Springtime in New York deepens.\u00a0\u00a0I participated in another origami event this weekend.\u00a0\u00a0It was FoldFest, a 24-hour marathon online mini-convention, with folders and attendees from around the world.\u00a0\u00a0I led a two-hour session of Saturday evening and taught my Astronaut followed by my Flying Saucer, both from my book Air and Space Origami.\u00a0\u00a0These are good intermediate level models, and the class went quite well.\u00a0\u00a0As always, good to connect with my origami friends.\u00a0\u00a0Next big origami event is the OUSA convention in June.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Gotta bunch of new stuff to finish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also over the weekend I finished project dirt, 2023 edition.\u00a0\u00a0You’ll recall the over the last couple I filled in alot of low spots in my yard with dirt my neighbor had excavated to create a swimming pool. It did an admirable job of filling in, but was rather clay-ish and stony, and not the best for growing grass.\u00a0\u00a0It started off promising last spring, but when it got really hot in July and August the crabgrass kinda took over on these spots.\u00a0\u00a0So this year I found a local nursery who delivered a cubic yard of organic topsoil and I did a thinner version of filling in, and topped it off with new grass seed.\u00a0\u00a0The timing was perfect cuz we had a heavy rain Saturday night and everything is well soaked.\u00a0\u00a0This was the major project this spring; all that remains is to put mulch under the hedges, and start mowing and trimming when the time is right.\u00a0\u00a0Oh and I guess some weeding too, and Jeannie wants to plant some things in the garden.\u00a0\u00a0Anyway, probably start mowing this coming weekend.\u00a0\u00a0After that it’s get the mustang into the shop for some service, and we’re ready for summer.\u00a0\u00a0Hope to get back to more biking and traveling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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