tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32125814012524453882024-03-15T20:09:27.952-05:00Cranberry MorningWisconsin blogger, country living in Wisconsin, gardening in Wisconsin, vintage, rusty stuff, pets, Amish in Wisconsin, handcrafted soaps, thoughts and photos from a WisconsiniteCranberry Morninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.comBlogger1693125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3212581401252445388.post-3627088324698429792020-10-31T17:17:00.001-05:002020-10-31T17:17:27.187-05:00British Christmas Cake Recipe<div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">
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<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hhortY02OX8/X53fCpwTpjI/AAAAAAABvuY/6YXTbS8r85gC4hqKp9wKt31CjNQUZs6hwCPcBGAsYHg/s2188/IMG_20201031_114235_044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2188" data-original-width="1750" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hhortY02OX8/X53fCpwTpjI/AAAAAAABvuY/6YXTbS8r85gC4hqKp9wKt31CjNQUZs6hwCPcBGAsYHg/w512-h640/IMG_20201031_114235_044.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">You may recall that I posted this recipe some years ago, but since I just posted the photo on Instagram and a couple people asked me for the [extremely complicated] recipe, I thought I'd post it here again.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Now that a lot of time has passed since I made the original, I've sort of forgotten the birthing pains enough to be ready to try it again. So if you're up to fussing with this recipe, you'll be rewarded with a delicious-tasting cake, and one that keeps for months in the refrigerator. Don't ask me how many months, because mine didn't last that long. I love this stuff.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Christmas Cake Recipe:</b><br /><br />
I used:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
1 Kg. dried fruits <br />
Figs, prunes, dates, dried apricots, cherries, dried blueberries, and<br />
200g. mixed nuts, emphasis on Brazil nuts.<br />
Zest and juice of 1 orange<br />
Zest and juice of 1 lemon<br />
150 ml. brandy, sherry, whisky or rum (who likes rum!) I had Southern Comfort on hand and used that.<br />
250 g. soft butter<br />
200g light soft brown sugar<br />
175 g. plain flour<br />
100 g ground almonds<br />
1/2 t. baking powder<br />
2 t. mixed spice*<br />
1 t. ground cinnamon<br />
1/4 t. flaked almonds<br />
4 large eggs<br />
1 t. vanilla<br /><br />
*Mixed spice is a mixture of: 1 T. allspice, 1 T. cinnamon, 1 T. nutmeg,
2 t. mace, 1 t. ground cloves, 1 t. ground coriander, 1 t. ginger. This
makes more than the recipe calls for, but then you can put what's left
over into a container, label it, and keep it for another time.<br /><br />
Put dried fruit, zests and juice, alcohol, butter, and sugar in a large
pan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer
for 5 minutes. Pour the fruit mixture into a large bowl and leave to
cool for 30 min.<br /><br />
Heat the oven to 150C (300 degrees F.).<br /><br />
And the next step is where I part ways with the instructions. I had a
ridiculous amount of trouble with parchment and the pan I had intended
to use, so I scrapped that plan, sprayed the inside of my non-stick
Bundt pan with non-stick spray, and tied a double layer of newspaper
around the pan. (It's easy to get distracted reading the newspaper, however.)<br /><br /></div>
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Add the remaining ingredients to the fruit mixture and stir well, making
sure there are no pockets of flour. Pour batter into the Bundt pan and
bake in the center of the oven for 2 hours. Then remove the cake from
the oven, poke holes in it with a skewer and spoon over 2 T. of the
alcohol into the little holes. I think I got a bit generous with that
bit, then left the cake to cool completely in the tin. IN FACT, because I
was so certain that my cake would come out in pieces, I let it stay in
the pan for about 6 hours before turning it out onto a plate. I was so
surprised when it came down in one huge CLUNK onto the plate. YEA!!<br /><br />
Wrap the cake in plastic wrap and then FEED it a bit more alcohol every
fortnight (Did you know that fortnight actually is a contraction of
'fourteen nights?' <i>fēowerty<span class="unicode">̄</span>ne niht, Old English. </i>Why didn't anyone tell me that before?)<br /></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Aside: </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Anyway, I didn't have that much time because I didn't get my cake stirred up on<b> 'Stir Up Sunday,' </b>the
last Sunday before Advent, when the Christmas pudding would be stirred
up, each member of the family taking a turn stirring it,
traditionally. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Here's what I found on Wikipedia about Stir Up Sunday. I found it interesting and thought I'd pass it along to you:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="color: blue;">"The
term comes from the opening words of the collect for the day in the
Book of Common Prayer of 1549 and later (a translation of the Roman
Missal's collect "Excita, quæsumus" used on the last Sunday before
Advent):<br /><br /> "<b>Stir up</b>, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of
thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of
good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen."</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">If the British are anything, they are great at forming and keeping traditions!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br />Also, the cake is sometimes <b>stirred from east to west</b>,
in honor of the kings who came from the East to visit the Christ child.
And traditionally, a silver sixpence was put into the pudding to bring
good luck, assuming you're not the one who chokes on it. I suspect that
with inflation the ranks of adherents to that particular tradition are
thinning greatly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">And that reminds me of one of my favorite
Hercule Poirot episodes, 'The Theft of the Royal Ruby.' The Christmas
pudding plays into that story. You'll enjoy it. Yes, as usual, I
digress.</span><br />
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<b>Back to my Christmas Cake: </b><br />
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But I did feed it every few days and we'll see what happens. Do not
feed the cake for the final week to give the surface a chance to dry
before icing.<br />
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Now on to the<br />
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<b>Apricot Layer:</b><br />
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The recipe I had called for boiling the apricot jam, then straining it,
adding a bit of water, and painting it onto the cake. Why?? I have no
idea why they go to all that work, so instead, I put a few tablespoons
of apricot jam into the blender and blended it, then spread it onto the
cake, all over, with a kitchen brush. I think I then let that sit for
several hours.<br />
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<b>Marzipan layer:</b><br />
<br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Not knowing whether or not this stuff was going to be a beast to roll
out, I wanted to make sure to have enough, so I made plenty. BTW, have
you priced blanched almonds lately?? The price of the blanched almonds
was double that of the almond meal, so I bought almond meal. It will
taste the same and not be the top layer anyway. Whatever is left over
can be shaped into little decorations, or better yet, drizzled with dark
chocolate. I mean, in case you can't think of anything to do with it.</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> <br />
So I used the following:<br />
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<b>Marzipan:</b><br />
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</b> <b>300 g. powdered sugar</b><br />
<b>300 g. almond meal</b><br />
<b>3 egg whites</b><br />
<b>1/2 t. salt</b><br />
<b>3/4 t. almond extract</b><br />
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<b>Don't even try mixing this in your food processor.</b> Mine nearly
died trying to mix it in, so I moved it to my mixer instead and used the
regular mixing attachment. It turns out like a huge blob of sawdust and
glue. I am not exaggerating. I mean, REALLY stiff. And then I
refrigerated it overnight, as I was supposed to do. When I took it out
the next morning to roll it out, it was like a boulder. I set it in
front of the fire to let it soften up a bit, then put some powdered
sugar on the counter and rolled it out. It rolled out beautifully and
did not break when I doubled it over and lifted it onto the cake. YEA!!!
So far, so good.<br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">
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After rolling out the marzipan layer and draping it, shaping it to the
cake, I trimmed the excess and will use that for the decorations. I made
an X across the middle, pushed the corners down into the center of the
cake, then cut little V's of marzipan to fill in the spaces left. It all
worked pretty slick. At this point, the cake was refrigerated over a
night or two.<br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">
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<b>Royal Icing Layer:</b><br />
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3 egg whites<br />
600 g. powdered sugar<br />
1 T. lemon juice</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">
All the above mixed on low, then when it had homogenized to the point
that the dry sugar would no longer fly out of the bowl, I mixed this on
high for a few minutes until the icing made soft peaks.<br />
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The icing was put on the cake, including that hole in the middle, and
the leftover marzipan I cut into shapes to make the holly and berries
after coloring it with Wilton's red and green food dye. After that, I
stuck a ball of marzipan into the center hole of the cake to hold the
candle securely. I could use a candle with a bit larger diameter, but
didn't have one.<br />
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It was a fun project. I just hope I can find someone to eat it with me!
If not, I'll eat my slice and wrap the rest of it up and put it away
until next year. That'll teach 'em!<br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">
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In the meantime, my Christmas cake is resting</div>
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in a cool, dark place, covered with a tea towel (per British instructions)<br />
This is my lovely tea towel's maiden voyage. </div>
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I plan to make marzipan again when our grandson is out for a visit. That
stuff is like modeling clay, and with Wilton's dye, we can make many
colors and have a blast.</div>
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The original cake recipe, which I tweaked (more than a bit) to my liking, was found on bbcgoodfoodshow.com<br />
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Cranberry Morninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3212581401252445388.post-28236064725722314132020-10-28T06:00:00.010-05:002020-10-28T06:00:01.349-05:00Hodgepodging Orange and All Saints Day<div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">
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Do you like the color orange? Would we find this color in your home?
Your wardrobe? Peach-pumpkin-tangeringe...your favorite shade of the
three listed? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I do like the color orange - sometimes. It's so cheery. In my home, the color orange would be on an orange peel. I like to eat an orange in the evening to avoid eating a gazillion other things that could be worse. And of course, there are evenings that those other things get eaten anyway, kind of like a dessert after the main course. Peach-pumpkin-tangerine. My favorite would be peach or tangerine. There is none of those colors in my wardrobe. I do have one longsleeved t-shirt that is rust colored. And why not more orange in our home? I think becaue I vividly remember the '70s.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4hNNdgMNEE/X5hzCP5yc4I/AAAAAAABveQ/xymmCcG-zl85fzLowy_jnGD7zV4BsgQdwCPcBGAsYHg/s1350/IMG_20201024_080943_922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U4hNNdgMNEE/X5hzCP5yc4I/AAAAAAABveQ/xymmCcG-zl85fzLowy_jnGD7zV4BsgQdwCPcBGAsYHg/w512-h640/IMG_20201024_080943_922.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>In Sleepy Eye<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. October 28th is National
Chocolate Day. What's the last chocolate something you tasted? On a
scale of 1-10 with 10 being out of this world delicious, how would you
rate it? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The last chocolate I tasted was this morning, and it was Lindt Dark Chili Chocolate.. One square. It would a 10 for deliciousness. Even better than Ritter Sport Dark Chocolate with Hazelnut, which was my favorite for years. But since we don't eat nuts in our new living arrangement, hazelnuts are not on the menu.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E6Y_yIfTdMU/X5h0kpP46YI/AAAAAAABvec/IZ0trUn0UxQim0te6JYUnv3m38xmDgssQCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201023_154450037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E6Y_yIfTdMU/X5h0kpP46YI/AAAAAAABvec/IZ0trUn0UxQim0te6JYUnv3m38xmDgssQCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201023_154450037.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>The incredible dark soil of New Ulm.</div><div>I should have bagged up some of it to take home!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">4. Life is like a box of chocolates
or so says Forrest Gump's mama. Would you agree? Aside from the pandemic
fallout tell us one way this saying has played out in your life. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I think I'm too literal for this question. Well, maybe we're talking about a box of milk chocolates. In which case you can have every last one of them. But if we're just saying that life is full of unexpected things, some good and some bad, I'd say that this year has had more dark chocolate in it than milk chocolate. Some very good things have come of this year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7B5x38BuDiA/X5h19ZgqQ5I/AAAAAAABveo/A0FO5WcI-ZQPsVdxrkKS7XtYnNQ_aDXIACPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201023_093707132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7B5x38BuDiA/X5h19ZgqQ5I/AAAAAAABveo/A0FO5WcI-ZQPsVdxrkKS7XtYnNQ_aDXIACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201023_093707132.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The New Ulm Cat, Bingley<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">5. As October winds down tell us three things you loved about the month we're bidding adieu. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i4vEwMDJJJY/X5h2lyESF3I/AAAAAAABvew/HMCJnN0l3swpMHUal7WaqDvPafvL9ucSgCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201022_173006492.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i4vEwMDJJJY/X5h2lyESF3I/AAAAAAABvew/HMCJnN0l3swpMHUal7WaqDvPafvL9ucSgCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201022_173006492.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Travel Food</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(The peppers go fast)<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cxJNZIolxac/X5h3MUFQKCI/AAAAAAABve8/MkbQ_778FaIfEUSUaScSMh4Tg7haE3_8ACPcBGAsYHg/s4459/IMG_20201022_151352284_HDR-02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4459" data-original-width="3344" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cxJNZIolxac/X5h3MUFQKCI/AAAAAAABve8/MkbQ_778FaIfEUSUaScSMh4Tg7haE3_8ACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201022_151352284_HDR-02.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Travel Reading</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G7VaBUNHTFg/X5h3bvJi4_I/AAAAAAABvfA/wfDsiwzIxhYPCDtHzzcnbkfyEyUyun79gCPcBGAsYHg/s4472/IMG_20201019_080658_668.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4472" data-original-width="3577" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G7VaBUNHTFg/X5h3bvJi4_I/AAAAAAABvfA/wfDsiwzIxhYPCDtHzzcnbkfyEyUyun79gCPcBGAsYHg/w512-h640/IMG_20201019_080658_668.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>Travel sites - this one near Viroqua, WI</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YHwAfHVjgBU/X5h2l3G1S4I/AAAAAAABvew/PGfIuj8xpscmfHhLEWop126KNOth51j0gCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201010_115925957-02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YHwAfHVjgBU/X5h2l3G1S4I/AAAAAAABvew/PGfIuj8xpscmfHhLEWop126KNOth51j0gCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201010_115925957-02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">6. Insert your own random thought here. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JOBUK4IaElk/X5h4WcSYD_I/AAAAAAABvfQ/CgkMbOGdHOAbLV92b-RbzmOIF7CcxVYTwCPcBGAsYHg/s1816/Screenshot_20201022-124311-03.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="1362" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JOBUK4IaElk/X5h4WcSYD_I/AAAAAAABvfQ/CgkMbOGdHOAbLV92b-RbzmOIF7CcxVYTwCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/Screenshot_20201022-124311-03.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Quotation from the church bulletin</div><div>Zion Lutheran Wausau <br /></div><div>Photo mine.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4HoedwOedZE/X5h5HxmAZTI/AAAAAAABvfY/DqBrz_7nXgQJKjfNs4lroNfxzdBJrYMMACPcBGAsYHg/s4617/IMG_20201009_174643582-02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4617" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4HoedwOedZE/X5h5HxmAZTI/AAAAAAABvfY/DqBrz_7nXgQJKjfNs4lroNfxzdBJrYMMACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201009_174643582-02.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>For All The Saints</div><div>Who From their Labors Rest</div><div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUSKlNJpw74/X5h5fcIR0LI/AAAAAAABvfk/k3N-45QaLjAKgVlMOQrqOt4WuA3oVwBnQCPcBGAsYHg/s3226/IMG_20201009_174835883-02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3226" data-original-width="2414" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUSKlNJpw74/X5h5fcIR0LI/AAAAAAABvfk/k3N-45QaLjAKgVlMOQrqOt4WuA3oVwBnQCPcBGAsYHg/w478-h640/IMG_20201009_174835883-02.jpeg" width="478" /></a></div>Sunday, November 1</div><div>All Saints Day</div><div></div><div>Coon Prairie Lutheran Church</div><div>Westby, Wisconsin</div><div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><p style="text-align: left;">Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Join me on Instagram: @cranberrymorning</p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Judy</span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p> <br /></p></div><br /></div>
Cranberry Morninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3212581401252445388.post-2234006674800770792020-10-21T06:00:00.012-05:002020-10-21T06:00:03.663-05:00Hodgepodging Fall-Turning-To-Winter-Way-Too-Soon<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1PWhjh5KY8/X49HhA8vpPI/AAAAAAABu7w/h-9D1hwNvUYPiS2A-ZOUDhHoO9OSRrHWgCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201010_120432370-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1PWhjh5KY8/X49HhA8vpPI/AAAAAAABu7w/h-9D1hwNvUYPiS2A-ZOUDhHoO9OSRrHWgCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201010_120432370-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Near Ontario, Wisconsin</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">on our Driftless trip to SW Wisconsin</span></span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><p>Join Joyce and the Gang</p><p>for<br /></p><div class="from-this-side-of-the-pond-button" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 273px;"> <a href="http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/" rel="nofollow"> <img alt="From this Side of the Pond" height="273" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNGI3xwxjTg/WVmWedFfZaI/AAAAAAAAPAA/lsgY_VeWUnU4Y7mezjBvT7KgxwvT_GslgCLcBGAs/s1600/hodgepodge-button.png" width="273" /> </a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> She writes the questions;</div><div style="text-align: center;">we write the answers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plug them into your own blog post</div><div style="text-align: center;">and join in!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iDEK6rdYCYY/X48OCHOmibI/AAAAAAABu6I/w0Co9uFuHZI6dHKE0ewjadgWfwMW10L6QCPcBGAsYHg/s1350/IMG_20201020_084317_164.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iDEK6rdYCYY/X48OCHOmibI/AAAAAAABu6I/w0Co9uFuHZI6dHKE0ewjadgWfwMW10L6QCPcBGAsYHg/w512-h640/IMG_20201020_084317_164.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>Barn north of Wausau, WI</div><div style="text-align: center;">last week<br /><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thanks, Joyce!!</span></i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">1.
Just your weekly mid-week reminder that it's fall y'all and it's my
favorite. I love nearly all the flavors of fall but let's weigh in with
an either or today...pumpkin or cranberry? hot apple cider or pumpkin
spice latte? cinammon or maple? apple or pear? ginger or sage? carrot or
butternut squash? Yes you have to choose. What's a favorite dish made
with one of the flavors listed here? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Well, I feel like a traitor to my own Cranberry Morning name!, but if it's muffins or pie we're talking about, then it would be pumpkin. Neither cider nor latte, please. Cinnamon over maple. Apple over pear. Ginger and sage, a tie, depending upon what it's used for. Butternut squash over carrot. A favorite dish would be sage stuffing for Thanksgiving or butternut squash soup, but I rarely make that because it doesn't have any natural boundaries - a category of dangerous food, in my experience. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_5IYudL7pww/X48PCIq2aMI/AAAAAAABu6Q/g6NQWFxEC4UGdYOFHjKoJ_Ct8zTKkGPSACPcBGAsYHg/s2368/IMG_20201018_174301_944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_5IYudL7pww/X48PCIq2aMI/AAAAAAABu6Q/g6NQWFxEC4UGdYOFHjKoJ_Ct8zTKkGPSACPcBGAsYHg/w390-h640/IMG_20201018_174301_944.jpg" width="390" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">York Minster<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NWgFI6dEL2c/X48PPB2FxRI/AAAAAAABu6U/7zuf-BP2D_sphFWugEQLrpAQu-QSJkSBwCPcBGAsYHg/s2368/IMG_20201018_174650_977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NWgFI6dEL2c/X48PPB2FxRI/AAAAAAABu6U/7zuf-BP2D_sphFWugEQLrpAQu-QSJkSBwCPcBGAsYHg/w390-h640/IMG_20201018_174650_977.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">2. Do you miss traveling? In this season of almost no travel do you think you've grown anxious or fearful about traveling again?<i> Or</i>
has all this staying home not going anywhere made you restless to get
out and see the world? What book have you read or what movie have you
watched that has inspired you to travel? </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Yes, I do miss traveling. And I'm not at all fearful about traveling again. I'm eager. I read Rick Steves books which always make me itchy to travel, but mostly just looking at photos from previous trips - like the two above when we've visited York. We tend to go back to the same places we love. And watching the live Enthronement of the 98th Archbishop of York on YouTube on Sunday made me even more eager to return. There's nothing like Evensong in York Minster or Canterbury Cathedral or Gloucester Cathedral or Durham Cathedral or... (I know, there's a theme here.)<br /></span></p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yXGHgXoNrws/X48RApsSIsI/AAAAAAABu64/k3CS5zYC7PQl7_r0dNniJH_CyyMiWJzkQCPcBGAsYHg/s3665/IMG_20201016_190903_412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3665" data-original-width="2931" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yXGHgXoNrws/X48RApsSIsI/AAAAAAABu64/k3CS5zYC7PQl7_r0dNniJH_CyyMiWJzkQCPcBGAsYHg/w512-h640/IMG_20201016_190903_412.jpg" width="512" /></a><p style="text-align: center;">Some weeks are just like that.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">3. A time you felt like you were 'flying by the seat of your pants'? Explain. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm just not a 'fly by the seat of your pants' kind of person.</span> <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3aUNSDx41Xg/X48RoX9-KhI/AAAAAAABu7E/EBpkCQnlVD4135F1SuuC9TzsFyncQnIqQCPcBGAsYHg/s4010/IMG_20201010_180021721-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4010" data-original-width="4008" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3aUNSDx41Xg/X48RoX9-KhI/AAAAAAABu7E/EBpkCQnlVD4135F1SuuC9TzsFyncQnIqQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h640/IMG_20201010_180021721-01.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">4. Do you struggle with road rage or are you more of a 'Sunday driver'? Do you like to be 'in the driver's seat <i>(literally and/or figuratively speaking) </i>?</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I'm not a road rage kind of person. I actually prefer not driving at all, but being in the passenger seat, reading a book. I'm better at reading aloud than driving aloud.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ry8znCnjdAY/X49IFhouXLI/AAAAAAABu74/gUVSTO9loZMazxsUSC06Rh3UgLuA7olkACLcBGAsYHQ/s1500/Early%2BThanksgiving%252C%2BStacey%2Band%2Bkids%252C%2Bsnow%252C%2BOctober%2B14%252C%2B2018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ry8znCnjdAY/X49IFhouXLI/AAAAAAABu74/gUVSTO9loZMazxsUSC06Rh3UgLuA7olkACLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h640/Early%2BThanksgiving%252C%2BStacey%2Band%2Bkids%252C%2Bsnow%252C%2BOctober%2B14%252C%2B2018.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Snow. Early Thanksgiving, October 14, 2018</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Grandkids and daughter-in-law</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">at the farm <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">5. Something you've recently 'put the brakes on'? </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mp2wVkdcaro/X49IZshmKvI/AAAAAAABu8A/yqFD-i4wTqQXrPLT7Z78tPLu0eNnfh1CACPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201019_111800765.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3464" data-original-width="4618" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mp2wVkdcaro/X49IZshmKvI/AAAAAAABu8A/yqFD-i4wTqQXrPLT7Z78tPLu0eNnfh1CACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h480/IMG_20201019_111800765.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Well, something I'm always <i>thinking</i> about putting the brakes on: my sugar intake. Sometimes I do great. Then again, other times not so great. The other day I purchased this microscopic Nut Goodie (made in St. Paul, MN) to send to my brother, who lives in Denver. It's one of his favorites. But what caught my eye at the store was the fact that the Nut Goodie has shrunk in size, from about 4" across to about 2.5" across, and in my candy-eating years has increased from 10 cents to 79 cents. I decided it wasn't worth mailing, so I ate it myself. :-(</span><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"> <p></p><p style="text-align: left;">6. Insert your own random thought here. <br /></p></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XYspAip3kU4/X48QgvS-JXI/AAAAAAABu6o/48p6yI-aH84FjXGojIyubAoWJFcpedYQQCPcBGAsYHg/s1920/Screenshot_20201016-172441-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XYspAip3kU4/X48QgvS-JXI/AAAAAAABu6o/48p6yI-aH84FjXGojIyubAoWJFcpedYQQCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/Screenshot_20201016-172441-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I thought this was pretty funny. It's a screenshot from my phone, when I was checking on the weather the other day. Funny, because "Error. Something went wrong" is pretty much how I would describe winter in general. And by the way, we're getting snow today. That part isn't funny.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Join me on Instagram: @cranberrymorning</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;">Judy</span></i> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fdLYDszk2Eg/X49RuMecy6I/AAAAAAABu9A/HSwzcn920X4Fyg_Zvz9Hn5R4zMtfEUQqwCPcBGAsYHg/s1920/Screenshot_20201020-160334-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fdLYDszk2Eg/X49RuMecy6I/AAAAAAABu9A/HSwzcn920X4Fyg_Zvz9Hn5R4zMtfEUQqwCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/Screenshot_20201020-160334-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Quotation from our church bulletin,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">October 18, 2020</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Zion Lutheran Wausau</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(my photo taken in our neighborhood)<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><br />
</p></div>Cranberry Morninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3212581401252445388.post-68917322252135645732020-10-14T06:00:00.017-05:002020-10-14T06:00:09.204-05:00Hodgepodging Driftless Wisconsin<div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">She writes the questions;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">we write the answers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Plug them into your own blog</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">and join in!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVPZppwhp48/X4Ysv_okWQI/AAAAAAABuh8/WASLOL9vznQRPVEbba1PA86ydmU5_4oEwCPcBGAsYHg/s4252/IMG_20201008_173833849_HDR-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4252" data-original-width="3188" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVPZppwhp48/X4Ysv_okWQI/AAAAAAABuh8/WASLOL9vznQRPVEbba1PA86ydmU5_4oEwCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201008_173833849_HDR-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">1. Let's start things off right...Wednesday is National Dessert Day. What are we having? </span><span style="text-align: left;">How often do you make/serve dessert? Store bought or from scratch? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;">I rarely make/serve/eat dessert. But when I do, it would be made from scratch and gluten free. If I need something sweet, I could always go for jelly bellies or a piece or two of the several dark chocolate Lindt bars I keep in the drawer under the KitchenAid mixer. Just for emergencies. And it seems that fall brings on emergencies more often than summer does. But <u>if I were to bake something</u>, it would be an apple or pumpkin pie. And that sure sounds good right now!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-smpU_iyfJuQ/X4Ys8_29XFI/AAAAAAABuiA/JKzee5l1PKMSZIhe378Cn79mgpgHMBOzgCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201009_105433079-01-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-smpU_iyfJuQ/X4Ys8_29XFI/AAAAAAABuiA/JKzee5l1PKMSZIhe378Cn79mgpgHMBOzgCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201009_105433079-01-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">A pretty little street in Viroqua, Wisconsin<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;">2.
Slow as molasses, icing on the cake, that's the way the cookie
crumbles, have your cake and eat it too, half-baked idea, that takes the
cake...which phrase might be applied to something in your life in
recent days? Explain. </p><p style="text-align: left;"> That's easy. It would be 'icing on the cake.' From Thursday afternoon through Saturday afternoon, Mr. C. and I spent 48 hours traveling through the gorgeous Wisconsin countryside to Westby (home of the ancestors), spending time in Westby and the neighboring town of Viroqua (Mr. C.'s native town) and visiting favorite spots. It happens that the color of the trees was at peak, and everywhere we looked it was such a glorious testimony of God's beauty and generosity. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vfttoXhuvZc/X4ZyxzUAt0I/AAAAAAABujQ/IiLT3HnCIZ0WgAUBQpU3tBuVUe6KTmYzgCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201009_173103958_HDR-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3464" data-original-width="4618" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vfttoXhuvZc/X4ZyxzUAt0I/AAAAAAABujQ/IiLT3HnCIZ0WgAUBQpU3tBuVUe6KTmYzgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h480/IMG_20201009_173103958_HDR-01.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-762Y9yO6MHg/X4ZzABN4ygI/AAAAAAABujU/XO2Rf4uDcrEW643SrPCUAiEwiPmBAskmgCPcBGAsYHg/s2863/IMG_20201010_112659657-02.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2863" data-original-width="2149" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-762Y9yO6MHg/X4ZzABN4ygI/AAAAAAABujU/XO2Rf4uDcrEW643SrPCUAiEwiPmBAskmgCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201010_112659657-02.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>A warning sign read: 'Hill Blocks View.' Mr. C said, 'What?! The hill IS the view!"<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HfD_wF_GTbQ/X4YtHg0fReI/AAAAAAABuiI/7G2xdO9mk6AGb9lZ6E--lwBSA-unvMxRwCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201009_133853545_HDR-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HfD_wF_GTbQ/X4YtHg0fReI/AAAAAAABuiI/7G2xdO9mk6AGb9lZ6E--lwBSA-unvMxRwCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201009_133853545_HDR-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Pretty Jersey heifers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(You'll also see them later in this post)<br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">3. Something that's 'easy as pie' for you to do?</p><p style="text-align: left;">Something as 'easy as pie,' would actually be baking a pie. If I didn't have to monkey with piecing together a gluten-free crust but could use plain flour, it is not only easy, but such a therapeutic thing to do - especially rolling out and fluting that pie crust. And such a feeling of satisfaction when finished. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8h63GHWB0yc/X4YtULi7iKI/AAAAAAABuiM/2ttrJr6hlZQdivVtVHW1T-old58ZBtgAACPcBGAsYHg/s4559/IMG_20201009_131510123_HDR-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4559" data-original-width="3419" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8h63GHWB0yc/X4YtULi7iKI/AAAAAAABuiM/2ttrJr6hlZQdivVtVHW1T-old58ZBtgAACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201009_131510123_HDR-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>A little country church on a grassy hillside</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">near Chaseburg, Wisconsin </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And when you turn around, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you look directly across the road at the following scene:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VthbxDhxyQA/X4YtbkXQspI/AAAAAAABuiQ/N8QIR1CERr4WfsCDTTk0RwjqyEC1yS2iQCPcBGAsYHg/s3804/IMG_20201009_131844632_HDR-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3804" data-original-width="2849" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VthbxDhxyQA/X4YtbkXQspI/AAAAAAABuiQ/N8QIR1CERr4WfsCDTTk0RwjqyEC1yS2iQCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201009_131844632_HDR-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>Harvesting soybeans<br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">4.
Are you someone who likes to 'sugarcoat' news you think might not be
well received, or are you more of a tell it like it is and let the chips
fall where they may? Do you like to receive your news the same way you
give it? </p><p style="text-align: left;">I definitely am not one to 'sugarcoat' anything, but I hope I'm not just uncaring and 'letting the chips fall where they may.' I have been 'accused' of 'exact speech.' And it's the same way I want to receive news. Sometimes when people try to 'sugarcoat' news, they spend so much time doing it that the message comes across as ambiguous at best, and you're left trying to figure out what on earth the message was in all that! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ghWFY-OQTtE/X4Ytn2jVszI/AAAAAAABuiU/omw9ntSOsbwUZSEHgMCqiJiVzJ0gEMFwQCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201009_130521677-02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ghWFY-OQTtE/X4Ytn2jVszI/AAAAAAABuiU/omw9ntSOsbwUZSEHgMCqiJiVzJ0gEMFwQCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201009_130521677-02.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tU0u41izvck/X4ZtD4JEKJI/AAAAAAABui0/SxRI3PlU544HBHmIPDoiSQ4VufyZY5f0QCPcBGAsYHg/s4340/IMG_20201009_130404259_HDR-02.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4340" data-original-width="3253" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tU0u41izvck/X4ZtD4JEKJI/AAAAAAABui0/SxRI3PlU544HBHmIPDoiSQ4VufyZY5f0QCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201009_130404259_HDR-02.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">5. Something you did recently that made you feel like a 'smart cookie'? </p><p style="text-align: left;">I'd like to think that there was at least one thing I could dredge up, but unless it's being right about directions on our little trip last weekend, I can't think of anything. And don't ask me to prove it. Mr. C. and I both grew up in a part of Wisconsin where all the streets and highways are laid out on a grid in an organized fashion. So we know our cardinal directions and generally have good internal compasses. Usually. Not always. But when we get to the Driftless area of Wisconsin where there are few straight roads, all bets are off unless it's a nice, sunny day. Then we still have a general idea of directions..<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OJvCXxrWtSE/X4Yt83JBsuI/AAAAAAABuic/GODFlLCwMzQ-1fqQnprn4kkjUcN6ONeVwCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201009_105204750_HDR-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OJvCXxrWtSE/X4Yt83JBsuI/AAAAAAABuic/GODFlLCwMzQ-1fqQnprn4kkjUcN6ONeVwCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201009_105204750_HDR-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>A Victorian B&B in Viroqua</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">6. Insert your own random thought here. </p><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vl7JdkL62Ho/X4ZyEjk9AeI/AAAAAAABujI/7bkFfML5rskBCwM5lSg5N4ExKoJH9ATCwCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20201010_115004804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vl7JdkL62Ho/X4ZyEjk9AeI/AAAAAAABujI/7bkFfML5rskBCwM5lSg5N4ExKoJH9ATCwCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20201010_115004804.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>Would you want to rent a canoe from them??</div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<center></center><center></center><center><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q_6S8NYNt7A" width="560"></iframe></center><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was when I had opened the car door to step out onto the bridge and get a video of these pretty heifers, that the wind blew the map from the dash of the car.* I tried to catch it as it scudded across the bridge and into the creek. There was no retrieving it. We made our way back to town. </span></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Have a great Wednesday, everyone!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Join me on Instagram: @cranberrymorning </span></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Judy </span></span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*In case you're wondering why we didn't simply use the GPS on our phones: There's no signal down in those coulees.</span></span><br /></p><p> </p>Cranberry Morninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3212581401252445388.post-26148816012302443642020-09-30T06:00:00.008-05:002020-09-30T06:00:00.400-05:00Hodgepodging Autumn Colors<div style="text-align: center;">
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When is the last time you experienced nostalgia? </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">That was probably when I was putting up an instagram post about St. Michael and All Angels, for September 29. The church pictured is in Stanton, UK, and that made me 'homesick' for England. The excerpt is from this week's newsletter of Zion Lutheran Church in Wausau. Zion's morning and evening prayer/devotional are live every day on Facebook. Zionlutheranwausau.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8JDXPb_onBo/X3MlMTCQgmI/AAAAAAABtBM/qznPi0tPTLo7mf3dUYzVxx9qEz5dL7SLACPcBGAsYHg/s1256/IMG_20200928_223355_680.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8JDXPb_onBo/X3MlMTCQgmI/AAAAAAABtBM/qznPi0tPTLo7mf3dUYzVxx9qEz5dL7SLACPcBGAsYHg/w550-h640/IMG_20200928_223355_680.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KKID8Vt3a0A/X3MlMabfxiI/AAAAAAABtBM/E-FINpHivPccmR28qfDHNM27dBkhmqRPwCPcBGAsYHg/s1350/IMG_20200928_223355_688.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KKID8Vt3a0A/X3MlMabfxiI/AAAAAAABtBM/E-FINpHivPccmR28qfDHNM27dBkhmqRPwCPcBGAsYHg/w320-h400/IMG_20200928_223355_688.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"> 2. September 29th is National Coffee Day. Do we need this? Ha! So are you a coffee drinker? If so how many cups per day, and tell us how you like it. Is there a recipe you enjoy that calls for coffee as one of the ingredients? </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">If we're talking about measuring cups of coffee, I'm not sure. But I fill my coffee mug at least twice each morning, and don't drink coffee any time after 7:30 AM.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xh2jD9Z4fu8/X3Mmx2ejBZI/AAAAAAABtBY/RcQJYsrqiecz8_rmj-4lXonreYOSAI5GQCPcBGAsYHg/s1351/IMG_20200928_082719_474.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xh2jD9Z4fu8/X3Mmx2ejBZI/AAAAAAABtBY/RcQJYsrqiecz8_rmj-4lXonreYOSAI5GQCPcBGAsYHg/w512-h640/IMG_20200928_082719_474.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">About three weeks ago, I switched from regular coffee to decaf, to see if it would eliminate the coffee jitters. Yes indeed, it made all the difference. There really isn't a good decaf, in my opinion, but the benefits of switching outweigh the desire for that delicious, rich, strong cup of black coffee. Stay tuned.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"> 3. Do you find praise or criticism to be more motivating? Explain. </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">To me, this is like asking are we motivated by love or by fear. Criticism makes me feel small and stuck, squashed down in a dark corner. In fact, I'm so drawn to God by love. Fear of an angry and distant God makes no one joyful. But knowing that we are loved with an overwhelming love by our ever-present and generous heavenly Father, who keeps on giving and giving to us is incredibly motivating.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="chapter-2" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Isa-43-1" style="position: relative;">But now thus says the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Lord</span>,</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px;" /><span class="text Isa-43-1" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px; position: relative;">he who created you, O Jacob,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px;" /><span class="indent-1" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Isa-43-1" style="position: relative;">he who formed you, O Israel:</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px;" /><span class="text Isa-43-1" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px; position: relative;">Fear not, for I have redeemed you;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px;" /><span class="indent-1" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Isa-43-1" style="position: relative;">I have called you by name, you are mine.</span></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="indent-1" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Isa-43-1" style="position: relative;">From Isaiah 43.</span></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="indent-1" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Isa-43-1" style="position: relative;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span class="indent-1" face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span class="text Isa-43-1" style="position: relative;">Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name. He redeems my life from the grave, and crowns me with mercy and lovingkindness. - From Psalm 103.</span></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">It is Well With My Soul.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WMkBs3n16YU/X3Mnqh7AABI/AAAAAAABtBg/iVsaXGXOgcsHwoG_N-OQvWE1tD-p1mJvACPcBGAsYHg/s4018/IMG_20200928_073406626-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4018" data-original-width="3010" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WMkBs3n16YU/X3Mnqh7AABI/AAAAAAABtBg/iVsaXGXOgcsHwoG_N-OQvWE1tD-p1mJvACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200928_073406626-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chickens of New Ulm</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"> 4. What's a television series you keep coming back to and re-watching? </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Vera and George Gently would be two. There aren't any new ones I find appealing, except I did stumble across McDonald and Dobbs, a fun detective show. So far there are only 2 episodes, but I hope they make more.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k_B0yjVE4vc/X3MpfK6KYLI/AAAAAAABtBs/khPTtvmPIhQPpwZb2rb13GGXKAkkyZUtACPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200928_073400291-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k_B0yjVE4vc/X3MpfK6KYLI/AAAAAAABtBs/khPTtvmPIhQPpwZb2rb13GGXKAkkyZUtACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200928_073400291-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fred, the goat of New Ulm</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"> 5. As the month of September draws to a close give us three words to describe your mood. </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;">Content, joyful, hopeful.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"> 6. Insert your own random thought here.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cOYdM7G7No4/X3Mp5HXHNeI/AAAAAAABtB0/f6XKjNmhU_ozsWtHH04fepWgsL52NY6DgCPcBGAsYHg/s4558/IMG_20200928_073724526-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4558" data-original-width="3416" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cOYdM7G7No4/X3Mp5HXHNeI/AAAAAAABtB0/f6XKjNmhU_ozsWtHH04fepWgsL52NY6DgCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200928_073724526-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Morning in New Ulm</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This week we are in New Ulm, MN at the home of our son's family, house-cow-goat-chickens-dog-cat sitting while they head up to the Black Hills for a few days. And next Sunday afternoon we will go back home to Wausau, the long 5-hour drive. At least it's a beautiful time of year and we're seeing a lot of fall color on our journeys.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jon me in Instagram: @cranberrymorning</div><div style="text-align: left;">(Yes I got my old account up and running again!)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Judy</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Composed and posted from my little Android. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><p style="font-family: arial;"><br /></p></div></div>
Cranberry Morninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3212581401252445388.post-52058897267390057512020-09-23T05:30:00.009-05:002020-09-23T09:36:27.943-05:00Hodgepodging - Dealing with Change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JAg8WWUrSCg/X2eYnq9vcDI/AAAAAAABsd4/rQZ0Iphcy7kcukuQCQGU47czx4Tf6rjmQCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200918_174127_355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3464" data-original-width="4618" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JAg8WWUrSCg/X2eYnq9vcDI/AAAAAAABsd4/rQZ0Iphcy7kcukuQCQGU47czx4Tf6rjmQCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h480/IMG_20200918_174127_355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Narrows Park,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rice Lake, WI<br /> <div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Join Joyce and the Gang</div><div style="text-align: center;">for<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="from-this-side-of-the-pond-button" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 273px;"> <a href="http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/" rel="nofollow"> <img alt="From this Side of the Pond" height="273" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNGI3xwxjTg/WVmWedFfZaI/AAAAAAAAPAA/lsgY_VeWUnU4Y7mezjBvT7KgxwvT_GslgCLcBGAs/s1600/hodgepodge-button.png" width="273" /> </a> </div> She writes the questions;</div><div>we write the answers.</div><div>Plug them into your own blog post</div><div>and link up!</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YI_-2uu_sdo/X2pMRxNOBdI/AAAAAAABsoQ/aoWngFo09ckA_uEzoa3iOahiHy8ggpGnACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/October%2B4%252C%2B2018%2Bwoods%2Bon%2B17th%252C%2Bautumn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YI_-2uu_sdo/X2pMRxNOBdI/AAAAAAABsoQ/aoWngFo09ckA_uEzoa3iOahiHy8ggpGnACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/October%2B4%252C%2B2018%2Bwoods%2Bon%2B17th%252C%2Bautumn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>One of many beautiful woods in Barron County, WI</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">1. It's fall y'all. What's something you love about this season and also something you don't? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">What I love about fall is the cool crispness in the air, but still a hot sun. And, of course, the color of Wisconsin's woods. There's nothing like it. What I dislike about fall, of course, is that it is far shorter than the beastly miserable winter which follows it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qtBcwi6roQ/X2pMx6FgSlI/AAAAAAABsoY/oGj-NJvdGVQVvCp9hpBAGa63pZ6YEsJRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Instagram%2B-%2Bbarn%252C%2Bmetal%252C%2Bwoods%252C%2Bridgeland%2BOctober%2B2016-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qtBcwi6roQ/X2pMx6FgSlI/AAAAAAABsoY/oGj-NJvdGVQVvCp9hpBAGa63pZ6YEsJRgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/Instagram%2B-%2Bbarn%252C%2Bmetal%252C%2Bwoods%252C%2Bridgeland%2BOctober%2B2016-01.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Barn near Ridgeland, WI<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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2. When you think of the colors of fall, which one is your favorite? Is
there somewhere you could easily day trip to see the leaves in all their
glory? Will you? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">My favorite fall color is probably the burgandy of oak leaves, or the deep red of sumac, but they're most appreciated when surrounded by all the other colors, including the evergreens. I don't need to take a day trip to see the fall color. It is already starting up here and will soon surround us. If you've never been to NW or Central Wisconsin to see the fall color, you should try to do it. It is starting now, which seems a bit early to me, but should be at its peak in another few weeks. And up here we take as much of this beauty in as possible to bolster us from that first blast of winter, following not far behind.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DPi7x5ky1XI/X2pN2oCTlzI/AAAAAAABsok/Qb9wt6rfXDEWuLlrbdnMwMnNW0l78BosgCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200919_160949453_HDR-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DPi7x5ky1XI/X2pN2oCTlzI/AAAAAAABsok/Qb9wt6rfXDEWuLlrbdnMwMnNW0l78BosgCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200919_160949453_HDR-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Beautiful burning bush? at</div><div style="text-align: center;">St. Stanislaus Orthodox Church</div><div style="text-align: center;">in Lublin, WI</div><div style="text-align: center;">(photo taken a couple days ago, when we took the longcut home from Hayward)<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. What's one thing you've let 'fall' by the wayside during this season of staying home and staying away? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">That would be my Etsy shop. I think I'm still adjusting to a smaller space, so the main reason I've not been making and selling soap is the lack of a dedicated area that would work for drying/curing the soaps. And besides, right now I'm occupied with supervising the grandkids, especially the 6 year old, with virtual schooling. They're not an excuse. They're a delight. So maybe if I can figure out how to find the space for my soaps, I'll get back to it. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dsiyKNrcn1w/X2pOpltDYMI/AAAAAAABsow/NtIvoSxRYe45Fo95Ei7JT43d_bT1Hi39ACPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200921_093512604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dsiyKNrcn1w/X2pOpltDYMI/AAAAAAABsow/NtIvoSxRYe45Fo95Ei7JT43d_bT1Hi39ACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200921_093512604.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">This is a long day for a six year old. :-(((<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FRSOzJlozTw/X2pQZ88jRvI/AAAAAAABspA/x3heRAP2njsvFmhHQjyC7RhBMF3I7VgEwCPcBGAsYHg/s1350/IMG_20200917_084640_563.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FRSOzJlozTw/X2pQZ88jRvI/AAAAAAABspA/x3heRAP2njsvFmhHQjyC7RhBMF3I7VgEwCPcBGAsYHg/w512-h640/IMG_20200917_084640_563.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The schoolhouse did look better back in the day. I took this photo about 5 years ago.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Funny how missing teeth looks cute on a second grader, isn't it. <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0X3AjSLfUxs/X2pQZ1vrQiI/AAAAAAABspA/8YS6ZjuKepAE8lRP0FnjA3yAe0VcDaQVACPcBGAsYHg/s1350/IMG_20200917_084640_566.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0X3AjSLfUxs/X2pQZ1vrQiI/AAAAAAABspA/8YS6ZjuKepAE8lRP0FnjA3yAe0VcDaQVACPcBGAsYHg/w512-h640/IMG_20200917_084640_566.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">
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4. If you're wearing a sweater is it most likely a cardigan, crew neck, v-neck, or zip up hoodie? </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">It would always be a cardigan or a zip up hoodie. I can't stand crew necks or turtle necks or v-neck sweaters. But I've noticed that it's very difficult to find a substantial cardigan these days. Sweaters seem to be made more for fashion than function, so thin and pretty, but nothing designed for warmth. These days I mostly stick with my London zip up hoodie, purchased one October day on the south bank when I was freezing and Mr. C. felt sorry for me (maybe because he had told me I would NOT need to wear a jacket that day because it was plenty warm. So I had left my jacket back at the B&B. I'm actually not sorry, because I love the hoodie. And now, Mr. C. doesn't bother to answer me when I ask, 'Do you think I'll need a jacket?' when going out.) Smart man.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xEfG3MWqdps/X2pi54yeNPI/AAAAAAABsrI/fG72HO2M0E0zNPab8h3-bnuOqqEO9KLIgCPcBGAsYHg/s1072/Screenshot_20200806-165747-01-02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="804" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xEfG3MWqdps/X2pi54yeNPI/AAAAAAABsrI/fG72HO2M0E0zNPab8h3-bnuOqqEO9KLIgCPcBGAsYHg/w300-h400/Screenshot_20200806-165747-01-02.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>August 2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the hoodie<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLgEQqTylQ8/X2pScNak1GI/AAAAAAABspU/drKuYCHlQ6wbL551s9qKl1g2oviQzN35QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1944/Thirsk%2BMarket%252C%2BZI%2BJudy%2BEngland%2B2007%2BFirst%2BCard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1540" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLgEQqTylQ8/X2pScNak1GI/AAAAAAABspU/drKuYCHlQ6wbL551s9qKl1g2oviQzN35QCLcBGAsYHQ/w506-h640/Thirsk%2BMarket%252C%2BZI%2BJudy%2BEngland%2B2007%2BFirst%2BCard.jpg" width="506" /></a></div>Taken probably March of 2015 in Thirsk, UK</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm still wearing that jacket. It's a perfect travel jacket!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And if I get hit by a car at night, you'll know it was intentional.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Os6EVunyViE/X2pTPbYwMnI/AAAAAAABspg/2Pxb0v-x4gAIAfZiIL3nOrOTvPC2Xey_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1652/Judy%2Band%2BBridger%252C%2BMarch%2B2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1652" data-original-width="1316" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Os6EVunyViE/X2pTPbYwMnI/AAAAAAABspg/2Pxb0v-x4gAIAfZiIL3nOrOTvPC2Xey_gCLcBGAsYHQ/w510-h640/Judy%2Band%2BBridger%252C%2BMarch%2B2010.jpg" width="510" /></a></div>Taken March of 2010</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The lab coat, which I still occasionally wear when taking a walk</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on a dark night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And you-know-who</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Best dog ever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know. These photos are totally unnecessary.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But since I have my photos tagged according to subject and placed in folders according to month, lots of other photos pop up to distract me when I'm hunting for something. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3UhWczxfKc/X2pjGs9vwyI/AAAAAAABsrM/NzXnx4n3VDwlPhDQbHUZYilfkqmGZ5QCACPcBGAsYHg/s4619/IMG_20200922_110019066-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4619" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3UhWczxfKc/X2pjGs9vwyI/AAAAAAABsrM/NzXnx4n3VDwlPhDQbHUZYilfkqmGZ5QCACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200922_110019066-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GSVm7rKIKkU/X2pcfK37fLI/AAAAAAABsqo/vUCpp5uF4xEdNgWI4URP4R8i264eIqsOgCPcBGAsYHg/s3842/IMG_20200922_110027411-03.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2881" data-original-width="3842" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GSVm7rKIKkU/X2pcfK37fLI/AAAAAAABsqo/vUCpp5uF4xEdNgWI4URP4R8i264eIqsOgCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h480/IMG_20200922_110027411-03.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>This cracks me up, a note written by our granddaughter to her mom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, for the record, she LOVES real school. It's this virtual school that's the issue - not actually interacting with their friends, the school-side server not working properly, headphones, sitting in one place all day, etc. etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
<br /><div>5. What's your secret to dealing with change? </div><div> </div><div>Such an interesting question. I do think I try to look on the bright side of change <u>when possible </u>(except the change from fall to winter! I have given up on that project entirely, and as you can tell, my resistance to this virtual school for the kids). In selling the farmhouse, however, I see a happy young family now living there and that makes me happy. I'm also loving living with the grandkids, hearing their 'KNOCK KNOCK' when they want to enter our apartment, and going for walks with them, taking them to the playground. Moving from the country to the city is a big change, such as in going from a huge view of fields and woods to a smaller view of backyard and neighborhood. But the rewards of this change are enormous, including a 3-generational living arrangement and attending the only church that I've ever loved. I can't even explain it. But it definitely starts with Worship. Downsizing from tons of books to just hundreds has been okay, because it forced me to sort through and keep my favorites. But the change that is happening on the political/social horizon is a different animal. Still, I always go to this:</div><div><br /></div><div>"For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." - From Romans 8.</div><div><br /></div><div>So even with any changes that may come, for those who put their trust in Christ, the future is bright!<br /></div></div>
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6. Insert your own random thought here.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckdeP0w8za8/X2pXqtu2C7I/AAAAAAABsp8/E4vr0w6IiZ0ik1in5S33iwrMRuasAeqnwCPcBGAsYHg/s1818/Screenshot_20200922-135854-02.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="1362" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckdeP0w8za8/X2pXqtu2C7I/AAAAAAABsp8/E4vr0w6IiZ0ik1in5S33iwrMRuasAeqnwCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/Screenshot_20200922-135854-02.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br />A few of the grandkids we saw over the weekend, back in the Rice Lake, WI area:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O34CqZ2jGD0/X2eZXav_4fI/AAAAAAABseI/Awg2zjiYzRgY-g-4ewf-Txx7aaqgZJTigCPcBGAsYHg/s4619/IMG_20200918_183826414-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4619" data-original-width="3463" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O34CqZ2jGD0/X2eZXav_4fI/AAAAAAABseI/Awg2zjiYzRgY-g-4ewf-Txx7aaqgZJTigCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200918_183826414-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">That look alone makes him look totally guilty, doesn't it! LOL<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vqtkCz0EV2k/X2eZXXdhJUI/AAAAAAABseI/bTLdQaUS7QgvwC0KD9z5viPrsFHE5tlwACPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200918_183356039.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vqtkCz0EV2k/X2eZXXdhJUI/AAAAAAABseI/bTLdQaUS7QgvwC0KD9z5viPrsFHE5tlwACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200918_183356039.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">He actually seemed very happy to see us.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think he gets tired of smiling for a camera.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUF-qNue6zg/X2eZXbN8NAI/AAAAAAABseI/VvfDO8_4N7E-v2_raR7rL9_F4OsrY9LbACPcBGAsYHg/s4619/IMG_20200918_182959146-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUF-qNue6zg/X2eZXbN8NAI/AAAAAAABseI/VvfDO8_4N7E-v2_raR7rL9_F4OsrY9LbACPcBGAsYHg/s4619/IMG_20200918_182959146-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YuryleoZkW4/X2piQjIdksI/AAAAAAABsq8/WIC6AO7hFQk_xt4HwsD_x0NNmBap8Id3ACPcBGAsYHg/s1156/IMG_20200920_083337-01.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="867" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YuryleoZkW4/X2piQjIdksI/AAAAAAABsq8/WIC6AO7hFQk_xt4HwsD_x0NNmBap8Id3ACPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200920_083337-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The calmest baby ever!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Join me on Instagram</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">new account: @cranberrymorning2020</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(I gave up on Instagram ever reinstating my old account) <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Judy</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> She writes the questions;</div><div style="text-align: center;">we write the answers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plug them into your own blog post</div><div style="text-align: center;">and link up!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">1. Something you've done in recent days or months that might be described as a labor of love?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOeOyJlBSEk/X1gsLxINvrI/AAAAAAABrrQ/1PPhYoiBYkwF2E3OK478-kljF9y60VenQCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200903_124426847-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOeOyJlBSEk/X1gsLxINvrI/AAAAAAABrrQ/1PPhYoiBYkwF2E3OK478-kljF9y60VenQCPcBGAsYHg/w469-h625/IMG_20200903_124426847-01.jpeg" width="469" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I only dare post this photo because it doesn't show the face of this little girl I journal with. Actually, I'd love to show you the photos I took of their first day of virtual school (online) with both her (6 years old) and her brother (10 years old) hard at it. Grandpa and I supervise/assist/get lunch and snacks for these two while their mama's at work. It's definitely a labor of love - and doesn't feel like 'labor' at all!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />
2. Last time you 'worked your fingers to the bone'?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AftsRHavEwA/X1gtTYxF8KI/AAAAAAABrrc/l7XNTcwf_HsFnpOehpkKwctkeQQl6FHEgCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200906_151242600-02.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3463" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AftsRHavEwA/X1gtTYxF8KI/AAAAAAABrrc/l7XNTcwf_HsFnpOehpkKwctkeQQl6FHEgCPcBGAsYHg/w469-h625/IMG_20200906_151242600-02.jpeg" width="469" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Okay, I did not work my fingers to the bone, and the honest answer to that would have been that I happen to be one of those rare birds who love making pie crust - although this one was gluten-free and that's not as satisfying to roll out as a gluten crust is, but still the challenge was fun and it turned out great. I'm hoping I won't make another for quite a while for I seem to have no willpower when it comes to fresh homemade apple pie. And vanilla ice cream. I know.<br /></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vm2XOWheZec/X1g4KkMAIoI/AAAAAAABrsM/M3G-BR5v8BgZagFwSDCzSyAKcyvOQQAJACPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200903_154412305_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vm2XOWheZec/X1g4KkMAIoI/AAAAAAABrsM/M3G-BR5v8BgZagFwSDCzSyAKcyvOQQAJACPcBGAsYHg/w469-h625/IMG_20200903_154412305_HDR.jpg" width="469" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wausau natives</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />
3. According to a recent survey people named the following ten jobs as the hardest-<i>nurse, doctor, paramedic, police officer, firefighter, surgeon, healthcare worker, bomb squad, farmer, and prison warden</i>. Of the jobs listed which would <i>you</i> say is the hardest? The one you'd most like to do? Least like to do? What's one job you would add to the list?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Probably farming is the hardest, at least the job that never ends, not like a 9-5. I think a healthcare worker is the most appealing of those listed above. The least would be bomb squad! Bomb squad? Right now I'd say that being a police officer is the least appealing, and with all the political grief surrounding that right now, I'm surprised and grateful that we have any police willing to stay on the job. God bless them.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />
4. A recipe you make that is labor intensive, but worth it?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bX7BMH0rgE0/X1gvYAfZ_eI/AAAAAAABrro/L_HcXvWjfEg08RKY4295-J_p5itafBR5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Gluten%2Bfree%252C%2Blasagna%252C%2Brecipe%252C%2Bblog%252C%2BJuly%2B2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1000" height="424" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bX7BMH0rgE0/X1gvYAfZ_eI/AAAAAAABrro/L_HcXvWjfEg08RKY4295-J_p5itafBR5wCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h424/Gluten%2Bfree%252C%2Blasagna%252C%2Brecipe%252C%2Bblog%252C%2BJuly%2B2017.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The answer to that would be lasagna. It's not difficult, just so putzy and time consuming! That's why the photo is from July of 2017. And it's gluten free. Pretty delicious, really. Maybe I'll put it on the menu next week - or the week after - or maybe the week after that.<br /><br />
5. Last job you did or task you completed that required teamwork?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t7Fdgu8xwn8/X1g2ZgK_cDI/AAAAAAABrr4/t61_U3ybg_0gpIC1xJ89k_u3gQ5EOwKugCLcBGAsYHQ/s1351/IMG_20190705_083808_007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="1080" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t7Fdgu8xwn8/X1g2ZgK_cDI/AAAAAAABrr4/t61_U3ybg_0gpIC1xJ89k_u3gQ5EOwKugCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h625/IMG_20190705_083808_007.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-io0kE3rllUw/X1g3nlenzQI/AAAAAAABrsE/HExQdbDovF0ka6H4O4QTrjJvxLe7QYLAQCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200206_100122068_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-io0kE3rllUw/X1g3nlenzQI/AAAAAAABrsE/HExQdbDovF0ka6H4O4QTrjJvxLe7QYLAQCPcBGAsYHg/w469-h625/IMG_20200206_100122068_HDR.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">That would be all the work done on the farmhouse and the Wausau house in the past year and a half. The hardest part was finding someone who was reliable, amazing at construction and tireless - oh yes, that would be Mr. C. So for teamwork, I'd say that I did a hefty 2% and he did a meager 98%. I may have been generous with the estimation of my part, however. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />
6. Insert your own random thought here. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G_II0JmO798/X1g6XUENpaI/AAAAAAABrsc/_YFUN2Oz_hMT_IcSDAr5KcpuYXdJS-96QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200908_170852269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G_II0JmO798/X1g6XUENpaI/AAAAAAABrsc/_YFUN2Oz_hMT_IcSDAr5KcpuYXdJS-96QCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h375/IMG_20200908_170852269.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Mr. C.'s Instagram post:<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Someone ordered a new step-stool. "Some assembly required."</i> 😲</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RGr0n5HgyQ/X1g7slP81qI/AAAAAAABrso/yz-liuHZm-cLSG4oB4gHV_RhQtRwuFh7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20200908_211806923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="781" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8RGr0n5HgyQ/X1g7slP81qI/AAAAAAABrso/yz-liuHZm-cLSG4oB4gHV_RhQtRwuFh7ACLcBGAsYHQ/w586-h781/IMG_20200908_211806923.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This cute retro Cosco stepstool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Same red as my KitchenAid mixer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k0judqbTDWY/X1g8gshygCI/AAAAAAABrsw/myxsf8C81VAOCpLTy3t2_VVoEu964ujNgCPcBGAsYHg/s1800/IMG_20200903_090807_876.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="625" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k0judqbTDWY/X1g8gshygCI/AAAAAAABrsw/myxsf8C81VAOCpLTy3t2_VVoEu964ujNgCPcBGAsYHg/w500-h625/IMG_20200903_090807_876.jpg" width="500" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">The old neighborhood<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have a wonderful Wednesday, everyone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Join me on Instagram. @cranberrymorning2020 (I've added this new account until Instagram lets me out of Instagram prison and makes my other account - @cranberrymorning - operational again.) Two people suggested that adding 2020 to my Instagram name might not have been the smartest, considering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Judy</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> She writes the questions;</div><div style="text-align: center;">we write the answers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Plug them into your own blog post</div><div style="text-align: center;">and link up!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you, Joyce! <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2Wn2QCtN5M/X06bnfxAC1I/AAAAAAABrSY/ay6gbbOU6FMt_ytjNCAYXTu7RHgQsciHwCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200831_184043718_HDR-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x2Wn2QCtN5M/X06bnfxAC1I/AAAAAAABrSY/ay6gbbOU6FMt_ytjNCAYXTu7RHgQsciHwCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200831_184043718_HDR-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">1. The Hodgepodge lands on the second day of a brand new month. Tell us one thing you're looking forward to in September.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm looking forward to the closing on our farmhouse. After all, we're all moved into the Wausau house and our farmhouse buyers are all moved into the Dallas farmhouse. By Friday, just a couple days from now, it should be all set. It might give us more of a feeling of being settled here in our new location. Living in the city is nice, but I will miss looking out the window at acres of cropland.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HPRt5sWXiQU/X06cn8ITBpI/AAAAAAABrSk/DtZAIKTGn5E1Kh8gPa7Hhb2wkvmIRSrpACPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200804_200127462_HDR-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3464" data-original-width="4618" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HPRt5sWXiQU/X06cn8ITBpI/AAAAAAABrSk/DtZAIKTGn5E1Kh8gPa7Hhb2wkvmIRSrpACPcBGAsYHg/w640-h480/IMG_20200804_200127462_HDR-01.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But I'm sure I'll get used to it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pHwYwm2GNHQ/X06dbc0utTI/AAAAAAABrSw/kkz96YisAgU3t8oMhaH4hH3wY3fEMGuUQCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200825_113616376_HDR-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pHwYwm2GNHQ/X06dbc0utTI/AAAAAAABrSw/kkz96YisAgU3t8oMhaH4hH3wY3fEMGuUQCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200825_113616376_HDR-01.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And if not, I can always drive a few miles to visit</div><div style="text-align: center;">the cows near Wausau - like these. Aren't they pretty!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />
2. Do you enjoy browsing second-hand shops? Last thing you bought or 'inherited' second hand?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AMXmA9LHSss/X06euN-EnPI/AAAAAAABrS8/-EYrbScfohICaiMUnY70-10eoWZ5TunxQCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200827_200519711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AMXmA9LHSss/X06euN-EnPI/AAAAAAABrS8/-EYrbScfohICaiMUnY70-10eoWZ5TunxQCPcBGAsYHg/w480-h640/IMG_20200827_200519711.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I do like browsing second-hand shops, especially Goodwill or St. Vincent's. It's always fun, and won't break the bank when you find something. However, with the project of downsizing I was on for the past two years, I try not to add anything. So, I'd say that the backyard of the Wausau house, shown above, is what we've 'inherited' recently. It is a beautiful place, and makes the transition to the city much more tolerable.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qc5AFpQPIJo/X06gixLJqEI/AAAAAAABrTI/5rvUn7zJJbQuE0ibauMT0gX-S2mal0AiACPcBGAsYHg/s3458/IMG_20200823_142129506-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3458" data-original-width="2594" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qc5AFpQPIJo/X06gixLJqEI/AAAAAAABrTI/5rvUn7zJJbQuE0ibauMT0gX-S2mal0AiACPcBGAsYHg/s640/IMG_20200823_142129506-01.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the grandsons at his birthday party.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He had fractured a bone in his foot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He really was happy about the party,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I can tell that the whole crutches thing was not fun.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />
3. Something you had second thoughts about after committing to, purchasing, or posting/commenting online?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, right now I'm not commenting or 'liking' anything on Instagram because I've been blocked. I've tried all the usual steps to be reinstated, to no avail. But I rarely regret comments or posts. I tend to think better with a keyboard (or even my phone) under my fingers, because it sort of acts like a filter (well, in my brain anyway). I do sometimes regret speaking, however, and am pretty hard on myself afterwards. It takes several times of telling myself to get over myself (pride?!!) and move on.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2KiL_mMqfLc/X06iilNlDaI/AAAAAAABrTU/KlXTkaIMi6Q2N84qfoh2rEhDyPXMVRHTgCPcBGAsYHg/s3590/IMG_20200827_075700_523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3590" data-original-width="2871" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2KiL_mMqfLc/X06iilNlDaI/AAAAAAABrTU/KlXTkaIMi6Q2N84qfoh2rEhDyPXMVRHTgCPcBGAsYHg/w512-h640/IMG_20200827_075700_523.jpg" width="512" /></a></div>This has nothing to do with anything, but these stuffed peppers were delicious.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c51QOoiv-wY/X06jdQtLDGI/AAAAAAABrTk/x21eIliuUxA_fGXlkywRCrKiCIdeimJbgCPcBGAsYHg/s1440/Screenshot_20200826-175337-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c51QOoiv-wY/X06jdQtLDGI/AAAAAAABrTk/x21eIliuUxA_fGXlkywRCrKiCIdeimJbgCPcBGAsYHg/w320-h320/Screenshot_20200826-175337-01.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />
4. What's a product or service you use that you'd rate as second to none</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I guess I can't think of any product that I find second to none unless it's Stax potato chips, but the electrical grid would be greatly missed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rVURCK6GLFM/X06r21W3zKI/AAAAAAABrU8/loJnHuDukn0TF0MAEV_iNzLeM6o10vzbQCPcBGAsYHg/s4618/IMG_20200901_150932039-01.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4618" data-original-width="3464" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rVURCK6GLFM/X06r21W3zKI/AAAAAAABrU8/loJnHuDukn0TF0MAEV_iNzLeM6o10vzbQCPcBGAsYHg/s640/IMG_20200901_150932039-01.jpeg" /></a></div><br />Look! I managed to downsize books once again, enough so that I could get rid of the tall bookshelf and move the piano against the wall, rather than having it stick out into the archway. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Endeavour” Series Seven. “Endeavour” Season Seven comes to PBS | by Shain E. Thomas, M.Sc. | Harsh Light News | Aug, 2020 | Medium" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" src="https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*KH-fmgnnkPG1wRqWkoZ5ZQ.jpeg" style="height: 450px; margin: 0px; width: 322.416px;" /></div><br />
5. Something you do so often or that comes so naturally to you it's second nature ?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">That's easy - falling asleep during a movie. :-)) I even fell asleep during Endeavour, probably my favorite, and had to rewind it later. I'm an early riser, and probably shouldn't try to watch anything after 9:30 in the evening. Especially if I eat ice cream. Zzzzzzz.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />
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3. Speaking of the hot seat, do you work well under pressure or do you actively avoid high pressure situations?<br />
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4. Hotdogs-yay or nay? If you said yay how do you like yours? Did you know July is National hotdog month? I don't usually eat hot dogs but if I do [rarely] eat a natural hot dog, I like it with coarse mustard and jalapeno slices.<br />
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As I sheepishly crawl back to my blog, I'm hoping that you'll remember that Mr. C. and I have been occupied working on renovating two houses, one in Dallas and the other in Wausau over the past year and a half. We're too old for this monkey business, but you do what you have to do, right? Actually, the Wausau house is the one you've most recently heard about here on the blog, because we finished the apartment part of the house and moved into it. I love it! (That project was shown and explained in a previous post, but it's still my best excuse for not showing up until now.)</div>
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Back at the Wausau house, I took a few photos of the backyard in the early morning today, when the light was streaming in. I don't know the name of the plant with the huge leaves in that beam of light . Each set of leaves is nearly 2' across. They're beautiful. I know, I'll look it up. In the foreground are a few Dragon Wing begonias. They're a favorite of mine because they're so bright, beautiful, and not messy like some other begonias, but they're definitely feeling the stress of the 88 degrees.</div>
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I strung some little white lights inside the gazebo this forenoon, but since it's not yet dark, I won't have a photo of how that looks. The branches you see in the background of this photo represent another job we'll have to do, maybe this fall.</div>
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During the recent the full moon, we took a walk through the cemetery. It's pretty and surprisingly quiet. ;-) The rest of the neighborhood was pretty noisy with private fireworks, because the city fireworks had been cancelled. I hope no one's missing any fingers today.</div>
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NEWS ON THE FARMHOUSE: We've Accepted An Offer To Purchase!</div>
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In this kind of strange economic climate, it's a little scary to put your property on the market. But God brought exactly the kind of people we were praying for and in one month. We are thrilled. They are a young Christian couple in their 30s with three little girls, ages 7, 8, and 10. They told us later that the moment they stepped into our house, they knew they couldn't pass this one up. And when they saw the map, the chalkboard, and the gazillion library shelves, they were so excited. They are readers, have books to fill those shelves, and have been contemplating homeschooling. Well there you go! It was fun to see the kids on the tree swing and running around the yard and looking forward to sledding on the hill in the winter months. I can't believe I even wrote that W word. :-(((</div>
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Back at the Wausau house, the little granddaughter had asked me to put braids in her hair. Mr. C. snapped this pic of the two of us, me still in my robe and looking so much like my Grandma Nelson! Good grief! At least I really liked her. The notch out of my robe is a sweet reminder of the grandpup<br />
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The piano was moved from the farmhouse to the Wausau house over the weekend.<br />
It is good to have it there, although it would be nice to have it against a wall.<br />
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The problem is, which sets of bookshelves do we sacrifice for the space?<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">No, I avoid trips to the dentist. I would never even have imagined a time when 'comfortable' and 'dentist' would be used in the same sentence. I am, however, looking forward to a time when I can get back to Mayo Clinic in Rochester and have the orthopedic guy check out my left hip.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I feel youthful, using the term very loosely, when I'm outdoors, walking in the fresh air, visiting the cows, or walking beside a river. When I feel not so youthful is when I see my grandkids on their devices and I have no desires to join them. (Have you read Devices and Desires by PD James? or do you remember the term from the Book of Common Prayer? Just asking.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The strangest thing I've seen is the face mask made to look like huge lips, and you open it up to reveal huge Chicklet-like teeth. I can't find it now or I would show it to you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">No real random thought today, because all thoughts are pretty much focused on getting the farmhouse on the market May 10-15. We had a downpour today, which isn't helpful when wanting to remove stuff from the shop and house and pitch it into the dumpster. No donation centers are open right now, so it's difficult to get rid of things. I realize that in the grand scheme of things and with what is going on in the world right now, it is certainly no more than a tiny gnat of a problem, relatively speaking.</span><br />
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1. What's something you resolved to do this year? Have you done it?</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I guess I resolved to downsize. I know, you've heard this before - many times. But downsizing for us, who have lived in the same place for 33 years, is different than for someone who moves frequently. We have been downsizing at the same time as we've been creating an apartment in the Wausau house and doing renovations to the Dallas farmhouse. As Mr. C. says when I get discouraged and want to escape to someplace beautiful in the English countryside, 'We're getting there.' Sometimes I just look at him like, 'yeah right,' but I do love the fact that he is steady and solid and always willing to keep going until it's done. God gave me that man for a reason. And I'm so grateful!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">There is plenty of quietude at the farm. And social distancing is not even an issue out there, because we have no near neighbors. I've been living that way for a very long time, so when the social distancing thing is lifted in Wisconsin, it will be a new thing for me to have neighbors on either side. And quietude in Wausau is achieved simply by being home. It is a quiet neighborhood. To be really alone, however, to pray, for example, I go to the bedroom.</span><br />
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3. A friend asked this question on her Facebook page and said I could borrow it for the Hodgepodge...you're only allowed to buy 5 things at the grocery store, and all must start with the first letter of your first name. Whatcha' buying?</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I guess my choice would be, 'I Will Survive,' because actually, almost everywhere you turn, there's talk of this Corona virus outbreak. I hope people will proceed cautiously in opening up businesses, however, and keep the social distancing and masks in place until we've got it figured out. To open the bars and restaurants at this point seems foolish to me. I did listen to a very thought-provoking discussion this morning with a Dr.Reed Wilson, a cardiologist from LA. He is one of the few voices I've heard lately that seemed reasonable, non-political, non attacking, etc. So refreshing. Quiet, reasoned discussion. A rare thing these days.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I hope all of you are able to attend church services online. If not, here's a great resource for you: <a href="http://www.zionlutheranwausau.com/">www.zionlutheranwausau.com.</a> Besides the Sunday morning worship, they also have morning and evening prayer every weekday and Bible studies Tuesday and Friday. What a blessing they have been to us! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The best birthday gift thank you came in the form of a video from our grandson in Minnesota (whom we cannot see because of the safer-at-home order, wah wah wah.) BUT, this was so fun to receive, especially because he has the greatest facial expressions when trying to convey his response to the birthday gifts I sent him. BTW, he shares a birthday with Her Majesty Queen Eliabeth II - just in case you wanted to know. </span></div>
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We didn't get as much snow as predicted, but enough to make us long (more than ever!) for green grass and flowers.<br />
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Although we were preparing for a blizzard, we drove to the church parking lot to listen to the bells on Sunday morning that rang out the JOY of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Even a blizzard doesn't diminish the awesomeness of that truth. He is risen! And that changes everything. From death to life, from darkness to light, from despair to HOPE.<br />
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Watching this video on my phone, I was worried a couple times that the pastor's sleeve would catch fire. But I loved the symbolism of Christ the Light of the World - then carrying the light into the dark sanctuary, as Christ brings light to the world.<br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">Save in the death of Christ, my God</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge">All the vain things that charm me most</span><br />
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<span jsname="YS01Ge">See, from His head, His hands, His feet</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge">Sorrow and love flow mingled down</span><br />
<span jsname="YS01Ge">Did e'er such love and Sorrow meet</span><br />
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After listening to the sermon, I can easily see why he is Archbishop. Note especially his explanation of God's covenant with Abram.<br />
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Toasted banana bread to celebrate another day of staying at home.<br />
How thankful I am that the church posts devotionals and sermons every day!<br />
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During this 'stay at home' order, we did defy (oh, that seems like such a strong word) it for a few minutes<br />
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The Wausau house at night, from the backyard gazebo.<br />
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That pit you see on the left will soon be filled with rock and gravel and become a fire pit.<br />
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Aren't we living in a surreal time! We are very blessed to have a large backyard for the kids to play in and are also able to get out for walks when the weather permits.</div>
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A little like a ghost town!</div>
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Somehow I was not eager to buy the 'hand breaded' chicken tenders.</div>
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When we do fuel up, we wear nitrile gloves, pump the gas, pay at the pump, throw the gloves away in their bin, and leave. We are very cautious. I can't believe how many people are still mingling with their friends.</div>
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Someone has a birthday today! It was a party of 5: her mom, brother, and Grandpa and I were the party. She was the one who got all the candles.</div>
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Since I didn't have any wrapping paper with me, I hid all the little gifts in the card catalog.<br />
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I don't know how much you're watching the news, but our only news channel is Sky News out of London. The whole coronavirus issue looks pretty grim. I suspect that we'll all be social distancing for a few months yet at least.</div>
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The photo I took (above) of Sky News weather: I'm always trying to figure out the temperature in Farenheit, but Mr. C. found this easy formula for roughly converting Celsius to Farenheit. But roughly is better than struggling and not coming close. Now I can actually have an idea of what's happening around the world temperature wise. </div>
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That reminds me. Remember that the circumference of a circle is Diameter x Pi? and that the diameter of a circle is Circumference /Pi? Why didn't our teachers tell us it was 3, rather than 3.14.??? I mean, really. How easy is it to figure it with the number 3, and how difficult to try to come up with an exact answer (in your head) with the 3.14! Good grief. Life is less complicated than we thought!</div>
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Our church is holding online live Matins and Compline devotions on M, T, Th, F, and Lenten Vespers services on Wednesday evenings. And they broadcast the Sunday morning worship service on WSAU.com radio at 9 AM. Especially in this time of not being able to attend church, it is wonderful to feel connected for worship.</div>
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I hope you are all doing well. I'm hoping to join in the Wednesday Hodgepodge this week. I've always loved being part of that. We'll see if I get there this week.</div>
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I'd be very interested in knowing what's happening in your neck of the woods. So far, there's one case of the corona virus in Marathon County, and I think that most people here are practicing social distancing. Our daughter in Madison loves social distancing. She says it suits her just fine. LOL</div>
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Good Lord's Day afternoon. Although we, like everyone else, are self isolating, I've found it very helpful to look for normal things, daily blessings we often don't recognize as the gifts that they are. I made our makeshift bed this morning, tidied up the room, folded clothes, and even brushed my teeth and got dressed, although I had no plans to go anywhere or see anyone except Mr. C. <br />
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After that, I lit candles and listened via radio to our church service out of Zion Lutheran Church in Wausau. If you didn't have a chance to attend an online worship service, <a href="https://zionlutheranwausau.com/">here's the one from Zion</a>: Click on the Play button under 'Listen to the Fourth Sunday in Lent Worship Service.' You won't be sorry. Later this afternoon I will read the sermon that the pastor of our other church, First Lutheran in Rice Lake, sent to us as an email attachment. What a blessing they both are! <br />
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In case you're not aware of the fact, we've been living between Dallas and Wausau since August of last year. It all came to a screeching halt when it appeared that everyone was asked to shelter in place. We had just returned to Dallas from Wausau, and now here we are, out in the country with gorgeous views and a lovely screen porch and fresh paint and new carpet. But almost all of our food, our bed, and all our good stuff is in Wausau. We do have some remaining canned goods, a few, and lots of rice, beans, and oatmeal that should get us through another 18 months, if it should come to that.<br />
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This time I didn't ask permission to post her photo.<br />
I mean really, it could be any little girl, right?<br />
Or any little boy with long hair, right?<br />
And she's checking out the backyard, watching<br />
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He loves to scamper along the stream-bed rocks.<br />
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My coffee tables, besides the tool chest,<br />
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The city snow had become dirty,<br />
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I can hardly believe that I'm having welcoming thoughts about snow.<br />
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Her last words to me before she left for school this morning:<br />
'Don't mess with my ant city, Gramma.'<br />
Like I had plans to do so??<br />
Yesterday, before there was the new snow,<br />
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We don't get very far with putting all the books away.<br />
We need them to be accessible!<br />
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Left: books about Italy<br />
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Right: The Liturgical Year, my mom's Bible, and<br />
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich<br />
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Antique accordion from our oldest son years ago<br />
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When you enter the front door of the Wausau house, you step into a large open foyer with an open stairway to the second story (our daughter's 3 bedrooms and bathroom), or you can walk to the left (our daughter's large kitchen, laundry, family room with window seat, den)</div>
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The library table is a great place to play games, work on art projects, and put together jigsaw puzzles with the grandkids. I store games and puzzles in the bottom part of the hutch. BTW, the hutch was originally built into the farmhouse in Dallas, but shortly after we moved there (more than 33 years ago), we took out the hutch, took it to someone who would strip all the paint off it, and placed it in our new kitchen.<br />
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Remember it here at the farmhouse? (above)<br />
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Notice the books on Italy, which our other daughter asked me to look through and see where we should visit this fall, where we had tentative plans to visit, especially northern Italy. With the whole country in lockdown because of the COVID-19 virus, we'll probably be staying right here.<br />
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The old trunk came from Norway in the 1880s. It was in one of the outbuildings on the farm when we bought it a few decades ago. No one in the family wanted it. I've always loved it. When the light is just right, you can see that it was shipped to Monona, then Menomonie. When you open the lid, which is hinged in the middle, you see a drawer in the inside top. It was a tool chest, I guess. I use it to store warm, fuzzy blankets to use on chilly evenings. <br />
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Looking out the windows toward the large backyard woods. <br />
This is where I have my morning coffee and devotions.<br />
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View to the south and a couple houseplants that didn't do too well this winter.<br />
My Christmas cactus was doing great until I put a galvanized pan under it to use as a plant tray. I've never had trouble raising my succulents, but I'm convinced that the pan poisoned my poor little plant. I feel so guilty.<br />
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Last Saturday was a perfect day to wash my handmade Amish quilts (1970s vintage) and hang them over the front porch railing to dry. And today is even better, but I'm caught up on blanket washing. P.S. I only hung them face out for the photo. Usually, to protect the colors, that side is not allowed to see the sunlight. Just in case you were worried. :-)</div>
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And yes, I will miss this front porch and its views. It was the best thing we ever did to our farmhouse, which we are working to get on the market May 1.</div>
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Nine orders are being shipped this morning.</div>
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<b>I will choose soaps, but will not duplicate any more than absolutely necessary. </b></div>
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Beautiful, naked bars of soap, no labels or cello bags, just beautifully handcrafted, beautifully fragranced and moisturizing soap bars made with all natural base oils, essential oils and/or quality fragrance oils, only natural colorants, and botanicals. Never any animal products used.<br />
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Greetings from the long-lost blogger who is hanging onto sanity by a thread. As you may possibly remember, I dropped off the face of blogger earth some months ago because Mr. C. and I decided to purchase a house in and move (eventually) to Wausau, central Wisconsin, 2.5 hours from our farm near Dallas, and begin renovations on the 'lower level.' That, as we continued to live at the farm and make renovations there, in order to put our house on the market sometime in the spring (which is breathing down our necks!)</div>
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Living between the two places has been a nightmare, a delight, a lot of time on the road, too much time at Menard's and Home Depot, a ton of hard work, exhausting, and very rewarding.<br />
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As I try to share with you some Before/During and After photos of the Wausau house project, I must admit that I neglected to take photos of the 'actual' before state of the lower level. I can tell you that it was a space bounded by icky carpet, an ugly dropped ceiling and moldy sheetrock, a few wall switches that were labeled 'Unknown,' and generally not a pretty sight. BUT it had potential. With a total gutting, some holes knocked in the concrete walls for future windows, and an 18 x 18 inch square ceramic tile laid throughout the entire floor before putting in any interior walls, we were on our way. Keep in mind that this space is about 800 sq. ft, so we wanted to keep the background as light as possible (except for the refrigerator, which you'll notice is black stainless. I think it was called 'chalk' and will go well with our 1915 Home Comfort range when it gets moved in, and the chalkboard. Because.<br />
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The drop-leaf dining table is a family heirloom from Great Great Aunt and Uncle from Viroqua, WI and the chairs are from Great Great Uncle John Menard. (That's a joke. Menard's home improvement is like Home Depot up here). You'll notice that I transferred the family photo album to our new refrigerator. I actually walked through the appliance department of the store with a magnet to make sure that the refrigerator we bought had enough steel in it to let a magnet adhere. Don't laugh. Some of the imports do not. So there!</div>
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Icky stuck-on foam rubber that took a serious scraping to get off. It was hiding under the icky carpet I mentioned earlier. BUT, the treads were good, which was a happy discovery. So we ripped off the risers and left the treads to be painted later.</div>
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BEFORE - the hallway with a miserable set of stubborn bifold doors and rickety/wobbly shelving behind them. It all had to go, including the little closet under the steps.</div>
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After - Mr. C. [inadvertently] demonstrating the openness of the steps.<br />
My desk under the steps. Straight ahead are the new doors to the huge crawl space under the living room upstairs. Once we get it waterproofed, we'll put shelving in there for large items. I think the crawl space is about 12 x 24 x 5 feet.<br />
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Now the hallway is useful. I have a work space and tons of storage. There are 3 sets of cabinets that came out of the old hospital in Rice Lake that Mr. C. (as asbestos removal contractor) worked on some time ago. The main demo contractor gave him the cabinets. Behind the doors (which we painted and gave new hardware), are roll-out shelves that are labeled things like "Respiratory Care" and "Catheter Supplies", etc. One of the shelves is labeled, 'Personel Hygiene.' Any way you look at it, it's a typo. Gave me a good laugh. I've left the labels. They remind me of their source and the huge gift these cabinets are. We made the space left over into a coat closet.</div>
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Standing in the future living room and looking toward the future kitchen<br />
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This has got to be one of the best things about this apartment - the fact that we were able to use some antique leaded glass windows we'd had in storage for YEARS. Two of them, end to end, fit the space between the main support beam and the east wall of the bedroom. I mean, perfectly. You have no idea how thrilled I was to find that out. Well, they did have to be shaved down a bit on the ends, but still. The wall (above) was designed to have two alcoves. One on the living room side to make room for the book shelf my dad made and one on the bedroom side to make room for my mom's bureau.</div>
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You may remember when I told you about taking the photo of these icons at St. Paul's Cathedral in December of 2018. Permission was grudgingly given, but I did get it. The middle is a photo I took of Canterbury Cathedral. It's also enlarged and now at the end of my new kitchen.<br />
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Some of my favorite Kim Losse and Donna Millard <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=sgraffito">sgraffito </a>pottery.<br />
They're local artisans from Dallas, WI. who do beautiful work!<br />
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Mirrored closet doors also help visually enlarge the space.<br />
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Our bedroom is behind the map wall. Rather than putting a door on the bedroom, we left a gap of 6.5 feet. That gives it a more open feeling and avoids the need for an egress window.<br />
Our privacy is ensured by the neighbors yelling, 'Knock knock!' before coming down the stairs. LOL And when we go upstairs, we also call, 'Knock knock,' even though when we open the door we're already in their living space. But we love each other and it works well.<br />
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What a job! Cutting through the concrete floor, finding the main septic line, etc. etc. And dealing with the power panel. After we'd built the wall in front of the power panel, but leaving access to it, the building inspector came and wagged his finger at us, informing us that there had to be THREE FEET in front of the power panel,and it had to have its own room. What now?! The shower is already installed. The sink is already installed. What now, is move the sink and don't plan on gaining weight. (And actually, even with the power panel room, the bathroom is bigger than some we've cheerfully used in England, so, big deal.)</div>
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I love this little bathroom!<br />
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I sent to the Ukraine for the fantastic London phone box wrap-around vinyl sticker. Perfect! And if you want to use the phone box, you can take your mobile in there with you. OR, you can open the door and find the power panel.<br />
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The shelf holds storage baskets.<br />
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We included one of the best things the British invented (or at least that we first encountered on trips to England) - the heated towel rack! It's wonderful! I hang my robe on it at night and have a warm robe to step into in the morning! By the way, the difference between our towel rack and theirs (UK) is that ours is operated by electricity, so we just leave it on all the time. Very low heat, low cost, but makes so much difference!<br />
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One of our frequent visitors who *loves* having her picture taken.<br />
The other neighbor, cropped out of the photo, does not. Emphatically!<br />
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I love having Canterbury Cathedral in my kitchen.<br />
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That's it for now, folks. I will take some wider shots of the apartment living room when we have Mr. C's desk and the cookstove moved in. That might be a while. We're still working on the farmhouse back at Dallas. Here's one photo from that project:</div>
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I will be so glad when ALL of this is done and the farmhouse is on the market. This has been a long year.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>50 Years!!</b></i></span></div>
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By God’s grace, we have survived another year, making it to our Golden Wedding Anniversary. Our dear children surprised us with a lovely dinner at a fun restaurant and tickets to see A Christmas Carol at The Grand in Wausau, and the next day, they showed up at the house for a party. As I told them, the dinner and the play were great, but all of them spending the day with us was what it’s all about, and of course our favorite part of the whole thing!</div>
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In March of this year, we started looking for a house in Wausau, intending to sell our farmhouse and move to the grand city where Dänika and children live. Angie and Gus came to the rescue, allowing us to purchase a great house north of town (but still in town) before we get our farm sold, and to begin work on remodeling the lower level (we all call it a walkout ‘basement’ where I’m from) to give us a second kitchen, living room, bathroom, and bedroom. Since Dänika’s family will also be living in the house, we thought it might be a great idea for Gpa and me to have a place to watch something on TV besides cartoons, and give everyone a break from all the daily togetherness (which, by the way, Gpa and I are certainly enjoying!)</div>
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After spending the summer months working on the farmhouse (repainting the exterior, building a new deck on the back, etc.) and Kevin and crew finishing up asbestos-removal jobs, he officially retired August 1 so that he could get busy on the Wausau house. No lounging around the donut shop for this guy! We completely gutted the lower level (yes, even I helped with that), knocked out a couple places in the walls for windows (I did NOT help with that), tiled the entire floor (a huge job that Kevin did by himself and it’s beautiful, I might add), and as of today, we now have a kitchen with appliances, and hopefully within a week will have the plumbing hooked up and can begin the final painting and bookshelf building so that we can move furniture in toward the end of the month. One of those pieces of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘furniture’ that the men keep whining about moving, is the old wood-burning 1915 Home Comfort range, which will sit at one end of our kitchen. I remember when we bought it from Mike eons ago and moved it to the farmhouse near Reeve. Kevin declared that he was NEVER moving that beast again. This will be the fourth move since then. And they are not getting out of it, no matter how much they protest.</div>
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In late February another little Masrud, Tobias, was born to Joe and Courtney. That now makes 12 grandchildren (one, expected in May by Joe and Courtney) and 2 great grandchildren (Penny, born to Lydia and Marcus last year, and the one they are expecting in May of 2020).</div>
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I am grateful for the LCMS Lutheran Churches that Kevin and I have been attending - one in Rice Lake when we’re in Dallas, and its sister church in Wausau. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to be part of a worship service. It feeds my soul in more ways than one. Once we’re settled in at Wausau and have sold our farmhouse at Dallas, we will be starting membership classes in Wausau.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s a lot more to this story, but nothing y’all need to know.</div>
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We are so grateful to God for blessing us with our family, for good health and work for all of them, and for God’s continuing mercy and forgiveness. We are grateful for Jesus’ life, death, and Resurrection that give us all hope of a future with true justice and peace. One of my favorite quotations is from N.T. Wright, ‘By the evening of Good Friday, the world was a different place. A revolution had begun.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus had defeated the powers of evil, inaugurating his Kingdom on earth.</div>
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We hope you have a blessed Christmas, remembering when God entered into our humanity out of incomparable love -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to save us.</div>
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Kevin and Judy, December 13, 2019<br />
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Photos from the family surprise party!<br />
Some members of the family were engaged in prior commitments,<br />
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I am closing comments because at this point, I simply don't have time to come back to the blog. I wanted to stop in and let you all know what's happening and that I did not fall off the edge of the earth - yet. I hope to be blogging again once we're settled in. No definite dates on that yet, but it is getting closer. :-) <br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text Ps-139-7" id="en-NRSV-16247">'Where can I go from your spirit?</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-7">Or where can I flee from your presence?</span></span><span class="text Ps-139-8" id="en-NRSV-16248"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text Ps-139-8" id="en-NRSV-16248"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>If I ascend to heaven, you are there;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-8">if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.</span></span><span class="text Ps-139-9" id="en-NRSV-16249"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text Ps-139-9" id="en-NRSV-16249"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>If I take the wings of the morning</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-9">and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,</span></span><span class="text Ps-139-10" id="en-NRSV-16250"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text Ps-139-10" id="en-NRSV-16250"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>even there your hand shall lead me,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-10">and your right hand shall hold me fast.</span></span><span class="text Ps-139-11" id="en-NRSV-16251"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text Ps-139-11" id="en-NRSV-16251"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-11">and the light around me become night,”</span></span><span class="text Ps-139-12" id="en-NRSV-16252"><sup class="versenum"> </sup></span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="text Ps-139-12" id="en-NRSV-16252"><sup class="versenum"> </sup>even the darkness is not dark to you;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-12">the night is as bright as the day,</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-139-12">for darkness is as light to you.'</span></span></span></i><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-139-12"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">- From Psalm 139 </span></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-139-12"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That can be terrifying, disquieting, or extremely reassuring, can't it. </span></span></span><br />
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Good Sunday evening to you. It's been a wonderful Sunday, starting with church in the early morning and in the afternoon stopping at the local pumpkin patch for pumpkins and squash. I baked a squash to go with pulled pork and a salad for supper tonight. Topped it off with a gluten-free lemon shortbread cookie (or two or more). Remind me that I don't like pulled pork, pulled beef, or pulled anything else. I'll make pork chops, steak, or baked chicken next time.</div>
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The pumpkins and squash were gorgeous!<br />
And the squash were only $2.00 each.<br />
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I have some progress to report, which is the lattice installed at the base of the front porch, and a lot of the house repainted (continuing this next week if the weather cooperates).<br />
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Our family's Early Thanksgiving was called off abruptly as family were actually on their way here for the weekend. No family problems, just a sewer issue that could have been disastrous if Mr. C. had not noticed it when he did. I don't know if we'll be able to re-schedule or not, since there are other family scheduling conflicts in the weeks ahead and we're trying to get the Wausau house ready to live in and the Dallas house ready to sell. There just might not be another opportunity before moving to the big city of Wausau.</div>
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Some of you might actually remember this photo from October 2010, taken in Harper's Ferry, WV. There was a 'bloody hand' lying in the flower bed, and the look on our grandson's face was just hilarious and priceless. I'm so glad I caught this with my camera!</div>
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Even though we no longer have dogs (or cats, a very sad state of affairs), I keep this sign that my dear friend Deb gave me in 2012.</div>
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I'm planning to move the cookstove (beast that it is) to the Wausau house and the hutch shown above has already been moved there. All the mugs are packed and the mug rack will also be moved and installed on 10' of the big beam that runs the length of our living space.</div>
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My most recent 'selfie,' taken so I could ask my daughter if she wanted this dresser with mirror. She didn't, even though I offered to throw the old lady in for free.<br />
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We now have a bathroom framed in.<br />
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch,<br />
it's dark and I'm tired.<br />
I think I'll watch an old George Gently.<br />
An old movie usually helps me fall asleep.<br />
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