Recent content by digitS'

George Nissen, the inventor of the trampoline, jumping with his kangaroo.

Or, you could have been bit by the 2 of them — Heaven Forbid! You may have injured the one so badly that it won't survive. Wild animals tend to have a very strong flight instinct. Nevertheless, you should exercise serious caution outdoors. Rubber boots! In a minor comparison, it reminds me...

Not-such-funny Business .

Yours were more  tame, Dahlia. Nobody else like Larson. Washington's own :D

This spike is 12 inches long. There is a 6" one behind it which, I myself may have lost altho I can't remember what I might have used the common spike for but I have bought them in the past. Twelve Inches? What would have been the purpose for that? It was about 2" below the soil surface and...

I cleaned up the best as I could, today and yesterday. Tomorrow is garbage pick-up day so I crammed the can with Winter killed trash but mostly weeds. Yesterday, I decided that I could not fit another pile of sod into an inconspicuous location in the yard. The compost bins were filled after I...

Help for @baymule !

Grilled cheese and a banana for a 2nd breakfast. I miss my tomato soup! BTW. I mentioned using mayonnaise on both sides of the bread making a grilled sandwich on TEG some time ago. I no longer use mayonnaise on the cooking side — too salty. (Is there a low-salt mayonnaise 🤔? ) Ya know, with...

Delegates heading to the nation's very first Health & Saftey Conference. The Cascade Mountains of Oregon, 1906. Apparently, this photo is legitimate although I could only find that the Oregon government was involved in these conferences from 1915. I thought that it was ironic with the...

"Seed-saving should not be the goal, but merely a skill that is used in an ongoing relationship with the plant." The article presents the idea that TEG seedsavers seem very good at implementing. Near loss of heirlooms and corporate interests are considered...

Yesterday was cloudy and very windy but it was something of an interlude in several warm days with sunshine. More of those days are forecast to be continuing. One day last week was particularly sunny, first to last. A couple of days later it was calm but overcast with the temperature 10⁰f...