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Maro2Bear

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Greetings all..

We took a drive early this morning to see the acres and acres of sunflowers planted at the McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management area. I posted a few twitter pix from others earlier in the week, but we wanted to go visit ourselves.

Lots of bumblebees, yellow finches and other wildlife all about. Lots of birds for sure...(and people).

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Greetings all..

We took a drive early this morning to see the acres and acres of sunflowers planted at the McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management area. I posted a few twitter pix from others earlier in the week, but we wanted to go visit ourselves.

Lots of bumblebees, yellow finches and other wildlife all about. Lots of birds for sure...(and people).

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That's wonderful!
It's great that people grow things for the wildlife.
 

Maro2Bear

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I miss the sound of crickets. There doesn't seem to be any here in my area.
We've got grasshoppers though, but they don't sound as nice.

Interesting. No crickets out there in Washington... i know they are much louder here when overnight temps are high. Maybe your evenings cool down, not as activd...
 

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Interesting. No crickets out there in Washington... i know they are much louder here when overnight temps are high. Maybe your evenings cool down, not as activd...
There may be crickets in Washington but just not near my property. In the 3 years that we have been here I've never seen or heard a cricket[emoji20] .
 

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OOH!!!!:) That's very interesting!!! I've never seen a recipe using jam on the bread! I'll have to give it a try!
Our version is basically identical except we don't use jam, lemon juice or zest, and we use a topping of a buttery, creamy Rum Sauce poured over after it's cooked. It may be the rum sauce that makes it so popular...;)

It’s definately the rum sauce that everyone in the south recognizes.. I bake a lot but I don’t ever remember eating a bread pudding.. Billy ( my brother) is coming in next weekend to stay with us & im going to hook him up. !
 

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Hello EllieMay I don't believe I have welcomed you to the CDR.
What area of East Texas are you in? I'm originally from East Texas myself.

Thanks! We live in Marshall. I grew up just a couple towns away , have never lived too far away and work the tri-state area 5 days a week. I get to listen to crickets, bullfrogs, coyotes every night [emoji16]. What part of Tx for you?
 

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Thanks! We live in Marshall. I grew up just a couple towns away , have never lived too far away and work the tri-state area 5 days a week. I get to listen to crickets, bullfrogs, coyotes every night [emoji16]. What part of Tx for you?
Originally from just south of Lufkin. I grew up living the country life, I miss it quite a bit.
 

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OOH!!!!:) That's very interesting!!! I've never seen a recipe using jam on the bread! I'll have to give it a try!
Our version is basically identical except we don't use jam, lemon juice or zest, and we use a topping of a buttery, creamy Rum Sauce poured over after it's cooked. It may be the rum sauce that makes it so popular...;)
I love to cook with Wine and Rum....

Sometimes I even put it in the food ;)
 

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Lemon zest. Vanilla essence. Apricot jam. Milk . Eggs. Bread. Butter or margarine. Cinnamon and sugar. I butter the slices of bread and spread apricot jam on them. Cut them up into quarters. Throw them into the bowl. Then i mix about 500ml of milk 6 eggs the lemon zest, vanilla essence ( a capful), sugar and cinnamon together and pour the mixture over the bread. I push the bread pieces into the liquid mixture until they are all covered and more or less soaked it up. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon over the top. Squeeze some lemon juice also over the top . Put it into the oven and bake until it is done. Sorry no exact measurements as i generally cook by feel.[emoji6]

It is bread and butter pudding. I have a recipe where you use sliced Pain au Chocolat (Chocolate Croissants) and spread it with orange marmalade ... place in the dish and soak in egg custard before baking.
 

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I canNOT even grasp :eek: this concept... :confused::confused::confused::confused:
A British South African friend who is a very keen cricket fan once tried to explain it to me but to no avail...:confused:
There are 11 people in a team.


Both teams get two innings - like Baseball.

You have two batsmen on the pitch at a time each stood at either end of the batting strip in front of posts called a wicket. Bowlers bowl 6 balls to one end and then 6 balls to the other end in turn repeatedly.

If someone hits the ball, both batsmen run to the opposite end of the wicket and if they get there without being caught or stumped (the ball knocking over the wicket before the batsman reaches it) then they score a point called a run.

If the ball is caught or the batsman is stumped then he is out and a new batsman comes on. When everyone is out, the teams swap over and a new innings starts.

A single innings can take a very long time with 11 players in each team. When cricket was first played a couple of hundred years ago there were no time limits and a match could go on for a couple of weeks or more which is somewhat impractical!

So the game got time limits. For international matches it is 5 days and for county matches 3 days.

Club sides play much quicker versions of the game that can be played in one day (which is what we saw today) or just an evening. They are limited by the number of balls bowled.
 

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Good evening all. I hope you had a good day :)

JoesDad flies to New Delhi, India tomorrow evening where he’s working for the week.

He has worked there a lot over the years, including one stint of 17 months so he’s looking forward to meeting up with friends.

I have never been yet. It’s on the list, but JoesDad needs not to be working so we can go visit some places together!
 

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It is bread and butter pudding. I have a recipe where you use sliced Pain au Chocolat (Chocolate Croissants) and spread it with orange marmalade ... place in the dish and soak in egg custard before baking.
Yummy. That sounds like an awesome one as well. Although croissants are expensive. Going to have to try them all out and see which one the boys like.
 

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Hello EllieMay I don't believe I have welcomed you to the CDR.
What area of East Texas are you in? I'm originally from East Texas myself.
What. Is EllieMay new to the CDR? I thought she was a returning room mate. So sorry EllieMay. Welcome to the cold dark rooms. Watch out for the woolspider (if she exists) . Poke a jellyfish for a little bit of light. Montgomery should be around in the morning with some tea or coffee depending on your choice and the one legged pirate is available in the evenings for something stronger, that is if he is not causing nonsense. Don't get lost in the catacombs if you do try and find a jellyfish to light the way back.
 

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