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The US National Archives, Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom "In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared December 15 to be Bill of Rights Day, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights." Wikipedia

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

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:

Smoothies? I might finally be willing to take an interest in them :). What are some that you like? And, do you use any herbs in yours?

Let's just say that they were in those years when you might have been riding that yellow bus there at the top.

Do you make them? I knew that there were variation of pesto but didn't realize that there was quite the range! i wonder what someone from southern Italy would think of that but don't get me wrong, I like the flavor of basil; it's just that I don't want a spoonful of it at a time. In my noodles...

Interesting article about how foraging with repeated harvesting contributed to the development of agriculture. Evidence of the plants used, barley, pistachios and apples, was found by archeologists. Genetically analysis of tissue shows that this food was growing wild but the tools found are...

They have begun to arrive in the mailbox :). I can spend a lot of time in this lazyboy, at that table, stretched out in the other bed –– looking through the paper catalogs. HPS is always the first but they cheat a little by having a 2025-26 catalog. For supplies, I may order from them but with...

Have you ever been in an elevator like that? There used to be an operator who went up and down with you, handling door and controls. The first "self-service" one I was on, was stuck after I arrived on a floor and we had to push the doors open from the inside. Of course the service elevator at...

175 years ago The First National Woman's Rights Convention in the United States: October 23, 1850 "...they are absolutely equal in their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- in their rights to do, and to be, individually and socially, all they are capable of... " Abby H. Price

I'm a little late for the "northern tier" in the US but I didn't know about it until today. Just use your finger to slide through the months below the map. https://smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map

;) No, really, To celebrate, I had a piece of Strawberry Rhubarb Pie for a 1st breakfast. These will be the final Zucchini Bread loaves for the season, baked yesterday. We took them to a friend but, don't worry. We have more in the fridge and freezer 🤤.

1975 The first episode of comedy show .. . Fawlty Towers was broadcast by the BBC.

Okay, as mentioned in the Bison thread ... Terrible picture. I had actually walked away about 50 feet, then turned and took this picture. You can sorta see her legs and the top of her head. She was standing beside a creek in the park in very deep shade. The sound she made was a very dramatic...

President Woodrow Wilson signed the legislation creating the Park Service on this date in 1916. Here is a virtual tour of Mt Rainier for you, LINK. Don't get your thumb stuck on the 360⁰ photographs! Web cams are fun and the areas of fog should be lifting soon.

@TEG Project Manager , has a question about this in the forum. It's a very difficult question for me. What matters to me in the garden has a lot of variables and diversity has always been important to me. First of all, I am unsure what "limited resources" might mean. If it is money to purchase...

The above post in this thread is from 9 years ago and covers my approach. Hoses : They aren't all that difficult but, of course, it is easiest to have them in their own location for an entire season. In the commercial greenhouse where I once worked, we had 2 hoses in every 2nd path between beds...