The windowsill started to smell, so I investigated the pea seeds. I salvaged four sprouting seeds, including the one seedling that was two inches high already. The others I planted too deep and they were rotting. Poor things, no chance at all of reaching that sunlight. You would think someone with a graphic design background would know what half an inch was. I took a toothpick and measured off half an inch and then used it to plant four more seeds , half an inch deep this time. Here are the peas after a few days in rehab,
Then I decided to try some oven drying. I had cranberries in the freezer from last Christmas. All berries freeze well, although you have to freeze soft berries on trays first, so they don’t touch and freeze together in a glob. As I was getting the boiling water ready, Mr. Spider came out to take a look,
That is a Bold Jumping Spider. They are harmless, but like kitchen counters. He was too big to squish, so scooped him up with a dustpan and let him outside. That was before I knew about the jumping part.
In Idaho you have to consider spiders. Do not open the leftover bag of dirt from last year and just stick your hand in it. Same goes for your gardening gloves.
Before drying, you have to boil the cranberries for 15 to 30 seconds to crack their skins, then you dump them in cold water, then you put them on trays in the oven at 170 degrees. I love the popping noises the cranberries make as their skins crack, but mine took almost a minute to all get cracked, maybe they were still a bit frozen. Nice color red,
This is the cranberries after 6 hours of drying,
They were not all quite done, but I had enough fun and put them in a jar with the less done ones on top, so I could eat them sooner. With dried cranberries on my granola every morning I may finish all of them within a few weeks anyway.
I am still waiting for them to post this promotion, so I can apply. Someone asked me this morning how I did on my interview, they did not know the circumstances, and I went off. I had to go back later and apologize.
Alyssa is thinking she should go to school and get a bachelors degree, but doesn't know in what. I am generally discouraging about college today, but I sent her a link to the Myers Briggs Personality test to help her figure out what she might be suited to be when she grows up. I did the test myself last night to see if I was the same, which I am. I am an INTJ, a Rational Mastermind. These are fairly rare, but turns out Alyssa is the exact same. One department should not be able to hold both of us and I think we only get along because of the big difference in age.
INTJ (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Judgemental) & INFJ Personality Types
"Without Introverted Intuitive personality types, it is said that Israel would have had no prophets. Under deceptively conventional appearances lie perceptive minds that travel the breadth and depth of universal mysteries, contemplating its multilayered complexity, seeking the trends that will define the future. With time, clarity of vision comes. When it comes, they are propelled towards the vision and all their actions lead to it. They are perseverant behind a quiet exterior and will often come back with their vision long after everyone believes they have let it go.
What they see is so clear and obvious to them they are often surprised to find that others cannot see it as well. They may find it difficult to articulate the necessary steps towards implementation or to explain how each goal fits into the larger picture.
Their mind usually travels from the past to the future, seeking to fit a particular situation in a large context. It picks up patterns, symbols and images from different seemingly unrelated fields, identifies similarities and provides meaning. This can help solve problems by juxtaposing ideas, finding analogies or simply by rooting out the quintessential reality, discovering the origin in universal stories and human experiences, culling wisdom from the infinitely small to the infinitely large. Their mind naturally travels from the microcosm to the macrocosm.
They regularly have to face the difficulties of bringing dreams into reality. The time and effort it takes is always more than what their intuition initially suggested. They are determined, perseverant, inspired and often see things just around the corner, into the near or far future."
As frustrated and bored as we are, this personality test thing was pretty entertaining.
Myers Briggs Personality test:
http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html
Keirsey Temperament Sorter:
http://jobsearch.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=jobsearch&cdn=careers&tm=5&gps=96_28_1003_601&f=20&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&st=37&zu=http%3A//www.keirsey.com/
If being grateful is the answer to something, which I think that it is, it is easier in Idaho. I have those "wake up and smell the coffee (or the roses) moments or hours every day. We are about to have another warm weekend, that is three in a row, and I think this is what Spring is supposed to be like in Idaho, much better than the cold, dreary Spring last year. Last night I slept with the window open. I missed the dogwood and I enjoyed the magnolias, but I did not get pictures of them and now they are done. The tulips and daffodils are still going strong, although a hot weekend will probably finish them. Here are some pictures of flowers along my graveyard walk,
This weekend I think I will go for a drive and look for horses. Maybe I will stop in Emmett at Roe Ann's Drive-In for a burger. I heard it was the best burger in Idaho.
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