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Working the Fields


Today I started my outdoors indenturement. I'm being paid though, so I can't complain too much.

It's actually really great. For all the hours I spent in the library reading, writing, studying...it's really nice to be taking care of trees.

These are redwoods. There are probably 20 of them. And I need to dig out the bases to form nice, little, circular-mounds around all of them. I feel like this will make up for my lack of sword practice; didn't Mr. Miagi make Daniel plant a bonsai one time? Same thing.













This is a Chinese Pistachio (don't let the name fool you, it doesn't actually produce the nut...I don't understand why anybody would want to make a non-nut producing pistachio tree...so sad). I never really liked the tree until today, there's another one next to it on the left, so it's makes a neat little entryway unto the redwoods.












You might not be able to tell from this, but those are clouds in the sky. It actually rained. Must take more notes on global warming.

But yeah, my apologies for such a green-post. Nothing really too spectacular to document around here. oh wait....







I also spent the day cleaning out our attic. So many random things. And of course, our cats have peed on most of it. Pictures of the larger mountain of crap soon to come.


i wish i were back in the mountains...dehydrated eggs and all.

Comments

  1. Aaron10:35 AM

    Pshh, global warming is a conspiracy theory spread by hippies and militant liberals.

    And while Mr. Miyagi did have Daniel-san wax his car and paint his fence, he also had Daniel-san HIT THINGS.

    So anyway, have you decided whether you're going to drop your summer class?

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  2. Geoff1:56 PM

    yeah, i just dropped the class as of last night. Though I should be visiting sometime in the next few weeks. I'll let you know

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  3. Carrie8:58 PM

    hey, if you dont want it, can i have that tiny table?

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  4. Anonymous10:03 PM

    Not the eggs! Anything but the eggs. I heartly agree though, the mountains sound sooo good.

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  5. Anonymous10:42 PM

    can't believe you gave up felipe and berkeley for that! sigh. where have priorities gone?
    -i

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  6. mariah7:15 PM

    Hey Geoff. Just tought I'd say hi. How's school going so far? It's been pretty boring since you and Farren left, but she's been back every weekend, hah. Well I guess I;ll talk to you later. Love ya cuz. Bye

    Mariah

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