Colourful reflective pool in Centenary Square in the rain after dark
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Colourful reflective pool in Centenary Square in the rain after dark
Image by ell brown
Centenary Square in the rain after dark.
This time of year Ice Skate Birmingham should have been on, but due to the pandemic it was cancelled. So the square is deserted just before 5pm on a Friday evening.
Then again heavy rain so not many people about.
And local restaurants are take away only in Tier 3 (if they are open). And who is going to eat a take away meal out in that cold wet weather?
The rainbow lights under the water jets in the reflective pool behind The Real Birmingham Family.
2013 – 3rd Annual Flyfest
Image by Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing – Northern VA
More than 65 people attended the Third Annual PHWFF Flyfest held at Harman’s North Fork Cottages in Cabins, W.Va., Dec. 6-8. The event was hosted by the PHWFF Fort Belvoir and PHWFF Quantico Programs and more than 35 Warriors and several family members from seven different PHWFF programs fished 1 ¾ miles of the private access trophy trout stream during the three-day weekend trip.
In attendance during the weekend were Volunteer Guides and Warriors from the two local programs in addition to members from programs in Martinsburg, West Va.; Richmond, Va.; Atlanta, Ga.; Winchester, Va.; and Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Va. For 14 Warriors, it was the first time they had traveled to Harman’s. Also, three professional fly fishing guides/instructors attended and donated their time to the event.
The air temperatures never rose above the upper 30s and often included wind chills in the teens with heavy rain and snow during the weekend’s festivities.
Bigg Riggs Farm, owned by Calvin Riggleman, an Iraq Marine combat Veteran and small farmer from Loom, W. Va., provided all meals for the three-day event.
Friday and Saturday evenings included Warrior raffles for prizes donated by supporters from around the country. Additionally, three small businesses donated products through the two PHWFF programs’ relationships on social media.
Evenings were filled with various fly tying instruction at different cabins to include wet flies, soft hackle flies, streamers and clouser minnows. Volunteers and professional guides provided the free instruction.
The stream had been recently stocked by Harman’s with rainbow and brown trout, ranging in size from 17 to 20 inches. However, due to extremely heavy rains on Friday, Saturday’s fishing schedule was pushed back and instruction on fly casting and fly tying were held during the morning and early afternoon. Fishing was limited to “shore only” during the afternoon. Even though fishing was limited, Warriors caught fish.
Sunday morning, attendees woke to a winter storm and many left early in the day. Those who were able to stay fished from shore. Five Warriors decided to extend their stay to wait for the storm to pass so they could safely travel home.
(photo submitted by Krista Lutz)
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Image by udim
cookies based on this recipe:
food.yahoo.com/recipes/allrecipes/15004/award-winning-sof…
These cookies come out "soft". The absence of salt keeps the moisture in, which in turn requires more flour. Next time I’ll try more pudding mix (the original recipe was unclear).
Also note that I put half the standard amount of sugar, but the peanut butter and chocolate makes up for it. 🙂
cream together:
100gr melted butter (about a cup) [butter tends to pop in microwaves! Very messy…]
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 heaping tbsp peanut butter
0.5 cup white sugar (or equivalent amt of brown sugar [or a mixture of the two])
stir in:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup chocolate chips
50gr vanilla pudding mix
Lay on ungreased cooking sheets in rounded teaspoonfulls. Preheat oven to 175C and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool outside for an hour before storing.
Makes 45-49 cookies
Things to try: doubling the amount of the vanilla pudding mix, cooking without the turbo fan.
lentil quinoa soup
Image by t-dubisme
Recipe: www.thecleaneatingmama.com/2010/12/lentil-quinoa-soup.html
We’ll Start Our Diet After the Holidays
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We’ll Start Our Diet After the Holidays
Image by The Pack
Don’t worry! I let the boyz have the bully sticks, I’m not so greedy…. but the chocolate is ALL MINE! hehehe. And yes despite Merc’s diet I let him have a bit of bully. He really wanted it and asked so nicely (with a couple nose bonks) for me to hand it to him off the low coffee table.
Because some of you may not know, dark chocolate especially the 99% on top of my stack, is toxic to dogs. Be very careful when gifting to homes with pets, that you are sure to wrap and then label items that may be harmful if placed where the pets can get to the gift.
When I was young, I was convinced that our beagle could read. He of course only opened the gifts with his name on them when we left him downstairs with the tree one night. What a smart beagle! Don’t let your pets, or your friend’s pets, outsmart you this holiday. 🙂
Mike Trying to Look Askance at KFP Diet Coke
Image by Miss Shari
This is Mike trying to give a sad look to the Kosher Diet Coke at the Albertson’s at Fort Apache/Sahara. Diet?! Luckily we found some Kosher-for-Passover real Coke, aka the kind made with sugar and not nasty HFCS, up the road…
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