Five Acres with a View

Go Pet Friendly

Elaine — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:26:55 +0000

The web site GoPetFriendly.com Pet Travel allows you to find hotels and other accommodations that allow pets. Ideally, I think vacations are to give me a break from taking care of critters, but not everyone feels that way. I did find Red Roof’s policy of allowing pets very handy when I drove three cats and an elderly Golden Retriever from Plano, TX to Colorado Springs. Dairy Queens were also very useful, because they were spaced about every sixty miles in Texas, allowing me a break from driving, a refill of coffee, a bathroom (needed after all the coffee) and a chance to walk the dog.

Irish-American Soda Bread

Elaine — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:19:51 +0000

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I made soda bread today using this recipe from Simply Recipes. The article suggested using a cast iron skillet to bake it in the oven, which worked very well. I followed the recipe except for substituting currents for raisins. It was quite yummy.

Happy Pi Day

Elaine — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:07:05 +0000

Google celebrates Pi Day (3.14).

Clouds – Arizona 2006

Elaine — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:50 +0000

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Irish Soda Bread

Elaine — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:48:19 +0000

An Irish Chef talks about Irish Soda Bread at Irish soda bread: Not actually Irish? – TODAY Food and wine.

Grand Canyon – August 2006

Elaine — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:58:19 +0000

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Late Winter

Elaine — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:54:35 +0000

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In The Mountains

Elaine — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:59:50 +0000

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Earthquake in Chile

Elaine — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:28:19 +0000

The Big Picture already has photos from the Earthquake in Chile.

Haphazard (May 1985 – February 2010)

Elaine — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:20:06 +0000

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I thought it was bad when I went out to feed horses this evening and I saw Hap was standing on three legs behind the barn. I was sure he had broken his front right leg and the vet confirmed it when she came out about forty minutes later. He was humanely destroyed a few minutes later.

It really sucks. But as my friend D said, it would have sucked just as much if he had been 35 as 25.