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for ashbet:

( gnarly broth from Azerbaijan )

When we move again, boy and I want to start having dinner parties with our friends. This is definitely going to be served at one of those.

and, so that ashbet can use up the rest of the pomegranate juice (though I suspect she'll just drink it, like I do), here's ( another recipe )

There y'all go. And I know someone wanted the flavored vodka recipes. I'll post some soon. :)

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for mary.

thought you might find that of interest.

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A very distinctive looking bird perched on the pokeweed long enough for me to memorize its description. Then I went to look it up. It fit the description of a cedar waxwing *perfectly* except its tail feathers were tipped with a ruddy orange, rather than a vivid yellow.

Crap. It took me awhile, but I learned that it *IS* a cedar waxwing, and its feathers are orange b/c it has been eating non-native (alien) honeysuckle.

WOOHOO!

we done got ourselves birds who been eatin' alien plants! yeeehah!

Oh, the nuthatches finally made an appearance. They like the suet feeder. YAY!

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This week's soup--borshch.

YUM.