Howls & Growls - workin' on a badger story

Badger lives on the prairie today
Scouting for burrows on his way
Prairie dog hides from his keen eyes
Crow and coyote, have a BIG surprise
Badges round his eyes, gives him his name
Our prairie animals, to him are tame
Badger lives on the prairie today
Watch out for badger, on your way

Badgers have been sighted in at least 38 counties in Oklahoma. Badger Hill in McIntosh county and Badger Mountain in Sequoyah county - wonder where their name came from?

The last of the summer wine or is it whine?

Yes whining for true,
the last of the summer tomatoes
Salsa today - garlic & onion - yellow and red and chilies to boot!
Lots of chilies still kickin'
habeneros are prolific
jalepenos are slowing down
banana and thai are barely making it
Salsa today, the last of the summer whine!

You say tomato and I say tomatoe...

Tomatoes are finished, no more to pick
The heat is giving way to more peppers, though
Salsa's for the summer = red. yellow and green, to name a few
Cilantro and chives are still producing
Picked the last cabbage yesterday, along with the few chocolate habeneros on the vine
Spicy col'slaw = working on a recipe
Scoville units for habeneros is over 150,000

Go to NM Chili Institute for chili research - chilipepperinstitute.org

Nancy Drew read

so many books, so little time
Summer reads for those of you who like N.Drew read Not a Girl Detective

Not a fig newton

Figs are bountiful on the tree, made some fig salsa definitely not a fig newton.

Summer reading - even the dog is reading mysteries

mystery maxo

everyone reads at our house

what did you read this summer?

summer memories


The author and two OK librarians

Children & Teen Services OKlahoma

cats


art work courtesy Buddy!

grillin' & chillin' vacation is here

Peppers - four varieties Jalepeno, Hot Banana, Poblano and Thai
Onions -white and yello
garlic
Tomatoes - three varieties Yellow, Radiator Charlie and Arkansas
Cilantro
Grilled em up last nite for soupysalsa via the food processor
just at sundown, had to go for the flashlite in the end to see the grill

storytelling this summer

Prairie Dogs & Animal Tales - unicorns have come and gone
I will be telling stories at the National Storytelling Conference Saturday July 16 @ 10 AM, & Guthrie - Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife August 27-28. Just a few gigs this summer -Ren Faire with Unicorn Tales, as well as the Yukon Library event Summer Reading Program. Who knows what Fall will bring, spooky tales for sure.

Salsa Garden

Chives, cilantro, peppers, chilies, tomatoes, cabbage, onions, garlic - they are coming along.
Shooting up daily- waiting for blooms. The peppers have started making, a variety for salsa;
habenero, jalepeno, poblano, tabasco, thai. As for the tomatoes - yellow & red are about 12 inches tall. July should bring a bounty of heat from the garden via salsa.

Serbian Dance Today

Cacak - JAWS dance,learned a new dance today. Only 24 beats, although the heart beat was much faster.

porkfat rulez

yes thatz right,porkfat rules! made some jambalaya tonite,shredded pork roast, tabasco,beer, okra, peppers rice,etc. I must say,it was damn good.BAM

dreamtime - peaches and pears

Had a dream last nite, actually it was probably this morning. Fruit--
a beautiful red head with freckles and glowing skin looked so much different from all the others
the dream announcer said - know why he looks different? he eats fruit and veges grown in the garden, not all the processed food we eat every day.
so..spoon out those pears and peaches

whatz a "hooplehead"?

Deadwood's new season starts this Sunday on HBO
Who was Charlie Utter?

Lina the messenger

DePrau's novel, City of Ember is a quick read. Much like "the Giver", two characters in a dystopia, Lina and Doon receive their life-time job assignments after finishing up school at age 12. Lina is a messenger and Doon a mechanic for the Pipeworks, the mechanical system that runs the city's generator. Lina's little sister finds a document and Lina takes it to a friend for help deciphering the instructions. Sharing it with Doon, the two discover a secret about the city of Ember. Along with the food shortages, constant blackouts and a corrupt mayor, Lina and Doon soon discover there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

chicken chile gumbo

off today, cookin with chili's some gumbo original recipe, chicken jalepenos tomatoes green onions garlic spices black pepper beer - and a roux flour/crisco 1:1 cooked for 22 mins pri0r to ingredients......2 hrs. will tell how it worked

Listenin' to love songs

Listening to love songs today on the way home from work.It is Valentine's day.
As I switched the channel to our country station, KVOO; I heard the announcer say
"that song wus so purdey, it could bring tear to a glass eye"
Folks, this is one for the books, I had never heard that expression before

Onions 'n cilantro

What a great day, planted some onion sets today -red yellow and white. My cilantro is coming up in the kitchen window, the seeds from last year worked! On the lookout for pepper plants soon, gotta find some habeneros. Looking at the seed catalog, quite a variety of wild flowers. Planted two rose bushes yesterdays from mom's yard, along with some Iris she had. One rose bush is over 50 years, it was Aunt Ruby's - then mom's and now ours. Wonder who will take it when I'm gone?

old friend

Saw an old friend today, we were locker partners back in hi-school, 37 years later we still converse.