Rumblings from Nifty Galoot

Here’s a recipe for tasty Onion Pie and some pics to go with it.
It was so tasty, it didn’t last long. Don’t you wish you could have been here to enjoy it too?

3 large onions, thinly sliced
4 tablespoons butter
Pillsbury crescent roll dough
Salt & pepper to taste
1 egg
1/2 cup half & half or 2% milk

Cook onions in butter until golden yellow. Spread roll dough in 10” pie pan. Spread onions over dough. Sprinkle with salt & pepper. Beat egg with half & half, pour over onions. Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 20 minutes until top is slightly browned. Serves 6.

Pie Crust and Onions Cooking

Onion Pie Fresh from Oven

Partly Eaten Onion Pie

Managed to get a decent close up photo of some Wood Aster Flowers recently. They are pretty wild flowers that survived the frost.

I like it so much I’d like to share it on a Canvas Prints at a Special Price for a limited time.

September Wildflower Blossoms Canvas Print

24.00″ x 20.00″ Stretched Canvas Prints are at the Sale price of $82.00 for a limited time. This special price is limited to copies and will end on 10/10/2011 at 5:00 PM, which ever comes first.

You can also get a Giclee Print in other sizes at:

Or Greeting Cards

September Wildflower Blossoms Greeting Cards

What a Beautiful Card to send to your friends and relatives.

Mississippi River Dawn Light Canvas Print by Kent Lorentzen

This Beautiful canvas print of the colorful dawn sky reflecting off water in the Mississippi river is available as a 20.00 x 16.00 stretched canvas print for $67.00. Only 15 prints will be sold at this price. The normal price is over $100. Offer expires on 03/16/2011.

I enjoy a morning walk around my farm and along the river with the dog and a camera. The beauty of nature, sunrise, and sights seen are a joy to behold. I love being able to share some of that beauty with a great photo. Mornings like this one on 22 November 2010 really capture Natures majesty!

This Summer had more mushrooms than usual and gave me something to look for on morning walks. I was luck enough to get some good photos of the Mushrooms. Enough photos to make a Calendar:

I’ve heard that Fairies like to camp out under mushrooms… So, kept looking for them and hoping to capture some in a photo. They must have hidden when I looked… Though, there are some shadows in a couple of photos that could be from fairies.

A short time ago several truckloads of partly composted cow manure were delivered by a neighbor. Yesterday proved to be a good day to turn and pile the compost. I got the TD-6 international crawler tractor running for the first time this year and got the job done. Took some video of the compost being turned:

After turning a few more times, this should be some great compost to spread in the fall for next years market garden crops.

Sunrise was beautiful this morning on the first day of Spring. I’ve been taking pictures every day this Winter and Spring. Most days it’s a short walk to the mailbox and along the road, some days it’s a little longer walk along the river bank, and on a few days it was ‘Open the door a crack, stick out the camera and take a picture.’

Here’s one of the photos I took this morning:

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I think it’s one of the best photos I’ve taken these past few months. There were quite a few other good photos too, here’s another one taken of the dawn:

12 February 2010



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Of course… The dog really enjoys going for a walk in the mornings. She’s not easy to capture in a photo, just doesn’t stay put for long or hold a pose well. A few times the camera was able to capture her in a good picture. Here’s one of her drinking from water on ice in the Mississippi river a couple of days before the ice went out:

14 March 2010



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It’s been fun taking pictures every day even if it’s sometimes hard to pick the best one from a whole lot of good ones. And… There are a few days when it’s just hard to get a good picture. Oh well… That’s just the way it goes sometimes.

The potatoes are coming along nicely and it was time to hill them. Got the tractor set up and did that yesterday.

Here’s a short video of the hilling:

The Allis Chalmers model G tractor was made for truck farming and works good for a small potato patch. This tractor was made in 1950 and has 4 forward speeds. Special low lets you creep along and road gear lets you cruise at 7 mph. It’s powered by a 4 cylinder flat head Continental, 62 cubic inch engine. This was rated at 10 hp in it’s Nebraska tractor test.

Dirt is mounded up around the potato plants so the spuds won’t poke out of the ground as they grow, and turn green from the sun. It’s also a chance to bury some weeds.

The spud plants in the video are red ones, the russet spud plants aren’t quite as big, yet.

Did you see Raven getting into the action? She really loves to run!

It was a nice foggy morning with the Sun just up in the sky after loading the truck for Farmers market. There was just enough time for a quick walk with the camera before it was time to leave. I think the camera did a good job of capturing the beauty of the dawn.

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Sun above the Oaks

Fog on the River

Foggy Sunrise

Dawn above the Rye

Dew on the Rye

Some online friends and I have been working on getting new web sites set up to sell products featuring some of our favorite subjects.

A gal that loves horses and equines of all kinds has created Longears Love, a site that features Mules, Horses, Zebras, and much more on great products and gifts.

Her Mules in Harness section shows great mules being useful.

Looking at the Mules has brought back good memories of watching the Francis the Talking Mule movies. Now… That was one smart Mule! They were a fun series of movies done in the 1950′s with Donald O’Connor as the co-star.

For something a bit different… There’s Dress Wicked.com featuring Goth, Punk, and Halloween designs.

I’ll confess I’m not into the darker stuff. I do like a bunch of the Cute and Spooky designs the webmistress has picked for her site. Cute Devil Baby brought a smile… Don’t we all know some cute kids that get into lots of mischief?

Moving on to Sweet Tees & Cakes… Which is about… You guessed it… Food!

I wonder how hungry she got picking out designs and products to feature on her website?

Just looking at the Fruit and Veggies section makes me want to nibble on something. And… What’s better to nibble on than some fresh Fruit or Veggies?

Last, and hopefully not least… The site I’m working on… Nifty Sky. Photographic gifts featuring beautiful Sunrises, Sunsets, Rainbows, and Clouds.

I love how pretty nature can be with her lovely skies. What better way to share the wonder of nature than with Greeting cards, Calendars, Mugs, or others gifts with pretty photos? Something as simple as a Lone Tree under Clouds can be such a pretty sight.

I’m sure we’ll all be busy adding more good stuff to our sites as time goes on.