feb 28, saturday

fmw: before our lunch date to the Greek place (!), ma brought fresh grapefruit from the backyard trees.

han: firewood

feb 27, friday

fmw: still cool, before the 90-degree sonoran desert summer, in february. BAARf.

han: a bike and her shadow

feb 26, thursday

han: sign of powder in the mountains

fmw: looking out "modern languages" building at school. teehee.

feb 25, wednesday

fmw: YEAHHH-HOOO!!! FARMING AGAIN!!
Can't wipe the smile off my face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too many photos - uRP!
Best "school" day by a mile.
(Naturally, no school!)
OH HAN!!!!


han: life cycle of a pumpkin

feb 24, tuesday

fmw: wonderful walk... then reality hit. the beginning of 10 long hours.

han: admiring pinks

feb 23, monday

han: birthday celebration

fmw: (ga-ga for) ma's artisan loaf

feb 22, sunday

han: cotton boll

fmw: I made a shmancy pizza (with a minor fiasco) for my folks in a cool house while the outside was warm and the sky was patchwork cloud blobs and very blue.

feb 21, saturday

han: mare's linoleum block lettering

fmw: old clock (that doesn't tick) that used to hang near the instruments in the living room.

feb 20, friday

han: a school of fishes

fmw: prez pride

feb 19, thursday

fmw: a rare embrace of time moving on

han: frosty tree barnacles

feb 18, wednesday

fmw: best lunch to date (!) bookended by 200 pages of thesis reading. but fun reading, so a good day overall.

han: looking up

feb 17, tuesday

han: almost spring at bennington

fmw: dawdling before nine hours of hogwash
ps. i know i've gotta mega crush on mark bittman, but i thought this might be enjoyable to other foodie folks.

feb 16, monday

han: early morning WFRing

fmw: mid-morning snacks (look at those tomatoes!) at a cluttery desk

feb 15, sunday

han: simon in the frost

fmw: tip-toe quiet morning before grocery run (for leeks, pepitas, and heirloom tomatoes!) and lunchtime with my cousins, folks, and grandmamama. ;)

feb 14 (smooch, smooch), saturday

han: nest in a rare blue sky

fmw: missing farm days.
(these are water colors by Annette from the kale and maple syrup booth nextdoor, at the St. J market.)

feb 13, friday (dun-dun-duuun!)

fmw: mini cookie bake after sunny walk home

han: second attempt to start the day

feb 12, thursday

han: a tricky wednesday

fmw: wonderful breakfast, WONDERFUL day!

feb 11, wednesday

fmw: this morning i listened to a debate by two former AZ supreme court justices at a shmancy inn on Elm street. afterward, I toured the perimeter and found a lovely desert garden.

han: yikes! a deer!

feb 10, tuesday

fmw: snowMELT after 2am snow and 3am melt. AUUuGH!

han: julia's red clogs

feb 9, monday

han: waiting for a new project

fmw: degrees of sophistication on my most frequent morning walk

feb 8, sunday

fmw: ma and i (mostly mom) rolled truffles under (a roof and) purple-y sky that stuck around all day, since sun-up. maybe winter hasn't left, afterall?
(we also found a double rainbow!!!)

han: bookshelf critters

feb 7, saturday

han: pastel soldiers

fmw: in the kitchen with Sara and Blood oranges.
juice squeeze after (piddly) farmers' market with my roomas where we got candied pecans, roasted chile salsa, and heirloom tomatoes from Willcox! :-)

feb 6, friday

fmw: an evening caesura (oopsie!) because my morning caseura went kaput off my camera! a shame, too, because my morning caesura involved CHOCOLATE!
i took this yesterday, after exams, around 6pm. it's the "social science" bldg at school.

han: a leaf vision

feb 5, thursday

fmw: apparently it does (faux) snow in the sonoran desert. my school is OMG, SO AWESOME that it trucks this stuff in. these pics are from earlier today; i just left school a few minutes ago, in the evening, and some muscle-y boys were scooping the "snow" off the "hill" onto the yellow grass. now it's a giant mush-pit.

han: poblanos and padrones

feb 4, wednesday

han: oranges and faux china

fmw: new tea! from Syrian market next door.