Moby Home Gets Demolished

Don’t worry… it’s not ole 83!!!   It was like ah 78 or 79…  not sure, but still close enough to watch all day long.   As I was working I would take a break here and there and go out to see the whole thing taking place.  It was very fascinating.  I can see how little boys are fascinated by those heavy equipment monsters….  it was cool to watch the big excavator as it chewed and grabbed and took apart the old burned out moby!

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A before shot….   it’s been a bit of an eyesore… ever since arsonists lit her on fire late in the winter and gave everyone a scare… three mobys went up in flames in a very short period of time.  They haven’t caught anyone to the best of my knowledge, but at least they moved on.

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I’m glad to be someone that is rehabbing one of these old homes.   When I watched how much material was going to be clogging up a landfill somewhere… it made me feel good about old 83 and how she’s not going to be doing that for a good long time.   She’s made it now 30 years….  I hope she can make it another 30 years.  And why not?  Metal, wood, steel, etc., she’s still stable, and as we maintain her and keep improving aging systems, I think old Moby will be a great place to live in.   I hope to stay here for a good long time.   To be honest, unless the park got sold or something weird like that, I think this will be my home for as long as I can live here.  Why not?

It was very neat to watch the machine take it down… it was very “alive” in it’s actions, destructive, of course, but almost delicate and careful as it picked and lifted the remains of the moby. Once a piece of insulation got stuck in the tree and it was so neat to see the operator carefully pluck it free and pop it into the container. The people that did the work did a very nice job and didn’t just make a mess or anything. It took them about 5 hours or so and I’ll bet they made some good coin on the process. Still… kinda a shame to see it’s final moments.

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My Sticks are Blooming!

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My raspberries are still kind of in shock I think… It’s been about 10 days or more since they were planted and still… it just looked like a stick garden until this morning!!!  YEAH!!!  Look… GREEN SPROUT!!!!

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YEAH!!!  THEY’RE ALIVE!!!  THEY’RE ALIVE!!!

Ahem.   Okay, I will calm down now.

My strawberries did not fare as well… only about 1/3 of them survived the box storage…  oh well.  Live and learn.   I’ll probably see about replacing them this weekend.. it’s the Toledo Botanical Garden Mother’s Day Plant Sale this weekend and I can’t wait!   It’s been 5 years since I went last and I still remember all the great deals and beautiful plants that members culled from their own collections to offer to the public… beautiful native and naturalized plants that have been thriving in the area and now can come and live at the moby!  I had gotten 5 years ago the most beautiful purple Siberian Iris there and I hope there are more…  Sigh…  more beautiful plants and flowers for the moby!

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Jessy mulched out the pumpkin mounds for us… and they are doing pretty good.  A few looked a little wilty, but they were back up and happy this afternoon after we had a good rainstorm.  It’s been a little chilly at night… down to the 50s but I think we did a good job of toughening them up.  And so far, no bunnies have nibbled them down.

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Aren’t these beautiful tulips?   We bought over 400 bulbs to plant last fall and to be honest most were the cheapo collections of crocus and daffodils and tulips and most have been real pretty but pretty basic… except a few… and these flame colored ones are very pretty.  There are some yellowy pink ones about to bloom in a day or two and I hope I catch them on film. (ah… digital media??  haha….)

Jessy has been taking some stunning photos with her fancy camera… I want to snatch a bunch and make a slide show of them for everyone to see… simply stunning!  She’s a great photographer!  Both my kids are!

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Wheat Field Update – May 5, 2009

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We just got the wheat field done…. it’s all done and we got a chance to plant our wheat!   Yeah, it’s only 8 feet by 8 feet  and we’re not really expecting to harvest too much of the stuff, but I’ve always thught wheat was really cool looking and hopefully we’ll have some to use for decorating, and maybe even to harvest and grind for flour!

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We probably oversowed the plot, but we’ll see how it grows up!  Our test cup is doing great and is already about 5 inches tall after only a week!   Can’t wait to see how it grows outside!  It’s been two days now…  we’ll keep everything posted on the blog as it grows!

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