Beginning the New Year ..................
Our thermometer registered -1 at 7 a.m. Downtown Murphy was a balmy 5 degrees. Late yesterday afternoon, I noticed the chickadees going in and out of the gourd hanging in the front tree. I wonder if any took cover in it throughout the night. Morning doves shared the steamy warm 40-degree birdbath water with other birds this morning. On the winding road to the gym, there's a small fenced area that contains five young goats. The only shelter they have is a clam-shell type structure that's too little to contain five goats on below zero nights. I wonder where the farmer's head is. She baffles me. I know animals acclimate to their environment but this is an unexpectedly early frigid front. Our days are only reaching mid-20's.
At the end of last summer I pickled green and yellow beans from the garden using a new recipe. Two weeks ago I opened one and had to use the kitchen fire extinguisher on my mouth.
This morning I opened a second jar and found it milder than the first. It still has a bite but I don't have third-degree blisters in my mouth. The recipe uses garlic and a dried hot pepper. Evidently, the pepper in the first jar was very spicy or larger than the second. I'll make sure I write a note on the recipe for this summer's pickling.
Our thermometer registered -1 at 7 a.m. Downtown Murphy was a balmy 5 degrees. Late yesterday afternoon, I noticed the chickadees going in and out of the gourd hanging in the front tree. I wonder if any took cover in it throughout the night. Morning doves shared the steamy warm 40-degree birdbath water with other birds this morning. On the winding road to the gym, there's a small fenced area that contains five young goats. The only shelter they have is a clam-shell type structure that's too little to contain five goats on below zero nights. I wonder where the farmer's head is. She baffles me. I know animals acclimate to their environment but this is an unexpectedly early frigid front. Our days are only reaching mid-20's.
At the end of last summer I pickled green and yellow beans from the garden using a new recipe. Two weeks ago I opened one and had to use the kitchen fire extinguisher on my mouth.
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