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StarFire posted on Nostalgia My Mother, 1942 in Columbus, MS reclining on my dad's Army Air Corps jacket. Miss them both greatly.
 May 12 at 16:50 EST .
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Rake King Star-fire: Does she have those things they called "rats" in her hairdo? I have photos of my mom and aunt with those things in their hairdo...what an awful name to give to that product.
May 15 at 09:27 EST .
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StarFire No, R.K. Mother didn't need a rat. Her hair was dark and thick through all of her 85 years.
She married my dad just before H.S. graduation in 1942. They were both 17. He joined the Army Air Corps and left for Basic trining. He returned on leave in time to accept his diploma. He also accepted diplomas on behalf of his fellow servicemen who could not return home for the ceremony.
Mother and Daddy were home-town, high school sweethearts during the depression and into WWII. They were married over 66 years before Daddy passed away. Mother followed less than a year later. It was a true "greatest generation" love story.
May 15 at 10:41 EST .
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StarFire posted on Gardening & Landscaping Well, we’ve been trying every kind of bait we can think of to catch the squirrels. Last night we tried an orange half. Nope. No squirrels. But this possum loved it. When we turned him loose in a nearby wooded area he insisted on taking his orange with him. Well behaved little guy ambled off to the creek bottom carrying his orange in his mouth.
Any ideas what to bait the squirrels with? We’ve already tried corn, peanuts, peanut butter and sunflower seeds… oh, and oranges.
April 28 at 12:40 EST .
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Balogreene They always eat our birdseed (sunflower seeds ) :D
April 28 at 14:30 EST .
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StarFire They regularly raid our bird feeder, but they are not at all interested in birdseed in the trap. They are smarter than we figured.
April 28 at 16:10 EST .
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Carmen Try cat food. Also, if you are going to relocate the critters, drive them at least 20 miles (preferably over a river ) because they will travel miles to get back home.
We relocated several a few years ago because they were eating our house.
April 28 at 16:41 EST .
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Gerty Hello, Miss Carmen. I have missed you; glad to see you posting again.
April 29 at 09:12 EST .
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Hagar StarFire, OK nice try, but 'possums or skunks are no challenge to catch.
Your trap is too big, get a 5" Havahart. Put a big old glob of PB in it and set it close to were the "bushy tailed rat" come to partake of your garden delights.
PS If you have a bunch of very wily squirrels, you may have to go the extra distance and dip the trap in vinegar, rinse and let dry. This removes any scent of man or beast from the trap. Yes their sense of smell is that good, also us gloves to handle the trap after washed it.
Squirrels are a real pain to get rid of, if after all this and you still have a problem get a pellet rifle w/ scope.
April 30 at 09:02 EST .
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StarFire Hagar, you have made my 16yo grandson's day. He has a couple of pellet guns that he's been begging me to let him use against the squirrels. He wanted to use his new .22, but I vetoed that. Our neighbors are too close.
I have three traps. The big one and two 5-inch. All are baited with both PB and birdseed. At this point, I'm putting out a squirrel buffet if it will lure in the little SOBs.
May 1 at 10:48 EST .
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Hagar To be honest, your best chance against the furry rodents is your grandson's aim!!!
Tell him from me "Good Hunting"!!!
May 1 at 12:16 EST .
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StarFire posted on Recipes My grandson asked to cook this week. His mother and I are happy to relinquish the kitchen to him. Tonight we had roasted bacon wrapped asparagus spears, creamy garlic pasta shells and a green salad. He simply wrapped the asparagus spears (3 or 4 at a time ) in a strip of bacon and roasted them on a broiling rack in the oven at 350 until the bacon was done. Easy, fast and delicious.
April 26 at 22:03 EST .
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Surfhut I always roast my asparagus. Love them wrapped in bacon. also, love a man who can cook!
April 28 at 08:21 EST .
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BirdsNest Saw a recipe on Taste of Home for asparagus mushroom quiche...but could not get it to load. Our internet connection leaves a lot to be desired.
April 28 at 08:23 EST .
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StarFire posted on Pet Peeves I will admit I often use humor to deal with grief. My youngest sister and I are no longer allowed to sit together at family funerals because one inevitably makes the other giggle through the tears.
Still, it bothers me that lately memorial services are being taken over by politicians. They become pep rallies with boilerplate applause lines that have nothing to do with the person(s ) being memorialized and do nothing for those loved ones who grieve. When did it become normal to applaud at funerals? As my mother would have said, “Tacky!... Just Tacky!”
April 25 at 17:41 EST .
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Balogreene Remember that Minnesota democrat who died several years ago? Paul something. The democrats turned it into a political rally, and booed the republicans? That is when it became de rigger.
April 26 at 18:04 EST .
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Balogreene By the way, my sister and I get the giggles all the time. People think we are crazy.
April 26 at 18:07 EST .
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Linder Loved your stories about getting the giggles at inappropriate times. Been there....so many times....with sisters. Thought we'd get over it when we grew up....didn't.
May 2 at 17:42 EST .
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StarFire posted on Dogs, Cats & Critters All four critters (Punkin and the three cats ) snuggling on the last chilly night of April. Sometimes it's easier to just give them the sofa.
April 23 at 15:28 EST .
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Balogreene Starfire: Our Maltese was in a puppy mill for almost 5 years before being rescued. From the day she got here she loved our Greyhound, and our Shih Tzu (who came the same day she did ). But, she wouldn't let us near her. We've been told, most puppy-mill dogs never allow themselves to be touched by humans.
Four years in, she lets us pet her, and sometimes pick her up. She even asks to be petted sometimes. Yesterday morning, I picked her up with front paws over my shoulder. She stayed quiet. I reached down with my other hand to pet the greyhound, and Misty (the Maltese ) turned her head and licked my cheek. It was like heaven.
She has always been happy here. She dances and circles, and talks to us all of the time. But, now, she is accepting love. Your Punkin is a lucky dog, and you are lucky to have a dog so content.
April 23 at 19:53 EST .
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StarFire There is no telling what horrors your Misty suffered in her previous life. She’s a lucky girl to have her new life with you.
We can only guess at Punkin's earlier life. She was standing in the middle of the road near our home and came running toward my car as soon as she saw me. I traced her owner by her tags and paid him a visit to find out how she came to be so matted, starved and dirty. I called in animal control and they shut down the puppy mill. We fostered Punkin for a short while and I got first dibs for her.
Punkin is still very nervous around strangers at first, especially men. She doesn't like people (again especially men ) in hats. She still cowers whenever anyone has a stick (wooden spoon, spatula, umbrella, etc. ) She also doesn’t like loud noise or getting wet (except baths ) or dirty. She will play with the cats, but doesn’t know how to play with other dogs or dog toys. The first year we had her she never barked. Now she barks like a big dog at visitors… from a safe distance behind the sofa. She’s also doubled her weight since we found her.
We can’t do much about her previous life, but we’ve spoiled her at every opportunity for the last seven years. We don’t even know how old she is, or how much longer we will have her, but we’re going to make it as long and happy as possible.
April 23 at 23:37 EST .
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Balogreene Starfire: Several years ago we rescued a maltese that had been found on the side of a very busy highway. My mom asked me what to name her. My reply was, no matter what we name her, we will call her Punkin. And thus, our five pound Maltese was Punkin as long as we had her. She lived several years, dying on my mom's lap at home on New Years Eve, several years ago.
She was so sweet, we went looking for another Maltese to rescue, thus Misty.
April 24 at 20:22 EST .
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StarFire posted on Dogs, Cats & Critters After reading the article about Wombles on the mother page, I wanted to post our "furball". She was matted and dirty for an unknown number of years being bred in a puppy mill. She hates it when her fur gets long and will scratch and chew herself raw if she doesn't go to the groomer every 6 to 8 weeks. She's neurotic and emotionally needy, but we think she's entitled to extra loving after all the neglect and abuse she survived.
April 20 at 17:33 EST .
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BirdsNest She looks so cute just like the one on the mother site.....I hate the thought of clipping a long hair dog but there is a lot of work involved keeping them groomed, so clipping is best for those that need it. Big hugs from us both.
April 20 at 18:56 EST .
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StarFire This picture is of her "winter coat". We brush the tail out daily. The rest is short, short with her face only a little longer. Punkin would love it if we would shave her bald. After living in a wire cage and not being kept groomed and clean, she really is OCD about it.
April 20 at 20:05 EST .
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Escaped commieny looks like our little neighbor dog rescue, they call him 'shivers', and he got his Easter hair cut. (of course, he thinks he is a Malamute at 5 lbs. and barks to intimidate my 85 lb Molly ) then she tucks tail and runs. LOL
April 20 at 20:28 EST .
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Mike PHX Star fire, I hope you spoil her like crazy. She deserves it.
April 20 at 22:24 EST .
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StarFire posted on Pet Peeves Obama speeches.
Does every darned speech have to be about HIM? This week he claimed the Republicans wouldn't settle on HIS economic plan because it was personal. According to him, it had nothing to do with the national economy. They didn’t want to give HIM any credit or do anything to make HIM look good. (Delusional Narcissist? )
Even when speaking about the dead 0bama talks, not about them, but about how they effected HIM! Today he talked about Sen. Daniel Inouye by going on about how Inouye influenced HIM.
Hey, Obama! That does not show that you are connecting with your subjects. It only shows that you can't see beyond your own ego!
December 21 at 20:37 EST .
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Straitpath We real Americans are on to him.
December 22 at 13:30 EST .
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StarFire posted on Gardening & Landscaping Does anyone have experience growing elderberries in or near zone 7?
We love elderberry james and jelly. Also, one of my first tastes of wine was when I was a little girl. The Rabbi across the street from us in Texas invited my terminally white bread Christian family for Seder dinner. My dad permitted us a sip of Manischewitz Elderberry wine. It's still one of my guilty pleasures.
I've always wanted to try making my own elderberry wine. (It makes me giggle because I can't help thinking about the crazy aunts in "Arsenic and Old Lace". ) Unfortunately I have no experience with growing the plants or harvesting the berries.
November 29 at 16:22 EST .
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Hagar We put in a few plants 2yr plants several years ago and have had good results, we are in zone 8 out on the East Coast. We planted them in direct sun light in the Spring.
We bought 2 black varieties for better pollination.
The link that follows is were we got our plants, they have a very good section on how to plant and care for your elderberry plants.
http://www.noursefarms.com/category/elde
rberries/
Hope this helps
November 29 at 21:42 EST .
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StarFire Thanks for the link. I'll save it for my spring order.
And it mentions pies! I hadn't thought about pies. Sounds delicious.
November 29 at 22:43 EST .
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Rake King Their distinct flavor make them a great pie. As for wine, we had an old German in the neighborhood I grew up in that made it using one large water bottles (like drinking fountains, turned upside down type ) that contained the mashed fruit, corks, glass tube, hose that ran down into another jar filled with water (to prevent ozygen back up into the big water bottle. I'm sure there are diagrams on the internet showing this set up.
November 30 at 09:21 EST .
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StarFire I'll start searching for diagrams. We're at least a couple of years from harvesting and making wine or anything else. But by the time we get the plants growing and producing I'll have more plans than fruit. I always do. LOL
November 30 at 18:32 EST .
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Carmen We have a large patch of them in our woods but once they are at just the right stage for picking, the birds completely clean the bushes.
December 16 at 09:25 EST .
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StarFire posted on Gardening & Landscaping Birdsnest,
Need your advice! I thought we were through with figs, but my Brown Turkey has started putting on tiny little fruit again. It’s supposed to be an ever-bearing so I’m wondering if it will over winter like your Italian Ever-bearing figs. We may get our first frost (zone 7 ) next week. The figs should drop their leaves in another month. What, if anything, should I do to protect them over the winter?
October 4 at 15:13 EST .
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Gerty Up here, in the North, my Granma used to get all the men in the family to cover the fig trees--wrap them up to keep them warm for the winter. (when they got finished wrapping, the trees looked like Egyptian mummies ) Of course, Miss Birdsnest, I don't ever remember Granma's trees putting out fruit this late in the season.
Sorry I couldn't be more of a help---Good Luck!
October 6 at 07:55 EST .
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BirdsNest Gerty, our last tree with fruit has about 10 figs left, the leaves are falling off in great numbers. We usually have figs til the middle of Oct, but this has been a strange year for everything. As for protecting trees against the winter, if they are already established, there is not much else to do. If they are at risk of a prevailing wind-here we have a brutal west wind, then we will put up a windscreen or protect the newest trees with straw bales. South facing areas are best for protection. Our biggest killer are North and West winds.
October 6 at 16:19 EST .
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Gerty Many thanks to those of you who read my comment and had the kindness NOT to point out that I thought Miss BirdsNest was asking how to protect their trees.
On top of everything else (note: MissEC ) I now need to get my eyes checked again!! {: )
October 7 at 11:03 EST .
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Gerty Miss EC--I'm on my second order of those Fab Figs! I munch on them while at the computer.
Now I am looking forward to cracking open a jar of preserves (figs ) put up by Miss BirdsNest. We were going to open them today but decided to hold off until Thanksgiving.
Oh dear, 'cracking open a jar' is probably not the best expression to use here. :- )
October 7 at 21:08 EST .
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StarFire Thanks for all the replies. I have concluded that we can just let the figs be and see what happens. They are in a fairly well protected south facing side of the shed. Also, we're in zone 7 so we're not terribly far north for winter freezing.
According to local farmers, this has been the weirdest year ever for gardening. I don't know what the heck to plant next year. Or where to plant it or anything else. Daughter, Tori, is going to plant her garlic this week and then we're going to regroup and research again while trying to forget most of this year's experience.
October 15 at 15:57 EST .
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