Monday, November 3, 2014

So, I've been on Retreat from the WWW! And I am currently Traveling! My First Time on a Train since I was 2 years Old! All By MYSELF, is a first time! Here is a pictorial of some of my other ventures




 
Home-Made Clam Chowder!

Tornado Touchdown! An Amazing Event! Gordon Ramsey would love my take on it! I'd tell him myself,,, lol

Chanterelles


UpSide Down Appple Cranberry Cakes

UpSide Down Appple Cranberry Cakes

Mexicali Casserole!

Festive!

Looking Down and what did I see! Amazing Mother Nature Talking to Me! Bella Bella

Here is the tree belonging to the above's amazingly beautiful RooTs!

AND MY TRAIN TRIP IN PROGRESS!
Waiting on the train!



The Old Trestle Tracks

On by, on the train!
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Mallow!

Wednesday. Fresh. July 23rd, 2014
Dry. Today July 26, 2014

A very nice grean color! I pulled it and half bagged it to make sure that the moisture is completely gone, which will be tomorrow. I won't leave it too much longer than that in the busdhydrator or that green will fade and the properties will too. :D
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

SHaMRoCK PLaNT and African Violet Babies

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Took Shamrock babies back home and also some new african violet babies... I transplanted Sham and rooted AV!     this kind of work! Meanwhile, at home I took some of the tiny sham plants I couldn't get going and put them with mamma snap. The Sham itty bitty;s popped out mini leaves of approval!@ Sooo excellent!  Planted my little strawberries in the earth too. Big fun in ktwn!
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Friday, May 23, 2014

trust. I am enthusiastic, open, and trusting about my new found feelings, capacity, passion, and hearts desire.

planter box start built on this date 3.22.14

5.23.14 today with salad seedlings I just planted in forground left with it's friends dock!
zuch 5.14.14

5.23.14 zuch and friend dock
zuch 5.23.14

salad 5.23.14 planted in earth today...

oh snap! 

2 cuc 2 tom 5.14.14

2 cuc 2 tom(only one showing) golden flaz seedlings in background. Plant the length of the building 5.23.14

The sun does rise with spectacular moon! Shining like a bright pearl. 5.22.14 HBHD21
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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Busy............

I am.
Yesterday was a magnificent day!
Yoga, sun, biking, planting, maintaining...
Very warm indeed!
Poppy Biking@Straight Down Ktown

Zuch 5.7.14

Zuch 5.14.14
New fence(ett) for Nasturtiums and Flax! Do the Wave! 


2 Cucs, SnapDrgn, and 2 Toms! Many Garlic!

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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Dream Gates! (by Robert Moss and inspired this post)

The tree that leaves me with no trace
Of yesterday or the human race....


I find that my 'new' life is a part and wholly for me. (or,,,
The whole life is for all.
My life is a part and a whole for all.
We share this life in all of it's mysteries and novelties.
It's lows and it's highs.

Dreams uncover mountains of life.
The fear, the celebrations, the let downs and the up lifts.
They are all together a part, and a part they are all together.

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Dinner and a good book! ©Allisonians

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Turtle and the Blood Moon

Abscond the turtle of the full blood moon
Be wary of the big high tides.
As she was heading away you see,
Upon the ocean sea was she. (undone, instead of 'was she')

The Floor reflection over head,
The lowly off's of the lowly beds
She looked above for the moon to be,
And raised her eye for the light of thee

Upon the wave as it did break,
She glided down its firey wake
And up and down she contemplate
Is the earth flat or is it round
Or is it plainly up side down?

She saw the color ebb and flow,
She knew not whenced that she would go (at least not the way 'we' know...)
But move ahead she did, she did
She swam back up to ride again!

                      Steady did she go, my friend!

Full Moon thru cloth


Upon the sand and water gleamed
The white and pink of the big moon's beam
She crossed the wake
And was not late
To the edge of her world
She did contemplate!

The sand did glow as she moved ahead,
To the place she'd go to lay her eggs
So go she did without a doubt
Even though the world was inside out.
She had her clutch...

By ©Allison Dahl


The Full Blood moon is for certain one interesting moon!

Planters, Full Moon 4.15.14 taken at the same location some time before the eclipse, about half passed eleven; same photo as 'thru the cloth' is, and at the same time...


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Sea Turtle links;
http://www.conserveturtles.org/seaturtleinformation.php?page=behavior

and a list;
https://www.google.com/search?q=turtle+wisdom+mythology&rlz=1C1KMZB_enUS533US576&oq=turtle+wisdom+mythology&aqs=chrome..69i57.7956j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

My Dream House!A

An Elder, CHECK!

With DAN DE LION~~CHECK            and Chevy looks happy here too! Tee-Hee! and Horah

And a baby elder protected right in the middle. Not mowing this baby down! What a smart mamma! 
Look at this place! This elder is also friends with miss cliver! Me Too! CHECK~~~

...and look, a FOR RENT sign! CHECK~~~ just beautiful! My dream house... would like it in the woods, but not too worried, it's a dream, I'll add it, right? Cheers 
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Rhody is Happy!

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Teeny Tiny is Just Fine with Me!

My tiny Garden is fairng it's own.
I enter this photo upside down because it won't load right. aka right side up? So weird because when I tried to load this particular area shot last time the same thing happend. There is no way to correct it on blogger. Maybe I will try to save the photo upside down and load it again and see if that rights it. But for now, here is my topsy turvy little seedings. and bulb babies! 

There is a teeny tiny somebody/thing that has taken a tiny bulb from on tray, which I replaced because I found one teeny tiny bulb in the box of dry dirt that had a few nasti seeds. So, I sow the nasti seeds hittler kilter on the right edge of my teeny tiny garden.
I moved the bulbs up on a temporary shelf for sunning and also to let the earth below the peet seedling boxes dry.
It's kind of cool the way the two boards are, I can move the shelves to let more or less sun and so that I can lower the plank that protects my seedlings from the down pours.



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Banana This; Recycle Old Peels~ fertilizer or silver polish

There are things you can do with that old peel.

1. Do you have a green thumb? House hold plants and outside gardens require fertilization. A great way to give your plants nutrients is with a banana peel. The banana peel is very rich in potassium and phosphorus, which give that added boost to your plants soil, especially so with roses. Here is how to use a banana peel to fertilizer your soil for your plants. Remove the peel from the banana. Place the banana peel on a cookie sheet to let it air dry. Grab a paper bag or envelope. Crumble the dried banana peel and place it in the bag. Let the banana sit at room temperature for about two days. When your caring for your plant, give it a potassium treat of crumbled banana peel. Mix well in the soil to ensure the roots are fed evenly.
2. Have you been thinking about pulling out that old silver? Well there is no time like the present. Bananas peel can also be used to polish silver. Yes, polish silver. Take the old peels and place them in a blender. You want the peels to become smooth and creamy. Once they have, grab a cloth and small amounts of the creamed banana peel and begin polishing your silver. The shine will be breath taking.

SOURDOUGH STARTER with WILD YEAST

SOURDOUGH STARTER with WILD YEAST
Wild yeasts exist in the air around you and to some extent on the wheat berries. There are wild yeasts on grapes (unsulphured) and apples and other fruits. It is those wild yeasts which are 'captured' to make a sourdough starter. The process takes from 3 to 5 days. I wish I had specific amounts for you, but you could start with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of flour and mix in enough warm (not hot) water to make a thin paste. DO NOT make it too soupy. That, in fact, is the trick to a good starter, according to the French bread makers, and I think they should know. And after you've fooled around with the flour and water thing, you might wish to branch out into adding those unsulphured grapes, apples, sour milk, etc as a catalyst in order to capture other strains of yeast. Each of these strains has a slightly different taste. In fact if you move to another area, you might end up with a starter that produces an entirely different flavor. For instance, San Francisco sourdough bread is well known and has a distinct taste due to the wild strains in the air there. On day one you mix the flour and water (and add any catalysts to encourage fermentation) and place in a warm spot. After 3 days, the dough should be moist, inflated, and slightly sour. More flour and water is added (mixed in) and left to sit in a warm spot. After 2 days the process is repeated. Then the next day it is done again. Note the order: 3 days, 2 days, 1 day. At this point you should be able to make a loaf of bread using part of the starter and adding back what you took out in the form of more flour and water. Rule of thumb: Use about 10% starter to size of loaf. In the case of a 2 lb loaf this is a bit over 3 oz of starter (3.2 to be exact). For a 1 lb loaf 1.5 oz would be used. A book that describes this process in great detail is The Village Baker by Joe Ortiz, copyright 1993, published by Ten Speed Press, Berkley CA. If it's not still in print, try the used books stores, that's where I got mine. Or try your local library. If they don't have it, they might be able to get it for you. ©2008 by Ernestina Parziale

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