'bout time!

Gavin & Babka making "fungi" with new play dough!

That's what I get for waiting so long in between postings!  I just typed all about what I've been up to for the past couple of months and I got an error code and a "thankyouverymuch" and then my blog page went blank and wiped the slate clean.   Guess that will teach me for going on and on.   Rather than repeat everything I just commented on, here is the link to the blog I wrote for the Claybank Master Gardener web log, posted October 8, 2011,  describing the Living Green seminar with some photos of the workshop.  I will add that I am glad I spent oodless of time preparing.  It paid off in the end.   

(Lo' and Behold!  I found the 'missing words' in a draft copy of this blog, under a separate heading.  Here is the original:

Another billion minutes have passed without an update to my personal blog.  Now that I've posted a couple of entries to the Claybank Master Gardener site and to the LIVING GREEN blog, I feel like I can be self-indulgent and update my This 'n That page.  Here it is, in a nutshell...

I've spent lots of time these past months, preparing for my Living Green seminar.  It went very well, from my perspective.  An audience of around 50 folks showed up to hear me speak and watch me demonstrate DIY projects.   Reduce, Reuse, Recycle examples were discussed and illustrated in a myriad of ways.  I managed to fill three long tables with examples of recycled materials.  Some of the refashioned items were practical and some of them just for the sake of art & creativity.  It was a lot of work but very gratifying to reach the day of the workshop and feel prepared and revved to present.   I received excellent feedback from many of the audience members and lots of good ideas for additional ways to recycle common materials.)