Sunday Randomness #426 : The stand-off and The chase

The stand-off...

...the chase

 

Sunday Randomness #187 : Dogs and Rodents don't always mix...

B cornered the rat, barking ferociously in the early morning hours when they went outside for a bathroom break.  The rat was trying to escape through the gap on the top right between the cement and the wood.  But it was B-B that snatched up the rat, and in one swift chomp, it was dead.  Mego saw most of this happening and got the rat away from B-B with a bribe of cheese and was able to scoop up the rat's body with a shovel and tossed it outside the fenced area.

 

We didn't know that B-B was a rat killer-constantly learning new things from our animals.

In a lighter moment-the pups after going out in the falling snow.

B-B looks a bit thin in this picture but it's an illusion.  He was a healthy 75.5 pounds at his recent vet visit.

The ongoing saga of B-B and B Part 30: Snow covered love

 It started out with B-B doing zoomies and then merged into B and B-B wrestling in the snow.  

This was during a late February snow storm and the pups came in covered in snow:

 

Followed by the love part:B helping to groom B-B since the snow sticks to him and she just shakes it off her slick fur.

Sunday Randomness #129 : Utah has changeable weather

This is from March 4, 2018.  Just a reminder of the previous weather season.

Authors #151 and #152 Gill braves Outside and Wojciechowski carves a tale of Jonathan Toomey

Deidre Gill takes us Outside for a winter adventure with her imaginative illustrations.  You can find out what she doing currently on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/deirdregillstudio/

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski and illustrated by P.J. Lynch imparts the story of a village woodcarver and his interactions with a new widow and her son as she asks him to carve a Creche for Christmas.  You can read more about Susan and her work at: http://www.susanwoj.com/

Betsy Christensen of Orem, UT has an extensive Creche collection.  Read more about her and her collection and see pictures of the collection from The Daily Herald at: http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/orem/orem-woman-s-numberless-creche-collection-features-art-from-around/article_8080bb85-f06e-5b30-b386-466f949828de.html

Baked Tortilla Snowflakes

How about a warm treat, reminiscent of a cold type of weather? Combine a handful of ingredients and you've got edible art that's almost like eating those delicious pastry sticks.

But with these goodies.....(some surprising good news for a new year diet!) you have almost all the crunchy goodness with a fraction of the mixed fats! I don't know about others, but we love cinnamon pie crust sticks-you know, the ones you make with the leftover pie crust dough?

But the fat of pie crust dough with its lard, shortening, butter and margarine....sigh....it just isn't kind to the hips or waistline.

So here we discovered Tortilla Snowflakes! They're simple to make and delicious to munch.

Get some of the refrigerated and uncooked flour tortillas (we get ours from Costco), butter, cinnamon sugar mixture and/or powdered sugar to a baking sheet. Introduce everyone.

Line baking sheet with parchment paper or foil. Fold tortilla into quarters (half then half again). Use kitchen shears to cut designs to create snowflakes. Place tortilla (and scraps if desired) on lined baking sheet. Brush with butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. (If using powdered sugar then just brush with butter and sprinkle on powdered sugar after they come out of the oven.) Have everyone talk about their hopes and dreams of bubbly sweet crunchiness before the tortillas enter the 375 degree F oven.

Bake your pieces of art for about 7-9 minutes or until they're browning on the edges. Remove from oven. (Now's the time to sprinkle on the white powdered sugar snow if you want the flocked effect.) Endeavor to let them cool for just a few seconds before the nibbling begins.

Much thanks to http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2009/10/tortilla-snowflakes.html