Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Wordless Wednesday:First Artichokes
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How to Plant Dahlias
Dwarf Dahlia 2010 Dwarf Dahlia 2010 I was strolling through our local grocery store, when I spotted the most beautiful display of packaged Dahlia tubers. They came in all different sizes and colors. Dahlias are one of my favorite flowers. I quickly snatched my favorites off the shelf. That should have been enough but I…
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Masullo Pizza, A Piece of Naples in Sacramento
This past Friday, Simon and I spent the day in Sacramento. We visited one of my favorite nurseries in town, bought some beer making supplies, and shared some delicious beers on the patio at Pangaea Brew Cafe. We ended a great day at Masullo Wood-Oven Neapolitan Pizza restaurant. Masullo is a gem hidden in a…
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San Francisco Garden Show
Last weekend, my friend Amy and I headed to the bay area to check out the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show. This was my first time attending this event and I was surprised by how big it was. The first building housed the display gardens and various vendors. The display gardens were very popular…
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Rainy Bloom Day
It’s bloom day again, and I finally have some flowers to post. It’s been a long winter for us Northern Californians. I will admit that we are total winter wimps, but even we have been wondering if spring was going to show up after a record amount of hard frosts and rainfall. The violas and…
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Pig Day at Davis Farmer’s Market
This past Saturday, the Davis Farmer’s Market held it’s annual Pig Day celebration. The stalls were decorated with cute pink balloons and signs and people were dressed in various pig costumes. There were a lot of fun activities for kids like a pig petting zoo, pony rides and craft booths. Kids could make their own…
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Spring is On the Way
Last night we had a pretty big storm and the weather channel claims there is a possibility of snow tonight. What’s even stranger is that while we had mainly blue skies and sunshine today, my friends who are only thirty minutes away were experiencing hail and thunderstorms. Despite the winter like temperatures my yard is…
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Winter Harvest: Romanesco
One of my goals this winter was to grow more varieties of winter vegetables. The community garden enabled me to grow more than my usual lettuce crops. I expanded the garden to include kale, cauliflower, broccoli, and my personal favorite Romanesco. Ironically, the lettuce did terribly this year. The record rain fall resulted in a…
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Foggy Morning
We have been getting a good amount of fog lately. I took these shots this morning while taking Jack for his morning walk. Pictures were taken with my iphone with the Instagram app. Does anyone know what this is? I walk by it everyday, I assume it’s some old farming equipment.
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I Want To Go There
The past two days I was stuck in a boring hotel for a conference. What I really wanted to do was drive up to the snow. I need to plan a trip to Tahoe soon before the snow starts to melt. It’s really just an hour away and I haven’t made it up there this…
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