September Food Co-op

Half Share for $14
1 lb. Pacific Cod fillets (wild caught)
2 lbs. Chicken Thighs
2 Brigham City Peaches
2 Utah Pears
2 Utah Golden Delicious Apples
2 Utah Vine Ripe Tomatoes
1 Bunch Romaine Lettuce
2 Green Bell Peppers
1 Bunch Radishes
1 lb. Rice
1 Loaf Stone Ground's Artisan Wheat Bread

The picture is not complete because we've already eaten some of the share. Order for next month is due October 10th with pickup on October 25th. Go to the foodco-op.org for more info.

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE NOVEMBER 4TH

Read the literature, watch the debates, choose the candidate of your choice. Here in Utah we can vote cross ticket and not just a straight party if that is our choice. CHECK YOUR VOTING LOCATION EARLY! Our voting location changed after being years at the same place. Make sure you know where to go. I just looked up my voting precinct and there are a mere 34 items for which I can cast a vote on the ballot.

Are you up to date on the five constitutional amendments? What about proposition #1 for the Tracy Aviary and proposition #2 for the Hogle Zoo? How about the judges and your local school board? Don't forget federal, state and local offices. There's an abundance of choices and it's good to know ahead of time how you want to vote.

People, animals and birds at the Hogle Zoo in July

Jessica, Sarah and Eva about to go on a train ride or just coming back from a train ride.
Rock Cavy-a relative to the domestic guinea pig.
Red Panda in center of picture lounging on branches with it's head to the right.
Scarlet Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Footed Penguins For more on the creatures you can see go to: www.Hoglezoo.org

Spring Carnage (years ago)

Here I am in open competition with my friend Catherine over tree carnage. Her carnage is much more recent but I don't think quite as extensive. But she does mention blood with her carnage. (Actually she says no blood in reference to Xyla attacking in love-still, I didn't have any blood to mention-we have to go to Paula's blog for great descriptions of that nature.)

Here's our old ash tree that was about 2/3rds dead before we had it taken out. One of the forked branches broke and sheared off both sides of the basketball backboard the day after Thanksgiving a few years ago after a heavy wet snow storm. And the ash tree is no longer standing. The company, Dad's Tree Service, sent out a couple of guys and they openly told us that the ash tree made them nervous because so much of the tree was dead that they feared that their weight alone on the limbs might cause them to break.
Here's just some of the leftover wood from a stand of three pine trees. One had towered above the other two. When they were planted it had originally been planned to take out the two weaker trees and leave the strongest but that was never done and subsequently three huge pines ended up in a spot that should have been for only one tree.
Here's Eva on the stump of the ash and behind her is the main trunk. Further back to the left is the debris (not in sight of the camera) from another three pines trees (all full grown, tall trees) that we had cut down. We did drop and leave which means that they cut down the trees where they stood but did not take any branches, limbs, trunk pieces or any debris with them. It saved us hundreds of dollars to clean-up the yard ourselves but it took nearly the whole summer to clean up from the tree removal. Over five years later we're still throwing away and burning sections of trunk in the fireplace and occasionally finding the odd limb in a bush or the undergrowth.

A Public Thank You for Vegetables

I'd like to take the time now to publicly thank my friend, Melinda, for her generous vegetable donation. We were able to make a variety of foodstuffs of which I will now re numerate:

from limes, shallots, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and cauliflower (among other things) we were able to make Oven fried eggplant, Thanksgiving sweet potatoes, steamed cauliflower, limeade, and a delicious potato salad. Thank you for entrusting us with a variety of vegetables. I just feel bad that we could not share the finished products with you but I know you were enjoying fresh berries and salmon so I am reassured that you were still fed. Thank you again-your sharing is always appreciated.

Flint and Reilly's Luck-Quick! Name the Author!

"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway." John Wayne

What did you grow up reading? Westerns? Science Fiction? Historical? Classics? Mystery? Non-fiction? Poetry? Well, I grew up reading a fair number of Louis L'Amour books. One of my favorites is Flint. The back of the one on the left above (featuring L'Amour's picture) is another favorite, Reilly's Luck. Do any of you have a favorite Western?