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The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Viewing from a balcony must have been a distint, different way of viewing a garden. The problem it has is there would be no aromatic scents from the flowers.
Gardens are best when taken in via multiple senses.
blackspanielgallery, on 06/23/2022
5 Ways your Smartphone Could be Making you Money Right Now
Your fourth section, on Shopkicks, counts kickpoints for "walking into retail stores" and mentions a free reward card.
Does one have to buy or scan something when one walks inside? And is the reward card at zero or with a starting balance?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022
St Patrick in Irish Mythology
Derdiu
You have not lived if you have not tasted Bailey's! Cheesecakes would be made usually for special days and events.
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Derdriu
Any mushrooms would work here but i do like field mushrooms for flavour. I use dried juniper . Ground turkey or beef would substitute for ground pork
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
Irish Christmas traditions and Christmas foods
Derdriu
The ham would be cooked in advance at Christmas. The goose would be cooked on the day. It is fatty meat so the fat is not tasty when it is cold and congealed.
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Derdriu
Thanks for this info . Indeed I found a rock group too ! I wonder why they chose that name !
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
Titanic ; A weekend in Belfast
Derdriu.
The Nomadic was kept docked in Cherbourg harbour docks. The Titanic was too large to enter the harbour.
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
Belfast, Ireland; Botanical gardens
I visited at different visits as the Tropical ravine was still in development when I visited the Botanic gardens . But they could be combined in one visit.
Veronica, on 06/23/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Veronica, Biodiversity Heritage Library has online reading available of The Genus Rosa by Ellen Willmott and artist Alfred Parsons from 1910 by John Murray.
Page 288, on ROSA HIBERNICA Templeton, mentions that John Templeton received five ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022
Freshwater Fishing Basics
Are you familiar with the article Fishing in Different Seasons that's available through the takemefishing site?
The article identifies early morning (6 a.m.-9 a.m.), late morning-early afternoon (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) and afternoon-early evening (1 ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022
St Patrick in Irish Mythology
My St Patrick's Day observations have included what you mention under your subheading St Patrick's Day Traditional Fayre.
Well, almost.
Previous meals included cabbage soup and corned beef and mashed potatoes and sausages.
But they always ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Do Irish preparers of Beacan Bruithe have a particular preference for the type of field mushroom?
I have fresh-collected field mushrooms that look and sniff nice and would look and sniff even nicer in Beacan Bruithe!
So everything is available ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022
Irish Christmas traditions and Christmas foods
It appears from the recipes that boiled roast goose traditionally is not served alone.
Is spiced beef served traditionally, like boiled roast goose, with roast ham? Or was it considered traditional to also opt for serving spiced beef without ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Frank, Are you interested in, and do you have the time for, writing a wizzley on the Templeton Rose?
The search term Templeton Rose only brought up a Missouri musical group!
But the expanded search term Templeton Rose Rosa Hibernica called up ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022
Titanic ; A weekend in Belfast
Is it known what the Nomadic did and where it stayed when it didn't pick up passengers from Cherbourg? It looks like it has aged nicely.
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/23/2022