tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50527173180343047842024-03-05T21:30:29.902-08:00Love Those Wide Open SpacesChasing Creativity and Possibility beneath a Big Florida SkySanne Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754236346882488971noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052717318034304784.post-88286706464160434722013-12-26T15:48:00.003-08:002014-01-25T06:39:56.392-08:00Passage of Time and Bread Baking<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Early winter has been warm in Florida this year, and I’m
thankful for the lighter load of ranch chores that fine weather allows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While much of the country dealt with ice
storms and power outages, we're lucky enough to still be growing green grass in the pastures this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>December’s not always this way, but I have to say I like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The year 2013 has nearly run its course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How quickly time flew by this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some years are slow and steady, others are
packed with meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year, for us, was
a year filled with the important events that mark human existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">So what does that mean in real terms? Looking back, our family </span>saw weddings and broken engagements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We experienced births of babies, and children
starting school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our young men came home
from overseas. Then there were the old friends whose lives transitioned towards new pathways which found them moving away
from us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And favorite aunts passed,
leaving behind a huge hole in the hearts of our fold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2013 was a year of beginnings and endings that lent us to feel life at its most intense, life at its fullest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was with some pleasure that we kept our holiday season
quiet this year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We pulled back and
slowed things down and lightened up a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
pushed aside the manic portions of the holiday to live the season a bit
more sanely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plan worked
out well and I hope we can celebrate in this fashion again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One of the sweet spots of December has been that Davis has
gone back to his oven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Years ago, Davis was
quite a baker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His hobby got left
behind in the ensuing years of raising children, handling loads of ranch work, and
of course his off-the-farm career. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
as autumn rolled around this year, Davis began to remember his love of bread-making.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I dug deep into the library and found an old artisan bread
book I’d packed away and I placed it next to his coffee one early morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t say much, but during the next weeks
I would see him reading through its stories and recipes after dinner in the
evenings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then just after Thanksgiving, Davis
arrived home one day with quite an array of flours, yeast, honey, molasses,
vinegars, seeds, nuts and fruits, all in hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He had found his way back to his creative place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As the year 2013 comes to an end and we turn the page of our
calendar over to 2014, this writer and her family can unanimously say we’re happy
to be home from all the travel, content in our place on the planet, and grateful
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writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2014/01/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors: What You Can See in January</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/12/first-day-hike-start-new-year-in-nature.html">First Day Hike - Start the New Year in Nature </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/12/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors - What You Can See in December</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/12/campfire-cooking-class-at-paynes.html">Campfire Cooking at Payne's Prairie Preserve State Park</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/11/nature-in-florida-november-november-in.html">Florida Outdoors - What You Can See in November</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/11/floridas-endangered-sea-turtles.html">Florida's Endangered Sea Turtles are Rebounding</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/11/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors - What You Can See in October</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/11/sinkholes-in-florida.html">Sinkholes in Florida</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/09/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors - What You Can See in September</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/travel-florida-learn-to-blacksmith-at.html">Travel Florida: Learn to Blacksmith at Panhandle Pioneer Settlement</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/travel-florida-big-shoals-largest.html">Travel Florida: Big Shoals - The Largest Whitewater Rapids in Florida </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/how-to-become-nuisance-alligator.html">How to Become a Nuisance Alligator Trapper in Florida</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://good-health-and-positive-living.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-health-benefits-of-drinking-coffee.html">The Health Benefits of Drinking Coffee</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://good-health-and-positive-living.blogspot.com/2013/12/how-to-improve-your-heart-health-in-12.html">How to Improve Your Heart Health in 12 Easy Steps</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://good-health-and-positive-living.blogspot.com/2013/12/how-to-have-more-energy-no-matter-what.html">How to Have More Energy No Matter What Your Age</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2013/02/we-learn-what-to-look-for-when-buying.html">We Learn What to Look for When Buying Hay </a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2012/05/fields-full-of-babies.html">A Field Full of Babies</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-requiem-to-beethoven.html">A Requiem to Beethoven</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-cycle-of-life-on-ranch.html">The Cycle of Life on a Ranch</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/trading-treasures.html">Trading Treasures - Pepper Jam</a></span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.florida-just-for-fun.com/2014/01/relive-battle-dade-battlefield-state.html">Relive the Battle! Dade Battlefield State Park Battle Reenactment</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.florida-just-for-fun.com/2013/12/go-outdoors-and-walk-this-new-years-day.html">Go Outdoors and Walk This New Year's Day</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.florida-just-for-fun.com/2013/08/things-to-do-this-weekend-in-florida.html">Things to Do This Weekend in Florida - Thursday, August 29th thru Monday, September 2nd, 2013</a> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/">Sanne On Squidoo Blog</a> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2014/01/lets-talk-squidoo-squidoo-forums.html">Let's Talk Squidoo - Squidoo Forums</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/12/using-photos-and-images-on-squidoo-and.html">Using Photos and Images on Squidoo and Other Online Spots</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/10/new-recipe-format-is-now-available-on.html">New Recipe Format is Now Available on Squidoo</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/10/how-to-promote-your-squidoo-lens-or.html">How to Promote Your Squidoo Article</a> </span></span><br />
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Sanne Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754236346882488971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052717318034304784.post-51359198368671750982013-08-28T06:05:00.000-07:002013-10-29T15:09:55.974-07:00Spider Lilies 'Neath My Window<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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For some reason the blooming of the spider lilies always
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late in summer, I always grumble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
the calendar never lies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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These spider lilies are special to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three lonely bulbs were tucked beneath the
bedroom window when we arrived here so many years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I say lonely because it was a barren landscape in those days. It wasn't even true to say we had gardens. </div>
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But these lilies were fertile little spirits and after dividing
them again and again and again, I’ve managed to nurture such massive plantings
that by the end of each August, they’re adorning the farm like new-fallen snow.</div>
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What I love about spider lilies is their make-up—their composition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A homely little bulb puts forth such strong, formidable
leaves which are full of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Towering high and verdant green,
spider lily alone leaves are home to many tiny creatures worth following, which of
course I try to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Today, there are itty-bitty baby tree frogs
catching food and water. They spring across the lily leaves as I look outside my window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A pair of tree snails crawls up a leaf and eventually out of view, though at a much slower pace than their pals the tree frogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Between the plum tree and the lily leaves, a banana spider
has spun a web to catch her breakfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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small moth traveling from a nearby bottlebrush veers too close to the lilies and
becomes entangled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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She’s no snail, this
banana spider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> S</span>he races
down to snare her prey and envelops the moth in a sarcophagus of silk in just a
matter of seconds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Lily leaves harbor more than the lightweights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A large yellow locust makes the lily beds his home, as does the occasional garden snake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These robust leaves handle larger creatures without even bowing to their more substantial presence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>While not as pretty as the ornamentals,
the leaves of the lily use their common beauty to provide solace to many of the
smallest wonders of my gardens.</div>
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Now, as late August arrives, my spider lilies send out the
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Not a cut flower, my lily; but a beautiful blossom
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Love Those Wide Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
under another’s name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve sold the
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of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-get-traffic-to-new-articles-on.html">How to Get Traffic to New Articles on Squidoo </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-can-i-write-about-on-squidoo.html">What Can I Write About on Squidoo? </a></span></span><br />
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Our farm lost a hardworking friend today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our rooster, Beethoven, went lame in one leg earlier
this summer, and under the waning full moon of August he finally succumbed to
old age.</div>
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A rooster is the spice of life to those of us who keep
chickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Showy, full of personality, each
bird is an individual to himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Roosters can be mean ol’ critters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Strange as it may seem, this isn’t always a
bad thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A rooster’s job is to look
after a whole flock of hens and aggressive roosters will take on anything, even
a large man or a tractor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I was once cornered by a bad rooster named Sugarman who didn’t
want me cutting grass near his girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was finally able to dismount from my John Deere lawn mower after help arrived some
30 minutes later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still have the scars
from his spurs on my leg to prove this encounter!</div>
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Beethoven came to us as a chick only a day old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our breeder mistakenly put him in with an
order of all female birds to be shipped to us from Iowa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t until he was more than 3 months old that
we discovered our “chick” growing hackles and beginning to crow and we had a
new rooster in our midst.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Beethoven was a sensitive and creative bird, and he had a
unique sound to his crowing, as he struggled to push his call through his
windpipe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His crow came out sounding like
the opening 5 notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how he got his name.</div>
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Two roosters don’t ever work in one area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One rooster will always kill the other, and we
worried about the young bird a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as
Beethoven matured into a cockerel, Sugarman declined into old age and infirmity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
timing of both gave us the opportunity to move Old Sugarman, now docile from senility,
out to a barn where he the safety and space to live out his life in peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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With Sugarman gone, Beethoven proudly took up the mantle of
head of the chicken household.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A sweet-natured
bird, he would never become the strong protector that Sugarman had been, but he
had a good eye and was a strong lookout--always ready to warn the girls of
trouble with his uniquely distinguishable call.</div>
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All mornings on the ranch began with Beethoven’s crow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This truly marks the start of our day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Conventional thought is that roosters crow at
sunrise, but this isn’t really the case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>On our farm, Beethoven always started his morning at 4:30AM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could sleep through this when we wanted,
or could use his crow as an alarm clock when the day called for an early start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This didn’t always work for our city visitors, though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guests would almost always comment on how
good they sleep until awakened by the cock’s crow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It’s zero dark thirty, for Pete’s sake,” was
a favorite complaint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just laugh and
say welcome to farm life, friends!</div>
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Beethoven went quiet when his lameness set in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cloak of silence is what keeps a
less-than-healthy prey animal alive in a world of predators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After 4 years of working as overseer of our
flock, Davis and I became Beethoven’s tenders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></div>
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Over the last 3 months, Beethoven was fed and watered, housed
and nurtured, honored and safely kept as befitting of all the loved animal
beings on our ranch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We started this last day together, he and I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beethoven spent the early hour sitting on my
lap eating corn from a feed bowl as we watched the sun rise over our East
pasture this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Then, by noon, his spirit had flown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was gone.</div>
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Some of the best parts of living the Wide Open life revolve
around the fact they’re we’re surrounded by nature and wildlife, the earth and
the sky, farm animals and pets of all kinds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Conversely, these are also the hardest parts of living the Wide Open life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life filled with the constant reminder
that everything and everybody has a season in the circle of life.</div>
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Use your time well today, my friends….</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"> - Sanne
Collins</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the Ranch in Florida</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Stressful
Day Comfort Food – Cheese Quesadilla Recipe</u></i></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></span></u></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">My Stressful Day Comfort Food Cheese
Quesadilla is a wonderful combination of quick, easy and tasty; making it the
perfect meal to serve on a night when your heart’s not really into cooking!</span></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Stressful Day Comfort Food Cheese Quesadilla</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">You’ll Need</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Large cast iron frying pan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Metal spatula</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ingredients</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Corn tortillas </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Butter</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sliced or Shredded Cheese
– Cheddar or Monterrey Jack </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Salsa and/or Sour
Cream for Serving</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Optional add-in ingredients ideas</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Apple</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Avocado</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cilantro</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Spinach – Diced </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Onions – Diced</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mushrooms – Sliced</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Scallions - Sliced</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tomatoes - Diced</span></div>
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</span>- Diced<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Instructions</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1 - Set out all ingredients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cut, slice, dice, shred ingredients as necessary.</span></div>
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change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
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of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
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It’s August on the ranch and it’s time for mowing
pastures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We’ve had a week of dry weather and the fields are
ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll be slathering on my sunscreen
and spending most of the next few weeks out of doors.</div>
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Many people don’t like August in Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s certainly very hot and the humidity is off the scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I’ve
always loved August.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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The dazzling blue
skies of summer arrive daily clear and empty, only to fill up with the enormously puffy, pristinely white Cumulus clouds of the tropics slowly building towards upwards towards space.<br />
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The air, too, grows damper as the day progresses. I've become used to the overwhelming humidity and I really enjoy the good things damp air does for my skin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me, August in Florida is sensory overload at its best. There's no better place and no better time to be alive.</div>
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Then there’s the work of August--that quiet purposefulness of field
cutting that ranchers and farmers can no longer put off and now must tackle. From August through September, the days are spent out in far pastures, and work strenuously measured against the calendar. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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There's an endemic solitude and repetitiveness in the toil of pasture cutting. But for me, there's also a sense of freedom and independence. With no outside chatter to distract me, mowing endless acres of grass frees up my mind to think and my soul to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out on one's own in the back lands of pastures, there’s plenty of time to do both.</div>
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The flat topography of Florida allows me a 360 degree view of a big sky that goes on forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alone on my tractor,
I have the opportunity to watch each day begin and then change around me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's weather-watching moment by moment. <br />
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From my field I see the clouds in all directions slowly appear out of ocean waters to the east, the south and the west--yet miles and miles away. As the day progresses, the clouds billow and build, then finally top-off in a crescendo of water vapor and rising air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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A few of the clouds I see from my tractor will travel
inland bringing turbulence and rain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others
will simply burst, and dissipate along the more populated areas of Florida coast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s the quiet, never-ending show of weather
actively displayed for me on my big screen TV in the sky overhead. It's a show I love watching.<br />
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August days of cutting are long days, tiring days; but when even a small portion of the task is
done and I give that field back to Nature, there’s a tremendous sense of
accomplishment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a short time, my world is perfect and I am the self-determined sovereign over all I can see. </div>
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When today’s field work is finished, I will head home to relish my old
rocker and a glass of ice cold water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both
the chair and the drink will provide needed nourishment my body .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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From my porch I can look across the horizon to see that I’m not
the only rancher on this August schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All those who work the land in my area are beginning to make their
seasonal journey out to attend their fields.</div>
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We’re racing the weather this week, my neighbors and I.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re all in this together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each of us will be putting in exceptionally long
hours over the next 8 weeks, trying to outrun tropical rain storms and the
upcoming autumn equinox.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We’ll be a tired bunch, but we’ll be happy. Sunshine and hard work tends to make us that way.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"> - Sanne
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the Ranch in Florida</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Soup for a Summer Evening </span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Summer Squash Soup with Curry Recipe</span></u></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This easy to make delicious
summer soup can be made ahead of time and refrigerated making it the perfect
dish to come home to after a long day at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Serve it hot or cold--either way, it’s great tasting!</i></div>
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3 chopped large summer squash</div>
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1 Onion, chopped</div>
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3 Tbsp Vegetable oil </div>
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4 Cups Chicken Broth<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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1 tsp Curry Powder</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Salt / Pepper <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to taste<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Sour cream</div>
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Cilantro leaves </div>
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Pepper</div>
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Warm vegetable oil in large pan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Add summer squash and small onion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cook until tender.</div>
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Puree in blender until smooth.</div>
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Re-check soup for seasonings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Chill, if serving soup cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">What’s Been
Keeping Me Busy Lately</span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Love Those Wide Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
always writing.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
under another’s name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve sold the
rights to these works, so they can’t be shared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">However, many
of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
the web.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Check out what’s been keeping me busy lately!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/">Rural Florida Living</a></b> </span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/florida-bee-college-honey-bees-and-art.html">Florida Honey Bee College and the Art of Beekeeping</a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/famous-floridian-friday-stepin-fetchit.html">Famous Floridian Friday - Stepin Fetchit, the Original Black Movie Star</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/nw-florida-office-of-fwc-seeks.html">NW Florida Office of FWC Seeks Volunteers for their Bear Management Program </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors - What You Can See in August</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/07/the-ozello-trail-lets-do-some-driving.html">The Ozello Trail - Let's Do Some Driving!</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/07/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in_31.html">Florida Outdoors: What You Can See in July</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/07/mosquitoes-in-florida.html">Mosquitoes in Florida</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/07/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors - What You Can See in June</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/06/floridas-honeymoon-island-state-park.html">Florida's Honeymoon Island State Park - Unspoiled Gulf Coast Barrier Island Beach</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2013/02/we-learn-what-to-look-for-when-buying.html">We Learn What to Look for When Buying Hay </a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2012/05/fields-full-of-babies.html">A Field Full of Babies</a></span></span></div>
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It’s been a wild and crazy four months for this writer--months
of regional travel, weddings and funerals, and hoards of long-lost friends all
descended on me and my quiet little life in the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Writing has taken a backseat to living since I last put
keystroke to blog, and so it should be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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No, not really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The problem is this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writers
need to move the printed word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s what
they do and who they are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Composing clears
the mind, and in doing so keeps the writer sane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Without a schedule that allows for this, ideas overwhelm, emotions
get mucked, and outlets backup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Writers simply
need to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So with this in mind, I am back in the saddle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s been weeks of research and
trend-watching in order to and bring me back up to speed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s been months of reorganization and
record-keeping, as <a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/08/squidoo-locked-me-out.html">online writing platforms</a> reworked their systems so much that changes
forced their writers into opting out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/06/write-for-squidoo-or-try-something-else.html">(Me, included.)</a></div>
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I’ve culled and moved and updated and rewrote many old articles
over the past 90 days, and all at a time of unprecedented rain and flooding in
my area of Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s nothing like
unending torrents and waterlogged fields to keep a writer indoors and trudging
towards a goal.</div>
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The grey skies have lifted this week, I’m very happy to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It’s heaven to see the sun.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">- Sanne
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the Ranch in Florida</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Soup for a Rainy Day – Mushroom Leek Soup with Parsley Dumplings</b></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 cups water</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3-1/2 tablespoons
extra-virgin olive oil, divided</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4 garlic cloves,
minced</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3/4 ounce dried
porcini mushrooms</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 pound Baby Bella
(crimini) mushrooms, sliced</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1-1/2 cups chopped
onion</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 cups thinly
sliced leeks (white and pale green parts only; about 2 large)</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 teaspoon finely
chopped fresh thyme</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sea salt</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3-Tbsp Dry Sherry</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8 cups Light
Vegetable Broth </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pinch Cayenne
pepper</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3/4 cup low-fat
cottage cheese</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6 Tbsp butter at room
temperature divided (3/4 stick)</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 large eggs, room
temperature</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1-cup all purpose
flour, divided</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 tsp Sea Salt</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>¼-cup finely
grated Parmesan cheese</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>¾- cup finely
chopped fresh Italian parsley</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pinch of ground
nutmeg</div>
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Bring water and porcini mushrooms to boil in small saucepan.
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Remove from heat, cover, and soak 20 minutes. </div>
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Move to a work surface and slice thinly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reserve cooking liquid.</div>
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Heat 2-Tbsp oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high
heat. </div>
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Add garlic and stir for half a minute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Add crimini mushrooms, thyme and sea salt and sauté for
about 10 or so minutes until mushrooms are browned.</div>
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Add Sherry and stir until Sherry is absorbed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Set mushroom mixture aside.</div>
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Heat 1-1/2 Tbsp oil in another heavy large skillet over
medium-high heat.</div>
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Add onion; cook until translucent, stirring often.</div>
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Add leeks and reduce heat to medium.</div>
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Add sea salt and while stirring, sauté until vegetables are
soft and golden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Bring broth to simmer in large pot over medium-high heat. Strain
in the liquid reserved from the mushrooms making sure to leave all sediment
behind. </div>
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Add all mushrooms, onion mixture, and cayenne. </div>
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Simmer 1 minute to heat.</div>
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Check seasonings to taste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Cool, cover, and chill.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">To Make Parsley
Dumplings (can be made a day ahead)</b></div>
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Puree cottage cheese in mini processor until smooth. </div>
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Using a mixer, beat 3 tablespoons of room temperature butter
and room temperature eggs in medium bowl. </div>
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Add cottage cheese, ½-cup flour, 1-tsp sea salt, and nutmeg
and beat on low just to blend. </div>
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Stir in ½- cup flour, cheese, and parsley.</div>
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Bring large pot of salted water to boil. </div>
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Using teaspoon, scoop piece of dough about size of cherry. </div>
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Holding spoon just above boiling water, use second spoon to
push dough into water. </div>
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Working quickly, repeat about 10 more times. </div>
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When dumplings rise to surface, simmer until cooked through,
2-1/2 to 3 minutes. </div>
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Transfer dumplings to large plate using a slotted spoon. </div>
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Repeat with remaining dough. </div>
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Cover and refrigerate.</div>
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Melt 3-Tbsp butter in large skillet over medium heat. </div>
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Divide soup broth among bowl.</div>
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Serve.</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">What’s Been
Keeping Me Busy Lately</span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Love Those Wide Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
always writing.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
under another’s name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve sold the
rights to these works, so they can’t be shared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">However, many
of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
the web.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Check out what’s been keeping me busy lately!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/">Rural Florida Living</a></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/famous-floridian-friday-stepin-fetchit.html">Famous Floridian Friday - Stepin Fetchit, the Original Black Movie Star</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/nw-florida-office-of-fwc-seeks.html">NW Florida Office of FWC Seeks Volunteers for their Bear Management Program </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/08/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors - What You Can See in August</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/07/the-ozello-trail-lets-do-some-driving.html">The Ozello Trail - Let's Do Some Driving!</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/07/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in_31.html">Florida Outdoors: What You Can See in July</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/07/mosquitoes-in-florida.html">Mosquitoes in Florida</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/07/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors - What You Can See in June</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/06/floridas-honeymoon-island-state-park.html">Florida's Honeymoon Island State Park - Unspoiled Gulf Coast Barrier Island Beach</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/05/the-florida-folk-festival-returns-to.html">The Florida Folk Festival Returns to White Springs</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/05/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in-may.html">Florida Outdoors - What You Can See in May</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/04/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors _ What You Can See in April</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/03/the-florida-wild-or-osceola-turkey.html">The Florida Wild or Osceola Turkey - Found Nowhere in the World but Florida</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/">City to Country - A Rural Florida Adventure</a></b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2013/02/we-learn-what-to-look-for-when-buying.html">We Learn What to Look for When Buying Hay </a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2012/05/fields-full-of-babies.html">A Field Full of Babies</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/">Love Those Wide Open Spaces</a> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/08/writers-schedule-interrupted.html">Writer's Schedule Interrupted</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-cycle-of-life-on-ranch.html">The Cycle of Life on a Ranch</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/03/revisiting-florida-classic.html">Revisiting a Florida Classic</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-snow-birds-begin-migrating.html">The Snow Birds Begin Migrating</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/03/citrus-season-recipes-from-florida.html">Citrus Season Recipes from Florida </a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It’s been a time of comings and goings on the ranch this
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now deep in the middle of calving season, we’re watching and welcoming new life in our pastures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each day and each evening, we travel out into our pastures
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For
us this means eye-balling the growth of her udders, watch for dilatation in her
rear, and see if anyone is fence-lining, acting uncomfortable in the fields,
off by themselves, or laying down and stretching unnaturally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is always an exciting period as we stay on alert for
problems, then celebrate the successes of new life on the ranch. <a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2012/05/fields-full-of-babies.html">And this year is no different.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But as we’re said hello to the newcomers in our large animal
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“Midnight,” the last of our family of rabbits,
died Friday evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We never chose to keep rabbits, actually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I was talked into taking Midnight’s mother, “Blue”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Blue had been an “Easter Bunny” for a friend’s
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We had a covered pen available, and it seemed
like a good idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our ranch visitors
would love to see a rabbit up close.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
I agreed to make the acquisition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two weeks after I got Blue, I noticed little pockets of fur
all over her bedding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She must have
fleas, I thought, so I bathed her and applied a tube of Advantage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But it wasn’t fleas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was nesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few days later,
I came out to find my Blue Bunny with what would become a rainbow of babies
attached to her teats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We built
additional housing and gained more pets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rest assured, we made sure the males and female rabbits were safely
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</span>Ours saw children grow and leave home, and others return in their
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Midnight, who had been the runt
of Blue’s litter, was to live the longest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">What’s Been
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Love Those Wide Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
always writing.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
under another’s name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve sold the
rights to these works, so they can’t be shared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">However, many
of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
the web.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2013/02/we-learn-what-to-look-for-when-buying.html">We Learn What to Look for When Buying Hay </a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">I’ve
been spending some quality with an old friend this weekend, author Marjorie
Kinnan Rawlings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">March marks the<span style="color: #990000;"> <a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/03/the-yearling-florida-treasure-turns-75.html"><span style="color: #990000;">75th</span></a></span> anniversary of her classic story <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743225252/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0743225252&linkCode=as2&tag=ruraflorliv05-20">The Yearling</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=ruraflorliv05-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743225252" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></span>, and I went back to re-read it again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was time well spent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/the-yearling-by-marjorie-kinnan-rawlings-a-classic-for-all-ages">The Yearling</a>,</span> in case you don’t remember, is a coming of age story about a young
boy growing up in the backwoods of Florida in the late 19<sup>th</sup> Century. The child adopts a young fawn after its mother is killed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Love, loneliness, life,
death, and survival are all themes of the novel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Kinnan
Rawlings won a Pulitzer Prize for her book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>MGM bought the rights and made her book into a movie, which starred
Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, and Claude Jarman, Jr and is a classic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">The
studio took the time to do the film right, purchasing land in Florida’s Big
Scrub, building accurate sets, and filming on location.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>National Public Radio (NPR) did a
fantastically fun story about the making of The Yearling I’ll link to<span style="color: #990000;"> <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/07/21/138561573/on-location-the-central-florida-of-the-yearling">HERE</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Marjorie
Kinnan Rawlings was an interesting woman herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She came to Florida after receiving a small
inheritance and used her funds to purchase an orange grove.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She stayed and lived off the land and her
writing for 25 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Rawlings
had two other books that did quite well, <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684818795/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0684818795&linkCode=as2&tag=ruraflorliv05-20">Cross Creek</a></span><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=ruraflorliv05-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0684818795" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
and <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684818787/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0684818787&linkCode=as2&tag=ruraflorliv05-20">Cross Creek Cookery</a></span>,
which documented the tales and the lifestyle of 1930’s Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She continued to write and publish, but none of
works did as well as The Yearling and the Cross Creek series. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">While
celebrity brought fame and good fortune to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, it also made
it increasingly harder for her to live among the Cracker neighbors she wrote
about since they began to view her as a “cash cow”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
had to eventually sell home and move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
lived only a short while after leaving her farm, dying at age 59 of a brain hemorrhage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">You
can visit the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings refurbished home and farm, located southeast
of Gainesville, Florida in the Ocala National Forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The State purchased her land and dedicated it
as a<span style="color: #990000;"> <a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2012/06/travel-florida-tracking-florida-icon-at.html">Florida State Park in her name</a></span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
a wonderful place to stop and tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Visit the homestead, and you’ll come to understand her connection to the
place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">What’s Been
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Love Those Wide Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
under another’s name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve sold the
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">However, many
of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
the web.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Check out what’s been keeping me busy lately!</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/">Rural Florida Living</a> </b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/03/the-yearling-florida-treasure-turns-75.html">The Yearling - A Florida Treatsure Turns 75</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/03/florida-outdoors-what-you-can-see-in.html">Florida Outdoors: What You Can See in March </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/the-florida-azalea-festival-pride-of.html">The Florida Azalea Festival - The Pride of Palatka </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/famous-floridian-friday-tom-petty-rock.html">Famous Floridian Friday: Tom Petty, Rock Legend and Florida Native</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/the-alligator-snapping-turtle-floridas.html">The Alligator Snapping Turtle - Florida's Largest Freshwater Turtle</a> <b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/fort-mose-in-st-augustine-florida-first.html">Fort Mose in St. Augustine, Florida - The First Free African Settlement in the US</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/">City to Country - A Rural Florida Adventure</a></b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2013/02/we-learn-what-to-look-for-when-buying.html">We Learn What to Look for When Buying Hay </a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/">Love Those Wide Open Spaces</a> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/03/citrus-season-recipes-from-florida.html">Citrus Season Recipes from Florida </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/03/gleaning-in-groves.html">Gleaning in the Groves</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/this-is-my-brain-on-writing.html">This is My Brain on Writing</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/mudfest-in-okeechobee.html">Mudfest in Okeechobee</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/trading-treasures.html">Trading Treasures - Pepper Jam</a></span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.florida-just-for-fun.com/">Florida: Just For Fun!</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.florida-just-for-fun.com/2013/03/things-to-do-this-weekend-in-florida_7.html">Things to Do This Weekend in Florida - Friday, March 8th thru Sunday, March 10th </a> </span></span></div>
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<br /><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/">Sanne On Squidoo Blog</a> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-write-for-squidoo-how-to-prepare.html">How to Write for Squidoo - How to Prepare an Article for Online Publishing on Squidoo</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/write-biographies-on-squidoo.html">Write Biographies on Squidoo</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/looking-for-subject-ideas-for-online.html">Looking for a Subject? Ideas for Writing Online </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-tailor-your-squidoo-article-to.html">How to Tailor Your Squidoo Article to Your Audience </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-get-traffic-to-new-articles-on.html">How to Get Traffic to New Articles on Squidoo </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-can-i-write-about-on-squidoo.html">What Can I Write About on Squidoo? </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/have-you-squidooed.html">Have You Squidoo'ed?</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The seasons are changing
in my part of the world, and March is the month of transition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Many of our water birds are nesting this month, returning back to the locations they've always called home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">March is transition month for Florida snowbirds too, with winter residents busily preparing to travel to their own nests back home. Winter in the Northern Hemisphere is subsiding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We have a healthy contingent of seasonal visitors in this little town, and I have a lot of friends within our migrating community. So, come March, even after all these years, I still fret a bit when its time for the first of those friends to leave. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So when Josie Baker announced an
early leave date, I quickly organized a goodbye luncheon here at the ranch for Josie and all the other girls who would be following the sun and heading northward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These final
get-togethers of the winter season are always warm occasions. Before long, many of the guests will be scattering to homes across
the globe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some will go to Germany, a
few to homes in Britain, and many go back to the natural beauty of Canada
for the next many months. Florida’s like
that, you know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems like someone’s
always packing or unpacking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rarely do we locals remember that the retiree pedaling down our shoreline pathways or the vacationers filling up our roads and restaurants are really world travelers. But indeed, that's what they are. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And as a group, our winter visitors have a good amount of both travel stories and travel expertise that they’re willing to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This is what
makes the snowbirds so interesting to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They’re coming, they’re going, they’re taking tours, they’re seeing
shows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re in and out of town so
often its dizzying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You probably know that I’ve
been contemplating spending a week by the sea in the warm and sunny Caribbean soon. So I, too, have been browsing the travel sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And I can now fully appreciate the ability that my migrating friends have to
shop fares and plan their departure dates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">How do these folks do this so often and so effectively? Well, this came up in discussion today.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When planning my travel, I always use a flight comparison website to purchase airline tickets, accommodations and even
tour packages whenever possible. I like the ability it gives me to keep my
travel budget under my control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So do my wandering girlfriends, it turns out. They do this and more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This travel savvy group suggested that I use a good flight comparison site the does more than give me the best deal. <i> I should choose a site that provides buyers with a price drop guarantee.</i><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b> </b></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is news to me. I didn't <span style="font-size: small;">even <span style="font-size: small;">know this kind of thing existed.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I like it! This would free me up from pricing worries<span style="font-size: small;">, and I m<span style="font-size: small;">ight actually stop waffling over departure dates. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So where do I start then?</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.flightnetwork.com/"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>FlightNetwork.com</a> </span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is a site that’s popular with this group, so this is the site I wrote down in my notes. The girls said if I use a site such as this, if the price of my ticket goes
down before I use it, the company guarantees that I will pay the lower price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Who knew?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always thought that once I bought at a published
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">That’s what I
love about these lunches—you always learn something new and useful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s like having a roomful of big
sisters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always come away a little smarter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well, it’s time to
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You
know, I’m feeling a travel commitment coming on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">- Sanne
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Here’s
the link to the site that was the group favorite:</span></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <b><a href="http://www.flightnetwork.com/">www.flightnetwork.com</a></b></span></span></i></div>
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Last week I told you about our foray to the groves to glean
the last of the orange crop ahead of some serious weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, after writing that post, I received a
lot of questions about just what our Florida families did with all those oranges
that we harvested.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let me share.</div>
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The absolute favorite use of oranges in our area is to eat
them fresh or to make our own orange juice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s where maybe 50% of our group’s harvest goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We swap with neighbors and bring them to
friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These old grove oranges are
fresh but not as beautiful as store-bought oranges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But at the same time, they haven’t been
doused with chemicals or fertilizer either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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A lot the girls are good with preserving, so kitchens in the
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world to match the marvels of marmalade, so this is his time of year!</div>
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Among the group, we have plenty of favorite orange chicken
recipes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Families are eating Chinese
recipes or South Asian or Florida Cracker recipes for dinner courtesy of our
gleaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can find orange chicken,
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and even deep frying with oranges this time of year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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And of course, there are the baked goods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girls bake up muffins, cupcakes, pound cake, bundt cakes and layer cakes all made from oranges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see tortes and pies, and cookies and
candies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the goodies will be
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My favorite use of oranges is in fresh green salads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love the sunny feel this combination brings
to the table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll serve them for the family, true; but I’ll also bring them into town and share with the girls at the beauty salon or maybe the folks at the tax accountant’s office during lunch hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll bring along a quick bread, a
little soup and a fresh salad, and everyone will feel like they’ve been out to
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pleasure for all of us.</div>
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While I can’t bring you lunch today, I can bring you some
new ideas to try.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are a few of my
favorite green salad recipes which sparkle with the flavor of oranges.</div>
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Enjoy!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mixed Baby Greens
with Oranges, Dried Cranberries and Pecans</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 cup plus 3 tablespoons orange juice</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6 tablespoons dried cranberries</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 1/2 tablespoons olive oil</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 tablespoons white wine vinegar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 tablespoon grated orange peel</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6 cups mixed baby greens</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3 oranges cut into segments – remove peel
and pith </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3/4 cup toasted pecans or praline pecans </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Dressing</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Simmer 1 cup orange juice in a
small, heavy saucepan then remove from heat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Mix in dried cranberries and let
stand until softened—usually around 30 minutes. Drain well; discard juice you
soaked them in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Whisk oil, vinegar, orange peel and the remaining 3 tablespoons orange juice in small bowl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Mix in cranberries and season to
taste with salt and pepper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Dressing can be made 1 day
ahead if covered and refrigerated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll want to bring the dressing to room temperature before serving.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Assemble Salad</span></u></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Place greens in large bowl and
toss with 2/3rds of the dressing, then plate greens. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Place orange segments into your
mixing bowl and toss with remaining dressing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Top your individual salads
with orange segments and toasted or praline pecans and serve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mixed Greens Salad
with Fresh Citrus Vinaigrette – Topped with Oranges, Walnuts and Gorgonzola
Cheese</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3/4 cup walnut halves</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10 ounces mixed salad greens with arugula</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 large navel oranges, peeled and sectioned</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/2 cup sliced red onion</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/4 cup olive oil</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/4 cup vegetable oil</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2/3 cup orange juice</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/4 cup white sugar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2
tablespoons balsamic vinegar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 teaspoons Dijon mustard</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/4 teaspoon dried oregano</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/4 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Empty jar with lid</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Dressing</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">In a large empty jar, mix
olive oil, vegetable oil, orange juice, sugar, vinegar, mustard, oregano, and
pepper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Seal jar, and shake to mix.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Assemble Salad</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">:</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Over medium heat, roast the
walnuts in a small skillet for 5 minutes stirring constantly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You want the walnuts to be lightly browned.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Add salad greens, oranges, red
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Plate salad into salad
plates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Top with Gorgonzola cheese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Drizzle dressing over top of salad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Citrus – Cilantro Vinaigrette with Salad Greens</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Ingredients for Vinaigrette</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1 cup packed cilantro</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/4 cup lime juice</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/4 cup orange juice</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/2 teaspoon salt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pinch of minced garlic</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Ingredients for Salad</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2 large oranges</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8 cups mixed salad greens</span></div>
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We’re anticipating the arrival of winter fronts bringing several
days of cold weather and maybe freezes, so much time this week went to
preparing again for “weather”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Forecasters tell us 3 cold fronts are coming this
first week of March, and it is a worry to all of us.</div>
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Talk around this small Florida town is all about harvesting everything
possible to avert the loss of food crops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s in this vein that a small group of friends and I drove out to an old homestead yesterday where we knew we’d be welcomed to glean oranges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The months of February and March bring the Florida citrus season to an end, so citrus was to be our focus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be
sure, there are varieties that fruit well into May, but these are the
stragglers and the new varieties, not the rule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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By this time of year, our tangerines have dropped and gone
to the deer and small mammals, and what’s left of the <a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/01/famous-floridian-friday-citrus-wizard.html">Valencia</a> oranges must be
picked now or forgotten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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My country girlfriends and I loaded up our pick-ups with poles for pickin’ and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>baskets for haulin’, and drove out to the woods and old groves where we’d find enough fruit yet to harvest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Seven of us ladies would be gleaning, and we were all
dressed for the job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Citrus trees, which
look so beautiful when they blossom, are in reality quite aggressive trees covered
in large thorns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’d need to protect
ourselves from these daggers all day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
donned hats to cover our hair, leather gloves for covering our hands, and long
sleeved shirts, heavy “britches”, and a good pair of boots to protect the rest of
our bodies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can be sure there were
no rhinestone cowgirls in this group.</div>
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Old groves are interesting microcosms of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We expect we’ll see birds and snakes, deer
and ‘coons, possums and armadillos, foxes, skunks and even the occasional
rodent. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And since these groves were located near the creek,
we might spot otters, gators, or even a spring bear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, a few of our “Annies” were packin’.*</div>
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We spread out sheets under the trees to catch the oranges
we’d be “poling”, so the atmosphere had the feel of a spring picnic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pickin’ poles came out and each of us found
our own orange tree and began to harvest oranges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I like to use what the saltwater fishermen call a boat hook
when I pole oranges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This stainless
steel pole is lightweight and just long enough for me to reach the top of the
orange tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then wrap the barbed hook
around an orange and give it a snapping pull to bring down the fruit. In no
time flat, I’ve got myself an orange harvest.</div>
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The girls and I subscribe to the policy of “take a few,
leave a few” when harvesting oranges, and we only take what we can share with
friends and family, and our day in the old grove is not as long as those who
work them professionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We make sure to leave fruit in the grasses for
ground animals, and others are left in the trees for those animals which
climb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, critters have to eat
too, don’t they?</div>
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The day is filled with opportunities to scout the surrounding
woods for lone trees with fresher fruit and to hunt for individual specimens with
unique varieties to offer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how we
came upon what’s called a “Chinese Plum” tree by folks in this area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The fruit of the Chinese Plum resembles a small apricot and tastes
looks nothing like a plum, so who knows how it got its common name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, oh
my gosh—they’re tasty!</div>
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The flavor of the Chinese Plum is somewhere between a peach
and a papaya, so it tastes tropical yet familiar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We girls eat these little fruits like they’re
kernels of popcorn; picking like there’s no tomorrow, and filling our pockets
so we’ll have plenty of reserves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very
little of the Chinese Plum harvest made it back to our kitchens, so I’m afraid
there will be no recipes of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chinese Plum
cobbler, pie or jam to share.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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But we had a memorable day outdoors doing what folks have
always done together: gathering in friendly groups, working on joint projects,
making the task at-hand enjoyable, and sharing in the combined harvest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I left the group a happier person than I arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Funny how fresh air and sunshine can do that.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’d spent the day exercising outdoors without
expensive recreational equipment, and entertaining ourselves without the help
of technology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We socialized with one
another without spending a single cent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I pulled in our lane later in the day with a truck bed
filled with buckets full of oranges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some oranges would be incorporated into next week’s meals; some would be preserved; still others would be passed along to friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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But the true meaning of the day came into my consciousness
as I glanced in my rearview mirror.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There, I viewed the reflection of a comfortable woman toting home the fruit she’d gathered off the land this day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And if you looked closely, you could see the exotic juice of Chinese
Plums she shared with friends had stained the chin on her face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This is a good way to live.</div>
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Stay warm, my friends!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The cold wind is upon us.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">- Sanne
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">**a few of our “Annies” were packin’- A few of the girls brought along their guns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was not to shoot any animals that we saw
( or for hunting), but to have ready in the off-chance we needed
protection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Protection from what?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our main worry would be <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>aggressive snakes or a rabid mammal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither are rampant, but if you come across
either, someone needs to shoot to save a life--and you can’t shoot if you don’t
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">What’s Been
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Love Those Wide
Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and
rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
always writing.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
under another’s name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve sold the
rights to these works, so they can’t be shared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">However, many
of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
the web.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Check out what’s been keeping me busy lately!</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/">Rural Florida Living</a> </b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">On the
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Or the
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">What’s Been
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Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and
rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Check out what’s been keeping me busy lately!</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/">Rural Florida Living</a> </b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/the-florida-azalea-festival-pride-of.html">The Florida Azalea Festival - The Pride of Palatka </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/famous-floridian-friday-tom-petty-rock.html">Famous Floridian Friday: Tom Petty, Rock Legend and Florida Native</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/the-alligator-snapping-turtle-floridas.html">The Alligator Snapping Turtle - Florida's Largest Freshwater Turtle</a> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/fort-mose-in-st-augustine-florida-first.html">Fort Mose in St. Augustine, Florida - The First Free African Settlement in the US</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/this-is-my-brain-on-writing.html">This is My Brain on Writing</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/mudfest-in-okeechobee.html">Mudfest in Okeechobee</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-projects-over.html">The Project's Over</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.florida-just-for-fun.com/2013/02/things-to-do-in-florida-this-weekend_22.html">Things to Do in Florida This Weekend - Friday, February 22nd thru Sunday, February 24th, 2013</a> </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/">Sanne On Squidoo Blog</a> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/looking-for-subject-ideas-for-online.html">Looking for a Subject? Ideas for Writing Online </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-tailor-your-squidoo-article-to.html">How to Tailor Your Squidoo Article to Your Audience </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/how-to-get-traffic-to-new-articles-on.html">How to Get Traffic to New Articles on Squidoo </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-can-i-write-about-on-squidoo.html">What Can I Write About on Squidoo? </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://sanneonsquidoo.blogspot.com/2013/02/have-you-squidooed.html">Have You Squidoo'ed?</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">I’m a
freelance writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perspective on this career
is that my life that ebbs and flows with the availability of assignments. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reality of my occupation is that production
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">One of
the offshoots of writing is that it energizes my brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would be quite an asset if my head would
slow down as the workday wound down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
that’s not really how it functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
I’m onto projects, my mind runs full throttle and thoughts are racing 24-hours a
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">The
energy I get from writing carries me through life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Sitting at my desk at Zero Dark Thirty, I
glance up and find that day has dawned and I haven’t yet reached for my coffee.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">It’s sunlight peering through the east
windows that sends me scurrying for feed buckets and to my outdoor chores because
when I’m, fully immersed, I forget the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even as I tend the farm, my head is swimming in concepts ripe and ready for
consumption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">My personal
shopping, my housework and even my friendships get relegated to tiny microbursts
of activity when I’m writing--clips of social responsibility viewed through a lens
of distraction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Day turns to evening;
evening into late night; and I’m still fully engaged with a strange driving
force.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Dreams
wake me with new directions that I mull over in bed and jot down in the dark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When morning returns, I follow the new pathways
feeling invigorated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Sounds
bi-polar, doesn’t it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it’s not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s ongoing inspiration. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">A
strange form of creativity creeps into my soul when I write.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It runs wide open until well-spent, then demands
a day or two for peace and restoration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Monday
was such a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shut the door to my
office, closed up my tools, and found a comfy spot in the sun to pause and
refresh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">I’ll
sleep well this week for doing so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">- Sanne
Collins</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the Ranch in Florida</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">What’s Been
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Love Those Wide
Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and
rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
always writing.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
under another’s name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve sold the
rights to these works, so they can’t be shared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">However, many
of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
the web.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Check out what’s been keeping me busy lately!</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It’s a brisk and breezy today on the ranch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Temperatures
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">People often ask me how the cows fare in weather like
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our cows lounge more on days like this one, and don’t spend enough
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prefer to keep their heads down and keep a low profile when its windy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We worry about their nutrition intake during cold weather
periods like this, so on a day like this we often supplement their diet of
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One of the ways we do this is through feed pellets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feed pellets contain protein and
carbohydrates mainly obtained through grains and sugars which help with a cow’s
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Florida ranch where we don’t battle snow, because we can take them out directly
to the field to feed the cattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The pellets come in large 50 pound feed bags similar to dog
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Large ranches have specialized machines which can be pulled
behind either a truck or tractor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
equipment drops pellets in a straight row making it easy for the cows to find them
without fighting each other for feed in the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This works well and is fast, just one of many
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We load up the back bed of a pick-up truck with a good
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">With a driver in the cab, feed bags in the bed, and the feeding
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In no time flat
the herd is bellowing loudly and in a full run, heading straight for the folks
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The driver of the truck has to maintain a speed that’s fast
enough to keep his passengers away from long cow tongues and cow horns, but
slow enough that they don’t fall off the open tailgate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also had to miss any bull holes, sink
holes, or sleeping baby calves sometimes found in a field while keeping an eye
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the back of the pick-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you’re dropping
pellets, you aim to make straight feed lines and not food piles, while all the
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important to hustle onto the next one or the cows won’t stop and eat at
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cattle seem to recognize if you’re
a slowpoke and you end up with a cow face in your lap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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also juggling the next 50-pound bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
you can imagine, there is an insane amount of hooting, hollering, giggling and outright
laughter happening during our pellet feed drops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So this is how I spent my early Sunday morning today…throwing
feed bags, staying clear of marauding cattle and braving the cold northern
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">You
find me freshly returned from my backdoor garden this morning, where both tropical and sub-tropical plants are springing back to life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunshine and warm weather are paying off in
spades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">What’s blooming in my Florida garden in February?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Well, let me tell you! </span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Amaryllis, my
friends…those showy amaryllis flowers!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Everywhere I look, I suddenly
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spikes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">I see cardinal
amaryllis growing near the sunroom window where I work throughout the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">I walk
out the door and the brain goes dizzy from a cacophony of striped pinks filling
the flower pots lining the pergola.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Blooms
are the size of softballs, and absolutely stunning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Here in Florida, these Amaryllis
bulbs are would be perfectly content to be planted in the ground and left to winter in place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I’ve always found amaryllis
work best, and are at their showiest, when they’re planted in garden pots displayed
around the ranch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a little care,
some light shade and fertilization, amaryllises will flower all the way through
our hot days of August.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Ornamental Ginger</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Ornamental
ginger, another tropical plant, is once again taking center stage in my
backdoor garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This beauty’s been quiet since November, but now sings forth with spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Ginger’s
tiny little vines of lavender flowers twist and wind around the nearby shrubs before
reaching up to nearly touch the eaves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you get in close, you’ll find the air is filled with the exotic fragrance of
ginger flowers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Hibiscus Flowers</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">My hibiscus
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number of cold winter days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">They’re now in full glory--busy producing new flowers each new day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I glance up from my computer and see sweet tropical shades in red, pink and coral defining the edges of our gardens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me, hibiscus blooms always bring feelings of happiness
into the garden landscape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">It was 5 months ago <a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2012/04/beginnings-of-friendship.html">that Betsy moved</a> and left me with her rose garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She and her family nurtured roses on that grove
land for 28 years, then last October before she left, Betsy dug them up and
brought every last one of them to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">It was a wonderful gift, but one that brought fear and terror into my heart all winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If her roses didn’t thrive after this tough relocation,
I’d feel responsible—and down right awful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I have s</span>o much emotion tied up in one rose garden! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">But Betsy’s
roses survived--and I found the first flowers are blooming this very day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Here on this privileged spot in our wide open landscape, the old grove roses raise their branches high and testify to the beauty of friendship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-projects-over.html">The Project's Over</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.florida-just-for-fun.com/2013/02/things-to-do-this-weekend-in-florida.html">Things to Do in Florida This Weekend - Friday, February 8th thru Sunday, February 10th</a> </span></span></div>
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Sanne Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754236346882488971noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052717318034304784.post-77199402247499872432013-02-11T08:31:00.002-08:002013-10-29T15:18:36.490-07:00Mudfest in Okeechobee<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<![endif]--><b><i>A Weekend Off the Ranch </i></b></div>
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We left our chores behind us this past weekend, and we travelled
to the Southeastern portion of the State to visit friends. </div>
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About 100 miles out from our destination, we cut ‘cross
country through Okeechobee, a small county in South Central, Florida on
Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Boy, what a crowd of people were visiting that county! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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Traffic was bumper-to-bumper on one of the
few east/west highways traversing Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were out in the Florida backcountry, yet traffic here was wild!</div>
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Maybe it wold be best to stop for breakfast and see if we discover what all the fuss was about, we decided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choosing
a small, friendly-looking diner on the main drag, we walked in, found a table,
and began chatting with the locals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It was a <a href="http://theoriginalokeechobeemudfest.com/">Mudfest </a>weekend in Okeechobee.</div>
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From what we gathered from the restaurant locals, Mudfests are public events put on by private individuals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of
the Okeechobee ranchers at the eastern edge of the county gathers up the
necessary permits and then sponsors the weekend event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His location so far east in the county, makes
his ranch especially accessible to people coming from the cities on Florida’s
East Coast, so he gets a large turnout.</div>
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Organizers charge $40 for every person entering their land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fee allows participants to come in and spend the weekend camping, and driving vehicles through huge man-made mud pits and all over the trails on their land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The event attracts more
than 40,000 people (in a county of only 35,000 residents). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Man, what a haul these guys make!</div>
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Let me jump ahead and describe what we see when we drive further down Florida State
Road 70 a little later.</div>
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Folks are out driving ATV’s and pick-up trucks really fast
in pastureland congested with traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They’re jumping berms and diving in water holes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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We notice plenty of tow-trucks standing by ready
to haul out stuck-in-the-mud vehicles and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>those with “tore up” (translate: burned-up) transmissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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It’s loud!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men, women
and children are all out “yahoo-ing” and playing the mud. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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No one seemed to be wearing much clothing,
either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The scene was straight out of a
country music video—key the song "Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson! </div>
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You gotta give to them, these folks at Mudfest were definitely having a lot of fun. (You can see what they said about their weekend on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheMudFest">FACEBOOK.)</a></div>
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Back at the restaurant, a local sheriff told us that things can get out of hand out
in the mud pits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People get hurt with sprains, broken bones and the like, and the county insists organizers keep several sets of EMTs on hand to both patch up the wounded and transport the worst cases to the local hospital. We noticed their vehicles parked near the entrance as we drove by.</div>
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Well, with our meal complete, we paid the bill and said goodbye to the talkative small town crowd at the diner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We really enjoyed our break in
Okeechobee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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As a final thought, the local sheriff offered that we might consider
by-passing Highway 70 on our return trip home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should expect the frolicking Mudfesters to be packing up and hitting the road in mass later that afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps we might choose another
route.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We took the sheriff up on that suggestion!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">- Sanne
Collins</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the Ranch in Florida</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Years
ago, I once offered to supply the eggs for a breakfast meeting my employer was
sponsoring. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">You would have thought I’d
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">“Absolutely
not,” the locals scolded, “your yard eggs are too precious for that!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">This was during my first foray into rural Florida culture, and the exchange taught me a lesson that stayed with me ever since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Here in the country, you sell your eggs to
help support your family, or you share your backyard treasure with a valued
friend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Our
egg harvest is bountiful right now, as I mentioned earlier this week, and we have
plenty of eggs to share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">You
never know how gifts from the home will be loved until you share with casual
friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week our extra eggs went with Davis to be shared with a co-worker, Jeff, that he’s known for years but rarely runs into.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Our timing
was great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeff and family had a
houseful of seasonal visitors in town this week and fresh farm eggs were a
novelty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love to get feedback from
newbies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">But
here’s the best part.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jeff is a
gardener, and he has a hobby we didn’t know about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He raises quite a pepper garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know, he grows green and sweet reds, habernero, and jalapeno peppers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has them all and keeps looking for more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Today
we’re sharing in HIS harvest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week
he passed along two jars of his famous hot pepper jam to share with Davis and
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We love hot foods so he selected a hot jalapeno pepper jam that has a gorgeous red and green color to it, and red savina pepper jam made from those hottest of habanero peppers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boy, are we grateful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Jeff’s
hot pepper jam tastes both hot and sweet, a wonderful combination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it’s just soooo addicting! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">His pepper
jams are amazingly delicious on bread or toast, but they’re also good as a
snack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorites are to spread pepper
jam with either cream or goat cheese on a cracker, or on a bagel with lox.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Really…it
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">So
here we are on Saturday morning and you can see the status of our jars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ll never make it to Week 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Good
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">- Sanne
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the Ranch in Florida</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>How to
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After
downing a jar of this jam, I decided it may be time to make it
ourselves and off I went in search of
recipes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I would share one I
might be trying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Makes
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">4
cups of seeded and finely diced peppers</span></div>
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cup apple cider vinegar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">1.75
ounce package of powdered pectin such as Sure-Jell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">5
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Fill
a saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Lower heat and add the lids; keep
hot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prepare a boiling water canner and sterilize the jars, lids, and bands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ladle
into the hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace and wipe jar rims with a wet
paper towel. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">What’s Been
Keeping Me Busy Lately</span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Love Those Wide
Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and
rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
change and a wide scope of interests.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
always writing.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
under another’s name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve sold the
rights to these works, so they can’t be shared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">However, many
of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
the web.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Check out what’s been keeping me busy lately!</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><b><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/">Rural Florida Living</a> </b> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/fort-mose-in-st-augustine-florida-first.html">Fort Mose in St. Augustine, Florida - The First Free African Settlement in the US</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/the-real-florida-run-series-7-runs-in-7_3.html">The Real Florida Run Series </a> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/01/hillsborough-river-state-park-where.html">Hillsborough River State Park - Where History and Natural Beauty Converge </a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2013/02/we-learn-what-to-look-for-when-buying.html">We Learn What to Look for When Buying Hay </a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/">Love Those Wide Open Spaces</a> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/super-bowl-party.html">Super Bowl Party</a> </span></span></div>
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Sanne Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754236346882488971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052717318034304784.post-60042647922369405492013-02-07T12:00:00.000-08:002013-10-29T15:19:49.917-07:00The County Conducts Spring Cleaning <div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The county maintains the road and its ditches and clearances
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yesterday, the county began their annual Spring Cleaning
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much attention to detail, was so thorough, that there was no living greenery
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the Ranch in Florida</span></div>
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writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/fort-mose-in-st-augustine-florida-first.html">Fort Mose in St. Augustine, Florida - The First Free African Settlement in the US</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovethosewideopenspaces.blogspot.com/2013/02/super-bowl-party.html">Super Bowl Party</a> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Chicken to Kitchen - Today's Fresh Pastured Eggs!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The warmth has returned to the ranch today, and the morning is bright blue and fresh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They're saying it will reach 80 degrees later today. I'm looking forward to working outside. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">With the increasing hours of light in February, our laying hens are producing an abundance of eggs. Today’s bounty
is beautiful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Yes, I can tell you that our eggs are organic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re free range too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But most importantly, we pasture our
chickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each morning at dawn I throw
open the shed door and the birds are released; free to wander wherever they choose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Did you know there was a difference between
these organic, free-range and pastured eggs?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To have organic eggs, a producer must certify to using
organic methods in raising and feeding their birds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These chickens will have had no hormones or antibiotics,
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Free-range in eggs means the farmer’s chickens are not kept
confined in cages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s a good thing, for
sure, but free-range doesn’t really mean the birds are free to roam where the
chickens want to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Free range factory birds are raised in large window-less
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</span>They’re kept their entire life indoors without access to pasture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The birds have freedom of movement, but live their lives in an unnatural environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pastured eggs come from chickens allowed to roam
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feed and water, the birds roam the fields and gardens eating whatever they find
as Nature intended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Folks, chickens are not meant to be vegetarians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out in fields and gardens, chickens will hunt and peck
all day for bugs and worms. This natural diet allows the birds (and eggs) to take up more
protein.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pastured chickens will rip away at grass and and weeds and wild flowers, getting their daily dose of fresh greens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And all the time
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What does this mean to the egg consumer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pastured eggs have more nutrients than those off of factory
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pastured eggs were found to have 5 times more Vitamin D, 66%
more Vitamin A, 2 times more Omega-3 fatty acids, 3 times more Vitamin E, and 7
times more Beta Carotene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On top of all this, the simple fact is that pastured eggs
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Keeping chickens is a luxury not everyone has the opportunity
to enjoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But you do have a choice on
the quality eggs your family will eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next
time you’re at your local market, consider paying a little bit more for
pastured eggs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll get a better taste
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Just a thought from a farm girl.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the Ranch in Florida</span></div>
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Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and
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writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and to fill the
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/02/the-real-florida-run-series-7-runs-in-7_3.html">The Real Florida Run Series </a> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.rural-florida-living.com/2013/01/hillsborough-river-state-park-where.html">Hillsborough River State Park - Where History and Natural Beauty Converge </a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2013/02/we-learn-what-to-look-for-when-buying.html">We Learn What to Look for When Buying Hay </a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was quite a game, wasn’t it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It’s been awhile since Super Bowl teams were so evenly matched.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here at the ranch, we organized a small Super Bowl party get-together. We invited a few friends to come join us for a seafood boil and to watch the football game. It would be nothing too fancy, but a lot of fun just the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Warmth was returning to our part of Florida after several days this week of Arctic chill. Many of our friends arrived in shorts and jerseys, and we all were in our “Jimmy Buffet” moods. The forecast was that by game day we’d be back to spring-like temperatures, and we embraced the season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Eating seafood is a messy deal. There’s no pretty way to go about it. You’ve got to dig in, let it splatter, and eat your fill. By 4 o’clock, tables were covered with empty shells, butter stains, and dirty dishes when someone noticed the forecast had changed. The cold front over Florida stalled out, and we were in for another night at or near freezing temperatures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There’s nothing like facing a house full of guests, rooms full of dirty dishes, and a deadline for the game when it comes to you that you now have a hour’s worth of unexpected, weather-related, ranch chores to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But this party bunch knew how to cowboy-up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dressed in their team gear and tennis shoes, the crowd laughed and joked its way to the barn. This herd of party-goers was up for the challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Oh, the life of Florida ranchers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These nights of colder air bring lots of barn work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our horses, who spend most of the year grazing out in the Florida fields, now in cold weather must to be stabled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To prepare for this, pine shavings are shoveled into stalls. Water tanks have to be filled with fresh water. Some in our party carry in square bales of two types of <a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2013/02/we-learn-what-to-look-for-when-buying.html">hay</a> and help us distribute it in correct portions. Two of our women friends measure out grain and divvy it into various feed buckets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Before we can call in the horses, we must do a walk-thru inspection of each stall. Horses are very curious creatures. If there’s any rope, baling string, or even a nail that’s poking through the wrong spot, these guys will find it. We visually check the areas to insure horse safety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">With stalls in good order, the barn gets swept clean. We try to remove as much hay dust as possible. These Florida ranch horses are accustomed to fresh air 24-hours a day, and if you’re not careful, poor indoor air will bring on a respiratory problem. Several guys in our party man the brooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My husband, Davis, makes the rounds and plugs in the solar lamps which will provide the horses with a dimly lit environment overnight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our horses keep a good eye on us whenever we’re outdoors, so calling them in is never really a problem. They know our ways, these beautiful creatures. And with all the creative chaos happening around the barn this afternoon to catch their attention, they’re waiting at the corral gate and ready to walk to their personal stalls by the time the horse barn is ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We’ll reverse this process with the horses in the morning. They’ll require feed and grooming before they're released to pastures again. Stall floors will once again be shoveled and the barn will get swept clean. But these are tomorrow’s chores. None of us are even thinking about them tonight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The gang is jubilant. Maybe rowdy is a better word. And we're really a sight to behold. From the stains from our crawdads, catfish, crabs, oysters and of course, drawn butter; to our grass-covered selves; we are smelling “sweet,” and have hay hanging from nearly every fold and crevasse on our bodies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But there are still a good number of cold weather chores ahead, so we make our way towards our chickens. These smaller structures are a little intimidating to the men, and my lady friends aren’t so interested in our flighty birds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After I demonstrate how to hunt for fresh eggs, I hustle my girlfriends out the door. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The
light’s beginning to fade, and I can stay behind to freshen nests and
pad the rabbit hutch with lots of straw so they’ll stay warm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Birds and rabbits require warmth and good bedding, but most of all must have circulating air to remain healthy. To achieve this, we keep safety wire over open windows and supplement with solar heat lamps to provide areas of additional warmth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Davis and the Super Bowl team are at the kennels where the dogs are out and playful. We keep a good many dogs at the ranch, both as companions and to help us manage cattle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our kennels have to serve the dogs in summer heat and winter cold, so they’re designed to provide sun, shade, and air flow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">During the winter months, we store many of our round bales around both the kennel run and the chicken coops. You'll see this displayed near one of our chicken sheds in the photo I've shared above. This practice allows us to keep the area out of the wind and it stays a lot warmer. It has an added benefit in that it helps block the trees and plants around these outbuildings, so they don’t get cold enought to freeze.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The clock was ticking, and the teams were taking the field. With the chores completed, our Super Bowl party headed back towards the warmth of our kitchen and sunroom. Many of these folks walked in the house dirtier than they’d ever been in their lives. It was nice to see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What started out as a Super Bowl Seafood Boil, ended up as a Super Bowl Barn Party. But what the heck? We came away with some great memories.</span><br />
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The worst of this week’s winter weather seems to be
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Cold fronts that make their way across the United States
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But those cold Arctic systems that sweep down from the north often drive deep into the peninsula of Florida in the winter, and sometimes even further. </div>
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These cold spells usually last for 3 or 4 days, unless
another Canadian system follows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
Floridians love the cold weather.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
allows them to wear their sweaters, boots and jackets and to sit in front of a
rarely used fireplace. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I, on the other
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That sounds silly, I know, but grass is our lifeline in ranching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cold weather carries it the
chance of frost, and only a few hours below 32F can kill off the winter forage
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We expect frost several times a winter and are <a href="http://www.city-to-country.com/2013/02/we-learn-what-to-look-for-when-buying.html">prepared to feed with purchased hay</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, we hate
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Years ago, Davis bought one of those “weather stations” that post time and temperature on the ceiling of our room so we could check our temperatures overnight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that’s
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The station’s signal shines in our bedroom, and the worry
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First up in the mornings, I rush to the windows to check the
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Ahhh-thank goodness!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aahhh-shucks!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ahhh-it’s beautiful!</div>
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Pipes burst, electrical cables frayed, and the stars converged
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With the help of our contractors, we’ve been rewired and
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Doors, walls, and closets are
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Cabinets are in, fixtures
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Even with a great general contractor working on our behalf, the construction process took an enormous amount of thought, management, and of course patience, and we’re glad to be done with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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The result is storage – something our little home was sorely
lacking—and of course, beauty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We’re at the end of the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
project’s over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We release the team to more and greater good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do well and prosper, friends.</div>
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Here’s to celebrating life with all its ups and downs, and to the wondrous results we can achieve after time beneath the rubble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";">- Sanne
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the Ranch in Florida</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Love Those Wide
Open Spaces is a blog designed to follow my daily life as a freelance writer and
rancher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a life full of constant
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Freelance
writing, by its definition, requires the ability to write on a variety of subjects,
to juggle many assignments during the times of plenty, and lastly to fill the
void when checks are slow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That said, I’m
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Much of my work
is done for others such as corporations, websites, or articles penned
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of my projects are available under my own name and can be read right here on
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