A Journal of Urban Living

Overheard in the Dilwedel household

Posted in H. sapiens var. Peter, H. sapiens var. Raquel, H. sapiens var. Simon on July 30th, 2011 by rmd – 1 Comment

Simon: WHAAAHHHAAAAHHH!

Peter retrieves the screaming babe from the other room.

Raquel: Uh-oh, what’s wrong with him now?

Peter: He’s a baby. In the long run, he’ll be fine.

Baby flakes

Posted in H. sapiens var. Simon on July 28th, 2011 by rmd – Be the first to comment

Simon is peeling all over, especially on his hands and feet. It’s sorta gross but it gives me something to do while nursing.

feet

hands

Baby’s First Police Perimeter

Posted in H. sapiens var. Peter, H. sapiens var. Simon on July 27th, 2011 by Peter – Be the first to comment

On the way to Simon’s two-week pediatrician visit we had a slight delay getting out of the neighborhood. Hazelwood, as well as some adjacent streets, were blocked off.

Fortunately we were able to get out so we could learn that Simon had eclipsed his targeted weight gain. As of today he should have recovered to 7 lbs 4 oz but he was all the way to 7 lbs 9 oz! Oh, and the police got their guys.

Playing Chicken

Posted in G. gallus domesticus, H. sapiens var. Peter, H. sapiens var. Simon on July 26th, 2011 by Peter – 1 Comment

Every morning Simon and I let the chickens out and watch them traipse around and listen to them squawk. We usually don’t get so H5N1-close to them but he needed a little calming and nothing is calming like hens.

: Clockwise from top: Wyandotte, Buffy, Barbara, Simon, Ameracauna

: Child, with father and chickens

Front Yard Gardening, American Style

Posted in Vegetables on July 26th, 2011 by Peter – Be the first to comment

Beans, Corn, Squash

Simon’s Dinner

Posted in H. sapiens var. Simon, Vegetables on July 25th, 2011 by Peter – Be the first to comment

In about six months:

: Delicata

: Jumbo Pink Banana

: Kabocha

Comments Should Now Be Open

Posted in Uncategorized on July 25th, 2011 by Peter – 1 Comment

We’ll allow anyone to comment although we’ll be moderating (for relevance. Profanity is okay).

Give it a spin. Also, we’ll be changing the format of the weblog a bit so that tags are once again visible. We may also start using categories but we haven’t quite settled on what they would be.