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For so long I have envied the vintage travel watercolor palettes posted by katequicksilvr  ....here are some of hers on Flickr.  www.flickr.com/photos/cathy-johnson/sets/72157604173444404/

so after the last auction, where we stayed to the bitter end when only the die-hards are left and whole tables full of boxes of miscellany go for a dollar or two...my friend ( Read more... )

My mother used to love these little custard tarts I would bring back from a Portuguese bakery in Toronto. Now that I have no reason to go there, she misses them, so I did a Google and found a recipe that's not too bad. The only trouble is that it uses six egg yolks,and I hated to see the whites go to waste, so I tried this recipe, I've wanted to ( Read more... )

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Your rainbow is strongly shaded green and violet.

What is says about you: You are a creative person. You feel strong ties to nature and your mood changes with its cycles. You are patient and will keep trying to understand something until you've mastered it. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality.

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Thank you faith0322  for the nudge, I know I need it! Since I don't have a lot of time to sort out my thoughts I will leave a couple of little tidbits...

This is what happens when you buy catnip at the natural foods store in a paper bag and are foolish enough to leave it on the counter....

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I have been waiting so long for these two blessed weeks to come!  I usually work all summer because the people who have kids like to take their time off then, and I can bank some extra money while we are short-staffed. And I like fall weather so much better than summer's heat. And of course, there are fewer people everywhere you go...

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