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Ginger. Actually harvested some onions and cilantro from the garden a day or two ago :). That should give you some idea about the warm weather we have been experiencing.

Why do i identify so easily with these women ... huh?

These aren't mysterious or unexpected or surprises and they are hardly a feature of wildlife unless we consider an invasive species –– wildlife. I suppose they are and @flowerbug 's bird guide lists Starlings and dang I see on the map that they are all the way up to the Arctic Ocean ! I remember...

Catastrophic flooding in western Washington State. Western Montana also appears to have some flooding, likely from snow melt. Nothing like those news stories here with some local, water rescue teams being sent to the westside of the Cascades. In this area, there were several thousand customers...

The most recent 2 Winters have been mild. Over the last few days I have been looking back at weather history and records. They are a little disturbing :D. We never quite know what we are getting into. I thought that I might be able to come up with a cute little rule of thumb — that whenever I...

Flooding in western Washington State. KIRO NEWS I have not figured out where it is worse ;). Interstate highway is closed north of Seattle, schools closed, evacuations. There's more rain coming today, with rain over there to 7000 feet elevation. That will mean more snow melting and more...

You aren't soaking your beans first? I thought that we could only do that with lentils & peas.

Do these tips from the Martha Stewart website for better cooking of dry beans make sense to you? DW is not much of a fan of dry beans so I do very little cooking of them but just seeing a picture of Chickpeas on the website was inspiring for yours truly :), Steve

September through November. Just the US, Marie, not even Alaska & Hawaii (or Denmark, was it??).

https://www.mentalfloss.com/holidays/christmas/most-popular-christmas-song-by-state I had No Idea that there was so much diversity! And, since my favorite doesn't have a link on the page because I share it with only one US state (Nebraska :oops: ) here it is:

The thermometer didn't fall below 43⁰f. We will see what it does tonight, before midnight. Did they call this a "Pineapple Express?" I didn't see that used but it was certainly an Express! The highest gusts were about 10pm with 55mph +. Steve 🚩