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Daily Archives: 26 Oct 2017
Does the Douglas Fir Tree Deserve Its Own Monument?
The Friends of Douglas Fir National Monument think so
October 26th is National Pumpkin Day!
Yes It’s #NationalPumpkinDay
Here are today’s Interesting Facts about Pumpkins:
- The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake.
- In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling.
- Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.
- The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1,140 pounds.
- The Connecticut field variety is the traditional American pumpkin.
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Easy Shrimp in Curry Sauce
When I made my Instant Pot Cauliflower Rice, I had a little surprise in store for today’s post: Easy Shrimp in Curry Sauce.
Easy Shrimp in Curry Sauce
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Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Bricks or Stones
Stone face of a house.
This week the topic is Bricks or Stones. This topic is fairly self-explanatory. Let’s see how creative you can get with this topic. I’m looking forward to what you all decide to post. I just want you to have some fun with your photography.
Feel free to dig around in your archives for photos if you don’t have anything new you can photograph.
Upcoming Topics
For a list of upcoming topics, please see the list below. Be creative and challenge yourself. For a great black and white photo look for contrast or highly textured subjects to photograph.
- Pets
- Weather
- Things Found in a Kitchen
- Fences and Gates
- Houses: big, small, lighthouses, birdhouse, firehouse, toys
- Abandoned or Alone
This challenge accepts the following types of photography:
- Black and white photography
- Sepia tones (browns)
- Selective color with the majority of the photo being in black and white
- Desaturated…
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Graceful And Elegant, Great Blue Heron
As they say, it’s all about location. I was up a little high, on a dike, when this bird flew. This series of photographs details the wing motions of the big bird.
Graceful, Great Blue Heron – click to enlarge
Graceful, Great Blue Heron – click to enlarge
Click any image to view the gallery.
Three Line Tales, Week 91
Welcome to Week 91 of Three Line Tales.
You’ll find full guidelines on the TLT page – here’s the tl;dr:
- Write three lines inspired by the photo prompt (& give them a title if possible).
- Link back to this post (& check the link shows up under the weekly post).
- Tag your post with 3LineTales (so everyone can find you in the Reader).
- Read and comment on other TLT participants’ lines.
- Have fun.
Happy three-lining!
