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    Coffee

    Somewhat, but with malt so it has a very distinctive taste. There were a number of hot cereals I used to make for our breakfasts long ago. Ones I can remember were Maltex, Ralston (back when it was Ralston Purina Company and they also manufactured large animal feeds), Cream of Wheat, Cream of...
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    What are You Eating from the Garden?

    Yesterday I discovered one last tomato in the pocket of my vest. It must have been there, forgotten, for a week after I plucked it from the vine. A final homegrown gift from the garden in my salad, along with garlic pickled green beans from the last farmers market. Now it will be grocery...
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    Coffee

    I remember Maltex hot cereal. The malt flavor was my favorite, probably because of the malt flavor.
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    Coffee

    Vaccination is protection.
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    Phaedra's Adventure

    So good to see a post from you, Phaedra. I've missed your photos of delectable goodies, flowers, and critters, but very glad that your cafe is keeping you busy, and not a bit surprised by its success. That strawberry cheesecake looks yummy and beautiful at the same time. You are an artist...
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    Concerned About Growing Old?

    Oh no! Well you're in good company here! We should have conventions or reunions or something.
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    Concerned About Growing Old?

    Door kickers unite!
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    What are You Eating from the Garden?

    Dented or bulging cans are a sure sign, but this news story centered on cans/jars that appeared normal and tasted nearly normal. It was enough to scare off chicken-hearted me. On edit, I wonder if following the money trail from that news story would have led to Del Monte et al. It was right...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    The batteries (a single re-chargable AA) in my cheapo lights are easy to change, but I do hate having to clean out the spiders that have set up house-keeping in each light when I bring them in for the winter. The batteries are always still going strong at the end of summer, but to avoid...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    I have one color changing light. It's in an area we used to joke was the Los Vegas area of our property.
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    What are You Eating from the Garden?

    Um, yes I did! "Soon I will get inspired to turn the many bags of frozen tomatoes, and leftover ground bison, into a vat of spaghetti sauce. I need the freezer space!" ~and~ "Anyways these frozen tomatoes are already earmarked for spaghetti sauce....." The unfrozen ones have all been eaten...
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    Concerned About Growing Old?

    I bet I did one better than your Mom, the other day when I kicked a stuck door, hoping to dislodge it. Unfortunately instead of giving way, it held its ground, and I might as well have kicked a block of granite. So now I'm hobbling around with a badly bruised big toe (at least it's not broken)...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    Love your blown glass-looking hummingbirds and bugs! Do they light up? I really like these. Most of my solar lights were just the cheapest white lights available, but I changed their colors to orange and some to green, by filling some with colored beads, and using colored duct tape on others.
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    Concerned About Growing Old?

    Cool that you competed in endurance rides. I suspect your own endurance by far out weighs my own! We used to condition for and ride on competitive trail rides, but those are much tamer. Your horses must have been really wiped out if you had to call for a rescue trailer! Most of our...
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    What Did You Do In The Garden?

    I'm too lazy to make mead, but I buy it! I've been busy the past two days. First I moved an orange solar light from up the steep hill behind the house to down below in the more civilized picnic area. The path to reach it is getting overgrown with brambles that I don't feel like doing battle...
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    Your Weather, 2024

    Very sorry for your loss. RIP sweet dog.
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    Your Weather, 2024

    We're having sunny warm weather with colder nights. Peak foliage season has passed, but I did take a 'before' picture a week ago, as well as an 'after' shot today. From the dog yard: Edges of sugar maples were just starting to color up and all the tiny red crabapples are on my tree. (This is...
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    Your Weather, 2024

    Just beautiful!
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    Your Weather, 2024

    Not sure if this belongs on a weather thread or not, but the foliage this year has been gorgeous. At first it began as sort of drab shades of orange and yellow, but then last week the cool temperatures caused dramatic bright reds to appear, and those dull oranges to transform into vibrant...
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    Your Weather, 2024

    Feast or famine, that seems the way too often.
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