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(135/366) Out of Season
May 14, 2012 – Until recent years you never would have convinced me to eat corn before late July at the earliest. The best corn was at the farms in August. And the very best corn (after that grown on my grandparent’s farm) came from DeMille’s in Salmon Arm. But recently corn is showing up early in the grocery stores.…
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(116/366) Awwww, NUTS!
April 25, 2012 – I cracked a walnut open for our little monster Senegal parrot and decided to get up close and personal with it. Another example of how fascinating small things really are if you just take a closer look. Nature makes the best art!
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70/366 – The Perfect Cup of Coffee, and Some Sad News.
March 10, 2012 – Do you ever go out and have this happen to you at the restaurant? An empty cup. A stream of dark golden, steaming, fragrant liquid gurgles and fills it to the rim. Two creamers dribble in. Torn paper, and a teaspoon of golden crystals tumble in and disappear below the surface. A metal spoon clinks and…
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58/366 – Spice Blend
February 27, 2012 – Don’t you just love curry spices? They are so warm and fragrant and the tastes they combine into are so fabulously deep and complex. Yup, love curry.
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50/366 – Can we have a special day that doesn’t involve candy, sometime soon?
February 19, 2012 – Ran through the grocery store to pick up a few staples – yogurt, strawberries, mangoes, bananas, salad green – and all the Easter candies have now replaced the Valentine’s Day sweets in the bins near the healthy stuff. Must resist, must resist!!! Just realized this is photo number 50, a milestone photo, and I didn’t really…
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31/366 – A Bit of Protection?
January 31, 2012 – Garlic is not only good, it’s darned good FOR you too. Protection against colds, and of course, it keeps those pesky vampires at bay
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30/366 – Pistachio Nuts
January 30, 2012 – Once upon a time I didn’t like pistachios. I don’t know why, I just didn’t. But tastes change, times change.
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3/366 – Keylime Squares
Jan 3, 2012 – Quick shot today. I was out on the road all day and running like mad to get home and gt a few things done before I have to head out and teach a class that I’d forgotten started tonight. A yummy keylime bar for you all. Keylime Squares Ingredients: Crust 1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs 1/4…
Read more »Day 364 – Companionship
An idea blatantly stolen from a Flickr contact (but I did tell her I was going to be a thief). Her Daily Challenge a few days ago was “What Money Can’t Buy” and her answer to it was “Someone To Share Your Morning Coffee With”. That resonated with me and so I plagiarized (with proper attribution though – see below).…
Read more »Day 362 – Swim …… Be Free!
Once a year we buy each other things we wouldn’t normally buy and stuff each other’s Christmas stockings with them. For me, one treat is goldfish crackers. Don’t ask me why, but I love them! And that’s precisely why I NEVER buy them! Because I’ll eat an entire bag if given the opportunity. I showed a little restraint tonight when…
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