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Pigwidgeon
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I always assumed they liked arid climates -- they do well in Arizona, and they're obviously around the Middle East. I remember seeing some in Jordan. I was surprised to see a very healthy-looking fig tree in Canterbury -- so they seem happy in cold and wet as well as hot and dry. I assume they are different varieties.
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Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
I have quoted the relevant Scripture at least twice to my fig tree, without result. If I don't get some fruit soon I will have to act.
"The fig tree putteth forth her green figs". I can't think of that without hearing in my head the anthem My beloved spake by Patrick Hadley.
I've occasionally had things in restaurants with fig jam, which I'll admit was always much nicer than I imagined it would be. I suspect I can't rid myself of the memory of being given syrup of figs as a child to keep me "regular", and it tasting absolutely foul.
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Pigwidgeon
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I don't remember ever eating figs (or syrup of figs) as a child, but we did occasionally have Fig Newtons.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
we did occasionally have Fig Newtons.
Remember the TV jingle?
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Yer dern tootin'
We love Fig Newtons!
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Remember the TV jingle?
Ooey gooey rich and chewy inside
Tender flaky golden cakey outside
Wrap the inside in the outside
Is it good? Darn tootin'
Doin' the big ... Fig ... Newton
one more time!
The big ... Fig ... Newtooooooooon!
My dad always got the off brand ones. It was years before I had a real one and knew how much better they were.
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Pigwidgeon
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Nope, don't remember ever hearing the commercial.
Fig Newtons weren't a regular thing in my house, nor were other store-bought baked goods. My mother and grandmother baked so many wonderful things, it was rare that we bought cookies.
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I certainly can't argue against that.
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We had several fig trees on the farm in Oregon. For most varieties the first round of fruit froze off before it developed, and the second round came too late. One year with a mild Spring we got a corp, and a couple stray figs another year that were buried inside the foliage. Mostly them made small bushes, though folks in slightly warmer areas got more reliable crops and taller trees.
But one type - Desert King, I think - set fruit later in the season, grew tall, and almost always set a bountiful crop, even with our pruning to keep it down where it was easier to pick the fruit.
We gave away the smaller bushes, and in an urban setting that was just slightly warmer, they did quite well with lots of fruit.
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Moo
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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
I don't remember ever eating figs (or syrup of figs) as a child, but we did occasionally have Fig Newtons.
I never liked Fig Newtons, but I discovered a similar cookie with date filling which I like very much.
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Originally posted by mousethief:
Horrors - I forgot the "here comes the tricky part" part.
Wow, did I ever purge that from my memory. What a commited actor. Be the fig, brother, be the fig.
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Bishops Finger
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We have Fig Newtons in the UK, but we call them something else - blowed if I can remember what, though....perhaps someone else can come up with the word? Please?
IIRC, they first appeared somewhen about 1962, along with Bovril-flavoured crisps....
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I rarely buy fig newtons now, but they were a childhood favorite. Great for constipation, though Mother never told me THAT.
Because of sugar levels in my elderly dotage, I only buy them once or so a year.
Prunes and prune juice were a sure sign that I had better get moving. Never eat them now.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
I rarely buy fig newtons now, but they were a childhood favorite. Great for constipation, though Mother never told me THAT.
Now I'm wondering if that's why we had them as an occasional treat.
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Bishops Finger
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Thanks, Thunderbunk! 'Fig rolls' it is......now, I wonder if my local Co-Op still sells them?
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Moo
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Originally posted by Moo:
I was worried about what the snow would do to my hyacinths, which are blooming. So far, so good.
All my hyacinth flowers are now flat on the ground. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
I'm not sure whether it was the cold or the snow that got them.
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Must be something about hyacinths. I have not bought any more bulbs since losing what I had in pots to cockatoos. They ripped the plants out and ate the bulbs.
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That's sad - hyacinths are so pretty. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Originally posted by Bishops Finger:
Thanks, Thunderbunk! 'Fig rolls' it is......now, I wonder if my local Co-Op still sells them?
IJ
Sainsbury's do at 50p for eleven. They are strangely popular at work i.e. limited evidence suggested that given the choice between a chocolate digestive or a fig roll the majority choose a fig roll.
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Bishops Finger
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Perhaps they've given up chocolate for L**t?
Thanks for the tip re Sainsbury's (the Co-Op sprang to mind, as it's my nearest 'corner shop').
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jedijudy
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The next door neighbors had a party with several families last night. The children were laughing and playing and it was such a happy sound! Reminds me of us children playing and having such a great time when we would all get together at my Grandma and Grandpa's house. Good memories.
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Brenda Clough
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Has anyone ever heard of these people? A Christian Lefty group seems to fill a long-felt need....
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Has anyone had the opportunity to see the Tallis Scholars in concert? I went to see them last night at the old Crystal Cathedral now Christ Cathedral (Catholic). They were fabulous! They did a beautiful program of settings of the Magnificat, the Nunc Dimittis, and the Lord's Prayer, a capella, both Renaissance and contemporary. Man, o man!
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Jack the Lass
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Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
Has anyone ever heard of these people? A Christian Lefty group seems to fill a long-felt need....
I don't know this particular group, but when I saw your post I had initially assumed you were referring to Christians on the Left (formerly CSM or the Christian Socialist Movement) which are a Christian group in the UK affiliated with the Labour Party. I have a number of friends who are members of that group. I wonder if the group you mention there is connected with Jim Wallis's crowd (Sojourners? Red Letter Christians?).
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
I've seen them in the UK. (Them, the BBC Singers and The Sixteen mean I am spoiled for amateur choirs)
Same here (in fact, I saw the BBC Singers with Curiosity killed last summer!). I'm a choral music junkie.
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Originally posted by Jack the Lass:
quote:
Originally posted by Brenda Clough:
Has anyone ever heard of these people? A Christian Lefty group seems to fill a long-felt need....
I don't know this particular group, but when I saw your post I had initially assumed you were referring to Christians on the Left (formerly CSM or the Christian Socialist Movement) which are a Christian group in the UK affiliated with the Labour Party. I have a number of friends who are members of that group. I wonder if the group you mention there is connected with Jim Wallis's crowd (Sojourners? Red Letter Christians?).
This reminded me of something I saw Roy Hattersley (a Labour MP) say in an interview.
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What do you feel about the phrase ‘Christian Socialism’ today?
I am a Christian Socialist without being a Christian. I used to say Tony Blair was a Christian Socialist without being a socialist. Christian Socialism is a view of society. It means more than a belief in Christianity. It means believing in a concept of society – a society in which we live together and we accept that we do better in a community than as individuals and that, I suppose, has its basis in the Sermon on the Mount. So the precepts of Christian Socialism I support entirely. I have no beliefs. I am an atheist. It is as simple as that.
The article is here: The Friend interviews Roy Hattersley
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jedijudy
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I heard frogs singing last night! I love frogs!
Along with the frogs came heat. It was 94 degrees yesterday! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) Shattered the old high temp record. It's like we skipped right to July and August.
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Pigwidgeon
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In central Arizona we gave July a try a couple of weeks ago, but decided it was too soon so we went back to April. Our days are now warm and sunny, but we're still enjoying cool mornings and evenings. Just for fun, we had an unscheduled wind and rain storm last night.
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jedijudy
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Bumping to wish everyone a Blessed Holy Saturday!
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A cloudy cool day, ideal for being outdoors. I am just about to depart to spend Saturday marching from the Capitol in Washington DC to the White House. It's Tax Day in the US, and somebody promised us his tax returns. My sign says "Putin Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" and the reverse side says "Where CZAR Your Taxes?"
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Wish I could be at the Tax March but I have to work today. *sigh*
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I'll be out and about today proudly wearing my March for Science shirt, though I'm not sure whether my schedule will permit me to attend the local event.
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Moo
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A bird has been attacking its reflection in the glass of my patio doors. It's been going on for several days.
I assume it's planning to nest and wants to drive away intruders.
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Bleah. IMHO those are usually males trying to scare away intruders. Ha.
I had luck taping paper streamers (very short, meant to flutter) in a couple of the most-hit places when I worked in a mirrored glass building.
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Moo
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The same thing happened when I lived in New Hampshire. In that case the attacking bird was a female cardinal. I'm not very good at identifying birds, but I do recognize a female cardinal. The male stayed perched nearby with what appeared to be a resigned expression.
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White winged doves do it too, in addition to all their other obnoxious behaviors.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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And speaking of white winged doves . . .
It can get very windy in Arizona this time of year. Yesterday evening we had quite a windstorm. This morning the ground was littered with twigs and small branches. The birds, including the dreaded white winged doves, were having a field day picking up materials for their nests.
My neighbors have an olive tree outside their bedroom window. I was treated to the spectacle of a dove bearing an olive branch in its beak.
Now, if only they'd stop fighting over who gets the better branch . . . .
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jedijudy
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Miss Amanda, sometimes doves (and people) have to be hit over the head with a Symbolism Stick, don't they?
The birds around here are marking their territories, and claiming their brides. Some already have babies squealing in their nests. I saw two male boat tailed grackles dusting it up in front of a lady grackle. She got bored and flew off. The males stopped fighting, looked at each other, and flew off in opposite directions.
Those birds are something else.
A great crested flycatcher male sat on my grapevine post, yelling wheeeet as loudly as he could, and his poor wife was hauling building materials to the oak tree as fast as she could. Poor thing!
At least there's entertainment in the back yard!
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Pigwidgeon
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Phoenix officially hit 100F this afternoon at 4:30. We expect about the same tomorrow (maybe 104?), but then expect cooler weather and maybe even some rain. (Rain? What's that?)
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The local Blue Jays which I feed all winter have built a nest in my front yard plum tree. All very fine with me, but now it seems they are afraid someone is going to wake up the eggs. The poor neighbor cat can not walk on his down porch with out being dived upon. This afternoon I was in my back yard which is a goodly distance from the front. My house is in the middle of 1/2 acre but apparently even this was to close and I was scolded loudly by both parents, Mom from the tree and dad hoping back and forth on the back lawn. . Something tells me it is going to be a long month for me and the neighbor's cat.
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Pigwidgeon
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Several years ago a tiny hummingbird took over my backyard when she had a nest and eggs. She was o.k. with my dog, but would fly in my face and tell me to get out of her yard!
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I have a friend who insists that hummingbirds have taken on the mantle of the tyrannosaurus rex. The can be tiny terrors!
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Brenda Clough
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There was a year when my cat must have killed a blue jay. Because when he went out a huge hullaballoo was set up, all the birds cussing him out good. He slunk off into the bushes looking very ashamed.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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I took the Amandamobile to the car wash yesterday. Perched on top of the arch that supports the blowers that blow-dry the car after the last rinse was . . . a pigeon! You just **know** what that pigeon was fixin' to do! Fortunately he didn't do it on the Amandamobile.
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jedijudy
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Originally posted by Graven Image:
The local Blue Jays which I feed all winter...
I was imagining a couple of large picnic tables where you would feed a baseball team all winter long! That would be expensive!! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Miss Amanda, I was always told that when birds put a deposit on a car, it's a sign that they would like to buy it!!! Glad that pigeon didn't do that to your nice, clean Amandamobile!
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Happy Star Wars day!
This week the magic temperature appears to be 58F (14C). For the early part of the week it was the daily high, with lows down to the high 30's (3C), while yesterday and today it was the low, with highs in the low- to mid-80's (28C). Tomorrow it is forecast to go back to being the high again...
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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The scary news: I received a letter from the Arizona Department of Revenue and Taxation, Compliance Division.
The good news: It said I had overpaid my state income tax and that a refund would be sent under separate cover.
The bad news: It was only $13.00. But at least I treated myself to a nice lunch.
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