Sunday, 28 July 2013

My weekend in photos

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Thursday, 25 July 2013

Energy exchange

I went to a meetup, my second in a "Spiritual Explorers" group. I'd never been to an energy exchange before. Basically, we all took turns lying on a massage table and everyone else practised on the person on the table. Each session was 10 minutes, to give everyone a chance. I was all wound up from frustrating traffic on the way there, so I volunteered to go on the table first. I was very blissed out when my 10 minutes were up. I didn't mention that I had a sore neck today, because I wanted to know if anyone would pick it up. Two people did -...

Gardening update - flowers!

I snapped a few pictures between work and a meetup. This is one of my green zebra tomato plants, in a pot used last year. Not only is the pot sprouting a few petunias from last year's plants ... ... there is another johnny jump-up baby! This container was planted with morning glories and poppies. It was painful to thin out the poppy seedlings but it had to be done. As you can see, the morning glories are snaking upwards. And here is the...

Gardening update - Attack of the Snow Peas

The snow peas are insane. They're flowering, they're sprouting, they can barely be contained as they reach for the sky, and clasp onto the tall hedge mustard between them and the fence. Resistance is futile....

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Radishes

Radishes, a photo by angelamermaid on Flickr.Via Flickr:I grew quite a lot of radishes in my community garden plot. So much that I had to pickle most of the harvest. They are yum...

Sunday, 21 July 2013

Ah, Banff

Just another beautiful day by Angela Boy...

Friday, 19 July 2013

New on Zazzle

Here are some new products on Zazzle! Photo Print of a Handsome Elk by Angelamermaid Find more info about printing large photos ...

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Knit for flood relief!

Tonight in my stitching group, a couple of the ladies shared a pattern for a cowl. All proceeds go to the Red Cross flood relief fund. Even though I've been avoiding all patterns that call for a cable ... I'm diving in and doing it with them. Susan has promised that cables are easy and she'll teach me. She's been a very good teacher so far. The Hell or High Water patte...

Monday, 15 July 2013

Darkening sky

Darkening sky by Angela Boy...

Sunday, 7 July 2013

Things I Have Learned Recently

Apparently I have an inner foodieI decided to try a recipe from Facebook, titled Coconut Custard Pie. I chose coconut milk for the milk, and substituted coconut flour for all-purpose flour.I ended up with coconut cake. I went back onto Facebook and the picture with the recipe looks like cake. So, I guess my substitutions weren't to blame. But I found the cake a little dry, considering that I'd been expecting custard. I decided I should make a sauce to go with it.I looked up a gluten-free recipe for caramel sauce and picked up ingredients while...

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Heat Wave

First it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. I didn't keep track, but it sure felt like it. Then came the floods. Fear of the unknown. Would my basement flood? Did I stock the fridge with enough water? Am I on the same power grid as the evacuated parts of Deer Run? Do I have candles and a lighter in a central location? Would I have to evacuate? (No. Yes. No. Yes. No.) I have never in my life seen so many emergency alerts on TV. None of them were a test. There was the horror and sadness. I've seen floods on TV before. I've seen the annual floods...