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Thank You!

 

Take a few moments this Memorial Day Weekend to think about those that have given in defense of our country.

Contortec

He never even saw the truck that hit him:

 

Oh, wait, there was not truck - he's just enjoying the cooler weather after a couple of oppressive days.

Freshness

   (Bowl is a large sized mixing bowl)
 

Nothing like a big bowl of homegrown salad greens. Been feasting on this type of stuff for a couple of weeks. With the heat wave a couple of days ago, a lot of it is trying to bolt, so will only get a couple more pickings out of the first crop. Guess I'll have to find some time to start some more baskets.

Birthday Time

Happy Birthday to Dudette.

Yep, I'm a couple of days late, but considering I no longer really know what day it is, at any given time, I'm doing good to get that in during the correct month!

Anyway Happy Birthday Big Sister*!

*  Big sister refers to her being older than me.

Still Kickin'

Nothing to blog about, just letting everyone know we are still alive and kicking.

WS planted corn and peas Monday night, so at least part of the garden actually might grow something. The plants in the greenhouse go chomped by something that like brocoli and cauliflower leaves. Those were eaten all the way to the soil (I had the door open this week to keep from frying the plants. The tomatoes got too cold last weekend when we had frost - I didn't have time to get a heater set up - so they are not real happy looking right now.

We ran the woodstove several times last week and for the last time on Wednesday (since I'm not bringing in more wood). However the temps have swung to the nice side, and we have had the windows open the last couple of nights.

That's all the news we have, so if you need more stuff to read, just click on some of the links to the left and fill up on bloggy goodness.

Sighted

Yesterday, an off-Friday from my regular job, I spent the morning at the place I do contract work for, and the afternoon on Census work, then took care of pet-sitting for the evening. When I got home, WS showed me these photo:

   An Indigo Bunting. This is the first one we have had for years.

 

I was so excited when I saw the pictures, but figured that, WS would be the only one to actually see it. However, while I was getting the camera a little bit ago, to download the pictures, I saw the bunting briefly out on the deck.

WS has confirmed that we have a pair of cardinals (we've seen the male a couple of times, but this is the first sighting of a female). Additionally, I saw the first hummer of the season last night (they've been feeding enough that I put the big feeder out, and WS saw one the other day, but last night was my first sighting).

Isn't it pathetic that I get so excited over such a little thing as seeing birds? Guess that makes me a Bird-Nerd.

Vehicle Versus Moose

Listening to the news on the way in to work this morning, I heard about a woman who hit a moose with her car yesterday. The moose went thru the windshield and into the back seat of the car. The woman recieved minor injuries to her hand.

I remember thinking at the time, "there is no way that was a car, it had to be an SUV or a truck." A car has no chance against a moose, and people are very lucky to survive a car versus moose encounter - they never receive minor injuries in such an instance.

Every news report that I have read or heard has called the vehicle a car.

Looking at the pictures, it is obvious it is an SUV (Looks like maybe a 4-runner). When an SUV protects its driver (one of the reasons that people get SUVs), Newsies call it a car. When the Newsies want to imply that it is evil and a gas hog, it is an SUV.

Freshness, it's What's for Dinner

Last night we had tacos and taco salad for dinner. I had neglected to verify the amount of lettuce we had and once I got it chopped up, it was only enough for WS's tacos. I figured I would have a burrito instead.

Then a lightbulb popped inside my head and I went out and harvested lettuce and other greens from the baskets I planted several weeks ago. MMMM, fresh greens and lettuce made some of the best taco salad I've had in a long time!

NH is the Clear Winner Here

How to tell New Hampshire from Vermont. 

My only addition is that it seems to be a requirement for Vermont ice cream stands to be located at the farm - the cow farm, where the maure is piled out back of the barn**. Making the ice cream taste very different from what one expects. The standard joke when riding the bike in Vermont, upon smelling manure, is that an ice cream stand is coming up. The only exception is Ben and Jerry's - that must be how they got to be so big!

Here in NH, there is no such requirement, so ice cream stands are located a proper distance from the source and tastes a heck of a lot better!

Thanks to Bruce for the link. 

** I'm not ragging on farms here, just the placement of ice cream stands!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to Cop Car!