Jethro's World

Wake the flock up America!

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Crap like this has infiltrated our fast food industry, and it is making us fat and giving us diabetes. The government subsidizes the corn industry, so corn is cheaper than honey -- so why use natural, nutritious, pure honey when you can just us a bunch of chemically altered corn products and a little bit of honey to make you think that's what you are getting.

Put down the hormone-injected chicken breast and slowly walk away... and leave the biscuits, "honey sauce", and butter-like spread, too...

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Noah went fishing at Detroit Lake on Sunday with some good friends of ours, and he had a great time. He doesn't quite have the hang of casting yet, but he'll get there. He got off to a bit of a slow start, but eventually caught his limit of five Rainbow Trout, and we grilled them up for dinner last night -- a little olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic & herb Mrs. Dash -- it was delicious!

Noah reeling in his fourth fish of the day.

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This part of the yard is still a work in progress, but this definitely helps things...

We were able to dine at the patio once, and it is definitely a nice spot. But now we are back to the usual Oregon cool showery spring, so it may be a while until we get to use it again...

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We want to do some more exterior projects this spring / summer, and today was the start -- a gravel patio on the shaded side of our house.

I was just going to plan out the first one and get supplies, but Steph and Em were at a birthday party, so I decided to git-r-done! Except that I got about half as much 1/4 minus gravel that I needed... guess I'll finish it next week.

So here you go Steph, Happy Mother's Day! :-)

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Maybe we should use this method to test the durability of the corrugated boxes that we manufacture at Custom Box Service... ;-)

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Western Oregon gets high praise for its lush green valley landscapes and its rugged coast line, but along with that comes a lot of rain. Sometimes it's nice to get away and head over the mountains to the sunshine of Central Oregon...

The Deschutes River -- looking to the south.

Every year in the spring, a group of life-long friends gets together in Sunriver for a kid-less weekend. There is always golf, dinner out, relaxation, and lots of laughter. Oh yeah, and lots of hanging out in the sun.

The dry climate of the high desert has its own natural beauty, even if it isn't as green as the Willamette Valley. I had always thought that the Oregon Coast would be the place for me if I could live anywhere in the world, but Central Oregon has really grown on me... the abundant sunshine has a lot to do with that.

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