The Okie Legacy

Vol. 2, Issue 62 -- 10 June 2000

Besides my horses, I have also been out to pasture, so to speak, and off-line this week because of the beautiful cool, sunny weather we have been having in Oklahoma. I have also been keeping an eye on my colt, Okie Moon, that is about a month old now and the black coloring is showing a hint of brown. image/5juneokie.jpg

Mother Nature has been cooperating with windy, sunny weather drying out the wheat fields as more and more combines and harvesting crews have slowly begun their early trek -- making their way into the farmers fields for the wheat harvest in northwest Oklahoma.

Up in the northwest part of Oklahoma the Prairie Skyscrapers (what Kansans call grain elevators) have begun to come alive with wheat trucks pulling in to weigh and unload their bushels of wheat. If you are driving through the countryside during harvest, please take special notice of the harvesters that have set up temporary camps on the edge of the farmers fields. Wear your seat belts!

I love the way the small, rural communities come alive with farm trucks, pickups and harvesting crews. These small, rural towns do NOT look so dead with the crews and their families traversing to and thro through the towns and countrysides to pick up supplies, groceries and eat at the local mom & pop cafes along the way.

Actually, we have small town traffic jams now and then on the country roads as farmers move their tractors, trucks and combines from fields to fields and elevators to elevators. No doubt by the time you read this the harvesting crews will have moved on into Kansas with some of them splitting off in the direction of Colorado as they venture northward through Nebraska and the Dakotas and into Canada (where a lot of the crews reside).

They say, "The farmers and harvesters are getting into the fields earlier this year, but aren't expecting top yields because of the drought and diseases. The hot, dry spring is bringing mixed yields."
http://www.agriculture.com

While I was out driving the country roads, I stopped to see how the Old Eagle Chief Creek was flowing. It has calmed down to its natural state, but you still can NOT get across the bridge. I have NOT moved my doublewide Ranchette across this bridge either. I've taken some pictures of the views off of the bridge; looking down the creek; up the creek; and looking west from the bridge towards the S-curve of the road.

The only thing I didn't get a picture of were the harvesting crews cutting and dumping their loads in the wheat trucks in the fields. If anyone out there has any harvesting photos to share, please Email me a copy in JPG format that I can share with everyone out there. Sometimes I do miss some of the little things, but a lot of the times I gain so much more.

One of those things I've gained recently is from a reader in New England that sent me a descriptive narrative of what their spring is like in and around the New England states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connetticut. She talks of the crocus popping their heads up in April with the daffodills following closely behind.

As to her description of the smell of woodsmoke and maple sugar this is what another friend had to say about that, "Her description of the smell of woodsmoke and maple sugar made me salivate over her description of breakfast. It left me starving and I just finished eating. I'm like her, I would think that breakfast would be a spectacular dinner."

The talk of Maple syrup candy and the buckets hanging from the spigots tapped into the maple trees to catch the sap made my mouth started watering for homemade waffles, pancakes, sausage, bacon, fresh homemade maple syrup and the maple syrup candy she speaks about. I've listed her narrative at the following Link.

I would love to hear about your spring/summer in your part of the world. Take care, my friend, and let me know how the harvest and life is progressing in your "Neck of the woods."

OAKIE'S MAILBAG/LINKS

I promised you all some info and tombstones listings in the Orion Cemetery, northeast of Chester, Oklahoma, Major County. It needs some updating and I plan to head that way this weekend to updated and get some more pictures of grave markers. The listings I have linked to photos right now are mainly for the PARIS, HURT, CONOVER, LOUTHAN families that are related to each other on my maternal side of the family. If there is a particular marker you want me to check on, please Email Oakie at mailto:paristimes@yahoo.com and give me the names to search for in the Orion Cemetery. Bookmark this URL for future updates later. /major/orioncemtry.html

EAGLE CHIEF & CROOKED BRIDGE UPDATES --

Eagle Chief Creek looking SE off of the bridge
image/cboffbridgese.jpg

Crooked bridge road looking west towards trees and the S-curve -- image/cbscurve6june.jpg

Another view of the Eagle Chief Creek. East of bridge and looking SE down the creek. -- image/cbseview.jpg

Standing on the crooked bridge and looking up the creek towards the nw view of creek and the cottonwood trees in the background. image/cbnwview.jpg

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE GENEALOGY NUMBER ONE! -- "Hi! I visited your webpage and really enjoyed it! I am hoping you might join the genealogy first campaign (link below) if you have not already done so. This campaign is aimed towards making genealogy the #1 WWW use (currently #2) and allowing people from all over the world to come together and stand up against pornography (currently #1 WWW use). Thank you for your time." -- Sara-Jayne Johnson from Canada

Genealogy First Campaign:
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My family history:
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"Hi. Thought you might like this... 'Never bear more than one trouble at a time. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.' -Edward Everett Hale"

"YOU ONLY GET TO KEEP WHAT YOU GIVE AWAY.
It's a universal law: You have to give before you get.
You must plant your seeds before you reap the harvest.
The more you sow, the more you'll reap.
In giving to others, you'll find yourself blessed.
The law works to give you back more than you have sown.
The giver's harvest is always full.
Those that obtain have little.
Those who scatter have much.
Nature does not give to those who will not spend.
©2000 Written by: MotivationMentor@aol.com

FISH RECIPE ALL WRAPPED UP... "Salmon in Parchment -- Salmon, like other oily fish (herring, sardines, mackerel), is rich in omega-3 fatty acids that reduce inflammation, protect against heart attacks, and possibly reduce your chances of developing cancer.

Ingredients: Thin spaghetti, Olive oil, Salt, Fresh dill or parsley, chopped Fresh vegetables (see procedure below), Salmon fillet, Dijon mustard, Baking parchment.

Directions:
1.) Heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit;
2.) Cook thin spaghetti until just done (al dente), drain, toss with a bit of olive oil, salt, and chopped fresh dill (use parsley if dill is not available).
3.) Prepare a garnish of fresh vegetables: carrot and zucchini matchsticks, asparagus tips, snow or snap pea pods, etc.
4.) Rinse salmon fillet, cut in individual portions, and pat dry. Spread Dijon mustard over the top of each one.
5.) For each person, place a serving of pasta on a sheet of parchment, top with a salmon fillet, add the vegetables, and twist the corners of the parchment together to seal into a pouch.
6.) Place the pouches in the middle of the hot oven and bake for 10 minutes. Serve immediately in the sealed pouches, opening them just before eating.

To view this recipe on the Web, go here:
http://www.eatingwell.net/rcp_salmon_in_parchment.shtml

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"There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge. Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought."

"I know you're interested in Seneca and I thought you might miss this: 'One should count each day a separate life.' -Seneca"

Aunt Runner's Recipes - http://www.auntrunnersrecipes.com Has a "Featured Recipes" section and a newsletter for those who like collecting and sharing recipes. While you're there, why not share one of your own favorite recipes. She can't wait to feature one of yours! While you're over there check out her Aunt Runner's Cookbook - Order your copy of Aunt Runner's Cookbook Today! Stop by her website or e-mail her for details! You can also catch her column in "The Freedom Call" on Thursdays. Aunt Runner's Recipes, mailto:mccarver@21stcomm.com

"Dear Oakie, keep your newsletters comin'. They are great! Don't have too much to say but I thought I'd forward this humorous "children's answers to history tests" to you as you may want to include one every now and then in your newsletter which has a lot of history in it of course. All for now."

6th Grade History test - Actual answers and spelling in a 6th grade history test -- "Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere."

Ancient Egypt Web Quest - http://users.massed.net/~mdurant/AncientEgyptWebquest.htm
Rediscover Ancient Egypt - http://www.egypt-tehuti.org/

"Dear Oakie, I must tell you that I find your writing exceptional and worthy of publishing; it is so descriptive and detailed that I feel I am seeing what you describe with my own eyes. That is why I enjoy reading your newsletters so very much.....God has blessed you it seems with this precious responsibility to take your knowledge and put it in a form that the whole world or at least the whole country or even your whole state can read not just us few privileged newsletter subscribers. Oakie you are special, so special; I know this for a fact. I have a sacred gift to see these things, perceive them and a sacred duty to reveal them to those I see it in. I had to share these thoughts and feelings with you and I feel others would agree with me who also have the same spiritual sensitivity as I have."

Perpetual Bubblewrap for those that need to release stress and tension in their lives - http://www.urban75.com/Mag/bubble.html

QUOTE/POEM OF THE WEEK

"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything he buys at retail, sells everything he sells at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." -- John F. Kennedy, campaign address, national plowing contest, Sioux Falls, SD, Sept. 22, 1960

WINNERS - 9 June FREE DRAWING
9 June 2000, "Silver Stately Moose" lucky Winners are... Arden Lanthier & Sharon Rahm

See Y'all next weekend!'
Linda 'Oakie'
nwokiebelle@icqmail.com

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