tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26997416920911427932024-02-19T09:50:30.044-06:00Farmgirl Musings...my thoughts, my creations and my inspirationsBonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-69504024884731429662017-08-13T19:58:00.000-05:002017-08-13T19:58:32.235-05:0070 Years of Dolls...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I come from a family of collectors. Perhaps I am the most prolific though. Of my many collections, my dolls have been with me my whole 70+ years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have my first doll...pictured with me and my Grandma. She is made of composite. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="st" data-hveid="101" data-ved="0ahUKEwig9K_Voa_VAhUjb5oKHSBYDN4Q4EUIZTAM" style="font-size: large;"><i>"Composition</i> is generally a mixture of glue mixed with sawdust. Heavier and denser than paper mache, <i>composition</i> is easily molded and is thus an excellent material to make <i>doll</i> heads." <span style="font-size: small;">The Spruce</span> She is in her original dress. She has moveable eyes and her arms and legs also move. So far I haven't had to repair anything. Her face is so sweet.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in the day, most of my girl friends got home permanents. I got Tony perms also. My Mom later became a cosmologist - beautician plus - so from then on I got professional perms. I've had this Tony (Gillette Co.) doll (middle one) since the mid-50's. She's had a few permanents - that was the big selling point for this doll. I'm not sure what her hair looked like originally but she still has all of it! I think she is so pretty. More recently, I purchased a couple other Tony dolls to add to my collection. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My daughter, Alissa, made these - Hubby and I (in our wedding garb), the Gardener and the Angel!</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is so much to say about my dolls but I will never be able to publish this if I make sure you know all the details. Maybe another time....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the cupboard that my Hubby made for my dolls right after we married 20+ years ago. He is a keeper...it must be 7' tall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting and take care,</span><br />
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<br />Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-3588534381094245942017-07-24T16:55:00.000-05:002017-07-24T16:55:37.247-05:00Warrior Weed Queen...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here we are with summer 2/3 of the way over. Well, that is my definition when it is the end of July. I think we've had a warm/hot summer so looking at fall on the horizon is a good thing for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The flowers are unusually full of blossoms with the temperatures and rain we have had this year. The last of the perennials are opening - the Brown-eyed Susan are just beginning to open to complete the wonderful mix of red Bee Balm, orange and other variations of Day lilies, the three shades of pink and white Phlox, Hydrangea and the yellow Stella lilies. The wild light pink Roses are done along with the Lilacs, Lily of the Valley, Tulips, pink and magenta Peonies and Allium. The Autumn Joy Sedum will soon be opening to complete the autumn garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm a pretty good deck gardener...but today I tackled the itch weed in the raised gardens out by my vintage camper. Those awful invaders stung me right through my garden gloves - they are rubber like on the inside and the fingers but knit on the back so my pulling hand is stinging. I will survive though - they are laying on the ground ready to go in the rocks behind the barn. And good riddance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Here are some pictures of my gardens - so let's take a stroll!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my gardens...I wish you were here to help me weed!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-2769255508872261752017-02-19T12:15:00.002-06:002017-02-19T12:15:48.316-06:00Making a Table Mat...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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has been quite a while since I actually followed a pattern and pieced a
quilted item. It is lots of work and tedious since I've been away from
it for so long!!! Just trying to remember all the little rules and
hints was interesting...like what you can cut bigger so when you are done
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bought three table mat kits so my two daughters and I could make them
together. There isn't enough time in their lives to spend a day or two
sewing together so I thought it was time to just make mine and we'll go
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I cut out the pieces and appliqued the four squares, I thought I will make
mine and then offer to do their kits. So....not so much after I spent
most of two days getting ready to sew the 35" square mat together. I'm going
to suggest they use their fabric for other things being they have never
pieced anything like this. It is up to them, of course. I will most
certainly help them if they want to make their kits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are having a lovely February here in Minnesota! A whole week of temperatures in the 50's and 60's! Winter isn't over but we're getting closer to spring.</span></span><br />
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-34249924801985116222017-01-21T20:19:00.000-06:002017-01-21T20:19:26.044-06:00Enter Joy and Laughter... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Hubby and I rescue older dogs from a great shelter. Our Annie got breast cancer three years after she adopted us... her death left us so sad. We never get used to this part of rescuing an older pet....but we know how many pets are out there that need a good home to live out their lives.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In September, joy in the form of a sassy little Schnauzer entered our home and our lives. MacKenzie is a miniature Schnauzer and is the smallest dog we have ever owned weighing in at 17#. Her personality is very big, however, and she won our hearts over the minute we walked around the corner at the shelter. She is 6 years old and was found wandering around a small Minnesota town. She had just had puppies and that is all we know about her background.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">She never walks - she trots and runs and twirls and jumps 3 feet off the ground although we've been told she should not do that. We have not been able to break this habit though. We keep trying but that is what she does when she comes in from outside and whenever she wants a treat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Her effervescent personality makes us laugh out loud every day and many times a day. There never has been this kind of visible joy in our home...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think she came to us for a reason. I had looked for different dogs to fill the void...we always look for a female, older and willing to put up with our kitty, who is now </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">our 13 year old </span></span>Bambi, that we adopted the year before. When I contacted the shelter about a dog that I found that looked like she would fit into our family, we were told they had just the right dog for us. This is the fifth pet that we have adopted from our favorite shelter so they know of what they speak!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This little porch/gazebo had been on my mind for a while. Meanwhile, my friend's family built her one...sigh. So this summer when my grandkids, John and Addy, were with us a couple of days each week, we enlisted their help. Well, their efforts along with lots of Hubby help, went way beyond my expectations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We didn't buy anything except some final screws. Otherwise, we used the boards from my daughter's old deck (floor, frame and roof supports), parts from old screen houses (back wall and side railings, leftover steel siding from our little red barn (roof) and porch posts that we found in the pole barn!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So then I had to find a way to get it hung on the barn. I kept asking around until I found the perfect person (and his brother) to figure out how to get it up very high without renting a machine of some sort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is so welcoming when I drive in the driveway and see my huge quilting symbol!!!</span><br />
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-57323555735203890772017-01-03T21:06:00.001-06:002017-01-03T21:06:42.332-06:00Gramma's Teacups...<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My Gram was a collector....mainly of teacups and souvenir plates. When her friends and family members would go on vacation, they would bring her back a teacup or plate - the plates usually had a picture of the area they visited. They were very colorful and decorated the walls in her kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I still have many of her teacups....so I decided to finally use them for a project I have been thinking about for quite some time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not every one sews but I think everyone has pins and needles. So I made pinkeepers out of the cup and saucers. I made them for my girls and my grandgirls for Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wrote up this little description of my Gram and some of the things I remember about her and Christmas. My daughters were able to spend time with her but my grandgirls never got to meet her. She was such a special lady....</span><br />
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This teacup is from your Grandma/Great Grandma Matilda
Wilhelmina Brandvold Johnson Solee's collection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was born in 1903 and died in 1982.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You never saw her without a crochet hook or
needle in her hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She made and sold
many Weary Willie dolls and gave away many afghans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Christmas at her house was a feast of Swede sausage, meatballs, mashed
potatoes, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lutefisk, Swedish brown beans,
homemade rolls, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pickles, olives (one for
each finger), and every kind of cookie imaginable - Spritz, Washboard Ginger Cookies, Fatigmand, Krumkake, Mexican Teacakes, Icebox cookies, Date balls,
etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She must have cooked and baked for
days ahead of Christmas Eve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her home
was small - the second floor of a house built on the side of a hill at on the East Side of St. Paul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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would either bring her a souvenir plate to hang on her kitchen wall or a teacup
to put in her cupboard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So after taking care
of her teacups forever, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought it was
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bonnie </span></div>
Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-33664388769499511522016-07-30T15:40:00.000-05:002016-07-30T15:48:07.779-05:00Just a walk around my yard...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thought I would get a post written even if it is just to show you my yard today. I don't have all the weeds taken care of yet...not sure I will conquer that soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think guilt got the better of my Hubby so he and my two g'kids have begun the project. Yay!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is coming along nicely - we're using all things we have collected....the old deck from my daughter's house, porch posts we got at a garage sale, the frames from two old screen houses will go up next for the side railings and back wall. Decorating it will be so much fun. I can't wait to show you more pictures as it progresses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm in the house as the heat is climbing again and the humidity returns tomorrow.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope to post more regularly with projects that I am working on. And for sure my new garden gazebo!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bonnie </span></span>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-1186381748531432532016-05-05T12:41:00.000-05:002016-05-05T12:41:08.090-05:00It's Farmgirls Country Sale time again!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The weather man just said that - because the trees are blooming, the nights are staying warm enough to let the blossoms open. So little chance of frost - maybe just a light frost possible but not in the next weeks. Yay!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This year we are doing a spring sale in our little barn so each day I try to spend at least part of the afternoon out in my shop painting and creating and upholstering, etc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I thought I would show you a couple of projects that I am working on...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After talking with my daughter and Hubby, we decided to hold the sale at both of our barns with finished and unfinished projects for sale.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our theme this sale is going to be funky colors - furniture, garden things, my Junk Jewelry, Jen's lovely jewelry, Hubby's recycled creations, Alissa's green projects, fun pillows, colorful mirrors, wreaths, and more will be featured!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mark your calendar for Farmgirls Country Sale on Fri., June 10, 9 - 5, and Sat., June 11, 9 - 3. We sure hope to see you in one of the barns!!!</span></span><br />
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-77357481393824025582016-04-29T19:23:00.004-05:002016-04-29T19:23:41.825-05:00Applique Projects...<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have made many different kinds quilts but my favorite kind is appliqued quilts. But now I'm working on smaller projects and I'm making applique pillows and towels. Here's a few recent ones.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today is our first sunny day in a long time...we've had peeks of sunshine but today was a spectacular spring day in the country. The grass is growing and the weeds are sending long roots down...yikes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have put out my red bowl with grape jelly to entice the Baltimore Orioles that will be returning shortly. I can't wait to have them back outside my window.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have begun to get ready for our Spring Farmgirls Country Sale scheduled for June 10 and 11. It needs to warm up a bit more though to be able to paint in the barn...my fingers won't work if they are frozen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bonnie </span></span>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-77881172484229292312016-04-15T15:38:00.000-05:002016-04-15T15:38:47.389-05:00Unexpected Joy...<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another long absence...life sure gets complicated and is going way too fast. I always say - "It's Thursday again - garbage day!." Well - when you are retired there are certain things you have to remember or there are consequences....like living with your garbage for another week!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My latest projects ended up being so much fun. I had a request to make pillows similar to my final outcome.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now I'm on a roll...pinkeepers, hoops, and more pillows. Maybe even a journal cover....tote bags...to name a few. Ha!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take care, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bonnie</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-75079629961792214682015-09-06T16:57:00.000-05:002015-09-06T16:57:08.683-05:00Cooking With Minimal Heat in the Summer...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am in love with my new <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Presto-03430-Pizzazz-Plus-Rotating/dp/B00005IBXJ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441574206&sr=8-1&keywords=pizazz+plus" target="_blank">Presto Pizazz Plus</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We love pizza but this summer - the heat - oh - the heat. So I saw that a friend of my daughter had one of these. So I decided to go to Amazon and see what it was all about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm so glad I did - I brought it to the lake where I'm never quite sure of the oven which is always gas. I guess I'm somewhat afraid of gas and when its an oven I don't know...well, you know. So I bought this little contraption and it worked great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My g'kids loved it and so did I. We made pizza and chicken wing appetizers on it. It's great for those kinds of things. Oh and we made Toaster Strudels and S'mores on it too. We did have a small fire...the marshmallows need to be cut in half or as they get nice and brown...well, nothing was damaged. And this is why you have to be near when you are making that kind of thing. The kids and I still laugh about our S'more flare up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Easy clean up too! No smoke coming out of the oven so the fire alarm doesn't go off!!! Yay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the time, I live in anticipation. It seems like I am always getting ready to do something - getting ready for another shop sale, making a special order, and now getting ready for a Farmgirls Country Sale at our farm.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the time I spend on the computer is for my business...bidding on auctions, keeping my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FarmgirlsCountrySale" target="_blank">Farmgirls Country Sale</a> Facebook page updated with comments and pictures, pinning ideas on Pinterest to use on my old vintage stuff, and purchasing stuff I need to do all of that. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway I needed to put words to paper and tonight was the night to do that I guess. Anticipating tomorrow and what it will bring...and getting my To-Do list accomplished.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok - enough hot and humidity already. This is Minnesota...remember? It is true that we've only had 3 or 4 days of this heat and high humidity but I give. I have stuff to do and can't when it is like this - and I'm inside the house!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I water the plants on the deck, they are dry before I get back into the house. The tomatoes are doing pretty good in the galvanized tubs and wheelbarrows but next year it is back into the ground where they do so much better. I just didn't get the raised beds weeded in enough time....actually they aren't weeded yet! Too much to do always!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're going to the lake for four days next week and by Monday, we will have relief. But and I say but! I have to get stuff ready to take with and then there's food to make. Jeez...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well - not to go on and on too long, that's all I can think of to say because I am melting in Minnesota! Funny - I just remembered that my most popular post is about too much snow... <a href="http://bbonnieblue.blogspot.com/2013/03/ok-thats-enough-snow-now-and-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Ok - That's Enough Snow Now...</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">never happy I guess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Take care and take time to dig in the dirt and smell the roses or zinnias or petunias....they are all good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a sad day when a hunter kills a beloved Lion...</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Again, I deeply regret that my pursuit of an activity I love and
practice responsibly and legally resulted in the taking of this lion." He is a dentist from Minnesota...I'm embarrassed that he's from MN. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't wrap my mind around this concept. I'm just so sad - now Cecil is dead and his 24 cubs will be killed by other male lions so they can mate with the mother's of his cubs. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh my - what to do. I pulled on the heavy pot that has a metal trellis in it and tried to get it out but it was too heavy so I could only pull it to the side. It was enough for the soaked bird to get out and fly low over to the other corner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm thinking it was a Thrush of some kind - it looked like this Hermit Thrush but bigger. The beak was similar and the coloring was like this little guy.</span><br />
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-13168832036516486152015-07-11T20:40:00.001-05:002015-07-11T20:40:14.124-05:00My Garden is an Heirloom...<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As I walk around my gardens, I remember all the people who have donated and/or exchanged plants with me. What great memories. We've lived here 15 years now so some of the perennials we brought along...like a pickup truck full - are gone now but the Phlox are everywhere but not blooming quite yet. Did you know that in the fall as the seeds pods dry up that they burst and seeds go flying??? I thought I was hearing bugs in the garden and then discovered it was the Phlox!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A garden is like a puzzle or mystery...to me at least. Some things grow just great and then others not so much. I should spend more time investigating the different plants like I used to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My friend,
Franci, gave me some Iris when she was dividing hers. They come up each
year but just one blooms...it is so gorgeous. This picture isn't of
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from previous years. Franci lost her fight with cancer but I have this
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm getting excited to go back out in the garden because I have found someone to help me weed...hopefully we can do some dividing and planting soon. I would like all perennials so because they keep the weeds to a minimum. Even if they are just green leaves after flowering, I don't really care. I love their leaves. I have made bouquets of just leaves...they last longer than the flowers do in the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not sure where the tall, lanky Dusty Miller came from but last year I babied one lonely plant and now look! My Granddaughter helped me plant my 5 wheelbarrows and in this one we planted a tomato in the middle and Mesclun (</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mesclun is a salad mix of assorted small, young salad green leaves, that originated in Provence, France) around the edge. So we have a virtual salad in a wheelbarrow!</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Addy took some greens home to put on her tacos this week.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> She was excited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The radishes didn't do that well last year so we'll see how they do this year...those little volunteers. I thought something was fishy when I saw them around the edge...probably when it rained the seeds floated to the edge.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They weren't quite so close to the edge last year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My goodness, Snow on the Mountain not only flourishes (invades) but they reverted to all green with no snow on the edges. And they went forth and really multiplied. My friendly gardener cleared me a path so I can get out there now without wearing a Hazmat suit! Don't you love the non-invasive striped grass! Time to divide and conquer! I want to plant some out along the fence along with some Hostas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not too many years ago, I planted the Stella lilies from my friend, Doris. Now I have a wonderful lily hedge - the grasses really like to hang with the lilies though. More weeding to do...always!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A couple of weeks ago we had the most beautiful peonies and miniature Iris. The peonies have been on this farm forever and when I tried to move them I found out how big and long their tubers/roots are. Wow! I just cut off a part of one and moved it to the raised bed by the deck...the other one is in the garden below and will stay there as long as I am the gardener!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The lilac I planted outside my kitchen window is now huge...its a French Double White. It is over 15' high now. So fragrant and usually some little bird builds a nest in it so we can watch them play house. A Robin comes back each year to the Purple Lilac that is right next to it. This year they built their nest higher in the bush. It is fun to have nature so close.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I will do another garden post when the other flowers are in bloom and the weeds are gone. My grandkids helped haul up Hubby's garden from the basement so they are playing catch up right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Take care and go play in the dirt!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bonnie </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-81352217732363764692015-06-17T19:19:00.000-05:002015-06-17T19:24:47.460-05:00Necklace Made From Scratch...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was so cold yesterday that I didn't accomplish much on the cabin porch...but after supper I decided that I needed to do something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the little owls that I used to make the owl necklace earlier this week so I decided to make another one. I had seen a steampunk bracelet that connected gears to make the chain and thought that would work for this necklace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So this is what I came up with - gears, two different chains, a key and a charm</span>. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First I stacked and glued some gears together and then I paired the owl and key together so the owl would show up better. Using jump rings, I connected everything. Then I glued the tiny balls off a ball chain in each gear piece and in the owls' eyes. Done!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't solder - yet - so I use heavier/thicker jump rings that are stronger than the normal size. I like the way this turned out...hope it will find a good home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought vintage clip earrings with the idea that I would make a bracelet. After finding enough earrings, I made this vintage bracelet!</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm pretty sure my Gram had one of these pairs of earrings. She loved jewelry...her one dresser drawer was filled with the little boxes that jewelry was sold in back in the day. Such treasures in each of those little boxes. It was magical just looking through her treasures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To look on my dresser, in the drawers and in my jewelry armoire, you just might guess I got my love of jewelry from my Gram. She had many earring and necklace sets...in those boxes in her dresser.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Met a friend for lunch, stopped at the dollar store and finished up at the quilt shop. I'd say it was a very good day even if I don't do anything else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bonnie </span>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-21523372179800481812015-06-15T18:59:00.002-05:002015-06-15T18:59:36.284-05:00Jewelry Metamorphosis...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Usually we meet friends two or three times during the week but last week Annie had two strokes - one on Sunday and one on Friday. So while she is better, we don't want to leave her in the cabin while we are gone. Her balance was way off so she would stumble and actually fall over. Now she is stronger...she walked around the whole driveway for the first time in a week. Her head was turned to the side and now it is straighter most of the time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well - that was a busy day and far from home! Our family still puts flowers on the graves of our loved ones. So today my brother, one of my daughters, and I traveled 85 miles to the cemetery. With three of us, we accomplished all eight plots in about an hour. </span></span><br />
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<br />Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-22693832482500296472015-05-13T19:47:00.000-05:002015-05-13T20:11:22.607-05:00Spring means Rhubarb!!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While Annie was out exploring, I decided that the cake mix and box of jello on my kitchen island needed to be transformed. So I picked some rhubarb and made this Rhubarb Dump cake...because, of course, we need more sweets!!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> My rhubarb is ruining my raised bed...</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is huge but not real tall - yet!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used this recipe because my Hubby bought a yellow cake mix and truth be told - I always use butter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rhubarb Dump Cake</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Cook Time: 1 hour</b></span></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4 to 5 cups of cubed rhubarb
(raw)</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 (3 oz) package of
strawberry (or raspberry) Jello - may be sugar free</span></span></li>
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(2-layer size, about 18 ounces)</span></span></li>
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order that they are given - do not mix. Bake in a 350° oven for 1 hour.
Delicious served warm! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So today was a productive day in the kitchen - fried up a pound of bacon (thick sliced) in the oven - made BLT's for lunch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After picking up auction items, we got our Heggie's pizzas that were a fundraising item for our grandson's mission trip in August so it was pizza for supper. They are made locally and so very cheesy and good!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dessert will be our still warm Rhubarb Dump cake...with ice cream. No calories today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take care,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">P.S. I bought a new mop and even used it today. I'm so impressed with my homemaker self.</span></div>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-92150998202060961362015-04-25T22:56:00.003-05:002015-04-25T23:24:13.881-05:00Work Is Good For My Soul...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today I am feeling more like myself and a little less sad about my Dad. So I started working on a couple of pieces of furniture. I have new paint - a simulated milk paint - Old Century is the brand and the color is an off white called Vintage Lace.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So far I love it...you don't need to prime - I just clean the piece with TSP and paint! (Old Century did not make me say this...)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's one of the pieces I've begun to refinish. I love the french look to this chair but was going to paint the fabric which is in very good condition after I cleaned it. However, it is proving difficult to paint. So I will leave it this pretty dusty blue...there goes my plans to paint it and then stencil it. Oh well...less work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the chair with one coat of paint. I will do what the instructions say and wait until its completely dry. The print is so small on the can that I can only guess what it says without getting out a magnifying glass. Ha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I love it so far...it was easy to paint around the fabric. That was one thing I was worried about. So I'm almost done. Just need to distress it a little. Now to find the screws to put the seat back on but I think Hubby has them safely put away.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you think??? It doesn't go with my decor - it is way too formal for me. So off to Zimmermann's in Mora, MN it goes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Work is good for the soul....one day at a time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take care,</span><br />
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<br />Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-67248291813302380752015-04-18T15:01:00.001-05:002015-04-18T15:01:55.405-05:00Peace but sadness...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My hero</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> died two weeks ago. Now he is with m</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">y Mom who died twenty years ago. They created a loving family that mourns his loss but celebrates his 91 years of life.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Dad wasn't a big man in stature but everything else about him was immense. He was a gymnast in high school and did the artwork for his yearbook. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, he wanted to enlist. But he was only 17 so he had to wait until he was 18 and then enlisted in the Marines.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was a soldier who talked about his experiences in WWII. The death of his friends </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were on his mind during the day and</span></b> kept him awake at night. His bravery and wounds earned him a Purple Heart. Some of his WWII stories are online at: </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.c123rd.com/our-wwii-marines/johnson-orvel</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today the Purple Heart is perhaps, the
most unique of all United States military awards. Though low in the order of
precedence on the Pyramid of Honor (it ranks below the Bronze star), it is one of the most
widely recognized and respected medals. It can not be earned by courage or by
exceptional service or achievement. The Purple Heart signifies one
thing...SACRIFICE. Whenever you see the Purple Heart, know that it represents either
a combat death or a combat wound. It represents the blood that has been shed in
defense of liberty. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Purple Heart is awarded in the
name of the President of the United States to any member of an Armed force who, while
serving with the U.S. Armed Services after 5 April 1917, has been wounded or killed, or
who has died or may hereafter die after being wounded. A wound for which the award
is made must have required treatment by a medical officer.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Criteria:</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For wounds or death sustained in action against
an enemy of the United States;</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While serving with friendly foreign forces
engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is
not a belligerent party;</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As a result of an act of any such enemy of
opposing armed forces;</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As the result of an act of any hostile foreign
force;</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After 28 March 1973, as a result of an
international terrorist attack against the United States by a foreign nation friendly to
the United States, recognized as such an attack by the Secretary </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In any action with an opposing armed force of a
foreign country in which the Armed Forces of the United States are or have been engaged;</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">of the department
concerned, or jointly by Secretaries of the departments concerned if persons from more
than one department are wounded in the attack; or</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After 28 March 1973, as a result of military
operations, while serving outside the territory of the United States as part of a
peacekeeping force.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After 7 December 1941, by weapon fire while
directly engaged in armed conflict, regardless of the fire causing the wound (<i>friendly
fire</i>).</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While held as a prisoner of war or while being
taken captive. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dad was a proud member of the Sons of Norway, the Masons, the VFW and American Legion. He requested that the American Legion be present at his funeral to present the Honor Guard. His casket was draped with the American flag and carried by three of his great grand daughters, a great grandson and two grandsons. After the service three rifle volleys were fired, </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">taps were played, </span></b>the flag was folded and three spent casings placed within the flag representing the three volleys. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As the oldest child,</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was given the American flag: <i>"On behalf of the President of the United
States, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and a grateful nation,
please accept this flag as a symbol of our appreciation for Orvel's service to Country and Corps."</i></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://usmilitary.about.com/od/jointservices/a/twentyonegun_2.htm</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At military funerals, one often sees three volleys of shots fired in
honor of the deceased veteran. This is often mistaken by the laymen as a
21-gun salute, although it is entirely different (in the military, a
"gun" is a large-calibered weapon. The three volleys are fired from
"rifles," not "guns." Therefore, the three volleys isn't any kind of
"gun salute," at all).</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyone who is entitled to a <a data-component="link" data-inlink="Py-l0Cll5ZGNmI4V28ZfPA==" data-ordinal="9" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" href="http://usmilitary.about.com/od/jointservices/a/funeralhonors.htm">military funeral</a> (generally anyone who dies on <a data-component="link" data-inlink="QP7ws7IKyfdGMFJ1CY0jZA==" data-ordinal="10" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" href="http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/generalinfo/g/actdu.htm">active duty</a>,
honorably discharged veterans, and military retirees) are to the three
rifle volleys, subject to availability of honor guard teams. As I said,
this is not a 21-gun salute, nor any other type of "gun salute." They
are simply three rifle volleys fired. The firing team can consist of any
number, but one usually sees a team of eight, with a noncommissioned
officer in charge of the firing detail. Whether the team consists of
three or eight, or ten, each member fires <a data-component="link" data-inlink="Wa80kOd8PaphvPSwGGUSmw==" data-ordinal="11" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" href="http://usmilitary.about.com/od/theorderlyroom/f/funeralhonors.htm">three times</a> (three volleys).</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
three volleys comes from an old battlefield custom. The two warring
sides would cease hostilities to clear their dead from the battlefield,
and the firing of three volleys meant that the dead had been properly
cared for and the side was ready to resume the battle.</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The flag
detail often slips three shell-casings into the folded flag before
presenting the flag to the family. Each casing represents one volley.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://militarysalute.proboards.com/thread/640A United States flag drapes the casket of deceased veterans to honor the
memory of their service to America. The flag is placed so that the blue
field with stars is at the head and over the left shoulder of the
deceased.<br /><br />After Taps has been played, the flag is
carefully folded into the symbolic tri-cornered shape. A properly
proportioned flag will fold 13 times on the triangles, representing the
13 original colonies. The folded flag is emblematic of the tri-cornered
hat worn by the Patriots of the American Revolution. When folded, no red
or white stripe is to be evident, leaving only the blue field with
stars.<br /><br />The folded flag is then presented as a keepsake to the
next of kin or an appropriate family member. Each branch of the Armed
Forces uses its own wording for the presentation ...After an American flag has been used for a Military or Veterans funeral, it should never
be flown again or displayed in any other way than in the tri-fold shape
in which it was presented to the next of kin. In other words, the
folded flag should never be "opened" again. There are many appropriate
display cases available for purchase to display the burial flag and to
protect it from wear and fading.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While his life was so much more than his war experience, it framed the rest of his life. Using the GI Bill, he went to business school. He excelled in his career because of this training and determination to provide for his family.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I write this to
share our experience and to remember the day that we celebrated his
life. We will miss him forever but the memories we made and his love for us will be in our hearts forever. I am at peace because he is at peace.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Semper Fi...always faithful. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His loving daughter,</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bonnie</span></span></b></div>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554116837090331278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2699741692091142793.post-82445919514085804022015-04-01T19:14:00.000-05:002015-04-01T19:24:47.551-05:00Ramblings...My Dad<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Dad has been ill - he's better now after spending time in two different hospitals, two trips to ER, a short stay in one nursing home and now rehab in another nursing home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He's seen about 15 doctors and many hospital staff - nurses, respiratory aides, PT and OT aides, dieticians, 3 or 4 social workers, 4 or 5 pastors, and so many friends and family visitors. His family has come from Michigan, Virginia, Georgia and all parts of MN. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They saved his life...he is so thankful. We are so thankful. He calls many people his "Angels." They are and he is our "Angel." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've traveled many miles to see him in those different hospitals. We've walked many miles of hospital corridors. We consumed many, many cups of instant hospital coffee. We attended many meetings with people who cared for him and saved him for us. We've lost many hours of sleep and so has he. We've shed so many tears...some scary tears and then those happy tears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He is a 91 year old WWII vet with so many stories yet to tell and repeat so many more times. He calls himself the Swedish Leprechaun - he's one half Swedish and one half Norwegian. He loves Irish songs and will sing them to anyone who passes by or stops to chat. He puts his hand out to those he passes at the nursing home and says "Hi, I'm Orv!." They all love him they say - we know why. He is so lovable and we love him the most.</span><br />
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