2022 Deer Near Here And Dere

The deer slideshow is a video of thumbnail images from the playlist video clips, recorded during walks in 2022. Twelve of the sessions were in October through December. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Cherry Almond Cake Mix Cooky 2, Improved Dough Dispensing

 

Ingredients, equipment, and mixing, dispensing, and baking info for this cheery cherry almond cooky are in the  video. This recipe go-around is my second attempt at making a version of HEB's Mon Cheri Cookie. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

End of 2022 Re-viewing Bur Oak, Deer Bookends

Earlyish December, I returned to the scene of the bur oak tree that I visited the day before Halloween. I spotted an unusual-looking acorn, even weirder than typical walnut-sized with dreadlock-look cap. The shell was cracked open, but the unit still together. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Little Use For Faulty 2023-2024 Calendar

Ever run across a faulty calendar? How about the following items, all in one unit? Duplicated months, missing months, one duplicated month where the date starts on the wrong day of the week, another month where all the dates and Saturday/Sunday sequencing dates don't align. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Bur Oak Trees Spotted and Acorns Piqued

The first time I saw a bur oak acorn (late 2018), I wasn't sure what it was. I wrote "Bur Oak Acorn, Walnut-sized Nut", and included my nutshell description: "The acorn had a bushy cap, like a short-dreadlocks hairstyle. The acorn itself seemed about the size of a walnut."

At that time, I had only a lone acorn sample. This time around, I struck a bonanza of two trees and loads of leaves and acorns. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

2022 Halloween Nearby Tour

This Halloween felt like a return to pre-pandemic normalcy. In 2020, several decorated houses put up social-distancing tables for handing out their goodies to trick or treaters rather than wait for doorbell rings. ... The video includes scenery from 25 houses, most taken on October 30 and 31. Read the entire article and comment there, please.

Sweet Bakings--A Few Re-peerings

Last month, I blogged about sweet bakings, recipe undertakings spread over 13 years of blogging. Recipes I spotted on the web inspired me to experiment, not merely replicate. i came up with 28 cooky recipes and 19 cake and cake-ish recipes. ... Maybe surprisingly, I'd done several of the recipes seldom since blogging about them. A few never-agains are because a particular ingredient, usually a cake mix, is either no longer available, formulation is different, or weight is different (mostly less). Read the entire article and comment there, please.