Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Fall as a verb and a noun; pumpkin as a lifestyle

How many bags can someone rake? I have put a moratorium on raking. It seems like there is not point to it. In the last weeks its been hard to check in. We've had many home guest, a major fundraiser for my organization, friends, leaves, and pumpkins!

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Its like Sesame Street. On a lazy Sunday of eating pho(or watching the eating of pho) and talks of the golden child. See my pretty pumpkins.

Some great updates. We have removed the random yucca bushes on the side of the road. With help from Melanie, Audre & SCout(the killer JRTs) Hamadi(thanks for breaking my rake), and Elys we were able to uproot it.

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Hamadi has the shovel that will later break and Melanie, Audre and Scout are rooting him along. These yucca, although a nice natural boundary, did not have a place on the side of the house so out they went. Its already looking better!

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I have the yucca root in my hand and it was so white and crisp looking.( I also have Mel's hemp gloves that are great but not awesome if you have stuff with thorns- ouch!) I know that I have eaten fried yucca, and I am wondering if this is the same kind? At my old college apartment we had these plants everywhere which were not the best for drunk college students- hence the name "stucca".

I also got 5 delicious pumpkins. One could say they are just for Halloween but these will last the entire fall and people know that I am prone to keep them til spring. I love them so esp. the heirloom pumpkins that remind me of Cinderella and all things majestic.

So as long as the weather is still trying to make up its mind if its fall or summer (fammer or saller), I'll keep thinking about spending an entire weekend raking only to be succumbed to the verbage!