Bird Nest

I have my first bird nest ever in my yard. It is a House Finch. I have a lot of them and they do eat in the feeder under the nest. So excited.

http://www.sialis.org/nestshofi.htm

Follow The Dots

From 2001 to 2005 there was an ongoing investigation into the Clinton Foundation.
A Grand Jury had been empaneled.
Governments from around the world had donated to the “Charity”.
Yet, from 2001 to 2003 none of those “Donations” to the Clinton Foundation were declared.
Hmmm, now you would think that an honest investigator would be able to figure this out.
Guess who took over this investigation in 2002?
Bet you can’t guess.
No other than James “Wassup Homey” Comey.
Now, that’s interesting, isn’t it?
Guess who was transferred in to the Internal Revenue Service to run the Tax Exemption Branch of the IRS?
Your friend and mine, our favorite person in the whole world if you are a Tea Party Member, Pro-Life or a True the Vote supporter……. ding, ding, ding, ding Lois “Be on The Look Out” (BOLO) Lerner.
Now, that’s interesting, isn’t it?
It gets better, well not really, but I am sure this is all just a series of strange coincidences, right?
Guess who ran the Tax Division inside the Department of Injustice from 2001 to 2005?
No other than the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, Rod Rosenstein.
Now, that’s interesting, isn’t it?
Guess who was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during this timeframe???
I know, it’s a miracle, just a coincidence, just an anomaly in statistics and chances, Robert Mueller.
What do all four casting characters have in common?
They all were briefed and/or were front line investigators into the Clinton Foundation Investigation.
Now that’s just a coincidence, right?
Ok, lets chalk the last one up to mere chance.
Let’s fast forward to 2009, shall we?
James “Wassup Homey” Comey leaves the Justice Department to go and cash-in at Lockheed Martin.
Hillary Clinton is running the State Department, on her own personal email server by the way.
The Uranium One “issue” comes to the attention of the Hildabeast.
Like all good public servants do, you know looking out for America’s best interest, she decides to support the decision and approve the sale of 20% of US Uranium to no other than, the Russians.

Now you would think that this is a fairly straight up deal, except it wasn’t, the People got absolutely nothing out of it.
However, prior to the sales approval, no other than Arkansas Bill goes to Moscow, gets paid 500K for a one hour speech then meets with Vladimir Putin at his home for a few hours.
Ok, no big deal right?
Well, not so fast, the FBI had a mole inside the money laundering and bribery scheme.
Guess who was the FBI Director during this timeframe?
Yep, Robert Mueller.
He even delivered a Uranium Sample to Moscow in 2009.
Guess who was handling that case within the Justice Department out of the US Attorney’s Office in Maryland.
No other than, Rod Rosenstein.
Guess what happened to the informant?
The Department of Justice placed a GAG order on him and threatened to lock him up if he spoke out about it.
Interesting, huh?
How does 20% of the most strategic asset of the United States of America end up in Russian hands when the FBI has an informant, a mole providing inside information to the FBI on the criminal enterprise?
Guess what happened soon after the sale was approved?

~145 million dollars in “donations” made their way into the Clinton Foundation from entities directly connected to the Uranium One deal.
Guess who was still at the Internal Revenue Service working the Charitable Division?
No other than, Lois “BOLO” Lerner.
Interesting, huh?
Ok, that’s all just another series of coincidences, nothing to see here, right?
Let’s fast forward to 2015.
Due to a series of tragic events in Benghazi and after the 9 “investigations” the House, Senate and at State Department, Trey Gowdy who was running the 10th investigation as Chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi discovers that the Hildabeast ran the State Department on a unclassified, unauthorized, outlaw personal email server.
He also discovered that none of those emails had been turned over when she departed her “Public Service” as Secretary of State which was required by law.
He also discovered that there was Top Secret information contained within her personally archived email.
I will spare you the State Departments cover up, the nostrums they floated, the delay tactics that were employed and the outright lies that were spewed forth from the necks of the Kerry State Department, we shall leave it with this…… they did everything humanly possible to cover for the Hildabeast.
Now this is amazing, guess who became FBI Director in 2013?
Guess who secured 17 no bid contracts for his employer with the State Department and was rewarded with a six million dollar thank you present when he departed his employer.
No other than James “Wassup Homey” Comey.
 Amazing how all those no-bids just went right through at State, huh?
Now he is the FBI Director in charge of the “Clinton Email Investigation” after of course his FBI Investigates the Lois Lerner “Matter” at the Internal Revenue Service and exonerates her.
Nope couldn’t find any crimes there.
Can you guess what happened next?
In April 2016, James “Wassup Homey” Comey drafts an exoneration letter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, meanwhile the DOJ is handing out immunity deals like candy.
They didn’t even convene a Grand Jury.
Like a lightning bolt of statistical impossibility, like a miracle from God himself, like the true “Gangsta” Homey is, James steps out into the cameras of an awaiting press conference on July the 8th of 2016, and exonerates the Hildabeast from any wrongdoing.
Can you see the pattern?
I could go on, Rosenstein becomes Asst. Attorney General, Comey gets fired based upon a letter by Rosenstein, Comey leaks government information to the press, Mueller is assigned to the Russian Investigation sham by Rosenstein to provide cover for decades of malfeasance within the FBI and DOJ and the story continues.
FISA Abuse, political espionage..... pick a crime, any crime, chances are...... this group and a few others did it.
All the same players.
All compromised and conflicted.
All working fervently to NOT go to jail themselves.
All connected in one way or another to the Clinton's.

They are like battery acid, they corrode and corrupt everything they touch.
How many lives have these two destroyed?
It cannot be numbered.
Incest, it’s Incestuous
As of this writing, the Clinton Foundation, in its 20+ years of operation of being the largest International Charity Fraud in the history of mankind, has never been audited by the Internal Revenue Service.

Treason

Treacherous, Vindictive, Ruthless, Venomous, Seditious, Treasonous, Slanderous, Subversive, Double-Dealing, Villainous, Vile and Nefarious.
These are just a few descriptors associated with what the Obama DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community in corroboration with the Democrat Party, their audio and visual department of CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNN and segments of FOX's actions could be described as for the past 2.5 years.
What makes matters worse.....
The betrayals associated within appointed positions within the Cabinet like Rodentstein at the DOJ and at the White House like the White House Counsel's Office under Don McGahn....
Well, to put it lightly, their actions to thwart the Will of the People......
Beyond the pale.
When We the People sent Donald Trump to the White House as the 45th President of the United States to DrainTheSwamp, the Swamp.... Shadow Government..... Cabal..... The Club.... whatever you want to call it.....
They were going to have none of that.
What, give up their monopoly on power?
The last four Presidents had been purposefully "selected", not elected for a reason.
Running the Federal Government as a Criminal RICO Enterprise is very profitable and they weren't about to be held accountable for decades of criminal enterprises under the guise of government.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

They were going to have none of that.
They enjoyed feeding off the helpless.
They enjoyed unmitigated access to power and the wealth that brings.
They enjoyed watching the people suffer, creating crisis after crisis, only to provide the "solution" which always chipped away at the peoples freedoms.
Ultimate power is very addictive and they had no plans on giving that up.....
So.....
Something wicked, something very evil entered into the minds of those who had the most to lose.
The instruments and tools were in place at the DOJ, FBI and Intelligence Apparatus.
The "Allies" were all in for supporting the plot by providing surveillance.
Not only that, they had helped set the groundwork associated with overseas entrapment operations.
Brennan had already turned those operations over to Comey in the form of a EC (Electronic Communication).
The narrative was already purchased by Bath House Barry, Hildabeast and the criminal organization named the Democrat National Committee.
All the cut outs were in place to provide plausible deniability.
Perkins Coie' to Fusion GPS with Glenn Simpson.
Nellie Ohr was the inside track to backdoor any information "needed" to spin the false narrative through her husband Bruce Ohr at the DOJ.
The Russian Collusion Obstruction of Justice Delusion was spawned out of the darkness of the Obama White House and into the darkness of evil as a plot to use already installed operatives to execute the plot.

A plot to remove a duly elected President of the United States, the first true representative of We the People in 36 years slithered out of their dark minds and sprung into motion.
This D10 bull dozer and wrecking ball must be stopped before it metastasizes.
The people shall not be free and they will not regain control of their government.
The People must remain ill-informed, starved and divided.
So it began....
The slander, the lies, the leaks began before President Trump was even inaugurated.
The British were spying on him.
Our own government was spying on him.
The FBI was investigating him.
The DOJ was plotting against him.
The false narratives in the press were as runny as a two year olds diaper on rice cereal with mashed peas and they would only get worse from there.
The anonymous source classified leaks spewed forth.
Unmaskings......
There was no shortage of "Never-Trumpers" urging them on from the sidelines.
Adding a few jabs and knives into the fray.
The hatred and disloyalty to the President was only surpassed by the loathing of those who elected him.
People began to be assaulted in the streets.

They even burned down the Martin Luther King Student Union on Berkley...... on his birthday.
Yes, the controlled opposition was being coordinated.
All from Bath House Barry and his "War Room" with Valarie Jared.
All they needed was the trigger.
Comey, Rosenstein and Mueller sprang into action.
Comey provided the trigger by getting himself fired by leaking a personal conversation between him and POTUS.
Rosenstein provided the methodology by getting Sessions to recuse himself on all matters "Russia" and Mueller met with POTUS two days before being appointed as Special Counsel to size him up.
The rest is history.....
The whole thing was based upon Fruit from a Poisonous Tree with the roots thereof being little more than a made up lie.
Yes, that false and salacious Pee Pee Dossier that was co-authored by Glenn Simpson, Nellie Ohr, Clinton Foundation Operatives through the State Department with Christopher Steele adding a few nuggets was the summation of their case plus the entrapment operations associated with Flynn, Papadopolous, Donald Trump Jr. and Mannifort.
A steaming pile of bullshit which they used to gas-light a nation.

So.....
In conclusion, now that everyone knows that the Russian Collusion Obstruction of Justice Delusion was nothing more than a politically paid for plot to overthrow the elected government of the United States.........
As President Trump would say and has Tweeted..... when do the trials for treason begin.

We will never forget you

Dear Dad Decorah:  It has been a year since you disappeared. I remember you stocking the pantry for mom.  You came and helped her cover the babies, you snuggled them and mom.  Did you know this was the last time you would see your family.  I have to think you are soaring the thermals with your children who have gone before you.   I also think you and Bob Anderson are watching over mom and her future babies.  We will never forget you and will always love you. You will always be Dad Decorah. 

ARRRGGGHHH

So I was doing something in my blog and it just freaked out. It changed the format and the colors and I can't seem to get it back.  I am not happy.  I will continue to play with it to see if I can get it back the way it used to be so bear with me.  If it is anything like the new yahoo mail it will never be right again.  Why can't you just leave things alone.  Quit making changes. Oh yes Pinterest has messed things up again too.

Week 13 Domestic Poetry

With that in mind there's no questions this week but I'd love to hear your stories of the various handcrafts you began but never followed through with. Was it cross stitch like Jane, or patchwork, knitting??

Also, are you a reader of poetry? Is there a poem about domestic life you'd like to share.

The author talks about cross stitch. She never got into it.  I love to cross stitch but how many pillows and pictures does one need?  I have several pieces I want to work on and get them out every once in awhile. All I know is if we ever have an EMP I have enough to keep me busy along with my fabric and yarn and cross stitch and books.  My first piece was a cat face, not sure what possessed me to start something so difficult but I did.  I am not really into needlepoint, not sure why, maybe cos I don't like a pre-stamped picture to work from.  I do have a needlepoint canvas that was given to me by the owner of a yarn store in Florence.  I came home and bought the  yarn and I need to get it done. It is a picture of the river behind her store.  

She talks about poetry as if it is the love of her life. I never did get it.  I hear people talk about poems, I read them and I don't get it.  Just not my thing.  Now give me a good mystery or Western and I am good to go.

Fair Isle:  My fav thing to knit.  I would knit fair isle sweaters and socks if I had nothing else to work on.  My largest fair isle project is an Alice Starmore sweater Water Lily patterned after Monet's painting.  It took me 7 months to finish.  I don't wear it often, it is very warm because fair isle is like a self-lined garment.  Fair Isle is amazing to watch the pattern take shape.  A lot of Fair Isle is garish in the colors, but it is not easy to change the colors to make them look right.  I have a couple fair isle sweaters in my queue, maybe this winter.  

 

Week 12 Patterns

* Is your life patterned with rhythms, routines, rituals? If so, what stands out as those which rarely change.

* If you have struggled with disorder or dare I say it, chaos, in your home, has anything shared today given you a light bulb moment? What was it?

* Perhaps you're someone who can wing-it in your domestic life. Are there still patterns within?

* When it comes to the art of making or learning something different are you a gestator or do you jump right in?


On Sunday night I write out my list of events to do for the week and what day. I write out the errands I need to run and the things I need to get done. My calendar is full of what needs to be done. But that is how I do things.


Sometimes I just jump into a pattern if I am on a deadline. At times I put everything together for a project and let it sit until I get the urge to make it. I have too many of those, but they keep making new patterns, new yarn, new fabric, new cookbooks, etc. If they would just stop making new things I could get some of my stuff done.


If I am teaching a class I will start right away preparing for it with a new notebook to put all my thoughts in. By the time the class is here I am more than ready. I find going to a class where the teacher is not ready just torques my jaw. How could they not be organized enough to be ready and prepared?

Some call me anal but I find if I have an orderly to do list then I have more free time to do what I want and enjoy.  I get up early just who I am and by noon I pretty have the rest of the day to do as I wish.  This allows me to enjoy most of the day instead of being drug down by chores, etc that never end.  I run a hundred miles a minute and the more I got going the happier I am and the better I function.  I don't do well with just sitting.  Never have and hopefully never will. 

Week 11 Texture

* Do the colours found in nature inspire you when choosing fabrics, thread or yarn for different projects? Can you share an example?

* Jane uses a very basic lemon meringue pie recipe to highlight the longing she believes many of us have for simpler things, less complicated instructions and easy on the mind reading. What simpler things do you long for in this busy 21st century life?

* Share an example of textures in craft that you love. Could it be the twisted cable on a hand knitted cardigan, the mounds of white knotted stitches which meld together as a cauliflower on an old tea towel or the puffed rise of needle-turn applique on a beautiful quilt?


 I pretty much stick to colors I like for projects, not what is around me unless I am trying to coordinate something with the color theme of my rooms. 

I can't wait to try her lemon meringue pie, it sounds so yummy.  I have some lemons that need used so maybe tomorrow will be pie day.

I love cables, love to knit them love the wear them and love to look at them and figure out what kind of cable they are.  I also like the seed stitch, it looks like so much rich texture but is so simple to make.  I collect old doilies and dresser scarves because embroidery is not really my thing.. I love the old patterns and  colors to use in my home.  The knots and stitches are carefully created to create a beautiful picture. 

There is nothing like the dirt between your fingers as you work in the garden or the mud that oozes between your toes after a rain storm.  I prefer the clean feeling of wood floors over carpet.  I like sheer curtains over rich brocades that lock out the light. 

Week 10 Our Hands

Let’s let our imaginations come alive this week.

Choose one of the Stanley Spencer paintings and share your thoughts in the comments below or on your blog for this week's link up...

* What first caught your eye when you saw the painting?

* Did you imagine a story behind it? What was the story?

I found this to be a very bizarre picture.  It is as if there are separate pictures cut and pasted together.  The woman is knitting and appears to be in the forefront.  I have never seen anyone knit that way and it looks very uncomfortable.  The man appears to just be pasted next to her to fill space?  And they have a graveyard just outside their window?  I just don't get this picture at all.

The focus of this week is our hands.  I can't imagine anything I do that does not involve them.  They are put through a lot and yet do we really take care of them? 

One of Those Days

Today was one of the best days of my life.  We hung the yarn bomb.  We had a priest bless the piece after it was hung and several of the businesses in the piece came as well as we hung it to be enjoyed by the community.  For those who don't know the background.  Last June Browne's Irish Market was the victim of a hate crime but it has turned into a love crime for all the love and support they have received.  We at the Irish Center wanted to do something to show some support and love and this is what we came up with.

It took us about 9 months from conception to completion, so the baby was born today.  It was a labor of love, wondering if we could do this, and some frustration along the way, but... it is done.