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Mountain Valley Living Real estate & Continue reading Mountain Valley Living Real Estate & Classifieds… #gallery-1 { , No Turning Back, piano, Pops Concert, Russion Christmas Music, Shapato press, soccer, Spanish music, Survivor, survivor coach, Susanville Concerts, susanville pop concerts, Susanville Symphony, susanville symphony concert times, susanville symphony ticket information, The Red Violin, trumpet, violin, Violin Concerto | Category: Art and Entertainment | Leave a comment If you have ever been through the town of Graeagle, you were welcomed by quaint red buildings lining the highway that passes through town. If you ventured inside some of the red buildings, you may have found the wonderfully nostalgic candy shop and deli and the great folks who run it along with a row Continue reading The Town Painted Red – Graeagle, CA… By E. Suzanne Frances Heinz Mary gazed out the window of the tiny new place that she and 12 year old son Jake now shared in their new small town. “How can I make it like a real Christmas?”, she thought. Mary had sold most everything to afford them 3 months expenses in their new place Continue reading Story Time – Another Real Christmas… by Jan Cox When Sylvia Smith was in sixth grade she was fortunate to have a teacher who suggested that she keep working on her art because she was good at it. And work she did. Smith began painting seriously with oils in her late 20′s and continued in this medium for 25 years, painting Continue reading Meet the Artist: Sylvia Smith… Whether or not you can dedicate a spare bedroom to this, you still may need to put together a room for company this holiday season. Likely your guest room doubles as a sewing room or serves another purpose. That is all fine. Just clear out the room some or at least a nice space around Continue reading Putting Together a Quick Guest Room… Hunting Buddies Hunting Company – Hunt Pheasants, Hunt Chukar, Northeastern CA, Northern California Litchfield, CA – By Eileen Majors When two buddies routinely get together and go hunting long enough, big things can happen and and that is just what happened with Jim Brown and Howard Hanlon of Lassen County. I met up with these two who started their own 191-acre pheasant and chuker hunting club. Amid listening to a few humorous ‘jab’s at each other and many a “Yes Ma’am” for me, these young spirited, yet old fashioned gentlemen shared how they got started. They have been hunting together for 20 years and are dedicated members of Pheasants Forever, a non-profit group dedicated to the Continue reading High Desert Hunting Club Welcomes Just One Group at a Time…  By Melissa Wynn
bigstockphoto.comThe unmistakable Wild Boar is an omnivorous, gregarious mammal, characterized by large heads with tusks and a distinctive snout with a disk-shaped nose. Short necks, relatively small eyes, prominent ears, and a coat that has dense, dark bristles add to the tough guy appearance of this long hunted beast. This wild Continue reading Wild Boar, Spunky Swine…  By Lorraine Shoemaker You’ve just spent the better part of Thanksgiving day in the kitchen while family and friends enjoy themselves in the other room. You can’t help feeling just a wee bit left out, and you still have to fret over setting the table properly. How was it that Great Continue reading Holiday Table Setting…  By Melissa Wynn
On a sunny afternoon in September my friend, Marilyn, and I were off to Chico for a day full of chores and appointments. We decided that all work and no play makes for dull girls and we couldn’t have that. So, we decided to go to Marilyn’s favorite spot for a superior sushi Continue reading Superior Sushi, Japanese Blossoms… 
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Fall…What a perfect time to start going “green” in your garden. There are so many fun and interesting ways to go “green in your garden it’s tough to touch on them all, so here are a few of my favorite tips: All natural composting can be done on as large or small Continue reading Green Gardening For Fall…and beyond…  Barry Kirshner Wildlife Foundaton ~ 4995 Durham-Pentz Rd ~ (530) 533-1000 ~ www.kirschner.org By Melissa Wynn When we first met Roberta Kirshner and her friends from the wild a few years back, they were located in Durham and open by appointment only. But , thanks to the recent move to 4995 Durham-Pentz Rd. near Oroville, animal lovers Continue reading Barry Kirshner Wildlife Foundation, Lend A Hand…  #gallery-5 { Continue reading “R” Wild Horse Ranch, Own A Little Piece Of Heaven…  By Eco- Friendly Products Continue reading Using Bamboo As Eco-Friendly Flooring… What could be more frightening than bats in your belfry? Bat bugs!
The bat bug (Cimex pilosellus) is a close relative to the bed bug. Both are blood-sucking insects and prior to the recent increase of bed bugs, the bat bug was the more common representative of this group from the Cimicidae family. Bed bugs are Continue reading Bat Bugs, Relative to Bed Bugs… by Jan Cox Multi-talented could be a term used for Dottie in both her life pursuits and in her art. Clark credits her aunt for influencing her artwork when she was young. When she moved to Lake Almanor in 2000, she took classes and workshops from art teachers both in the Lake Almanor Basin and in Continue reading Meet the Artist–Dottie Clark… By Melissa Wynn When faced with a painting project the choice is always the same, latex or oil based. Both options offer a great end product, so why choose one over the other? Here are a few pros and cons from Ace Hardware to help us all decide. Latex paint is popular because it can be thinned Continue reading Latex or Oil Based Paint, What’s The Difference?… Nancy Lund and her husband retired from the hustle and bustle, the smog and the traffic of Los Angeles in 1975 and found exactly the community they sought in Greenville. Nancy, now 93 years old and a widow, opened her own home design business and was still drawing plans until last year. She is currently
Continue reading Aging in Place by Nancy Lund… 
EPA is updating ENERGY STAR requirements for dishwashers and furnaces. Effective January 20, 2012, both standard-sized and compact residential dishwashers meeting the new ENERGY STAR requirements will be between 10 and 30% more energy efficient than conventional models, and about 8% more efficient than dishwashers that met the previous Continue reading EPA Announces New ENERGY STAR Requirements for Dishwashers and Furnaces… 
bigstockphotoFishing is one of America’s favorite outdoor recreational pastimes.
The California Fishing Passport Program is grounded in the belief that fishing offers an excellent opportunity to spend quality time with family and create lifelong memories. Getting out on the water helps reduce stress and makes people feel good. Fishing enhances appreciation for the natural world. Studies Continue reading Reasons to Participate – Why Fish?… Keep a home inventory By Brian Wilson State Farm® Agent
This one goes in the category of those things we are planning to do when we get the time – making or updating a home inventory. It may not sound like an exciting activity, but in the event of a calamity such as a fire, burglary, flood Continue reading Keep a Home Inventory… Microbrew, Music and Art in Quincy MOUNTAIN HARVEST FESTIVAL Quincy, CA Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds from 1 to 5pm Come home to, or visit, the beautiful small town of Quincy where the grand granite Sierras show off their fantastic Fall colors amid majestic American Valley pines. Practice some social networking— the old fashioned way-— face to Continue reading Microbrew, Music and Art in Quincy… By Melissa Wynn
bigstockphoto.comThe Common Poorwill is the smallest of the “nightjars” in North America, and is considered the western counterpart of the eastern Whip-poor-will. The Hopi name for the Common Poorwill means “the sleeping one”, as they are the only bird known to hibernate. In cold Continue reading Common Poorwill, Strange Bird… By Eileen Majors Flipping through the channels of the radio, I stumbled upon some commentary about Make a Difference Monday. I did not catch all the details but did overhear callers talking about what someone had done for them for no reason at all, like paying for their groceries on this so-called Make a Difference Monday.
Continue reading From the Publisher: Call it What You Will, Just Pass it On.… When we tasted this salsa, we just HAD to ask for the recipe! Enjoy. You”ll need: 2 yellow bell peppers 8 roma tomatoes 1 yellow onion 1 bunch of cilantro 2 hot peppers (jalapenos) 2 lemons 1 bunch of green onions 6 pepperocinis and juice Johnny’s Seasoning salt or Lawrys® or any you prefer. Directions: 1. Chop all bell peppers and then onions. Chop jalapenos and cilantro. Squeeze Continue reading Recipe: Neilsen’s Salsa… |
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