Hello all...
I'd love to know how many people ever read this...
Leave comments, please! You don't have to say much, just maybe "Hi.. i was here. your blog sucks, is great... needs more info on......."
Anyway... I'm going to be trying to work on this blog a LOT more. Perhaps a daily spell... maybe a "on this day in pagan history.." you know?
Well...
I'm also trying to clean out the house. ther'es WAY too much .....stuff.
I also want to kind of make over my living room.. i can't stand these white walls any longer!
Someone gave Tom a gallon of this green paint... I was thinking of mixing it with a couple gallons of white that I can get for like $7 at Big Lots and painting the place!
Then I could use my big bottle of gold paint and a couple old t-shirts to stipple a gold glaze over it... I think this would look amazing.
Our neighbors up the road moved a few weeks ago and gave us a huge pile of lovely poplar planks. Tom's going to use them to make the huge bookcase/entertainment center we've always wanted.
Hopefully between now and then I'll be able to get a new camera.
Well.. I've bored you all enough for the moment...
I'll try to post tomorrow!
be well in heart and strong in Spirit
Shosha
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Amazing Recipes...
In the "old days" folks made a lot of what they needed... later we love to recreate that "I did this" feeling. Here's some interesting recieps to help:
Thin Paste
¼ c Sugar
¼ c non-self-rising wheat flour
½ t powdered Alum
1 ¾ c Water
¼ t Oil of Wintergreen
Mix Sugar, flour and Alum
Gradually add 1 cup Water stirring quickly to prevent lumps.
Boil until clear and smooth stirring constantly.
Add rest of water and Oil of Wintergreen stirring to mix thoroughly.
Page-Mending Paste
¾ c Rice flour
2 T sugar
¾ c Cold Water
2 ½ c Boiling Water
½ t oil of Wintergreen
Mix rice flour and cold water until smooth
Add Boiling water
Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
Remove from heat and add Oil of Wintergreen.
Cut or tear white tissue paper to the size and shape of the ear or cut in the page.
Brush tissue with paste and lay on tear being sure to smooth out wrinkles and bubbles.
Will be transparent when dry.
Stamp Gum (for making your own stamps or stickers)
1 packet Unflavoured gelatin
1 T cold water
3 T Boiling water
½ t White corn syrup
½ t Lemon Extract
2 drops boric acid solution
Sprinkle gelatin into cold water to soften.
Pour softened gelatin into boiling water and stir ‘til completely dissolved.
Add corn syrup, lemon extract, and boric acid solution and mix well.
Rub stamp on it and stick down.
Waterproof Glue
2 packets Unflavoured Gelatin
2 T cold water
3 T Skim Milk
¼ t oil of wintergreen
Sprinkle Gelatin over cold water and allow to soften.
Heat milk to boiling point and pour into Gelatin, stirring ‘til dissolved.
Add oil of wintergreen
For porous to Non-porous or porous to porous use glue warmed.
For non-porous to non-porous use gelled.
Sawdust Modeling Compound
1 c Fine Sawdust
1 c thin paste
Old newspapers
Shellac or Clear Varnish
(Optional: colour saw dust with food colours before making compound.)
Mix sawdust and paste to make a thick dough, kneading well.
Model as you like. Will air harden in 2-3 days depending on thickness… maybe longer.
Can be sanded smooth.
Crystal Garden
Shallow bowl
A few rocks
6 T Salt
6 T Bluing
6 T Water
1T Ammonia
Food Colours
Put rocks in bottom of bowl
In a separate bowl mix the salt, water, bluing, and ammonia
Pour mixture over rocks
Drop food colours here and there
Let stand a few hours
Coloured Flame Pinecones
1 gallon Water
1 pound Chemical of choice
Orange: Calcium Chloride
Purple: Potassium chloride
Blue: Copper Chloride
Red: Strontium Nitrate
Emerald Green: Copper Sulfate
Carmine: Lithium Chloride
Small Plastic tub or dishpan
Pinecones
Plastic mesh bag (like from oranges)
Mix water and chemical in plastic tub
Fill bag with pinecones and tie shut
Submerge pinecone-filled bag in liquid chemical and weight with rock.
Soak 10-15 minutes
Spread on newspapers to dry
Bath Bags
1 ounce Rose petals
½ ounce lemon Verbena leaves
OR
1 ounce Rosemary
½ ounce Peppermint
4 ounces Oatmeal
OR
1 ounce Rose petals
1 ounce Lavender
½ ounce Thyme
4 ounces Oatmeal
Put into a muslin bag and hang under tap while filling tub.
Powdered Incense
Grind to a powder and sprinkle on charcoal.
Juniper (recipe from 1662)
1 ounce well crushed Juniper Berries
2 t gum benzoin powder
2 t musk
3 drops lemon oil
3 drops clove oil
3 drops rose oil
Rosemary Rose
4 T Powdered Rosemary
1 ounce powdered rose petals
1 ounce powdered Frankincense
1 ounce powdered Myrrh
1 ounce powdered Sandalwood
6 drops rose oil
3 drops rosemary oil
Formed Incense Sticks
1 c fine sawdust, sifted twice like flour
1 c gum Arabic syrup: 2 2/3 T gum Arabic powder
1 cup water and mix until no lumps
1. Put sawdust into a glass or stainless steel bowl and 1 recipe scent (recipes follow)
2. Add syrup a little at a time until powdery mixture holds together enough to form into
3. 1 ½ inch stick about ¼ inch thick. (Will make 30-40)
4. Allow to dry a few minutes and insert a toothpick as a stem.
Scent Recipes
¼ c gum benzoin powder
¼ c gum benzoin powder and 6 droppers (1 dropper = 20 drops) ambergris
2 t semi-liquid Storax, ¼ c gum benzoin powder and 1 dropper oil of clove
6 T powdered Frankincense, 15 droppers tincture of musk
6 T powdered angelica root, 8 droppers oil of orange, 8 droppers oil of lime and 12 droppers oil of lemon
¼ c gum benzoin powder, 8 droppers tincture of ambergris, 8 droppers tincture of musk, and 4 droppers tincture of civet
Very Basic Soap
Makes two Bars
1 cup Distilled Water
2 cups Lard or Crisco
10 level teaspoons Lye (often sold as a drain cleaner… Red Devil is a good brand. Make
sure it’s pure lye!)
Prepare mold: cardboard box on several layers of newspaper and lined with two layers of brown paper bag, dampened.
Put water in a glass jar and stir in lye (DO NOT let it get on your skin!) Stir until dissolved and allow to cool to 85 degrees F
Put lard into an enameled kettle and melt it.
Allow to cool to 90 degrees f
Add lye SLOWLY, it will turn pink then slowly turn to white
Stir until thick, a spoonful will kind of plop rather than trickle… takes about 20-30 minutes of stirring.
When the compound feels like thin pudding and looks satiny on the surface, pour into the mold and quickly cover with towels to keep it warm.
Allow to sit at 24 hours, it should be firm.
Cut into bars and allow to age (air dry) two weeks before using
Variations:
Add these just before pouring into the mold. Be sure to stir well to mix properly.
Add a handful of finely ground oatmeal
Handful of Lavender flowers
Use Chammomile, green, white, of other herbal tea instead of water.
Store bought soap scents
20 drops favourite essential oil
or any combination of these
Thin Paste
¼ c Sugar
¼ c non-self-rising wheat flour
½ t powdered Alum
1 ¾ c Water
¼ t Oil of Wintergreen
Mix Sugar, flour and Alum
Gradually add 1 cup Water stirring quickly to prevent lumps.
Boil until clear and smooth stirring constantly.
Add rest of water and Oil of Wintergreen stirring to mix thoroughly.
Page-Mending Paste
¾ c Rice flour
2 T sugar
¾ c Cold Water
2 ½ c Boiling Water
½ t oil of Wintergreen
Mix rice flour and cold water until smooth
Add Boiling water
Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
Remove from heat and add Oil of Wintergreen.
Cut or tear white tissue paper to the size and shape of the ear or cut in the page.
Brush tissue with paste and lay on tear being sure to smooth out wrinkles and bubbles.
Will be transparent when dry.
Stamp Gum (for making your own stamps or stickers)
1 packet Unflavoured gelatin
1 T cold water
3 T Boiling water
½ t White corn syrup
½ t Lemon Extract
2 drops boric acid solution
Sprinkle gelatin into cold water to soften.
Pour softened gelatin into boiling water and stir ‘til completely dissolved.
Add corn syrup, lemon extract, and boric acid solution and mix well.
Rub stamp on it and stick down.
Waterproof Glue
2 packets Unflavoured Gelatin
2 T cold water
3 T Skim Milk
¼ t oil of wintergreen
Sprinkle Gelatin over cold water and allow to soften.
Heat milk to boiling point and pour into Gelatin, stirring ‘til dissolved.
Add oil of wintergreen
For porous to Non-porous or porous to porous use glue warmed.
For non-porous to non-porous use gelled.
Sawdust Modeling Compound
1 c Fine Sawdust
1 c thin paste
Old newspapers
Shellac or Clear Varnish
(Optional: colour saw dust with food colours before making compound.)
Mix sawdust and paste to make a thick dough, kneading well.
Model as you like. Will air harden in 2-3 days depending on thickness… maybe longer.
Can be sanded smooth.
Crystal Garden
Shallow bowl
A few rocks
6 T Salt
6 T Bluing
6 T Water
1T Ammonia
Food Colours
Put rocks in bottom of bowl
In a separate bowl mix the salt, water, bluing, and ammonia
Pour mixture over rocks
Drop food colours here and there
Let stand a few hours
Coloured Flame Pinecones
1 gallon Water
1 pound Chemical of choice
Orange: Calcium Chloride
Purple: Potassium chloride
Blue: Copper Chloride
Red: Strontium Nitrate
Emerald Green: Copper Sulfate
Carmine: Lithium Chloride
Small Plastic tub or dishpan
Pinecones
Plastic mesh bag (like from oranges)
Mix water and chemical in plastic tub
Fill bag with pinecones and tie shut
Submerge pinecone-filled bag in liquid chemical and weight with rock.
Soak 10-15 minutes
Spread on newspapers to dry
Bath Bags
1 ounce Rose petals
½ ounce lemon Verbena leaves
OR
1 ounce Rosemary
½ ounce Peppermint
4 ounces Oatmeal
OR
1 ounce Rose petals
1 ounce Lavender
½ ounce Thyme
4 ounces Oatmeal
Put into a muslin bag and hang under tap while filling tub.
Powdered Incense
Grind to a powder and sprinkle on charcoal.
Juniper (recipe from 1662)
1 ounce well crushed Juniper Berries
2 t gum benzoin powder
2 t musk
3 drops lemon oil
3 drops clove oil
3 drops rose oil
Rosemary Rose
4 T Powdered Rosemary
1 ounce powdered rose petals
1 ounce powdered Frankincense
1 ounce powdered Myrrh
1 ounce powdered Sandalwood
6 drops rose oil
3 drops rosemary oil
Formed Incense Sticks
1 c fine sawdust, sifted twice like flour
1 c gum Arabic syrup: 2 2/3 T gum Arabic powder
1 cup water and mix until no lumps
1. Put sawdust into a glass or stainless steel bowl and 1 recipe scent (recipes follow)
2. Add syrup a little at a time until powdery mixture holds together enough to form into
3. 1 ½ inch stick about ¼ inch thick. (Will make 30-40)
4. Allow to dry a few minutes and insert a toothpick as a stem.
Scent Recipes
¼ c gum benzoin powder
¼ c gum benzoin powder and 6 droppers (1 dropper = 20 drops) ambergris
2 t semi-liquid Storax, ¼ c gum benzoin powder and 1 dropper oil of clove
6 T powdered Frankincense, 15 droppers tincture of musk
6 T powdered angelica root, 8 droppers oil of orange, 8 droppers oil of lime and 12 droppers oil of lemon
¼ c gum benzoin powder, 8 droppers tincture of ambergris, 8 droppers tincture of musk, and 4 droppers tincture of civet
Very Basic Soap
Makes two Bars
1 cup Distilled Water
2 cups Lard or Crisco
10 level teaspoons Lye (often sold as a drain cleaner… Red Devil is a good brand. Make
sure it’s pure lye!)
Prepare mold: cardboard box on several layers of newspaper and lined with two layers of brown paper bag, dampened.
Put water in a glass jar and stir in lye (DO NOT let it get on your skin!) Stir until dissolved and allow to cool to 85 degrees F
Put lard into an enameled kettle and melt it.
Allow to cool to 90 degrees f
Add lye SLOWLY, it will turn pink then slowly turn to white
Stir until thick, a spoonful will kind of plop rather than trickle… takes about 20-30 minutes of stirring.
When the compound feels like thin pudding and looks satiny on the surface, pour into the mold and quickly cover with towels to keep it warm.
Allow to sit at 24 hours, it should be firm.
Cut into bars and allow to age (air dry) two weeks before using
Variations:
Add these just before pouring into the mold. Be sure to stir well to mix properly.
Add a handful of finely ground oatmeal
Handful of Lavender flowers
Use Chammomile, green, white, of other herbal tea instead of water.
Store bought soap scents
20 drops favourite essential oil
or any combination of these
Sunday, June 29, 2008
My favourite Sites: Links and More
Well... We didn't exactly have a camp out... but our Summer Solstice was a bigger hit than expected!
We had an amazing feast and the ritual was fun. I like fun and I think it's greatly needed especialy in Sabbat rituals. I'm not saying that you should be disrecpectful, but please have FUN. enjoy worship. We were serious, but we laughed. We were respectful, but we danced.
Yesterday, the 28th, I picked up our first ever Angel Food boxes. Now, this is run by churches across the country but everyone is welcome to participate. It's called Angel Food Ministries and it a Great way to save grocery money! There aren't questions asked and there's no religious connotations except that you usually order and pick up your items at a church and you get this little magazine called "the Servant" when you pick up the order. I actually read it. It's nice. Nothing there that isn't appliable to any other denomination or religion.
The URL for this is: http://WWW.AngelFoodMinistries.com
You can find locations near you along with the listings of items in the main box and the extra boxes.
My family and I intend to order every month one regualr box and one each of any extra boxes.
Now... I'll be you're wondering where I heard about this. Well... in my everlasting hunt for money-saving ideas and tips I found a website called Hillbilly Housewife ( http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com) You'll love this one too...
It's sponsored by Living on a Dime... the link to wich you can get on the site.
The ebooks really ARE useful and worth the money! I have them all AND I ordered the dining on a dime cookbook.... again.. WORTH IT!
Next on my list is ThriftyFun. http://www.thriftyfun.com
there are times that I think you can find anything you want to know on this site thanks to all the cool people from around not only the US but around the world!
(this is where i finally found a copy of KFC'c Huckleberry Cake recipe that my Mom used to make when I was growing up on our farm in Sodus, Michigan in the 70's)
Also in my fave places:
Old Farmer's Almanac: http://www.almanac.com/
Care2: http://www.care2.com/
The Witch's Voice: http://www.witchvox.com/
You Tube: http://www.youtube.com
and the best weird, timewasting, habit forming website:
http://www.pointlesssites.com/hypnotic.asp
We had an amazing feast and the ritual was fun. I like fun and I think it's greatly needed especialy in Sabbat rituals. I'm not saying that you should be disrecpectful, but please have FUN. enjoy worship. We were serious, but we laughed. We were respectful, but we danced.
Yesterday, the 28th, I picked up our first ever Angel Food boxes. Now, this is run by churches across the country but everyone is welcome to participate. It's called Angel Food Ministries and it a Great way to save grocery money! There aren't questions asked and there's no religious connotations except that you usually order and pick up your items at a church and you get this little magazine called "the Servant" when you pick up the order. I actually read it. It's nice. Nothing there that isn't appliable to any other denomination or religion.
The URL for this is: http://WWW.AngelFoodMinistries.com
You can find locations near you along with the listings of items in the main box and the extra boxes.
My family and I intend to order every month one regualr box and one each of any extra boxes.
Now... I'll be you're wondering where I heard about this. Well... in my everlasting hunt for money-saving ideas and tips I found a website called Hillbilly Housewife ( http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com) You'll love this one too...
It's sponsored by Living on a Dime... the link to wich you can get on the site.
The ebooks really ARE useful and worth the money! I have them all AND I ordered the dining on a dime cookbook.... again.. WORTH IT!
Next on my list is ThriftyFun. http://www.thriftyfun.com
there are times that I think you can find anything you want to know on this site thanks to all the cool people from around not only the US but around the world!
(this is where i finally found a copy of KFC'c Huckleberry Cake recipe that my Mom used to make when I was growing up on our farm in Sodus, Michigan in the 70's)
Also in my fave places:
Old Farmer's Almanac: http://www.almanac.com/
Care2: http://www.care2.com/
The Witch's Voice: http://www.witchvox.com/
You Tube: http://www.youtube.com
and the best weird, timewasting, habit forming website:
http://www.pointlesssites.com/hypnotic.asp
Monday, June 16, 2008
What the Heck is "Self-Proclaimed?!"
Ok...
Now as you know, I'm not really a ranter, but I was reading up on some ideas on ways to make my Summer Solstice celebration a little more Irish feeling when I saw that infamous phrase: Self-proclaimed.
I have seen that phrase printed over and over as a prelude to witch, druid, shaman, pagan, and a few others, but I've never seen it used with catholic, luthern, buddist, methodist or the like.
Why? What makes some people "official" in their religions and others not?
What kind of stir would I make if I were to write an article and refer to someone as being a "self-proclaimed baptist?" (bad enough I don't capitalize it, huh?)
I think it's a way of attempting to take away power from a person. Telling them "you're not real" makes them seem harmless.
Now that I think of it... I can't be angry with these people. It must be terrible to live in such fear that you must undermine another person's beliefs just to make yourself feel better.
But then... don't most people do something similar?
Who doesn't watch that size 3 darling waft past in that cute little sundress and mutter to your friend how "scrawny" she is or how being so thin makes her look skeletal? but really...let's be honest.... she was cute. and the dress was past cute.
weird how i tend to talk myself out of being mad at people at times isn't?
I wish I could do that all the time.
Well...
No one's perfect... yet.
Shosha
Now as you know, I'm not really a ranter, but I was reading up on some ideas on ways to make my Summer Solstice celebration a little more Irish feeling when I saw that infamous phrase: Self-proclaimed.
I have seen that phrase printed over and over as a prelude to witch, druid, shaman, pagan, and a few others, but I've never seen it used with catholic, luthern, buddist, methodist or the like.
Why? What makes some people "official" in their religions and others not?
What kind of stir would I make if I were to write an article and refer to someone as being a "self-proclaimed baptist?" (bad enough I don't capitalize it, huh?)
I think it's a way of attempting to take away power from a person. Telling them "you're not real" makes them seem harmless.
Now that I think of it... I can't be angry with these people. It must be terrible to live in such fear that you must undermine another person's beliefs just to make yourself feel better.
But then... don't most people do something similar?
Who doesn't watch that size 3 darling waft past in that cute little sundress and mutter to your friend how "scrawny" she is or how being so thin makes her look skeletal? but really...let's be honest.... she was cute. and the dress was past cute.
weird how i tend to talk myself out of being mad at people at times isn't?
I wish I could do that all the time.
Well...
No one's perfect... yet.
Shosha
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Gardening...
Well... we've done it. Tom and the girls got the lawn mowed yesterday. No mean feat I might add, since we live on about 4 acres. We don't mow the whole thing but about an acre and a half gets trimmed. Mostly in the Orchard.
While they were busy with that, I got the gardens planted. Beans, a whole 10'x10' of Sweet corn, Okra! I love fried okra! Tomatoes. I got heirloom tomatoes, Margolds. Some romas and the grape tomatoes Tom loves so much. Carrots... three colours: yellow, cream, and orange. I like the purple ones too but I couldn't find seeds for those. Still looking for Blue Potatoes to cut up for statrers, but it looks like i'm skunked again this year if I cna't get them in before June.
I plan to order a huge dehydrator this year. I'll keep you all posted with how that goes and how well it works. I'm also getting a little 'tiller. One with maybe a 10" width to use for weeding. WAY easier than hoeing. The weeds will also end up food for my plants that way too.
I admit, I'm not as organic as I wish I could be. It's just not feasable at the small scale we're on.
We have a LOT of huge commercial farms around us who spray and then all the bugs come our way and we don't stand a chance unless we spray too. We do, however try to use less harmful sprays and chemical fertilizers. We also NEVER spray during Blossom because of the bees.
When the flower buds turn kind of silvery and after all the flowers are gone we spray. You want to keep the bees you know!
Well... We don't have kids today so I'm not going to be spending my day on here!
See you all later!
Shosha
While they were busy with that, I got the gardens planted. Beans, a whole 10'x10' of Sweet corn, Okra! I love fried okra! Tomatoes. I got heirloom tomatoes, Margolds. Some romas and the grape tomatoes Tom loves so much. Carrots... three colours: yellow, cream, and orange. I like the purple ones too but I couldn't find seeds for those. Still looking for Blue Potatoes to cut up for statrers, but it looks like i'm skunked again this year if I cna't get them in before June.
I plan to order a huge dehydrator this year. I'll keep you all posted with how that goes and how well it works. I'm also getting a little 'tiller. One with maybe a 10" width to use for weeding. WAY easier than hoeing. The weeds will also end up food for my plants that way too.
I admit, I'm not as organic as I wish I could be. It's just not feasable at the small scale we're on.
We have a LOT of huge commercial farms around us who spray and then all the bugs come our way and we don't stand a chance unless we spray too. We do, however try to use less harmful sprays and chemical fertilizers. We also NEVER spray during Blossom because of the bees.
When the flower buds turn kind of silvery and after all the flowers are gone we spray. You want to keep the bees you know!
Well... We don't have kids today so I'm not going to be spending my day on here!
See you all later!
Shosha
Friday, May 16, 2008
Back... but where the heck was I?
Well... after a really weird couple of weeks, the last few days of dealing with both girls and the hubby being sick I'm back to my dear ol' blog!
I remember promising you a majikal chant for spring cleaning.... I tried a different one out in each room and found that this one worked the best (even if it is OLD) "Out with the old, In with the new." I also charged my cleaning products, blessing them, and visualizing them working even better than they normally do... and sure enough, it works!
Now I have to go read the old posts to remember what it was I was going to write about next! LOL
until again we meet: Merry Part!
Shosha
I remember promising you a majikal chant for spring cleaning.... I tried a different one out in each room and found that this one worked the best (even if it is OLD) "Out with the old, In with the new." I also charged my cleaning products, blessing them, and visualizing them working even better than they normally do... and sure enough, it works!
Now I have to go read the old posts to remember what it was I was going to write about next! LOL
until again we meet: Merry Part!
Shosha
Friday, April 11, 2008
Friday's Babbling.... :)
I think I've had it. Spring Fever.
I can't wait to get out side... I want to sleep.. a LOT!
The crocus have bloomed and my daffodils are getting ready to bloom! I can't wait!!!
Last weekend, Tom and I worked up on the MoonHill.
We have a semi-circular wall of sorts built using t-posts as supports and logs for the actual walls. It's really cool... In the middle is our firepit. It's rung with large stones and big enough to burn skids in it. tom also built a tripod with a hanging grill on it. I love that thing!
As you come up the hill on the path, (the path is lined on each side with trees and shrubs and the like... all kinds of plants... eventually we hope it'll make a sort of tunnel-like effect.) and you look up toward the wall, you'll see my pride and joy: My Wall of Bottles. All kinds of wine bottles... green, clear, brown, blue... laid on a foundation of logs and stabilized with caulking.
It took me the best partof Saturday morning start to finish...
It's really lovely. I can't wait until Full Moon this month, it'll be our first out door (weather permitting) Ritual this year!
Seems like I "can't wait" for a lot of things.... like cooking out!!! We've done it once already...
these Bacon-wrapped hotdogs... they're amazing!!
Tom heard about them when California banned their sales because they weren't "healthy."
Ok.. I'm all for healthy foods.. but come on! NO STATE... NO GOVERNMENT has that right to force it's people to be healthy or safe or anything like that! that's CRAZY!
You all reading this... what are your thoughts?
Should a town, state or other government have the right to tell you what you can and can't eat?
Feel free to post!
I can't wait to get out side... I want to sleep.. a LOT!
The crocus have bloomed and my daffodils are getting ready to bloom! I can't wait!!!
Last weekend, Tom and I worked up on the MoonHill.
We have a semi-circular wall of sorts built using t-posts as supports and logs for the actual walls. It's really cool... In the middle is our firepit. It's rung with large stones and big enough to burn skids in it. tom also built a tripod with a hanging grill on it. I love that thing!
As you come up the hill on the path, (the path is lined on each side with trees and shrubs and the like... all kinds of plants... eventually we hope it'll make a sort of tunnel-like effect.) and you look up toward the wall, you'll see my pride and joy: My Wall of Bottles. All kinds of wine bottles... green, clear, brown, blue... laid on a foundation of logs and stabilized with caulking.
It took me the best partof Saturday morning start to finish...
It's really lovely. I can't wait until Full Moon this month, it'll be our first out door (weather permitting) Ritual this year!
Seems like I "can't wait" for a lot of things.... like cooking out!!! We've done it once already...
these Bacon-wrapped hotdogs... they're amazing!!
Tom heard about them when California banned their sales because they weren't "healthy."
Ok.. I'm all for healthy foods.. but come on! NO STATE... NO GOVERNMENT has that right to force it's people to be healthy or safe or anything like that! that's CRAZY!
You all reading this... what are your thoughts?
Should a town, state or other government have the right to tell you what you can and can't eat?
Feel free to post!
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