Log Cabin Day encourages us to step away from a world of computers, electric lighting, and even indoor plumbing to embrace and experience a simpler existence.
Word of the Day
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| Definition: | (noun) A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck. | ||
| Synonyms: | camail | ||
| Usage: | The sword caught him just below the jaw, but the ventail protected his neck | ||
History
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 | Rubens was a prolific 17th-century Flemish Baroque painter whose exuberant style emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. Known for his altarpieces, portraits, and landscapes, Rubens ran a large studio in Antwerp where he produced more than 2,000 paintings by supervising an enormous workshop of skilled apprentices. Also a diplomat, Rubens was knighted by both Philip IV of Spain and Charles I of England. | ||
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 | Svenskarnas Dag honors the Swedish heritage of the people of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the longest day of the year. When the festival first started in 1934, it was observed in August, but in 1941 the day was changed to the fourth Sunday in June so that it would coincide with midsummer observances in Sweden. The festival includes a band concert, Swedish folk dancing, choral group performances, and the crowning of a Midsummer Queen. A national celebrity of Swedish descent is often asked to officiate at this one-day event, which attracts more than 100,000 visitors each year. | ||
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 | It's white. It's hairy. It's elusive. It's a yeti . crab. Meet Kiwa tyleri, the newest member of the yeti crab family and the first to be found in the cold waters off Antarctica. | ||
1778 - Mary "Molly Pitcher" Hays McCauley, wife of an American artilleryman, carried water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth and, supposedly, took her husband's place at his gun after he was overcome with heat.
1894 - The U.S. Congress made Labor Day a U.S. national holiday.
1911 - Samuel J. Battle became the first African-American policeman in New York City.
1939 - Pan American Airways began the first transatlantic passenger service.
1976 - The first women entered the U.S. Air Force Academy.
1996 - Charles M. Schulz got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2007 - The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list
(my favorite funny person) 89, Today
Melvin James "Mel" Brooks (Kaminsky) is 89 today.
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After appearing in several minor roles in film and television during the 1970s
and the 1980s, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery (1990), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress; she also
received a Golden Globe. She followed this with major roles in Fried Green
Tomatoes (1991) and Dolores Claiborne (1995), before playing a featured
role as Molly Brown in Titanic (1997).
and the 1980s, Bates rose to prominence with her performance in Misery (1990), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress; she also
received a Golden Globe. She followed this with major roles in Fried Green
Tomatoes (1991) and Dolores Claiborne (1995), before playing a featured
role as Molly Brown in Titanic (1997).
So, So, So Sad
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001)
Born in 1927
Robert James "Bob" Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004)
Producer/actor Keeshan is most notable as the title character of the CBS
television children’s program Captain Kangaroo, which became an icon for
millions of people during its 30-year run from 1955 to 1984. He also played
the original "Clarabell the Clown", one of three, on the NBC Howdy Doody television program (1947- 1960).
television children’s program Captain Kangaroo, which became an icon for
millions of people during its 30-year run from 1955 to 1984. He also played
the original "Clarabell the Clown", one of three, on the NBC Howdy Doody television program (1947- 1960).
Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody and Clarabell
DAILY SQU-EEZ
If You Were Born Today, June 28
While you enjoy a good debate and tend to bounce ideas off other people frequently, ultimately you make your own choices and do your own thing. You come alive in partnership, and perhaps ironically, "find yourself" as an individual more readily if you are partnered, but you do need personal space. You are very perceptive and a natural leader. While you can be dominant and wilful, you are also expert at seeing both sides to any given situation. Famous people born today: Mel Brooks, Gilda Radner, John Cusack, Kathy Bates, Patty
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The Church at Auvers is an oil painting on canvas created by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh in June 1890. Depicting the Place de l'Église, Auvers-sur-Oise, France, the painting, which now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, is considered nostalgic of van Gogh's youth.
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Peak of Dawn
Photograph by Katsuyoshi Nakahara, National Geographic
Shirley poppies bloom in a field near Japan’s Mount Tsukuba, here silhouetted against an early morning sky. The mountain—which can be ascended via a hiking trail or cable car—has two peaks, each rising more than 2,800 feet.
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Puffin Cat to Knit- Crystal Palace Yarns - free knit toy...
Puffin Cat to Knit- Crystal Palace Yarns - free knit toy pattern
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Fishy Wishy Afghan (must log in)
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me, my purse and the boys
Tara’s Hat
Materials
2 colors size 5 (3 works too) cotton crochet thread.
size G hook
Start with a sliding loop
Rnd 1 - Ch 1. * sc in ring, Ch 10: repeat from * five more times, join with slip st. to first sc. (6 loops made
Rnd 2 - Join second yarn in any ch-10 space, ch1, (sc, ch 3, sc) in same space, ch 5, *(sc, ch 3, sc) in next ch- 10 space, ch 5; repeat from * around, join with slip st.to first sc
Rnd 3 Ch 1, * 5 sc in next ch-3 space, ch 5, skip next ch-5 space; repeat from * around, join with slip st to first sc. Fasten off.
Rnd 4 join first color in center of sc of any 5-sc group, ch 1, (sc, Picot-3, sc) in same sc, * ch 5 sc under both ch-5 chains from previous two rounds, ch 5 **, (sc, Picot-3, sc) in center sc of next 5- sc group; repeat from * around ending last repeat at **, join to first sc
Finished with center motif. 
Rnd 5 ss to center stitch of ch 3 picot. ch 1, sc, * ch 5, Dc in next sc, ch 5, sc in next ch 3 picot. Repeat from * around ending with ch 5 and join to first sc.
Rnd 6 Ch 1, sc in first sc. * ch 6, sc in next ch 5 sp (mark 1st ch 6 space so you won’t get lost), ch 6 sc in next ch 5 sp, ch 6, sc in next sc. Repeat from * End the round with ch 3 and then dc into the first (marked ) ch 6 space.
Rnd 7 - 9 * ch 7, sc in next ch 6 sp (mark 1st ch 7 space so you won’t get lost), ch 7 sc in next ch 6 sp, ch 7, sc in next sc. Repeat from * End the round with ch 3 and then dc into the first (marked ) ch 6 space.
Rnd 10 Ch 1, sc in dc. * ch 4 sc in next 5 ch space, repeat from * across. ending with ss in first sc.
Rnd 11 Ch 2 (counts as first hdc) hdc in first sc, *4 hdc in next ch 4 space, repeat from * around. Join with ss to starting ch 2.
Rnd 12 Ch 2 (counts as first hdc) hdc around, join with ss to starting ch 2.
Rnd 13 join second color ch 1, sc in first hdc, *ch 5, skip 4 stitches, sc. Repeat from * around join with ss to first sc.
Rnd 14 ss to center of 1st ch 5 space. Ch 1 sc in center sc in center of ch 5 space. * ch 5, sc in next chain 5 space. Repeat from * around. join with ss to first sc.
Rnd 15 join color 1 in 3rd of any ch 5 space. Ch 1, sc in same stitch. ch 4, * sc in 3rd of next ch 5 space, ch 4. Join with ss to first sc.
Rnd 16 Ch 2 (counts as first hdc) hdc in first sc, *4 hdc in next ch 4 space, repeat from * around. Join with ss to starting ch 2.
Rnd 17 Ch 2 (counts as first hdc) hdc around, join with ss to starting ch 2.
Rnd 18 join second color. Ch 1 Sc in same, sc across. join with ss to first sc.
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Crochet Crocodile Clutch Purse {free crochet pattern}
This is an adorable crochet clutch, made from the crocodile stitch. My pattern comes with a two-part, complete photo tutorial!
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Roasted Whole Butternut Squash
An easy, fast and flavoursome Roasted Whole Butternut Squash. It is packed with nutrients and perfect as a side dish or light meal, your family with love.
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CROCKPOT RECIPE
stephanie o'dea
Creamy CrockPot Apple Oatmeal
Oatmeal! It's good for you, tastes yummy, and is super duper easy to make in the slow cooker. While you are sleeping!
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The Ingredients:
1 cup of rolled oats
2 cups of milk
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla (I have no idea where my vanilla went in that picture)
pinch of salt
1 chopped apple (there are 2 pictured, but after chopping up the green one I thought it was plenty of apple. I was right.)
The Directions:
--add oats, chopped apple and milk to stoneware
--put in brown sugar, vanilla and pinch of salt
--mix with finger. or a spoon. whatever.
--cover and cook on high for 1-2 hours or low for 2-3.
--check consistency of oats--some people like to chew, some people don't.
--garnish with some cinnamon
I cooked this batch on high for 1:15 hrs. It was creamy and milky; the kids and I really enjoyed it and ate it all up ourselves. I would probably double or at least increase the ingredients by 50% next time--especially if Adam was home.
I make everything the night before, and put it in a tupperware. In the morning I get up at about 5, so then I dump it into my little crock while I get my work done in the morning, work out, shower, etc. By the time I'm ready to eat and the kids are awake for the day, the oatmeal is already ready already. I don't recommend using a Lamp Timer -- I know a lot of people do use those, but the crockpot manufacturers and the FDA all stick by the assertion that food needs to actively be cooking or cooling, not just sitting around at room-temp.
I'm sorry. I don't make the rules, I just pass them along!
I make everything the night before, and put it in a tupperware. In the morning I get up at about 5, so then I dump it into my little crock while I get my work done in the morning, work out, shower, etc. By the time I'm ready to eat and the kids are awake for the day, the oatmeal is already ready already. I don't recommend using a Lamp Timer -- I know a lot of people do use those, but the crockpot manufacturers and the FDA all stick by the assertion that food needs to actively be cooking or cooling, not just sitting around at room-temp.
I'm sorry. I don't make the rules, I just pass them along!
PUZZLE
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... craft
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Beach Craft- Simple Sand Casting
If you're like me sun, sand, surf and fruity tropical beverages are not enough- I need something to do at the beach. The beach is windy, sandy and w...
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QUOTE
(that explains my life in the car!)
"Good Morning" in Icelandic (Iceland) - Góðan daginn
CLEVER
Dust off your fan blades with a pillowcase.
That way, you’re not just wiping the dust off into the air
EYE OPENER
Rubbermaid Container Garden
Kathy, Gilda, and I were wondering how you could possibly have forgotten Henry the VIII! I'm sure if Oreo can do it so can Hydrox:)
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