see.skittles

In the house of m&m we have our favorite candies.

he likes sour patch kids (i can only stand to eat half a bag of these)

she likes skittles.

If there is a bag of skittles in the house somewhere, I know about it, and have hidden it away until I can sort the candy out properly.

See... I don't like to taste the rainbow. I have no idea why they have certain skittles at all (namely the purple, yellow and green) = gross.

Which is why Mike has to take one for the team and gets stuck with the yucky ones.

see.baby.sun.sprout

I'm not sure my inspiration for this video... maybe it was the AMAZING time lapse video I posted a few days ago, the HOURS upon HOURS of studying I have been doing accounting for the fact that I could explain to you the exact process as to why your inside plants reach for the sunshine, or the fact that just like these little sprouts I wish I could sit in the sunshine all day... whatever the reason, I had fun watching these little sprouts stretch their cells and work their auxin magic!

p.s. if you can't wait for it... just move the cursor really fast and watch them move!

Baby Beet Sprouts

see.squirrel.damage

Ah to be a gardener in Chicago...

We face so many challenges: weather (cold temps for baby seedlings), wind (strong forces that break baby seedlings), and the worst of the all... squirrels!

We have been nursing our baby seedlings in pots, moving them in and outside, in order to grow nice and strong before we plant them.

The other day however, we found this!

I found this: I call it the 'angry farmer face'

and more of this:

Seems as though Chicago squirrels must wait an extra long time before they see ANYTHING green so... when they spotted our sweet little baby seedlings resting on the ledge they tore into them searching for seeds and delicious morsels of plant based nutrients.

Squirrels are not careful, no, they are twitchy, spastic, and compulsive (kind of like me in the morning after coffee).

So now we aren't feeding the dog until he catches a squirrel.

Just kidding.

(the dog eats better then we do by the way)

But he is on guard outside most days now. Just sitting next to the seedlings. Waiting, watching, and attempting to pounce on anything that enters the area.

good dog