Dogs . . . . . Man's best friend.

It seems that ever since we had a home of our own, we've had a dog, pretty much. Kinda came naturally.

We really didn't go LOOKING for a dog, they found us!

In 1980, we had our first home and got Sadie, the brittany spaniel that had too much energy for our little backyard. The people that had her before needed a place to send her and we thought we could take her in . . . only to realize she needed a LOT of room!! So by 1983, we found her a good home on a farm and she loved it! The guy that got her was training her to be a bird dog!

Rusty was a golden retriever that my mother-in-law called me about one evening in 1981, wanting my hubby to put a note on the board at work. She said that the dog (about a year old)  had to go THAT NIGHT as the people were moving to an apartment. Well, hubby had already left so my father-in-law went and got the dog even though we had Sadie at the time. OMgosh, he was so emaciated and so scared. Full blood golden retriever but he had been badly abused and was really sick with worms. So we had two dogs all of a sudden!

Rusty with our oldest, Rob, now 38 and Bethany, now 31!

After numerous and expensive vet bills, he turned out to be one of the best dogs! Rusty, as we called him, was very distrustful of people and would come up BEHIND you and nuzzle your hand at your side to be petted. But a gentler dog could not be found. The only person he would approach head on was our daughter, Bethany, who was only two at the time. She would ride him like a horse and he would let her!!

After we moved in '85, Rusty was in his element! He would roam around back like there was no tomorrow! Very few people lived out here back then and Rusty, being a golden retriever, liked to steal things! Out here, people would burn their garbage and the cans went to the dump. Well, Rusty would go to the next farm house and steal tin cans!! Hubby read up on it and it was suggested in the article to tie the can around the dogs neck, loosely, and they would stop it. NOT! I had more tin cans in my garbage from the neighbor than I did from us!

About '88, we were driving home one day and came upon a little dog with a rope tied to his collar. Just about ran him over but he moved and we went on home. All of a sudden, I looked down the lane and here comes this little dog, following us home. Well, we left him outside, along with Rustly until we figured out what to do with him. Hubby went out to back up the car, not knowing this little dog was laying behind the wheel. He backed up, the dog yelped and ran into the woods!

We all looked for him but he was not to be found. The kids were crying but we had to leave and get our son to a game that he had to play in. Well, when we came home, here was this little dog, sitting on the stoop! Not a scratch on him! I will tell you one thing, he never went near a car again!

Speedy, fuzzy little thing, huh?

 We put an ad in the paper but no one wanted this little guy. He was probably part poodle, part schnauzer from what we could tell. The vet said about a year old. Bethany called him Speedy because he was speedy enough not to get crushed under the wheel! We found that Speedy, a male, had been neutered and was fully house trained! He didn't weigh over 11 pounds.

In 1989, Rusty, even though he had all his shots, came down with distemper. We had to put him down. It was a very sad day. Rusty was sorely missed but we still had Speedy.

In 2000, my daughter and her boyfriend at the time, bought a siberian husky pup, Dakota. Of course, the two split up and the boyfriend got to keep the dog as he refused to give him up. In 2003, she called and told us that she was going to get him back. Aaron, the boyfriend, was going to get married and didn't want the dog anymore. We convinced Bethany that an apartment was NOT the place for an 80 pound siberian husky so guess where he went? To our house!!

Dakota, gentle, quiet, a beautiful dog!

Dakota and Speedy got along famously. Speedy had really aged but Dakota gave him a great last year! Really perked him Speedy up for awhile until we finally had to put him down. After all, he was about 16-17! We all missed him a lot.

Dakota was our last dog, or so we thought. He loved laying outdoors, looking out the back, especially in the snow! He loved doing the "air chomp" as we called it. And loved it when Bethany came home with her little dog Rafael! Oh, the running around then! A little over a year ago, right before Christmas 2010, Dakota became ill. In no time at all, it seemed, his stomach swelled and we rushed him to an emergency vet. She said he had a cancerous tumor that had burst and was filling his abdomen with blood. We had no choice but to put him down.

Crying and totally in shock, my husband and I drove home that night. It seemed to take months to get over the loss but we figured we had always had another dog and this time we didn't but we weren't quite ready to get another.

Then we went to my dad's in Montana the next summer, 2011 and met Sassy. She is a border collie and labrador mix. My niece foolishly went out and bought her and my brother told her she had to find a home for her.  She was about a year old and we fell in love with her!

Sassy, just as her name implies!

Now Sassy looks like she's been drinking milk but in all honesty, she's been chewing on a rawhide bone! She is now our baby, our pet, our pest!!

We've had other animals come in and out of our lives but none have been such wonderful pets as these dogs! Why is that? I don't know. We feel our pets are part of our families and when we lose one, it hurts. I can say that we have truly been blessed with our pets over the years and wouldn't have had it any other way!! I wonder who we'll find next?

Now if you have a dog that you like to pamper, come on over to OLA.com! We have a lot of great deals here, leashes, collars and specialty collars, dog books and so much more!

And if this isn't what you are looking for, as always, feel free to browse through our store, KornKountryTreasures! We'd love to have you as our guest!

Thank you!

MALICORNE

Hello my friends,

do you like french music? I do. One of my top favourite bands is MALICORNE. ...

MALICORNE ON YOUTUBE (1)

MALICORNE ON YOUTUBE (2)

Malicorne was a French electric folk group that flourished in the 1970s.

Gabriel Yacoub and Marie Yacoub formed Malicorne in 1974, naming it after the French town, Malicorne, famous for its porcelain and faience. Since several of their albums are called simply Malicorne it had become the custom to refer to them by number, even though no number appears on the cover. Malicorne 1 consisted of the Yacoubs, Laurent Vercambre and Hughes de Courson. The combination of electric guitar, violin, dulcimer, bouzouki and female vocalist immediately brings to mind Steeleye Span, their English equivalent, thus placing them squarely in the electric folk genre. These four musicians were, between them, masters of twelve instruments. Their first four albums consisted of mostly traditional French folk songs, with one or two songs by Gabriel Yacoub and one or two instrumentals per album. Again like Steeleye Span, they occasionally sang group harmonies a cappella. On Malicorne 4 they were joined by Olivier Zdrzalik on bass, percussion and vocals. The exuberant art-work on the album sleeves, featuring elves and dragons, makes them collectors pieces.

L'Extraordinaire Tour de France d'Adelard Rousseau (1978) was very much a concept album, concerning a guild craftsman's travels around France, with an implied spiritual exploration. It is perhaps the most exciting of their albums, with some gothic and prog-rock elements in the music. Like their next album Le Bestiaire, it consists mostly of songs by Gabriel, with a few by Zdrzalik and de Courson. The range of sounds of these albums is huge. Their appeal goes beyond the French-speaking world, and still gives them a dedicated following, but most of the albums are only sporadically in print. Some sections are clearly classical music, but electronic wizardry and bagpipes also appear.

The size of the band grew to 12, including at one point, Brian Gulland from the English group Gryphon. Their commercial success enticed them into pure pop. Balançoire En Feu (1981) was a disappointment to many. Les Cathédrales de L'Industrie (1986) began with an epic folk-rock track. One of the other tracks, "Big Science 1-2-3" is in the style of Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson or Gary Numan. They disbanded shortly afterwards.

Once they had gained a reputation in France, Malicorne toured in French-speaking Canada. The album En Public (1978), recorded live in Montreal, makes it clear that they were more than a studio band. They toured over 800 venues in Canada, America, and Europe. In 1990 Gabriel and Marie appeared as a duo in a low-key event in London. All of Malicorne's songs were in French, apart from a few words of English on their final album. At their concerts they made some announcements in broken English. Gabriel and Marie continue to record, but their CDs are only occasionally in print. The three compilation albums Quintessence, Legende and Vox show the range of Malicorne's work. A compilation of Malicorne tracks, featuring only those sung by Marie, was issued in 2005, Marie de Malicorne.

A Challenge Completed!

Last Friday, ChateyCathey did a post about A Play on Words. She was kind enough to mention me, and had a little challenge! "I have no connection for OLA.COM with this one but I bet if Korn were to attempt it she would find some." So, here we are!! I accept!

He could lead if he would get the lead out.

Natural Leather Halter and Lead - Horse Size - Brand New! from FleaPirates!

A farm can produce produce.

Victorian Trade Card Jepson Produce Merchants Lynn Mass. from Arfive!

 

 

The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.

Matchbox Car No. 7 ~ Ford Refuse Truck from Classic_Chloe!

The soldier decided to desert in the desert.

Operation Desert Storm Patch - #FL-1184 from AKelly110!

The present is a good time to present the present.

The Precious Present by Spencer Johnson 1984 from HockeyMom1965!

 

At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.

HELEN LABDON VERONICA CASTRO ACE OF BASE TURKISH MAGAZINE  from TurkishCollection!

The dove dove into the bushes.

Cell Phone Purse Backpack Charm iPod PDA Dove Bird Lanyard Keychain from MaggieMayBeCrafty!

I did not object to the object.

THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION - JENNIFER ANISTON PAUL RUDD from Raevenhow.

The insurance for the invalid was invalid.

Hummel # 382 Visiting an Invalid ~ Trademark #5 from Classic_Chloe!

The bandage was wound around the wound.

Baby , Tending Babys Wounds , Card #48 , Topps , 1985 (Lot 1169SC) from Sparky44_1999!

There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

2 Row Hohner Diatonic Button Accordion Vienna Style Like New Condition from Ioffer.ItAll!

Not exactly a "row" but isn't this pretty!

They were too close to the door to close it.

Glenn Close "Jagged Edge" autographed 8x10 certified from CollectorsCorner!

The buck does funny things when the does are present.

Bucks County Pennsylvania Provincial Drop leaf Table from EndlessTreasures!

I should have used does but this looked so nice!

They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.

Rats Sewer Rat Enesco Porcelain Rodent from CritterCache!!

To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

Pig/ Sow/ Hog/ Boar Heavy Solid Brass Kitchen Trivet New In Box from DebandRicksStore!

The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

"Gone with the Wind" Movie Poster from BandLeader!

After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.

C.J. SMITH CERTIFIED AUTOGRAPH 2005 BOWMAN BEST SERIAL NUMBER 643/974 CARD NUMBER 106 from JimsCollectibles

I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.

Silver Stone AB Tear Drop Pendant Necklace Earring Set from LyndaLeesLoft!

I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

ALDO NOVA (SUBJECT) Cassette from RawleySprings!

How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Pocket Change - Intimate Notions [CD 27C 2729] from AbcEffect!

I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.

Enchanted Evenings 323 Nights out to remember by Gregory J.P. Godek from Vermonter53!

We polish the Polish furniture.

Unused 1966 Polish Millenium PB Scott #1313 from PlusizeGlamor!

And Finally:

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.

Antique Myott Porcelain Egg w Incredible Handpainted Egg Inside LOOK!  from blbokram!

English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France.

FRENCH POST-IMPRESSIONISM from Krautrock!

Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

M & M at the Movies Candy Dispenser from Audreys-Stuff!



Quicksand can work slowly.

Quicksand by Iris Johansen from KornKountryTreasures!

Boxing rings are square and . . . . .

Ladies Beautiful Deep Purple Ring in Size 6 NWOT from ChateyCathey!

if vegetarians eat vegetables, what do humanitarians eat??????

NEW American Girl Addy Vegetables Retired from Sixftrs!

So, here we are at the end of the tale!! I had a lot of fun, even though some didn't quite match!! It was interesting!! Come on over to OnlineAuction.com and see what else you can find!!!

Thank you!!

KornKountryTreasures

KRAUTROCK

Hello my friends,

it is time now to find out what KRAUTROCK is. ...

Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one particular scene, style, or movement, as many krautrock artists were not familiar with one another. BBC DJ John Peel in particular is largely credited with spreading the reputation of krautrock outside of the German-speaking world.Largely divorced from the traditional blues and rock & roll influences of English and American rock music up to that time, the period contributed to the birth and evolution of electronic music, ambient music, alternative music and New Age music. Key artists associated with the tag include Can, Amon Düül II, Ash Ra Tempel, Faust, Popol Vuh, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Neu!, and Kraftwerk.

The moniker "krautrock" was slapped on the experimental German rock movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s by the British music press, and ironically retained by its practitioners. The term krautrock was originally a humorous one coined by the UK music press (such as New Musical Express and Melody Maker), where "krautrock" found an early and enthusiastic underground following. The term derives from the ethnic slur "kraut", and its use by the music press was inspired by a track from Amon Düül's Psychedelic Underground titled "Mama Düül und Ihre Sauerkrautband Spielt Auf" ('Mama Düül and her Sauerkrautband Strike Up.') As is often the case with musical genre labels, few of the bands wished to see themselves pigeon-holed, and tended to eschew the term. The term is also a problematic category due to the considerable differences between the artists so labelled.Musicologist Julian Cope, in his book Krautrocksampler, says "Krautrock is a subjective British phenomenon," based on the way the music was received in the UK rather than on the actual West German music scene out of which it grew. For instance, while one of the main groups originally tagged as krautrock, Faust, recorded a seminal 12 minute track they titled "Krautrock", they would later distance themselves from the term, saying: "When the English people started talking about Krautrock, we thought they were just taking the piss... and when you hear the so-called 'Krautrock renaissance,' it makes me think everything we did was for nothing."

Krautrock is an eclectic and often very original mix of post-psychedelic jamming and moody progressive rock mixed with ideas from contemporary experimental classical music (especially composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, with whom, for example, Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay of Can had previously studied) and from the new experimental directions that emerged in jazz during the 1960s and 1970s (mainly the free jazz pieces by Ornette Coleman or Albert Ayler). Moving away from the patterns of song structure and melody of much rock music in America and Britain, some in the movement also drove the music to a more mechanical and electronic sound. The key component characterizing the groups gathered under the term is the synthesis of rock and roll rhythm and energy with a decided will to distance themselves from specifically American blues origins, but to draw on German or other sources instead. Jean-Hervé Peron of Faust says: "We were trying to put aside everything we had heard in rock 'n' roll, the three-chord pattern, the lyrics. We had the urge of saying something completely different."

Typical bands dubbed "krautrock" in the 1970s included Tangerine Dream, Faust, Can, Amon Düül II, Ash Ra Tempel and others associated with the celebrated Cologne-based producers and engineers Dieter Dierks and Conny Plank, such as Neu!, Kraftwerk and Cluster. Bands such as these were reacting against the post-WWII cultural vacuum in Germany and tending to reject Anglo-American popular culture in favour of creating their own more radical and experimental new German culture and identity, and to develop a radically new musical aesthetic. Many of these groups began their musical careers with little or no awareness of (or interest in) rock and roll: exposure to the increasingly radical and innovative music of the Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles, for example, led members of groups like Can and Kraftwerk to embrace popular music for the first time.The signature sound of krautrock mixed rock music and "rock band" instrumentation (guitar, bass, drums) with electronic instrumentation and textures, often with what would now be described as an ambient music sensibility. A common rhythm featured in the music was a steady 4/4 beat, often called "motorik" in the anglophone music press.

By the end of the 1960s, the American and British counterculture and hippie movement had moved rock towards psychedelia, heavy metal, progressive rock and other styles, incorporating, for the first time in popular music, socially and politically incisive lyrics. The 1968 German student movement, French protests and Italian student movement had created a class of young, intellectual continental listeners, while nuclear weapons, pollution, and war inspired protests and activism. Avant-garde music had taken a turn towards the electronic in the mid-1950s. The avant-garde minimalist music current which emerged in the beginning of the 60s with the works of Americans La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich using drones and loops (often with synthesizers and tapes) in a kind of psychedelic and space-oriented music.These factors all laid the scene for the explosion in what came to be termed krautrock, which arose at the first major German rock festival in 1968 in Essen. Like their American, British and international counterparts, German rock musicians played a kind of psychedelic music. In contrast, however, there was no attempt to reproduce the effects of drugs, but rather an innovative fusion of jazz, free-jazz and the electronic avant-garde, and strikingly innovative as a fusion of psychedelia and the electronic avant-garde. That same year, 1968, saw the foundation of the Zodiak Free Arts Lab in Berlin by Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Conrad Schnitzler, which further popularized the psychedelic-rock sound in the German mainstream. Originally krautrock was a form of Free art, which meant that krautrock bands gave their records away for free at Free Art Fairs.The next few years saw a wave of pioneering groups. In 1968, Can formed by two former students of Karlheinz Stockhausen, adding jazz to the mix (and in that way the krautrock scene can be seen to parallel the emerging Canterbury scene in England at the same time), while the following year saw Kluster (later Cluster) begin recording keyboard-based electronic instrumental music with an emphasis on static drones. In 1970, Popol Vuh became the first krautrock group to use an electronic synthesizer, to create what would be known as "kosmische musik". By 1971, the bands Tangerine Dream and Faust began to use electronic synthesizers and advanced production. The term Kosmische musik dates from that period. The bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Sand (Golem album) and Cosmic Jokers (all linked by collaboration with Klaus Schulze), would follow suit in the years to come. Faust also made use of synthesizers and tape manipulation in a way foreshadowing the noise rock of the future.In 1972, two albums incorporated European rock and electronic psychedelia with Asian sounds: Popol Vuh's In den Gärten Pharaos and Deuter's Aum. Meanwhile, kosmische musik saw the release of two double albums, Klaus Schulze's Cyborg and Tangerine Dream's Zeit (produced by Dieter Dierks), while a band called Neu! began to play highly rhythmic music. By the middle of the decade, one of the best-known German bands, Kraftwerk, had released albums like Autobahn and Radioaktivität ("Radio-Activity" in English), which laid the foundation for the British 1980s synthpop/new wave music, electro, techno and other styles later in the century.The release of Tangerine Dream's Phaedra in 1974 marked a divergence of that group from krautrock to a more melodic sequencer-driven sound that was later termed Berlin School. In that same year Klaus Schulze delivered one more LP of pure krautrock, Blackdance, and then began to release a more expansive version of the kind of music that TD was making.By the mid-late 1970s onward the terms electronic rock, electronic music, new instrumental music and new age have been used more often than Krautrock and Kosmische Musik, though the early scene continues still today to be regarded as a style in and of itself.

By the early 1970s experimental West German rock styles had crossed the border into East Germany, and influenced the creation of an East German rock movement referred to as Ostrock. On the other side of the Wall, these bands tended to be stylistically more conservative than in the West, to have more reserved engineering, and often to include more classical and traditional structures (such as those developed by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht in their 1920s Berlin theatre songs). These groups sang in German, often featuring poetic lyrics loaded with indirect double-meanings and deeply philosophical challenges to the status quo. The best-known bands representing these styles in the GDR were The Puhdys and Karat. Krautrock must generally be regarded, however, as a primarily West German phenomenon; the East German musical avant-garde may be argued to have been more genuinely represented by, for example, political singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann, whose work more aptly bears comparison to Woody Guthrie or early Bob Dylan than to any progressive rock artists.

Facebook Shopping

Facebook users have integrated their pages with third party apps to show what they read, listen to , where they go, what they sell and what they are doing.

That was the beginning of an article I started to read in a business magazine today. The next question was: could what they buy be next?

The entire idea of buying things on Facebook has been gaining traction with more people out there. Doron Simovitch, CEO of Sortprice was quoted in "Digital Trends" as saying "I think that as users witness more and more of their friends buying things they see advertised, you will see more of them following suit. That could very well lead to buying gifts via applications becoming the next big thing on Facebook."

While the full integrations of our shopping habits has yet to reach Facebook, it seems like it is only a matter of time before a majority of us seek to share best deals and perfect gifts through the social media.

After reading this I had to re-read it to understand what he was getting at. The way I understand it is that those annoying apps you see when you get on face book are only going to get worse. It also made me want to check into how it works and what it cost per add, how long it runs, who sees it. As I see it when we facebook our items and share them to our page all who are friends with us see it and we have friends who share it for us to their friends. Then we tweet it and our friends who follow us sometimes retweet it. We +1 Google items and we do all we can to have our site and our stores out there and high in the search engines. Do we really need apps?

When I list an auction on my site at OLA.COM, I do all the above. Can I say they have helped me? Yes I can. I had a customer tell me she saw something I had for sale and that is how she came to buy from me. She lived in South Florida. New customer and hopefully a repeat customer. Now that makes it worth it and it helped me make up my mind that I do not need to be an annoying app on Facebook"s right side of the page.

Thank you for reading this and if you got anything out of it that is good. I like reading articles like that and trying to see how they affect my business. Maybe one day we will have to conform to this way of thinking but I hope it is not soon and if you want to see what got me the sale just go to chateycathey and view my items for sale.

Life is short, live it to the fullest and have fun at it.

Honey

Did you know that honey is the only food that doesn't spoil? And honey is supposed to be one of natures best foods for a variety of reasons: energy, building the immune system, anti inflammatory, and more. Just check out the Health Benefits of Honey to see all of the information! It really is quite impressive! Home remedy ideas, anti-cancer, hangovers to sore throats, honey is really natures all around wonder! Some I had heard of, some I had not and was quite amazed!

My sister always told me that honey would help with hay fever but that you had to be sure to eat the honey FROM your area to give you the benefits. Since the bees gathered the pollen from your area, that makes sense.

The National Honey Board has a great website for recipes and ideas for honey! And even "Honey" emails that you can send!!

So, since I got on the subject of honey, I just poked around at OLA.com to see what wonders I could find there! Not all have to do with the honey that bees make but they are wonders in themselves!! Some are the color of honey, some about honey, some will hold the honey, and some can be for your honey!! Just take a peek!

FROM MAMA'S HONEY JAR COOKBOOK 1978 from Uneekbouteek, giving you many more recipes for honey!!

Look what I found at TattleTell's store!

VITNAGE CLIP ON EARRINGS W/ MATCHING PIN BROOCH HONEY COLORED STONE MESH TRIM

Your "honey" would love this!

Ladies Moonstone Ring Size 7 NWOT from ChateyCathey's store!

Like collecting tobacianna? How about this

Vintage Collectible Ashtray Anchor Hocking Fairfield Honey Gold from SuperGranny?

Back in the day!

BEATLES - A TASTE OF HONEY - 45rpm + PS from JRFleamarket!

This wonderful handcrafted

A Sip Of Wine Necklace/Bracelet Set Free Shipping from YogiBear66 would impress the "honey" in your life!!

Or how about this

Stylish Brand New Bracelet With Genuine Mother of Pearl Sterling Silver. 7 in from CallMeMomo?

I found this darling Hummel Honey Lover # 312 ~ Mint in Box ~ at Classic_Chloe's!

This FRANKOMA HONEY JAR--BEE ON TOP-NO SPOON- GOOD is a wonderful piece to hold your honey, from ClarksAntiques.

And last, I found another little beauty for your honey,

Sterling Silver African Amethyst Scrolled Band from JewelrybyChristopher.

Thank you for reading my post! And if this isn't what you are looking for, please stop in at our store, KornKountryTreasures, where you can find unexpected things!

MUSIC MADE IN GERMANY - Various

Hello my friends,

this blog is not so much about background infos. It is more about listening to different bands and artists. I have added some YouTube-links of some of the best in German music. - Any feedback is welcome. - Have fun. ...

TRUCK STOP - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3xSow3vWVk&feature=related

LINDA FELLER - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BTloh_A-A&feature=related

PASSPORT - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaJR9cG2_AM&feature=related

UDO LINDENBERG - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rhpjDYQYw&feature=related

KARAT - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LQiLwc2Lis

UTE FREUDENBERG - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lezf12OB1c