tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56586473060710987532024-03-05T01:15:53.472-08:00Solar Community Housing AssociationCarlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998217796660657289noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-72786253743720400752011-06-28T12:19:00.000-07:002011-06-28T12:19:39.296-07:00Notes from a visitorIn January these nice Earth Educator folks from Common Vision visited us. They had <a href="http://autonomecollective.org/ollie/community/sunwise-davis/">this</a> to write about their stay.Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998217796660657289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-36069788937676423852011-03-14T20:25:00.000-07:002011-03-14T20:25:10.425-07:00Pi Day at Sunwise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5526550447_7f1cf62741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5526550447_7f1cf62741.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
March 14th: Sunwise celebrates Pi day -- yes, it's gluten free. In addition to the beautiful cherry pie, we enjoyed a cabbage pie in a philo pastry and Marina's tiny strawberry pie. The chefs present their work:<br />
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Check out the awesome tiling for the bathroom sinks:<br />
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Max and I ogle the wood flooring that will soon go in:<br />
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It's olive harvesting time in Davis! Last weekend housemates at Sunwise joined the community picking efforts around campus and gathered 42 Lb of olives, enough to make 3 quarts of fresh olive oil. More olive picking for drying and eating now underway! Below, Erica and Ashely perfect their harvesting strategies. <br />
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Rumor has it that there's a lot going on in SCHA right now, building a new co-op and managing interns and outreach and all. Apparently there's even a new fancy-smancy web-page being built: currently you can preview it at <a href="http://www.schadavis.wordpress.com/">http://www.schadavis.wordpress.com</a> before it goes live on the web at the official <a href="http://www.schadavis.org/">http://www.schadavis.org</a> address; but you've all ready found the home of the real news in these houses. Bike rides to Winters, picking and pressing olives for oil, and a Sunwise early thanksgiving all coming up.Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998217796660657289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-48768238940867583532010-11-08T08:38:00.000-08:002010-11-08T08:38:23.462-08:00Halloween and other happenin'sIt's been an exciting Fall at the Sunwise Co-op, somehow haven't managed to sneak into the journal with some updates for a while. Halloween is always a special time in the community -- when a young boy stopped Derek in the garden and asked for an encore of last year's vomiting pumpkin, Derek delivered in style:<br />
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Our three pumpkins greeted more children than we had candy, before they wandered off to join the Village Homes annual pumpkin parade of all the neighborhood pumpkins, amid kids and popcorn the following evening:<br />
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See more in the Derek's Sunwise <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/downey.derek/WazHappeningSunwiseNovember2010Edition?authkey=Gv1sRgCNPHv8iA5bf5Zw&feat=directlink#">photos from this fall, with narrative-style captions. </a>Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998217796660657289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-71760618392012456722010-10-15T12:30:00.000-07:002010-10-15T12:58:18.511-07:00It's Open Access Week at Sunwise<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-39o_1pfxw1EkD09HGj44x2DpOro-9VKa-S5fuvR2N40vYEwvuRR1z1uzNaCvV9yZZIBr-2CTQzbEpe7PNE3xoEiZXYLoDEvXvb0T9cCmlKhf2y3lb90hykANm52Txq6U71AtdMGzsbT/s1600/DSCN2071.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-39o_1pfxw1EkD09HGj44x2DpOro-9VKa-S5fuvR2N40vYEwvuRR1z1uzNaCvV9yZZIBr-2CTQzbEpe7PNE3xoEiZXYLoDEvXvb0T9cCmlKhf2y3lb90hykANm52Txq6U71AtdMGzsbT/s320/DSCN2071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528360891442934978" border="0" /></a>Open Access takes on a brand new meaning at our house...<br />after we messed up the chicken coop combination lock and were unable to get in for a week, someone had to do the inevitable: take out the entire latch+lock! But...our historical latch was now unusable, and chickens are too smart not to get out from a semi-closed door...<br />What's more...someone put a juicy prize on the challenge of separating lock and latch (nothing less than a long-term title of king*, with open choice of what to associate it with). Lady Betta did not resist the urge to fight this important battle of honor and dubious practical reward, and armed with time-tested technology (top right in picture) restored the right order of things. Now peace and prosperity can reign over the lands. Let's rejoice.<br /><br />*<span style="font-size:85%;"> regretful sign of distrust in female leadership? John Knox, I'll kick your darn a*s.</span>Bettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538225534104282022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-80066089363311836282010-09-12T23:40:00.000-07:002010-09-13T09:48:10.464-07:00First big OpCo work weekend spearheads the greenest - and most fun- retrofit in town!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NEsiIwPn4UTgK1O9Jn6doFGL8M3VSjwrs4Mwsv_mIUmkrRLjPpUS9Fbobhh9rx-6Nedn2kVStBCBjvMCbKnHpFSdK67vSTBQLiYKplskYVVOANy5Ki2XfUcow-XfrvpV18nyK8zGW7_X/s1600/DSCN1929+-+Copy.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516296564300807682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NEsiIwPn4UTgK1O9Jn6doFGL8M3VSjwrs4Mwsv_mIUmkrRLjPpUS9Fbobhh9rx-6Nedn2kVStBCBjvMCbKnHpFSdK67vSTBQLiYKplskYVVOANy5Ki2XfUcow-XfrvpV18nyK8zGW7_X/s320/DSCN1929+-+Copy.JPG" style="float: right; height: 195px; margin: 2pt 2pt 5px 5px; width: 261px;" /></a>After moving houses, pouring foundations, and sloowly lowering the houses to ground level, what shall we do? well, what about smashing all the walls and ceilings? besides being everyone's dream work day (don't do this at home now), that's what needs to be done to retrofit the houses with state-of-the-art insulation, and to reshape rooms<br />
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who hammered, pulled, tossed, scraped, slashed, moved, banged, sawed, and carried wheelbarrows with great skill and virtue. Long repressed frustrations vanished each time the hammed shattered the plaster. Growls, cheers, and songs filled the balmy air.<br />
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to the studs, ceilings too, old insulation and wiring taken out. All waste materials were separated and recycled. Doors and trims were saved for reuse.<br />
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Thanks to everyone that came out, you made a big difference and we hope you had a great time. Stay tuned for the next event! In the meantime, I think we all earned a looong stretch of sleep, so good night!<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span>Bettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538225534104282022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-46208927678986731132010-09-07T11:35:00.000-07:002010-09-07T11:52:34.560-07:00Saga of Pete the Rooster<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KxZwR7sl6wyuOXiWgakWhJy0Ci4zz_L4wRq15EemSYXMKDofeStsiGrgJo90eCksi1TeVTgISzVSZ79FU2Z2ai0NR1_vn4Kvuhyphenhyphen1Ae4j46qZHpcL8k8GWuB36h3H_ZpUVHwK59QAgf-I/s1600/pete2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KxZwR7sl6wyuOXiWgakWhJy0Ci4zz_L4wRq15EemSYXMKDofeStsiGrgJo90eCksi1TeVTgISzVSZ79FU2Z2ai0NR1_vn4Kvuhyphenhyphen1Ae4j46qZHpcL8k8GWuB36h3H_ZpUVHwK59QAgf-I/s320/pete2.jpg" /></a></div><br />
When Sunwise started raising four chicks this past Spring, no one knew what to expect. No one, that is, except our neighbor Scarlet's little nephew. You see, Scarlet was helping us raise the four chicks, and named each one of them according to their color. Except her nephew insisted this little dark chick be called Pete, despite the supposed near-guarantee that they were all hens. Well, he knew.<br />
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Little Pete grew and grew, and soon none of us could deny that cock-a-doodle-do in the morning or the way he strutted around the coop. Roosters aren't exactly included in regulations, and his morning habits would soon prove a challenge to many.<br />
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We tried many things. He was carefully boxed up in the coop each night, to be released only at a decent hour. We spoke to local farms to see if they would take him, but none could promise that more than a stew-pot awaited. We resigned ourself to his fate and scheduled a good friend to come over and give him the final rites of his kind.<br />
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The Pete saga (as far as Sunwise goes) is over. He has had many firsts today: <br />
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<ul><li>first time being caught as an adult</li>
<li>first time being put in a box</li>
<li>first time in a car in a box</li>
<li>first time in a moving car in a box</li>
<li>first time he did not make any sounds for more than 30 minutes</li>
<li>first time seeing his new home (Ecological Garden at Student Farm....who knows, maybe you'll hear him if you are on that side of campus)</li>
<li>first time he gets his wings clipped (I have a feather for each of you)</li>
<li>first time he takes a crap at his new home</li>
<li>first time he meets the Student Farm hens</li>
<li>first time he'll "Cock-a-doodle-doooooo"s on campus</li>
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Last time I mention Pete in an email...<br />
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Thanks for being patient with our rooster friend!</blockquote>Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998217796660657289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-33417843105690507462010-08-18T22:24:00.000-07:002010-08-18T22:49:02.533-07:00Concrete is poured!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVE_ekLA70Puym1v-25PdNBEJkRWxymTFNWZ4WGcf_UWgPG0elWm0R-gUyrWmNVM4biO2yggrpGhgTvhYEAfzr7h3M678o12t8zlM7TlURFryw5Vqbl5fUcNQyLELU8i1kLQKEp6fLWdi/s1600/DSCN1858.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVE_ekLA70Puym1v-25PdNBEJkRWxymTFNWZ4WGcf_UWgPG0elWm0R-gUyrWmNVM4biO2yggrpGhgTvhYEAfzr7h3M678o12t8zlM7TlURFryw5Vqbl5fUcNQyLELU8i1kLQKEp6fLWdi/s320/DSCN1858.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506988784266868082" border="0" /></a>Foundations are set... just a few weeks, and the houses won't be on stilts anymore and the interior works will begin. join the big work party on September 11-12!Bettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538225534104282022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-1477674863097472432010-08-16T21:17:00.000-07:002010-08-16T21:17:17.095-07:00Co-ops and Village Harvest cooperate?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.villageharvest.org/sites/default/files/images/davisteam070109-270x180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.villageharvest.org/sites/default/files/images/davisteam070109-270x180.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1233408880"><br />
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<a href="http://www.villageharvest.org/davis">Village Harvest</a>, a Davis non-profit dedicated to harvesting fruit that would otherwise go to waste from trees of local homeowners, approached the board of <a href="http://www.schadavis.org/">Solar Community Housing Association</a> to provide space for their harvest and tools on the new lot. As a resident-owned cooperative, the ultimate decision belongs to the residents on how their space will be used. Think this is a good idea? Let us know your thoughts!Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998217796660657289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-92181941568155765982010-07-21T15:42:00.000-07:002010-07-21T15:49:15.429-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXbjKqJPE8cQDXp0OGYXoFsGTtan4EyjjPGAZkkMcE6AIfg6EBIDzoqU3Ynij4PvBXe6eFG-upKB3X5Qyyko9KqVSDXMA-4X058Mvv5nYuxojy3Dr-IFA1wtZNTpCT9d_imTa-BC7zRy1/s1600/sign_photo.jpg"><br />Works begin at the new lot!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXbjKqJPE8cQDXp0OGYXoFsGTtan4EyjjPGAZkkMcE6AIfg6EBIDzoqU3Ynij4PvBXe6eFG-upKB3X5Qyyko9KqVSDXMA-4X058Mvv5nYuxojy3Dr-IFA1wtZNTpCT9d_imTa-BC7zRy1/s1600/sign_photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXbjKqJPE8cQDXp0OGYXoFsGTtan4EyjjPGAZkkMcE6AIfg6EBIDzoqU3Ynij4PvBXe6eFG-upKB3X5Qyyko9KqVSDXMA-4X058Mvv5nYuxojy3Dr-IFA1wtZNTpCT9d_imTa-BC7zRy1/s320/sign_photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496494270270842514" border="0" /></a><br />This beautiful sign hand-painted by Danielle Fodor welcomes every curious passerby wondering what in the world will happen on this land...<br />Like the most rare collectors' coins, this work of art also contains a funny mistake...can you catch it?Bettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538225534104282022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-68106198936081304622010-07-04T10:35:00.000-07:002010-07-04T10:35:44.060-07:00Tour De Cluck!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomF4njqauGO0MqWoa5i3tQlJJyTLtiRkHHZf_AnGdaGbq1YqqE7zaZ8JerQcw4RAwmd7SdDlDfqbmPTSi4rXRQJp-u3qlJvdYtuZu625pSWsUk0k96GUx5DBXsdTnoc2aeTdTf5BOzrox/s1600/P5290109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomF4njqauGO0MqWoa5i3tQlJJyTLtiRkHHZf_AnGdaGbq1YqqE7zaZ8JerQcw4RAwmd7SdDlDfqbmPTSi4rXRQJp-u3qlJvdYtuZu625pSWsUk0k96GUx5DBXsdTnoc2aeTdTf5BOzrox/s320/P5290109.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Sunwise Chickens star on the front page of the Enterprise for their participation in the first annual Davis <a href="http://tourdecluck.org/">Tour de Cluck</a>, a bicycle powered tour of backyard chicken coops. Over six months in planning, the event was epic, with its 500 tickets selling out weeks in advance and riders coming from as far as LA to participate (the tour was a fundraiser for the<a href="http://www.davisfarmtoschool.org/"> Farm to School connection</a>). The Tour fell on Sunwise work day, and our four new chicks spent their first day in the sun helping weed in the chicken tractor while some 300 cyclists came by to check them out! See if you can spot them in this music video of the Tour:<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/12035216">All Clucked Up!</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/rustyrogers">Rusty Rogers</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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The film-maker <a href="http://alvinremmers.blogspot.com/">Alvin Remmers</a> also documented much of the tour, look out for his entry in the Davis Bicycle film festival next October! Read more about the tour on Davis Voice <a href="http://www.davisvoice.com/2010/05/bravo-tour-de-cluck-bravo/">blog</a>. Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998217796660657289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-15930124924098951742010-05-11T22:13:00.000-07:002010-05-11T22:13:58.446-07:00Socks seeking mates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvI9ZY806OnEFvG1w7B1IO6wHjxSqyoT84M6Xuy_4c6LUT65V-NKsY_EegWi5hGs7zCo4ee5tKNTTSmBF46fo0C9ZhaTLt7OM2zj3zNt5eMIx3aa5Am8JPzmpgduiyK4K30MUHFN9KB8k7/s1600/P5110060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvI9ZY806OnEFvG1w7B1IO6wHjxSqyoT84M6Xuy_4c6LUT65V-NKsY_EegWi5hGs7zCo4ee5tKNTTSmBF46fo0C9ZhaTLt7OM2zj3zNt5eMIx3aa5Am8JPzmpgduiyK4K30MUHFN9KB8k7/s320/P5110060.JPG" /></a></div>With eight people doing laundry and everything being line dry, there's a lot of shuffle of clothing. Spring brings leaves to the trees and color to the handsome outside lines. Rains send the laundry scattering back inside. And in the chaos, the inevitable stragglers are always the socks. It's a tough life being a sock. That's why we all almost fell over laughing when we encountered this ingenious board setup by April, our newest housemate! Below a sign reading "Socks Seeking Mates" are single socks with cute personal ads pinned below them. So next time you see a lonely blue sock, you can't help but remember it's partner on the board! Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998217796660657289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-61040815450993350912010-05-11T21:44:00.000-07:002010-05-11T21:44:08.719-07:00Sunwise-print reusable vegetable bags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-NJ4mluKa50kvcYXAQMCb-tyCUQZ3likpEjFzUlH1mQQjXndQkwmFUyQ4TgHh97Qf10K_9ORifK4SID5oVxoAXusECoBRDs1bmxXNCpFPqkLdX3-rGjzwz7Db3nOAeddQOQOCb4TrrB2/s1600/P5060055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-NJ4mluKa50kvcYXAQMCb-tyCUQZ3likpEjFzUlH1mQQjXndQkwmFUyQ4TgHh97Qf10K_9ORifK4SID5oVxoAXusECoBRDs1bmxXNCpFPqkLdX3-rGjzwz7Db3nOAeddQOQOCb4TrrB2/s320/P5060055.JPG" /></a></div>Unveiled at the last house meeting -- the much anticipated reusable cloth bags for produce purchases! The bags are hand sewn by our very own Barb who also screen printed each with a handsome rooster above the words "Sunwise Coop." A promising step in our waste-reduction campaign! Swapping chores on the pegboard in the foreground. Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17998217796660657289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-15498860412369947762010-04-25T16:06:00.000-07:002010-04-25T16:07:50.760-07:00your neighborhood whysical inventor!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KXfw6U-zV2HrDlEswfrhgRvHTC_SAZdsyNqXAnn4tRgl5ANdB7pQbyxwJlgosE-BqEZ68drfs5D3FvISK7pirg4Am6QPWnwMMc6OoT83qCsg2qniAq53MMXxVh_1Cojl01j4Thr_G_0/s1600/IMG_2712.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KXfw6U-zV2HrDlEswfrhgRvHTC_SAZdsyNqXAnn4tRgl5ANdB7pQbyxwJlgosE-BqEZ68drfs5D3FvISK7pirg4Am6QPWnwMMc6OoT83qCsg2qniAq53MMXxVh_1Cojl01j4Thr_G_0/s320/IMG_2712.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464215514027048594" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-12998517405839048952010-04-25T15:56:00.000-07:002010-04-25T16:05:19.461-07:00Zero Waste Report #1I've started to empty the contents of the trash can onto the kitchen counter every week to identify ways to reduce our impact; because we compost all our food scraps, what ends up in the trash can is mostly non-recyclable or flimsy plastic in its different manifestations. Recently Erica went shopping and didn't come home with a single plastic bag!! That practice will drastically reduce our contributions the landfill. A Zero Waste Co-op is possible, but will require us to become more conscious of what we buy and to plan ahead (bringing jars, re-using bags, etc.). Thanks for working with me, Sunwise, to make this house as close to zero waste as possible. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tBHtXFcBZw0PMorwPYYDh-DAbEr8azHZqvNXzTNoABr0Sk7j6o3AEXzWZPksUaqCD92vdj0rwIVoVWmC9VyYqFunixjV3nSeFILCAggJZa2SCayWZIhvTm9rbl-SiFk-tX2nHu8tCLI/s1600/IMG_2976.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tBHtXFcBZw0PMorwPYYDh-DAbEr8azHZqvNXzTNoABr0Sk7j6o3AEXzWZPksUaqCD92vdj0rwIVoVWmC9VyYqFunixjV3nSeFILCAggJZa2SCayWZIhvTm9rbl-SiFk-tX2nHu8tCLI/s320/IMG_2976.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464212991080513378" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-54730994262863076062010-04-25T15:52:00.000-07:002010-04-25T15:56:19.302-07:00New Food Culture boardA new Sunwise tradition: add the leftover label to the board and over time we will see the diversity that makes up the Sunwise Food Culture!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYaWvv9LhidHDZyU-ppkn_2jcvah-2blteAl8WNM9wq3g6rEkblxHdMJfjFUUhQrTzPKa9BWDm5QEEW7rXWP2iQpetstX_WhPIuUIjGeIA5-TVIKX8oTR6J_0o9Bj_1VOWLsYS7uSrvg/s1600/IMG_2974.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYaWvv9LhidHDZyU-ppkn_2jcvah-2blteAl8WNM9wq3g6rEkblxHdMJfjFUUhQrTzPKa9BWDm5QEEW7rXWP2iQpetstX_WhPIuUIjGeIA5-TVIKX8oTR6J_0o9Bj_1VOWLsYS7uSrvg/s320/IMG_2974.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464212239599454418" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-31653751582159388512010-04-25T15:48:00.000-07:002010-04-25T15:52:39.755-07:00a place of learningsome of the most beautiful things in the world require a microsope to see...silverberry scale hairs, kombucha mothers, and different pollens are being examined by the unofficial Sunwise Microbiology team, including Betta, Erica, and Derek<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBFUenVoncFfLKCYepuTClrd5k_npEzZQTGP3wrqbmp6gatHx30GdaPs459HK7cF18NC4mMj1BLg0_T78zOHQuBrhL7LTy-Xt106FpBgpT1TIRTv5H5hnN3cOTHM9ljmMrBZscugEdRo/s1600/IMG_2969.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBFUenVoncFfLKCYepuTClrd5k_npEzZQTGP3wrqbmp6gatHx30GdaPs459HK7cF18NC4mMj1BLg0_T78zOHQuBrhL7LTy-Xt106FpBgpT1TIRTv5H5hnN3cOTHM9ljmMrBZscugEdRo/s320/IMG_2969.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464211149766610610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCh6lKeCXLHm5tjIOMJeOWMCZdOzqRVQRpRRjMXyvqXbynp4fKOfi341pBrOlrvRtVTP0RCD9qAFx4Gz39ak2DFZjy8rFn6sR4SR46CIjhyphenhyphen4jnwZcEbWvziGqFnnglV3pDPhYyGT4Kus/s1600/IMG_2971.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCh6lKeCXLHm5tjIOMJeOWMCZdOzqRVQRpRRjMXyvqXbynp4fKOfi341pBrOlrvRtVTP0RCD9qAFx4Gz39ak2DFZjy8rFn6sR4SR46CIjhyphenhyphen4jnwZcEbWvziGqFnnglV3pDPhYyGT4Kus/s320/IMG_2971.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464211146470392562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UvX8DDr4rYIk18pQkdKkBKJQ7Nr0HUeOqJyo-yIsneB4bOm3fLpW2ascVq8kFw4uABt-76thTsnksN0_O85SrWgEv8NKPgXj9rrY-xpgVGHJR0LBQ1HQj-ndX-o0GjfywstcnW0324c/s1600/IMG_2968.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UvX8DDr4rYIk18pQkdKkBKJQ7Nr0HUeOqJyo-yIsneB4bOm3fLpW2ascVq8kFw4uABt-76thTsnksN0_O85SrWgEv8NKPgXj9rrY-xpgVGHJR0LBQ1HQj-ndX-o0GjfywstcnW0324c/s320/IMG_2968.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464211143050705154" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-56945256797078253642010-04-25T15:39:00.000-07:002010-04-25T15:48:11.515-07:00Some of the beauty of Villages Homes and the Sunwise Garden!I just overheard someone bike by our house and say, "the people that live here must love it!" Here are some pics of the spring life in Village Homes as well as Erica in the bountiful Sunwise Garden. We are in the middle of spring planting and what you can see includes a lot of the winter plants that have gone to flower. The cabbage is still going strong, the potatoes recently surfaced, the lettuce is plentiful, the starts are waiting to go in the ground, and flowers and bees are mixed in wherever you look. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZj_7EMCv7Tgsn3eF2lYwb4hT4vaaeq5mCMx8mlOHVNUJjkx6xJuSRrqWZoNJ6y3HYFhCA6ICw3shIIyUGgBL30tGge5XacHo9sQzWmEgW-jMcG-nFwjt0WBEolBvfuoDt_9-brDRH91c/s1600/IMG_2990.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZj_7EMCv7Tgsn3eF2lYwb4hT4vaaeq5mCMx8mlOHVNUJjkx6xJuSRrqWZoNJ6y3HYFhCA6ICw3shIIyUGgBL30tGge5XacHo9sQzWmEgW-jMcG-nFwjt0WBEolBvfuoDt_9-brDRH91c/s320/IMG_2990.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464209557164521730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmg-SQ0-rhtAG_5v_Z_QOlmu0VQIa00CCHI27oH87F_s-j04c4zzc3Bcf1Rig-7gneg-t_wQfBsUWCdbfZB11L7FHHt_sIAxjNj0mmJd4r2ylH7cgMFJ_sEke7MEt2OFhQTEJuCiEf0w/s1600/IMG_2989.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmg-SQ0-rhtAG_5v_Z_QOlmu0VQIa00CCHI27oH87F_s-j04c4zzc3Bcf1Rig-7gneg-t_wQfBsUWCdbfZB11L7FHHt_sIAxjNj0mmJd4r2ylH7cgMFJ_sEke7MEt2OFhQTEJuCiEf0w/s320/IMG_2989.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464209554205982770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWiUSfsYghs4eJbzmM_ZrC7siNkhqZrrhhxZJ6bdvf3xmZQNto2lRXWtN0Yp4hUZaWDAiLGh6MBZ2uagI71V7uPBGt6Xt_flN4XtxjvKtL768zq9izmZ1PtbY0Sh2DkymxlKzgnqnGe4/s1600/IMG_2925.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWiUSfsYghs4eJbzmM_ZrC7siNkhqZrrhhxZJ6bdvf3xmZQNto2lRXWtN0Yp4hUZaWDAiLGh6MBZ2uagI71V7uPBGt6Xt_flN4XtxjvKtL768zq9izmZ1PtbY0Sh2DkymxlKzgnqnGe4/s320/IMG_2925.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464209543416929170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu5wnDPAKxd3cLa98_KKqfD-9_EsFUdYhDJok_5T2zg4Yx7bpqyUNp4_AXgPuzUbQ6GSbdlBhQnkD8WEx4AIo19gGy_L5_UfExhdDLaehAwv1EhtMANUcSWQZ8DCfF3EnCGwbIHdnt7Q/s1600/IMG_2923.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu5wnDPAKxd3cLa98_KKqfD-9_EsFUdYhDJok_5T2zg4Yx7bpqyUNp4_AXgPuzUbQ6GSbdlBhQnkD8WEx4AIo19gGy_L5_UfExhdDLaehAwv1EhtMANUcSWQZ8DCfF3EnCGwbIHdnt7Q/s320/IMG_2923.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464209542859076082" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-84714990592591869612010-04-25T15:33:00.000-07:002010-04-25T15:39:19.761-07:00some updates from March and April...Some random pics from March/April:<br /><br />Shaun polishing the tub (FYI, it's clean but slippery!), the new bench we made for the new "chill spot" out front (also includes a hammock!), Carl and one manifestation of his new haircut, our youngest new neighbor (Catherine's new cat), and 15 or so people showed up for Barb's painting workshop on a rainy Sunday morning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAD0cP0DZP-iv6x7reAmQLNfWThyG6D9bP5WBIvU_oLIu24X11qTFXYTAqMIx1JrHa9nxhB9rMjHVcyoML_M8xBOeTLMgOLwOBVEx-hPU41hGmpjJMCt0e2EW_MG9sT_Je_7hoFIoFSDo/s1600/IMG_2842.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapNMabO0i9oWx6oRE2XVB5D7Z_bVMHfv6pPiCJkjYfPyfRdXBTuFk5l3T2gkfneALXMJepqv8RQDBjALcYqlixe9VbnJGUs34y9Nzlhdf_o92Nj886Vx_pjgnEySpke7Y215vj45uINM/s320/IMG_2895.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464207625613029154" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658647306071098753.post-25942107184546835362010-04-25T15:31:00.000-07:002010-04-25T15:33:01.783-07:00Love your MotherKombucha mothers take care of you as long as you take care of them! Show them some love.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8duvNP9np3iQuoLPcCKFvkt8kr6VY0pTffCD0p7M9oR8noWUCMnGcI6qcdUQfTpwCxof4cH3_Agkdv3ae2aV70LnXB52fqPrEvdms6ijxIdQAojdwjX4j7PhNCXnmv1Fl-biGkzOVz8/s1600/IMG_2882.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8duvNP9np3iQuoLPcCKFvkt8kr6VY0pTffCD0p7M9oR8noWUCMnGcI6qcdUQfTpwCxof4cH3_Agkdv3ae2aV70LnXB52fqPrEvdms6ijxIdQAojdwjX4j7PhNCXnmv1Fl-biGkzOVz8/s320/IMG_2882.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464206494132443282" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0