I heard this song and thought of Puerto Rico. It really feels like Puerto Rico to me. I love the summer-like weather we’ve been having. Gardening, listening to music, wearing warm-weather clothes and flip-flops, drinking sun tea with fresh mint from the garden, eating salads that are 10 minutes old.
For about 4 months a year in Colorado it feels tropical here too, and I love it. My swing is tropical, too!
Well I was hoping to score some tickets to see Phish. But I received this notice: “We regret to inform you that you did not get the tickets that you requested through Phish Tickets.”
They just started touring again and as a result all the tickets are hard to get. Too many damn hippies. I have been listening to some live stuff they recorded in Hampton VA at their first show in years. Its good stuff if you like a “Jam Band”. Its definately not something you’d hear on the radio as most of the songs carry on for at least 10 minutes and usually longer. I’ve found that its good music to listen to when I drive to work (45 minutes) or have a project at work.
I’ll keep trying for tickets. Red Rocks is by far the coolest venue to see a concert at. Open air music in Colorado during the summer is one of my favorite things.
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Maybe I’ll figure out another way to get tickets.
Our Seed starter setup
It is the start of the gardening season here in Colorado. All the local stores start to stock seeds, compost, potting soil, pots, shovels, gloves and all the related items a person might need to grow some food or do some landscaping. Cassie was lucky enough to score some free seeds at a local gardening workshop. More seeds than we could possibly use.
We are going to plant a variety of peppers, tomatoes, melons, lettuce, strawberries and some flowers.
I got an early start last weekend but maybe I wore myself down to much. I was sick the previous week and recently I’ve had a fever of 102 for the last few days. It really sucked, mainly kind of a chest cold. It put me down for the count and all I could do was sleep and try to keep warm. Luckily today I am feeling better and I decided to resume light garden work and it was a beautiful day.
We’ve decided to move the chicken from the greenhouse (which was a temporary location) into a home built chicken coup that I am making so she wont eat all the seedlings. More on the coop in coming days.
When I was expanding our vegetable garden I moved some rocks and landscaping fabric. I found a whole lot of bindweed. This stuff lives under any condition imaginable. Its been under wraps for over 3 years and was just continuing to grow. Why can’t food to grow this easily?
Bindweed
Noodles? No…Bindweed!
We bought some compost a week ago to amend the soil in our vegetable garden. It was $1 a bag which I didn’t think was too bad. But it is cow poop, so I dont think they could charge too much. Their marketing spin on it was “Steer Manure”. Makes it sound better.
Chicken bug buffet
It is also time to cleanout the greenhouse where the chickens have been fertilizing all winter long. We use an old cat feeder for the chicken food and Cassie’s mom Charlotte was kind enough to give us a chicken water dish. She actually just happened upon it beside a trash can one day while she was watching the chickens for us when we were in Puerto Rico! That is just plain lucky.
Chickens old house
Due to the chicken needing to be restricted from growing plants we also have to build a section of fence. We were finding parts today and some of them wouldn’t fit in the Honda so they went ON the Honda.
Strapped to the roof
Last Christmas, my mom and I went to Puerto Rico on Christmas day. It was pretty interesting to see how Christmas was spent on a tropical island, and it really was like having Christmas during the summer, something I had never experienced. Britton and I are getting excited about our trip- a vacation to Puerto Rico– on January 28…about a month from now.
A Few Days after Christmas 2007 in Hatillo, PR
At the LOUD Hatillo, PR Mask Festival Parade
At the Arecibo, Puerto Rico Radio Telescope Observatory
For those of you on a warm tropical island and those covered in snow, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Feliz Navidad a todos!
And in Jimmy Buffet’s own words:
Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rum
Santa’s run off to the Caribbean
He thinks about boat drinks and fun in the sun
Ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rum
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Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum
At a Beach in Rincon, PR