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Don't get fat this Christmas
Crustless quiche
Dec 2019's addition for low fat Christmas food is added above.
Veronica, on 11/27/2019
The Christmas Season Goes Past Christmas
First, southern Louisiana has a large Catholic population, but not northern Louisiana. The cake is called a King Cake here, and a doll is hidden in it. We associate this tradition with Mardi Gras, a holiday with Catholic roots, so it is a ...
blackspanielgallery, on 11/27/2019
The Christmas Season Goes Past Christmas
blackspanielgallery, Thank you for the photos, practicalities and products.
Does Louisiana conserve the French traditions of faire une galette de rois, trouver la fève, tirer le roi ou bien la reine about the hidden surprise within the Epiphany ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/27/2019
Elenydd: quiet beauty at the heart of Wales
Thanks Derdriu.
On this side of the pond the nearest feature to a vernal pool is a turlough, a fluctuating pool in limestone country. Turloughs are found in the West of Ireland.
We have suffered occasional drying up of chalk streams, which ...
frankbeswick, on 11/27/2019
Elenydd: quiet beauty at the heart of Wales
Vernal pools are ephemeral pools that lack permanent fish populations and suffer periodic drying-up. They have signature animals and plants that vary geographically. Here, they interest American toads; bullfrogs, gray treefrogs, chorus, green, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/26/2019
Elenydd: quiet beauty at the heart of Wales
The underworld was not seen negatively by people who revered caves as sacred, liminal spaces.
Plyn is an anglicization of pum, which means five. Limmon comes from the Welsh word for beacon and is found in the Scottish Ben Lomond, which means ...
frankbeswick, on 11/26/2019
Restoration at Kew Gardens: the temperate house
I don't know whether there were set aside plants or what happened to the sprayed ones.
My father was due to be flown out when he was asked to check that nothing had been accidentally left, but the plane took off without him.
When I said that ...
frankbeswick, on 11/26/2019
Elenydd: quiet beauty at the heart of Wales
frankbeswick, Thank you for the participation in the Green Desert perambulation, the practicalities and the products.
There are some interesting articles about Elen of the Ways online. They describe her positively. So is the underworld ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/25/2019
Restoration at Kew Gardens: the temperate house
frankbeswick, Did the Channel Isles head gardener manage to set aside back-up plants? Do we know what happened to the sulfuric acid-sprayed plants? (The actor Richard Harris said in the film that he described as the one he wished he'd never ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/25/2019
Restoration at Kew Gardens: the temperate house
Derdriu
When Hitler was planning to invade Britain he ordered our future Gauleiter to draw up plans for what to steal. That they would have stolen plant collections is shown by the fact that when the Nazis took the Channel Isles they ordered ...
frankbeswick, on 11/23/2019
Restoration at Kew Gardens: the temperate house
frankbeswick, Thank you for the information and for the insight into why Nazis would spare Kew.
Kew survival makes me think of another example of plant survival, but as among processed foods for Brits. Chris Barton, in Dazzle Ships: World War I ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/23/2019
Why Are Elephants Endangered Species - Facts About Elephants, Their Behavior and Habitats
WriterArtist, Thank you for the photos, practicalities and products.
Did you read about elephants dying trying to save a baby elephant and one another at the Khao Yai National Park waterfall? They exhibited grief, as elephants always are known ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/23/2019
Guido Brunetti Gardens: Derivative Donna Leon Gardens for Fathers Day
WriterArtist, Thank you for stopping by and appreciating gardens based on the plants mentioned in the Guido Brunetti mystery series that Donna Leon sets in Venice.
Edibles and ornamentals are so practical as balcony, courtyard, indoor and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/23/2019
Restoration at Kew Gardens: the temperate house
1: It took a year for the problems to be noticed and another year to put right.It was not a widespread mistake, as green glass was expensive.
2:The ventilation system works by pulling a long metal handle which simply opens the window.
3: I ...
frankbeswick, on 11/22/2019
Hanukkah Decorations
Derdriu, I have no idea. The candy coins were listed as possible products, and I needed a way to incorporate the cup since I have the right to show its image. I am not Jewish, so I did not get to the food and drink. what I do know is there ...
blackspanielgallery, on 11/22/2019