Picture Sundays: Violetto Artichoke?
...A picture I took on May 5 of one of our artichoke plants. I think I grew it from seed–Franchi’s Violetto variety. In the background are Chadwick’s sweet peas....
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Picture Sundays: A Handy Handyman
...Kelly found a soggy flyer on a sidewalk near our house. The front showed a picture of a man with a mullet hairstyle holding a trophy below a headline “Best Handyman.” On the back said handyman promised the services you can see above. I laughed, then realized that it was my exact jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none set of skills. Well, except for “hydrophany” and gutters. And you’ll have to go to Kelly for both the fine art and the house painting....
Picture Sundays: Bike Rim Dome
...Bike wheel trellis via Homesteading/Survivalism. While it wouldn’t work with kids that like to climb, this is a nice use of bike rims. I could see it as a dome over another structure. No idea where this picture came from–it’s gone viral in homesteading circles–if you know, leave a comment....
Picture Sundays: Our First Book in Context
...Root Simple reader Jon in Melbourne, Australia sent us this picture in Facebook to show us the company our first book keeps down under....
Picture Sundays: Do You Believe In Magic?
...I really like this mural that just appeared in our neighborhood near the corner of Sunset and Coronado. Bunnies tumble out of a magic hat and there’s a silhouette of a coyote and crow (common urban wildlife here). The text, “do you beleav [sic] in magic” brought a smile to my face as I waited for the bus. My day had been re-enchanted by this symbolic bit of street art....