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Here are three recent how-to videos I produced for about.com.

http://video.about.com/treesandshrubs/How-to-Identify-a-Maple-Tree.htm

http://video.about.com/treesandshrubs/How-to-Identify-an-Oak-Tree.htm

and here’s one that Lily G and I made

http://video.about.com/diyfashion/How-to-Hem-a-Pair-of-Jeans.htm

We lured friends from three northeastern cities to our land with promises of ease and relaxation and then put them to work on our land.

Pt 2 is a riveting piece on digging, rubble trenches, tamping, gravel and casual conversaion.

Please enjoy, it took a second to edit. More on the way in future. Perhaps as it gets so cold in Ithaca that I can’t go outside, I will pump these out faster. For now we are still building, taking classes, making friends and being mad busy. This week we’re putting up the roof. Hoorah!

Love Lea

I’ve been living in the big red house by Cascadilla Gorge, otherwise known as the Tara House.  Besides Danila and myself, the rest of the house’s inhabitants are Buddhist.  These photos were taken in the shrine room, where everyday a flame is lit as an offering.

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Hey Folks! Here’s a newish one. I’m also working on more over here in Ithaca that will be finished soon! Please excuse the lame-O commercial before it. I didn’t have anything to do with it.

http://video.about.com/diyfashion/Make-Mittens-from-a-Sweater.htm

Danila made it to the semi-finals!  He’ll find out next week if he is a grand prize winner.  Sweeeeeeet.

Danila keeps his savings in an online bank and they’re having a video contest. Contestants had to make a video under a minute long saying what they were saving for and how. The first 500 people get a 10 dollar gift certificate to Amazon. Then 2o people go on to get 500 dollars, and out of them 5 will go on to get the grand prize. Grand Prize: The bank matches all the money that you put into the account from the date you won until February up to 5,000 dollars. So basically, the grand prize is 5,000 dollars.

Here are three entry videos, from myself, Danila and Marina that were entered into the FNBO Direct Pay Yourself First Challenge.

I have been walking the woods, stopping often to look at mushrooms. The way it rains around here, it’s one of the best things I can do.

This summer in Ithaca, the weather has taken on an erratic pattern of alternating rain and sunshine, most often with no gray lulls between sun and storm. All it takes is one clap of thunder to plunge us underwater. Afterwards, the sun appears unimpeded, and soon the day is a sunny one just like the one before it. Joyfully, I never know when I’ll come home sopping wet. Summer is the best time to be amphibious. [Read more →]