"At the Grand Opening BeerBBQ for my new studio (co-hosted by my good buddy, Bent), Kerri Thoreson asked me if I had a wind machine in the studio. No. But then I remembered: I have a leaf blower," posts Taryn Hecker on her new Taryn A. Hecker Photography blog. Guess what? A leaf blower makes for some wonderful high-fashion shoots. More here.

• The BeerBQ/Accidental Rabbit Trails
• Grocery-bag wardrobe can't beat Trish's condom dress/Community Comment
• One man's gas guzzler is another's sacred cow/Dogwalk Musings
• More Main Street's cooking/Main Street
• Assimilation/Tumblewords
• More below, more coming

Question: Obviously, Taryn's use of a leaf blower to mimic the wind for a photo shoot proves she's a resourceful gal with deep roots in North Idaho. Can you think of a time when you've used North Idaho ingenuity to solve a problem?

• Birthday rules/A Family Runs Through It
• Criticisms, criticisms/Arch Druid
• Not part of the group any more/Atmospheric Ruminations
• Best e-mail of week -- census survey/Simple Mind
• When dad made me proud/Gathering Around The Table
• Bend to Redding, Calif/Just Me
• Monday again/JeanC's Cat House & Shooting Gallery
• 3BT: Birthday dance, at peace, mirthful din/Kellogg Bloggin'
• My dad/Live, Love, Laugh, Hope
• Ironman 2009/MamaJD
• Oh, the things that children say/Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts
• Brad King Memorial Golf Tournament/Silver Valley Stories
• Cinderella weekend finale -- kayaking/Slight Detour

HBO Numbers (for week of June 14-20): 43184/25753

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