make it happen!
I put together this photo montage for Colin’s high school graduation party (2006). All of the early black and white photos were originally developed and printed in my own darkroom. The rest are digital.
scenes from childhood from Jennifer DeJong on Vimeo.
Mom and I traveled to Ohio to visit Grandma, who is 94 years young. She lives in a very nice facility with many activities and a very nice room. Here we are sitting on Grandma’s bed. While we were there, we took a walk out to the gazebo, met Buster the dog, and had a very nice dinner with Uncle David.
Every year a local church raises funds for missions by selling sweet corn. I think the proceeds fund Habitat for Humanity at the local level. The sale is advertised in the newspaper and only lasts for four days. We had been planning to get some corn on the last day of the sale; however, Dad heard that the corn was ready early, so he immediately took the truck and picked up thirteen dozen ears at $2.50/dozen.
Stage One: Dad and Dwight shuck the corn
Stage Two: cooking and cooling of the corn
Stage Three: taking the corn off the cob
Stage Four: packaging in freezer bags
Stage Five: ready for the freezer
From start to finish the process took about three hours. Hopefully, we will be able to do this same amount again. The variety of this corn is called “Ambrosia.”
Well, the first green beans are ready. These pictures are of part of my parents’ garden. As you can see, there are a lot of tomatoes. I’m not quite sure what will happen when they are ripe!
In the picture below, is a row of beets.
Here’s a view of about half of the garden. This area is all new this year. In the background, you can see the wooden tomato cages that Dwight made out of scrap wood.
More beans–these are pole beans and they will be ready to eat after the others are finished. Sweet potatoes are in the foreground.
Today was another brisk mid-spring day–perfect for roasting some late winter veggies. Here are before and after pictures of tonight’s dinner. The ingredients? brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes, red onion, and fennel. The seasonings? olive oil, rosemary, salt, and pepper. Mmmmmm.
On January 31, I began my seed culture for my first loaf of sourdough bread. For days I have checked in with its babysitter, Bill. I’m still waiting to try the bread (supposed to wait 45 minutes before slicing). 
Okay, as you can see, we have begun eating. I’m quite satisfied with the crumb for this first loaf.
Well, after a relatively short gestational period, it is time to move the cabinet to its new home. Today we put the finishing touches on it–I’ll finish it with clear polyurethane later on this spring. Here we are in the in the workshop.
Thanks to Uncle Kenny, Dad, Dwight, Mark, and Luke, loading the furniture was not too difficult, although we estimate that the piece weighs about 250 pounds. Fortunately, Dad is all set up for moving large pieces of furniture. This was about like moving a piano–only slightly lighter. By the way, we don’t have any glass yet–that will also come later. We designed it so that four pieces will slip into place.
