What's New This Week?   Lloyd, one of our readers asked us if we had a recipe for Bird Butter. We posed the question to all of you and got a number of responses. Several of you suggested we check out the web search engines and see what shows up. We did and most of what we found was suet. One young reader checked with her teacher and what they called bird butter was pinecones covered with peanut butter and rolled in bird seed. These work great and are fun to make. While it's not exactly bird butter they are loved by the birds.

Sister Sandy on Whidbey Island found a recipe at Recipe Goldmine that comes close, Peanut Butter Birdseed Balls. You might want to check it out along with a bazillion other great sounding recipes for people, www.recipegoldmine.com. Thanks to everyone who responded!

We've said it before and will continue to say it, "dump all that kind of email (period)". Don't check it out, don't read it and especially don't buy it. Maybe if we all ignore that junk it will become less attractive for them to fill up our email boxes with it!

     Are you a tab browser? Do you even have a clue as to what tab browsing is? If not, you are missing out on a great way to surf the web. Internet browsers that have tabs at the top for every page that is open is what I call "tab browsing". The browser looks like a file cabinet with tabs at the top for every page you have open. It beats the heck out of clicking the back button a bunch of times to get back to the page you wanted.

I have been using Crazy Browser for a couple of years and have really enjoyed it but there is a new one that has blown it out of the water. Deepnet Explorer is not only a great tabbed browser but it also is a newsreader. Remember we talk about getting newsletters, like RunnerDuck and others using a newsreader? Well this program has it built in. It also supports P2P (peer to peer) file sharing. Deepnet Explorer is the first web browser with built-in peer-to-peer file sharing technology, enabling you to browse the web while you share and download files in the background. We don't use P2P here at the Duck but a lot of people and especially kids do. It's great for downloading music! This might be just the perfect browser for the whole family.

It uses Internet Explorer and expands it into a really nice program. Check it out a www.deepnetexplorer.com. We think you will learn to really like it.

Garden Sun Catcher

     This project came to us from Marilyn's niece Tammy down in Eatonville, Washington. Believe it or not we actually do catch the sun every now and then here in Western Washington.

Here's what you'll need:

4' long 1/2" diameter copper pipe.
A saucer, any color that is clear. The more faceted it is the more sun it will reflect.
Epoxy glue.

Cut a slot in one end of the copper pipe about 3" long. Depending on the size and contour of your saucer the width and length will have to be adjusted.
Bond the saucer into the slot with clear epoxy.
Let the epoxy dry and go plant your sun catcher in the garden.

Make several of these; they really are eye catching when the sun shines on them.

     We hope you enjoy Marilyn's Corner and look forward to all the fun things she brings you each week. If you have a fun project that would be suitable for our newsletter we'd love to share it with our readers. Just contact marilyn@runnerduck.com and we'll do the rest.

Remember we have all of our past projects archived on our web site at www.runnerduck.com. Just click on the Projects or Kids Only Eggs.

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Check out the Gear Up For Summer Sale.

Remember The Tempos next outdoor concert is just a week away. It will be Sunday June 6th at Bellevue Community College in Bellevue, Washington. You can see and hear The Tempos at the 32nd Annual, Puget Sound Early Ford Picnic. This is a great family event where you can see several hundred very unique and VERY NICE classic cars.

The Tempos will perform from 11:00 until 1:30. It doesn't get much better than walking around looking at a bunch of great cars while listening to some great music from the 30's, 40's and 50's.

     The Tempos big swing band is available for hire. If you have a special event that could use the wonderful music of a classic sixteen piece big band be sure to contact thetempos@runnerduck.com. We perform all over the Seattle area for all sorts of events.

Album Pick of the Week

"A Day Without Rain"
Enya

Enya is always wonderful but this CD just sort of jumped out at me because of the title. Coming up on this rainy Memorial Day weekend "A Day Without Rain" just seemed appropriate. Despite the pun she really sings her heart out on this CD.

Bryan Bradford from California wrote, "although not as deep and pensive as previous releases (but also more relatable), [Enya] evokes feelings of a day just like that - gentle sun, relaxation, and even a little introspection (what would an Enya CD be without that?). It's a change, especially with the addition of the most prevalent instrument on the album - strings. Never on an Enya album have strings played such an integral role, featured in almost every song. Quite a change, but a nice one at that. Especially, considering that Enya played them all herself."

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CONSERVATION TIP

      Yippee it's Memorial Day weekend and that means a lot of you are hooking onto your trailers and heading for places beyond. If your rig is anything like ours you get pretty lousy mileage. Our V10, 3/4 ton, Ford pickup hooked onto our 26' fifth wheel travel trailer gets about 9 MPG. One of things many people forget to check before they head out is the tire pressure on the trailer. Not only does this affect mileage but it can also be a safety issue.

Most tires leak a tiny bit. You usually don't notice it because the leak is so small. A trailer that has set all winter long can easily have tires that are a little low. Check them out and while you are at it check the torque on the lug nuts. Being safe and conserving a little fuel is a great way to enjoy your holiday.

If you have a conservation tip please send it to conservation@runnerduck.com and we'll post it in our newsletter.

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JOKE OF THE WEEK

Roger, one of The Tempos trumpet players, sent this to us.

A priest and a pastor from the local churches are standing by the side of the road pounding a sign into the ground that reads: "The End is Near! Turn Yourself Around Now Before it's Too Late!"

As a car sped past them, the driver yelled, "Leave us alone you religious nuts!"

From the curve they heard screeching tires and a big splash. The pastor turns to the priest and asks, "Do you think the sign should just say "Bridge Out?"

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   THIS WEEK'S FREE RECIPE

Remember, if you have a recipe you'd like to share please send it to marilyn@runnerduck.com.

     Every month we post a new recipe on our web page. Be sure and check out the NEW June recipe next Tuesday at the RunnerDuck Kitchen Store.
We'd be happy to post your favorite recipe there or in our newsletter and give you credit. Just drop a line to marilyn@runnerduck.com.

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Be sure and visit the RunnerDuck Cookbook Store for other great savings on cookbooks and cooking supplies.

Shoe Rack

Marilyn has been playing the shoe shuffle game in her closet long enough. Every time she wanted to get a different pair of shoes she had to dig through the pile to find what she wanted. Well hopefully this shoe rack will put an end to that. In fact I made two of them for her.

There ended up being a little more to these than I first thought so this project is going to take a couple of weekends. This week we'll buy the materials and make most of the ends.

Here's a rendering of what it should look like.

Here's what you'll need"

(3) 3" X 72" X 3/4" Hemlock
(18) 1/2" dowels 36" long

Cut (6) pieces 3" X 10"

Set the fence on the table saw so you cut equally on both sides of the ends, leaving 1/4" in the middle for the tenon.

Cut both ends of all six pieces.
Set a stop on the miter of the table saw so that you cut 1/2" from the top and bottom of both ends of all six pieces.

Set the stop on the miter so you trim off the pieces on each end. This should leave a tenon 1/4" X 2" X 1/2" long.
Cut (4) pieces 3" X 16 1/2" long.

Set up the router with a fence and stops and a 1/4" square end bit set 1/2" deep.
Route a 2" mortis starting 2" from one end. Cut two more slots measuring 6" from the bottom of each slot. See the drawing above.
Since I don't have a plunge router I used a couple of pieces scrap wood to hold my work piece up so the router bit didn't take such a big bite. I made one pass, took out a spacer and made and second pass. I removed the last spacer and made the final cut.

After all the mortis' were cut I squared the ends with a 1/4" chisel. Draw a line at the end of each hole to help guide the chisel.

That's as far as I got. Next we'll set up to drill all the holes, cut the dowels and glue the whole thing together. Until then, happy sawing!

We hope you liked this project. If you build it and your friends ask where you got such a clever idea, please tell them that you got it at RunnerDuck.com.

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