The Garden!!!

The garden,  Pretty good for only May.  Though most of it is being ravaged by caterpillars.  I've been making slightly different batches of organic pesticide (garlic, cayenne, jalapenos, habaneros, and onions blended and steeped in hot water and then strained).  It's a lot of work but it seems to be working.  Only our potatoes were completely destroyed. Having fresh salads every night and green onions and rosemary on hand is really awesome. 

Oklahoma City Arts Festival

 Someone had to have some cotton candy!

 Stopped at Architectural Antiques/Dead People's Stuff.

Way way over priced but pretty cool and huge.

Wow!  Whiskey sling with an ancient, and very large bottle of Old Grand-Dad!  May have to buy this with the disposable income I don't have.

 They have a great selection of old stained glass.

Swiss chard tree in the Community garden outside of the Myriad.  Didn't know swiss chard got that big?

Garden Spreadsheets?

Spring is here! Or at least, right around the corner and this year I've vowed to get more out of our garden than I put in. We will begin most of our transplant-able plants inside in these little egg shells. I'll probably use peat pots for the delicate transplants. And, my garden planting schedule has been converted into a spreadsheet because I am verging on neurotic or just diverting all my excitement into preparation while I await the last frost!

2012 Donation Recipient is Food For Thought Learning Institute!

Mammalia will donate 25% of all sales to the great folks at Food For Thought Learning Institute based in Norman, Oklahoma. Please visit their website to learn more.
http://www.foodforthoughtlearning.org/

Quiet Winter

My awesome wife spent some dough so I could make some! Got a sweet stand mixer for Christmas! So far only focaccia has happened but sour dough and ale poolish bread will be made. I promise!

Winter cats.

Rosemary and parmesan focaccia! So far our rosemary has survived the winter.

A fine assortment of chocolates, hot sauces and energy bars. I'm so spoiled:)

Top seller this year was the Honey Badger. Thanks to a silly, and hilarious, internet phenomena I was able to donate a bunch of money to a local spay and neuter clinic! And it isn't too late. Contact me here for special order honey badgers, custom designs or shop my original creations at mammalia.etsy.com
The mustache came in second place!

Just one booze swilling chimp wallet

One of the many custom wallet commissions I have had during the holiday season.
So much business and positive feedback. I have come close to donating a $1000 to animal welfare this year.

Gettin' Hitched!

We had the worst trip to NY but made it in time to get our marriage license and had about 30 minutes to get ready for our ceremony the next day(thanks to my Aunt Nene). It was stressful but so worth it. Wonderful to see family, visit a good friend and just drive around the North Country showing my wife where I grew up.

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Lyon Mountain and Malone, NY

High Falls Gorge Chateugay, NY - Pre-Honeymoon Trip

Waukegan Shimer Campus Squatting

One photo left from a summer of couch surfing, squatting and camping around the Waukegan Shimer College campus. Lots of fun!

Custom Tuna

More Etsy Wallets

Osteology Museum Oklahoma City

We joined some friends at the Museum of Osteology on the southside. It was really pretty awesome. Looked tiny from the outside but was packed with all kinds of jaw dropping skeletons. It was even featured on Dirty Jobs in 2007.

The darkest restaurant I have ever been in. Old school American Chinese restaurant complete with kitschy plastic lanterns (which I want desperately) and golden dragon wall decor. The food was not that shabby either. Pretty awesome that something like this still exists.