Monday, November 25, 2013. Oldest monkey is now a college freshman. Can you believe it? While the recipe is super easy you will need a wand blender or a standing blender that can handle hot stuff. Also, you have to make a roux. I know some people struggle with that, but it is really just a matter of patience and heat control.

All about bamboo plants and other related topics. Sunday, June 26, 2016. Of course, most of it does not grow well here in Sacramento, CA as its too cold.

This is not a daily blog. Posts will be published on occasion and irregularly as I am able. Some of these posts are from my web site The Garden At Crocker Croft. Is the sales branch of my blog and web site. Saturday, February 07, 2015. It took this cute hat to shake me loose. The drama leading to this surprising change involves myofascia pain, plus an escalating allergy to wool. How do you like her hats? .

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Snips of this and that about gardening and daily living in the country. Monday, August 15, 2011. Window boxes and containers have filled out and are looking bright and colorful. Mr Lincoln Rose had a late start,.

Thursday, October 20, 2016. On the train or under the bus? A friend asked me if I had seen the blockbuster, psychological thriller, The Girl on the Train. Actually, the movie is about a mysterious and troubled divorcée who has been betrayed. In fact, just about every character in the film is deceived in some way. As inspirational author Shannon L. Alder has perceptively said,.

Kid raising couple navigates academia and blogs about their quest to live more responsibly. Vegetables, environmental politics, do-it-yourself projects, beer, and. Kid stories feature prominently, along with occasional book reviews and cooking experiments. With the intense amount of rain came an intense amount of weeds. This took me the better part of a day and it was gratifying to say the least.

To enjoy, and in some cases, to cure our ailments. Wednesday, June 25, 2008. But, on the other hand, the hollyhocks are beautiful, the lilies are blooming in all different colors, and I am eating fresh strawberries and raspberries from the fruit garden. I ate green beans and broccoli last night for dinner, fresh from the vegetable garden.

Just a Guy Who Reads Books. Sunday, August 13, 2017. 8221; and took some very small steps towards addressing that pretense. Saturday, July 9, 2016.

Monday, July 8, 2013. Wednesday, May 22, 2013. My husband, a comic book and action figure collector, wasted no time passing down his love of superheroes to our 3-year-old son. Together they made weekly runs to the comic book store, climbed up into the attic where the boxes of unopened Captain Marvel and Swamp Thing figures are stored, and watched old episodes of Spiderman cartoons.