Thursday, August 21, 2014

Making bread without buying yeast

This is for those that like to make their own bread but don’t know how to make Sour Dough Bread which is very simple.

http://youtu.be/YgJYSOwWlvU

I’ve made some Sour Dough Bread but not like the video I’m showing you right now. I will be trying this method today as I have some sour dough starter working right now. I will be making Sourdough Barley Bread and Sourdough Rye Bread.

I will let you know how I make out. Here is a video on how to make the starter.

http://youtu.be/pmLmpJhumSM

I will let you know how I make out and show you the results.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Amaryllis Update

I’ve taken a couple of photos of the Amaryllis bloom opening. These blooms don’t get as tall outside as they would if they were inside. They will grow a lot taller and towards the light when they are inside in the winter. Since the Amaryllis comes from South Africa they tend to bloom in Late December or January. I guess this one decided that December came early.

                   Amaryllis in my garden copy 

                                      Garden Amaryllis

Monday, August 11, 2014

Had a Surprise Today

My goodness I had a surprise today when I went to water the garden and turn my compost. I didn’t think I would have any Amaryllis blooms this summer as it is getting late and the Amaryllis will be going for a sleep in late September. Most of the blooms will happen around Christmas or late January. I will take more photos as the blooms get fuller.

                              surprize Amaryllis bloom 

                       Todays surprize 2 painting copy

            I wonder if there will be anymore before September.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Short visit to Wabamun Lake

Yesterday my friend Russ and I went for a short ride (so I thought), to Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton. I really didn’t know where we were going. First we stopped to look at some old cars.

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    Russ likes old cars, I was shocked at the prices that were posted.

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    We then went on to Wabamun Lake. The day was kind of dreary with a little rain here and there (showers). It was about a 45 minute trip to the lake. It was a warm day, we had to put the Air conditioning on. When we got there we noticed that there were not very many boaters on the lake, so we got the cameras out and headed for the dock. There were a few Canada Geese grazing at the edge of the lake and a few boaters getting ready to head home. I think we were there for maybe half an hour and then we headed home ourselves. Here are a few photos of the lake.

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Then we went home. This little trip killed a few hours and got me out of the house. I hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Bye the way these were straight out of the camera.