Russian Teacakes

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 #0071 RUSSIAN TEACAKES (SNOWBALLS)
• WHAT IN THE WORLD?  
• FEEDBACK

JUST BLOOMED TODAY 

AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY 

TWEET TREATS

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

Those surprising little things she does still make you take notice, like hiding in trees, and screaming at the "wind people."    @trumpetcake

DID YOU KNOW...?

 Shakespeare invented the word 'swagger' 

GARDEN UPDATE
Quite pleasant at 9:30 am and 90F. Although yesterday was a bit monsoonal, today seems to be pretty dry and no flash flood warnings all morning.

The wind has come up and the sky is clear. Many birdies are enjoying the feeder outside my window, puppies sleeping, hubby in the gazebo and all is right in my little world.  

GARDEN GIGGLE

You'll Never Believe

A young single guy is on a cruise ship, having the time of his life. On the second day of the cruise, the ship slams into an iceberg and begins to sink. Passengers around him are screaming, flailing, and drowning but our guy manages to grab on to a piece of driftwood and, using every last ounce of strength, swims a few miles through the shark-infested sea to a remote island. Sprawled on the shore nearly passed out from exhaustion, he turns his head and sees a woman lying near him, unconscious, barely breathing. She's also managed to wash up on shore from the sinking ship. He makes his way to her, and with some mouth-to-mouth assistance he manages to get her breathing again. She looks up at him, wide-eyed and grateful and says, "My God, you saved my life!" He suddenly realizes the woman is Cindy Crawford! Days and weeks go by. Cindy and our guy are living on the island together. They've set up a hut, there's fruit on the trees, and they're in heaven. Cindy's fallen madly in love with our man, and they're making passionate love morning, noon and night. Alas, one day she notices he's looking kind of glum. "What's the matter, sweetheart?" she asks, "We have a wonderful life together, I'm in love with you. Is there something wrong? Is there anything I can do?" He says, "Actually, Cindy, there is. Would you mind, putting on my shirt?" "Sure," she says, "if it will help." He takes off his shirt and she puts it on. "Now would you put on my pants?" he asks. "Sure, honey, if it's really going to make you feel better," she says. "Okay, would you put on my hat now, and draw a little mustache on your face?" he asks. "Whatever you want, sweetie," she says, and does. Then he says, "Now, would you start walking around the edge of the island?" She starts walking around the perimeter of the island. He sets off in the other direction. They meet up half way around the island a few minutes later. He rushes up to her, grabs her by the shoulders, and says, "Dude! You'll never believe who I'm sleeping with!"

FAUNA

GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECIPE #0071 RUSSIAN TEACAKES (SNOWBALLS)  

You Will Need:

(1) cup butter

(1/2) cup powdered sugar

(1) tsp vanilla

(2) cups flour

(1/2) tsp salt

(1-2) cups chopped nuts (any kind. If use almonds, use almond extract)

Instructions:

Mix butter, sugar, vanilla (or other extract) until creamy

Add flour, salt. Stir in nuts.

Chill about 1 hour than roll into balls.

Bake 10-12 minutes at 350F.

Cool then roll in powdered sugar.

WHAT IN THE WORLD?  
On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
79 Mt. Vesuvius erupts 
1814 As the War of 1812 rages on, British set fires at the White House and Capitol
1821 Spain accepts Mexican independence
1942 Brave volunteers from Australia and New Zealand save the day in the Battle of the Solomon Islands
1974 Paul Anka has a #1 hit with "Having My Baby"
1981 John Lennon's killer sentenced
2006 Pluto the planet gets demoted
2012 Microsoft changes its logo for the first time in 25 years

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