Construction on the new house (earlier pics below) is moving fast so I thought I’d better show you these photos now. I’ll be going on vacation for a few weeks and unfortunately I won’t be able to track the progress until I get back. Who knows what will be accomplished by then?

Studs on Bottom Floor Window (on left) and First Floor Studs in Place

Lower Floor Back Bay Window

Opposite side view of Bay Window

Looking Down into Bottom Floor

Mask Removed, He's Thanking Me For the Carrots

Hope I can post some great vacation pics when I return.

Remember the horses with the masks on? I got a comment explaining that it’s to keep the insects out of their eyes. Isn’t it great that the owners take such great care to protect their animals? Thanks to anonymous for that comment. Now we’ve all learned something new.
If you haven’t noticed lately, you can click the “animalrescuesite” key on my blog and feed shelter animals for free.
I also have started a second blog at HUB pages and you may be getting a notice every time I post there. I don’t really know but I’ll try and send you the hot key whenever I can. I love hearing from people around the world at HUB and so far I have connected with a writer in Ireland, a guy who lives in London and a teacher from down south, among others.  Hopefully that list will continue to grow each day.
I really do appreciate every comment, so please keep them coming!

MORE NEIGHBORS

We will be having even more new neighbors of the human variety when their home is completed down the road.  I'm taking pictures to show you how that process is going.  The narrow lot is set high above a valley that overlooks a western mountain range.  The builder has placed it so that the two story structure will be all windowed facing the mountains.  You are looking at where the garage will be on the right front side of the home.

This shot taken a week later shows the poured garage floor and studs peeking up from the bottom floor that will overlook the mountains.

This is a left side shot that shows second floor studs being nailed into place, also facing the mountains.
I will try to continue shooting this process so you will get the full picture of the home as it is completed.  In the meantime, I revisited the other neighbors who live one plot over to the right of this house.  Remember how they looked with their masks on? 

As yet, I haven't learned their names but I do know they love carrots and if you don't bring them any, they will simply walk away and ignore you. 

Here is another lady who hangs out in our neighborhood.

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Just a Teaser

Just a teaser to let you know I am hard at work on my computer/sewing digitizer and Janome 350E Embroidery machine and I will let you see the results soon.

This takes time and I don't want you to think I'm not attending to my blog. I'll be explaining it to you all--and soon. It's just an elementary lesson but you'll know a lot more about computerized embroidery than you do now, when you're done reading the blog, so hang tight and I'll see you back here in a few days.
You'll be a able to catch it on my HubPage as soon as I publish the title.  Thanks for youR patience.
Until then, keep creating!

p.s.  Here's a couple of photos of my new neeeeeigh......bors.  Aren't they beautiful???  I checked on them this morning and their masks have been removed.  Does anyone know what they are for?  Please let me know!

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After having written on the incompetency of most major organizations running our world today, I am happy to report there is hope on the horizon with the emergence of someone you may have heard of--Salman Khan.


This brilliant man has several BS degrees, plus one masters in electrical engineering and one in business from Harvard.  Better yet, he has started an online teaching web page that blows the doors off any previous attempts to transfer intelligence from one brain to another.

If you go to Kahn Academy.org, you will find hundreds of subjects that this man is proficient in and ready to transmit to anyone who desires to learn them—FOR FREE!

Having trouble with basic equations? Domains of functions? Unit vector notations or harmonic motion? Khan is your man. Just click a key, pause and/or repeat when you don’t get it and learn, learn, learn. He has eliminated all excuses not to be smart in a multitude of subjects that have perplexed ordinary people since time began.

This man appears to be a God send for a world devoid of mathematical and scientific knowledge so necessary for the successful perpetuation of mankind. And what’s even better--the man is also proficient in economics!

Both on television and his web page, Salman Kahn has expressed solutions to the present financial crisis plaguing the world! The least our government can do is listen, pay attention and maybe learn stuff they missed when they were sleeping through economics in college.

Please check it out and let me know what you think.

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Believe it or not, there are some people who identify their entire world according to automobiles. I actually know such a person and he is not a car salesman.

This person can’t remember your name but he’ll know the make, model, color and horse power of the car (cars) you drive. When this guy goes shopping, he can scope out your car in the parking lot from 1000 feet away. This is fine if you want everyone to know where you are. If your car shows up for sale up in a roadside, used-lot, he will know before your husband or wife does.

If you are coming toward him on a highway at seventy miles an hour and he’s coming the other way, he will know it’s you. And, If you have a blond in the car instead of your brunette wife, he might wonder who you’re with but more likely will notice if you’ve been to the car wash recently or if you’re using high performance tires (like his) that will only last 14,000 miles.

If Ford, Honda, Chevy or any other manufacturer changes so much as a rear-view mirror on the newest model, it’s the first topic on his list of conversation. Which models are being discontinued? Added? Hybrided?

He’s not a very good reader but he can quickly scan every line of the latest Car and Driver Magazine. He may not be able to remember what day of the week it is but just ask him about hemis, engine compression ratios, turbos, super chargers, intakes, exhausts, gear ratios and he’s yours for another two or three hours.

Show him a picture just of the dashboard of any antique car and he will know the make, year and model. Got a little rattle, buzz or clink in your engine? He’ll probably know what’s causing it.

And, of course, he will know exactly how many seconds it will take your car to go from a dead stop to 60 miles an hour on a highway entrance ramp, and in fact, will not buy any car that does it in more than 6 seconds.

Do you know such a person?
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Like I’ve said before, I love farmers. They are the hardest working folks in the world. Almost everything they do benefits someone else--feeding everyone, except maybe those who have their own gardens and dairy cows.

Eastern New York Farm Field

In these photos, you see plowed fields that will produce food for thousands of people and a bunch of animals, too. Despite heavy winds, flooding rains, baking heat and freezing cold, these people battle the elements with strong hope every season that this will be the best one yet. Recently, farmers have had to cope with skyrocketing fuel and feed prices that deeply cut into their profits, making it more of a wonder that anyone would continue to do this at all.

Many farmers have given up and moved on, leaving empty fields and orchards all across this nation. I know because I drive by them everyday.

Deserted New England Apple Orchard

I think this is very sad. Farming is a noble profession that some of the nicest people in the world engage in. I was lucky enough to meet a group of young people who are growing up on our local farms and they are extremely kind and gentle with their animals, as well as with their friends and families.

There will be corn growing here in a few days

Well anyway, here’s to all of those of you who keep our factories, restaurants, stores and farmers’ markets loaded with all that good, healthy food that we literally could not live without. Someone out here really appreciates your hard work and I will say a prayer that all things come together to bring you great success in your endeavors.

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p.s.  Remember that nut case bird I told you about who comes back every year?  Well, here are her babies born a few weeks ago. 

The Greatest thing since…

We all know it’s certainly not sliced bread. Maybe something new is the greatest thing since heated car seats, permanent press fabrics, automatic dishwashers, or electric knives.

Of course, there’s always bra extenders, Netflix downloads, disinfectant wipes, remote controls and polio vaccines. I think hands-free, car phones are pretty neat.

But, the best thing since anything is definitely the Florentine Bakery’s cannolis and my homemade sausage bread. Don’t believe me? Just ask my grandson, Jon. He will confirm this statement.

What do YOU think is the greatest thing?

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