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2011 Nut Season begins-

Nut harvest is officially under way.  We received our first load of nuts yesterday. It's always a big sigh of relief when that first load is in. 

 
 
Checking the quality of the nut.

 
Mason, Danny and Sam.

 
The loads start coming slowly...than watch out October....crazy! {these nuts were of an early variety}

Also going on around here....putting in a new warehouse, it should be done next week...just in time for tons of nuts! {boy, talk about cutting it close} Danny has made a million trips back and forth to the county building to keep things rolling on this project.....if you don't stay on top of them, nothing gets done.

 
 

All is good, Happy Day.

Merry-

 

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.      Norman Vincent Peale

Man I could use a magic wand like that =)  Each morning I walk by this little banner....makes me smile.....it's a nice little reminder to make each day Merry-

Okay....so this makes me laugh every time I see it.

At the Nut House we have this machine {kind of like the ones at Costco that clean the floors} well, we have been having problems with it....seems no matter what we do it would leak ....we think it's because of faulty hoses...but the company says its mice.....so Sam came up with this plan to prove them wrong.....so far Sam's winning.  {Unless, mice fly now.}  

Makes me smile....everyday.

What makes you smile?

Snap shots of fall-

 
On the way out the door this morning I snapped a few pictures....just for fun...because I knew for the next 8 hours I would be looking at a lot of

This.... {trucks waiting to be unloaded}

and this....{containers being shipped out}

I need a little reminder once in awhile, that there is life outside  the Nut House gates.

 
 
Love these little acorns hanging from my kitchen knobs...Happy Day

Question?????

What would you put in this space?  I think it use to house a telephone.

 
 
 

Nut Season 2010

 

 

 

 Nut season is in full swing......the nuts are coming in and life is running at a fast pace.

This year will be new and different-

Because.......

Sam will be working with us this year.

Happy Day!

 

 

 

 

 

 
Dad and son working together.....something we thought might never happen.  It's wonderful having Sam here.   He has been a big help.....especially with this.....the new laboratory   Sam's good with all the "techie" stuff that needs to happen around here.

 
 
New office floors-

 
We are looking forward to a great Nut season.....work, work, work....but its all good.

 

Happy Luck

Or as our family would say "Take Luck".   Back during Nut season we had some buyers come from China  to visit and to check out our plant.  This was the gift they gave us.

 

 It's actually a box. It just is so interesting. It is made from Chinese walnuts. 

 

  The symbol means 'Happy Luck" or something like that, sorry.  They invited us to come to China and be their guests, which is a big honor....they are "big" in China.

Just sharing.   Happy Day or better yet.....Happy Luck.  =)

baking....

 

 Thursday Bree and I spent most of the day baking- it was the first real test for this little kitchen and it did just fine.

  

 Cookie recipes- Download Ginger Cookies

 

 

Denver and Bree will be heading back to school next week. We have really enjoyed having them here this Nut season. They have a lot to look forward to and wonderful adventures as they made their own home. They will be missed.

 

 This picture was just for fun....sorry it's a little blurry. 

 

 Emma's going to miss them too. 

Nut Zoo House-

 

It's a little like a zoo around here. Just in this little area, four forklifts trying not to hit each other.

 

 

 

 

 

Bree- working at the front desk- Just another day at the Nut House.
  

A sale, pillow tutorial and a Sign-

The sale....well, I'm not ready sure it was much of a sale.  I was a little disappointed, things were marked way too high for the condition they were in. 

Which is really too bad, it may be awhile before I get drawn into another "restoration sale" ...others leaving the sale felt the same way.

Oh well, you win sometimes and sometimes not so much.

 

Small pillows for dinning chairs-

• scrap fabric, batting, and ball fringe
• Cut fabric to length of the back of your dinning chair-
• right sides together sew three sides- turn
• stuff with batting
• tuck in end sew with machine on outside.
• Hot glue ball fringe to both ends-

 

{Thanks Ruth}

We had a new sign made and installed for us- had a little problem at first-

 

But they were "Johnny on the spot" to fix it-

 

All is well- Hope you have a wonderful day.

 

Small Town USA

Here's a little run down on how our fourth of July went- in small town USA.

 

 

• Danny planted four trees-
• Olive
• Cherry
• and two Maples.

While he was doing that I worked on the art for the small bathroom-

 

• The two pictures on the left were pictures I took and framed.

• The others I found at Target on the end caps for $2.50 a piece- I'm now a fan of checking out all the end caps.  Happy Day

Also while Dan is doing all the hard work- I started working on this sweet little antique makeup vanity. {Amy found it at a garage sale and told me about it....Thanks Amy} I think it will turn out great.

 

We stopped our work long enough to head downtown for the July 4th parade.

 

The green Acres float was a hoot. {yes, they were singing the "green Acres" song. =)

The day ended with the traditional Firework show on the football field- sitting in our traditional spot in front of the goal post- {that's been our spot for about 30 years}.

 

I'm hoping that someday we can get all the kids and their families together in front of the goal post in the future. Maybe even sign them up to be in the parade, now that would be fun.

 

Hope your fourth was wonderful.

 

California Legislature-

 

Saturday I spent the day with Danny at our States Capital.  He had been invited to participate in a group discussion about Fire Protection. { When the Nut season is over, he spends his time putting out fires, as a Private Fire Protection Contractor}  They are the guys they call in to help out when county and state units are stretched thin.

Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries headed the meeting of about 50.  I would say it was... a lively meeting.  I don't think I've ever been in a room with a bunch of tougher looking guys.  Many are retired Navy, Marine, and veteran firefighters.  Not a soft hand in the bunch of them.

Issues, concerns, and problems were discussed along with lots of suggestions and  maybe some solutions.

If you live in a fire prone area you might, if you haven't already educate yourself about some of the "fire" issues out there.  Especially if you live in a rural area, where wildfires are becoming more frequent and more dangerous.

There are some voices out there that believe that saving money is more important than saving homes and lives.

And talk about money issues....take a look at this sign-

 

Be sure to be on the look out for your Tax IOU in the mail.

 That's basically how I spent my day at the Capital, participating in the legislative process right next to... 

 

Governor Schwarzenegger. {our room was next to his}

 {We did manage to find a great place to eat.  So it wasn't all work.]