Trees and fish

Speaking of trees… Tom and I picked up our first tree to plant, a Bloodgood Japanese Maple… such emotion for me about planting a tree together… a marking of becoming an adult. Pretty cool. His name is Mo…short for momiji, how the trees are known in Japanese.

And we've been working on Hammie…



And I found a milk paint recipe that worked well. I'm working on painting a lamp so once I get that finished I'll post the photos here.

Trees in Oakland

Ever since we moved into our place I've been hoping to remove all of the extra concrete that surrounds us. I figure it'll happen eventually… but I found out that the City of Oakland has a tree planting program where they'll plant sidewalk trees for you and cut your concrete. Wow, who knew?

Here are more links: Jane Brunner and an article.