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    Saturday, October 24, 2009

    The hosta's and peonies I transplanted this spring survived and are turning lovely colors.

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    The Haircut
    Thursday, October 22, 2009

    I bought a vintage Oster barber set at a local shop this week, for a whopping ten dollars.  Sooooo tonight I gave John a much needed haircut, no easy task I might add.  Above is the box and some of the accessories most of which I have no what idea any of them are for~!

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    Sunday, October 18, 2009

    Burr Oak Leaves - taken at Ledges State Park
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    Swine Flu Update
    Sunday, September 20, 2009
    Well I'm recovering, finally, from the swine man swamp flu!  I still have a cough hanging on.  The canning came to a near screaching halt, John took 4 days off from work but the reality is 1. I'm more organized than he is, which isn't saying much btw, and 2. there was way more that needed canning than one person could do alone!  He did get a dozen or so pints of pear butter put up and a dozen or so quarts of tomatoes canned.  I'm feeling better but not by much, a simple drive across town  and back still wears me out and I need a nap just to recover from the experience.  To make matters worse I have a show coming up this weekend and I"m no where near being ready for the event.  More later from the kitchen!!!

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    Monday, September 07, 2009
    I've been having some issues with posting for the past month. I just discovered an update, that I checked, and I'm hoping this will resolve the problem.

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    Cranberry Pear Sauce

    Cranberry Pear Sauce.

    Pears are a luxury for me as they are just priced out of my pay scale ;-) So when one of the neighbors said YES come on over and pick our trees... Cranberry Pear Sauce happens!

    I typically make Cranberry Apple Sauce - known to us a saucey or sassy apples. The taste with pears is FAR superior to that of apples so if you have a glut of pears try this one side dish for a treat.


    The sauce is still cooking down all told I'll have maybe 12 quarts when it's done cooking.

    4 gallons cooking pears cored and stemmed (peel if that's what you like we leave the peels on for the fiber)
    5 pounds frozen cranberries
    5 cups sugar
    1quart water
    Put everything into your 5 gallon stainless steel OR enamel stock pot and cook down. NOTE we don't blend the sauce as we like it chunky OTHERWISE using your stick blender blend the sauce until it's smooth.
    Process BWB quarts are 25 minutes pints 20 minutes for 1000 feet or less.

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    Glenn Beck and Tomorrow is Pay Day!!!
    Thursday, August 13, 2009
    Making my list and checking it twice and any corp that has pulled it's ads from Glenn Beck will NOT get my dollars tomorrow - which is payday! For those of you who believe in FREEDOM of SPEECH, whether you agree with Glenn or not I ask that you do the same thing!

    To make this canning related I will be picking up canning supplies tomorrow and won't be buying from three local stores due to their support of the ad bans.

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    Roma Tomatoes
    Tuesday, August 11, 2009



    Various varieties of Roma Tomaotes.

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    About Me: I am a Surface Designer and Fiber Artist and I use the quilt as my medium of choice. However, you wouldn't want to put one of my quilts on your bed.For the past 15 years I have been dyeing only with natural dyes. I teach surface design using natural dyes, rust dyeing, compost dyeing and other surface design techinques.
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