Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "pumpkin-project"
Thin Ice
Summer is a busy time for me. Every week cheese is made for the Farmers Market. The garden is constantly in need of attention. The goat kids need handling to be friendly. Then there is Martha, my handicapped kid. Chores are always on the list.
The Pumpkin Project has a whole new dimension now. My Jack Be Little, sugar pie, Connecticut Field, Red Warty Thing and giant pumpkin plants are growing in competition with the weeds as summer weather moves into the Ozarks. I need pictures, but which ones?
There are Investigations, new in the book, I need to do. Which ones were they?
Somehow I have let myself get bogged down in creating the new puzzles. A new kriss kross [pumpkin skeleton] is done with another worked out. The new logic or Pumpkin Deduction puzzle now has a premise. Two new Pumpkin Saying puzzles are ready to type out. The first coloring page sketch is started.
But those vines are growing fast. I need to look up those Investigations and start doing them. I need those pictures before fall.
Besides, it's a good excuse to be outside in the garden enjoying the weather.
The Pumpkin Project has a whole new dimension now. My Jack Be Little, sugar pie, Connecticut Field, Red Warty Thing and giant pumpkin plants are growing in competition with the weeds as summer weather moves into the Ozarks. I need pictures, but which ones?
There are Investigations, new in the book, I need to do. Which ones were they?
Somehow I have let myself get bogged down in creating the new puzzles. A new kriss kross [pumpkin skeleton] is done with another worked out. The new logic or Pumpkin Deduction puzzle now has a premise. Two new Pumpkin Saying puzzles are ready to type out. The first coloring page sketch is started.
But those vines are growing fast. I need to look up those Investigations and start doing them. I need those pictures before fall.
Besides, it's a good excuse to be outside in the garden enjoying the weather.
So Who Didn't Follow Directions?
As the list of things still needing attention in The Pumpkin Project slowly dwindles, I begin to daydream about fall book signings with my finally completed book in hand. Then I needed a picture for an introductory comment in the book.
That's when I realized I had a problem.
One of the first directions in The Pumpkin Project is to get a notebook to keep records of all the Investigations. Step 1 of every Investigation says to open this Journal and write the number of the Investigation and date in it.
Guess who has no such Journal?
You are right. I did the Investigations on pieces of paper now scattered in various piles of Pumpkin Project related notes. Not in a Journal.
And I need this Journal. First it will be a nice picture for the introductory directions. Next it will sit on my signing display along with a fake pumpkin. [Real ones don't do well for such events but perhaps I can sneak in some pumpkin cookies.]
So I bought a new notebook. I created some stickers [Try finding pumpkin stickers in July!] and decorated it. Now I am going through each Investigation and writing them in the Journal.
That is, I was until I got to Investigation 7. I know I did it. I have the pictures to prove it. Now, which pile contains the paper with the measurements on it?
That's when I realized I had a problem.
One of the first directions in The Pumpkin Project is to get a notebook to keep records of all the Investigations. Step 1 of every Investigation says to open this Journal and write the number of the Investigation and date in it.
Guess who has no such Journal?
You are right. I did the Investigations on pieces of paper now scattered in various piles of Pumpkin Project related notes. Not in a Journal.
And I need this Journal. First it will be a nice picture for the introductory directions. Next it will sit on my signing display along with a fake pumpkin. [Real ones don't do well for such events but perhaps I can sneak in some pumpkin cookies.]
So I bought a new notebook. I created some stickers [Try finding pumpkin stickers in July!] and decorated it. Now I am going through each Investigation and writing them in the Journal.
That is, I was until I got to Investigation 7. I know I did it. I have the pictures to prove it. Now, which pile contains the paper with the measurements on it?
