I found this photo on webshots...doesn't it make you want to climb up on his back wearing a gossamer white dress and let him fly you away with your hair blowing behind you? Such a fairy tale photo.
Here is where 'I sing the sweets I know, The charms I feel, My morning incense, And my evening meal, The sweets of Hasty-Pudding.' ~Joel Barlow, The Hasty Pudding (Canto I)
I found this photo on webshots...doesn't it make you want to climb up on his back wearing a gossamer white dress and let him fly you away with your hair blowing behind you? Such a fairy tale photo.
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Mmmmm! Esra made me hungry this morning when I read her blog about cucumbers. You an read it here. She described a cold cucumber yogurt soup that she enjoys in the summer. I went searching for the recipe on the internet and found this one but it isn't soup. It is more like a thick creamy salad--I made it and just can't stop eating it. It is a good thing I made it with low fat yogurt. SO delicious, I hope many of you try it. My son came over for a taste and said it reminded him of tzatzikiwith walnuts...it isn't as garlicy as tzatziki though.
1 large cucumber, peeled, seeded, grated or chopped finely
2 cups yogurt, drained in a cheesecloth (I drained mine with coffee filters in a colander)
4 cloves garlic, crushed
Juice of 1 lemon (I grated the zest and added that too)
3 tbsp minced mint
¼ cup minced dill
Sea salt and cracked pepper
¼ cup toasted walnuts, chopped ( I used all of a small bag)
While the yogurt drained for about an hour, (Esra says you don't have to drain it but I didn't know that then) I sliced the cucumbers thinly, spread them on paper towels and salted them to draw the water out. !/2 hour later, I patted the cucumbers dry and chopped them finely.
Then combine the cucumber, yogurt, garlic, lemon, mint and dill. Season to taste with the salt and pepper. Stir in the walnuts. Serve with warmed pita.
I used way more walnuts than the recipe called for and I am glad I did...they balance the tangyness of the yogurt and lemon so nicely. Not sorry I drained the yogurt because as you can see it is quite wet still.
Thank you for whetting my appetite Esra! I will be eating this all summer!
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My health insurance doesn't cover everything on eyeglasses but every little bit helps. From $450 I will get back $200. I wear progressive bifocals, which freak me out when I go down stairs but for vanity's sake, they have to be progressive. I also got anti-glare which makes your lenses look thinner and anti-scratch. Pretty standard extras.
They also have sunshades that clip on by little magnets. Hmm...I wonder how long it will take me to misplace them!
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OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets
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My sister Karen's cat Charlie, moved in with them a few years ago. They didn't choose Charlie, he chose them. It was winter and Charlie kept coming around their door; he seemed to have no home. After a few days, they started to feed him, outside. Then it was cold so they let him camp overnight in the garage but soon he was coming in every night. They couldn't let him in the house because of her other sick old cat...but good old persistant Charlie kept hanging around and eventually even sick old cat got used to him. Then sick old cat went to kitty heaven and Charlie finally became top cat for a while and took over Old Boots position on the sofa. Then Cinder came and I think I have blogged about this before.
Charlie likes to find warm pleasant places in the sun to relax in...and here he found one. He had to tip toe though the tulips to find exactly the right spot to lie in.
He is snoozing in her front garden where he can keep an eye on the house and the street while catching some warm rays.
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I was listening to CTV News tonight at 11:00 PM and they said that a McGill University research on 14,000 babies shows that breast-feeding increases the intelligence of your baby up to 7.5 points. This is the largest study ever done on intelligence related to breastfeeding.
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