Pam made cardamon toast last night using almond flour. You'll find it in this morning's trash.
Note: if you've never had cardamon toast you're missing out on something that comes in very close to BACON. Unless it's made with almond flour.
How 'bout this for a good looking family?!
Hard to believe one of them is directly related to me.
I looked at the radar image on WeatherUnderground early this morning and it showed the rain was well north of here. I went out to the front porch to get more firewood and noticed a steady drizzle. Huh?
I've decided it's liquid fog. Our lot is in a low spot, which is why a creek runs through the middle of it. and the fog persists a little longer here. Sometimes it's so thick it can't all stay in the air.
Did I mention I miss my kids?
I spent an hour or so this morning pulling more paneling off the walls in Fred. I got to the left side and discovered a surprise. Not so good.
Instead of foil-backed fiberglass insulation this particular cavity was filled - and I do mean filled - with the output of a thousand rodents for a thousand years. Imagine digging a tunnel and burrowing into the bottom end of an overused outhouse. Gross!
When we were in town getting supplied for mi gallinero tonight I got dust masks, rubber gloves and trash bags. Pam has bleach I'll put in my garden sprayer. And before I close that wall up I might put some poison in there.
A week from Saturday is Shop Local day. We were talking about that and noted how difficult it was to shop local merchants in the west valley of metro Phoenix. Twenty years ago it was all cotton fields with a little hay, and a few other drought tolerant crops. Then the building craze started with huge subdivisions going up overnight. The only merchants who came in were national chains that could afford space in the strip malls the developers put in. There are a few one-off restaurants, but even those are the exception. Name the national retailer and you'll find them, but rarely a local vendor.
It's the opposite here in Elmira and Veneta. Want a haircut? Randy has been on Warthen Rd. for 50 years. No Starbucks, but Robbie runs the Window Box Cafe by herself, 8 to noon weekdays. Great pizza at Countryside! We do have an O'Reilly's Auto and an Ace Hardware, but it's a franchise owned by locals.
So on Shop Local day we will, but we can't hardly do otherwise.
Living local.
6 comments:
FWIW- when we face cigarette odors, animal ursine smell on sub-floors underneath removed carpet, etc. we've found a liberal coating of KILZ paint seals/removes the odor after its allowed to dry in 24 hours. Bleach covers then dissipates. KILZ kills the odor.
I was surprised there was no odor, which is why I was surprised to see it.
Years ago (don't know how long) the cedar shake roof leaked. They put on a metal roof and now it's fine. But that water got down through the ceiling and walls, and I *think* that may have been part of the problem. So my thinking on the bleach is also for mold that may be there.
eh?
If there is no odor but you want to eliminate any possible minor mold, bleach should do the job. I'd suggest verifying that there isn't any smell before applying bleach and closing up the wall. Good thing some of those rodents didn't die within the walls.
I've still got a half dozen cavities to open up, so the story hasn't ended. And your comment has me thinking about painting with Kilz just to be safe. It smells musty in there from 2+ years of open windows, so maybe once that odor is gone....
Or, I could just fry up a bunch of BACON and let that aroma fill the space.
Oh yeah, everyone likes BACON, even the critters you'd like to avoid coming into Fred, making KILZ a less appealing smell but a better outcome.
Yes, I knew you were kidding.....
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