Tag: eggs
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Supporting the Little Guys
As the crab apple trees and lilacs both came into their full glory, filling the yard with the fragrance of a delayed Spring, I took an additional day of vacation to extend a long weekend, and frantically scrambled to eliminate as much dog and cat hair as possible, while putting together an extra-special spread for…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Vivid
While a sunset photo was my initial thought in responding to this week’s challenge, I instead was drawn to another photo taken the same Memorial Day weekend at the cabin. In an old pallet leaning against a tree, in contrast to the dull brown-gray of the weathered wood and nest materials, was the most vivid…
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LoLa, The Plucky Little Chicken That Could (With Your Help!)
As bloggers continue plowing through NaBloPoMo, I felt it was disingenuous for me to reblog a recent post (“Have You Been Getting Locally Laid?”) and count it as my daily post for purposes of the challenge . . . so you will just have to click on that link to return to my effusive raving…
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Have You Been Getting Locally Laid?
LoLa is the little chicken that could. With only three more daily opportunities to vote for this small business and help LoLa win a Super Bowl ad, I have become even more enamored with this cheeky local farm, Locally Laid Egg Company (where “local chicks are better”). LoLa’s daily Facebook updates, her sassy photo ops, the company’s…
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There’s Just Something Better About Farm-Fresh Eggs
Whenever our friends’ hens go on a laying binge, we happily purchase their overflow! A standard supermarket egg, organic or not, cannot compete with the color and taste of an egg that is only a day or two old. Making a frittata is a perfect way to showcase those extra-special farm-fresh eggs. This is a…
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