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Secret of growing great dahlias
It’s past the middle of October. Most of the garden has settled down to sublime sleep. Colour has dramatically faded. Days are getting longer. But over in the dahlia bed the beat goes on. The tubers you planted last spring are still producing colour and bloom. Our dahlias came within a whisker of extinction the […]
PUMPKIN CRANBERRY LOAF
1 small pumpkin (cut into quarters, seeds removed) ¼ cup butter (melted) 1 cup cream cheese (softened) 1½ cups cranberries (cut in half) 1 tbsp. orange zest 1 1/3 cups vegetable oil 4 eggs (beaten) 1½ cups brown sugar 1 ½ cups white sugar 3 ½ cups flour 2 tsps. cinnamon (ground) 1 tsp. nutmeg […]
“Paws”itively great friends and music musts
It has been great to see so many comments on my blog. Special barks go out to Sophie as she recovers from surgery. She’s a great friend but – dog if you look at the picture in the previous blog you can spot she has the fashion sense of a tenured teacher. And Zig- Zag […]
Roasted herbed turkey & cranberry apple stuffing
ROASTED HERBED TURKEY 1 fresh turkey (10-12 lbs) 8 bacon slices 1 ½ cloves garlic (minced) 1 cup olive oil 2 tbsps. fresh rosemary (chopped) 1 tbsp. fresh oregano (chopped) 1 tbsp. fresh basil (chopped) 1½ tsps. sage (ground) 1 tsp. fresh thyme (chopped) Salt & black pepper to taste – wash turkey well and […]
Hiking For Pleasure and Profit
It seems as long as I can remember I have been leading hikes….somewhere. The photo on the right is one that was taken when I first started leading hikes professionally, in 1984, and I had been leading informal hikes for 20 years before that! I have been dubbed by a colleague as the “pied piper […]
Are blogs hot? (or not?)
Trends on the web change quickly. Are blogs hot today and gone tomorrow? A recent Pew survey revealed that the popularity of blogging among teens and young adults has declined dramatically from 28 percent to 14 percent from 2006 to 2009. http://gigaom.com/collaboration/the-future-of-blogging/
Web gone WILD – Massive Spam Assault
Earlier this month, one of our client websites was flooded by a massive volume of spam email (also called a Denial of Service attack). Within a few days, the equivalent of 20 DVDs of spam email had been directed at this site – using up a large chunk of resources on the web server. This […]
Life’s a beach!
I had planned to blog about my travels this past summer but sometimes things at home are every bit as good as anything on the road. My buddy Dave and I have been spending a lot of time at the beach. Late September is the best time, as the beach is deserted. I get to […]
Hearing help is available
The Canadian Hearing Society, in partnership with Prince Edward Community Care, is presenting Hearing Help Classes, Level 1. This course is designed for the hard of hearing person who is experiencing difficulty communicating in day-to-day situations. The course will do the following: teach speech reading skills and discourse strategies; give information on the hearing system, […]
HARVEST SOUP
1 large can diced tomatoes (retain juice) 1 onion (chopped) 2 potatoes (chopped) 2 carrots (sliced) 3 stalks celery (sliced) 1 cup zucchini (sliced & quartered) ½ cup kernel corn ¾ cup green beans (cut into 1” pcs) ¾ cup yellow beans (cut into 1” pcs) 6 cups water 3 beef bouillon cubes ½ clove […]
