Catching Up on Memes Pt. 2: Pet Names

Crafty Green Poet tagged me with the Pet Name Meme. In case you aren't familiar with The Naming of Cats, in the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot, cats all have three names! (or you can use any other animal here) Here are the rules:

You must link to the originator of the meme ( that is Tara ), list the following rules, and then tell:

1-The name that the family uses daily (such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James ).

2-The name that is particular, a name that is peculiar, and more dignified ( such as Munkstrap, Quaxo or Coricopat )

3-What you are doing when you are thinking of the name only you know, and will never confess, that deep inscrutable name?

Then tag a cat ( or other creature) to give us his/her names.

My cat's answers:

1. Kit

2. KitKat WhiteSox (more peculiar than dignified!)

3. Snuggling up and napping with my best friend Annie.

All you pet lovers out there can try this meme. I won't tag anyone this time.

Catching Up on Memes Pt. 1: Book Meme

I have been slow at getting to memes. Here is a book meme from my blog friend Nonizamboni over at Peacock Blue.

1. Pick up the nearest book.

2. Open to page 123.

3.Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the next three sentences.

5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

The book I just finished is Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon. If you are familiar with the Mitford series by Karon, this is the first installment of her new Father Tim series. In this book Tim goes back to his birthplace and meets old and new friends. Here is what was found on page. 123. It is a meeting with his childhood sweetheart Peggy.

“The room wasn’t greatly changed from his visits many years ago, though the overall spirit of it was brighter. They sat in high-backed velvet chairs in the bay window, at a table furnished with a silver tea service and a vase of roses. Three petals had fallen onto the white cloth; a small cake, ornamented with a curl of shaved chocolate, was displayed on a crystal stand.
“After I wrote the note, I was sorry to have used chocolate at a bribe.”

This first book in the new series gives a foundation to the character of Father Timothy in the Mitford series. I find it interesting that she went back to his childhood in the new series. There was a certain intrigue in this book that kept me reading long into the night.

I now tag Silver Valley Girl at Silver Valley Stories, Yolanda at Perfectly Imperfect, Shelby at Time With Shelby, Marcy at My Knitting and Other Stuff,and Becca at Ravenous Reader.

Camera Critters: Cats Taking it Easy

You can find our cats just about anywhere as the weather gets warmer. They love to explore or find a cool place to take a nap. This is just four of them today. To find other camera critters go here.

Father's Day Pie Social and a Keeper from the Recipe Box

"The righteous man walks in his integrity;

his children are blessed after him." -Proverbs 20:7

Today our church had a pie social in honor of the fathers. My contribution was a strawberry-rhubarb pie. I found a bag of strawberries from last season hiding in the freezer and picked some fresh rhubarb from the garden this morning. The recipe is from my grandmother's original Betty Crocker Cookbook.
If you want to try it, you can read it here right off the page here.

Sibling Assignment # 66: Water: Cold and Clean

Silver Valley Girl gave the sibling assignment this week. You will find her's here and RP's here soon. Write about a Silver Valley memory where the central focus deals with one of the four Greek classical elements: fire, earth, air or water.

I grew up surrounded by water. Some was clean, some was polluted. The south fork of the Coeur d'Alene River ran through Kellogg and during my growing up years was called Lead Creek. Wallace even had a town celebration around the Lead Creek Derby. The grayish brown river was filled with pollution from the mines up and down the Silver Valley. Sometimes it had a bad smell. The clean water was close by. I have always been attracted to creeks, rivers, and waterfalls. I could walk to a clean creek that ran through the high school called Jacob's Creek. There was Elk Creek, Big Creek, and Pine Creek all close by that ran cold, clear water. We used to love to see fresh water cascading out of springs as we drove through Fourth of July Pass. Heading toward Enaville was the north fork of the Coeur d' Alene River. As it flowed toward the south fork its water came from mountain streams and spring runoff. It too was always cold and clean. I was always curious about being close to the place where the two forks merged. Later down the river it didn't look as polluted. The color changed, the smell left. When did it clear up?
It flowed along the chain lakes on its way to Coeur d' Alene Lake. I guess because I was so close to other sources of cold, clean water the river through Kellogg was just the way it was. Now that it has been cleaned up I don't think about walking the shores or floating down the river through town. I guess I still think of it as Lead Creek, plus there is cold and clean water so very close.

Water was a contradiction growing up. We were so close to pollution, yet so close to beautiful creeks, waterfalls, and rivers. We also had great tasting water in our town. Grandma said Mom's coffee was always the best because of the water in Kellogg.

I think cold and clean water is something we took for granted in north Idaho. I now see how scarce water can become and appreciate our water sources here in northeastern Washington and back in Idaho.

Photo Hunt: Emotion

Blissful

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