Out on an ‘adventure’ with a friend, we came upon this little spring branch.
Late blooming wild roses, freshly washed leaves on the sheltering trees and a sky clearing off after some showers.
The beginning of a day filled with fun, wonders and making happy memories.
It could not be better! Hot, humid and hazy, more like July than May it’s a lovely day to think of being on the river
But I am not, instead I am here on Sunrise Ridge, looking at some blackberries that need to go in a bucket and become something wonderful before it gets too hot to be outside.
Yes I felt like something was missing, I left the camera at the house, blissfully unaware that a walk to the garden would produce such a wondrous surprise! Something new, in more ways than one and quite unusual to watch!
A couple of days ago, I had told Hubby I thought I was hearing a hen turkey calling up her poults. This afternoon proved me correct.
As we approached the garden, one hen flew up and baby turkeys scattered back toward the barn and food plot. Another hen came into view as we tried to stay still as statues, barely breathing.
We watched as the hens clucked and called the poults together, criss-crossing the garden and down toward the old pond. Soon the small birds were rejoined with the adults and made their way toward the barn and beyond.
It was a fascinating few minutes! I told Hubby I am never leaving the house again without the camera. Since I was silly enough to this time I will have to just put up a picture from the archives of a wild turkey. Taken out near the wildlife feeder on a snowy day in 2011. It’s hard to get a good picture of a wild turkey, or even see one! Without a doubt, I have to think this was a special blessing for the end of this day.
Madison Woods Friday Fictioneers photo prompt for this week was a bit different from mine. Similar elements make this one a reasonable substitution. You can learn more about Friday Fictioneers, see her original picture and find links to other posts here: http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/moths-at-the-drive-through/
It’s a lot of fun to read the posts and find out where it takes others. If you write, it’s a great challenge to try to get your thoughts from start to finish in about 100 words.
I took this picture of an automeris io moth the other day and was intrigued by its colors and markings.
This one is a male, the female of the species is brown.
So in 100 words, here is a love story
Brighter than the yellow moon
Soft thuds in the nighttime gloom
I beat to reach the glowing light,
To join with you in pure delight
Silent, strident for attention
But you sleep on.
Eyes upon my wings rimmed red
Stung with tears I cannot shed.
Wearing now remaint of gold;
Touched with cryptic symbols old
No one takes heed.
Don’t see I’m freed!
But you sleep on;
Break from that cocoon you’ve spun
Wake and see the setting sun!
Fly with me across the air
There is still so much to share.
I must be gone
But you sleep on.
I have no idea who or when someone figured out a way to write, or print a book or developed the wonderful e-readers.
Each of those in their time was a great acvance in technology, and I am one who appreciates all of them!
pink sneaks up on me, all the time, here is the ‘back story’ http://oldentimes.wordpress.com/2010/12/10/in-the-pink/
I thought for sure the cleaning fairy would be here today! I haven’t seen her in some time, and things are really beginning to show the effects of her prolonged absence. Thinking about it, I’m not sure she has EVER showed up! 
I called Fairy Fantasy, the company I have a contract with and here is what the nice customer service rep told me. “Look at your contract”.
I got the contract out. I had to look it up, who would have thought! I’m sure glad the rep was kind enough to point out where I needed to look! Right there in the cleaning fairy contract Section 4, clause 8, subpragraph J, it says in very fine print: “Cleaning fairies will not be expected to work during Hummingbird season in any area that harbors these malicious birds. Due to the outbreak of serious attacks on bright colored fairy attire, this is considered sufficient reason for our fairies to refuse to enter your premises.” I suppose that explains why they are not showing up!
Now do I get rid of my hummingbirds or go back to the tried and true, do it myself system?
I figure as small as that pring was, there is probably another clause in there that gets those fairies out of coming… Why am I paying them?
Yes, it’s another givewawy, for an Oldentimes coffee mug!
Here are the rules: You must comment on the thread of this blog post. Simple enough? That’s as easy as I can make it.
It opens TODAY as soon as the post goes up and will end on Thursday May 31, at 4 PM CDT.
Hubby will pick a winner and as soon as I get verification and mailing info, the mug will be headed off to the winner.
If there are more than 50 entries there will be another prize drawn.
I was a bit confused with this prompt. Where do I stand politically, morally, with regard to religion, any of those could be applied.
Those opinions are basically private and it is likely if you read the blog posts you do have an idea about them.
Where I stand is
Sunrise Ridge: where I live, demonstrate, meditate, mediate, regenerate and sometimes vegetate.
Yes, another of those famous or infamous, ‘use what you got’ recipes that I love. Leaf or garden lettuce is easy to grow, and the newer seed allows planting over a longer period of time than it used to. If you can’t grow your own, it is available at most markets and the wonderful farmers markets that provide fresh local produce in many areas. Buttercrunch or the Simpson varieties aare really good prepared this way.
Every ladie I knew growing up and many since, made ‘wilted lettuce salad’. Honestly, I have never had it that it was not good, and sometimes delicious.
Cook 4 – 6 slices bacon until pretty crisp, set aside and drain most of the grease off.
It is Leaf lettuce, (this is for 3 bunches for what I expected to be 5 servings) well washed, in a large frypan with just a bit of bacon grease over medium heat and about 4 tbsp water and a good spash of vinegar, put a lid on it, and let it cook down, stirring from time to time, about 5 or so minutes.
You can add some chopped onion or radishes and let them cook a bit before adding the lettuce. Some people sprinkle a little sugar on as it cooks. Crush up the bacon and sprinkle on top. I have eaten it with chick peas added or mushrooms sliced on top, or slices of hard-boiled egg. If you have other herbs or spices you might like, it should be fine… the possibilities reach as far as your taste and imagination and can be easily varied. It might be a good idea to add some other wild greens like dandelion if you like them.
A note of interest here, some people do not cook the letttuce, but puor the hot liquid over it, some cook the lettuce just long enough to heat it and ‘wilt’ and others cook it longer and the lettuce really wilts down.
Serve like spinach.
Our changes this weekend were we used sausage grease, since sausage was an ingredient in the entrée and lemon juice instead of vinegar.
I thought the lemon juice was a nice change, the citrus-y taste was good.
