Photo #245 2012

Kernels of summer joy

Photo #244 2012

Curious about this image?  Go here:

http://kathewordaday.blogspot.com/2012/08/word-234_30.html

Photo #243 2012

Whoops!

This spring I planted two different packets of what

I thought were both green beans. Hmmm- a mistake

was made as half the green beans turned out to be soup beans!

Another culinary discovery to be made.....I think

I will make Minestrone with these beans.

Photo #242 2012

Grapes at Mt Shasta Farmers Market

Photo #241 2012

Another DIY task

Putting up sheetrock would not be as easy for Russell

and Edward without this engineering gizmo.

Thank goodness for clever design engineers.
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Photo #240 2012

Sometimes Lucy tires of being photographed.

Especially when her ears resemble an owl's.

Photo #238 and 239 2012

Do you remember playing Musical Chairs?

 The chair stands alone, the chair stands alone,

Hi ho the derry-o the chair stands alone....

Does anyone know what this is? 

I think it's either a type of succulent or Euphorbia....

if you know or have a guess let me know!

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Photo #237 2012

Johnny-come-lately

I had given up on my Butternut Squash

ever doing anything but producing blooms.

But! Hooray! Here are two teeny tiny squash

and I have one on the other plant also.

So, I will cut all the other flowering stems off so that 

all the nutrients will go directly to the babies.

Let's see if they mature before it freezes.  

Photo #236 2012

Power Washing

Looking through a second floor window while our house

is power washed before being painted. by a good friend

and fabulous house painter Jeff Skalisky

Photo #235 2012

Forest Fires

Smoke from several fires 2 hours to the south

has filled up the sky. The Eddy's mountain range

is barely visible in the background and we can really

smell the smoke.   

http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current

Photo #234 2012

Fellow blogger Stephen Hayes of The Chubby Chatterbox

( http://thechubbychatterbox.blogspot.com/ )

blogged about the color blue which somehow ended

up with me making this image.

Stephens' blog is a delight to read and is one of my favorites.

Talented artist and writer -check him out!

Photo #233 2012

Berries-one of my favorite fruits!

Found at a small sidewalk fruit stand in Etna CA.

Photo #232 2012

Yippee- our home is getting painted!

After months of remodeling and adding on

our home and garage are getting a much needed

exterior paint job with new colors !  

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Photo #231 2012

Early each morning the fawns 

 and the mother come over for breakfast

 

They are fun to watch even though

they sometimes dine on our flowers....

and the potato plants I am trying to grow! 

Photo #229 2012

A tiny Future Farmer of America

https://www.ffa.org/about/whoweare/Pages/MissionandMotto.aspx

Photo #227 and 228 2012

 Home grown vegetables in a collage

American Weirdness- Destruction Derbys

Where old cars go to be destroyed -
all in the spirit of ridiculessness. Only in America.
This does not mean that we don't laugh at all the crashes.
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And pairing these two images together is rather a visual oxymoron.

Photo #226 and more 2012

 It's not easy being a cowboy

It does have it's ups and downs....ouch!

Cowgirls have a hard time too....

 and then there's those good days

with sheer beauty between man and horse

Photo #225 and 225.5 2012

A Study in Red

Choke cherries, home grown Cayenne chilies and tomatoes.

Choke Cherry Tree

Evidently these cherries are so tart

that only the bears will eat them. A friend did make jelly

with them using pectin and apple juice, but it required so

much sugar she never made it again.

Photo #224 2012

Yummy carrots

Pretty and worth their weight in gold!

(groan)

Photo #223 2012

Final Destination?

Remeber on my Word a Day blog this image?

http://kathewordaday.blogspot.com/2012/07/word-190.html

Well yesterday we found out where it has gone.....so far!

photo #222 2012

I like coyotes. I like hearing them yipping at night.

 They keep the rodent population down

and are an important part of the balance of nature. 

Obviously some folks don't think of that.

I had heard of this practice but couldn't believe my eyes.

Photo #219, 220 and 221 2012

 All of these flowers came out

 of a can of mixed seeds!

 They included Cosmos,

Bachelor Buttons and Rudebeckias.

Photo #218 2012

The awesome joys of home ownership....

Our well pump was on it's way out!

Home warranty actually covered it!

Photo #217

Another indicator of a distressed economy

We see these details
 wherever we turn.

I cannot ignore them
and reach out my hand

to help when ever I can.

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Photo #216 2012

Taking our new bathtub for a walk

Ordered online and delivered by a slightly cranky driver

as he was driving a semi with a 28 foot trailer and had to

negotiate our long windy driveway.  

Photo #215 2012

Presto-Pesto!

Easy schmeasy recipe:

2 cups fresh basil

2-4 garlic cloves

1 cup pine nuts or your preference

(for nut allergies sunflower seeds can be substituted)

1 to 1& 1/2 cups olive oil 

1 cup grated parmesan cheese

freshly ground black papper

salt to taste

using your food processor pulse basil,garlic and nuts

3-4 times or until just blended. Add oil slowly and once

blended put in bowl and stir in cheese. 

Mangi! 

  

Photo #212,213 and 214 2012

 Poppy pod

 More light bulbs

Proud to serve

These men are a part of a growing volunteer group

of veterans who make sure every veteran has pipers

at their graveside service at no cost to the families.