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mariacallous · 6 months

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Looking for a Shabbat dinner centerpiece or a hearty midweek meal? Picture cubes of eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, tomatoes and potatoes cooked together to create that special harmony only veggies that grew together in the sun achieve. You’re thinking of ratatouille, right? But what I have in mind is a heartier dish from Romania and Bulgaria called ghiveci or guvech.

Romanian ghiveci and Bulgarian guvech are indeed very similar to the famous ratatouille, but being peasant’s food, they’re more rustic and substantial. The veggies for guvech are cut into large, uneven chunks, and can be cooked all together at once, while for ratatouille, each component is fried separately before they are combined. This makes guvech preparation much easier, and allows for creative improvisations; you can easily add any vegetables in season. Besides the mandatory eggplant, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes, green beans or okra are common. Guvech is seasoned very simply with salt, black pepper and occasionally paprika, to let the produce shine. The Bulgarian version is cooked with fatty meat, while most Romanian versions are vegan.

“In Bulgaria, guvech used to be cooked in a clay pot called gyuveche,” Etti Ben Yosef, a Bulgarian Jew who lives in Israel, told me. “The stew was cooked in the oven for many hours at low temperature.”

But these days, when Ben Yosef makes guvech for Shabbat dinner, she uses a pressure cooker to precook the beef short ribs before adding them to the vegetables. Then, she cooks the entire stew on the stove for a long time, putting it in the oven for the final hour to give it a nice crust. She feels lucky to share the recipe with her adult children. “I keep the tradition so the kids will remember,” she said.

Guvech’s origins can be traced to the Ottoman Empire that ruled the Balkan region for hundreds of years. The original Turkish dish, called güveç, is cooked in a wide, clay dish by the same name. It’s very similar to the Bulgarian guvech and includes chicken, lamb or beef. There are many other variations of the dish throughout the Balkans. Bosnian Đuveč or djuvec is the name of a clay pot as well as a veggie casserole that’s cooked with rice; Greek giouvetsi is also cooked with rice. In Romania, the eggplant-tomato version is considered summer ghiveci, while winter ghiveci is prepared with carrots, cabbage, cauliflower and mushrooms.

Bulgarian Sephardi Jews and Romanian Ashkenazi Jews brought guvech to Israel (where it’s pronounced “ghe-vech”) and made the dish widely popular. No wonder, given that eggplant and tomatoes are so beloved in Israel and are of such high quality. Early Israeli versions can be found in Molly Bar David’s “Folkloric Cookbook” from 1964. The first version includes 14 different vegetables (including celery root and cauliflower) and meat. The second version is for Romanian ghiveci that’s baked with a whole fish on top.

The vegetarian Romanian version is probably most common in Israel nowadays. And although it is traditionally served over rice, I like to serve it on another Romanian staple, mamaliga. It’s the definition of comfort food.

This recipe is the Bulgarian version of guvech that includes meat. You can make the recipe vegetarian by simply omitting the meat. The rest of the ingredients and instructions stay the same.

Notes:

It is recommended, and easy, to add any seasonal vegetables to the basic guvech. Consider adding: 1 lb butternut squash or sweet potato, cut into ½-inch dice; ½ lb whole okra, stems removed; or ½ lb green beans, cut into 1-inch pieces.

You can cook the meat, if using, up to two days in advance. Store the cooked meat in the fridge with the cooking liquid. Before using, remove from the fridge and discard the fat on the top of the pot (the fat will be solid and white in color).

Guvech keeps in the fridge for up to four days.

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didsomeonesaygo · 1 year

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🎵 Do You Know What It Means...? 🎵

Landed in town Thursday night and checked in at the Omni, then walked around the French Quarter. Bourbon St is like a dirty cross between the Wharf and North Beach, plus music. Dinner at Thaihey - fab long skinny fried okra, green beans, and noodle soup. Just squeaked into Kilwins 10 mins before close for a lovely scoop of no-sugar-added caramel swirl, then walked back to the hotel and hit the hay.

Friday morning, we walked over for a tour of St Lous Cemetery #1. The tour meets in Basin St Station, which has surprisingly good hot chocolate in the cafe, and a very sobering map of the flooding after Hurricane Katrina. Blue and green lights showed breached levees and unmanned pumping stations, and red light washed over the area that was more than 12 inches underwater. It was so much of the city.

In the cemetery, we saw the tombs of many famous Louisianans, including Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau, whose XXX marks represent prayers answered. Tour guide Ron explained how interment in the above-ground tombs works – we were surprised to learn that after just a year and a day, the featured body is ready to be swept up to join the ancestors in the caveau below, but that helps explain how a family tomb can go on for centuries without getting full.

One empty tomb belongs to Nicolas Cage. A holdover from Napoleonic law says that you can’t lose your final resting place, so even though he has since declared bankruptcy and lost all of his houses, he still owns a little piece of New Orleans. Another interesting rule came about after a scene in the movie Easy Rider was illicitly filmed in the cemetery in the middle of the night. The archdiocese apparently found out only after the movie was released, and decided to ban video going forward.

A tomb is an expensive investment, and those who don’t have an individual or family tomb can often find a final home in a society tomb; the Musicians Tomb is still available for local musicians today.

After the tour, we hit French Market for an early lunch of vegan (!) gumbo, red beans and rice, and beignets. Oh, and a little bitty pecan pie for good measure. (Not vegan, but meat free!)

We then wandered through the French Quarter and saw a lot of lovely places that we later learned had very dark histories, aka “atrocities learned later” (ALL), including the LaLarie Mansion, Jackson Square, and the Historical Pharmacy Museum. The Pharmacy Museum was my favorite, but its ALL count was high. I got a gator face scare in the Historic Museum of Voodoo, and we also strolled through Dark Matter Oddities, where we did not buy a wedding present for Dave & Kate, but we definitely considered it.

Walked down to the mighty Mississippi. It’s brown. There was a paddle wheel boat.

Heading back to the hotel, we stumbled onto Fritzel’s, a recommendation from April (Miss Louisiana 2016. No, really.) Caught two sets of the Sam Friend trio, during which I showed remarkable restraint in not grabbing the mic even though they played all of my faves and I knew all of the words.

At 5, we met at the courthouse for what came to be known as The Atrocities Tour. I don’t know what it was actually called, but this is an appropriate name, as this is where the Atrocities Learned Later were learned. Later. They are too many too recount, but they are atrocious. We also learned that the bar Dave Scott recommended to us is a real-life vampire bar. This lends credence to my theory that Dave is in fact a vampire. (I knew it!) We didn’t go there, but we did walk past it the next day when it was closed. (Obviously, because it was daytime.) Atrocity averted.

Hit the hotel bar for wine and a snack before meeting Steve Goldberg and 39 other people for diner at Brennan’s. Sat with NO locals Natasha & David, and Steve’s cousin Alexa. Afterward, we hit Molly’s, a dive bar on Toulouse that is a fave of Steve, John and Ron’s, where we finished the night.

Saturday morning, we hit Starbucks (confirmed: our local Starbucks is the only one that is not annoying), then got on the St Charles streetcar to the Garden District and had tea at The Rink before joining an architecture tour where we learned about different styles of New Orleans mansions and the importance of a raincoat. (Luckily, tour guide Pauline took pity on us and shared ponchos from her magic backpack.) Lots of beautiful homes, including one where the football Manning brothers grew up, and one that Trent Reznor sold to John Goodman, who still lives there.

After the tour, we sloshed our way back to the streetcar (yep, still raining), and found great (vegan!) Cuban/Brazilian food at Carmo in the Warehouse District, where we discovered the wonders of pão de quejo. (Yes, we did have two orders. What’s it to you?) It finally stopped raining, so we got back on the streetcar and went back to the hotel for a nap, which was slightly delayed by a second line under our window going down Royal.

Took advantage of the rain letting up and walked to Frenchmen St, which some people call “Bourbon St for grownups.” Every other storefront was a club with music spilling out – everything was really crowded, but it was very cool just to walk around. We stopped for a bit to listen to a street band (right there! On the sidewalk! With horns and everything!), then walked through an art market and I had my palm read by a woman who said I am destined to have two kids (Harley and Tucker, maybe?) Then headed back to the hotel, where the violinist out on the corner was still going strong with her string karaoke renditions of Madonna, Sia, Rihanna, and lots and lots of Disney songs. I wonder if that’s what the music-minus-one people had in mind when they made those tracks.

Sunday morning we got up early to beat the long lines at Café Beignet. (We decided it was unfair to judge beignets based on the vegan version from the French Market, so we gave it another try. These were larger, but still basically donuts. We don’t get the hype.) Just enough time left to hit the crap stores for souvenirs before heading to the airport!

It was a great trip, and we’d love to go back, though probably not during Jazz Fest, and we would like to stay in a different part of town. It was really convenient having the hotel so centrally-located (we literally popped in more than once just to pee), but it was loud and we’re old, and we feel like we’ve explored the French Quarter pretty thoroughly. A few things we missed and would like to hit next time: LaFitte’s, Preservation Hall, and someplace I can sing. :)

#travel #neworleans #french quarter #2023

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newenglandpups · 3 years

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happy 2nd birthday to chester! i can’t believe it... i swear he was just a floofy baby potato 😭

also that awesome cake is from Okra & Molly! I got one from them last year for his 1st birthday and now I’m completely obsessed with their cakes.

#chester #dogblr #golden retriever #okra and molly

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kyufiber-moved · 6 years

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in total nct has 180 toes, times to get slurping

I HATE THIS DKFJSDF WHY WOULD YOU SEND THIS SKDJFKSDJ

#asks #neocracktechnology #KSDFSKD MOLLIE PLS KDFJSKJD #okra this is for you hA

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snarkybluechristian · 4 years

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Hazbin Hotel: Yandere Alastor x Vaggie Chapter 21

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Vaggie waited until the couple had walked away before she rushed into the bathroom to check on Angel.

“Angel?” Vaggie asked fearfully. “Angel, are you alright?”

Vaggie heard Angel get up from his bed, use his crutches to hobble himself into the bathroom, and sit down against the wall.

“I’m better now,” Angel said between ragged breaths from the other side of the wall. “I can sit on my ass again, so at least, that’s something.”

Vaggie sighed sadly and said, “Angel, I’m so sorry…”

“It’s fine, baby girl,” Angel interrupted reassuringly. “It’s not your fault. Besides, I’m used to the pain. You know that.”

Vaggie smiled sadly. She knew Angel was staying strong for her. He had much more inner strength than she ever realized…

“Angel?” Vaggie asked nervously. “What did Rosie do to make you scream?”

“If you must know, that slut grinded herself against my crotch,” Angel said audibly shuddering. “It made me feel agonizing pain.”

“That bitch,” Vaggie snarled angrily. “I hate her so much. She spent the better part of the day literally lecturing me about etiquette and how I needed to follow all these 100-year-old rules to be Alastor’s perfect trophy wife.”

“Oh, God,” Angel replied. “That sounds awful. How did you take it?”

Vaggie scoffed and said, “Not very well. I know. Big surprise, right? I’ve been pushing Rosie’s patience all day. She and Alastor punished you in the most painful way imaginable just because I said something about Alastor she didn’t like when we went shopping for dresses. I shouldn’t have, but I couldn’t help it. She insulted Charlie.”

“I don’t blame ya,” Angel replied.

“Before that, Rosie made sit through a boring lunch and the same boring lecture twice in a row…” Vaggie ranted.

“Wait, twice in a row?” Angel asked confusedly.

“I drew an offensive doodle of Rosie instead of listening to her lecture the first time through,” Vaggie admitted. “That’s probably why they made sure to make sure to make your punishment more painful…”

To Vaggie’s surprise, Angel started laughing. He laughed for a good minute eventually pushing Vaggie to begin giggling herself.

“Oh, my God!” Angel said finally taking a breath. “That’s hilarious, doll. I can just imagine that look on that bitch’s face. Tell me. Was she pissed?”

“Absolutely livid,” Vaggie said.

“Oh, man,” Angel said. “I wish I could see it for myself.”

Vaggie’s eye then noticed the old-fashioned vent on the ground. She got on her knees to look at it, and as she examined it, she got an idea.

Vaggie picked up the vent grating, set it aside, and looked into the shaft. It looked like it also connected to Angel's room, so out of curiosity, she reached her arm down and to the right as far as she could.

“Vaggie, what are you doing?” Angel asked.

“Angel, look into the shaft of your vent,” Vaggie said. “Do you see my hand?”

Angel looked down into the vent shaft and saw Vaggie’s waving hand.

“Yeah, I see it,” Angel replied. “What are you doing?”

Vaggie smiled and said, “Wait a second.”

She stood up, ran back to her room, grabbed the notebook off the dresser, and headed back into the bathroom.

Vaggie then tore her drawing of Rosie out of her notebook, wadded it into a ball, and stuck it into the vent making sure to roll the wadded-up ball as close to Angel as possible.

“Angel, I sent you something,” Vaggie said. “Check it out.”

Angel opened the vent on his side, leaned over with his one good arm, picked up the crumpled paper ball, unfolded it, and started laughing hysterically.

Vaggie chuckled with him and asked, “You like it?”

“Vags,” Angel said. “This is absolute gold!”

“Well, I had to do something to stay awake,” Vaggie said laying back against the wall. “That lecture was so goddamn boring! You should have heard the nonsense she was spouting then and while she made me try on all those old clothes at the store.”

“Did you take any real notes, babe?” Angel asked.

“Yeah, do you wanna hear Rosie’s bullshit etiquette advice?” Vaggie asked with a smile in her voice.

“Fuck yeah,” Angel said. “It ain’t like we have anything better to do.”

Vaggie picked up her notebook, turned the page to her notes, and read out loud in as posh a tone as she could muster, “Shoulders back, feet flat on the ground, back straight…”

“It sounds like she said that a lot,” Angel interrupted.

“You have no idea,” Vaggie said making her aggravation clear through her voice.

“Oh, do tell me more,” Angel teased.

“Maintain your beauty and your personal appearance to your husband’s taste,” Vaggie read. “As a wife, you owe it to your husband to remain pleasing to him to retain his respect and his love.”

“Jesus Christ,” Angel muttered with a chuckle. “Are you his wife or his employee?”

“That’s what I said,” Vaggie retorted.

“Keep going,” Angel goaded.

“A lady doesn’t eat like an animal,” Vaggie continued reading. “She uses her cutlery and her manners.”

“Fair point,” Angel replied. “Fair point, but you don't eat like an animal anyway. Why the hell does she need to teach you that?”

“I don’t know,” Vaggie said in frustration. “She yelled at me for not properly introducing myself as Alastor's fiancée. “God! You should have heard her lecture me on modesty!”

Angel scoffed and said, “You? Modest? Was she serious?”

“She was dead fucking serious,” Vaggie replied with a groan before she read from her notebook again. “‘Ladies do not use profanity. It is unbecoming. Do not raise your voice unless you're spoken to and given permission by your husband. Do not make your feelings known. It is a mark of good breeding to suppress undue emotion, whether of disappointment, of mortification, or laughter, of anger, or of selfishness in any form. Do not make any vulgar comments. Don't laugh too loud...’ Oh, my God!”

“That shoulda killed ya,” Angel said.

“It almost did,” Vaggie replied. “I had to stay calm or Alastor would have made me watch his familiars hurt you again. No, the shopping is what killed me. She only let me pick out these old ass dresses from the ‘30s…No offense.”

Angel cackled and said, “None taken.”

“I wanted another dress, but she ripped it away from me because of Alastor’s dress code,” Vaggie continued sadly. “God, I couldn’t believe it. It’s something that seems so petty, but it was so humiliating. It was like I wasn’t even a person. It’s hard to explain...”

“It’s like you only existed to be someone else’s object? Like you didn’t have a will of your own? Like your only purpose was to please an asshole you don’t even care about?” Angel replied with unexpected sorrow behind his voice.

Vaggie fell silent.

“Believe me, babe,” Angel continued. “I know exactly how you feel. That was my whole fucking life.”

“It was?”

“Yeah, my father was the same. He had a rule for everything. I was a son of the don. I had no choice. I lied about being the firstborn son earlier, but I still had a role I had to play and hated every minute of it. I had to be fucking perfect for his goddamn mob, and he hated me when he realized I wasn’t his perfect son like Arackniss was. That I was a fag. He tried to change me. My mother kept him back until she died. God rest her soul. But then, he went into overdrive. He poured all his hatred into my big turd of a brother and made him hate me, too. The two of them did all they could to control my life. The only one I could talk to was Molly, but she was losing her mind. I was too until that night I overdosed. I tried to do all he asked, but not a fucking thing I did was ever good enough for him.”

“Oh, my God. Angel, I had no idea.”

“I don’t exactly like to talk about it. Why do you think I’m strung up most of the time? It’s funny. I’ve stayed away from both their asses for the past 73 years only for me to become the property of another no-good motherfucker…”

“Valentino?”

Angel paused with a sad smile and said, “You really do know everything.”

“You are the most popular porn star in all of Hell,” Vaggie said.

“More like the most popular prostitute and slave to the most powerful pimp,” Angel said with a scoff. “God, you think I would have figured it out after the first time. I’ve fucked up enough for both lifetimes. I’ll be much happier when I’m in heaven with my ma, finally on good terms with God, and have a dimension separating me and all those other fuckers.”

Vaggie remained quiet for a moment before flipping to a blank page, writing on the blank page, tearing it out, folding it up, and slipping the slip of paper to Angel through the vent.

Angel reached into the vent, picked up the piece of paper, and read: “Charlie and your mother would be so proud of you.”

Angel smiled and felt an unexpected tear come to his eye as he said, “I love you too, Vaggie.”

Just then, Vaggie heard a door open and the sound of a cart being pushed in.

“Angel?!” Vaggie asked nervously.

“There’s nothing on my end, babe,” Angel said. “It’s on yours. Just stay right here next to me.”

Vaggie sat next to the wall nervously. But just as soon as the cart rolled in, the noise stopped, and the door shut and locked again.

“It’s gone,” Vaggie said. “But I need to investigate.”

“Vaggie, I’d rather you didn’t,” Angel pleaded.

Vaggie stood up and said, “I have to get out of this bathroom eventually. Besides, I think I know what it is.”

Before Angel could protest, Vaggie exited the bathroom and saw the cart before her. It was just a simple dinner cart with a large bottle of water and a plate of food covered by a silver lid. She lifted the tray and saw a dinner plate of Southern comfort food. Fried chicken, fried okra, green beans, and macaroni and cheese.

“What?!” Angel exclaimed in surprise.

“What is it?” Vaggie asked anxiously as she picked up her tray and carried it to the bathroom.

“Another smoothie like the one Alastor drugged me with earlier just appeared out of nowhere,” Angel said. “Must be my dinner.”

“Dinner?” Vaggie said angrily. “Alastor gave me a tray of food. Why isn’t he giving you anything to eat?”

Angel scoffed and said, “Isn’t it obvious, doll? Alastor has me on a liquid diet. He’s trying to starve me to make me weaker and more compliant. I know it. Valentino has used this method of torture on me before.”

Vaggie furrowed her brow and said, “Wait a second.”

Angel complied setting his smoothie down on top of the toilet lid as he settled back in his spot.

Angel then heard the sound of another paper ball being rolled in his direction through the vent. He looked down into the vent, picked up the ball, and unwrapped the paper to find a fried chicken drumstick.

Without a second’s hesitation, Angel scarfed down the chicken until the bone was picked clean.

“Thanks, Vaggie,” Angel said.

“There’s more where that came from,” Vaggie said crumpling up more paper balls of food for Angel. “But you need to give me back the bone first.”

“Why?” Angel asked confusedly.

“So that Alastor doesn’t suspect anything because of a missing bone,” Vaggie replied.

Angel smiled, rolled the bone back into the paper, rolled it back to Vaggie in the vent, and said, “You’re quite the clever bitch. I underestimated ya.”

“Well, you don’t survive being a prostitute in the slums of El Salvador by being stupid,” Vaggie said picking up the paper ball with the bone and rolling some okra in a paper ball back to Angel.

“So, you really were a whore, huh?” Angel said picking up the paper ball and unwrapping it to find okra inside. “I’m sorry. I just can’t imagine you letting any douchebag do you for money.”

“I was a very different person six years ago. I’m not exactly proud of it,” Vaggie said preparing more paper balls for Angel. “Make sure you leave no trash. I don’t wanna imagine what Alastor and Rosie would do should they find out about any of this.”

“Gotcha,” Angel said. “Just like dumping a stash of drugs in the old days.”

Angel scarfed down his food, threw the paper in the toilet, used toilet paper to sweep up any crumbs that were left, threw that away, and flushed the toilet.

“Good work,” Vaggie said as she finished rolling the last paper ball of food. “I’m almost done rolling all the paper balls. Get ready.”

“Thanks,” Angel said. “And for the record, I was a very different person too about 73 years ago.”

After doing some quick math, Vaggie replied, “1947?”

“Yep,” Angel replied. “2014?”

“Yes,” Vaggie said opening the vent to roll all the paper balls to Angel. “Get ready, Angel. I’m sending the food over now.”

“You’re a saint, Vaggie,” Angel said. “I don’t know how to thank ya.”

“Keep recovering until we can escape,” Vaggie replied rolling the paper balls through the vent. “That’ll be thanks enough. That, and maybe, start taking your redemption work at the hotel more seriously.”

Angel scoffed as he picked up all his paper balls and said, “I tracked you down here, got captured trying to save you, and still insisted on not leaving without you even though I was given the chance to escape. Doesn’t that count for anything?”

Vaggie paused for a moment as she settled in on her side to eat her half of the food before she replied, “You know what? I think you’re right. You just might be closer to repentance than I thought.”

“Awww, what a sincere compliment,” Angel retorted facetiously. “I’m flattered.”

“Don’t get used to it,” Vaggie replied sarcastically prompting Angel to chuckle to himself before they both returned to eating her food.

The pair ate in silence until all the food was devoured and Angel had properly cleaned up his side and re-covered his vent.

When they were done, Angel asked, “Did you get enough to eat, babe?”

“Yeah,” Vaggie replied placing the last of the bones on her plate and covering the vent. “Don’t worry about it.”

Vaggie stood up, exited the bathroom, and replaced the platter on the cart. As soon as she did, the cart magically sped away. The door opened by itself to let it out, then locked itself again once the cart was gone.

Vaggie sighed as she sat on the bed to figure out what to do next. That was when she noticed the book The Taming of the Shrew sitting on the vanity. Not having anything better to do, Vaggie picked up the book and carried it to the bathroom.

“Guess what I found on my vanity?” Vaggie asked.

“The Taming of the Shrew?” Angel asked.

“Yep,” Vaggie replied unenthusiastically. “I must have held on to it when Rosie was dragging me up here.”

“That, or Alastor is being about as subtle as a bat to the face,” Angel replied with a scoff.

Vaggie snorted and replied, “No kidding. Do you want me to read it to you this time?”

“Sure, I don’t mind hearing it,” Angel replied standing up. “I can translate the bits you don’t understand. Just wait a moment for me to grab my pillow and blankets. Sitting on this floor is murder.”

“Alright,” Vaggie replied standing up and heading into her room to do the same thing.

Vaggie grabbed her blankets and pillows and set up a bed on the floor right next to the vent.

When she turned away to brush her teeth, Angel asked, “What are you doing, babe?”

“I made a bed, so I could sleep closer to you,” Vaggie said picking up her toothbrush and turning on and off the sink to make it wet before she put on the toothpaste.

“Awww, you do have a soft side,” Angel gushed.

“Shut up,” Vaggie said turning away to brush her teeth amidst Angel’s chuckles.

When Vaggie was done, she shut off the light and settled into her bed. Angel did the same in his while Vaggie began reading the play from the last place they had left off.

#alastor hazbin hotel #hazbinhotelvaggie #hazbinhotel #hazbin angel dust

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stormphyre · 5 years

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Some scenes of my garden with my mix matched mulch. I'm the ground, i have one dead zucchini, one that's trying to come back, a tomatillo, a probably just needs to die tomatillo, and an okra. In front of the troughs, I have Aunt Molly's ground cherries with a blanket flower and a batfaced something or another with plans to add some more flowers. I'm the trough to the left, i just ripped out some broccoli and have a few tomatos, a poblano, and a red kuri squash, and a zucchini that will hopefully come up behind the trough. I'm the right, i have cucumber, an okra, a poblano that hasn't grown, and an abe lincoln tomato. #growyourownfood #gardening #southtexasgardening #zone9garden https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx8e8l-A-QU/?igshid=135v20p7m06i4

#growyourownfood #gardening #southtexasgardening #zone9garden

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theboxyturthyde · 5 years

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⚠️ Box Turtle Information Below ⚠️

1. Diet

When caring for a box turtle, please ensure you're feeding it the proper diet. In these lists, I will give some examples of proper dietary needs and at the end I will list foods you should NOT give your turtle! Ensure you read through this thoroughly before making decisions on what you should feed your turtle!! Cuttlebone should ALWAYS be available for your turtle and a form of calcium should be given 2-3 times weekly.

Amount of Feedings According to AGE :

0-1 YEAR : Daily

YEARLING : Every Other Day

ADULT : Every 3 Days

Should consist 60% protein and animal matter such as :

Butterworms

Sowbugs

Superworms

Beetles

Crickets

Wax Worms

Crayfish

Silkworms

Earthworms

Nightcrawlers

Calci-worms

Dubia Roaches

Feeder Fish

"What types of feeder fish are SAFE for my turtle to eat?"

Swordtail

Endlers

Mollies

Platies

Mosquito

Guppies

Should consist of 20% vegetables such as :

Carrots

Sweet Potatoes

Okra

Winter and Summer Squash

Should consist of 10% leafy greens such as :

More information on goitrogens below, but feed these listed with (goitrogen) moderately. Limit them to 2-3 times a week at most to ensure a balanced diet.

Dandelion Greens

Mustard Greens (goitrogen)

Collard Greens (goitrogen)

Turnip Greens (goitrogen)

Red Leaf Lettuce

Green Leaf Lettuce

Romaine Lettuce

Kale (goitrogen)

Escarole

Arugula (goitrogen)

Should consist of 10% fruit such as :

Mango

Papaya

Berries (treat)

Grapes (treat)

Apricots

Kiwi

Cantaloupe

Honeydew

Plum (treat)

Pear (treat)

Watermelon (treat)

Banana (treat)

Apple (treat)

Peach (treat)

What NOT to feed your turtle :

Some foods on this list are high in oxalates. Feeding oxalates will result in calcium deficiency in a short period of time.

Goitrogens are chemicals that interfere with iodine intakes by suppressing the functions of the thyroid. These foods listed should not be given.

Other foods listed can be TOXIC to your turtle.

Tomato (toxic)

Cabbage (goitrogen)

Avacado (toxic)

Broccoli (goitrogen)

Peas (oxalate)

Peppers (toxic)

Celery (oxalate)

Cauliflower (goitrogen)

Corn (oxalate)

Onion (toxic)

String Beans (toxic)

Spinach (oxalate)

Brussel Sprouts (oxalate)

Purslane (oxalate)

Parsley (oxalate)

Feeder Fish such as :

Goldfish

Spottail Shiner

Emerald Shiner

White Suckers

Rosy Red Minnows

These fish can cause Vitamin B1 deficiencies. If left untreated can be FATAL for your turtle!

For more box turtle information follow : theBoxyTurtHyde.tumblr.com

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pablothepoochon-blog · 7 years

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mariacallous · 8 months

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This recipe is the Bulgarian version of guvech that includes meat. You can make the recipe vegetarian by simply omitting the meat. The rest of the ingredients and instructions stay the same.

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Guvech keeps in the fridge for up to four days.

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happytoobservenolongerdista-blog · 5 years

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Does Your Pet Google? Your Puppy Needs You To Get The Job Done From Residence!

Dogs and cats are the most common pets today, with retail merchants charging in between 1 thousand and 3 thousand bucks at the money register for pure-bred canine. There are shelters to adopt puppies and you could not care if the pet is a blend-breed, but in all situations the animals are an investment decision in value and time. They need to be fed, taken to the vet, offered shots, and in the circumstance of canine, washed or groomed. For this, we human proprietors get companionship and usually some comedian aid. There are basic inquiries concerned when deciding on a pet and most of this write-up will deal with dogs. Cats are known for being reduced-servicing pets: they clean themselves, dutifully do their company in the litter box, and they devote 80%25 of the working day sleeping. The real action in a home facilities around the family canine.

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In the US the two most popular canine names for boys are Max and Jake. Female pet names of decision sum up to Molly and Maggie as the most well-liked. You may possibly not want a popular pet name and you may well want a movie star puppy title, although it does audio odd to have a puppy named Christina Aguilera, Madonna, Ben Afleck or The Undertaker. You could also pick your dog's name by breed. For occasion, common names for LABRADOR Retrievers are Heidi, India or Jade. For Germen Shepherds recognition stands in Action, Bruno or Fantom. Cool distinctive puppy names stand in Brownie, Caviar, Pretzel or Okra. It is up to you to pick and make a decision where to go with your dog's identify. Be sure to research the World wide web for inspiration and you will see that you will locate a great feminine or male dog name for your friend.

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musicoviniciusrodrigues · 5 years

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Vegetables: vegetais em inglês

Vegetables, ou vegetais em inglês, são uma das espécies de comidas mais amadas ou odiadas da humanidade. Costumam ser aquele tipo de prato que todos amam ou odeiam, sem meio termo.

A maioria de nós escuta desde cedo que devemos comer essa espécie de alimento para que nossa saúde e nossos corpos permaneçam fortes e em equilíbrio. Alimentos tão importantes assim não podiam ficar de fora do nosso vocabulário no momento de aprender uma segunda língua como é o caso do inglês.

Portanto, torna-se bastante essencial complementar o vocabulário a ser apreendido com palavras que lhe ajudarão a se alimentar melhor em suas viagens, a saber como escolher os alimentos de acordo com suas preferências ou orientações nutricionais em viagens ao exterior.

E, para os atuantes na área da nutrição, se torna um vocabulário indispensável os mais diversos tipos de vegetais e legumes. Isso porque, são também sua ferramenta de trabalho, fazer com que nossos corpos e saúde estejam alinhados e em bom funcionamento.

Lista com vegetais e legumes e suas traduções em português

Amaranth Leaves – Folhas de Amaranto

Arrowroot – Araruta

Artichoke – Alcachofra

Arugula – Rúcula

Asparagus- Espargos

Bamboo Shoots – Brotos de bambu

Green Beans – Vagem

Beets – Beterraba

Belgian Endive – Endívia Belga

Bitter Melon – Melão de São Caetano

Aprender sobre os vegetais em inglês é uma forma de expandir o vocabulário (Foto: pixabay)

Bok Choy – Pak-choi (Couve chinesa)

Broadbeans – Favas

Broccoli – Brócolis

Broccoli Rabe – Brócolis Rabe

Brussel Sprouts – Couve de Bruxelas

Green Cabbage – Repolho verde

Red Cabbage – Repolho roxo

Carrot – Cenoura

Cassava – Mandioca

Cauliflower – Couve-flor

Cleriac – Aipo rábano

Celery – Aipo

Chayote – Chuchu

Chicory – Chicória

Collards – Couve-galega

Crookneck – Abóbora amarela

Cucumber – Pepino

Daikon – Rabanete branco

Dandelion Greens – Dentes-de-leão verdes

Soybeans – Soja

Eggplant – Berinjela

Fennel – Funcho

Fiddleheads – Broto de Samambaia

Ginger Root – Gengibre

Horseradish – Rábano

Jicama – Jicama / Feijão mexicano

Kale – Couve

Kohirabi – Couve-rábano

Leeks – Alho-poró

Lettuce – Alface

Mushrooms – Cogumelos

Mustard Greens – Mostarda verde

Okra – Quiabo

Onion – Cebola

Red Onion – Cebola roxa

Parsnip – Pastinaca

Peas – Ervilhas

Green Pepper – Pimenta verde

Pepper – Pimenta

Red Pepper – Pimentão vermelho

Sweet Red Pepper – Pimentão doce

Red Potato – Batata roxa

White Potato – Batata branca

Yellow Potato – Batata inglesa

Pumpkin – Abóbora

Radicchio – Chicória-de-Bruxelas

Radishes – Rabanetes

Rutabaga – Nabo roxo

Salsify – Escorcioneira

Shallots – Chalotas

Snow Peas – Ervilhas de neve

Sorrel – Rumex acetosa

Spaghetti Squash – Semente de abóbora

Spinash – Espinafre

Butternut Squash – Abóbora Butternut

Sugar Snap Peas – Ervilhas instantâneas

Sweet Potato – Batata doce

Swiss Chard – Acelga

Tomatillo – Tomatillo

Tomato – Tomate

Turnip – Nabo

Watercress – Agrião

Yam Root – Raiz de inhame

Zucchini – Abobrinha.

Vegetable ou vegetables são as palavras mais utilizadas quando queremos nos referir, em inglês, aos legumes, verduras e vegetais. Existem, também as palavras: legumen / legumenous plant para se referir à ‘’legume” ou “plantas leguminosas”, sendo utilizadas em menor escala ou com fulcro exclusivamente científico.

Assim como, temos a palavra greenery que tem ‘’vegetal” como tradução, mas não se ligará necessariamente ao vegetal comestível. E sim, para qualquer das espécies do reino vegetal, ou seja, qualquer planta.

“Edible” é também uma palavra que pode estar associada às plantas e vegetais próprios para o consumo humano em alguns contextos de produção científica.

Além disso, pode vir em rótulos de origem vegetal que não sejam comumente consumíveis pelos humanos numa perspectiva histórica, tendo em vista que a palavra significa “comestível”. Logo, uma combinação como “edible plant” significará: “planta comestível”.

Curiosidades: vegetable can be an offensive word? – ‘Vegetal em inglês pode ser uma palavra ofensiva?’

Em todas as línguas nós nos deparamos com alguns códigos linguísticos que tornam a língua uma verdadeira cultura de um povo, com suas diversas peculiaridades em se expressar e em demonstrar opiniões e mudanças sociológicas de acordo com o que falam.

É assim que surgem as gírias, as figuras de linguagem e as expressões. Então, em inglês, você pode chamar alguém de “vegetable” e isso pode ser considerado uma figura de linguagem, uma expressão, ou, pode significar uma ofensa.

Vai ser considerado uma figura de linguagem, se ao chamar alguém de ‘’vegetable” sua intenção for dizer que aquela pessoa não faz nada ou não aparenta ter interesse em fazer nada. Como você pode ver em frases como:

– I’m tired of arriving home everyday and find you like a vegetable watching soap opera. – Estou cansado de chegar em casa todos os dias e te encontrar ‘’plantado’’ vendo novela. (em uma tradução livre)

– He started playing videogames all night long, than it became night and day long… Now he’s a vegetable, doesn’t go out anymore and all he ever cares about are his games. – Ele começou jogando videogames à noite toda, depois tornou-se noite e dia… Agora ele é um vegetal, não sai mais e a única coisa que ele se importa são os jogos dele.

Inclusive, quando uma pessoa é muito sedentária e passa a maior parte do tempo sentado em frente à televisão ou ao computador pode receber o nome de “coach potato”.

’Vegetable’ ou ‘coach potato’ podem ser gírias no inglês para indicar pessoas preguiçosas ou sedentárias (Foto: pixabay)

Como você viu acima, potato é uma palavra que literalmente vai significar batata. Mas, nessa gíria, ganha o significado de alguém que não faz nada, leva uma vida preguiçosa, uma rotina em função de televisão ou outras atividades semelhantes.

Porém, chamar alguém de “vegetable” pode ganhar um tom totalmente ofensivo se a intenção com a palavra for referir-se à quem não é capaz de pensar ou se mover adequadamente (ou de qualquer forma, por estar em coma induzido) devido a um severo dano cerebral.

É totalmente rude e inadequado utilizar-se da palavra dessa maneira, como você pode ver em frases como o diálogo extraído do filme Uptown Girls (Grande menina, pequena mulher):

Molly: – That man in the library in your house… nurse said he’s in a coma from a massive stroke. That’s your father, huh? (Aquele homem na biblioteca em sua casa… a enfermeira disse que ele está em coma de um forte AVC. Ele é seu pai, não é?)

Ray: – Was. He’s a vegetable now. Soon he’ll be nothing. (Era. Ele agora é um vegetal. Logo ele não será nada)

Molly: – That’s kind of harsh. (Isso é meio cruel)

Ray: That’s a harsh world. (O mundo é cruel)

Logo, é preciso entender que nem sempre as coisas vão soar em qualquer contexto como a gente gostaria. E esses recortes culturais são importantes de serem observados para evitar saias justas ou mesmo gafes quando falando outra língua.

Exemplos de diálogos

Vejamos agora alguns exemplos de diálogos onde os vegetais ou alguns deles possam estar presentes.

Exemplo 01:

A – Do you usually have your vegetables cooked or raw? – Você geralmente come seus vegetais cozidos ou crus?

B – I can’t stand raw vegetables. Every and each one of them that I have to eat will be cooked, because at least they’re soft. – Eu não suporto vegetais crus. Todos e quaisquer um deles que eu tiver que comer serão cozidos porque pelo menos eles são macios.

A – That’s too bad, because raw vegetables contain more potassium than cooked ones. – Isso é péssimo, porque os vegetais crus contém mais potássio que os cozidos.

Exemplo 02:

A – Do you remember what we’ll need to do momma’s spaguetti? – Você lembra do que precisaremos pra fazer o macarrão da mamãe?

B – Two ripe tomatoes, a green pepper and an onion for the sauce. And then we’ll need some mushrooms to sprinkle with them. – Dois tomates maduros, um pimentão verde e uma cebola para o molho. E depois precisaremos de alguns cogumelos para salpicar com eles.

Exemplo 03:

A – How was the food in London? – Como era a comida em Londres?

B – It was delicious, they usually cook their vegetables with good seasoning… – Estava deliciosa, eles geralmente cozinham os vegetais deles com ótimos temperos.

A – Wait a minute… Did you say vegetables? – Espere um minuto… Você disse vegetais?

B – Of course I’ve said. A traditional British main course consists of a meat dish with potatoes and other vegetables. – Claro que eu disse. Um prato principal tradicionalmente britânico consiste em carne com batatas e outros vegetais.

A – It sounds awful. – Parece horrível.

B – But it tastes better than it sounds, believe me. – Mas o gosto é melhor do que você pensa, acredite em mim.

Exemplo 04:

A – I’ll stop at the supermarket after work. Do you need something? – Eu vou passar no supermercado depois do trabalho. Você precisa de algo?

B – Please, bring me some yellow potatoes, a pumpkin and some peas and you’ll save my plans for dinner. – Por favor, me traga umas batatas inglesas, uma abóbora e algumas ervilhas e você vai salvar meu plano pro jantar.

A – I can’t wait to taste what you’re thinking… – Mal posso esperar pra provar o que você está planejando…

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ijunoposts · 5 years

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End of month view of the Garden – April 2019

With thanks to Helen at the Patient Gardener for originally hosting this meme.

The Month of March started with a light dusting of snow. We had occasional frosts and were visited by storm Freya and Gareth.

Light snow flurry in evidence

As the month commenced the weather settled down, and plants started to grow.

Along my fence border the Pulmonarias have started to put on a splendid show.

Pulmonaria Raspberry Ripple

Pulmonaria Blue Ensign

Pulmonaria Opal

Opal with newly planted Hellebore

Pulmonaria Raspberry Ripple (Foreground), Blue Ensign behind.

These plants do very well along here, damp in the winter and out of the sun in the summer, I’ve started to add to my collection with the purchase of two more varieties.

Pulmonaria Mollis

Pulmonaria rubra ‘Rachel Vernie

I’ve also been browsing online nurseries and have already got quite a wish list that will need reducing if I want to be able to eat this month.

Further along in my fence border, my Malus Evereste has had to have its annual mouldy fruit removal, it’s a strange quirk about this plant that the fruits turn mushy brown and just remain hanging, if I let them remain then they just interfere with the impending blossom, so for several years now I’ve had to get some scissors and snip off the mushy fruits.

Fruit catching

Fruit removal done

And by the end of March there was quite a bit of new growth.

New leaves & Flower buds.

Next to the Malus is the Illicium verum planted quite a few years ago, it’s quite an understated plant that doesn’t do much except produce these lovely looking blooms, although you do have to get your nose right into the flower to discover the lovely sweet scent.

Illicium verum

Elsewhere in the garden there are signs of life appearing, Acer palmatum’s I’ve repotted, my Iford Cherry and my lovely Magnolia × loebneri Leonard Messel are all doing well.

Magnolia Leonard Messel

Iford Cherry

Another Acer

Acer Palmatum

Neighbours Bindweed

My re-potted Sarracenas are looking and growing better already, some of the plants are already throwing up flower buds.

Sarracenia

I’m excited to see these plants develop when the weather warms up, who knows they might even catch a fly.

I’ve also done a small amount of seed sowing and so far everything is coming up.

Tomatoes & Okra

Heritage Lettuce

Cosmos

Sweet Peas

Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’

Tomatoes

A selection of Heritage and modern hybrids are being grown by me this year, no particular reason except to try varying varieties available to find a nice taste.

An example of this is the Onion seeds I received from the Heritage Seed Library as a member, and as part of my members selection. This year I tried Onion Downing Globe Yellow, it’s described as a large globe shaped onions with a dark golden-yellow skin with cream firm white flesh.

Downing Globe Yellow Onions

It will be interesting to see how these plants develop and what the resulting onions look like. I’ve planted out over 30 seedlings into my raised veg beds.

I’ve not got any other edibles on the go outside as yet as the temperature are still fluctuating too much.

Finally I must show you a plant I’ve had for a few years now, but has suddenly improved and become a feature in my garden.

Epimedium x warleyense ‘Orangekonigin’

I purchased this plant from a now closed down nursery, it’s been an ok plant until now.

I removed spent leaves in autumn, and now there is a mass of alien-like peachy flowers. In-Fact the plant is now doing so well I think I will have to dig some up in the autumn to make room for the surrounding plants.

Ladybird

Until next time, bye for now.

End of month view of the Garden – April 2019 End of month view of the Garden - April 2019 With thanks to Helen at the

#Downing Globe Yellow Onions #End of Month View #Epimedium x warleyense &039;Orangekonigin&039;#Heritage Seed Library #Illicium verum #Malus &039;Evereste #Pulmonaria blue ensign #pulmonaria opal #Pulmonaria Raspberry Ripple #Pulmonaria rubra &039;Rachel Vernie #Sarracenia

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hallucinajennyrottenriguez · 6 years

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My little boy’s birthday cake arrived! He will be four tomorrow! Thank you Okra and Molly Dog Cakes! The little gifts included are precious. It’s peanut butter and apple flavoured. I can’t wait to give it to him! #dogmum

#dogmum

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nccsstudentlife · 7 years

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Upper School Retreat 2017 - Day 2

Upper School Retreat: DAY TWO Pictures

Morning came early for our Upper School crew. Many of our students were up bright and early playing basketball, hiking with Mr. Carr, sitting outside talking with some of the adults, and some of them were getting some extra rest before breakfast. Breakfast started a few minutes before 8 and we enjoyed eggs, biscuits, grits, fruit, and sausage. They also had cereal and the adults were pretty excited about the coffee!

Our morning session started with a game led by Mr. Shaffer that involved partnering up and trying not to let the other person step on their shoes. After a major battle that led to four finalists: Molly Wooldridge, Rylee Greaves, Aaron Pumphrey, and Colby Glosson...Aaron Pumphrey ended up victorious to the delight of his Red Squad teammates! We transitioned from this game into our Quiet Times. It’s a treasure to spend time each year on the retreat helping point the students towards these spiritual disciplines that will give them a chance to fully experience the greatness of God on a daily basis. Our study this morning was based on I Peter looking at what it means to have joy in the Lord. The quiet time devotion continued the conversation that K.P. Pierre started in Upper School chapel last week.

After quiet times, we reconvened in the chapel to kick off our first session of Habitudes. Mr. Clingman introduced JT Thoms from Growing Leaders to give us an overview of the Habitudes curriculum that we will be integrating in our chapel and advisory group times this year. JT grew up in a Christian school very similar to NCCS and that immediately helped connect him with our kids. He started by talking about the difference between “WHAT you do” and “WHO you are”. The goal was helping the students understand how our choices shape our character. The Habitudes lesson was called The Iceberg. Many of you have seen the Iceberg posters around school. The principle is that our character is only 10% about the part of the iceberg that can be seen above the water, while the majority of our character is defined by the 90% of the iceberg that can’t be seen under the water. He used a video clip from Titanic to illustrate that things can look great on the outside, but go terribly wrong when you don’t consistently make good choices along the way. The premise behind Habitudes is using images to teach a principle so that the learning will stick. The goal is leadership lessons that influence our habits and attitudes.

JT wrapped up his session on character by introducing a young man named Timothy Alexander. Timothy had a very promising high school football career and was rated a 5-star prospect. After a Friday night football game where his team won a playoff game, Timothy and a friend were driving to another game the next day and his friend fell asleep and drove the car off a cliff. Timothy was paralyzed from the neck down instantly changing the trajectory of his life. He shared a powerful testimony of how the Lord has worked in his life through that situation to help him become a difference maker for the glory of God and the good of others. You could have heard a pin drop...everyone in the room was totally engaged with this young man. He was eloquent, thoughtful, and so incredibly wise. He shared a lot of Scripture and was very specific about the faithfulness of God to use this entire situation. Timothy also made himself available to talk with the kids after the service and many stayed for a while to talk with him. Such an encouraging young man!

We closed our time together talking about how the Lord wants to use us. I reminded the kids of something that a coach told me long ago…”Never let your skills take you farther than your character can keep you.” Our students, faculty, and staff left this morning’s session very excited about where our Habitudes conversations are going this year.

Lunch today was well received. We had salad, BBQ, fried okra, sandwiches, fruit, and ice cream...always lots of ice cream. Our seniors stepped up and helped us do a great job leaving the cafeteria in good shape. They are really embracing our start of school goals to SERVE FIRST and LEAD WELL. Super proud of these seniors!

Our awesome PE staff: Coach Sanders, Coach Parker, and Coach Matta did a great job planning our rec time for this afternoon in the gym. We divided up into color squads and played a game that could best be described as a mashup between basketball and soccer. The blue squad ran the table and emerged victorious as the undefeated champions for the afternoon. From there we headed out for an afternoon of free time. Several kids hit the pool while others went to the Wet Willie, others hit the snack bar and poly pong, and many others just hung out and enjoyed each other’s company.

Dinner tonight consisted of corndogs, broccoli, fruit, and of course...ice cream. We are really going to miss this ice cream machine when we return home! One of my favorite parts of camp is always the opportunity that we have to linger after meals for long conversations and a chance to really get to know one another. So grateful for these conversations!

We headed into the chapel for the evening worship session and kicked things off with a tennis ball relay that stretched the length of the whole chapel. Lots of laughter ensued as well as much hilarity...fortunately there are many photos and videos of this time! Our Color Squad update showed that the Red Squad has pulled far out in the lead, so they are hoping to bring home the trophy tomorrow. The band led us in worship and set things up for Ryan to lead us in a deep study of Proverbs 4:20-27. He reminded us of the need to be wise…

Be wise in what you SAY

Be wise in what you SEE

Be wise in where you STEP

The evening session closed with a challenge to..

See what the Scripture says about God

See what the Scripture says about me

See what I need to do with what I’ve read

The Upper School broke up into discussion groups divided by gender and grade level. This time went really well and students were clearly engaging with the conversations that have been taking place on retreat. We can’t wait to have our discussion groups again in the morning!

The last group time of the evening was a time of late night worship with the band. Our amazing faculty and staff were available for kids who wanted to talk or to pray. Lots of kids really felt the Lord stirring something in them over these days and we encouraged them to have those conversations before they go to bed tonight. Ryan, Graham, Will, Riley, and David have led us really well and we enjoyed celebrating their leadership tonight for their last session with us.

We dismissed the students to head back to their rooms for the night. Their teenage metabolism made good use of the vending machines to load up on snacks before they called it a night! After lots of fun today, we hope everyone gets a great night’s sleep as we are looking forward to a great day tomorrow!

Megan Strange Upper School Principal

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grapsandclaps · 7 years

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THE POWER OF LOVE

Hello again everyone and welcome to what happened at show 53 of the #80showyear which took me to Stockport for Futureshock Wrestlings Lotto Thunder, a show which is basically an 8 man tournament where members of the audience are given numbered tickets and if there number is chosen gets to choose a competitor for a match. Very novel concept that is quite unique as far as i know and works very well. So before going to Stockport, it was an hour to kill in Indian Street Food hangout - Bundobust. Now i think it is my goal to try and work my way through the menu and here i gave another 2 dishes a try - vada pav (a mashed potato burger with green chillies and chutney in a brioche bun) for £5 and isnt too bad for a first try. I also had the bhal puri which is a cold noodle and rice dish and is quite a stodgy dish but passable (cost £4.50). So up to press i would say the okra fries and the giant onion bhajis are still the dishes to go for, but for 3 decent size portions and a pint of golden bitter it was £16.50 - so very much recommend as an alternative, a date night or even if you are a veggie as 95% of the menu is catered to the veggie market. Food done, it was time to get on my merry way to Stockport and to the now usual Stockport meeting venue (The Nelson Tavern) who were selling a new real ale (SW19) which wasnt a bad 4% drink for £3 a pint. I took advantage of 4 bottles of blind pig bourbon and blueberry cider for £3.20 a bottles - quite reasonable if you ask me. I will give the pub its due as well for having a good jukebox and a decent pool table, some of the clientele though are a bit rough and ready though. Lets get onto the show at a sweltering 22 degrees of masonic guildhall and what went down: 1st match chosen was Sam Bailey vs Kenny Williams in very very quick match which ended with Williams clocking Bailey with a running knee and 1 2 3 and it was done in under 3 minutes. This was just the start of a night of seranading Kenny with the Huey Lewis and the News classic "The Power of Love" the problem was none of us really knew the middle words and second to last verse of the tune but fuck me he was over like rover. Next up was Danny Hope or PANTS! as he is known in close circles vs RAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR CYANIDE!! in a bit of a beating with big Cyanide pinning Hope with a giant big splash squashing Hope so much you maybe could have seen an imprint of where danny once laid. Cyanide is looking like he is on for a face turn on his boss Chris Egan but we will just have to as i will explain later. Joey Hayes vs James Drake in maybe the best of the 1st round matches as so it should have been as these 2 previously had a cracker at 53two a few weeks ago. Sadly for Joey he came up short here due to interference from Drakes oppo Zack Gibson, but it leaves it open for another drake vs joey match or even joey vs gibbo match. Special mention to Matthew Pryor who got the opportunity to pick his idol Joey for this match. Damon Leigh vs The Nordic Accountant didnt really get started due to Chris Egan getting in Nordics ear to just walk away and let Damon get the win. A lot of dissension was visible in camp egan here - CHICKEN WINS. Semi Final Time: "MY BOY" Kenny Williams faced RAAAAARRRRR CYANIDE in a very good 7 minute match with a big man vs little man match up. Kenny is just great as a babyface in peril, very good facials just bouncing off the larger Cyanide. The finish came whem Egan got involved only to be thwarted by Jenson Blake but when Egan went to swing for Blake he hit resident glass jaw ref - Mike Fitzgerald by accident causing the DQ and the win for Kenny. Needless to say Cyanide wasnt too happy at egans actions and threatened to hit him but instead walked off. Blake after the match then challenged Camp Egan to a 8 man tag with Blakes Boys with a couple of career stipulations at the Prestwich show in August. Next Semi was The Majestic Eagle Damon Leigh (his mid match words not mine) vs Janes Drake in a really fun match. Damon Leigh is just brilliant as the Chicken heel, always arguing with fans and always playing up to his act - love him lots. This match though i felt was the test the water for a James Drake face turn and see what the crowd reaction was and off this he could be amazing, certainly can see him as a future heavyweight champion of this company once they pull the trigger. Despite Damons best efforts, Drake won with the implant ddt and goes onto face Kenny Williams in the final. Lana Austin vs Molly Spartan i had missed a few minutes of due to a toilet break but what i did see i thought Spartan looks very good and i would like to see more of her if she travels down from Scotlamd a bit more. Lana eventually won with a tornado ddt in a good match and i would guess now Lana goes onto face April Davids in August in a rematch for the womens title. Main event time with James Drake vs Kenny Williams in a excellent 10 minute match which showcased both guys really well, and as they were all night the crowd were hot hot hot picking their sides (obviously me i had to go with Kenny). Drake got the win in a back and forth match, to which he shook hands with Kenny at the end. Kenny is someone who they should bring back for a Soner Durson match. As the dust settled the decision for Drake was which title would he go for? Heavyweight or Adrenaline? The crowd so wanted Drake to go for the Heavyweight belt to turn on his mate Gibson and go full good guy (this has been boiling for a couple of months now), but sadly Drake went for the Adrenaline belt shot in August to the audiences disgust boooooooo 🖓🖓🖓🖓. After this Joey Hayes came out to chase off Gibson and Drake to end a fantastic storyline development show. The crowd was hot all night and just enjoyable. If you have any spare time buy a ticket to their anniversary show on the 25th August in Prestwich you wont be unhappy. Beer prices - £2.80 for Chestnut Mild, £4 for Kronenburg, £6 for 2 desperados. A plethora of reviews in the next week will be coming your way including Lucha Live Manchester, XWA in Bethnal Green, Tidal in Leeds and also Progress Wrestling in Manchester which will be written by a guest columnist who has been briefed on finding out beer and food prices. #grapsandclaps

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