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Before Environmentalists...

B.E.  Before Environmentalists. BE smart.

Nature used to take care of herself.  How else do we have trees that are 100'sq of years old?  'Environmentalists' are mental. Now we have fires that burn 1000's of acres. How un-environmental is that?  They seem to have lost the logical reason they love nature. Nature is, logically, the original 'environmentalist'. Listen to mother nature, she knows best.

Why don't we use big equipment to fight fires? Why still picks & shovels?

The problem started years ago. We started fighting fires in our new national parks. Now, decades later, we have more trees per sq ft than ever before in history. Too many trees close together, burns hotter & faster.  Before trees weren't so dense. By not letting fires burn, new trees have been able to grow, and the density fuels the fire.  We need to circumvent our attempts to preserve our forests, and fix the inadvertent side effect of caring environmentalists.

19,000 firefighters fighting 50 major fires in 10 western states. Cbs news. 8-22-13.
Dang. Think about it. How can this end good. Things need to change. Soon.

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They make you think SmartSound is 'FREE' with Adobe Premier Elements...well, the s/w to use it is, NOT the actual sounds...hmmm...logically it makes sense for THEM...not really 'FREE' for me, though...oh well...dang.

Setting up the new computer…

Whew…every little thing you do on a computer has to be transferred to the new computer…what a process…love the new computer though!

April...

Oh how I should love April...if it wasn't for taxes...and everything else that can come up that I didn't think of! Oh well...maybe it'll end nicely...we can only hope...:)

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Please, if any one finds her, please let us know...she is a family pet, and somehow got out of the house, 

November 16-17, 2012

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Make your own tea!

My oh my...was it ever so easy to make tea with fruit from the backyard! Drying these tea leaves & fruit peelings, & fruit pieces, took about 2 hours, and then a few minutes to steep, and I was drinking my own home made delicious tea! :)

Using a dehydrator, lay all your 'cuttings' and 'shavings' on a rack, and depending on the thickness, it will take about 2 hours.  Longer for whole fruit, like the raspberries, about 4-5 hours.  

If you don't have a dehydrator, use your toaster oven, or your oven, at the lowest setting your appliance has, and watch & check pieces until crunchy.  

Camellia bushes, also known as the tea plant, make the 'leaves' for the tea.  If you don't use leaves, it's considered more of an infusion of flavors, not really a brewed tea, with leaves.  Either way, it's delicious.

For the apple, pomegranate, orange & lemon peelings/shavings, I also scraped the inside to be sure to get all the white 'piffy' insides off to assure there is no bitterness after drying.  

For whole apple shavings, once the apple is peeled, I used a potato peeler to get thin strips of apple, and then laid them on the rack to dry.  Those only take about 2 hours as well.

The camellia leaves are the newest, tenderest leaves on the bush,  cut and dried on a rack for about 2 hours.

I will be trying the steam or boiling method next on the camellia leaves and will post that once I see how they turn out.  This is supposed to give more of a green tea, as drying the leaves outright gives more of a darker tea, considered black tea.

I crushed the dried fruit & leaves in a molcajete, but I think crushing them in your hand is better, just use your fingers as you crumble the tea in your infuser.

Use about a teaspoon of crushed bits for each cup of tea. (Crush the ingredients when you're ready to brew for maximum freshness! :) )

For the whole fruit, like the raspberries & apples, I wouldn't crush it at all, just break off how much 'flavor' you'd like in your tea.  :)

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Genetic Roulette Movie

Genetic Roulette ~ don't be "blissfully ignorant" about what you eat...