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This afternoon long time internet friend Bob Baron came by for a few
hours to visit. His parents are in Porter, TX, not to far from where we live. Bob is a large young man and very amiable. Brought us a house gift of two jars of crab apple jelly, one of the jellies we've never eaten. In return he got a jar of pear and another of blackberry. Nice visit and he's back to his parents home and then off to Minnesota tomorrow morning. That's Number two of the rfp folks we've met, first one was Barb Schaller several years ago. So far all the folks we've met on the internet, which is about ten or twelve, have been nice people. George |
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In article >, George Shirley
> wrote: > So far all the folks we've met > on the internet, which is about ten or twelve, have been nice people Hey, George: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biBo2eAp024> Good people. djb -- ³Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.² -- Aristophanes |
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On 9/16/2014 10:36 PM, Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article >, George Shirley > > wrote: > >> So far all the folks we've met >> on the internet, which is about ten or twelve, have been nice people > > Hey, George: > > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biBo2eAp024> > > Good people. > > djb > Yup, that's most of the people we've actually had a face to face with. Nothing to preserve today but my mind, I'm off to the library again. George |
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On 9/16/2014 6:32 PM, George Shirley wrote:
> This afternoon long time internet friend Bob Baron came by for a few > hours to visit. His parents are in Porter, TX, not to far from where we > live. Bob is a large young man and very amiable. Brought us a house gift > of two jars of crab apple jelly, one of the jellies we've never eaten. > In return he got a jar of pear and another of blackberry. > > Nice visit and he's back to his parents home and then off to Minnesota > tomorrow morning. That's Number two of the rfp folks we've met, first > one was Barb Schaller several years ago. So far all the folks we've met > on the internet, which is about ten or twelve, have been nice people. > > George I'm back in Minnesota now, where the weather is downright chilly. Quite a shock from the 95° with 98% humidity in Porter. I tried to reply last night, but couldn't think of anything to say cuz I get embarrassed when people say nice things about me. George has a lovely home, with fruit trees and a small but productive garden. No wasted space (although some of it is fallow at the moment); he even has Swiss chard in the front flower bed. I promise not to tell the HOA. Miz Anne is quite the artist, and Tilly Dawg is quite a character. Good people, all of 'em. * * * My brother made some hibiscus jam this year from homegrown "roselle" hibiscus pods. Just hibiscus and sugar (and a little water of course) A lot of work and he's disappointed because it just tastes "red". My next preserving project will be to see if I can make hibiscus jelly from the dried "flor de Jamaica" at the local Mexican grocery. (I'll need Certo for that because I won't have the seeds where most of the pectin is, just the calyxes) Since I don't have a recipe, I'll just boil the hibiscus to extract the juice, then process it like cranberry. Bob |
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On 9/19/2014 12:30 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> On 9/16/2014 6:32 PM, George Shirley wrote: >> This afternoon long time internet friend Bob Baron came by for a few >> hours to visit. His parents are in Porter, TX, not to far from where we >> live. Bob is a large young man and very amiable. Brought us a house gift >> of two jars of crab apple jelly, one of the jellies we've never eaten. >> In return he got a jar of pear and another of blackberry. >> >> Nice visit and he's back to his parents home and then off to Minnesota >> tomorrow morning. That's Number two of the rfp folks we've met, first >> one was Barb Schaller several years ago. So far all the folks we've met >> on the internet, which is about ten or twelve, have been nice people. >> >> George > > > I'm back in Minnesota now, where the weather is downright chilly. Quite > a shock from the 95° with 98% humidity in Porter. I tried to reply last > night, but couldn't think of anything to say cuz I get embarrassed when > people say nice things about me. > > George has a lovely home, with fruit trees and a small but productive > garden. No wasted space (although some of it is fallow at the moment); > he even has Swiss chard in the front flower bed. I promise not to tell > the HOA. > > Miz Anne is quite the artist, and Tilly Dawg is quite a character. Good > people, all of 'em. > > * * * > > My brother made some hibiscus jam this year from homegrown "roselle" > hibiscus pods. Just hibiscus and sugar (and a little water of course) A > lot of work and he's disappointed because it just tastes "red". My next > preserving project will be to see if I can make hibiscus jelly from the > dried "flor de Jamaica" at the local Mexican grocery. (I'll need Certo > for that because I won't have the seeds where most of the pectin is, > just the calyxes) Since I don't have a recipe, I'll just boil the > hibiscus to extract the juice, then process it like cranberry. > > Bob > I made some rose petal jelly a million years ago. It sucked big time, never made it again. Was just a pinkish sugar jelly. Hey, don't get embarrassed, you are a nice guy even if you are a little shy. <G> I'm sure the family was glad to see you back, now that you know the way don't be a stranger. If I had known you were from Porter I might have steered you away. <G> George |
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