brigitte manspeaker.Tumblr (3.0; @brigman)http://brigman.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/51856b1a594e2c10680b2228be539466/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b0d8756a32c55b85b935ac90a3d1bf32/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6ab3f613cbb2253b9319842158c0281c/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/55fdcecf5516b818fee9f851112ed70e/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1888e2c16b409737587056accf5fa452/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f75af2b818be3c0dc3494dfb00e146d/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7395ca59d0c9a0c54e0b4e2340a3fd7b/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cbab559bd18b63c21adb6d8ba1a0e22f/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/76606bc27daf6360cec59a8d9170768f/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bd4830078d735bbc224cfc401415bf93/tumblr_mmwwrfARKr1qa71n8o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>A Few Photos<br/></em><em>Northern Ca Road trip</em><br/><em>August 2012</em><br/><em><br/>Arroyo Grande, Cambria, San Simeon, Big Sur, Monterey, Carmel, San Jose, Lake Tahoe, Point Reyes, Inverness, Lagunitas, San Francisco + a few more I can’t remember anymore.</em></p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/50605654813http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/50605654813Thu, 16 May 2013 18:21:15 -0400<p><span>I don&#8217;t want to be in the rat race. I just want to be an organic farmer/ceramists/writer/scientist.</span></p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/50604117950http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/50604117950Thu, 16 May 2013 18:00:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0f8f7cc823e279c1afba742043efcbe0/tumblr_mmwqrcvfdN1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Parisian carrots from our garden</p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/50596321192http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/50596321192Thu, 16 May 2013 16:11:36 -0400<p>London, <br/>London<br/>its all the rage<br/>if your favorite color<br/>is beige.</p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/50231212596http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/50231212596Sun, 12 May 2013 02:04:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5773e62e1c697db1cd5de8c43a4dc83b/tumblr_mmghfkPEGN1qa71n8o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>I recently attained my own copy of this amazing book. It is an asset to those with an appreciation for: <strike>Hog dressing</strike>, log cabin building, mountain crafts and foods, planting by the signs, snake lore, <strike>hunting tales</strike>,<strike> faith healing</strike>, moonshining, and other affairs of plain living.<br/><br/>Strike out = not my personal interest, but still interesting.</span></p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49899275351http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49899275351Tue, 07 May 2013 21:28:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e09ee5b87c94b39ccca9bec71725203/tumblr_mmcjxuf37i1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/31a444ed77a960d9970841c41d3eb0a1/tumblr_mmcjxuf37i1qa71n8o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/038b65b8d6cf23fdc5ba89d64dfdfbb3/tumblr_mmcjxuf37i1qa71n8o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Before I’m 30: Build my own road trippin’ van with the help of my dad, Stephen and friends.  To watch Rob Machado and artist Jay Nelson put this together watch <a href="https://vimeo.com/65100156" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49724170683http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49724170683Sun, 05 May 2013 18:32:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/066ae51949656ca70445eb57eb970e85/tumblr_mmbgpkeZjH1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Good people send letters.  A beautifully handmade envelope by Sarah Noland.</p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49665885144http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49665885144Sun, 05 May 2013 04:24:56 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4bd103be52a02945c76fb7d69c586ddb/tumblr_mm9880mkQm1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49564434023http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49564434023Fri, 03 May 2013 23:26:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ea44a2a68732be5f423e2d7867ced96/tumblr_mm3s5jxav91qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Morning commute</p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49338736270http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49338736270Wed, 01 May 2013 00:51:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbf06ddc8987f0312aa8221c7a539565/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o6_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e9c9800e6f7febbc0437b09af75dbbc/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fa73f6517cb2bf408eedf640164635df/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o7_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cbff33754797439c812dc74c28a466e8/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6cd82b6eb936dc3ce8a15c63f4c3f733/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f86a04509fc443c1fefb0d9179c7e024/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o9_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/483ac3b940ec3a229f38e17b95290683/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9576995affc5a57d8d5d140b8dbd3b25/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o10_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/12137d4a972b056f756624d52434d284/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o8_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b3aa4cc3181963f05e1e7728c3161d7/tumblr_mm3s2m7ji61qa71n8o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>another day at work: surveying wildlife at Fort Irwin</p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49338648925http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49338648925Wed, 01 May 2013 00:49:34 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a4194244cd57c28bb98aefe6f37904c2/tumblr_mm1l8rIAhE1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Yesterday Stephen and I harvested our ‘graffiti cauliflower’ from the garden.  I would have liked to let it sit on the stalk for a bit longer, but because the weather is getting so warm things in the Brassica family (i.e. broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, etc) are struggling.  They thrive in cold weather and when the temperatures get warm, they begin to bolt.  Bolting means that the plant stops putting energy into producing the actual vegetable and instead focuses on producing stalks with seeds and flowers. <span>Bolting is a survival mechanism in a plant. If the weather get to be above where the plant will survive, it will try to produce the next generation via seeds as quickly as possible.</span>This also happens to lettuce—most of which is now bolted in our garden.  This means its time to plant summer veggies!</p> <p><br/>Tip:  After cutting a head of cauliflower from the stalk, cut an ‘x’ into the stalk where the vegetable used to be attached.  Depending on conditions you could get 4 new baby cauliflower heads.</p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49218836980http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49218836980Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:26:00 -0400communitygardensustainabilitycauliflowergraffitigardenveggies<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be60352d5161f78f95cec6131fa231d2/tumblr_mlyd7di5Sr1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d708a4c64fecd472b6bb984004831ffd/tumblr_mlyd7di5Sr1qa71n8o5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c00294bc3520fdf7b67d949e840dc96c/tumblr_mlyd7di5Sr1qa71n8o4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/43c5aa7dc1181fd052459b3699e9350e/tumblr_mlyd7di5Sr1qa71n8o6_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/31d6f76ccb6b3852f6357b7849946218/tumblr_mlyd7di5Sr1qa71n8o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/36c3bd67a0905bf0c46ddef2156a9fa5/tumblr_mlyd7di5Sr1qa71n8o3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>The second</span> crop I’ve harvested in the garden is the Beet Early Wonder by Botanical Interest seed producers (the first crop harvested was lettuce).  They  took about 60 days from seed to full sized beet—really fast!  I had no problems with the beets whatsoever (i.e. insects, etc.).  Highly recommended for any garden.  Don’t allow to exceed 2 inches in width, as sweetness lessens with increased size.  </p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49073020411http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/49073020411Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:40:00 -0400vegetablesbeetscommunitygardenhomegrownsustainabilitysustainableagriculture“Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars…and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers — for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.”http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/48755812352http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/48755812352Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:05:59 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a16b41ee93d29bfea46c6d87ed4ba52e/tumblr_mlqnalFiXy1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Wish they had this when I was there.</p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/48745535340http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/48745535340Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:37:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/91f9765bf644d5a9ffa59b7d425bf590/tumblr_mlpogqRMQf1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><em>How a garden grows.</em> <br/><br/>I am completely amazed and in love with the ability of things to grow and flourish.  This is organic buttercrunch lettuce and Copenhagen cabbage, both of which I started from seeds. </p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/48693114560http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/48693114560Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:05:00 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/64394970" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/48450297546http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/48450297546Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:17:07 -0400“All religions, arts, and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man’s life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.”<br/><br/> - <em>Albert Einstein</em>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/47805357165http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/47805357165Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:01:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cbffd050518b4e6651ddbf4aa9580622/tumblr_ml1y5sX63t1qa71n8o1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/47633697790http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/47633697790Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:32:16 -0400<p><h2 class="entry-title">I&#8217;ve been through the desert <br/>And I&#8217;ve been across the sea<br/>I&#8217;ve been walking through the mountains<br/>I&#8217;ve wandered through the trees</h2> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="http://sherenedcruz.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/ive-been-through-the-desert-and-ive-been-across-the-sea-ive-been-walking-through-the-mountains-ive-wandered-through-the-trees-for-her-i-have-been-trying-to-find-her-want-to-give-what-i-got-sh/" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to Ive been through the desert And Ive been across the sea Ive been walking through the mountains Ive wandered through the trees For her I have been trying to find her Want to give what I got She lit a fire But now shes in my every thought Where, could that girl have gone Where, Ive wandered far Where, could that girl have gone She left no trail but I cannot fail I will find her She lit a fire But now shes in my every thought She lit a fire But now shes in my every thought Where, could that girl have gone Where, Ive wandered far Where, could that girl have gone She left no trace but I know her face I will find her When last I saw her she was dancing all alone Perhaps my chance was then, Ill never know Ill search the world until theres no place left to go And if she leaves it, I will follow Yes I will follow She lit a fire But now shes in my every thought She lit a fire But now shes in my every thought Ive been through the desert And Ive been across the sea Ive been walking through the mountains Ive wandered through the trees For her I have been trying to find her Want to give what I got She lit a fire But now shes in my every thought" target="_blank"> </a></h2></p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/47284017798http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/47284017798Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:23:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d7eb393cd961773648baf07692bd687/tumblr_mkrajiEWUo1qa71n8o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Embracing vertical gardening—I will be doing this to my watermelon and cantaloupe babies when they start coming in.</p>http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/47149614158http://brigman.tumblr.com/post/47149614158Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:26:06 -0400