The Old Mission

The city of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho grew up around General Sherman's military fort. It's a small city with about 44,000 people but it has a lot to offer.

We visited the Old Mission, which is Idaho's Oldest Standing Building. It used to be known as the Mission of the Sacred Heart. And you can see one of the Priest's paintings of The Sacred Heart displayed in the door.
Many of the better paintings and artwork created by the priests are on display. They are really amazing when you know that the Jesuit Priests cut the hair of their house cat and fashioned their own cat hair paintbrushes to create these paintings.


This beautiful Parish House was the home to five or six Jesuit Priests.

It really makes you imagine the old west when you hear the tales of the Indians and Priests working together and you look outside the front door of the Mission and see the teepee standing on the slope below.
This Mission was built in 1850-53 by members of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe and Catholic Missionaries.


If you're ever in Idaho, this is one site to see.

Earth-Friendly Friday

What might look like an old pile of used lumber to you . . .

Could be something much more than it appears.

You see, my husband loves to reuse old lumber and there was a house being remodeled in the neighborhood. The people were throwing away some good old wood. My husband couldn't bear the sight of all that wonderful old fur flooring going into the landfill. So, what did he do?

He knocked on the door and asked if he could rescue that wood from the dumpster. And he did.

Then he cut off the tongue and groove edge and sanded the wood (notice the scrap pieces inside the garbage can).


Now, he's making a bench out of the free wood and he even made me a couple of planters for my deck.

See what you can do, if you think outside the . . . landfill?

Idaho Oil

Have you ever wondered what you could do to liven up your dinners? Well I learned a couple of tricks today from the Coeur d'Alene Olive Oil Company

They let us taste an assortment of olive oils and vinegars with different recipes.

By using new flavors of olive oils and vinegars or mixing them together and trying dipping sauces you can spice up your meals. The Coeur D'Alene Olive Oil Company will even mix flavors for you. Plus, they'll help you come up with recipes to help make your life a little easier too. Check them out here.

If you try one of these recipes, let me know. I got the Blood Orange Dipping Sauce to use with some salads. I'll mix up some lettuce, mandarin oranges, almond slivers, water chestnuts, sesame seeds and pour some of this dipping sauce over the top for a yummilicious salad.

Word for Wednesday

What does the word fetid mean?

Take a guess

Now scroll down for the answer

Further

Have you taken a guess?

It means Stink

Thanks for playing

Class of 2011

Waiting for the big event

Kate and Will

Real Life imitates fantasy :)

Earth-Friendly Friday

Did you know that computer equipment can use energy even when it's turned off?

Well, you can cut off that drain by connecting your PC, monitor, and peripherals to a single power strip; when they're not in use, turn the strip off. One easy flip of a switch and you'll stop the "leakage" from the nominally switched-off electronics.