Manure piles can be "purty."
Mine are currently covered with attractive crops of toad stools.
In other news, Bill has left for the day. He's on his way to Farragut to do his emceeing, etc. duties at the 40th Idaho State Forestry Contest.
Bill helped found the annual event which attracts kids of all ages from public schools, private schools and youth groups.
I know from observation that the Selle Valley Carden School students have been busily preparing for the contest.
Good luck to all who participate. It's a great learning activity as well as a competition.
And, what a day to be out of school and visiting one of the most beautiful areas in North Idaho.
Here at the Lovestead, my 2023 flower baskets are now hanging at the deck, and several tomato and cuke plants have gone to the garden.
I'm holding back on planting some---just in case, but it looks like we should be able to enjoy this planting weather without dire consequences.
Bill came home mid afternoon yesterday after another day of teaching kids how to fly fish at Round Lake.
He had a Trout Unlimited meeting last night, so I had to scoot to get a horse saddled and ready for my mini ride around the place.
Yesterday's edition was pretty abbreviated because by the time I had Lefty saddled, thunder boomers were sending messages in the sky.
Happily, it never got too intense, and Lefty's behavior was exemplary----after a two-year hiatus from being ridden.
So, two rides down, and my knee hasn't screamed yet. Fingers crossed that it's on the mend, albeit slow.
Yesterday, I enjoyed a nice conversation with a retired nurse who had moved here from Southern California.
While driving to pick up my flower baskets, I decided to take the back roads through our old neighborhood, including the street that goes through a subdivision on my folks Upper Tibbs farm.
As I turned on to the street, I saw flower baskets sitting behind a car in a driveway. The baskets were packaged just like those I would be picking up. Then, I saw a couple of women nearby, so I stopped and asked if they'd gotten their baskets from Kari.
Sure enough, they had. Then, I did what I've wanted to do for sometime: told those ladies that we used to live on that property and that it was my folks upper farm.
For the first three years of our marriage, Bill and I rented a small house on the farm, which had originally been known as the Harney Dairy.
"I planted some of those trees down below your house," I said.
The owner seemed thrilled to learn information about the spot where she had just moved in January.
It was a fun interlude and trip through Memory Lane. Nice to meet you, Judy and Amanda.
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Meanwhile, off in Spain, Annie must have a longer stretch of walking today because I haven't seen her posts yet.
So, I'll just leave the links, and you can check out her observations and progress.
I have no respect for candidates running for any office, who, out of desperation and with lack of principles, fling undocumented hot-button information aka "lies" toward their opponent.
I know this tactic has been successful in a variety of races we've seen over the past few years.
It makes me sick when these candidates often win, based on lies launched toward good, hard-working and dedicated people rather than on their own merit.
For a change, why don't we, as voters, cast aside those lies or at least take time to research their validity when we make our decision at the polls.
Oh, I know this concept is "so yesterday," in today's rotten political climate but let's make our candidate selections on merit aka accurate information rather than conjured-up dirt.
Thank you.
from today's Bonner County Daily Bee
Setting the record straight in library board race
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May 11, 2023 1:00 AM
Several recent letters to the editor included
misrepresented details about the library — and Susan Shea, the incumbent
up for re-election. Corrections:
The library has had no requests to offer a drag queen story hour and
Susan has no intention of creating one. This topic from the candidate
forum was an irrelevant distraction.
Susan and the board do not want children to access sexually explicit
material, which is why we require parental consent for computer use and
block obscene or pornographic material on all library devices. The adult
section is appropriately housed on another floor.
Our collection contains very few of the LGBTQ+ titles appearing on
banned book lists, and those lists include classics like "To Kill a
Mockingbird." Thankfully, East Bonner County Library has not had any
requests to reconsider books. The idea of restricting or removing
materials (aka censorship) is a solution in search of a problem.
The bookmobile (our third branch) serves 3,000-4,000 patrons
annually. The purchase of a Mercedes Sprinter utility van was a planned,
well-considered, and thoroughly researched decision. Paid through
capital replacement funds with no additional taxpayer burden, it
replaces a 23-year-old converted Bluebird bus that’s become unsafe,
unreliable and very costly to repair.
The current board supports East Bonner County residents without
restricting materials for all based on the values of a small but vocal
group of citizens who wish to impose their beliefs (and fears) on the
entire population.
We are fortunate to have such an amazing library;
attempting to “fix” manufactured or non-existent problems is a huge
mistake. Susan Shea is the only candidate to consider.
AMY FLINT
Sandpoint
Chair
East Bonner County Library District Board of Trustees
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