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Topic: As I Wait For Spring...
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GypseeWind
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From: Love Street, she lingers long on Love Street..
Registered: May 2009
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posted February 11, 2011 01:57 PM
  
Aww, he's so darn cute, makes me wanna drop a worm in his mouth, and I hate worms!!  IP: Logged |
EverEvolvingSpirit
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From: A Place of Pure Love <3
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted February 11, 2011 02:10 PM
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Originally posted by Virgo-AriesArtist:
Song of the Ramfrom our beloved Linda Spring may surpise me this year I might actually find myself
on the Champs Elysees
with nothing to do but make love with you
in an attic room overlooking the Seine
or lying on the grass in the Bois de Boulogne and suddenly, I'll notice it's April! or I could just as easily wake up in the Highlands
drenched in an uncanny, golden glow
mingled with the spray of a fine Scottish mist
like the rain I ran through
in a flash of deja vu
one day at an airport in the mountains I'll spend lazy hours
shopping for a haunted old castle to live in
since I just won the Pulitzer prize you'll be reading to me from Robert Burns
under Edinburgh skies and suddenly I'll remember it's April! I might fly down the aisle
of a wildflower church in the Alps
ringing its bells for joy and it's possible I'll win the Irish Sweepstakes
the same day my musical opens on Broadway
with floodlights and stars
like a gigantic Michael Todd production or be born again -- singing
in some little cemetery
taking its time
out west Spring owes me something so far she's pulled off a few splendid sparklers
a plump rosy angel who stayed for a while
a make-believe tree house
and once, a shiny gold ring but not a real Block Buster Sky Rocket miracle
like she always promised maybe this year, unexpectedly
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juniperb
Moderator Posts: 8925
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 11, 2011 02:48 PM
Make your own suet cake for the birds now and freeze for their summer dining experience  Making homemade wild bird food for suet feeders is an inexpensive way to attract a variety of colorful songbirds to your backyard. Almost all species of birds love sunflower seeds, peanuts and fruit; many commercial suet cakes contain these ingredients in a base of animal fat, peanut butter and coarse flour. It's easy to make your own versions of this nutritious wild bird food. To bring in the greatest number of bird species, set out a selection of wild bird food on a regular basis, and use suet feeders or a bird seed feeder to make it easy for birds to snack.
Things You'll Need:
1 cup raisins
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup peanuts or sunflower seeds
1 cup uncooked oatmeal
1/2 cup unsalted lard, room temperature
1 cup milk
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour
Large bowl
Wooden spoon
Pie pan
Suet feeders
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Mix all ingredients except raisins and 1 tablespoon flour together in a large bowl to form a thick batter. •2
Dredge raisins in 1 tablespoon flour, then add to the batter and mix well with the wooden spoon. •3
Grease the pie pan with lard or butter. Pour the batter into the pie pan. •4
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. When hot, bake the batter for about one hour or until fairly solid. •5
Take the "pie" out of the oven and let it cool thoroughly. Break the pie into large pieces. •6
Fill your suet feeders or platform-style bird seed feeders with your homemade suet cakes and watch the birds flock to your backyard http://www.ehow.com/how_6250214_make-bird-food-suet-feeders.html
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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~
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EverEvolvingSpirit
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From: A Place of Pure Love <3
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted February 11, 2011 07:03 PM
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EverEvolvingSpirit
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From: A Place of Pure Love <3
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted February 11, 2011 07:10 PM
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GypseeWind
Knowflake Posts: 6224
From: Love Street, she lingers long on Love Street..
Registered: May 2009
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posted February 14, 2011 11:15 PM
Beautiful EES. I really like the last one.
GUESS WHAT? Today was in the 40's.
Well, in the afternoon.
It's dropped in temp again, but it MELTED THE SNOW. WOO HOO.
My dogs got a little frisky, jumping around and tracking mud everywhere, but did I care? NOOOOOO....  OK, peeps, Valentines day over..
Next holiday is St. Patrick's
from there it's just a little jump and a skip to the warm days.
"Jump and a skip" reminds me of this..
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juniperb
Moderator Posts: 8925
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 02, 2011 09:04 AM
Jack Frost glittered on the windows this morning but late winter sun on the horizon soon took care of him.
It`s cold but the chickadees are singing their spring song and when my seedlings hear them, they will grow in leaps and bounds 
Time to transplant your seedlings into bigger pots and spring clean your house plants. Happy March!! ------------------
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 52782
From: Saturn next to Charmaine
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 02, 2011 10:38 AM
Spring came a month early here. It started over a week ago. Crepe Myrtle is fully bloomed all over the place, bees are gathering pollen, birds are singing in the morning, and flowers are on the way.------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
GypseeWind
Knowflake Posts: 6224
From: Love Street, she lingers long on Love Street..
Registered: May 2009
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posted March 03, 2011 12:38 AM
What does crepe murtle look like??We still have bare boned trees... temps are in the 40's, I hope they hold out. Tomorrow is a rain storm/thunderstorm, I hope there is no flooding.
Moving in the rain is no fun. IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 8925
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 04, 2011 09:17 AM
If the myrtle is blooming, better get out and start weeding & fertilizing ------------------
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~ - George Eliot IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 8925
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 06, 2011 05:09 PM
Two weeks til springtime!------------------
The Earth Laughs In Flowers
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GypseeWind
Knowflake Posts: 6224
From: Love Street, she lingers long on Love Street..
Registered: May 2009
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posted March 07, 2011 12:19 PM
YAY!!!!!! Juni, I can feel it! Can you?? IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 8925
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 07, 2011 01:27 PM
The chickadees are calling pheobeee pheobee yep I can ------------------
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ghanima81
Knowflake Posts: 1121
From: Maine
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 07, 2011 02:16 PM
L woke up yesterday and I said "listen, baby!" and she got very quiet and listened to the birds chirp and smiled and said "birdies!!" Yay, spring! IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 07, 2011 02:37 PM
YAY for baby L ------------------
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charmainec
Knowflake Posts: 8746
From: Venus next to Randall
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 09, 2011 05:14 AM
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Originally posted by ghanima81:
L woke up yesterday and I said "listen, baby!" and she got very quiet and listened to the birds chirp and smiled and said "birdies!!" Yay, spring!
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juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 09, 2011 12:05 PM
Huge wet snowflakes tumbling from the sky today. A foot expected  Yesterday, near the foundation of the house, was 3 tiny daffodil shoots peeking out. Hurry Spring before they give up!! ------------------
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GypseeWind
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From: Love Street, she lingers long on Love Street..
Registered: May 2009
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posted March 09, 2011 01:09 PM
BOOOO, go away Old Man Winter, you are no longer welcome!GO DAFFODILS! MORE BIRDIES FOR BABY L!! IP: Logged |
ghanima81
Knowflake Posts: 1121
From: Maine
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 09, 2011 01:37 PM
There is a big patch of lawn in my backyard. Yay! The ice road that was my driveway is now simply an ice path and there are fruit flies emerging... Yikes!Supposed to rain/snow tomorrow though.. IN like a lion, OUT like a lamb I reckon! IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 09, 2011 02:05 PM
Gypsee, did you get the freezing rain?ghani, yep this mess is moving your way and I`m sorry Indeed, go daffys and birdies ------------------
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GypseeWind
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From: Love Street, she lingers long on Love Street..
Registered: May 2009
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posted March 09, 2011 04:11 PM
Check! Freezing and rainy as we speak. I'm in denial!!
I arrived once again, like the spring breeze;
I rose like the sun visible to all....
I am the Sun in mid-summer,
contrary to the old season;
I have brought liveliness and joy to gardens.
A thousand ring doves are searching for me in their songs.
A thousand nightingales and
parrots are flying in my directions.
The news of my arrival reached the fish in the sea;
The ferment of the sea created a thousand waves.
Rumi~
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juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 12, 2011 06:01 PM
As the thick wet snow keeps tumbling down, I wait... wait and wait dreaming of Bougainvillea`s  ------------------
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Randall
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From: Saturn next to Charmaine
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 16, 2011 07:56 PM
Busy bumblebees all over the place here. ------------------
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juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 16, 2011 10:08 PM
Bumble babies are still snoozing here I got inside all windows washed and spring curtains hung. 4 days til spring ! ------------------
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juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted March 19, 2011 11:03 AM
It`s comming It`s comming.... tomorrow!! Bath in the full moonshine tonight and make a spring wish! I saw my first robin yesterday. Our harbinger of spring
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