Rainbow Bridge....

for Max the dog.. who was Diane's trusty sidekick for years... safe journey my friend...

DON'T CRY FOR ME WHEN I'M GONE

Three score and ten are given to man,

But ours is a much briefer span.

So, though I give you all my heart,

The time will come when we must part.

But all around you, you will see,

Creatures that speak to you of me;

A tired horse, a hunted thing,

A sparrow with a broken wing ...

Pity - and help (I know you will)

And somehow, I will be with you still;

And I shall know, although I'm gone,

The love I gave you lingers on.

--- (Author unknown) ---

The list....

is short... for packing... arrange the car so all bought goodies and a value list are out and open, everything else tidy.. muzzles (in case we get searched) and leashes for impromptu stops.... dog biscuits just because... and dates for me... and WATER... a pillow and blanket ready for resting... and we're good to go... now i just have to make my mind want to go... the time is nearing... spring is here, gardens are waiting... i'm getting the car ready today because our beautiful weather is slated to end soon... rain is coming once again.... so figured a nice sunny day is a good day.... will get almost everything organized and ready to pop in the car...... sigh... it always makes me sad to leave.. i love my friends here, they are like family.. thats the beauty of a small community...
i'll be heading north to visit my 'family' who live at the base of Mt. Baker... they live in a cottage, at the end of a lane... its secluded and beautiful too... a good transition for dogs and me...

Tree tuesday....

well not quite 'tree' but plant .... bamboo... i guess it's a kinda tree... the big ones anyways!!

found a link thats interesting... how they make bamboo for flooring .... Part 1 and Part 2 which may make you think twice about using it... there are pros and cons to everything aren't there ....

i was looking around at other blogs ( you know how it goes.... find one site and wander down the internet byways) and found a few Green blogs that are interesting... Fake Plastic Fish is a great site.. lots of info on plastic and how not to have so much... ReadyMade which is a McGiver kinda mag/blog... they have contests and all sorts of things... basically it's using up and recycling 'whathaveyous' that are lurking in the corners of every household :D ... well maybe not everyones... but definately mine!! i'm a product of parents of the depression era... everything counted and almost everything was reused until it couldn't be used anymore....

am getting ready... (as i sit here on my puter :D ) to migrate back north... i heard more canada geese this morning... spring must be coming north too.... garden time... i'm hoping that i can get my grandson to participate in some building projects... i saw a project in Mother Earth, for solar heating, using soda cans.... and i think that it could well be a great way to heat my garden... normally i use Remay or garden cloth to cover my rows... and yes i'd still use it.. but sometimes its not enough to keep it warm at night.... they claim that it's only good for 2 seasons, but i've been using the same pieces for 5 yrs...

It's grey.......

wet and dreary this morning.. managed to get my early morning walk in before it really started to rain.... the puppies were so good this morning.. i'm seeing some maturity in both of them... YAY ... i love puppies but then again what dog lover doesn't.. but i don't like the chew, pee and poo part... and did i mention... 'huh?, you want me to do WHAT!!!!' part... yesterday i had a great day... my morning was typical sunny day things.. like woohoo it's sunny, lets go somewhere.. went down to the river, walked along a weird path, but hey, the puppies loved it... just got home and my friend Deb from Eugene phoned... YAY... we agreed to make a meet in Florence... so an hr later... woohoo.... hugs for us humans and pats and treats for the puppies and off we went...
we went down to the Old Town... i'd never wandered around there, so it was all new except for Rare Earth Gallery... we bought some moldavite incense and a few other things... and down the road we walked.. checked out some of the kitchen shops... but alas, none compare to Judith's Kitchen Tools, in Yachats... it might be small, but it's packed with goodies!!! a bit like the owner, who's tiny and full of energy and life....

my favorite kind of tourists!

part of Old Town Florence

under the bridge... LOL OF COURSE!!!! i do so love bridges... something about the mathematics i guess...

Chicken Diapers.......

really exist... according to My Pet Chicken ... but who knew!!! i think i have entirely too much time on my hands, when i'm reading about chicken diapers....
came across this on MEEVEE .... its Jamie Oliver ( the chef from England) and his bit about the mass 'farming' of chickens... Go Jamie Go!!!! these practices are in England, but i know its not much different here in north america... UGH... no wonder i love free range 'real' chickens... and when i return i hope to have more chicks coming.... speaking of which... i saw pics of my lovely poomba the pig... and the 'girls' in their new home... they look very happy and contented!!!

another 'happy' note.... guess what i got!!! a 'new to me' sewing machine... for a whole $15.00 everything included... sighhhh except for the bobbin!! so i've not yet tried it out... but i did plug it in... runs like a dream!!! i got to meet the lady who owned it, and it had just been to the 'machine doctor' before she put it in the garage sale...

Frozen Fritz.....

wears the oldest 'found' tattoos.... he's other wise known as Otzi the Iceman, a man from about 3300 BC, found in 1991 in a glacier of the Otztal Alps near the border between Austria and Italy.... i wish i could find out what they looked like... 57 of them, most on various acupuncture points....

Prince Charles ...........

did an interview... on the returning of Prince Harry.... how sad that one's life is so arranged by everyone else that you can't do the very things that you love..... the interview is more Prince Charles being a dad, and not a Prince.......

more in the news...

here's a video on a gene that may block HIV

Raining germs?.... in the Caribbean there is an old wives tale... "don't go out in the rain, you'll get sick" .... perhaps they weren't too far wrong.....

Polyester shortage?.... who knew!!!