Wilda planted this idea

Finished product -- One down 5 to go

I have been so busy quilting and gardening that I almost forgot that my floors and house for that matter had to be deep cleaned.  Thank goodness for friends mentioning  her home that I came to and am now involved in summer deep cleaning.  After moving everything that can be moved by me in my living room I started.   As in the pass and as evident by the pictures my house gets much messier while I am cleaning.  Only the sofa must stay off the rug until it dries.  That means I have time to bake cookies, quilt and dust all my furniture.  Or maybe watch a bit of TV or read my book.   You can see that I was watching Catch 21 on the TV.  I really like the smell of the house after I steam clean the rugs.

Pre car show meeting

Thursday night we had our pre-car show briefing.  I actually learned what an orphan car was.  No it is not a motherless car.  It is one that the manufacturer is not longer in existence and/or that model is not longer being made.  Good to know.  I am really excited about my involvement in my first car show.  After our meeting we ended up at the Diary Queen.

Dock on Little Grant

I wonder if my finger is keeping that man bent over????

There was an article in the paper this winter that there was plans to put a huge fishing dock on Little Grant Lake.  I wondered what had happened to that project as I watched for evidence of the dock being put in.  Monday when I had the boys fishing there for blue gills the DNR was there also assembling the dock. It is 40 feet out into the lake and has a 40 foot tee on it.  They assured me that it would be done this week and we could fish there on Monday.  Hope they are right as that is our plan.

A day of fishing

My two nephews boys were with me on Monday We enjoyed a day of fishing.  We started on the floating dock on Lake Bemidji. We didn't limit out but did well on Perch.  The boys really had a blast.  Then we went home to clean our catch and to fry them up for lunch.   Then with a little rest(mostly for me) we went to Little Grant Lake to catch blue gills.  We did a catch and release on them.  If we didn't we would still be cleaning fish.  When the boys finally had their fill of fishing we went to Big Grant and swam for an hour.  Home in time for showers before the Dad's showed up. Tal was the hero of the day as he saved a little girls float for her.  The Mother was not going to get the float. "Eewo  there are weeds here.  I'll just buy her another one."   Tal said he would get it and did.  Tal, that little girls hero for sure.

Faith Build

First Lutheran had their weekend for helping build the habitat house.  They were sceduled to side the home.  We were so good at it we were finished by 2:00 on Friday.  Therefore no work for Saturday.  I did not have to make lunch or work.  So all I really had to do was take pictures for the First word.  So I have to put help with a habitat build back on my bucket list.

History of words

GREAT EDUCATION OF AMERICAN HISTORY Where did piss poor come from ? We older people need to learn something new every day... Just to keep the grey matter tuned up. Where did "Piss Poor" come from? Interesting History. They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot. And then once it was full it was taken and sold to the tannery... if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor". But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot... They "didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low. The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature Isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500's Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, And they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, Then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!" Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings Could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery In the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, It would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold. (Getting quite an education, aren't you?) In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables And did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers In the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: �Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old�. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests And would all sit around and chew the fat. Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom; of holding a wake. England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave.. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was "considered a dead ringer. And that's the truth. Now, whoever said History was boring!!!

comparison

I ate my first slicer on June 15th.   I must have done something right with my cucumbers.  I know they were out too early as they had to be covered three times this spring.  I put pails over them and then wrapped the pail in blankets.  Even with that some of the leaves got touched.  I have thank my neighbor for supplying the ladder, Wilda for talking about this idea for her flowers to grow on and Tallan for helping me take it from my neighbors back to my house.  Also thanks to my classmate Connie for her comments about tying the cucumbers with soft cloth so the ties don't cut through the vines.  My nephew thinks it will cover the entire ladder. But the cucumbers are easy to find and clean when you pick them.