12 days to Christmas!
Don't ya just love this picture?
Today is National Ice Cream Day,
Gotta love that.
Hmmm....
Upon thinking about it.....
I don't really get why National Ice Cream Day is in December.
Its cold out, so why celebrate a cold concoction?
Don't you think it'd be better to celebrate this day in the summer??
So, I looked it up.....
There are several times a year when this holiday is celebrated,
but only today, is it treated to its very own day.
Ok then...
Ice cream, who thought it up?
Well, the ancient Romans sort of did.
Although they pretty much just used flavored snow,
(not yellow, I hope!)
Think of those wonderful fruit flavored Italian ices!
Good old Marco Polo, in his travels, brought back a type of sherbet
from the far east. (along with spaghetti), seems that
he was an early foodie who wanted to share all the tasty stuff he'd eaten
on his treks.
(but how did he get something that'd melt all the way back to Italy?)
Maybe he just wrote the recipe down?
(or maybe he invented the first Igloo cooler??)
Anyhoo
Sometime in the 16th century, some French people said,
"Hey, I'll add eggs, cream, vanilla, milk and sugar to this
cold stuff and then churn it a while!"
(read that in your best French accent)
That, my friends, was a Eureka! moment.
That tasty idea spread to Great Britain,
where the king himself, Charles the First, declared
it a delicacy. It was served at many state dinners.
Americans, being the lowly colonists that we were,
didn't get brain freeze from ice cream till about the 1740's.
Even George Washington was a huge fan.
Records show that he spent nearly $200 on ice cream
during the summer of 1790!
$200.00!!!
Jeez! I don't think I've spent that much in a summer using today's dollars!
Maybe that's why his teeth were so bad?????
Lesson not learned George!
Anyway, after that the newly christened Americans,
couldn't get enough!
And, as they say...
The rest is history.
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Its raining out.
Its just a slight drizzle,
Just enough to get wet,
but that doesn't deter the girls in their
pursuit of bugs!
I just refilled their feed, but they'd
rather follow me on my way to the
compost heap.
This is Rosemary.
She was a rescue last spring.
The CEO found her in the garbage at
a clients' house.
She's beautiful!
The only reason the few peppers are still here
is that they are in a wire protected area.
The girls can't get their little beaks into them.
This is a Roma tomato.
They aren't doing so well now.
We got many this spring and early summer,
but the heat got to them.
Mirlitons!
(autocorrect doesn't understand Louisiana,
keeps wanting to correct to "millions"..)
The side garden.
Yellow sweet onions, spinach,
and parsley.
Pepper in the compost bin.
She's in chicken heaven.
She's got the worm buffet all to herself, for a few minutes.
A geranium that is still blooming.
A marigold near the front door.
So pretty.
Didya know they are edible?
As long as there's no pesticides or chemicals on them
they make a citrus like addition to
to a salad.
I dry them and add it to my homemade soap.
They add awesome color and they are antibiotic
and antifungal too.
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These are the cards the grandkids sent to
recovering soldiers.
How sweet are they?
Just hoping to instill the real reason for Christmas!
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Dr Seuss was an inspiration
to all kids.
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This is my happy place.
I'd love to be able to be in that picture,
without freezing myself half to death!
Also, I love the quiet, silent moments I have to myself,
and the awe inspiring sights of nature.
Beautiful.
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And remember,
during this Christmas season,
if you Jingle,
Jingle all the way.
Because,
nobody likes a
half-assed
Jingler!
also...
Get well CEO!
He had a nasty fall and is recuperating.
The chicken girls miss you.
Love you.
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