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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
“The November wind has a sound different from any other, a low, dry whispering through the bare branches.” -- John Burroughs Let this quote inspire your entry.![Merit Badge in BCoF 2
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| Fo Food is better in November than any other time of the year.” ― Cynthia Rylant, Do you agree with her assessment food tastes better? What's your favorite autumn dish?od is better in November than any other time of the year.” ― Cynthia Rylant, Do you agree with her assessment food tastes better? What's your favorite autumn dish? HiMy favorite in autumn and sometimes party times is pumpkin. Pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes are all welcome all year round. They have a special taste at Thanksgiving. I do think the food tastes just a little different within each season. Maybe it has to do with the seasonings used. In by gone decades people thought more about what seasonings would help health during the year. I don't agree with Cynthia Rylant. I like the food at cookouts in the summer. The flavor then is mixed with summer birdsong, atmospheric smells of summer heat, and evening sunsets, all combine to relax as you drink iced tea and talk about passed events. I saw the most fantastic large rainbow last evening. I took pictures of it. Until later-Bye. |
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