Posted by in cooking, Health, Uncategorized We hear all the buzz about coconut and gluten- free diets, but are they really good for you? Coconut flour is a light tan color with a fine, airy consistency. After the oil and water are pressed out of the coconut, its dried white meat is ground into powdery flour. Since it’s made completely from…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Originally posted on Ferrell's Travel Blog:
From the time of my earliest tours I noticed that the tour members were surprised to see various goods carried on the head. In the Middle East it is common to see women carrying buckets of water on their head without even steadying them by hand. In the…
Posted by in amusing & appealing, Fabulous Photos, gardens, Uncategorized This squirrel I have dubbed Mittens. He is bigger than the other squirrels that frequent my backyard and his paws and inner coat are white. He’s smart too. He figured out how to get into the birdfeeders even with gadgets supposed to stop squirrels. The other squirrels couldn’t figure out how to get up there.…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Originally posted on ellisnelson:
I’ve always hated my birthday. December 21 falls too close to Christmas for it ever to have been celebrated like a normal birthday. As a child I can remember (and remember vividly) the one and only birthday party where I had neighbor kids over. The rest of the time, birthdays were…
Posted by in Uncategorized BitterSweet Rubbing the sleep from our eyes as sunlight floods the room, still slightly subdued from last night’s festivities, we all wake to greet the new year: Welcome, 2018! Ripe with potential, the days ahead unfurl before us, bright and gleaming like gems, a treasure to discover along the way. Encouraged to seize this opportunity…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Christopher Martin Photography I wish you and yours a great 2018. I hope the snakes are short and the ladders are long. I created this image after the fireworks display in my small community (which was great!). The full moon made the whole winter landscape gleam. The lights from the skating rink to the right…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Christopher Martin Photography I hope you are enjoying time doing what you love with those you enjoy spending time with. I have been able to do both with family and friends this holiday. For Boxing Day I created some time alone and went up to Elbow Falls in Kananaskis. It is a beautiful location, particularly…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Originally posted on Who owns England?:
This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Updated 16th Dec 2017 with post-script on Birmingham’s secret tunnels. The existence of a secret network of Cold War-era tunnels beneath central London can be confirmed by recently-released Land Registry data, Who Owns England can reveal. There’s growing public interest in opening up previously hidden…
Posted by in amusing & appealing, history My cousin had given me some old family letters to read and I decided to share the comments from this particular letter. In today’s world, there are many comments and degrading of people since Trump was elected, but in the late 1800’s, wry comments also existed about politics. I found this letter amusing. In regard…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Originally posted on Ferrell's Travel Blog:
The town Myra is known to students of the New Testament as a place where Paul transferred ships while he was being taken to Rome for trial before Caesar (Acts 27:5). In the centuries following, Myra became the home of a (Greek Orthodox) bishop known as Nicholas. Born…
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