Country Naturals, Simple Life Celebration

Celebrating the Simple Life

Blackberries We had a bumper crop in 2006. Bob has been busy in the kitchen with syrup & jam.	TESTING! 1-2-3 TESTING! We're trying out YouTube videos, here. Do you like them? Oregon Waterfront Vacation Home For Sale By Owner We're helping to sell our neighbors' house. If you're in the market for a second home or a great place to retire, please check it out. I just discovered a "no-win scenario" for Spider Solitaire. Please let me know what you think of it. Our son has purchased some great properties in Shasta and Tehama counties, in Northern California. If you're looking to buy an affordable vacation propery in the Redding, CA area, please visit affordableRedding.com. My photo of this Clodius Parnassian Butterfly was chosen to be on the Butterflies and Moths of North America website. The news came in January. What a great way to brighten a dismal winter day. While working on Love Your Pet Expo, I met a great lady who lives in a house of straw. Click here to read all about it. Favorite Links We Love To Quilt is a new site for quilters, from my friend, Lloni, of LLPublish.com. Here's one with even more stuff than our site. Animals, Nature, Religion, Poetry, Art, Recipes, and lots more. Please visit All-Creatures.org. If you're looking for all natural and organic quality products for humans and animals, please visit www.countrynaturals.co.uk. Old Folks At Home On The World Wide Web--a wonderfully imaginative site with a directory of other web pages by seniors (like me). Tahitian Noni® Juice is made from Noni puree. (Other companies use powdered or dried noni.) 100% natural ingredients, pasteurized for safety, and contains no chemical preservatives, added sugars, artificial flavors, or thickeners. If you have a website, you know how important it is to get links. Here is a list of our Link Swap Partners	Juicing It's messy and time-consuming, but soooo good for you. Bob makes a great Carrot/Orange drink..
Bread Baking Includes info and recipes for sourdough starter, which also makes the best chocolate cake ever		Knitting Knitting is one of my favorite hobbies. Here is my collection of patterns and links, including my new site, Easy-Knit-Crochet.com
Butterflies This is a new passion of mine. Please read about the plight of the Monarch and PLANT SOME MILKWEED.		Making Money Online My most glorious failure was trying to make money online. At least I can help keep you from making the same mistakes I did.
Candles New website by an old friend. Buy, enjoy, and learn about soy candles. This can also be a nice little business opportunity
Christmas Decorating, baking, wrapping, and gift ideas, from The 12 Months of Christmas.		Pets--Ya Gotta Love 'em We have 10 of these--9 stray cats and an unwanted dog. I'm always looking for more links and tips on pet care.
Creative Writing I've been writing for years. Here are my previously published articles and links to some great resources for writers.		Poetry One of my dearest friends writes poetry. Please visit award-winning poet, Cece Peri.
Credit & Finance Protect yourself and stay on top of your bills and credit scores.
DIY Home improvement projects with before and after photos. These are from our ongoing "Hobbit house" project.		Spider Solitaire When I get, restless I play Spider solitaire. Here are some of my hints, strategies, and favorite saved games to download..
Games & Puzzles Here are some fun, free, family-friendly sites. My favorites are building a roller coaster and the human skeleton.		Virtual Tours I LOVE MUSEUMS. Here is a collection of links to online tours of The White House, Smithsonian, Kennedy Center, art museums, and more.
Gardening Garden all summer, knit all winter. Retirement has its rewards.Watch this section grow <grin>.		Web Design One of my other passions. Learn how to do it all for practically nothing out of pocket. Links to free tools, articles, seo, and link swaps.
Harp (folk harp) I love my harp, but rarely have time for it anymore. If you play the harp, please share your favorite links.

Painted Lady Butterfly. I had to chase her all over the yard, but she finally stopped and posed for me.

Join the fun at Love Your Pet Expo 2008