The cross races in Astoria were lots of fun. I love that Portland keeps the spirit alive. It feels so youthful but is adults from all across the age spectrum who participant, and sling the beer at those not dressed up. N costume was not recognized well by the orator who called him black head (he was a robot), but all of the children understood that he was a robot… his original costume was more obvious but when it impeded his ability to see, we had to modify…
We woke up covered in fog, could not even see across the lot to the other campers.. chilly, but turned into a beautiful day.
When we got home N asked me to cut his hair. It looks very good. There was only a minor mishap, when I swear he turned his head, and well lost a little skin form the top of one of his ear… yuck. He made me finish the hair cut though… but it was challenging after that… not sure he will ask for my hair cutting services again, at least not if he knows what is good for him.
N and I have chickens. We raise them free range and organically and we use their eggs. Now at some point chickens stop making eggs, and you are limited to how many chickens you can have… so what do you do once the chickens are past their egg laying prime..? We had been debating this as ours have stopped laying for a few months now (I hate buying eggs from the grocery store they are not as good). The question is really- do we eat them, let them die, or find them a nice farm to live their duration on (I don’t think most people would take them, but you never know).
Well we were making this decision slowly, figuring there was no rush. Until N went to clip one of the chickens wings (so they cant fly out of the yard where a raccoon will eat them), and it had a heart attack. It just died while he was clipping the wings. So we had to decide right away what exactly we were going do. We have read about dismembering a bird (animal vegetable miracle grazes on it) and so that is what N did. I stayed out of it as I named the thing.
I have for two Thursdays in a row been at shindigs with the elected officials in Portland that involved in sustainability. I am now interning with an organization very much involved with the politics and local business in order to achieve greater sustainability. I find it excited. And I get to see Al Gore next week, so things are looking up.
And my niece Jaden turned one on Friday Nov. 6th. WOW
So yeah interesting week!
I promise to post pics soon.
