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BirdsNest posted on Movies & Reviews RK-the past couple of days it has been fun trying to identify these movies, you are doing a great job.
May 10 at 10:36 EST .
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Rake King Birdsnest: Thanks...for the memories. What drives us all nuts, is when we see a player we know but can't come up with the name(s ). One of the posters told me back several months ago, she sat in front of the picture for 1 hr and 11 mins. to only get the first name. It's still all down in the canals of your mind, you just have to dig in and get it.
I try to mix things up, some new, some old, and if I can't get it, I don't use it. These are games I want all of you to win. If I have to answer, I've failed.
Have fun.
May 10 at 10:52 EST .
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BirdsNest posted on Coffee Klatch Anyone seen or heard from Buzz??? Maybe they are on a grand vacation, hope all is okay.
May 10 at 10:31 EST .
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Gerty Mr.Buzz appeared on the photography wall 6 hrs. ago, MissBirdy.
May 10 at 15:22 EST .
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Ole buzzard I've poked in here and there. Posted a little on the critters page, photography, and a couple of others. Just enjoying retirement.
Good to see FLMom and Mags back again.
May 12 at 07:46 EST .
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BirdsNest posted on Recipes Last night Quiche-ham and spinach. I guess it was alright, I thought it was bland. Maybe it was just me, I was tired and really hungry, we ate later than usual. I was more satisfied with the strawberry shortcake. Small piece for me but Oh,so good! Our Violet Necked Lory loves whipped cream and as soon as she saw it she let it be known that I should share!!!
May 9 at 08:18 EST .
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Balogreene What's a Violet Necked Lory?
I've begun putting white pepper, red chili flakes, and/or hot sauce in most things. Eggs go good with green chiles too.
I envy you for making quiche. It's probably time I tried again, it's been many years since I failed repeatedly.
May 9 at 19:52 EST .
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BirdsNest The quiche was better last night-the ham and spinach had more flavor, re heated it in the oven. Made scratch buttermilk biscuits, instead of round ones I just used a sharp knife to cut them into squares(not using a sawing motion, more of a straight down cut ), that way no re-rolling of dough.
I like using the method of mixing the eggs and milk then adding the meat/veg mixture, rather than placing the meat/veg mixture and pouring the egg/milk mixture on top. Also, good tip is to toss the grated cheese with about 1-2T flour before adding in. Quiche is easy, good, and re heats well.
May 10 at 10:44 EST .
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BirdsNest posted on Recipes Dinners have been pitiful this week, no real delight in anything I have fixed or eaten. Tough week, lots of stress. The spinach salad was delicious, I may be able to pick enough for another salad tomorrow. I had forgotten how good fresh, really fresh spinach tastes. Made a DIY Buttermilk Ranch dressing that was good.
May 3 at 21:16 EST .
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Balogreene Me too Bird. My deadline is fast approaching and the boss finally approved overtime. I'm eating what I can at my desk. Breakfast is bagel or muffin, lunch is something I can snack on, hopefully veggies. Dinner is fruit, protein, or veggies, something that doesn't need much of a spoon and fork thing. Thank goodness for hard-boiled eggs, string cheese, etc.
May 6 at 20:09 EST .
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BirdsNest posted on Gardening & Landscaping Enjoyed fresh from the garden Spinach last night. I don't mean to brag but with all the work and worry about the weather, it sure is nice to get something back. I may have to make coats for the bean plants!! Feels kind of cool outside this morning. Bought some more pole bean seeds yesterday, they will get planted today I hope. Half the row is already planted with "King of the Garden" limas, the beans we got yesterday are "Calico" pole lima beans. Know nothing about pole beans except that it is a boatload of work getting prepared to grow them and old people don't fare so well using a manual post hole digger. Old people also don't like to bend over to pick veggies, but not everything can be grown up in the sir. Strawberry plants are setting fruit. Flat beans are coming up. Beets finally are coming up in force, the carrots??? Not so sure about them, they take forever to pop out of the ground. How is your garden growing???
May 3 at 07:52 EST .
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Surfhut Bird, I haven't wrangled a post hole digger since I was about 50 years old. That is hard work, even if the ground is soft.
I'm pretty sure we won't have another hard freeze here. Even though it's colder than normal, I think I can start planting the pots on my patio. All I have room for are 2 tomato plants, herbs, lettuce.
Not ready to take my black taro (elephant ear ) plant outside yet.
May 4 at 11:43 EST .
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Balogreene Sometime after I get paid the 22nd, and the manual I'm writing is turned it, I want to plant a couple of tomatoes, some hot peppers, maybe some green peppers, and some herbs.
So glad I got perennials last year, don't have to buy flowers this year!
May 4 at 19:40 EST .
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Rake King Smart move Balo.
May 5 at 07:47 EST .
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BirdsNest posted on Dogs, Cats & Critters It's been one heck of a week, lots to do and the weather is not very helpful...had a weak moment yesterday and came home from the feed store with 6 new baby Araucauna chicks. We have several hens and 2 gigantic roosters but our hens are 2 yrs old now and starting to wind down laying eggs. Hope these grow up nice and strong and add to the beauty of the flock. That was my bright spot of the week.
May 3 at 07:46 EST .
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Balogreene Bird, how long do the hens live? I wouldn't have thought 2 was old for egg-laying. In fact, I figured they did it all of their adult lives. Remember, I'm a city-girl. I call NM's jackrabbits, "bunnies".
May 3 at 20:14 EST .
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BirdsNest They live up to several years old but like us, they only have so many eggs in their tubes and they lay on a daily basis. As they get older, the eggs are not as "on schedule" as they were, they take longer breaks in between laying and moulting and the eggs get progressively smaller til one day they lay a tiny egg and usually that's it. We have 12 hens and I bring in sometimes 5 or 6 eggs. It takes a lot of energy and nutrition to lay an egg. Today I let the big ducks out into the new grazing area for the chickens. I thought they would have spent the day eating grass, mostly they walked around exploring the new area. It was a nice break for them, their pen is devoid of vegetation.
May 3 at 21:04 EST .
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BirdsNest posted on Recipes I saw a recipe for pulled pork using 1 can root beer poured over the pork butt, slow cook for 5 hrs. Did it. Did not like the taste. Now I need to figure out how to disguise that taste so we can eat it.
April 28 at 08:25 EST .
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BirdsNest Made the pork into Carolina pork (vinegar,sugar,crushed red pepper ) and it was good. I also added some Tabasco to mine.
April 29 at 08:35 EST .
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Surfhut Nice save, Bird.
April 29 at 19:58 EST .
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BirdsNest posted on Gardening & Landscaping We haven't been sitting by the TV eating bonbons. We have been trying to get the garden started. So far we have coming up spinach, 4 different kinds of lettuce, Swiss chard,peas(pitiful ),beets,radishes,onions,carrots(finally ). Planted 2 rows of string beans and 1 row of flat beans. Spent a couple of hours getting ready to plant pole beans(limas )....put 3 landscape timbers 18" into the ground then 2 4x4's in between so we can trellis the beans. The wire will go top and bottom today along with the string. THEN, we can plant the seed. The installation of the poles darn near killed me....leg cramps that night. Oh, we planted 2 herb plants yesterday and 2 small rows of bunching onions. Today I hope we can finish the lima bean project and pot some seedlings.
April 28 at 08:20 EST .
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Rake King Who said gardening is easy?
April 28 at 08:24 EST .
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BirdsNest Rake, no one said it was easy, otherwise everyone would be doing it!!! I am saying that I am not as young as I once was and that just makes it all that much harder. Sad really!! But we are fast approaching the season when it all starts to eat up the biggest portion of the day. We fenced off a big chunk of the garden for the chickens to have for free ranging, but still it is a big area to work. And I am still trying to "will" the string beans to come up, I don't want to have to replant.
April 28 at 08:30 EST .
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BirdsNest posted on Gardening & Landscaping Spring came and went. We have been having several days of cooler than I like weather. My poor plants need coats!
April 25 at 10:48 EST .
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StarFire We had frost last night. Our plants are SO confused.
April 25 at 14:05 EST .
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Balogreene Oh Bird, you're south of me, and we haven't had frost in a while (knock on wood ). But the weather is beyond understanding. It was 80 one day and 60 the next. The Illinois in me won't let me plant for a while, but, most of my perrenials are coming up nicely.
April 25 at 19:01 EST .
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Rake King Sun spot activity has been high, if you want to look for the possible reason for our unusual weather.
April 26 at 07:46 EST .
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Surfhut I really think (hope ) we had our last hard freeze a couple of days ago. Still, will wait until next weekend to plant anything.
April 26 at 20:03 EST .
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