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The Spice of Life
I love spices – part of the allure of travel includes exploring another country’s cuisine with its different spices. For my own cooking, I use lots of home-grown herbs and spices: onions and garlic in baskets, dried basil, tarragon, sage, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Musings, Travel Theme Challenge
Tagged adventure, boredom, cayenne pepper, coriander, courage, depth, Dune, Frank Herbert, garam masala, ginger, lavender, Marco Polo, meaning, melange, nutmeg, spices, travel theme: spice, vanilla bean, variety
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Half Adventure, Half Terror
In the last three weeks, I was able to visit an unusual and fascinating natural area in West Virginia three times – Cranberry Glades in the Monongahela National Forest. The swampy bogs in this area host a variety of wildflowers … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Animals and Critters, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged adventure, bear encounter, bee balm, black bear, bog, bog forest, Cranberry Glades, ebony jewelwing damselfly, elderberry, grass-pink orchid, Monongahela National Forest, nature, photography, postaweek, swamp, turtlehead, Weekly Photo Challenge: Half and Half, wilderness, wildflowers
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The Beauty Along the Road 