Pioneer Puzzles 6-28-15

Pioneer Puzzle #9

These are two separate items. What are they?

ANSWER TO PIONEER PUZZLE #8:

Washing Machine - fill with water and clothes and agitate them with the handle. 

Marytrdom Cimmemoration - 6-27-15

The Martyrdom Commemoration at Carthage with the statue of Joseph and Hyrum and the Nauvoo Brass Band.

The Smith Family Cemetery vigil (owned by the Community of Christ). If you look closely you can see a firefly.

Martyrdom.Commemoration

The Martyrdom Commemoration yesterday was very memorable. For one thing, it has been raining hard every day for the past 2 or 3 weeks. Yesterday, Saturday, June 27 was sunny and pleasant all day, with temperatures in the 70's. It is usually unbearably hot this time of year.  Today (Sunday) it is rainy again.  

I was privileged to sing "The Morning Breaks" with a double quartet at the ceremony. There was also a Rider-less Horses Procession and President Larry Gibbons spoke. It was a very touching service. 

Happy Birthday Week! 6-28-15

Saturday night after the Martyrdom commemoration several of us had dinner at a Mexican restaurant. I'm sitting by the mission president's wife as the group sings Happy Birthday to me. 

Happy Birthday Week! 6-28-15

Here's me making 6 batches of English Toffee at once for my Rendezvous cast birthday celebration. It only takes 15 minutes to make and it turned out great!  I even had enough for the young performing missionaries!  

Happy Birthday Week! 6-28-15

I think this is the longest birthday celebration I have ever had!  It started last Sunday and is just winding down!  This is the dinner with the 20 single senior missionaries last Sunday. 

Pioneer Puzzle #8

For some reason none of my test came through for the answer to Pioneer Puzzle #6. Here it is:  

ANSWER TO PIONEER PUZZLE #6: 
Courting Candle
When a suitor came to call, if the parents like him, they would twist the candle up so it would burn a long time. 
If they didn't like him, they would twist it down so it would only burn a short time. 
When the candle burned down to the top of the coils, the suitor had to leave.

ANSWER TO PIONEER PUZZLE #7:

Weasle

Used to wind yarn into skeins (bundles). Every 40 revolutions, the weasels pops. After 7 pops the skein is done. Have you ever heard "Pop goes the weasel?"  This is where it came from !

PIONEER PUZZLE #8:

What is this?