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the ice-storm did get here but doesn't look to be as bad as it could have been, we also had a thunderstorm go through a bit ago so perhaps that's the end of this and now it will all be falling off the trees, shrubs and fences...

i may need one of those wrapped in bubble wrap for icy days. today is possible ice-storm here.

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i hope you ordered enough of it to enjoy for a good long time. :) will it freeze well?

oh dear! :hugs words can never be enough for such times.

it will likely not spoil in proper storage. if you can find someone local who would be able to use it then that saves postage.

wintergreen grew wild in a field behind our house along with the small bush wild blueberries and other berries too like wild raspberries.

haha, it's all ok, no harm done. :)

no bake cheesecake recipe is very easy to start with and expand as you'd like to try variations. cream cheese, i do not warm it up at all before using because i want it kept cool, but i do beat it with the mixer to break it up and smooth it out before adding anything else. to 8oz of whipped...

oh yes, be very careful around those large beaked birds! many years ago and miles away i was visiting my gf who lived in Memphis and she was involved with the zoo and loved the birds. so of course she had to take me to visit them. while there a bird in a cage she had known for a long time and...

for the record these are some of the beans i grew and returned to @Blue-Jay: https://aggiehero.ucdavis.edu/food/news/uc-davis-releases-6-new-varieties-organic-beans for some reason the picture supplied shows 7 beans of which i grew 5 (UC Rio Zape was not available and UC Good Daughter Stallard...

great! thank you! :) it was supposed to be a surprise for him but this is now ok too, i'm just glad to have a chance to share them. if you'd like some of them for yourself take a few out because i have plenty and can send more next year. :)

i did know it was a disease, but i didn't know any of the regulatory details. :) thank you for filling that in. i'm glad they are doing it - like the mad cow problem of many years ago it isn't something to be taken lightly.

these quiet mornings i can get from time to time are what i really need to recharge my own battery. i had breakfast and puttered around and looked into a few things and then just curled up for a nap until i woke up again. just what i needed. no phone ringing, etc. just quiet and calm for a...

not quite warm enough to enjoy it, but i did get the kitchen window on the outside washed at last. it had been looking rather bad since a few months ago when the box elder bugs were swarming on it and leaving behind their ick. on top of that knowing that harvest of the fields across the road...