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A Sunny Christmas

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:52:51 -0800

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This is the wind I have to fight when shooting all the time. Today was beautiful but awful windy.

Every year at Christmas time
There’s not a sign of snow.
Instead we spend our yuletide days
In the sun’s warm cheery glow.
We have the best of Christmas things
The lights, the gifts, the bells,
And “snowbirds” who arrive in mass
To fill our beach hotels.
The glorious weather fits right in
With our happy Christmas mood,
And we can also walk and run
Without having to be snow-shoed.
So don’t feel bad for your Southern friends,
Who have no snow or ice.
We think our sunny Christmas here,
Is a holiday paradise!

Cheaper by the Dozen

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:29:17 -0800

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Could not resist posting just one more. Claire wanted to know how I got two together well girlfriend this one is for you.

Holiday Treat

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:45:59 -0800

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Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. ~Hubert Humphrey

Sweet Potato Biscuits

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:22:13 -0800

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Decided to break the pattern of butterflies and give you some food for thought. The wind is out of the north today and just the right weather for baking. Have tried a new recipe and it is really delicious.

Sweet Potato Biscuits
By: Paula Deen

Ingredients
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 heaping tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup mashed cooked sweet potatoes
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) softened butter
2 to 4 tablespoons milk (depending on the moisture of the potatoes)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate, large bowl, mix the sweet potatoes and butter. Add the flour mixture to the potato mixture and mix to make a soft dough. Then add milk a tablespoon at a time to mixture and continue to cut in. Turn the dough out onto a floured board and toss lightly until the outside of the dough looks smooth. Roll the dough out to 1/2-inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter. Place the biscuits on a greased pan and coat tops with melted butter. Bake for about 15 minutes. (Watch your oven: If the biscuits are browning too fast, lower the temperature.)

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:51:19 -0800

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I know... I know...Another Butterfly!!! This is about all there is to shoot lately and I never get tired of them. That is what we planted the butterfly garden for...Just like the butterfly, I too will awaken in my own time. ~Deborah Chaskin
Have a wonderful week..

Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 07:28:51 -0800

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Thanksgiving Friends

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:39:36 -0800

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Thanksgiving is a time
For reviewing what we treasure,
The people we hold dear,
Who give us so much pleasure.
Without you as my friend,
Life would be a bore;
Having you in my life
Is what I’m thankful for.

Wishes for you all. I will be out for a few days

Early Morning Light

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:29:11 -0800

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I know you must be tired of butterflies so I give a sparrow in the early part of sunrise. He looks fresher than I feel...

A Little Sunshine

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:41:42 -0800

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Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine. ~Jeffrey Glassberg

Thanks

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:20:41 -0800

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Vernon is home and on the mends. With God guiding the doctors hands and all the wonderful prayers lifted up in his behalf, they saved his leg and he will not be on dialysis. What wonderful miracles He can perform if you only believe… This Rose is a big thanks for everything.

Happy Birthday

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 06:34:01 -0700

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How do I begin to tell you how honored I am
To have you in my life?
I'll start by saying it was a dream come true
The day I became your wife.
You're my best friend in the good times
And my rock in times of sorrow.
You're the reason for sweet yesterdays
And my promise for tomorrow.
I never thought I could feel this loved
Until I became your wife.
You made this year and every other year
The best of my life.
I draw a circle, not a heart, around you
My husband, the one I love
Because a heart can break
But a circle goes on forever.

Love always,
Nana♥

“Happy 73rd Birthday Sweetheart”

Beautiful Queen

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:41:15 -0700

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Hello Flickr Friends. You told me I could not stay away. Guess you were right.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:25:59 -0800

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I would like to take a moment to wish each and every one of you a Wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving.
May you have much fun, food and loving family. I will be out for the remainder of this week giving thanks for all the family I will be sharing it with. Hope you are doing the same.

Not Just A Day
As Thanksgiving Day rolls around,
It brings up some facts, I have found
We may think that we're poor,
Feel like bums and insecure,
But in truth, our riches abound.
We have friends and family we love;
We have guidance from God above.
We have so much more
Than they sell in a store,
We're wealthy, when push comes to shove.
“So add up your blessings“, I say;
Make Thanksgiving last more than a day.
Enjoy what you've got;
And share it a lot
And you'll have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day

Stretch

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:44:41 -0700

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This one was standing in the middle of the highway in Delhi, Louisiana and finally moved to the side of the road. He was a beauty and stood proud.

FRESH PEAR CAKE

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:15:40 -0800

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This one is for Mustangaly.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1 1/2 cups Cooking Oil
2 Eggs
2 cups Sugar
In a large bowl add first three ingredients and beat well.

Then add:
2 tsps Vanilla Flavoring

Combine the following dry ingredients and add to the liquids: Mix by hand until throughly mixed. Batter will be very thick.
3 cups All Purpose Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice

Then Add:
3 cups chopped Fresh Pears
1 cup chopped Walnuts

Pour into a well greased Bundt pan sprinkled with flour. Bake 1 to 1 1/2 hours or when toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pan before removing cake. This is very important for it is a very moist cake.
I like to refrigerate mine in a covered cake plate. May be served with whipped cream if desired. Enjoy

Sunrise

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:39:06 -0800

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“What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?"

The Gold Digger

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:04:10 -0700

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Tractor pulling in the 70's let us see the biggest part of Texas. The tractor was the " Golddigger". The Golddigger was the first modified tractor to pull in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. There were tractors from all over the United States. Vernon placed in the top ten. He was in the money. After going to two engines he had to lighten the load
of the tractor to get into the light weight class. He was the first one to do away with the radiator. He built a frame that was hollow to run the water through to cool the engine.
He had a Minneapolis Moline rear end with two Chrysler "Hemi" engines on it. One of the engines came from a race car and the other one came from Arkansas . It had just broken a world record in a speed boat. He didn't do to bad. He placed in every pull he made. The most he ever won was when he came home with two first places and one second. There were three weight classes on a week-end for modified tractors.

After about seven years of pulling he finally sold the "Digger" and decided he wanted to fly.

Texas Wild Flowers

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:51:39 -0700

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The trip North to the train derailment was not a total loss... There was an abundance of wild flowers on the highway.

Indian Paintbrush, paintbrush
Scientific Name: (Castilleja spp.)
Definition: Brightly colored tips of the petal look like they've been dipped in brilliant paint. Colors can vary from scarlet to orange, cream, yellow and occasionally purple. Paintbrushes grow throughout the state and bloom in early spring.

Texas Dandelion
Scientific Name: (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus)
Definition: Texas Dandelion, also False Dandelion, grows commonly over the eastern half of the state. Besides growing in fields and along roadsides, it often invades yards. Its lemon-yellow flower heads bloom in the mornings from March through May.

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Cajun Crackers

nobody@flickr.com (BlueEyes5) — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:46:37 -0800

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1 glass gallon jar

1 box of multigrain crackers

Mix:
2 Tbsp. crushed red peppers (or to taste. I put 1 Tbsp)
1 pkg. dry ranch dressing mix.
1 1/3 cups of canola oil

Pour over crackers and roll jar occasionally for 2 days.
Delicious. Can’t stop eating them. Great for parties Enjoy.