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Corn Flakes with the sliced strawberries and banana this morning. Certainly strawberry and raspberry season from California and, I understand, apricots should be showing up soon. Wow! Somewhat misled by grapes in the soopermarket but, at least, they are from our immediate neighbor south of the...

Interesting that Modern Farmer says oats will live through the Winter. It has been my experience that oats makes a good late season cover crop that winterkills. I don't know if I had the idea from the USDA Sustainable Agriculture but here is an article. Perhaps Modern Farmer is in a zone 7 or...

Look for them "beyond the pale." Rhubarb and Barbarian are related words. Apparently, Latin speakers thought of this plant as coming from those folks from outside the civilized part of the world. Etymologists claim that this is the word origin :D.

Today is Scrabble Day! Scrabble was invented nearly 100 years ago and is now available in over 30 languages, sold worldwide.

We have to be careful about the nothing foods. Yes to the oranges! DW was shopping yesterday. Maybe, she wanted to treat me for waiting for her when I had said first that I would go by myself. She bought me 4 donuts. I like donuts. Buuutt, my intention is to eat only one each day. What I...

Interesting that it is named for the cocktail liqueur. That appeals to me :). Perhaps it is an interesting blend of citrus and licorice flavors. We have "lemon basil" each year. It's a good choice for baked fish and a variation for noodles. Steve

Okay, only "academic" on my part, but here is a recipe for Pickled Cherry Tomatoes. @R2elk should critique ;). https://www.food.com/recipe/quick-pickled-cherry-tomatoes-with-dill-436972 Steve

Ha! I had to look up the meaning of the word strozzapreti :D

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Having a 2nd breakfast of oatmeal with dried cranberries. Uh oh, I can't think of how I could have fancied this cereal up to make it interesting! Well, I have to come up with a pasta choice to go in with some broth, saved chicken meat, celery and carrots – for soup. I know that i will be...

Maybe I could add to the above: We have had frosty mornings on some of these sunny days. That includes this morning. Not at all surprising for this location to have such drops in temperature on quiet, still nights. We will be out of frost danger before too long.

No 80 degrees Fahrenheit but we did have our first 70f on a sunny 6th of April (21⁰C). Then, the 7th was just as sunny but breezy and the afternoon thermometers never made it above 60f (16C). Yesterday, it was every bit as sunny without any wind but it was 61f for a high (still 16C) ... I...