Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream

You are lucky to have currants!

Those look a little different than the ones we had in CNY.

Ours produced the currants in clusters similar to grapes.

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2Q==
Currants were banned in NY because they were thought to be a carrier for a fungus that is harmful to certain types of trees. My grandmother always lived in fear that her two currant bushes would be discovered by the currant police and that she would be hauled off to jail. She died a free woman.
 

Aunt Bea said:
You are lucky to have currants!

Those look a little different than the ones we had in CNY.

Ours produced the currants in clusters similar to grapes.

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2Q==
Currants were banned in NY because they were thought to be a carrier for a fungus that is harmful to certain types of trees. My grandmother always lived in fear that her two currant bushes would be discovered by the currant police and that she would be hauled off to jail. She died a free woman.
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Aunt Bea said:
You are lucky to have currants!
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True

We are lucky to have anything, especially in the berry family, growing up here
We also have wild strawberry...bushes...no berries...ever

This pumice soil and elevation combo is rather unbearable…sorry for the pun

This particular strain of wild currants has basically zero taste.
But once boiled down to glop with two times the sugar,
it tastes very much like sweet red glop
 

Aunt Bea said:
Sweet red glop sounds like it would be good on pancakes!
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'tis
but, sadly, I'm a strict homemade (maplene flavoring) maple syrup guy

unless there's some strawberry jam around.....with hot maple syrup

this sweet red glop is given away at Christmas in tiny fancy jars
 
Gary said: "We are lucky to have anything, especially in the berry family, growing up here
We also have wild strawberry...bushes...no berries...ever"

"A quick search online will tell you that, yes, strawberry leaves are safe to consume. Strawberry leaves are known for helping with arthritis pain, because they contain a diuretic called caffeic acid. In plain terms, this means it helps relieve water tension from the joints. By reducing inflammation, this will ease any discomfort you may be feeling".

#SpoonTip: Strawberry leaves are most commonly brewed in tea.
 
Meanderer said:
"A quick search online will tell you that, yes, strawberry leaves are safe to consume. Strawberry leaves are known for helping with arthritis pain, because they contain a diuretic called caffeic acid. In plain terms, this means it helps relieve water tension from the joints. By reducing inflammation, this will ease any discomfort you may be feeling".

#SpoonTip: Strawberry leaves are most commonly brewed in tea.
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I will surely pass this on to my lady
She's been pickin' and brewin' quite a few findings

However, these strawberry leaves are rather teeny tiny
 
The chippies have discovered a way in to the screen house

I was afraid of that

Two nabbed, in jail (going for a little ride)
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One, still at large
 
This time of the season, I get complacent

There’s no rush to do chores
No need to keep things topped off
No need to do…..anything

Still

I push myself

Several projects, but none needful
Always chores, but none pressing

Heh, don’t know what I’d do in town
Golf, maybe
Fish, maybe
Or….nothing
I’d go nuts

Out here, it don’t matter whether yer nuts or not
Actually, I’d blend in better
There’s some real kooks out this way

The wonderful thing is, they’re standoffish
I’m leaning that direction

Hell, I may already be nuts

Reminds me of the movie Papillion when Steve McQueen stuck his head out his cell door and asked the guy next to him how he looked

Anyway, it’s a nice moon tonight
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Think I’ll step out and howl at it

...give the 'yotes sumpm to think about

heh heh
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So, our little patch of paradise is also the convenience stop for most critters that happen by

Sat out last evening, with camera in hand
It’s become our habit
Cool the jets
Sip something cold
Talk about tomorrow
Watch the chippies
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And, this evening, Mr Woodpecker
He started making noise on the metal crown of the screen house
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Discovering the lack of product, and a sore pecker (sorry),
he moved over to the chippie feeding area
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Kept peeking to see if he had company
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Then, went for it
not the cracked corn
but the wood
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Oh, and
Our large black furry friend paid another visit around 3am
Heard the noise
But no motion light
Thought it might be a smaller being
Went back to sleep

Heh

Mr Bear came in from the north
No motion lights there…yet

Thing is, that can had lotsa glass, nails, staples and odd metal
I’ll need to use the magnet rod and gloves when I un-empty the garbage

Hope he didn’t get indigestion

I’m gonna need a bigger gun
 
Both of you have earned your crazy-man hats and glasses just by baring your chest in whatever temp would produce snow. Methinks you've you've been "living in the moonshine and drinking a tad too much of the wild air." (With apologies to Ralph Waldo.)

Jay
 
jaywsquires said:
Both of you have earned your crazy-man hats and glasses just by baring your chest in whatever temp would produce snow. Methinks you've you've been "living in the moonshine and drinking a tad too much of the wild air." (With apologies to Ralph Waldo.)

Jay
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You may be onto something

I wouldn't know

Wild air does things

I'll be outside
 
Smoky day
Smoky week
Smoky month

The July sun
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Looking east on hwy 97
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there’s mountains behind that grey

Wildfires near here have been rife

In other news

I put a tin of water out for the chippies
(haven’t had a drop of rain for weeks)
Other than one taking a bath in it, and two caught sipping (no camera, of course) they pretty much ignore it
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Not sure how they’re getting H2O. The succulents have long gone
 
So, just getting the day together at 6a, and on SF, my daily ritual, when I glance out the window at the smoke hiding the mountains



this doe seems very pregnant, even though it's pretty late in season

momma deer, staring at me staring at her
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