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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
Congratulations on making it to the last day of the competition! What was your favorite prompt from the last month? What was the most rewarding aspect of participating in the competition? Did you learn anything about yourself or your fellow bloggers?  I enjoy the prompts. They make me think. Some of the prompts I recognize, from other times, so try to find a new twist. I always like the one about silence, because I really appreciate real silence. I enjoy the comments since it gives me interaction with other humans and shows me where the blog thoughts are originating. I enjoyed the humor. Lighthearted expression keeps us from obsessing about covid 19 and being isolated. Keep good thoughts, throw away bad ones. ![Merit Badge in Cheerleading
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List the top ten things you most desire in life and the top ten things you are most grateful for.  Always Grateful Grateful for: First of all, I find it difficult to chose a top ten since I am grateful for everything also grateful for lots of people who I have no contact with. 1. The Messiah. Yashua HaMashiach. 2. Health--recently, I was accused of flaunting my health. I'm astonished that being joyful and being able to continue to do some work is seen as flaunting. I have to work at staying healthy. I was taught work ethics as a child. Maintenance of body, soul, and home are irritatingly always necessary. There are lots of people my age or close to my age running around doing whatever is necessary in life. Maybe the accusations are coming, because I'm the only ageing person the accusers have noticed lately. Widen your outlook. (note: Where I live they make special times for the elderly to do their shopping. Over the years the governing body seems to think isolating elderly people from young people is good. I'm not convinced segregation of age groups is ever good.) 3. My children. all four of them, because they each have a different personality and approach lifes problems in their own way. 4. Pets. 5. Knowledge. I wanted to take a new course this fall. I had to put it off because K had a lot of tests for his heart done this summer. Maybe by winter. 6. Music 7. Winter heat in the house. 8. All the mowing was easier this year because K and my third son put an old tractor into production, that is working really well. It makes the job easier and faster. The property looks neater on a regular basis. 9. The ability to see needs, even when I am helpless to supply solutions. 10. K is getting help with furnishing his medications and that is a blessing. Most Desired: I'm not so sure these are necessarily in order. Most of these things are immediate thoughts. 1 . A second dog. 2. Continued health. 3. Winter house heat. This includes the continued getting outside things ready for winter. We are making some progress. 4. To speak honestly with my first two sons. To understand their life struggles, To know they are safe now with the pandemic. (This is a long standing problem. Up to now nonnegotiable) 5. I would like to know more about what is going on in this neighbor hood??? I'm not a nosy person just an interested citizen. 6. To continue to gain knowledge. 7. To gain back my level in the Township game. When they updated I lost a level 78 township and 500 township dollars a really despicable loss. 8. To find out who K has been letting into the house over the last 40 years and why they meddle in my life? (this is a biggy). 9. I also have concerns about things like the violence in the USA, the election, women's rights and other problems, that I have no control over but nevertheless think about regularly and wish for solutions. 10. Flooring and wallboard in a couple more rooms. And to redo the upstairs bathroom, garbage collection, Spray for the fruit trees before next spring, Spray for the dog pen before next season. (odds and ends) These lists gave me trouble because there is a lot to think about when you say Most and add it to desire and grateful. ![Merit Badge in Point of View
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If you were forced to eliminate every physical possession from your life with the exception of what could fit into a single backpack, what would you put in it?   Why? I need to know where and why. I have gone over this in my mind before. House fire is one reason. Watching media coverage of California burning is another. Eviction because of monetary entrenchment can be another. Extraction for any reason. So. Just the backpack. Kindles, solar charger, USB wires for charging, cell phone. Dog food,cat food, parrot food and dog dish. If it is extraction, Parrots and cats get loaded into kennels. Dog goes with me on a leash. clean underwear especially socks. At least one change of clothing. A journal and pens. Human snacks and cans of food. Could be tuna, salmon, gravy, beans. I'm assuming military backpack with lots of places to hang things. bottled water, blankets, shampoo,a couple bars of Kirk's soap, tooth paste and brush. Maybe throw in some herbs and coconut oil. Olive oil and pan for cooking and heating water.A cup and some bags of loose tea. Hooded sweatshirt and a couple t-shirts. Depending on whatever circumstance I should try to take my dogs blanket. He really is attached to it. Rechargeable flashlights rechargeable radio, lately I wished I had bought a laptop because they are portable. I would tie on a sleeping bag if I had one but, I don't. a small tent if I had one but I don't. Also wish I had harnesses for the cats. But, I don't. I have a small pillow that came with my dog that is the neatest pillow. {It's two washcloths sewn together stuffed with a piece of foam. Washes great, holds it's form, and is just enough comfort in an emergency. It would pack easy too.)Probably my revolver. Of course my ID and important papers, bible, and flip dictionary as books. Any other book I need would be on my kindle. Books are heavy to transport but these two are necessary. See where I am going is important because if I'm never coming back or moving to another place or running away I might take more or try for less? I really can't travel lightly any more, so hope I don't have to walk very many miles to get where I'm going. I'm kind of concerned about what I leave behind for others to find. Might need a bonfire before I go. We camped as a family a couple different years. I made up packages of pancake mix, oatmeal mix for breakfast to take. Quick and easy to make.Packed well in plastic sandwich bags for travel. Mix with water cook over an open fire, eat. There use to be a tent city in a county near here. It was homeless people who had aided each other and set up this place where they all had a tent and helped each other with meals and needs. The county government ran them off. It made me angry and disturbed. Media did a story on them. They had pets and children with them. Just up and disappeared tents kids, pets, and all one night. Someone said they went south for warmer weather. Just read an article about President Trump's fight with Montana ranchers over access roads to public lands. Really I guess the fight is with the forest service. Guess we won't go there. OK. If this was real I might revise it some. So, just need to know where and why? ![Merit Badge in Blog Camping
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| We are nearing the end of the month, and as always, I need your help to fill the Challenge War Chest with new prompts! In your entry today, write three of your own blogging prompts and then use one of them to complete your entry. 1. Tell about an experience you have had with nature walks, hiking, boating, camping, or even driving a car on a road trip? 2. Write about something in today's news. 3. Find something about a new technological gadget, explain it and talk about it. Ring and Drone I'm using my prompt labeled with a three. Something I just learned is this is the time of year Amazon releases new products or new features of older products. Recently, they released a new feature for their Smart Security Brand they call Ring. On TV advertisements Ring at your door can send video to your phone about who pressed the door bell. You can speak to a delivery person and even open the door lock from another room, then re lock the door behind the delivery person when they leave. The new product coming out next year attached to Ring is a small drone that can be set by an app on your phone to fly preset patterns inside your home. It has a small camera capable of taking film and sending it to the cloud. It has a motion detector that will send the drone to a place in the home where it is detecting motion. And, it can respond to fly a preset path if the alarm on Ring goes off. PACKAGE SNATCHERS AND BURGLARS BEWARE! Wish I had this when I still had horses in the barn. Even now, it might be interesting to find out what kind of activity goes on out there with rats, mice, stray cats and the occasional possum. Really, I wouldn't mind if it had night vision and I could fly it around the outside of the house and barn once in awhile after dark. Something to add to my $5,000 wish list. A drone with night vision, a camera, programmable to an app on my phone. |
It’s apple-picking season where I live and I’m so excited! Write about your favorite seasonal activities. What is something that only comes once a year, but you always look forward to?  I always look forward to the seasons for sweet corn, apples, strawberries, cherries, and just fresh produce of lots of different kinds. I like haying season. I watch the fields grow green and the timothy, orchard grass mix grow up from my window by the computer. As the grasses grow taller it blots out whatever is beyond the field, including forest and wildlife. Then the field gets cut. The haybine leaves long rows of curing grass laid out on the field. After the proper amount of time curing, the rake rolls the hay up into long continuous rows of grass like cream rolls without the cream. The baler rolls along picking up the long rows-smash, smash,kersmash-then cuts the twine on the bales, kerchunk. It has a specific rhythm that tells you how long the bales are going to be. As the baler moves along the field becomes mowed green grass. The deer come out in the evening to graze. A flock of wild Turkeys come out of the woods in a single file. They stretch themselves down one side of the field then sweep across the field eating insects and grasses as they go. Now that the field is down I can see the woods. Wild apple trees along the edge of the field are visible. The smell of fresh hay in the storage barns is delicious. When crops are finished and stored for winter there is a feeling of accomplishment. It's also a sign that winter will be soon upon us. My dad taught me to pull a long piece of orchard grass from the stem and eat the moist part at the bottom. It is delicious like eating cucumber. Found this poem on the internet. I did not know if I should copy it but it is very accurate so here is a link https://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/34607.html I looked haying poems on Google was surprised about how many there are. The leaves are just beginning to turn on a few trees. One more week and there will be a big change. Winter is on its' way.  |
What specific character traits do you want to be remembered for?  I hope anyone who remembers me remembers me accurately. I just finished reading The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. It is a historical novel that depicts an elongated history of Dinah the daughter of Jacob and Leah. It stirs up some controversial things about biblical accounts. According to Wikipedia, Most of the actions are considered fictional although the historical settings are very vivid. It interests me about how this book is influencing me to think about people's character traits. The authors descriptions of characters we read about in the bible are strong. It's the kind of insight I think about when I read scriptural stories. I don't see how you can keep making inaccurate memories about someone unless you discuss personally with them about motives for life actions. That just does not happen very often unless you are a closely knit friend even if you are related. There are people who are terrified about saying anything about someone who has died? Actions have some kind of reason behind them. Sometimes bad actions can be remembered but you don't know why a person would have performed the actions. What forces drove them to one action or another? Good character traits can be over ridden by forces in life. Bad traits can make someone see the error in bad actions. I'm in favor of a round table discussion of dead relatives to make sense of what life is throwing at the living. I'll probably regret this idea.  I'm not sure even which ones I really have. I'll probably be described as a character. . Just so, I''ll list some, honesty, loyalty, positivity, productive. , Are these traits? The down side would be angry, loud, misinterpretation. I can be these sometimes.Sincerely, I think? ![Merit Badge in Appreciation
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If I gave you $5000 and told you that you had to spend it today, what would you buy? (Have fun with this one *Wink* )  Money Yay! I have to say I have a small bill I would pay off. But, if this is strictly a buy thing? Flooring for one room and wall board for two rooms.Paint for two rooms after the wallboard was installed. More gutters for the house and the back porch needs a new roof.Get my sewing machine and exercise machine fixed. I would pay for garbage collection for one year. Maybe adopt another dog. Stock up with nonperishable groceries. Christmas gifts for the whole family. Two new comfortable recliners for the living room. San-disks for our kindles. Maybe a couple new electric heaters. Batteries and a converter for the solar panels. Now, I'm way over budget most likely. I would have to check with K. Combined with medicare it might get him some implants so it's easier for him to wear teeth? K might have some ideas but, if it were strictly my money the first and second paragraphs would suffice. Except for the implants $5000.00 would cover a lot of this. It would be better if he gets $5000 of his own. In the meantime it's another fine day weather wise. Have a great day. If I gave you $5000 and told you that you had to spend it today, what would you buy? (Have fun with this one *Wink* ) |
| What is the most spontaneous thing you have ever done? If spontaneous is doing something with out thinking about it clearly; two things come to mind. Jumping a horse over a hay wagon and getting married the second time. Now that I know more about life, I realize both of these events were influenced by other people. Blogging early this morning. Good weather again. FedEx is here. Bye for now. |
If you could live the next 24 hours and then erase it and start over just once, what would you do?  WHAT? I have no idea how to answer this. I'm not big on wanting to do something different than what I'm presently doing. The more I think about this the more I think it maybe hinting at crime. I think everyone wants to know how to deal with life in a more positive way. What's positive? I think that is why fiction heroes are so Popular. Stories like Reacher By Lee Childs are always in demand at the library. Reacher never loses a battle. He has a new person to help in each story. The people he helps always get a kind of justice against people who have wronged them. There is usually a happy ending. These are stories where the end justifies the means. Reacher does things his way. Looking out my window. Big whitetail buck stealthily meandering my way. Watching the house. Probably thinking of eating a few of the apples on from the ground under the tree. Now he is up by the apple tree about 30 feet away. Six points on his rack. I hate to think of someone shooting him in hunting season. They are beautiful. All tans with darker brown highlights and white points. Graceful when they walk and when they turn to run and leap away. Last night there was a small herd of 5 out there about this time. 6:30, dusk is creeping in. Ha. Stray cat and buck come face to face. Cat crouches, tucks all feet under him and settles deeper into the grass. Buck walks to within twenty feet of cat. Both staring straight at each other. Buck fades right and stately exits across the field. To get back to the subject, This is really a fiction prompt. It has made a great story at some point. In real life you can't just drop a day out. You have to work through the consequences. Mentally I can't get through this fact. So, my answer to the prompt is wanting. ![Merit Badge in Keep It Up
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One thing outside of my control that I need to stop worrying about is...  What Keith is doing in Facebook for hours at a time As long as it isn't something that will cause me a problem I shouldn't be concerned? My blogs are getting shorter every day. There is a new gatepost installed on the dog run. I trimmed out most of the trees that were trying to grow up through the fence yesterday and today. Also, the hinges for the new gate are ready. Keith helped with digging and installing the gate post and he found hinges to use. I'm really glad the weather is holding so I can keep working on outside getting ready for winter. I ordered parts for my solar panels hope to get them set up soon. Only a year late on that project. I put feed out for the birds yesterday. The chickadees and bluejays are happily snacking. Three small doves are dining too. Small for doves, so probably this years hatchlings. The kitten I took in last year is a hunting monster now. She snatched the life out of a chipmunk this morning that was stealing cat food from the dishes on the balcony. Another sunny day with clear blue skies. I could use another week with weather like today. See Ya! |
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