At first, I put the ice cubes in an empty water bowl. Car-E didn’t care to touch those, which surprised me. It wasn’t until I put the water in the bowl that he became interested.
He didn’t get wild or take a bath this time. Car-E just touched and moved the ice cubes a bit. Soon he lost interest.
That cat in un predictable.
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I didn’t have the heart to chase this raccoon family away. A mother coon brought her young ones for a drink today. Here’s what I saw out my window.
Raccoons can be a big problem. I wish these lived in the woods. Still, I just witnessed a mother taking care of her babies by leading them to water. That is all part of nature.
These guys also cleaned up the last of the kibble the outside cats didn’t eat.
I will refill the water bowl so any critter can have a drink today. It did rain some, but it’s still pretty dry here. No puddles were left, even in my driveway.
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Years ago I ate a bowl of gazpacho (cold tomato vegetable soup). Today I finally made some gazpacho myself. Here are three short videos of my process. (recipe below)
Three videos were easier to upload using my DSL internet connection to Youtube than making one long video.
Yep, I tasted with the same spoon at the end. Oops. Don’t do that if you are sharing your food with others. Since no one was here to eat my gazpacho I can do what I want.
Here’s my ingredient list: 2 pounds tomatoes (I ran out of tomatoes and finished with canned diced tomatoes), 1 cucumber, 6 sm. orange or red peppers that equal regular size red pepper, 2 green onions, 2 garlic cloves, 1 jalapeno (seeds removed). Chunk veggies so easier to put in food processor. Blend in processor until well combined. Add 1/2 tsp salt and 1 TB balsamic vinegar.
Put gazpacho in refrigerator and chill. Best eaten the next day.
My gazpacho came out pretty spicy, but I like it. I’ll consider halving the jalapeno next time.
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It wasn’t much, but it was better than nothing.
Total of the showers that came here today was 1/10 of an inch of rain.
Tiny bits of hail fell but luckily it was not a problem here. Others weren’t so lucky.
This rain will soon burn off, as we are so dry. Still, it is better than nothing.
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