david helm: My Book Meme with thanks to Deborah Pearce - 12/07/07 01:51 PM
How does an avid reader talk about his five favorite books? I don't think I can choose five favorites. I'v been reading for 60 years and may have thousands of favorites. What I'll do, I think, is choose some recently read and some I think are notable.
Last night we had our … (16 comments)
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david helm: Sand In The City - 08/04/07 10:05 PM
This weekend, Bellingham,Washington hosted a sand sculpture contest. It covered the three days of Friday through Sunday. I happened upon it quite by accident, but since I did have my camera with me, I thought I would check it out. All the entries had an architect as a sponsor, and they … (16 comments)
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david helm: Noxious Weeds - 08/04/07 09:46 PM
Most exotic garden plants are not particularly problematic. The majority of garden plants do come from elsewhere in the world. Some of them, because of their invasive nature, become a serious problem for the well being of native plants when the spread to wild areas. One of the main ways they … (15 comments)
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david helm: My Backyard Mountains - 08/04/07 09:22 PM
Since I mentioned Mountaineering/climbing in my recent MEME I thought I would show a few peaks that appear just East of Bellingham, Washington. They are all part of the range known as the North Cascades. I call these my backyard because they are relatively easy to access. There are a number of trailheads … (5 comments)
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david helm: Nooksack Falls - 08/04/07 02:43 AM
East of Bellingham, Washington there is a not very well known set of falls on the North Fork of the Nooksack River (A fork that is solely glacier melt water) at about mile 46 on the Mt. Baker Highway on the way up to Heather Meadows. This fall, which is two … (6 comments)
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david helm: Summer Food - 08/04/07 02:41 AM
As the summer progresses, this Bellingham, Washington vegetable garden gets more out of control. The pumkins and squashes leap out of their beds and fill the pathways. The fourth succession planting of brocolli is ready to harvest. The corn is producing tassles. Eggplants have started producing fruit. Tomato plants and pepper plants … (21 comments)
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david helm: Ajo Harvest - 08/04/07 02:19 AM
Last week I harvested my garlic (Ajo in Spanish). I grow both hardneck (rocambole) and soft neck garlics. I grow several varieties of hardneck because I like their flavor and ease of peeling. I grow the soft neck because they keep longer. Hardnecks will lusually last till December and soft necks … (2 comments)
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david helm: Tour de France. Uh, Bellingham - 08/04/07 02:10 AM
The road I live on is very rural and thus has very little traffic. The local (Bellingham, Washington) cycling club uses it for practices and on Tuesday evenings, races. There are usually 60 to 70 bicycles involved in these races. The do a number of laps on a large loop that … (6 comments)
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david helm: Riparian Repair - 07/28/07 01:35 PM
This is a quick look at an intergovernmental/private money project to restore the riparian area along sections of the Nooksack River just outside Bellingham, Washington. This area, which is prime wetland habitat, had been poorly used for many years. It is home to many species of duck, overwintering area for Trumpeter … (9 comments)
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david helm: Commercial Fishing - 07/28/07 01:27 PM
Bellingham, Washington has a long and active history of commercial fishing. In its heyday there were a number of very large Salmon Canneries around Bellingham Bay. Today, with the decline of Salmon runs and the major control of fishing grounds to keep the worlds oceans from becoming a desert, local fishers … (12 comments)
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david helm: Coffee Boxes - 07/18/07 03:50 PM
Back when our youngest was going to College, to get summer money she worked at a drive through espresso stand. She derogatorily called them "coffee boxes" because little boxes is what they looked like. Since that time, the drive throughs have gotten a little more creative in their design. Here, without … (19 comments)
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david helm: Nice House, Bad Bugs - 07/16/07 03:00 PM
When I arrived at this house to inspect it, a nice young couple buying their first house, I thought that this one would be easy. 70s rambler that appears to have been kept in nice condition. New roof, new siding, sweet. As I looked around I found a few things that made … (12 comments)
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david helm: Unique Home, Is It a Hobbit? - 06/25/07 10:31 AM
Went to a party Saturday evening at an old friends home. He lives on the side of Blanchard Mountain in the most interesting home I think I've ever seen. The pictures I am showing are only of the outdoors of the home. The inside is every bit as interesting as the … (17 comments)
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david helm: Is It a Prince? or What? - 06/19/07 07:08 PM
Took a break this afternoon and sat out by the pond for a few minutes. I happened to look over at the water lilies and this is what I saw. This has to be the classic prince pose.
I've heard that one has to kiss a lot of frogs before finding the … (8 comments)
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david helm: Time Warp - 06/19/07 01:44 PM
Went this morning to the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. This is the place that the Alaska Ferry (Bellingham is the southern terminus for the Alaska Marine Highway) loads and unloads twice a week during the summer (once a week during the winter). Today, docked at the terminal were two very different eras … (2 comments)
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david helm: Realtorspeak, a Dictionary - 06/18/07 12:27 PM
First a disclaimer. This is all in jest and is not meant to offend anyone. I spend a lot of time looking at listings, because I am a very small time RE investor. I always get a kick out of the adjectives used to describe homes in these listings. The following … (15 comments)
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david helm: Urban Trails in Bellingham, Washington - 06/14/07 06:38 PM
There are a number of magnificent trails in and around Bellingham, Washington. They are all a part of the city's Greenways program. Here is a list of five that Bellinghamsters use regularly.
1. Interurban Trail - This trail, for much of its distance, follows the old interurban rail line road bed that connected … (2 comments)
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david helm: Washington Wood Destroying Organisms (WDOs) - 03/20/07 06:04 PM
By far the most common wood destroying insect in Western Washington is the Anobiid Beetle(sometimes called the Western Death Watch Beetle) Hemicoelus Gibbicollis. Often misinformed people call this the "powder post beetle". True powder post beetles(Lictyds) infect hardwoods and appear in Washington primarily in furniture. The Anobiid infects softwoods; important because … (2 comments)
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david helm: Ask the local inspector - 03/11/07 05:39 PM
If you have any questions regarding inspections, problems with homes, the inspection process, please post them here and I will answer them to the best of my ability. … (6 comments)
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