COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

Good morning Linda! You inspired me to google. It was something that was just ‘done’ around me all my life. Here is the simplest answer I found..

Lucky New Year's Meal. ... According to Southern traditions, you will have good luck for the entire year if you have the traditional New Year's Day supper. That means a meal of greens, hoppin' John, black-eyed peas, cornbread, and pot likker soup. According to popular folklore, if these foods are eaten on New Year's Day, they guarantee good luck throughout the year. Peas or beans symbolize coins or wealth. Choose traditional black-eyed peas, lentils or beans to make a dish seasoned with pork, ham or sausage. Greens resemble money, specifically folding money.

Oooh. I will need to do that next year.

 

[Maro2Bear]

British Pigs in blankets are pork sausages wrapped in bacon. A traditional accompaniment to the Christmas turkey dinner
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And, there are aldo the pigs in a blanket...

 

[CarolM]

Good morning/afternoon.
Hope everyone is having a good day so far.
I feel really tired today so think I'll just curl up at home with a good book and snooze when I feel like it.
Some years we go back to school a couple of days after New Year and that's hard going but thankfully I have a few more days holiday left this year...wonderful!

Yayyy. Enjoy it.

 

[JoesMum]

And, there are aldo the pigs in a blanket...

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They're called sausage rolls in the UK

 

[CarolM]

Yaaaay! More European dandies for your African babies [emoji173]️[emoji173]️

Yip. It is awesome. Now to just get them to grow. You would think it would be easy as it is a weed. [emoji85]

 

[CarolM]

Ah, THAT was the howling a few days back..! [emoji33][emoji23][emoji33][emoji23]

You heard it all the way over there? No wonder the neighbours were complaining.

 

[CarolM]

Me too! Knock it hard if it doesn’t work, and if that fails, consult the manual. [emoji23]

Lol. I will keep that in mind.

 

[CarolM]

My orchid is now properly back in flower
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Beautiful. And well done.

 

[CarolM]

Yep..same here - but the sauce is usually diced/pureed tomato.

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Ok. I should try that. It will taste awesome.

 

[CarolM]

British Pigs in blankets are pork sausages wrapped in bacon. A traditional accompaniment to the Christmas turkey dinner
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Those look really yummy.

 

[CarolM]

And, there are aldo the pigs in a blanket...

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So many pigs in a blanket.

 

[Kristoff]

Lol. I have four mouths to feed and microwave dinners all the time would be a no no. I am hoping that the pressure cooker will speed up cooking time.

I hate to break it to you but doesn’t it say it’s also a ‘slow’ cooker? [emoji33][emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

For those afraid of the ice and cold - skip and scroll.

For others, you will appreciate the icy waters that i was paddling through in order to bring you all pix. Yes..thats ice in the water and the shoreline.

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Love the light here.
Always better to see this in a picture than in reality though. Brr!

 

[Kristoff]

My sisters cat, Jezz, and I would like to wish you all a Happy Boxing Day

Can I take this box home? [emoji76]

 

[Pastel Tortie]

My orchid is now properly back in flower
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Oh, that's lovely! Such a beautiful orchid to reflower!

 

[Kristoff]

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Here is Oli, @Lyn .​

Hi there, pretty boy! [emoji173]️[emoji170]

 

[Kristoff]

@JoesMum , here's the other Oli.

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Who do you think is more handsome?

The Greek

 

[CarolM]

I hate to break it to you but doesn’t it say it’s also a ‘slow’ cooker? [emoji33][emoji23]

Uh huh!!

 

[Gillian M]

Happy New Year, Gillian and Oli!
@Gillian M

Thanks, Adam.

Wishing you, Wifey and Tidgy a happy and prosperous new year!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Not a lot of fresh, new green grass growing these days. I have a bag of Timothy Hay that I routinely feed Sully. I normally take a big handful, place in a bucket, let it soak up (smells wonderful) then drain. I then feed other things on top of this....dandelion greens, cactus pads, mazuri pellets, dehydrated (and then rehydrated) pumpkin, etc. a good mix of things. The hay gets a bit messy and spread out, but is mostly eaten up along with the rest of the morsels.

To supplement grocery greens and Mazuri, last year I bought some Timothy Hay pellets for horses....but these were far too small (on the order of rabbit pellets). Sully ate them, but i think pushed more around than eaten. Ended up only using a few pounds of the 25 lb bag.

I searched our local feed supply store for hay cubes, but didn't find exactly what i was searching for. To the internet I go, and found 3 lb bags of Timothy Hay cubes. Ordered two bags that arrived today....

They smell great, I added a bit of water to rehydrate them a tad, and mixed in with Sully’s food for the day. Not messy, thats for sure, nice big cubes.


Can see the size of the cubes here