woodsrunner…..hmmm, now that sounds like a REAL make- it-yourself oil/fat lamp…beaver fat. I am drawing my wick materials thru a hole in the top of the Altoids tin so that should be ok. I need to find the site again where I read about this. I didn’t have any new ideas for wicking materials today…except an idea that will require me to remember HOW I used to make this cordage years ago. I’ve been approaching this as if I was in the ditch with vehicle until rescue. What would I have? Cut off the bottom of my jeans? ‘Course….I was just coming from the grocery in my scenario….or I wouldn’t have the oil. LOL
MollyM…yay! Empty closet is great. Well, ok…it does always makes the the room look bad til project is done but…yeah, that’s motivation. \0/
RufusJ….sorry you’re still not tolerating the eye drops. 🙁
AmyD….interesting report on the Olde Cookin’
Xant …made me smile to think my odd little experiment is being read Internationally. The ghee lamps…they just lay the wick half in and half out of the ghee, don’t they? So perhaps I need a larger hole for the wick! It’s pretty tight and might also be too tall for oil to climb. I’ll work on that. …….. Hey, I read of a town in Netherlands that traditionally has a huge bonfire on the beach on New Year’s Eve….and this year it was overly hot or windy??? It made a few of what we call “Firenadoes” [ fire + tornado]. Caught my eye cuz I saw one of these fierce things in a wildfire near our elderlies. Amazing. The town officials weren’t too pleased tho. They aren’t really tornadoes but the smaller “whirlwinds” or also called “dust devils”….made from heat rising up quickly. The ones coming out of the heat of a fire tho….scary cuz they carry fire instead of dust!
Muffy….of the homemade English Muffins. I’m impressed. I don’t have a clue on how one makes those…with all those holes that can fill with melted butter! 🙂 Will pray your family has wonderful time and all …esp. DGrD …come home safe. Yes, I think we’re all edgy cuz we hear so much news. But also cuz there is so much going on.
Sooo today was rough! I am currently a very late-to-bed person. Up till all hours and sleep til I get enough. DH’s job is later shift and that sets the schedule. So today I had a morning medical appt. Not real early but it seriously takes me 2.5 hrs to get brain/body all coordinated. The doc squeezed me in so she was running late before she got to us. Discussed a test result and how to proceed from here. I’m thinking….lets get this done before we lose modern surgical procedures, please! But the saga continues…next consult appt at end of the month. Hmph. OTOH, being down after the worst of winter is passed….would be an advantage.
I was so miserable as we waited. Overly tired and sore…and after we finally got home again, welcomed my bed/ It rises to a chaise lounge position so I stayed there most of the rest of the day. Fell into a nap for a short time. I was waiting and waiting for the FIERCE WINDS to die down at sunset so I could do PM animal chores. It didn’t die down until well after dark….8pm. But my nervous system does not tolerate such a barrage so I went out late with my dog and headlamp. Tucked everyone in for the night with food/water/bedding. I think the poultry stayed inside all day….enough to nearly blow them away thru this valley! And it wasn’t warm Chinook winds either. Strong enough to blow out the folded newspaper I shove into the crack between door and it’s old warped frame. So I made another using more sheets of newspaper to make it tighter. Brrrr!
OldMtWoman …G’nite all
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