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News From The "Pole" Yard: February 2016
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News From The "Pole" Yard. Monday, February 29, 2016. Topped with red chili sauce. One of Irv's co-workers sent a present home for me. Red Chili Sauce from The Shed in Santa Fe! Tonight we made stacked beef enchiladas with red chili sauce and a fried egg on top. Out of this world! Links to this post. Thursday, February 25, 2016. Skywatch Friday: Glow of the moon. Have you been enjoying the moon the last few days? You know what this means don't you? Longer days and spring is on the way! Links to this post.
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News From The "Pole" Yard: September 2016
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News From The "Pole" Yard. Thursday, September 29, 2016. Sywatch Friday: Peak View. This turned out to be a very special week for me. It started with this magnificent view of Pikes Peak through the aspens- within a day I was in the ER with a very serious condition, but I'm still here so thanks be to God for the many blessings in my life. Links to this post. Thursday, September 22, 2016. Here's Firehole Falls in the background. I love, love, love this place! Links to this post. Tuesday, September 20, 2016.
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News From The "Pole" Yard: August 2016
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News From The "Pole" Yard. Wednesday, August 31, 2016. What's in the box? If you came across this wooden box what would you think of it? Before my dad moved into assisted living this summer we had a talk about what needed to be saved from his house before we cleared it out. He told me about this wooden box that has been sitting on the shelves in the storage room for the last 33 years. Actually, this box has been around since before I was born. I hope I get this story right- I'm not quite sure of the years.
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News From The "Pole" Yard: October 2016
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News From The "Pole" Yard. Friday, October 28, 2016. Skywatch Friday: Fire in the Sky. When you have a wildfire in the area, you get the most amazing sunsets. The Junkins fire has been burning west of Pueblo for the past couple weeks. I heard on the news this morning that it's about 89% contained. The smoke in the sky really makes the sunset pop. Southern Colorado is extremely dry- no rain for several weeks and above average temperatures. Praying for moisture (I'd prefer rain, not snow)! It came with a m...
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News From The "Pole" Yard: December 2016
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News From The "Pole" Yard. Friday, December 30, 2016. Ask and you shall receive. We have something new out on the prairie. For the past twelve years we have lived out in the middle of nowhere where it gets very dark at night because there are no city lights, street lights, etc. Only stars to light the sky. I've always noticed that some of the neighbors had a light in their yards, but I had no idea how that happened. Then one day I asked. Links to this post. Thursday, December 29, 2016. Links to this post.
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News From The "Pole" Yard: January 2017
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News From The "Pole" Yard. Sunday, January 29, 2017. Painting with the hot stuff. This weekend I put up the money and attended an Encaustic Painting workshop with a professional artist at our local Fine Arts Center. So what is encaustic painting? It involves applying layers and layers of colored wax to a wood surface. Each layer is fused with a hot gun or a propane torch- not a blow dryer because that doesn't get hot enough. My friend and co-worker is here. She's the one who invited me to the workshop.
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News From The "Pole" Yard: November 2016
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News From The "Pole" Yard. Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Time for a rant. Okay, so Mr. Trump is our President-Elect. I don't like it, but I'm accepting it. I need to stop looking at Twitter though because his Tweets make my blood boil, or they make me roll in laughter- I don't know which. Keep in mind that I'm not a proponent of burning the U.S. flag, but if I wanted to then that right is guaranteed to me by the First Amendment. Would someone please take this man's phone away and close his Twitter account?
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News From The "Pole" Yard: Skywatch Friday: A Griswald Christmas Display
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News From The "Pole" Yard. Thursday, December 29, 2016. Skywatch Friday: A Griswald Christmas Display. One last Christmas blog with shots from Idaho. The snow does make a beautiful backdrop for Christmas lights. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, Merry Christmas or whatever you celebrate! Check out other Skywatch Friday shots here. The lights seem magical! December 29, 2016 at 7:37 PM. Spare Parts and Pics. Happy New Year to you! December 29, 2016 at 8:27 PM.
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News From The "Pole" Yard: Christmas in the frozen tundra
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News From The "Pole" Yard. Wednesday, December 28, 2016. Christmas in the frozen tundra. So another Christmas has come and gone. I don't want to sound like a Grinch, but I'm glad it's over with. Christmas is by far my least favorite holiday. This year Christmas was different, we weren't in our house and we weren't in my dad's house. We were able to rent a house so that we could all be together, but it was weird. Plus, once again we weren't able to be with all our kids which breaks my heart. I'm so proud ...