G+ Migration Blog

"Piranha Bees - thanks, science!"

I suppose if I remember tomorrow, I could try and see if Latitude has decided to work, now that I'm in the States. Except I'll mostly be not in the States, so maybe it wouldn't work anyway?

The sound of one banana hanging. (not posed; found this way)

Today I made: 1. Salsa verde, for which I smoked the poblanos myself. 2. Peach mango salsa chicken, in which I learned that my favorite brand of store-bought peach mango salsa is no longer and I apparently will either have to learn to can or no longer have this dish. 3. More tahini-based cookies, which came out very crispy and chewy and tasty. (the ones I made the other day, using Yotam Ottolenghi's recipe, are not poor, but are basically a very lightly flavored and rich shortbread.) Earlier in the week, besides the other cookies, I made buckwheat and beef, which was very tasty, although it doesn't sound like it in type. Future plans include some kind of smoked onion jam. The tahini was around because I made baba ganoush (for which I smoked the eggplants myself - cooking with fire is fun!)

I cannot show you effectively how dark and stormy it is right now.  It is like Vancouver in November at midday.  Not helping, is it.

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TIL there is a Polish expression that translates to "Not my circus, not my monkey(s)."  (Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy) Best Idiom Ever. #notmymonkey

In the world of Myers-Briggs interpreted communication styles, J versus P is probably one of the things that will drive me absolutely the most buggy.

Gaaah!

Amanda Terkel sounds kind of intelligent.

G+ apparently thinks it knows better than I do what order I want my pictures in.

Buffalo Harbor with sister and niece earlier this month.

Things I notice about being where the President is speaking (having been in several places coincidentally where): Traffic Problems.

We can haz thunderstorm.

I am tired.  There is stuff (for those of you who know what I mean), but not place for details, so, just stuff. #whosaidlifeisfair

Shakespeare in the Park with Mom, Sister, Niece, and family friend. Dad was not feeling well enough to come. Everyone Is doing the same season, apparently, so we are seeing Measure for Measure. This time it is set in Vienna ... Texas. The set has Yorick's Mercantile and Macduff's Billiards, etc. you get the idea. Picnic description later. #theplaysthething

Boy, I hope this does not bode ill. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-steinway-pianos-sold-20130814,0,886410.story http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-steinway-pianos-sold-20130814,0,886410.story

Growin' nectarines in the hot sun - I fought the squirrel and the squirrel won, I fought the squirrel and the squirrel won. I needed fruit  'cause I had none -  I fought the squirrel and the squirrel won, I fought the squirrel and the squirrel won. #fruitnnuts

Google doodle - squee! #deadandalive

Watching Breaking Bad with my dad.

How's your day? #hinthint

TIL my dad likes band music. Like, Sousa on a bandstand music. He used to go listen to bands at the bandstand at Lake Harriet.

ChalkFest 2013 - a couple of blocks of downtown Buffalo, NY get colored in with chalk for a weekend. Kids activities, music, food trucks, couple of different categories of contestants, and free chalk and drawing space for any kids, or anyone, really.

It's Ice Age, but the squirrels are winning.  D:(

Vaguely paying attention to Colbert rerun while on squirrel watch.  Interviewing Hugh Laurie. Best line (paraphrased): England's greatest gift to the world - America.

Gah. Now there are 2 of them. We need a cat.

Squirrel started eating the nectarines. More correctly, it's eating the pits after knawing away the not yet mature fruit. Even breaks off the branches to get them. Doesn't even run unless you come after it. It's illegal to shoot it where we live. Nothing keeps it off the tree, although we are about to try a solution of Murphy's and cayenne. We are taking turns on squirrel watch. Little rat ...

Some things just shouldn't happen. Originally shared by Karin Nelson For Sandra Parlow - our original Maple Moose . (I haven't tried them yet. I'm a bit scared.)

Lunch. From the farmers' market next to this waterfall. (Fresh, hot, cinnamon sugar, apple cider donuts.) (Glen Falls on Ellicott Creek in the Village of Williamsville.) (Went on mini hike with Dad, including market. At which I got some squash, chèvre, and got to play with baby goats whose parents probably contributed to the chèvre.) (Did I mention the baby goats? Adorbs.)

My stuff is here, and mostly intact. #movaggedon

FSM lives! http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2013/08/czech-republic-pastafarian-wins-right.html?m=1

My things are coming! My things are coming! #movageddon

Well, we saved some of the sweet cherries.

First fruits! Now we just have to eat the 3 remaining lbs of sweet cherries and 3 cups of sour cherry filling.

Post hoc: Cherry pie Cherry strudel FYI/TMI - filling was made with sour cherries, local raw wildflower honey, cornstarch, and a tiny hint of almond extract.

Strudel in Progress: 1. Nut mixture - ground hazelnuts, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves. 2. Nut mixture spread on layered, buttered filo. 3. Cherry filling on nut mixture on filo. 4. Rolled, on buttered cookie sheet. 5. Official pretty vent slashing, buttered top, ready for baking.

Pre-crust Post-crust

7 lbs of pitted cherries The pits