tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post1366391470327202141..comments2024-03-28T09:51:50.148-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: Another Rather Pointless Post About Rather Pointless ActivitiesMs. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-90898637338434089172019-05-28T13:10:36.266-04:002019-05-28T13:10:36.266-04:00Yeah I let someone else do that bit :) Yeah I let someone else do that bit :) Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-8533412838031604082019-05-28T09:37:02.343-04:002019-05-28T09:37:02.343-04:00Ha! I AM paying attention! But I swear our crocosm...Ha! I AM paying attention! But I swear our crocosmia doesn't do that. I think it's another case of a plant or animal that behaves normally elsewhere in the world running amok in Florida. (Water hyacinths, pythons, etc.)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-67200377617407619712019-05-27T20:43:29.606-04:002019-05-27T20:43:29.606-04:00Oh, I've done it before. Bought starter and ke...Oh, I've done it before. Bought starter and kept it going for probably a year and baked with it but I've never made my own. I mean- check THIS out: https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/sourdough-starter-recipeMs. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-6850015240819156992019-05-27T19:10:44.485-04:002019-05-27T19:10:44.485-04:00I was thinking how I'd love to grab my son and...I was thinking how I'd love to grab my son and Elizabeth and come eat and chat in your kitchen and meet all your family. And then I saw how long it would take to get from an airport to you and I quailed a little, even in my daydreaming. Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-76158361231249409282019-05-27T19:08:26.939-04:002019-05-27T19:08:26.939-04:00I borrowed a starter from a baking goddess aquaint...I borrowed a starter from a baking goddess aquaintance and I found it pretty easy to keep going. You can make teeny pancakes with the starter you throw away each day so as not to waste it, if you feel so inclined. I think the whole newborn/extra child thing is not true - you can leave it in the fridge, forget it, and just pour off the extra water and start feeding it up again, or you can put it in the freezer, even. It's worth doing. Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-37433714465822189392019-05-27T17:48:54.967-04:002019-05-27T17:48:54.967-04:00It was so busy because it was a holiday weekend an...It was so busy because it was a holiday weekend and everyone wanted to be out on or in or beside the river. I am lucky that I can go there when there are very few people there. Sometimes we are the only ones. Those are the best times, really. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-5488056743899779612019-05-27T17:47:39.438-04:002019-05-27T17:47:39.438-04:00Oh, darling- you are right! About the figs. I had ...Oh, darling- you are right! About the figs. I had a friend who made his own fig newtons once. After forty years I am still thinking about those cookies. I should try to make some if this tree produces enough for preserves and something else. <br />I think that if I kept my starter on the counter it would go insane due to heat. I need to pick your brain about this. I've done it before but I finally let it go. I felt as if I had murdered something. Which I suppose I did. <br />Love from the River Land. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-30164800808519923302019-05-27T17:44:01.797-04:002019-05-27T17:44:01.797-04:00Mr. P.! You shock me!
And soon those figs will no...Mr. P.! You shock me! <br />And soon those figs will not be in the least verdis. <br />(You didn't really shock me. I was wondering what you'd say and you did not disappoint.)Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-40792524073353596052019-05-27T17:42:57.904-04:002019-05-27T17:42:57.904-04:00Sounds almost exactly like chicken keeping in Flor...Sounds almost exactly like chicken keeping in Florida! Some of our predators are different but besides that- same-same. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-68501782564723411252019-05-27T17:41:59.258-04:002019-05-27T17:41:59.258-04:00Good thoughts? I hope so. Good thoughts? I hope so. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-91875510498258642802019-05-27T17:41:42.490-04:002019-05-27T17:41:42.490-04:00I am not sure what the little boy was thinking. Di...I am not sure what the little boy was thinking. Did I look that crazy? I may have, after those hours of heat and dirt. He was a funny little guy. Not really that little, just crouched down in the water. <br />That Pioneer Women is a force of nature, isn't she? She's like those folks in Waco. Chip and Joanna Gaines. Where do these people get the energy? I certainly don't have it. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-82401042955274235682019-05-27T17:39:02.907-04:002019-05-27T17:39:02.907-04:00Exactly! We have day lilies here too but it sounds...Exactly! We have day lilies here too but it sounds as if they do not do as well as yours do. I have heard that phrase- ditch lilies- before and I love it. The sublime and the mundane, met and mated. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-54586369542581393122019-05-27T16:42:06.122-04:002019-05-27T16:42:06.122-04:00Nothing better than a nice river on a really hot d...Nothing better than a nice river on a really hot day, even if it is muddy. It sounds as if it is beyond busy and has become a really interesting place to sit and people watch. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-65404236321241296542019-05-27T10:27:13.416-04:002019-05-27T10:27:13.416-04:00Mary those figs are male until you open them then ...Mary those figs are male until you open them then they are as pink and lush and all female. Sourdough starter is easypeasy I keep mine on the counter and ignore it until it gets a kind of brownish raft on top then I toss most of it and feed it again. Hello you river dwelling angel.Radish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-4696411560187839262019-05-27T07:08:23.280-04:002019-05-27T07:08:23.280-04:00Ahem! If you think that those figs look "so m...Ahem! If you think that those figs look "so male" then I suggest it's time for Mr Moon to get an appointment with a specialist. He may be suffering from a rare condition - testis verdis - known colloquially as "green balls".Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-38206471370430471352019-05-27T04:47:00.385-04:002019-05-27T04:47:00.385-04:00Thought you might enjoy a view on chicken keeping ...Thought you might enjoy a view on chicken keeping from down under. <br /><br />Nan<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/27/if-i-dont-think-about-the-chickens-feelings-nobody-will?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0ZpcnN0RG9nT25UaGVNb29uLTE5MDUyNw%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=FirstDogOnTheMoon&CMP=firstdog_emailNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649506748482373172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-64967450914063941282019-05-26T23:35:37.851-04:002019-05-26T23:35:37.851-04:00I've been thinking about you all day, Mary!I've been thinking about you all day, Mary! Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-77424234728994595922019-05-26T20:39:57.816-04:002019-05-26T20:39:57.816-04:00Mary, my love, the pioneer woman has nothing on yo...Mary, my love, the pioneer woman has nothing on you. You are the real thing! I loved hearing about your day, the adventures in your nature garden, your labors followed by the cool river, and all those tattooed people, and that little boy, what a curious thing to say, I think he looked into your soul and saw you would see him. And you did. Your garden is a world unto itself. Love.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-53660026329296842352019-05-26T20:29:32.049-04:002019-05-26T20:29:32.049-04:00A friend called me tonight, so tired even her voic...A friend called me tonight, so tired even her voice was tired. She spent the day digging out an old day lily bed. They must be the Yankee equivalent of crocosmia. She has fourteen buckets to give away. I explained how, at the old house, I turned them into second cousins of ditch lilies, namely ravine lilies, as we turned them out over the edge of the ravine out back. "But these aren't orange ditch lilies," she moaned. "Some are all those lovely colors!" I told her they make even better ravine lilies.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.com