if you're trying to save your marriage...

this might not be the activity for you. today is sunday and we finished our picnic table. neither of us do well taking instructions from the other. maybe it's an oldest child thing. since we're both the oldest of two.

i started the table on friday by cutting the boards to length and angle. yesterday, i put the bolts into the sides. today we screwed in the top and seats. now, we must sand and stain.

ryan and i do have a hard time working together. maybe it's on me, but we're just now somewhat able (after 4 1/2 yrs) to work in the kitchen at the same time. rarely do we, though. we do gladly eat what each other has made.

today, my frustration could be towards the meeting that i have at noon. note to self, don't plan meetings on sundays. sundays should be family days.

seedleaf

ryan's non-profit, seedleaf, is in full swing this summer. click on the link to read about the happenings.

i've had the privilege of giving away the vegetables that they've been harvesting. quite a bit has gone to ms. teresa, the cook at the kid's cafe. we've also given some to ms. smallwood, a 96-year old african american woman who lives not even a block away from the london ferrill community garden. she has a great story. she graduated from tuskegee university in alabama with a teaching degree. instead of going into teaching, ms. smallwood decided to get a nursing degree. during her time in tuskegee, she informed me that there was a pretty scandalous syphilis experiment going on. that'll fire a soul up.

i've also given veggies to a loving grandmother who lives a couple of blocks from the garden and cares so well for her two grandkids.

i'm quite proud of ryan and what he's doing for our community in lexington.