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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
We have frequently seen these birds when we walk along the canal path, one of my favorite walks. There are almost always birds of one type or another along the canal, but these tend to congregate at one particular spot. This is the first time I’ve gotten a good picture…
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Continue reading →: About That Avocado…
When I wrote last week about the chicken fajita pasta, I mentioned that the avocado I’d bought to use as a topping didn’t ripen in time. So, what happened to it? Ken and I both prefer the West Indian type of avocado, rather than Guatemalan-style fruit, of which the best…
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Continue reading →: A Perfect Pairing
Some foods just seem to enhance any dish. Pineapple is one of those things for me. It’s one of my favorite fruits, and it’s delicious on its own. But when you combine it with other ingredients, it always seems to result in something special. We’ve had a pork tenderloin in…
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Continue reading →: Warding Off Vampires
The subject of vampires has come up a couple of times recently. When we were touring the covered market in Bordeaux while on our river cruise, one of the foods we tasted was pickled garlic. (It was delicious). Our chef, who was Romanian and leading the tour, pointed out to…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
My first walk after the surgery was a slow stroll around a couple blocks of our neighborhood. I spotted this flower on a small tree, and immediately took a picture. I didn’t recognize it, and Siri told me it was Tabebuua heterophylla, or pink Tabebuia. My initial reaction was, “surely…
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Continue reading →: Photo Friday
Our crepe myrtle is always a late bloomer. It was full of blossoms when we got home from our cruise, and I took this picture earlier in the week. The surgery went smoothly, and I was able to come home the same day. I’m sore, but definitely feeling better at…
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Continue reading →: Where My Heart Is
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Anyone who knows me, or has read this blog regularly, knows how I will answer this question. When we left Prague in September 1993, after living there for five months, I left a piece of my heart there.…
