Yep, I am going to be an uncle very soon! My sister Karen is due with her first child on August 14th, but she could give birth any day now! This a happy and anxious time for my family. Every day, I get calls from relatives asking if she has given birth? If she is…
Month: August 2006
Lazy summer days
I had a climb planned for today, but it didn’t materialize so I was lazy at home for yet another day. I think it was good I didn’t climb today because I was still in a mental and physical funk from the Torment-Forbidden attempt last Thursday. The past three days I have succumbed to 3…
Tormented on Mount Torment
Bjorn and I intended on completing the Torment-Forbidden traverse in North Cascades National Park. We made excellent time on the approach, but slowed down on the South Ridge of Mount Torment. Despite free soloing the entire route, we were already behind where we thought we would get. More time was spent getting out of a…
Garden photos
Here are some photos of the garden work that I promised to post the past couple days: View to the right of the front door. I pruned the two bushes into “umbrellas” and trimmed the lower portion of the arborvitae. View to the left of the front door. Similar pruning job – a nice clean…
Gardening
I did quite a bit of gardening today. I first trimmed a row of 50 mature arborvitae trees, a “natural fence” making a nice and straight flat top. Arborvitae’s are evergreen coniferous trees of the cypress family and are widely used as ornamental hedges and screens, particularly in cooler climates. We bought them for $1…
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