MotoCat (2007)Well, I quit smoking pot again this weekend, so I guess that's a step in the right direction ...I am amazed at how quickly I fell back into a familiar routine after 500+ days of not touching the stuff.I am somewhat less amazed at how quickly I then gained weight, stopped focusing on my writing, and became more anti-social.Now I suppose I have to face the music by going back to Weight Watchers and assessing the damage.This one's gonna leave a mark.*Sigh*p.s. Picture is totally unrelated except for the fact that I took it on the same day I stopped smoking again.
I'm already screaming! Musa Blue Java Banana Tree - 2007 I soon as I heard there was a banana that tasted like vanilla ice cream, I was in.And so, more than two years ago, I planted a somewhat-hard-to-find-locally Blue Java Banana Tree (also known as the Ice Cream Banana).At first, it shot up, deliriously happy in its new surroundings. I began to get excited.Then a hard frost nearly killed it.The tree bounced back ...And then an even worse frost (about six months ago) brought my Blue Java even closer to the brink of death. Every leaf died. For two months, it was little more than a jagged, yellow-green pole sticking up out of the ground.However, thanks to impressive survival skills (along with a good deal of water), my brave little tree has finally managed to bear fruit.Well, it's started the process, anyway. It may be a few weeks before I'm actually scooping ice creamy banana deliciousness from the fat of the land, but in the meantime, it's sure fun to think about.
