Wind Power...

For Theme Thursday I'm sharing a few pictures from an exhibit at the Children's Museum I take my grandchildren to... The tubes have air moving through them that propels any light weight item put in the tube as well as the pinwheels...It all happens too fast to get a picture!

First you put a scarf or light ball in the tube and let the flap close...

...The scarf goes flying through the tubes via air pressure...

...and shoots out the top...can you see the scarf in the air?

Too Much Water...

Just in time for Theme Thursday I started filling the sink to wash dishes, then went online and forgot about the running water...

...reading blogs does get you in trouble!

Fire...

Where there is smoke...and Theme Thursday...

...there is fire...I thought fire was quite fun to photograph...

...these shots were taken when I first got my new camera...

...they remind me that we could use another brush fire to clear up the yard...

Compost, Soil, Earth...

In honor of the theme "Earth", I went out to check on our compost pile...

...We have composted our organic waste for years according to the three-bin / two-turn method I drew from Thalassa Cruso's book "Making Vegetables Grow" published in 1975...

...She was quite a character and I remember seeing her appear on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson...

.......Mr. O. built the three bins out of fencing and it still exists although covered in vines......The new organic waste goes in the first bin...which is later turned into the second bin... then the third...then it is finished compost...

...The finished compost is ready for spreading in the garden...it is rich and brown...

...and full of earthworms...

Eggs...

Some old, some new, some still waiting to be decorated...

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...Just in time for Theme Thursday!

10X10...

This week Theme Thursday was "Ten"...My brain seems too foggy to come up with a good, original post dealing with a ten of some sort...but ten squared is the number of posts I have made to date!

Mystery Earring ...

I have a mystery story for theme thursday regarding an earring made of the mineral gold...

I was very fortunate to have a father-in-law who worked in the jewelry business...The last years of his employment he worked for a company specialising in gold - jewelry and findings. I was spoiled because of this and never had to buy my gold hoops that I adore and feel comfortable in.

Several years ago ,after my father-in-law retired, I lost one of my favorite hoops when on a vacation...I always thought I lost it in an airport...For the first time I would have had to actually spend money on them...but my children gave me an almost identical pair for Christmas that year...

The mystery in this story occurred when I returned home from my recent Florida vacation. After emptying the suitcase I turned it upside down to shake out sand that had accompanied my sandals...there on the rug was the long lost earring...and yes I had saved its mate...Where was it for all these years? I had thoroughly searched the suitcase, including taking the lining out,and I have used the suitcase on other trips...Now if only my old lost wedding ring would show up...

The Leftover Vegetables...

In honor of Theme Thursday today's blog is all about the leftover vegetables from our St. Patrick's Day Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner...

...in my opinion the best part of the dinner...

The leftover potatoes, carrots, turnips, and corned beef are chopped up and cooked with onion and garlic and red pepper flakes...
...eggs are then poached on top of the hash...

...the hash and eggs are served with leftover cabbage sliced, and sauted with a sprinkle of sugar, and salt, and lots of freshly ground pepper...

Toy Texture...

I toyed with idea of joining Theme Thursday yesterday but I still needed some photos for my class...Here the story is not only of texture but of time and memories as the bulldozer is a toy from my daughters' childhood and the dump truck was bought for my grandson...He and his sister enjoy both...

That was fun...I think I may try to participate with Theme Thursday regularly.