Hey Diddle Diddle Dee

I actual want to post a fairly length post on this blog. But who really want to hear bunch of blah, blah and more blah.

When I first set up my blog. First time I posted something I believe it was only one line or maybe it was two line but I know it wasn't a three lines.

Then I posted nothing then at later date I start to post more and more but not regular base. I know one year or more then one year I started to post on daily bases.

Out in dink toolies we're dial up is the norm. But when I move here most people had party lines on their phone. That when more then one resident shared a phone line and when one want to use there phone had to see if there phone line was clear. So one could listen into other conversation but I thought that was just plain rude.

If I was going to take educated guess when the party line end out here it would be 1982 to about 1984.

The weekend of August 20^th we had our county fair. It amazing how many what I would call right wing political and religious orders had a booths up. But the main reason I actual go to the fair is to see the exhibits such as knitting, sewing, quilting, woodwork, breads, cookies, fruits, and veggies. Then of course animals.

There the 4-H and FFA animals which is sold as market animals. There was one youngster who market animal sold more then one time. It was to help raise money for this man legal defense for shooting a grizzly bear.. I won't go into much detail. There this family who lives in Porthill area and a grizzly bear came unto there place and he feared his pigs which is part of there lively hood was at risk. But mostly his children was at risk.

Statement time...Any sow “Mother bear” is nothing to mess with and these are not pets. Plain and simple there wild animals

Idaho state game thought they should be no charges against him but the federal government does.

I tend lean to left on political views and for most Idahoan I would be consider a wacko. But in this case this person was protecting his family.

Info time..those who lean to right in there political are consider “Nut Jobs” and those who lean to left is consider “Wacko”

I'm still doing my walking and not stuffing my face after dinner. Haven't yet made it to end of the field yet. But last three weighing in at TOPS (taking off pounds sensibly) I lost weight.

We're loosing little over a minute of sunlight in morning haven't yet figure out how much we're loosing in evening. But now it finely feeling like summer is trying to give a blast of heat

Sometime after the 20^th I notice there been quite a few spider web covering the ground.

Hubby and I put up 7 pints of pickle beets.

In ceramic world I'm still casting ornaments and about ready to go though anther box. Then also casting the miniature. Well I got the first level full of green-ware which consist of ornaments mainly and some napkin ring holder. Just barely start to lay a second round of green-ware on top of the first. One can pack green-ware tightly in a kiln. I brought anther piece in to paint, a kitty.

I don't think any of you notice I been doing some changes on my sidebar to the right. Coffee drinker and sleeping ones.

Photo Hunt (Symbolic)

I thought this week photo hunt of symbolic would be very hard to do. Just quite the opposite but I decided to use only two symbols.

One is the free mason symbol. On my dad side I believe most of them where free mason. I know my great grandfather Duane on his tombstone he has the free mason symbol. His wife Dora has the eastern star symbol on her tombstone.

I took the picture of the mason symbol off my dad masonic papers. He was a free mason in Michigan. Not much for free mason up in Bonners Ferry and the closes Eastern Star I could join is in Sandpoint.

Last Sunday Murphy and I went to the gardenia center in Sandpoint for there Sunday service. I'm not sure if this is symbol or not. But it up at the front.

The speech or sermon was on “Action with Compassion”

For more info on the hunt please stop in at Tn Chicks

Next week theme of “wrong” sure could be a fun challenge.

Phoro Hunt (Drink)

This week theme for the hunt is drink at first I thought of taking a photo of “red beer” when I was young I couldn't stand the taste of a red beer.

When I was young I used to experiment in my moms' kitchen and would come up with some contraption I would call my magic potion.

Confession time...A few time my mother lost it complete when I made a major mess.

Well my hubby and I at times don't see eye to eye on how we should eat. Statement time..I should give the devil its due. Compare to most men he eat pretty darn good. I don't think there is a veggie he really doesn't like.

I like to juice and make smoothie. So if one wants or needs to know anything one can just google it.

So I googled in what I believe was these four things. “what is the best food for a liver cleanse, what is the best food for a gall bladder cleanse, what is the best food for a kidney cleanse,, and what is best food for spleen cleanse”

This is the best food for the liver.

one garlic glove*

three or four carrots*

one grapefruit

Note time...I been told that red grapefruit is better for ones liver. But if you can't afford grapefruit now and have to purchase the juice. I notice around here all the red and pink grapefruit juice has high fructose corn syrup. But it seem quite a few of white grapefruit juice doesn't have high fructose corn syrup.

This is the best food for the gall bladder

half to one cup of cabbage. Note time...I use kohlrabi* from the garden

2 inch of ginger root*. Note time...I really like ginger root and would add a little more for my personal taste.

One apple*

The best food for the kidney.

a hand full of Parsley

The best food for the spleen

three stalks of celery*

one plum

hand full of lettuce

• these food are best ran though a juicer. Ones these food are ran though a juicer pour into your blender and add remaining from above.
  
  
  
  Drink up. To be part of the hunt please stop by our hostess Tn Chicks
  next week theme is symbolic.
  
  
  Editor Note...Up here in boonies of North Idaho our computer connection to internet hasn't been running all that smooth.

There Was a Time When We Wrote Letters

I'm one who remember having pen pals. Someone one you never met before and correspond by what now is called snail mail. The other day I was visiting some of my blogs and stop in at “Home Spun Pagan Mom” blog. Her posting is called witch and wiccan pp

If one is uncomfortable with Witch or Wiccan. One could search google or facebook for a pen pal under any category here is a few examples. Buddhist pen pals, Christian pen pals, Muslim Pen pals, New york pen pal or any state, cooking pen pals, bird watching pen pals, gardening pen pals, and the list could go on and on.

If one is so incline for pen-pal I'm leaving two links and I'll call them number one and number two

So over the weekend Bart came up and help Quenella put up a tarp on the North-side of her A Frame. I was going to bring my camera but it sat comfortable on the living room coffee table.

It hard to explain what Quenella place look like.

Murphy also was there and two other gentlemen.

Bart was the one who went to the peak of the roof and pulled up the tin and latched down the tarp. When he was in high school he earn money roofing.

Also I want a picture of Quenella “cowboy coffee” for next Saturday photo hunt.

I been pouring more greenware. I been pouring mostly ornaments and miniatures. But up coming it looks like I will be casting some of my tooth pick holders.

After looking at them I need to re-figure how I'll be pricing an inside glaze job. I was going just base it on one dollar didn't matter the size of the item.

I've also sat up a facebook page for my business NIce and Nifty Stuff

but at this time it doesn't look like much.

Statement time...I'm trying to increase my greenware inventory.

Editor Note...for some reason the link to home spun pagen mom isn't working. http://homespunpaganmom.blogspot.com/2011/08/witch-and-wiccan-pen-pals.html

Photo Hunt (One)

The one an only Benny (Benjamin Morris) the cat. This is Murphette Cat. She needed a picture of him. So the housing authority knows what he looks like.

So he was laying in the mowed down iris. Statement time...The maintenance Man told the yard crew to mow down the laying down Iris leaves. In my opinion I think it a little early because they need to put energy in the rhizomes.

One thing Benny likes to do is watch a yearling fawn (Last years) I guess he dreams about hunting big game. I think mice and gophers is his speed for now.

Next week theme for the hunt will be drink.

To be part of the hunt or see other please visit our hostess  http://tnchicks.wordpress.com/

That Way the Cookie Crumbles

We're sure not bring in the dough neither one of us are. I'm bring in a little over a one hundred dollars a week. Hubby haven't done much in line of tree nursery work. The figures I have read about boundary county unemployment is 15%. On the local bulletin boards they sure seem to be a lot of homes for rent, $400 to $600 a month.

So we been trying to get in some firewood. I know we have enough for us to get though a winter. But what we get now is gravy.

I been casting some ceramics mostly my smaller pieces. This what I want or hope to do. My friend Alice does our three holiday local shows and I'm hoping she can take some of my finish ceramic pieces.

The reason I don't get a booth is. I know I would need about $600 worth of inventory. In reality this is impossible.

Most of what I'm doing is Christmas ornaments.

I know there not much cash floating around but at this point the ornaments would sell for $2.60 each. But who knows how the economy will dictate the prices.

So this way if she willing to take my pieces we could make a little extra cash possibly.

Saturday an old friend of Murphy passed away. There where pose to be a memorial service for Milt at Memorial field.

We couldn't find where the service was being held.

But Murphy said he was the king of the hippies.

As we where over at Memorial field in Sandpoint I notice they have a arboretum and took a brief tour. If I have known all the interesting or cool things what was around memorial park I could of taken some cool pictures.

It seem like everyone was saying this should be a bumper crop of huckleberries. I've been wrong but I could see the weather wasn't right for huckleberries.

What the ideal weather pattern is a wet spring and hot summer. Starting some time after the fifteenth of June the sun can just shine.

We didn't get any heat to end of July and first part of August.

Anything that needs to make height in garden sure hasn't like my hollyhock flowers actual I'm still taller then they are.

Artichokes are just spreading out. Usual around here there about waist high not this year. There above the ankle and below the knee.

But there is some fruit coming on.

I'm still walking down in field. I'm up to the set of Alpine firs. Daisy and I went out for walk Sunday Morning. We scared up a doe and her fawn.

Well it scared Daisy so she started to run toward home.

I know the doe wasn't please with us, she made a snorting noise of being pissed off.

Photo Hunt (Painted)

I've been working on my ceramics more and more since I quite one of my clients. This is the last piece I painted, a dragon.

I've been casting more pieces then painting. I'm trying to get anther load ready to fire. I don't like firing non filled kiln. It's to costly.

To be a visit other or to find out more info on Saturday photo hunt please visit our hostess TN CHICK

Next week theme is one .

July Weather Report 2011

The warmest day in July was on the 6^th at 94.5 (34.7)

The coldest day in July was on the 13^th at 28.4 (-2.0)

The average high for July 85.1 (29.5)

The average low for July 36.9 (2.7)

Rain fall for month 3/8 of inch (1.01)

I thought this July would have been a lot cooler but it wasn't. The night time temperature ones was quite a bit cooler then normal although no damage to the crops.

A brief note can 17 pints(8 litters) of carrots and froze 5 quarts (4.7 litters) of greens.