Pumpkin Bread

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TODAY'S SEEDS OF WISDOM

• JUST BLOOMED TODAY  
• AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
• TWEET TREATS
• DID YOU KNOW...?
• GARDEN UPDATE
• FAUNA
• GARDEN GIGGLE
• GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECIPE #0079 PUMPKIN BREAD 
• WHAT IN THE WORLD?  
• FEEDBACK

JUST BLOOMED TODAY 

New leaf for the White Bird of Paradise

AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY 

TWEET TREATS

bringing you the quirky, funniest and most interesting tweets from Twitter that we came across.  

Your wife is great. Too bad she's got one of those "small heads."        @karentozzi

DID YOU KNOW...?

Armadillos can be housebroken.

GARDEN UPDATE
 Deceptively hot with the humidity. It seems lovely out but within 15 minutes, I was sick. I'm back to hiding inside. 

GARDEN GIGGLE

What does a cloud wear under it's raincoat?

Thunderwear!

 

How did the telephone propose to the lady?

It gave her a ring! 

Where will you find the biggest rope in the world?

In EuROPE!

 

What do clothes and airplanes have in common?

Hangers!

What did the zero say to the eight?

"Oh, I like your belt!" 

What did the policeman say to his belly?

"You're under a vest." 

What do you call a cow with a twitch?

Beef jerky.

Why couldn't Cinderella be a good soccer player?

She lost her shoe, she ran away from the ball and her coach was a pumpkin. 

What did Shakespeare say to the pencil?

"Write on!" 

FAUNA

GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECIPE #0079 PUMPKIN BREAD

All too soon Fall will be here..it is just around the corner! They are now selling canned pumpkin in the stores, and here is a great way to use the pumpkin or try fresh. We love to make pumpkin bread for the hols, and also they make a wonderful holiday neighbor or office gift.For you skinny minnies, try substituting Splenda for the sugar in this recipe.

You Will Need:

 (1 1/2 cups) flour

(1/2) teaspoon of salt
(1 cup) sugar
(1) teaspoon baking soda
(1) cup pumpkin purée
(1/2) cup olive oil
(2) eggs, beaten
(1/4) cup water
(1/2) teaspoon nutmeg
(1/2) teaspoon cinnamon
(1/2) teaspoon allspice
(1/2) cup chopped walnuts (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS:
 Preheat oven to 350°F . Sift together the flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda. Mix the pumpkin, oil, eggs, 1/4 cup of water, and spices together, then combine with the dry ingredients, but do not mix too thoroughly. Stir in the nuts.

 Pour into a well-buttered 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes until a thin skewer poked in the very center of the loaf comes out clean. Turn out of the pan and let cool on a rack. This recipe can easily be doubled. Yield: Makes one loaf.

Editor's Note: We found the cutest transparent bakery bags for goodies that you could put the bread in (dollar store), and then pop it into a cute oven mitt potholder or tie with silk ribbon to a small cutting board you found at the dollar store or thrift store. Don't forget to tuck in the recipe!

WHAT IN THE WORLD?  

On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
1915 German airship hits central London
1921 The first Miss America pagent takes place in Atlantic City
1943 Italian surrender is announced
1952 Ernest Hemmingway's 'The Old Man and The Sea' is published
1954 SEATO established
1974 Ford pardons Nixon
1986 Nissan's first European factory opens;The Oprah Show goes national
 2012 Obama speaks his case before the DNC

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