{"id":19270,"date":"2014-11-17T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T17:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=19270"},"modified":"2014-11-17T09:45:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T17:45:08","slug":"mundane-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/17\/mundane-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Mundane things (and some not-so-mundane)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heartbroken artist with an empty house and a bull terrier <a href=\"http:\/\/halopets.com\/freekibble\/donation192.html\" target=\"_blank\">gets creative<\/a>. (JavaScript needed to view slideshow.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2014\/11\/15\/some-cool-fractal-like-photography\/\" target=\"_blank\">cool, fractal-like photography<\/a>. (H\/T SC)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Local cranberry growers who lost their contract with Ocean Spray landed 20 pounds of their harvest on furrydoc the other day. What do you do with 20 pounds of cranberries? Furrydoc shared the bounty and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livestrong.com\/article\/257605-how-to-dry-fresh-cranberries\/\" target=\"_blank\">instructions for drying<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I took a couple of pounds and they&#8217;re in the drier now, some unsweetened and some drizzled with honey.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not so big on cranberries, but I do like the dried ones in salads and trail mixes. Good to have a few locally grown superfoods among the preps, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Knitting today. Not only for the soul but this time, the body, too. Ready to start cabling. <\/p>\n<p>Just as soon as I find those wandering third needles.<\/p>\n<p>I was surprised and gratified the other day to realize quite a few guys hereabouts had knitted or crocheted. I am at this moment wearing fingerless gloves (aka arm warmers or better yet gauntlets) I made with wool gifted to me by one of those knitting guys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2014\/11\/17\/mundane-things\/andeantrekkerfingerlessgloves\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19275\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/AndeanTrekkerFingerlessGloves.jpg\" alt=\"AndeanTrekkerFingerlessGloves\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Pattern for that particular glove <a href=\"http:\/\/knitpicky-knits.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/andean-trekker-gauntlets.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Many others <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knittinghelp.com\/free-patterns\/categories\/fingerless-gloves-mitts?page=1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><b>Finally, some things not so mundane<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, December 13. Washington gun owners rally: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/788109621237033\/\" target=\"_blank\">We Will Not Comply<\/a> with I-594. Over 6,000 already signed up.<\/p>\n<p>(And <a href=\"http:\/\/callmegav.com\/ral\/\" target=\"_blank\">here it is<\/a> for those who don&#8217;t do F*c*b**k.)<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t or don&#8217;t want to attend but support the ideals? Bumper stickers and yard signs <a href=\"https:\/\/callmegav.com\/store\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And from the great Oleg Volk:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2014\/11\/17\/mundane-things\/olegvolk_lying_down_4355web\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19272\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/OlegVolk_lying_down_4355web-450x231.jpg\" alt=\"OlegVolk_lying_down_4355web\" width=\"450\" height=\"231\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2014\/11\/17\/mundane-things\/olegvolk_kneeling_0130web\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19277\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/OlegVolk_kneeling_0130web-450x273.jpg\" alt=\"OlegVolk_kneeling_0130web\" width=\"450\" height=\"273\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-19277\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heartbroken artist with an empty house and a bull terrier gets creative. (JavaScript needed to view slideshow.) &#8212;&#8211; Some cool, fractal-like photography. (H\/T SC) &#8212;&#8211; Local cranberry growers who lost their contract with Ocean Spray landed 20 pounds of their harvest on furrydoc the other day. What do you do with 20 pounds of cranberries? Furrydoc shared the bounty and instructions for drying. I took a couple of pounds and they&#8217;re in the drier now, some unsweetened and some drizzled with honey. I&#8217;m not so big on cranberries, but I do like the dried ones in salads and trail mixes.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/17\/mundane-things\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mundane things (and some not-so-mundane)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12,13,27,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-aesthetics","category-dogs-and-cats","category-guns-and-gun-rights","category-health-and-science","category-preparedness","category-resistance","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}