They all go together right? I saw that Connie had a few pictures of the Sundog she caught on her camera and remembered I had taken a few that day as well. We only live about an hour and a half away from each other so I figure great minds think alike or they just look out the window watching the birds at the same time…
Yesterday was darn cold. We have had a stiff wind and the temperature dropped slowly as the day went on- unfortunately it’s suppose to drop even more by this weekend. I heard -15 below…
So what do I do when it gets way cold out? Cook, eat, cook, check on my babes in the barn and threaten to bring them all in the house. That’s 15 chickens and two horses. Of coarse husband gives me the “look” that says it all and I give up, but not without trying. So, last night I made a homey meal for poor husband who has a sore nose (he’s being a pretty good trooper though) and because comfort food warms the soul! That and the couple gallons of tea I consume on a daily basis!
Mashed potatoes and hamburger gravy with steamed cabbage. Yummo!
Yesterday was the day we went to Sioux Falls to have husbands skin cancer taken off his nose. We left our house at 5am so we had a bit of time just in case. Our appointment was at 7:45am and we arrived around 7 so I had just enough time to get some food in husbands belly before the procedure. He is a bullheaded German and I practically had to force the first bite into him but after that he decided he was maybe a bit hungry and the food tasted pretty good. We just had a Sonic breakfast burrito, (the only fast food I really, really love) but it hit the spot and gave him a bit of fuel for the upcoming event. It was a long morning- once they take the layer of skin off, you are put into a room to wait on the results. We didn’t get the results until about 10:30- then husband had to go back in and be closed up. Luckily for us, he only had to have one layer of skin removed before he got the all clear. I was very thankful it was not any deeper than that and he was just thankful he didn’t have to go through anymore cutting. He ended up with two sets of stitches, one internal and one external and next Tuesday we take the stitches out.
On our way home we stopped and picked up my co-op order. We order every other month from Country Life and I missed the last order so I was really happy to get my goods home! I have two co-ops I order from, one being the Buying Club and the other Country Life- they order opposite months of each other. I have gotten so use to ordering in bulk and saving so much money that I refuse to buy a small package of what I am out of from a regular store. We just go without and for the prices you can’t blame me! Plus it is all organic, which means a lot to me!!
Yesterdays order consisted of:
#5 Black Turtle Beans $5.00
#5 Green Lentils $7.00
#5 Basmati Rice $8.50
#10 Wheat Veggie Rotini $17.50
#10 Wheat Spaghetti $13.00
#10 Wheat Elbow Macaroni $13.00
This will give me months meals like hot-dishes, cold salads, soups, and stews. Plus the upside being with all of the veggies we canned from our garden- (tomatoes, green beans, corn, & beets), are in storage- (potatoes, onions, garlic, & squash), fresh eggs from my happy chickens, our half of hog, deer, and a bit left of our quarter of beef in the freezer- I don’t have to buy much at the grocery store which makes me really, really happy.
I dry bunches of catnip all summer long, so when the cold dark days of winter come rolling along we have something to keep us entertained….This is what we call cheap entertainment! Please excuse the snorting & laughing and enjoy the video!
I found it a few years ago while I was out poking around the dirt roads of Yellow Medicine County and I visit it often–I guess I am a bit obsessed as to why it sits empty. What I have found out thus far is back in the 40’s or 50’s some people built this place for a state of the art milking operation. Shortly after the place was up and running some kind of disease came through killing all of the animals. I have been told that they went bankrupt and the place has never been in use again.
OK, so I have to give myself a little plug here. If ya’ll have a moment check out the new Wild Wind Soap Company website. We have been working on it since November and it’s finally up and running…Whew! Finally!
Anyhow let me know what you think! Thanks so much.
I was forwarded this article from my Coop America group and I thought I would share it. I thought it was something interesting to ponder as we welcome in the New Year.
What the West can learn from the rest
Ode Magazine, October 2007
#9 Non-violence, India
One world, many truths
By Satish Kumar
The most important thing for the West to learn is that there is no one truth. There are many truths. You have a truth. I have a truth. Both could be true. Take a tree. A botanist sees a particular species. The carpenter sees wood for furniture. A religious person sees a sacred tree. A poet is inspired to write a poem and a painter sees a painting. One tree, many views. Many truths—all equally true.
Truth is not important. Anekant — “no one truth” — teaches the Jain religion of India. Without fixed truth there are no dogmas.
However, in the West, and particularly in science and religion, truth is supreme. The West needs believers. Hence the disagreements, the fighting, the wars and the conflicts. The Jains don’t need believers. They seek happiness and practice friendship, respect, tolerance and harmony. Nonviolence is supreme; truth is secondary. And seeking the impossible one ultimate truth, with all its divisive effects, is no the primary objective in life.
Believing is temporary. You may change your mind. Today’s truth may not be tomorrow’s truth. Truth changes. The practice of nonviolence is enduring and universal.
Photo Friday’s pick for this week is best of 2007. Since only last week I joined Photo Friday I don’t have a “best of” photo that I submitted. So, I am going off on own and picking the best photo I took this year. I took some 5676 photos this year, and we since we still have a few days left this year there will be more.
This photo was taken while my husband, our two dogs, and I were on a hot sultry Saturday afternoon road trip this past fall. We took off just to cool down a bit and check out the crops. The sun was setting and I had to go to the bathroom (too much info?) so husband stopped on the side of the road and as I was doing my business I spotted this flower on the side of the road. I had to grab the camera real quick as I was losing light quickly, but it turned out wonderfully.
OK so there are a lot of things that make me smile. My husband who is really happy I’m back home again (I’ve been gone driving truck), new friends, my animals, and finally being able to see the end of the holidays shortly ahead… Don’t get me wrong, if it was all about family I would be fine with it.
On a simpler note I found this link not too long ago from this blog and I had to check it out because it sounded like something that would interest me, and it does.
Each day you get a message (it’s free) sent to your inbox with a wonderful thought. Not only does it make you think, it makes you smile and go aha! Check it out.
This was my message for this morning and it is so true!
It’s not just that when one door closes, another door opens.
When one door closes, Bethany, choirs burst into chorus, orchestras orchestrate, bugles bugle, marching bands march, dogs catch Frisbees, cats ‘chow, chow, chow,’ pigs fly, and 10,000 new doors open.
