Monday, March 18, 2024

T Stands for Sunny days

 

 Hi Everyone!

I'm joining the T-Party with
I will tell you what I am doing with these seeds further down the post.
 

I had to drive south to Reedsport. Half way there is a very small town called Gardner. As most of the Oregon coast the towns for decades have been dying. Gardner is an unoccupied community with about 284 people. There is a post office and a fire department, but you can't even buy a loaf of bread there. You have to drive either to Florence or Reedsport. The town wasn't always this way. 
Gardiner is named for a Boston merchant whose ship, the Bostonian, shipwrecked at the mouth of the Umpqua on October 1, 1850. Gardiner was seeking to trade along the river, and most of his goods were saved from the ship and moved to the location that came to be the town of Gardiner. In 1851, the site became the headquarters of the Umpqua customs district, and a post office named "Gardiners City" was established the same year. The name of the post office changed to "Gardiner City" and eventually to its current name. 

The Gardiner Historic District, which encompasses nearly all of Gardiner,has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994. Several steamboats were constructed at Gardiner for trade up the Umpqua River Outside the remnants of the International Paper mill in Gardiner, Oregon.A plywood plant opened in Gardiner in 1954, joining the lumber mill (or sawmill) that had been in the town for many years. Gardiner was formerly the site of the first International Paper mill on the West Coast. The paper mill operated from 1963 until 1999, and was one of the largest employers on the southern Oregon Coast. The mill buildings were demolished in 2006.A railroad, the Longview, Portland & Northern (LP&N), served the IP mill until it closed. The railroad runs from East Gardiner Junction to the old plant site. The old railroad. Yes, that would be my car.

 
Hwy 101 runs through the town and then the Umpqua River. The tide was out when I stopped so it is pretty icky. The dock has been broken for many years.

 


 



 

 


 


 


 

 

Now what the heck am I doing with those seeds? They are carrot seeds. As with most of you who garden,every year is a new learning curve due to the weather changes. Anyway it is for me. I also am always looking for a better way to grow food. I have harvested some good carrot crops over the years but carrots seem difficult to grow. I hate weeding out the carrots. So, I watched a YT that showed me this.

Take any kind of container (no drainage holes) Place 2 layers of toilet tissue down.
 

 Next place a cloth on top of the tissue. I used cheese cloth and doubled it.

 
 Now poor water over it until soaked.

 

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 Take the carrot seeds and sprinkle them over the cloth.

 

 Cover with plastic wrap and poke small holes in it. Then place in a dark warm place.

 

 I started to use plastic wrap from a roll and then remembered I got these from the $ tree a few years ago.



 They come in 3 sizes and are quite funny looking
 Then pull it open. They aren't very sturdy but it worked perfect for this.
  To see how to finish this, since my seeds are not that far along here is the video. Click here
We have had summer like weather here for the last 4 days. Yes, I have been out in the garden. Last year, because of my foot surgery, I was unable to winterize my garden area. That's what I 've been doing. I amended enough soil to fill 1 25gal grow bag and 10 5gal buckets. I thought I would be sore but it has been the best work out and I have accomplished so much. I have more days of nice weather and then at least 17 days of rain. This is good soil.

Hmmmm Lemon or Molasses cookies? I'll take one of each.  Made by Franz.

I've been drinking ginger tea to help with lupus. I am really enjoying it.
That's it for now.
See ya at the party.
 
Nicole

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Friday Face OFF (FFO) 3/15/24

 

 Welcome To Friday Face OFF (FFO)

This is the place to show off your faces or your face. Post any type of face from any medium. You can create it, or find it in nature, or even that face in the design of woodwork in your house. Human, animal, alien, or monster. Any kind of face.
I know google is making some changes and my blog is all messed up, so I hope this posts OK.

 I have been pretty busy this week. I am still working my foot to get the tightness out of my ankle. The numbness has subsided just a bit and the tingling isn't as bad. I can walk though and that is the main thing. With that and trying to get my strength back it's been time consuming. I have, however, been watching some YT on art and Conte'. One teacher I really like is Clare Lieu. She is so down to earth and funny. I hope I can get as loose as she is with the Conte'
In the mean time here is my second drawing.

I'm just getting started on this one.
 
 
Last week if you joined in and clicked on Barbara's link, it took you back to either me or you. Due to some health issues and life in general Barbara has decided to end her blog and social media. When FFO first started it was Barbara and I challenging each other to draw faces. Soon after Gene joined in. I was getting emails asking if they could join in too. So I added Mr. Linky. I wanted all of you to know that Barbara is an integral part to FFO. 
This is the face she wanted to show last week. How can you NOT love this?
Thank you Barbara.
 
I wanted to share this face too from 
Granny Annie.  I makes me dizzy, but I relate this.
 
Also the number generator picked this amazing face made by nature from LinsArtyBlog
 


I will also be linking to Gillena

 
That's it for this week. Now it's time to show me your face.
 
Nicole

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Weird Art Wednesday WAW

 Welcome to Weird Art Wednesday (WAW)
This is the place where I introduce you to artists that are as demented as I am. 💀
Seriously, artists that create their way. 
No boundaries.
Do you know who Hieronymus Bosch is?
He introduced and changed art in the 15th century. Actually he was born in the mid 15th century.  His art did not conform to the realistic style of his time. 
Hieronymus Bosch was a Dutch painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on oak wood, mainly contains fantastic illustrations of religious concepts and narratives.

"By contrast, Hieronymus Bosch dived headfirst into the fantastical and the abstract. Many of his paintings present apocalyptic scenes of chaos and confusion, packed with symbolic imagery. Humans and animals are shown side-by-side with fictional creatures and freakish monsters; recognizable plants and flowers are distorted in size or color; the laws of physics are utterly defied."

While his contemporaries across Europe anchored their paintings in the familiar, Hieronymus Bosch deliberately pursued the extraordinary, forcing his audience to expand their concept of art.

I love this guy !

 

hieronymus bosch painting of the garden of earthly desires 

detail of hieronymus bosch painting the garden of earthly desires


 detail from hieronymus bosch painting the garden of earthly delights


The Last Judgement, Hieronymus Bosch,


The Garden of Earthly Delights, below, is one of the most famous paintings by Hieronymus Bosch. It’s also one of the most complex and enigmatic works belonging to the artist. The piece is a giant triptych that consists of outer and inner panels. It is believed that the triptych was produced between 1490 and 1500.

 hieronymus bosch the garden of earthly delights exterior

As you can guess many artist over the centuries tried to copy Bosch's style. Some of the well known artist of our time are, Picasso and Dahli. 

Please click on the links to get a better read on Hieronymus Bosch and to see more of his art. You can click on the photos here to see more detail. I am enthralled by his art and his life.

Hope you enjoy WAW today.

Wishing you a weird and wonderful day.

 Nicole

Links to Bocsh 

Mind Blowing Details 

Wikipedia

Monday, March 11, 2024

T stands a little bit of this n that

 Hi Everyone!
Today I'm joining the T-Party over
at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's. I'm posting quite early, I have a dental appt today and won't be able to get this up this evening.
I mentioned in a previous post I was going to try and draw a horse head. I did get it started, just the basic sketching in. There's a lot to do on this to get it finished.
The deer came to visit the other day. There is something in the neighbors grass, or just the grass that they like. Which I'm glad, I don't want them in my yard or garden. This way I can watch them close but not too close. 
 
I got onions planted and they are covered from the 40 mph winds and buckets of rain falling. It is wicked weather right now. I hope they grow as well this year as last year.
I also got the first bucket of potatoes in. I'm going to spread out the starting of each batch this year so I'm not harvesting them all at the same time.
They start like this. 5 gal buckets yield about 30lbs of potatoes. I have larger grow bags that I will start after the this rain ends or at least a break. I will yield 40 to 60lbs from those.
 
Some foods I made this week.
My take on Arizona Burritos.
 
Of course Pizza hot out of the oven.
 
And last evening Mr. M. wanted Peanut Butter Cookies.

My drink this week is water, of course. I thought this was a cool photo. Free download from google.
green leaf in clear glass container
And when water gets to be to much,

 Have a great day today.
 
Nicole