• Weather

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  • Temperature: 23°F
  • Barometer: 29.86 inHg
  • Clouds: Overcast
  • Wind: Calm
  • Visibility: 7 miles
  • Sunrise: 7:39 am GMT-8
  • Sunset: 4:12 pm GMT-8

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• Washington Trivia*

  • Q. What is the most famous fictitious town in Washington? -

    A.  Twin Peaks

  • Q. What classic children's toy did Walla Walla's Strausser Bee Supply Company first market? -

    A.  Lincoln Logs

  • Q. What does Spokane mean? -

    A. "Children of the sun" or  "the sun people."

  • Q. One the average, how long did it take settlers to travel to Tumwater from Independence, Missouri? -

    A. Nineteen months.

• * Washington Trivia is compiled by John Hedtke and is published by Rutledge Hill Press

• Photos

  

Boy, did little Orange Crush give us a scare. Thursday morning Richard let him out and by noon, no Crush. Crush usually goes out for a while and then comes back in. Thursday evening when I got home still no Crush. Richard and I thought that maybe he had met an unfortunate end as there are many creatures out there that can cause harm. This morning Crush was at the front door mewing to get in at around 5:00am. He was hungry but none the worse for wear. He is now sleeping on the chair in the living room like he had never left the house. Needless to say, Crush is off the the vets on Monday morning. Maybe that will remove some of his wanderlust.

We had a wind storm Thursday night through Friday morning. This may have been part of the reason Crush didn’t come home on Thursday evening he may have holed up somewhere. Anyway, I woke up Friday morning about 3:30am and the electricity was off, I woke Richard up and asked what he thought I should do. We decided to go back to bed, wouldn’t you know it the electricity came back on at 4:36am. We did have a small tree down on the driveway which Richard made quick work of.

While the temperatures have been above normal for the last week, it appears that we are going back to the normal temperatures of low thirties-twenties.

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  December 2006

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• Planting Schedule

  SS = Start Seed
  TP = Trans Plant
  SD = Sow Directly
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• In and about the Garden

  November

  • Nov 6, 2008 First quarter
  • Nov 11, 2008 Veterans' Day
  • Nov 13, 2008 Full moon
  • Nov 17, 2008 Sasha's Birthday
  • Nov 18, 2008 Alfred Johnson's Birthday
  • Nov 19, 2008 Last quarter
  • Nov 21, 2008 Vacation
  • Nov 26, 2008 I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass
  • Nov 27, 2008 New moon
  • Nov 27, 2008 Thanksgiving Day

  December

  • Dec 3, 2008 NA: Death's Half Acre (Deborah Knott Series #14) by Margaret Maron
  • Dec 5, 2008 First quarter
  • Dec 5, 2008 Hair Cut
  • Dec 12, 2008 Full moon
  • Dec 15, 2008 Download: Poisonwood Bible
  • Dec 15, 2008 Due back: SCLD -The Brass Verdict
  • Dec 19, 2008 Last quarter
  • Dec 20, 2008 Due Back to SCLD: Testimony, The Guest House
  • Dec 21, 2008 Winter Solstice
  • Dec 25, 2008 Christmas Day
  • Dec 26, 2008 Vacation Day
  • Dec 27, 2008 New moon
  • Dec 29, 2008 Due back to SCLD: A Lesson Before Dying

  January

  • Jan 3, 2009 Due back to SCLD: Lake of Sorrows, The Likeness, A Thousand Splendid Suns
  • Jan 4, 2009 First quarter
  • Jan 6, 2009 Death's half acre [BOOK ON CD]
  • Jan 11, 2009 DUE: The Hour I First Believed
  • Jan 20, 2009 New Release: The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles

  March

  • Mar 3, 2009 New Release: Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult

  August

  • Aug 17, 2009 Richard Pfaeffle's Birthday

  November

  • Nov 17, 2009 Sasha's Birthday

• Gardening Books used for Reference