Archive for March, 2010
Pizza Dough With Cake Flour
I read an intresting article a while back in Cook’s magazine. The author was trying to get pizzeria crust in his home oven. He realized that pizzerias use ovens that cook pizzas at 800 degrees; while the home oven can’t cook above 500 degrees. He said that the pizza crust in a home oven gets tougher [...]
Exercise With A Purpose
Some folks dread it. Many are so busy they claim they don’t have the time. I find the time, but I have enjoyed the break, since the beginning of December, but I am ready. What am I ready for? The chore of cutting my yard. It takes me almost one hour to walk around with [...]
Azalea Time
My father- in-law used to say that a ‘splash of color is good.” He was talking about those spring flowering plants, azaleas. We have a lot of azaleas in our yard, and sometimes like this past winter, extreme weather or drought can claim the life of the plant. So this past weekend I had about [...]
Saving Dollars Flying
Even though I am usually deeply engrossed with my weather computer and data during our morning news, I can multitask. I try to pay attention to the newscast. It’s interesting how I will be working on a weather graphic, and I will hear Penn or Sharon mention something and my ears perk up. Fortunately that [...]
Wireless Rain Gauge
All you need for a rain gauge is a straight sided flat bottom object. You can then use a ruler and measure the rain that falls. However, unless the object is clear, it is very hard to see the ruler inside a can. For years I had a plastic rain gauge that I would put [...]
Flowering Trees
Have you noticed? A sure sign that spring is here…trees are budding and some are already flowering. We have a star magnolia in our back yard. I planted it several years back and it is now about 10 feet tall. Maybe it was the cold winter, because this year the tree bloomed a little later than normal; [...]
Accidental Chocolate Spread
Being a little lazy while trying to make some chocolate dipping sauce for strawberries last night….I stumbled upon something different. I normally melt chocolate over a double boiler; but hey, I had a last minute request for chocolate covered strawberries and I was tired. So, I decided to melt the chocolate in the microwave. I melted [...]
Durham Crop Walk 2010
Even though the clouds rolled in early, no rain fell yesterday at the 36th annual Durham Crop Walk. I got to kick off the event yesterday. It was great to see lots of people raise money for hunger. Below is a brief video of the kickoff. It occured in front of Duke Chapel. Music got the [...]
Yard Work: Fertilizing Time
St. Patrick’s Day and Thanksgiving, those are two holidays that I enjoy. Those were also the holidays that a landscaper friend of mine told me to keep in mind while working around the yard. He said in central North Carolina, we should fertilize our plants twice a year. And those times are the middle of [...]
March Madness 2010
Here we go again, with 64 teams playing games in the next 40 hours or so. I don’t know why, but I am not so excited this year about the tourney. Maybe it is because I wasn’t paying as much attention as usual. Football, the Olympics, and Hurricanes hockey have kept most of my attention this [...]
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