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Harvest Fair on Bainbridge Island, the 2010 edition

Posted on September 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

Harvest Fair was today! Hurrah!

My friend and co-blogger Michelle over at the Kitsap Sun Mom Squad blog (or “blob” if you’re my dad) put together a bloggy tidbit about the wondrous time that is Harvest Fair. You can click over there and then come back here to visit.

*waiting* *picking at fingernails* *still waiting*

You back?

In case you have no soul just moved here, Harvest Fair is a fun community gathering (and I’ve been almost every year since we moved to this rock) with food, beer, music, livestock, s’more making, cider drinking, and most importantly, general amuck-running.

However, being the annoying weirdo curious person I am, the fab fair left me with a few questions.

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Can’t a zucchini get a little privacy at weigh-in??
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How long does it take to go from marshmallow to charred bit of caca?
(whatever you said, take away….pretty much all of it and add one blink)
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Know who didn’t buy a turkey raffle ticket?
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And why won’t he even make eye contact?
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Anyone else feel a draft?
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Wouldn’t Fresh Wool be a great band name?
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What’s a girl gotta do to be a Pie Judge?
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Do you believe in love at first sight? Or first sight post-shearing, anyway?
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Hey, can’t someone bring that turkey a beer?
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And lastly, can I hold your sticky hand?

I hope all who attended had a blast, and those who didn’t…well, there’s always next year for you losers.

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I lied. One more question — did you go vote for us?

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Don’t leave us last in this race, out here in the doghouse!

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cinco day wha?

Posted on May 4, 2010 | 6 Comments

When you’ve grown up in Texas, experiencing Cinco de Mayo in the Seattle is, how shall I say, anti-climactic.

It’s hard enough to find a tongue-numbing hot sauce, let alone a respectable margarita in the Pacific Northwest. Some hard-core types may shudder, but I even miss those swirl frozen margs, especially the swirl sangria margaritas.

Sure, you can pay top dollar here and give your bartender explicit instruction for that perfect margarita. But nothing is better than just saying “One margarita, please” and having a sturdy glass of icy, smooth deliciousness arrive to both cool and warm you simultaneously.

For most folks here, Cinco de Mayo is the 5th of May. Period. If you’re lucky, it may also include a $2 beer for a one hour period while you watch some sporting event on a large screen.

In Texas, Cinco de Mayo is practically a week long (hell, I’ll say it, a month long!) celebration, beginning with “warm-up activities” the weekend ahead and culminating in parades, street parties, and craziness to the Tequilath degree. Just go to Austin in early May and you’ll feel the ground vibrate from shot glasses slamming down all over town.

Cinco de Mayo is promptly followed by the hangovers of Seis y Siete de Mayo.

Which you are definitely recovered from and have forgotten the pain of in plenty of time for the next Cinco de Mayo.
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Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone!!

Are you doing anything for Cinco de Mayo where you live??

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a day at the beach

Posted on March 16, 2010 | 4 Comments

You’ll be glad to know the Let the Dog in! family dashed to the beach this past weekend, and we got the pictures to prove it! And we had the “that’s boring!” grumblings of a 6 year old ahead of time, but that’s beside the point.

Who was happiest about this outing?
Her:
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She was really diggin it…
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This one photo explains our whole backyard in case your child falls in a hole and disappears while playing here you’re wondering.

No stick too small or too big.
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Or too inedible.
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She also got wet…
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and did the “Shake”…
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and she did it again…
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This is one cracks me up. Look at the force going there.

Just imagine if your entire beauty regime consisted of doing the “Shake.”

Think of the time, money and Q-tips saved. And certainly, hair control would no longer be an issue.

I’m gonna start practicing.

Although I may have to use that saved money for a chiropractor…

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I heard the newt today, oh boy

Posted on January 12, 2010 | 8 Comments

[UPDATE: Upon further discussions with the Hubs, we have realized this is NOT a NEWT. Au contraire, this dark, slippery fellow is a Northwestern Salamander (amybstoma gracile), but I still think you don't want to eat him. Well, I don't. I guess I can't speak for you.

Anyway, wherever you read "newt" just replace that with "salamander" in your mind. But "newt" has so many more pun options. I couldn't think of any song lyric to use "salamander" in...]

We discovered someone creeping around our property the other night while gathering wood for a fire.
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The Rough-Skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) (I think)

Sure, he seemed nice enough and put up with being flipped around.
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He had sweet eyes, in a bulbous, disgusting, sci-fi way.
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But then I read if you eat one, you could DIE. Not just from being grossed out either, but from toxins he produces.

Wiki said this about toxicity of newts:

Many newts produce toxins in their skin secretions as a defense mechanism against predators. Taricha newts of western North America are particularly toxic; the Rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) of the Pacific Northwest produces more than enough tetrodotoxin to kill an adult human. A 29-year-old man in Coos Bay, Oregon, who had been drinking heavily, swallowed a rough-skin newt Taricha granulosa for a dare. He died later that day despite hospital treatment.[7]

Most newts can be safely handled, provided that the toxins they produce are not ingested or allowed to come in contact with mucous membranes or breaks in the skin.[7] After handling, proper hand-washing techniques should be followed due to the risk from the toxins they produce and bacteria they carry, such as salmonella. [8][9].

So, look at them, take pictures of them, but remember, whatever you do, don’t SWALLOW the newt!

Class dismissed.

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a personal item of a porcine nature

Posted on September 16, 2009 | 5 Comments

Once again, we went to the Kitsap County fair a few weeks back. Once again, a good time was had by all.

While the deep fried Twinkie was surprisingly delicious, the most memorable moment occurred in the piggy barn.
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Isn’t this a precious scene? Besides relating to this plum-tuckered-out nursing mom (and her gargantuan nips!), I felt a deep, warm fuzziness for this:
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Is that the cutest or what? Look closer.
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Come on! That’s gotta be the most adorable pig tush in the world!

Luckily for the piglet, there was a fence stopping me from reaching over and pinching that sweet little butt.

It almost makes you want to avoid bacon, right?

I said, almost.

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