples and we get apple rhubarb pie. It made a nice dessert for our Mother's Day dinner.

Last weekend saw some bit of spring cleaning. It was "household hazardous waste" day in town, and I loaded up the collection of oil paints (household and artistic), solvents, and other nasties we had collected over 22 years at the old house. A short wait in line at the town dump and it was taken care of.

Home then, to donate my old touring ten-speed. An outfit that takes bike donations was coincidently in town at a small Earth Day fair. I pumped the tires and rode down the hill, and Bikes Not Bombs was happy to take away my 35 year old Peugeot. I walk home and repeat the process with my folding Hon. Neither has been on the road for years, superceded by the newer, shinier mountain bike.