Upper Peninsula, MI and beyond

	It's that time of year again; the snow covering makes it difficult for the deer ... I, as do many others, put out corn for them.
I just put out a handful for each, but, it is that extra protein that their diet needs.      There's even a DNR term for it: "Recreational Feeding" (there are DNR rules on feeding).   We don't have the chronic wasting disease problem up here.
CLICK UPON A PHOTO BELOW TO SEE LARGER LOOKING OUT WINDOWS AT OPPOSITE SIDES        TO LOAD ONLY THIS ENTRY: Click here: CHRISTMAS: Bazaar, Lutefisk, Recipes	A "NEW" PET
It's that time of year again; A Christmas BAZAAR at the Crystal Falls VFW

THERE WAS A DEDICATION OF THE NEW "POCKET PARK"
(part of the downtown renovation project this past year)

What a great place to set up a table here!
Here, looking thru my craft items: the horseshoe towel rack & bathroom T.P. holders.	CLICK ON PHOTOS TO SEE A LARGER  VIEW	How I wanted to buy a display shelf made from a Harley tire for my great grandson!
	On the left & right is my table of craft items, my  antler Dreamcatchers, my son's horseshoe craft, my bathroom decor. DIDN'T SELL ANYTHING, AGAIN! NOTE: While I was sitting there, I got started upon designing my Christmas card for this  year.  Last night, at home ... I perfected the design.  It took hours to get the photo to print out dark, but, not TOO dark!  I'm lovin' it!

 

BLOGGER! 

  SOME WINTER READING: someone has undertaken the chore of posting an entire works of THOREAU as an ongoingblog ... really interesting!

Christmas Cooking:

What's Christmas to a Skandinavian without Lutefisk?
     I always fix it the way Mom did ... bake it slowly in the oven in milk sauce & butter, with cracker crumbs on top.  I don't understand why people make jokes about the Finns & others to whom lutefisk is a Christmas tradition.  In fact, that's usually the only time of  year when you can find it in the local supermarkets.   l LOVE lutefisk.

The Scandinavian delicacy known as lutefisk - which

means, literally, "cod soaked in plutonium"- dates to the

Viking era.

 

Lutefisk is dried fish (sorta like a piece of shoe leather),

 soaked for several days in a lye and water mixture to

soften it ... and then in plain water. It takes on a very

gelatinous texture.

HERE'S SOME WINTER-NITE READING ABOUT LUEFISK!

LUTEFISK DATA & JOKES: I dare you to read all about   it! 

Some are information & some are funny stories on these websites below.  

      CLICK ON THESE LINKS BELOW;

CLICK HERE:Lutefisk    

 CLICK HERE:Mrs. Olson's Lefse- Potato Lefse & Scandinavian Products

CLICK HERE:THE LUTEFISK RITUAL 

 

CLICK HERE:The Power of Lutefisk  

 

CLICK HERE:http://www.mrsolsonslefse.com/f-humor2.htm

I was a good girl & got my car plates renewed BEFORE THE DEADLINE! It's so simple online ... in Michigan, anyways.  Here's the website for MICHIGAN:
Click here: SOS - License Plate Registration Renewals



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