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Dec 3, 2007 | 10:03 PM PST
Tags: NaNoWriMo , NaNoFiMo , baby pine tree , apple seeds
Well, NaNoWriMo is offically over now. Do I feel sad about this fact? you betcha. Can I wait to start editing my novel? Not in the least. Is it done yet?.....nope! so, what should I do about this?.....that's right! Join NaNoFiMo, NaNoWriMo's little brother (or is it a sister? I haven't the slightest)! (www.nanofimo.org) AKA National Novel Finishing Month, December challenges us to write 30,000 words minimum to finish our novel! (and yes, if you want to join but didn't do a NaNoWriMo novel, that's fine too. We're not too picky, as long as you get your 30,000 words in, of course!)
Anyways, you all want to hear about the garden and not the novel, right? :) Well not much has changed. Padre and I gave the poor struggling pine baby some of that root stimulator, and he seemed to be doing well for like a week and now he looks even worse. I'm not sure if I dare try it again...i don't want him to look good for a week and then be dead the next! I also planted a few of those apple seeds just for the fun of it, but I haven't seen anything yet. Not so sure I'm giving them the right conditions or anything, but, eh, live and learn, right?
Oct 12, 2007 | 4:42 PM PST
Tag: baby pine tree
Hello again...
I have exciting news today! In the back corner of my parent's yard, they have a mulched flower bed with some rose quartz stepping stones. I enjoy hopping from stone to stone, peering at all the flowers and buggies and whatnot - makes for a nice study break! Anyway so I was poking around, avoiding my 8 page "poverty in the classroom" paper, and found this tiny baby!
(Sorry for the fuzziness. My parents' camera is really old and was having a hard time focusing.)
I'm guessing he came from my neighbor's big ol' pine trees. I don't know for sure what their trees are...I know just enough about identifying trees to be dangerous! I'm thinking they're white pines - they have these wonderful long, soft needles that I just adore. There are five needles to a bunch, spaced opposite each other on the branch, and have a bit of a bluish green tint to them. I'll have to ask if I'm right or not. Anyways I'm super excited about the baby tree! I'm kinda torn between wanting to take him with me - hey, he's just a baby, he could do well in a big ol' pot for a little while, right? - and also knowing that I can't uproot the entire backyard just because my folks are moving. I'll have to ask mi padre what he thinks....but I'm not-so-secretly hoping he'll say I can take it :)
