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Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Tomato Vines Loaded with Green Fruit: Heirloom "Costoluto Genovese"

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I have only picked a couple of ripe tomatoes so far, but the vines are all full of green fruit. This variety I grew from seed that I ...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Homemade Sweet Cherry Ice Cream: First Freeze of Summer Fresh Fruit

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 I know it isn't quite Summer yet, but it is here since I have made the first batch of homemade ice cream. It is cherry season, at le...
Friday, July 6, 2012

Taste of Summer: Hand Cranked Mango Ice Cream

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 The grandkids and I made a tiny batch of ice cream when they were here - they wanted to test drive my little garage sale find of an ice ...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

Computer Failure and Summer Pleasantries

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My trusty Dell Inspiron lies comatose, due to hard drive failure. It is 6 years old, so unlikely that we'll have it repaired. I'm go...
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Monday, April 30, 2012

31 Things to Do With The Grandkids (Even Teenagers) This Summer

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 Summer is nearly here. Time for the Grands - even if they are "old" teens - to come and visit! Don't wait for them to invi...
Monday, September 5, 2011

Trying To Fight It: 62 New Fires, 2 Dead, 500+ Homes Burned Since Yesterday

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 (Photo a reader-submited picture by@calebthefox via Twitter to the Austin Statesman Reader Wildfire Photos Gallery: http://galleries.states...
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Friday, August 19, 2011

Sarah Palin Goes To The Fair: Inspiration From the Original Midwest Bus Tour

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Via Texans for Sarah Palin : America is the most awesome country! Thank you, Sarah Palin, for telling anyone who wants to listen just ...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

RAIN!!!!! HALLELUJAH!!!

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" T he LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your ...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Have Fairy Potters Been in My Garden? A Wonder From One of God's Little Creatures

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One of my earliest collections, when I was a little kid, was miniature pitchers.  The two white porcelain ones near the front of this photo...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Take A Trip Outside Your Door: The Beauty of Local Day Trips

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Pat Austin @ And So It Goes In Shreveport has developed a whole series of posts of one-day jaunts to nearby small towns: the "Take A Tr...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Putting Up Peaches: Peach Chutney For A Change

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It's Peach Season! Time to eat all we can and can all we can't. ;-) I love canning - it's one of those tasks where we get to enj...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Helping the Gulf Coast: Ask Your Grocer For Wild American Shrimp!

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This Mexican Shrimp Cocktail is my version of those served in various restaurants. Mine has a lot less ketchup and is very fresh. My neighb...
Friday, June 4, 2010

Ain't That America? Pat Austin Takes A Daydream of a Southern Road Trip

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Go on over to And So It Goes In Shreveport , and feel the tension disappear. Feel the world right itself again, and remember how it feels t...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Vintage Waste Collection: Hot Cider on Trash Day

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When I was growing up, razor blades and broken glass weren't just put in the trash, they had to be wrapped first. They told us, when we ...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The Last of Summer

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There's been a change in the air all week. Autumn is coming. Paul mentioned this morning that the days are already getting shorter. Arou...