Update with Gramma for Friday May 3

Learning at school is interesting at Gramma's school. On the counter in the office, I found this! Guess what it is: a plant, yes. a root of a plant, yes.  But more than that, it is a common Native American food: camas. Each spring the kids go to the camas fields around the area. If there is camas in an area,  the ranchers and farmers protect it so the Native Americans can dig their traditional food that they would eat long ago before refrigerators. This is one of them. It is more firm than a mushroom, but has that earthy flavor. It is really delicious! You can read more about it here: Camas and Lewis and Clark.

One thing you need to know: You have to dig the camas when it is blooming. The blue camas is OK to eat; the white flowered camas is poisonous!

The other part of this day was a presentation from the Okanogan Wildlife League. Click the link to see photos of the raptors they have saved. It was an amazing presentation; we got to see hawks, owls, and kestrels that they have saved.

This is my favorite:

Kya, a female American Kestrel, is blind, but still beautiful and well cared for. She travels so her helper can explain how to help injured animals. Be sure to read more at the website. If your class needs a project to raise money, this would be a good place to donate.

That's about all the excitement for this Friday.  Sorry I'm behind, but I'm catching up on my report to you, Dill.

I will write more tomorrow.

Your Flat,

Flat George.

PS

Tomorrow is a hard word to spell.
Here is a link to a kestrel chirping. I can't insert it here because the license agreement says we can't. I can just link to it. I hope you like listening to it. It reminds me of our visit with Kya.

Happy Coffee

Every Saturday morning we have happy coffee. Flat George and Grampa got to it first.

Do you think our coffee looks happy?

As soon as coffee is poured, Stella can't wait for a lap and some serious neck rubbing. Flat George added an extra hand to the process.

We are going on a walk with lots of people a little later today. We'll see how His Flatness holds up.

 

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Flat George Climbs Away

Early in the morning, Flat George jumped up, eyes wide, and explored Gramma and Grampa's house, climbing up on Pooka for a quick ride around the house.

Next, he climbed the lilac bush in the back yard. He smelled of perfume, so I hoped that the kids would not tease him.  Fortunately, he went with Grampa today.

Flat George: Basketball Dunker

 

Hooray!  Flat George arrived today. We carefully unfolded his flatness and stretched out across his introductory letter to uncramp his muscles, hoping for a game of basketball to show of his dunking skills and three pointers.

However, Gramma noticed that his bed time was 8:30 PM so after a short dialogue about getting rest for his visit so he wouldn't be grouchy in the morning, he agreed to a good night's sleep.

Flat George tucked his pillow under his head, and pulled up a Flat George sized blanket. The pillow was made by Allison with soft dreamy herbs inside to calm his overly-excited state.

But in a matter of minutes he was smiling in his dreams, imagining a great day tomorrow.