Weekly Roll - Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!

Linky Love

Sitting Bull's Great Grandson Identified Using New DNA technique

Mexico's Pottery of the Night - this black pottery is really interesting

Recycled my voters guide into ghosts for a garland. It is the power of the vote.

Inappropriate Thoughts

Pain Points - I don't know if your daily living/housekeeping you constantly run into things that bother you or cause you angst. For me lately it has been a drawer that houses all my big spatulas and other weird utensils.  Guess what? I cleaned it out and organized it. I can find stuff. It took 5 minutes.  I have wasted more time looking for stuff in that dang drawer than it took to organize.  Pain Points is a term a instagrammer  Jordan  Page- fun, frugal, free uses.  Got a pain point that can be resolved with about 5 to 10 minutes of work. Need a system so you don't have a pain point. It is worth it.  I think pain points can be used to describe things a lot of things in life. Got an appointment need to make but have been putting off,  a call or email to return, need to clean out email inbox.  Maybe 5 minutes won't solve big things but it can solve a lot of little irritations.

Also below is me too. See screenshot. This is also me.

Sourdough Update

Well I tried a sourdough recipe from a special edition magazine called Bread.  I actually borrowed it from the library but kept it so long I finally found a copy to buy (Tractor Supply) I tried their loaf recipe for sourdough.  This contained whole wheat.  My loaves looked great on top but slightly burned on bottom. My kids liked it though. Loved the foil sling to place dough in heated dutch oven and remove bread.

50 Sun Project - 6/50 Batty

I like to decorate for various holidays.  I have bats up in my front windows.  I like the sunrise behind the bats. Yes one bat is upside down because my son thinks it is funny - Bat in Distress.  photos taken Oct 19, 2021

***Posting out of order.  These sunrises seem more seasonally appropriate

52 Ancestors - Shock

I am joining Amy Johnson Crow's 52 ancestors in 52 week writing project.

I have fallen behind or none of the recent prompts seem to merit a 52 Ancestors story.  This week's prompt is shock. 

Aaron Teegardin/Teagarden is my 5th Great Uncle born to George and Rachel Teagarden.  Aaron was married to Frances. They had a 11 children. 

Centennial celebrations for the Declaration of Independence were to be held in Philadelphia in 1876. Aaron Teegardin(Teagarden) had planned on attending after all; he was born on July 4, 1776. There was a slight problem however he wasn't born in 1776 but April 8, 1786. It was discovered that his twin brothers, Isaac and Abraham were born in 1776 neither were alive in 1876. After this was discovered, Aaron Teagarden decided not to attend after his true birthdate was revealed.

This information was found on Ancestry.com posted from a Teagarden family history book. I wonder how shocked his family were to discover that he wasn't 100 years old and his birthdate wasn't July 4. How many years had he told people that he was born July 4, 1776. Aaron Teagarden died at the age of 93 in 1879.

Aaron Teagarden is my 4th Great Uncle.

*** Side Note aka fun facts

The Centennial celebration was basically crashed by the National Woman Suffrage Association.

1876 Centennial Exhibition

Weekly Roll- Pumpkin Cut Out Edition

Well, I realized when looking at Halloween Seasons passed my family likes to stick their heads in these seasonal cutouts except my husband.

Linky Love

Hitchhike Who Disappeared 50 Years Ago ID'd 

Diver Discovers a 900 year Old Sword - This is such a cool story

Easy to Draw Pumpkin - I love kid art tutorials.  Sometimes I just need to do something a little bit creative and this kind of thing fits the bill.

Inappropriate Thoughts

Schools don't make good neighbors.  I have lived next to a elementary school for about 12 out of the 15 years I have lived here.  Last weekend was a BANNER weekend at the Elementary school.  One of the interesting things about the elementary school behind my house is it has a large covered area that has basketball hoops. It is also lit.  Below is the text I sent my sister about Friday night at the elementary school.

Listen up unauthorized midnight basketball players and concert promoters. I know it was only 10 but either you need to play slow jazz so I can sleep or 80's rock so I can jam out. I don't think the music you were playing by playing ball would impress Dame Lillard (Portland Trail Blazer). Get with the program. If you are going to play in the echo chamber by my house, show up with some skills and better music.

Secondly, High School Homecoming was held outside on the covered basketball court. They were not allowed in the school even for the restroom. They brought in port a potties. No I was not instrumental in that though I like to think I was. It was loud.  The music just pulsed and bounced off my house however it ended basically at 10. It was probably cleaned up by 1030.  I don't know what a normal homecoming looks like but to me it seemed weird.  I applaud them for making it happen. The BEST thing about this whole experience was they didn't turn the court lights back on. So late night basketball didn't happen Saturday or Sunday night.  Unfortunately they were back at it sans music however Monday night.

Experimental Cooking aka Ugly Food

I tried to make Jill Winger's French Bread from The Prairie Homestead Cookbook.  Don't bake when flustered. The bread is ugly but delicious.

50 Sun Project 4/50

 It has become officially fall here with gray days.  I spent quite a bit of the morning Oct 8th trying to capture the sunrise. I even scared a bunny.

This last one is my favorite. The clouds are really cool.

More information about my 50 Sunset/Sunrise Project

Bats Make Me Happy

I realize decorating for Halloween is largely for my own enjoyment.  I cut a lot of bats out with my cricut and plastered them in all the windows and other places.  The bats are cut out of construction paper  I bought at Hobby Lobby  - 1.99  The bats make me smile.  

I attached the bats in the windows with double sided tape and on the walls I used the tacky putty.

Yes there is an upside down bat courtesy of my son. It is a bat in distress.

This can totally be done without a fancy cutting machine - Check out Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom and Home on Bear Creek (different sized bats)

Wordy Wednesday

 

Playing with the leaves off my blueberry plant. There are so many leaves.