I Discovered A Great Blog

This is a blog I do not want to forget about...

http://simplykierste.com/2014/04/how-to-make-summer-easier-and-more-fun.html


..and this particular post was about Christmas cookies and pantries and grandmothers and it was such a sweet post...it put me in a cookie making mood!

http://www.deliciousdays.com/archives/2013/11/27/sables-with-mandarin-jelly-my-christmas-cookie-repertoire/

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http://nom-nomnom.blogspot.com/

http://nom-nomnom.blogspot.com/2009/09/tasty-pizza-without-cheese.html

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http://cinnamonhill.com/grater is interesting!

Angel Art

Who made this painting for the cover of this book about angels?  That is my research question of the day. I love this picture! 

Angels: Agents of Light, Love, and Power
I found out the artist! The title of the painting is "Blessed Art Thou Among Women"

The artists is Walter Rane . This picture is copyrighted so please...anyone who sees this on my blog...do not copy and sell this image. It is the cover of a book recently published. You can do a google image search and enjoy all his paintings!

by Donald Parry

Paper Microscope

I love love love stories like this...amazing things done so frugally...so smartly

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/12/origami-microscope-made-of-paper-tape-and-glue-costs-less-than-a-buck/

Sister Andersen

Just listened to this speech...loved it... I will put it here twice since I am learning to use the embed option..

This is just a picture I captured using the pause button on the video and them the "snipping tool" Windows has...

 You can cut and paste this URL to view this, too.

http://www.byutv.org/watch/403910d4-b3d9-4ee1-b4ed-f1a9ecd18955/byu-womens-conference-elder-neil-l-andersen

or..you can click on this link

Elder Andersen's talk..his wife talks 3/4s in

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Blogging People

Amy told me about this blogger who lives in Provo, Utah...she met the author of The Book Thief...she writes about the books she reads...here is an example...

http://www.kacyfaulconer.com/2010/12/books-i-read-in-october-and-november.html

A Movie Scene I Like

..except the swearing...it is just romantic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNjk1On-qjs

Hazelnut Picking

Dennis had a goal...to find the place where he discovered hazelnuts growing last July.

When he was little, he and my dad would go picking them and bring home big sacks of them and spread them out on the garage roof to dry.

We drove around for a while and finally Dennis found the start of this leg of the Green Circle Trail, so we parked the car and set out on foot.

As we were walking on the path, and in the brush and under the trees in our search for hazelnuts on the Green Circle Trail, I asked my brother if there were ticks this time of year...No, he said, it is not tick season. Later I heard that Molly's Anna had a tick on her from some hiking adventure she was on in Missouri at about this same time...also my mom had her one and only tick experience in mid October one year! In both instances, these people (my mom, and Anna) had to be given powerful antibiotics. So...my advice to all...check yourself for ticks if you go to places like this! I did not check myself this time, since I believed Dennis! Luckily I did not have one.
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Dennis discovers some hazelnuts...but this was mid September...the best time, we learned from a fellow hiker that day, to pick is mid August.

The leaves of a hazelnut bush.

Hazelnuts grow in clusters, and each nut is covered with a pair of leaves...

Dennis ventures further into the brush.

Hmm...hairy branches on these hazelnut bushes.

Another close up.

Joanie ...loving being surrounded by... G R E E N  ! ! !

Lots of long grass...and baby oak trees growing low.

...and ferns..yes, they grow in all the woods around here.

Those hazelnuts are so cute...

Continuing down the trail...
A unique stand, a large expanse, of grey trunked trees...the light grey color of these straight tall pine trees
had a strange effect on the eye and brain....hard to explain...