Solar Is In

A big thank you to Marc, Bill and the rest of the folks at EE Solar for a job well done. It is a 5 KWH (AC) system, which should more or less put us off the grid. We are very excited to see our PG&E meter spinning backwards in the middle of the day!

Roses In the Rain

Just planted 10 bareroot roses from Roses of Yesterday & Today in the driving rain this afternoon, filling in the last gaps in our bed of roses. The roses we planted last year were winter-pruned two weeks ago and are mostly dormant right now.
Click here for more photos of our rose garden. The bulk are Hybrid Tea roses, but we have quite a few of David Austin's 'English Roses,' a smattering of Floribundas and even a relatively new Grandiflora, Sundance (2004).

Kiwis Are In!

Eight females and two males, all 3 years old already! We'd like to thank Bernhardt and the entire Redwood Nursery family for giving us a great deal after tracking them down and delivering them to us in such good condition. We'll be pruning them this week, and we're excited for them to break dormancy this spring and get growing in their new sunny home.

Updated Photos

Greetings,
Estelle just wanted you all to know that we've just performed major and long overdue updates to our photos. In addition to containing up-to-date baby photos, the pages should load faster and behave in a more intuitive fashion than their previous incarnations. They now also support subscriptions via RSS (Mac & PC) and iPhoto (Mac only). Enjoy!
D, N & E

Protea: Pink Mink

Our Protea "Pink Mink" got pretty knocked around by the wind in the recent storms, but her flowers were no worse for the wear when we brought them in a few days later. Indeed, they're still holding up after a week indoors. (As always, you can click the image above for a closer look).