tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40075597239338234602024-03-12T19:52:12.351-05:00Dars StuffingsThe 'Stuffings' of my World
All photos, unless otherwise noted, are mine. Please ask in writing before attempting use of them. I appreciate your courtesy. Thank YouDarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.comBlogger618125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-19828807282867005722015-05-28T22:00:00.001-05:002015-05-28T22:06:39.718-05:00Starting from Seed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i> Early in April, a bit early for me, but not my Mr., Bill started planting seeds in tiny trays, filling not just one but several...at a time. (I just knew he was up to something when he asked me to order a ' grow light ' ).</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i> Hey, slow down fella, we've never done this before!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>The following morning, he was checking under the grow light where his seed trays lay, to see, if by some miracle, he had success after one day. He'd mist daily, but lightly, until finally he began to see tiny green shoots showing themselves. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Hey, this is getting exciting. Next he transplanted each one into 3 and 4 inch pots as each plant had sets of 4-6 leaves. It didn't take as long as we thought, in fact, we were surprised as to how fast these seedlings were growing. As they grew out of the small pots, again they were transplanted into 1/2 gal. pots where they will stay until the day they are planted in our gardens outside. That will be next week as we are predicted to get a couple quite chilly nights this weekend. It will mean covering his prizes or bringing them back inside a couple nights. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>I've helped with transplants and labeling, but these are his babies. On cold mornings he'd even start a fire in the woodstove to keep the house and his tomatoes warm.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>This past week he has been ' hardening them off ' or taking them outside to reach for real sunshine and acclimate to the weather. It's been nice out so they've spent the nights camping out under the stars. On windy days, he puts them on the floor of the deck, heaven's forbid, should one fall off the table and break. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Weather permitting, we will have tons of tomatoes, plenty for canning this fall. But what I'm anxious for is the wonderful, fresh taste of a warm, ripe thick slice of tomato the size of my hand between two slices of multi-grain bread with Miracle Whip and a shake of salt and pepper....mmmmmm, mmmmmmmmmm!!!</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>this little fella is so small that he can crawl right through a 4" x 4"inch wire fence.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>He can't be more than a few days old and already so strong. Such a sweet lil fawn.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Just a bit of what we've been up to this early spring. I'll keep unfolding the garden story as we try to make it grow. Til then, we need more sunshine and rain in the little bit at a time, like we've been getting. Our prayers for all of you who have so much more to worry about than a toppled tomato plant. Bless you all from the north.</i></b></span>Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-74907279862080777392015-05-26T23:08:00.003-05:002015-05-26T23:08:56.962-05:00Alas !!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Wow, I've been gone a long time from blogging...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>but I'm back. I've missed you. I've read when I could but have seldom commented. For that, I'm sorry.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>It's good to see a sunrise with you again. and sunsets.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Both of these were taken out of my windows.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The 1/2 acre garden in the first photo is of our pumpkin/potato/squash/gourd patch. Last fall we fell hard to a severe hail storm that destroyed all the crops of our 3 gardens. We do not give up easily. We already have replanted the pumpkins, 840-some seeds, to be close in count. We also have 5 -100 ft. rows of potatoes in the ground, Yukons, German Butterballs, Viking Purples,and Pontiac Reds. We pray for a good year. There will be a couple rows of squash, Butternut and Buttercups...</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Come this fall and help yourselves to the pick of the crop.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>There will be a wagon full at a time...and then some.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>To keep occupied this spring, however, Bill had planted a little garden in the basement of tomatoes, peppers, cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, cucumbers, cantaloupe, and more tomatoes, and more tomatoes, tomatoes coming out of our ears....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I've missed you all. Tell me again, what you've been up to.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I shall return...did I say I missed you???</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Stay Safe, travel safe with the summer vacationer traffic, and pray for good weather.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i> \o/</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>smelling the bluebells or dusting</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>my nose full of pollen from the lilies...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>or swinging in the hammock while</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Instead, it's presently only minus -15 degrees</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>but promising minus -23 by morning with</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>like minus -44...yes, you read that right.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>We are getting Blasted !!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Winter is here, the part no one likes.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I'd even rather be shoveling piles of snow</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>off my deck or playing in it with the grandkiddles.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>But this???? ... not funny</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Mother Nature.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It's not so nice when it's hard to keep </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>the house warm or my achin' bones.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>So what do we do in this refrigerator we </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>choose to live in, you ask.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I'll be taking down the Christmas tree,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>loading the branches with popcorn strings and </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>cranberries, orange slices and tallow.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>All for the birds so their bellies stay full and warm....</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>so I can move it off the table and make room</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>for card games and ' Farkle.'</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>of warm spring days.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>During the fall and early winter we had a trail camera set up near where my hubby was planning to put his deer shack during rifle season. About a month later, once the snow started to threaten to stay, this big boy was on the camera. Bill's heart began to pump, but never to see the 8 point buck again. He passed through during the rut, but that was it.</i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SdV4wkjH_bBFlD-ij4bv2M-mEx7Ca3Ap8S8AWZACKzBhIL8Dcah1haRUzH60PpLumkD-akqFrghiXljGsd5OpxGCURiFN1tlR5AgmfruG2CkynOi7um6sglfPvQkEtPxEMCX2NJyJv4/s1600/8+pt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1SdV4wkjH_bBFlD-ij4bv2M-mEx7Ca3Ap8S8AWZACKzBhIL8Dcah1haRUzH60PpLumkD-akqFrghiXljGsd5OpxGCURiFN1tlR5AgmfruG2CkynOi7um6sglfPvQkEtPxEMCX2NJyJv4/s1600/8+pt.jpg" height="221" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Hunting season had come and gone and another buck was never seen in real life or on his camera. Before the next snowfall came with furry, Bill decided to move the camera closer to the cabin so we could watch the deer, turkeys, songbirds, squirrels, as we keep them happy all winter with treats of apples and pumpkins and occasional hands full of corn. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i> Bill came in with the camera card, all excited to see if anything was still around after the annual deer hunts.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>He got pretty excited to see the 8 point was able to outsmart all the hunters at least in the acres near and around our neighborhood., " but wait, Bill, that's not the first buck you saw," I told him. This boy has a much taller rack and a darker forehead.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #741b47;">preparations for </span><span style="color: red;">Christmas.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>My entries have been few and far between lately, but I still do some blog reading, just not commenting much at the moment. Thank You for your patience with me.</i></span></div>
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-40922660673082962322014-10-31T23:22:00.001-05:002014-10-31T23:22:22.872-05:00Still Dreaming<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I've been dreaming again...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I'm still yearning for a, wait for it, wait for it,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i> a SUNROOM...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>just like the yellow one,...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>still dreaming.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>One I can enjoy while basking in the sunshine</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>during our long, long winter days,...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>one to bring a new year in with...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>a place for that perfect Charlie Brown Christmas Tree...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>still dreaming.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Look, here's a dream of a sunroom for my daughter's</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>large farm house, wouldn't that be dreamy?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>just like this one., while I carefully cut~</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>" Don't rush me," he says.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>So I dream on.</i></span></div>
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-78767198107209194452014-10-21T23:46:00.001-05:002014-10-21T23:46:33.272-05:00 ' The Hunt '<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>an old barn. There were treasures everywhere like weathered old doors like the one leaning above, inside a barn stall.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>There were a number of antiquated chairs, each with their own charm, barn charm, in this case. I'm partial to the blue one.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>well disguised on a fallen leaf as I walked by him</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>One thing I knew for sure, I loved it, especially the handle.</i></span></div>
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<i style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">that need dusting off and enjoyed in our home.</i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Who needs an apple picker when you have~</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>the real deal ! Bill trusts me to lift him as high as the tractor bucket will go so he can hand pick as many apples as he can reach.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Sad, but most of these were so badly damaged that they became deer food. I couldn't even make sauce out of all those bags of apples. The basket and bucket were the best we could do....such a treat, at that. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>And that's it folks. My pantry is full, the freezer is stacked to the top and I have no complaints.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I guess all I can say is...Dag Nabbit !!!</i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQGKNnplxrxT-Tg5lQemzaLA5Z5B51yx1erlPygjLLRVKpHpsvfANPqafRoGuCtmXIlWQW0rlyr0ezOur18WYUVWQlHveSBKjQoYJQgwpEt2dzZYWadSttPZ53ptWyEE9HOTPJ7ctbE0/s1600/snow+pumpkins,+crap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQGKNnplxrxT-Tg5lQemzaLA5Z5B51yx1erlPygjLLRVKpHpsvfANPqafRoGuCtmXIlWQW0rlyr0ezOur18WYUVWQlHveSBKjQoYJQgwpEt2dzZYWadSttPZ53ptWyEE9HOTPJ7ctbE0/s1600/snow+pumpkins,+crap.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Bill didn't even get his easy chair off the deck yet.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Just a couple days ago, </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>we were enjoying the beautiful scenery across the road and</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>the gorgeous Sugar Maple in our yard around the treehouse and the barn. Woe is me :/</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Red Coat. I'd much rather see these vibrant colors we've been blessed with the past couple weeks than ~~~</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>THIS. Go away ' white stuff falling from the sky.'</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>BUT, on the brighter side...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>you know, all the things that make life easier for this domestic diva and her dear hubby.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: orange;">5 pints of Pickled Carrots, </span><span style="color: #f1c232;">11 quarts of Canned Apples ready for pie</span><span style="color: orange;">, </span><span style="color: #e06666;">and another 7 quarts and one more pint of Applesauce.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Phew, I'm tired but it's a good tired...a feeling of accomplishment. Next time I will show you what else we did this week. We feel like little squirrels and the birds, storing food for a long winter...so we've been told.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>THAT, I'm not quite ready for tho.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>So it goes in our great north woods where we happily choose to make our home. The changing of the four seasons is actually quite OK with me.</i></span></div>
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-52483416706990342912014-09-09T23:17:00.005-05:002014-09-09T23:17:49.743-05:00Makin' Due<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Last week I told you about the hail damage we had that destroyed most of our gardening efforts of the year. Well, we have to make due with what we've been given so... with the split cabbages ~</i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunA-2yJ0kq47AYMz7BJWS1r55v9m-XnJENcm2YV1rifGmRU0RrwJfsMnGMeT0agSWsEGSUjV2eY84daJr5ngQwEEr2cz_2YUytYVdGOT1SYplvcdV1UBBFGKEDkUi57S142dL7GE8d3k/s1600/saurkraut+season.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunA-2yJ0kq47AYMz7BJWS1r55v9m-XnJENcm2YV1rifGmRU0RrwJfsMnGMeT0agSWsEGSUjV2eY84daJr5ngQwEEr2cz_2YUytYVdGOT1SYplvcdV1UBBFGKEDkUi57S142dL7GE8d3k/s1600/saurkraut+season.jpg" height="320" width="195" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>So many times in my lifetime, as a child and still today, I've heard it over and over again...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>" Make due with what you have. " </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>They have taught me well and I so appreciate the childhood and </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Makin' Due</i></span></div>
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<br />Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-33247161311603181312014-09-04T20:34:00.001-05:002014-09-04T20:34:38.803-05:00We Haven't Given Up ~ Yet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Our son calls from work this morning at 9a.m. warning us to put the vehicles under cover, there's a storm due to hit with large hail within a minute or two. Not one minute later, the sky turns black, the air is calm and WOW, the winds and hail hit us Again !!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>We were the lucky ones. We still have power, of which folks across town and to the west, including at the farm where my mother lives, my brothers, all 3, and a few sisters, had trees go down, but no hail. Just east of my TX. sister that just moved north in June, there was a tornado that touched down but no one was injured.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The cabbage heads split as they were pelted with hail stones.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The leaves have so many holes, and they just lost their </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>' pretty appeal.'</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The ground is so saturated and their roots are so loose.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>This last photo shows 3 of the vises of this years pumpkin growing.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>They do not like the stickers on the leaves. No leaves, thus</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>easy pickin' and lip-smackin' snacks for the deer.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>we haven't quite given up ~ YET !</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>We won't be eating a lot of this year's produce. It's times like this that I'm grateful I'd made that extra jar of canned tomatoes 'last year' or frozen an extra bag or two of chard and green beans.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>So, I can't decide. Do I like the green of the Reedgrass, or it's tassels? I can't decide so I will like the entire patch along my driveway.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Hemlock trunk and roots below, are at our cabin, overlooking the creek. It's become a favorite place to sit and read, watch the woods and the creek, explore. The Grandkids take turns crawling throughout the roots.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Look closely by clicking on any of the photos and you will see much more. The green rock is full of moss, shadows and lichen.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The rock below has a surprise. It appears to be the fossil prints of perhaps a raccoon. I love happening upon these treasures.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>And check out this freak-of-nature find...it's a rock within the trunk. Apparently the tree grew ' around ' it. I've seen this before, especially along a river bank, like this one. Cool, heh?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>This one has eyes of broken out windows and an eeriness</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>about it. I wonder what those walls would have to say about </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>it's youth?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Legend has it that this old trappers fort was one of the first established along the northwest shores of Lake Superior. It's logs were caulked with mud and clay, ceiling, very low and much ventilation. It's now at a wayside/rest area just north of </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Ashland, WI, not 45 minutes from my home.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I'm sure the caulking of the cabin was done after it was moved. It isn't too likely that a nail would have existed back in 1696. or am I being a skeptic???</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>This has just been ' me ' taking a reality check.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I've been so busy gardening that I needed a reprieve. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It was fun finding a few pictures to share with you that really had nothing to do about nothing, just a rambling of my mind.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Now ' that ' could be dangerous.~~~</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Hope you enjoyed the walk.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I know I enjoyed your company !</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>except taking photos,</i></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>enjoying visits from my grandkids and their folks,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>to the north fork of the Flambeau...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>taking walks down the cabin roads,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>anything, I say, ANYTHING, I could manage with one hand ~</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>waiting for THIS to finally heal ... and what fun ...</i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemgabFkFhF1q-U-baar-ncIoKViMieqz439Wi-AVDInY84gpRrMsKawJAixWGt0ru74sk9qrWZ69q8kUH_3YnY4yg5rbPf_0yITDjyC9LZY_UZ9P49TOlPFxt6VCSNcVknOo0f9vUD78/s1600/carpo+redo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemgabFkFhF1q-U-baar-ncIoKViMieqz439Wi-AVDInY84gpRrMsKawJAixWGt0ru74sk9qrWZ69q8kUH_3YnY4yg5rbPf_0yITDjyC9LZY_UZ9P49TOlPFxt6VCSNcVknOo0f9vUD78/s1600/carpo+redo.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I apologize if these photos make you squeamish but you don't know how wonderful this looks to me. Finally, I can feel my fingers again and use my left hand. I'm a ' lefty ' so it's even a bigger thrill. This is the result of carpo-tunnel repair of the first surgery from over 20 yrs. ago. I'm as tickled pink for the success as my hand is as it regains use. Now, to get the swelling down a bit more so I can put my wedding band back on...I miss it.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I missed you all but now I can type with both hands again. You still won't see me often this time of the year, however, as the garden is beginning to bounce back from the hail damage and I have vegetables to process. I'm still reading your entries but also not writing quite so much just yet. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Thank you all for hanging in there with me and commenting in spite of my lack of appearing anywhere. You're good folks.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Loveya</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Dar</i></span></div>
Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-65625589416693019612014-08-07T22:23:00.000-05:002014-08-07T22:23:23.069-05:00Change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>but will still be reading what I can.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Have a wonderful ' end of summer,' hustling to get a few more weeks of vacations in before fall takes hold and sends your scholars back to school.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Until the next time...</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Bless You All and enjoy every second of every day.</i></span></div>
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-34676271343391539862014-08-02T22:50:00.002-05:002014-08-02T22:50:39.596-05:00WHAT the HAIL* * *<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>As small as what the actual hailstones were, from tiny to the size of a dime, it still did a considerable amount of damage to our vegetable gardens. The green beans were torn and left pounded into the mud.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The onions have white spots on their leaves from where they were pelted with the hail. The same happened to everything that shows it's growth above the grounds surface, sugar snap peas, green beans were left with the burn marks of the icy hail.</i></span></div>
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-23513238280762205552014-07-14T01:37:00.000-05:002014-07-14T01:37:56.449-05:00Fight's On ~ With Mosquitoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>so we moved down the river further to Mom & Dad's old fishin' hole to see if we'd have any better luck. Well, the mosquitoes were so large, we could see the wood ticks catching rides on their backs. Mercy, they were terrible and biting hard...the mosquitoes, that is!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>a breath-taking sunset on the Flambeau River where we all learned to fish as kids with our folks. Life is good~</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i> It's time to get back in the gardens but ~ now, about all the rain, Lord, we sure could use some warm sunshine to dry out the gardens enough to weed them. I know You're on top of things and I thank You for all your love and patience with me. I can always depend on Your tender love to get me through Your training program in my life while I whip around like a cane of climbing roses in the wind about to break. As I get back on my knees to weed, I will remember how personal and humble a chore that is. I'm reminded of how praying maintains my personal relationship with You. ... Amen</i></span></div>
Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-26360663150718295552014-06-29T22:09:00.001-05:002014-06-30T07:43:54.467-05:001200 Miles Away From Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>with God in the bucket seats beside us, all safe and sound. Lil Sis has traded sweltering weather, fire ants, scorpions and black widows <u>for</u> our state birds, these nasty mosquitoes, long, hard winters and bitter temperatures. Everyone says, " WHY? " when she tells them she's moved back home from the south. Her answer is always the same, " To be with my family. " </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>With that weighing on your mind, I wanted to let you know that I will be taking a road trip for a while and departing from blogging during that time. I think I have just enough to get me to my destination and maybe back home again. When I return, I will share some of my activities and sites. Until then, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>have a most wonderful time smelling the roses and playing~</i></span></div>
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-83149114721235850732014-06-06T22:59:00.002-05:002014-06-06T22:59:54.189-05:00Making Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Most of these photos were from previous years of summer fun but when I saw them again, I was quickly reminded of some of the lazy summer days spent right here. We are proud of the way our Grandloves spend more time outside than inside, making their very own fun, just like we did when we were kids. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>We never had a pool, but we did have waterholes and picnics at the lake and running in the rain. We chased butterflies and fireflies and looked up the names of every bug. And as a kid, my 8 siblings and I did our chores first and then rode horses all day and ran through the woods making rooms out of the fallen leaves. We tied limbs together with twine and made our corrals for our horses while we ate our apple and then shared the core with our 'ride' back to the barn. Life was sweet and always another adventure.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i> We played all day out of sight of our parents, muddy feet from crossing the creek, or hay in our hair from playing with the kittens in the hay mow in the barn. We always had at least one dog that ran along with us while we biked up and down the driveway. Mom and Dad never worried about us getting into trouble or loosing our way on the property. We knew our boundary...just so long as we were inside and washed up in time for supper.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Life was good as a country kid. For that, I still remain grateful.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I find it ironic that my Grandloves would someday be playing the same ' made-up ' fun and games as I did as a kid. It makes me proud. We must have done something right raising our own.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>God sure knows what's best !</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Have an incredible time this weekend.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Remember a few of your ' days-gone-by ' and~</i></span></div>
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-66462629621411373252014-06-02T15:45:00.000-05:002014-06-02T15:45:07.779-05:00Go Ink~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It has been raining, I've seen all Bill's westerns at least twice, so </i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnrCYFxv7qp1zIE6SPoAsxNxKOMeat1wgKMGY9EhzXi7_nYf34FwzRHJ0hwdmoIuXIFr1IpJKhXfaDErx2fXoLwOEvFn_ygd-d6KiKfusH2h6O3G26w1erfvNUt0I9h9aLxZtav9rYEA/s1600/ink+doodle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnrCYFxv7qp1zIE6SPoAsxNxKOMeat1wgKMGY9EhzXi7_nYf34FwzRHJ0hwdmoIuXIFr1IpJKhXfaDErx2fXoLwOEvFn_ygd-d6KiKfusH2h6O3G26w1erfvNUt0I9h9aLxZtav9rYEA/s1600/ink+doodle.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>since the pen and paper were right there, why not try a little sketching. I flipped through a few garden magazines and </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>many errors in ink, lines where they do not belong.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>but I rather like these ' black and whites.'</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>It seems I always want more...</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>like being able to do this from memory rather</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>than looking at a flower or a picture of one.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Maybe if I get to heaven, it will come to fruition.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>By then there will be no need to satisfy personal wishes.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Have a wonderful week.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Get out and don't forget to smell the roses~</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>and the lilacs.</i></span></div>
Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-65249367936582133622014-05-29T19:00:00.001-05:002014-05-29T19:04:55.832-05:00I've Been Waiting For This<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I've been waiting to see this. I noticed an anxious doe prancing the edge of the field from the neighbor's mailbox to just beyond my mailbox, about 50 yards or so. She was so nervous and then I saw why. Her little fawn was following her and she was looking for a place to safely cross the highway onto our side of the road.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>She pranced back and forth, looking, always looking behind, then ahead, tail high, waiting for the perfect chance. By time I grabbed the camera, I thought she'd be gone, but no, she was still searching. What I had not noticed because of the trees, but what she could plainly see, was a car to her east and a truck pulling a boat to her west, parked on the highway, giving her clear passage. Finally she crossed with her fawn fast behind her.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>She was keeping a close eye on Bill as he pounded the pea fence posts in the garden, but kept an even closer eye on her fawn who was lying next to a fallen tree. I'd seen her on and off all morning.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>She watched the traffic and me the entire time she let her fawn nurse in the center of the neighbor's field.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Did you get enough pictures of my baby yet?"</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Can you see where her fawn found safety? He's between her hind legs, all safe from the nosy lady with the camera.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>That's what I was waiting to see. Every spring a doe has her fawns, sometimes two, at the edge of our corral, right where she and her mom and grandma were born. We've been here 34 yrs. and every spring we watch and wait to see the first bouncing fawns. We've learned by watching them, that if the doe has twins, she will lie her fawns down in different places, never together. It heightens the possibility of at least one survivor to carry on the family gene pool. Once they get a bit bigger and faster, then finally, we will see the twins frolic in the fields...</i></span><i style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">together. </i><i style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Now to survive the wolves and the bears. Even the babes of the woods have much to learn from their mom.</span></i></div>
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<i style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One more note. I planted my radishes and onions the 25th and today, the 29th, they are up! Super day as I finished planting each row of our garden. Now to decorate the deck with pots of flowers.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The landscape rake raked mud instead of rocks., so we waited...</i></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>until finally, on this gorgeous patriotic weekend of warmth and opportunity, we finally were able to pick the rock out of the mud, make row after row in the largest of our gardens, what we call</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>My 'dear' has earned his PHD as the best <u>P</u>ost <u>H</u>ole <u>D</u>igger,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>thanks to a piece of hard working equipment on a 3-point hitch.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>A few of the Grandloves planted the onions for me so there</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>My dear was wondering what was spinning in my head</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>' this time.'</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>All I need to do now is to plant my beautifully gated garden.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Thanks to my ' dear ' for helping me build this gem.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>So it went over our weekend~</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>I was thrilled today to see a Baltimore Oriole so I quickly cut an orange in half for him to feed on.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Goldfinch is still one of my favorites. They love to sing and are so friendly. Their Oriole cousins are more skittish.</i></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>wondering if I were a predator. I wouldn't hurt a flea~well~ maybe~</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Even more gorgeous color at the feeders and on the ground, were several pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeak today. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>at the moment to calm him. We waited....</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Oh the chances we take just for ....</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>a load of BLACK GOLD ! What beautiful compost an animal can produce when left to ferment and cure for 8-9 yrs. as this has done. It will sure satisfy the veggies it will supply nutrients to.</i></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>but he sure will have healthy gardens and apple trees.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>for this sweet lil' truck? mmm</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>we drove by where it had been,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>but not to me. It sure would have</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>made the perfect pumpkin wagon.,</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>but not mine this time, Booo Whoooo !</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Until I find my own ' perfect pumpkin truck.....</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>satisfied on the faux hay wagon, </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>sold well over 500 pumpkins.</i></span></div>
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Darhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16642092433299872708noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007559723933823460.post-68758269092343051142014-05-10T11:31:00.000-05:002014-05-10T11:31:45.236-05:00Wishin' <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>With such a rainy few days that dropped 5 inches, no yard work could be accomplished so we took a little road trip for more supplies, which I will show you in another entry. What DID happen however, was that my wish list has expanded.</i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcW2fYr3PnFTRP0d5KJLuL1AmKRmTlveZ0IxmmpnX41ymy-Anyuh6lT6iW7XIZn5FgjupixexksVxuEuaQwAHK9wySjpPJesVn4tvO8HP49CFyXxgNkTBV58q0rBVmIY0FtEaIOZoBgI/s1600/wishing+well.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcW2fYr3PnFTRP0d5KJLuL1AmKRmTlveZ0IxmmpnX41ymy-Anyuh6lT6iW7XIZn5FgjupixexksVxuEuaQwAHK9wySjpPJesVn4tvO8HP49CFyXxgNkTBV58q0rBVmIY0FtEaIOZoBgI/s1600/wishing+well.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Meanwhile, we keep at it. The bathroom/closet/laundry porcelain floors are finally done...I'm loving that's over.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>But on the wishlist, is the desire to finally after many yrs, complete the ceiling in the laundry. The mudroom in my daughter's farmhouse has a car-siding ceiling...lovin' it! Maybe~</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>just look at the size of this oak...massive and wonderful. It would take at least 3-4 grandloves to hug it, touching fingertips.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>' The Elephant Tree?' Can you pick out his eye and trunk?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>with not a care in the world...</i></span></div>
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