Coming's and Going's

So i tried to go without doing a blog for a couple days and all of a sudden i've got all kinds of things going on. first off the concert last thursday at neumos, in seattle, was great! I had a lot of fun and was still able to get home around 2 or so in the morning. I took a few pictures which were of a mixed quality. the music however was not of mixed quality. Giver's, the opening band, performance was top notch, and ra ra riot, the headliner, was audibly amazing.

The next piece of big news is that I hung up my Art in Casa que Pasa (in Bellingham) on Saturday. It was a pretty big space (about 5 large walls) but i have so much work it wasn't difficult to fill the space. I think it looks really good against their red walls and hanging Pothos plants. I beleive the peices will be up through march.

And lastly my vehicle has been acting up lately. I suspect that I need to replace the spark plugs and wires today. A good job for a nice Sunday afternoon.

*Vehicle Update* the spark plugs and wires have been replaced and I noticed a leak in one of the air lines. So I tightened that right up; which should fix my lack of power in lower gears problem.

Also this coming wednesday "Finn Riggins" will be playing at WWU. They're a fun band to watch, and I definitely will make that my show to see for this next week.

Resolve

This evening i will be heading down to Seattle to go to a show at "Neumos". I'm going to see "Ra Ra Riot", which is a band I've been looking forward to seeing for a while. I'm going by myself and i do have to work in the morning, but my new years goal this year was to do more things. i have so many interests and i felt that i needed to expand my horizons if I'm going to continue to be an interesting person with an open mind. so I'll start with my show tonight, and continue this next month with my exploration of life, by trying out a new art style this year. I'm not sure if I'll like it, or if I'll do much with it, but i intend to give it at least a month of my time to experience what it has to offer. So my next Art adventure is going to try and delve into the world of stencils. i feel like there is something very grimy, dirty, and ill-reputed about the stencil trade. something that when you touch it, touches you back. this interests me and I'd like to see what ideas seek me out when i open myself up to this new artistic style. I'll be sure to make posts on my feelings of pieces i complete, and the way the process affects my psyche, if at all.

Don't think about it, Can't live without it.

Jobs, careers, professions, apprenticeships, work, employment. All names we give to that process that grants us the power to do "Things". Yet, woefully cuts short the amount of time for an individual to do said, "Things". Today i will talk about my JOB...


*rising from his chair with one hand raised, and another across his heart, the man speaks. "My name is Forrest, and I am a Farmer... "*





I work at a place called Joe's Garden's.

__________That's it right there------------>

It's an amazing, farm/nursery/JOB. I have just started my 5th season this year and all ready i'm feeling the powerful energy of the farm. We've been spending a lot of time this year redesigning a system of laying the tarp floors securely on the ground. so for the last week i've been helping to drill holes in concrete, and screwing down halved PVC pipe. Among that though we've also been pressure washing a green house, planting starts, transplanting plants, climbing on greenhouse roofs, and TODAY was the big move day! we moved all the seedlings we started in december out into our renewed/cleaned/heated greenhouse.along with 2 full rows of baskets.

I decided to try and take pictures of the amounts that we moved. so i took morning afternoon and end of day shots of both green houses.

* But first some pretty pictures of herbs...*

-Garden Sage-

(I know a good chicken sage cheesey goodness recipe,

I want to do this summer on the grill.)

-Lemon Thyme-

-One part of the farm all furrowed out, and soaking wet-

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*O.K. now some pictures of the moving process.*

-Early Morning Greenhouse 1+2-
(6 bays of pansies, 4 bays of herbs, 2 bays of

onions and artichokes, 18 rows of hanging

baskets,7 racks of strawberry starts)

-Cleaned Greenhouse 4 with new tarp securements-

-Mid Day-

(Baskets have all been moved, pansies have been

started, and all herbs have been moved.)

-End of Day Shot-

(All pansies, onions, artichokes,

parsley, and strawberries have been moved.
and basket stuffer flower starts arrived on the truck today.

One man, Fifty Clams, and a Journey to Victory.

So today Water was everywhere. Today was ruled by Water. Today was pressure wash the greenhouse day at work, It rained all day long, and for dinner I was lucky enough to receive 50 clams from a friend. So I figured why not try out my hand with a "recipe blog". So this entry will be about one of my favorite things... FOOD!!!

"Forrest's Fantastic Clams"

Equipment:

2 sauce pots- one w/ lid
1 deep saute pan w/ lid
slotted spoon
whisk

Ingredients:

50 clams -(scrubbed clean)
2-3 cups seafood stock or vegetable stock
3 Tbs. cilantro-rough chopped
2 Tbs. butter
1 cup rice
2 cups water
Asparagus-trimmed (qty: however many you like!)
Lemon slice 1/2" thick- cut in half
5 cloves of garlic -crushed with the side of a knife
S+P-To Taste

Time to Cook!

1. Prepare all components, and combine the 2 cups of water w/ the rice and start to boil on high heat. Once the rice gets to rolling boil, turn to low and put the lid on it. let cook for approx. 10-13 minutes. fluff rice with a fork when done.

2. combine the garlic, lemon, stock, and clams in a deep saute pan. start to boil on high heat.

3. start a pot of hot water boiling for the Asparagus

4. once the clams get to a boil, cover with lid, and reduce heat to med-high and let sit 10 minutes. Also put the asparagus into the pot of boiling water at this time and cook for 4-6 minutes, drain once tender.

5. Once the clams have opened up your rice should be done or close to being done, and you can use a slotted spoon to remove the clams while reserving the liquid. combine the liquid with the butter, and heat till melted, whisk to incorporate. combine clams and liquid in bowl and enjoy!

serves 2 or 1 if you really like clams and/or not sharing...

Here's some pictures of my Journey...

-Ingrediants-

-Getting the Clams Boiling-

-Boiling Clams and Asparagus-

-Soaking in there own Juices!-

-NOM-

-All Journey's must come to an END-

Apologies only help those that say them.

So last night was a show, at Jinx, that I've been really looking forward to. I had gotten paint earlier in the day, and some new paintbrushes, and was planning on having a nice evening painting with on-lookers and concert-goers. Unfortunately I was greeted by a crowd that was belligerently drunk, rude, and even a little destructive. And throughout the whole evening all that I kept hearing from the people that I confronted with their rudeness was... "I'm sorry."

This combined with "Are you mad at me?" are the two phrases that I feel should be stricken from our societal vocabulary. They mean almost nothing to the person that gets told them, and sometimes it feels like the only reason people say these phrases at all, is to absolve themselves of responsibility. I feel like people should come up with a new way to apologize from now on. and learn some basic logic. If you do something that invokes negative emotions in another person, then ergo obviously they're going to be mad at you.

Well, enough ranting.

In other news, I have been very productive with my painting lately, and have gotten some nice new pieces finished. i ran into an old friend last night, who had nothing but rave reviews of the new pieces I've been doing, which really helped to lighten up my evening. Also i was successful in obtaining the Cantina Show at Casa que Pasa,. This is very exciting, and it means this week i have to spend some time putting hangers on my pieces.

On that note i will post some pictures of my recent pieces, and bid you adieu.

"The sun"

-150

"Squid with Sphere 1"
-150

"Squid with Sphere 2"

-150