Ruby Tuesday 2-Jan 15, 2013

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~ Delicious ~

Junie

Ruby Tuesday 2-Sept 25, 2012 (apples for fall))

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Ruby red apples

 - juicy, sweet and crunchy -

just right  for fall!

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Junie

Ruby Tuesday2 - May 23, 2012-Blackberries

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Blackberries come up in a few patches in our pasture every year.  We were riding around there on the golf cart a few days ago and I noticed  the berries are starting to ripen!

The red color of the berries before ripening make a lovely contrast to the ripe berry, which is a deep purple/black in color.

They are, oh, so sweet and juicy when ripe! 

I need to go pick a few for a snack!

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday~Feb 20-2012

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This is not a new photo but it's one I have always liked from a previous year.

Our citrus trees have suffered from the freezes of the past 3 years but this year (pictured) the oranges were at their best!

 This was probably taken in late Nov because that's when the fruit  is at it's peak!

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday (11-7-11)

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On a recent trip to Pa and NY, my sister and her husband  brought us back a bag of yummy NY apples!

They were sweet and juicy and very colorful...even the bag they were in was pretty!

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With a few other fruits that I had on hand, they made a beautiful display, and just right for my Yellow and Red posts this week!

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday_Oct 10, 2011-Yummies!

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Mellow Yellow Yummies

"....But I prefer the taste of green!" says Emma Rose!

Love,

Junie Rose

Ruby Tuesday_ July 12, 2011~ Summer Reds

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Here are some Ruby Reds around our place this week.

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday-8-23-'10-Yummy Mellow Yellow fruits

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I love  fruits-any and all. These are some that I bought today. I sampled a couple already and-YES- they once again lived up to my expectations!

(A banana was especially good with a couple of chocolate chip cookies along with it! lol!)

 There is another  fruit I've been using a lot of lately-lemons!  I don't have a pic of a whole fruit but  we all know what a lemon looks like! :)

  Here is the way I've been using them this summer...I mix up a jug of Crystal Light Lemonade mix as directed...I then slice one whole lemon and sprinkle Splenda on each slice (both sides) and drop the fresh lemon slices into the drink mix in the pitcher.

 WOW! This makes a world of difference! Makes such a refreshing summer drink and looks so pretty! Another good thing...depending on how quickly your drink gets used...these same slices can be used in another 2 or 3 jugs of lemonade!(or more)

My husband likes to eat the slices when I finally think I need to start fresh again!  :)  He says they are delicious that way!

  

Last time,though,I put them aside to dry for about 3 days. Today I laced them together with craft- dried grasses.

(not sure what it's called)

I do like the way it looks! I hung it in my kitchen and made it the 'Star' of my MYM post this time!  :)

So-I say-

"If Walmart sells you a lemon ~ Make Lemonade!"  :)

Love,

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday ~6~14~'10 ~Cool colors of summer~

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~Cool colors of summer~

Junie

Ruby Tuesday~ (For May 18,2010) ( BERRY late!)

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I'm very late with my
Ruby Tuesday pictures/post
but Mr. Linky is still open at Mary's place, so maybe it's ok!

I really wanted to share these Ruby pictures with you !


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Yesterday I bought these luscious strawberries at the grocery store. I immediately took them out of their carton and posed them in this pretty green glass bowl! I love the way they look in my kitchen! Oh~ and they were yummy too!

Love,
Junie

Having a bad day...so far...

....and I'll tell you why!

First off... I awoke feeling awful, with this cold that has been hanging on for days and days; renewed in it's intensity about 100%!

I drag myself out of bed (2 hours earlier than usual) and go to put on my robe over my PJs. As I was pulling it together, what did I spy, on the inside, crawling up from the hem??? Yep -you got it- a spider-a BIG, mean and ugly spider! I got out of that robe in a flash-dropped it but quickly picked it up again to look for the spider. It had gone (under my bed??) and I'm left wondering if I imagined seeing it. I DO hope so because I will eventually have to sleep again in that bed!

After finding another warm robe , and checking for spiders, I make my way out to the kitchen; hoping to find the coffee made. No such luck on this hapless day...as my husband is sleeping in front of the TV in his den.

Oh well- first I need to put the cats out. Only Lucy is normally indoors overnight-and the others sleep on the back porch...but with this extremely cold weather we've had I often let the 3 of them come in at night. They were all ready and eager to go out and face the cold morning.

I had settled down with my first cup of coffee a little bit later. I happened to glance at the sliding door that goes out to the porch and there sits my little Lucy! OK-at first I thought because of the cold she had got her fill of the outdoors quickly. As I was going to let her in I was able to get a better look...and there she was- wanting to offer me another gift of a dead bird! :( Made me very sad-and MAD at Lucy! You'd think the Meow Mix I always have ready for her would be enough!!

There was nothing I could do as the little bird was not moving and there was no chance of rescuing it...but I darn sure wasn't about to let that cat in right at that moment! I didn't watch any longer!

Some might say I should confine my cats to the house-at all times. It's not possible for us to do that for a lot of reasons. It's the natural order of things so, as upsetting as it can be at times, I realize I can't save the world -or even the birds and lizards that my cats catch...(not to mention the Hawks that get many more than my cats do!) It's in the Plan- nature is designed that way.

Nevertheless I am STILL not in a very good mood with Miss Lucy...but I will get over it!

My cats:

Lucy and Tiger
and
General Tommy Franks

Our temps were again in the high 20s overnight and everything was frosty when I first got up! It's depressing with all our plants brown and dead looking. Not sure how much will revive at all...if and when this winter weather gets over! Many of our citrus trees are hurt bad- if not totally DEAD!

Our place after the freezes:

Orange trees are badly damaged, with fruit dropping and some still hanging on but ruined

The green grass is Rye grass , a winter grass that my husband sowed-so we'd have some green. The brown you see in back would be the way our yard would look without the Rye grass.

Dead fern all around the fish pond...

Roses will come back but are pitiful right now!

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Thank God for the Camellias! They are a winter flower here and our bushes are very tall ( maybe 10 ft) and loaded with blooms! Our colors are red and light pink (the big bushes) and we have 2 small bushes with white blooms!
Only cheerful thing about this long, cold winter!!















If I can beat this cold I figure I might have a chance of making it to Spring!



SO....How is your day going-so far?? :)




Junie Rose

My OJ operation

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It has happened again! Just when I was getting into enjoying the Honey Bells ( and the other oranges) and actually having time to do-up jugs of juice...(Yep... you got it! ) we get some nights of freezing temps and lose the fruit to the elements!

These oranges (especially the Honey Bells) were a little later ripening this time for some reason, and were just very recently ready to use! I did some juice just after Christmas and a couple more times and - that's it! :( Now- with 3 straight nights of temps in the mid 20s - I think the fruit must be ruined! :(

~~~To be honest, I will admit we did enjoy a LOT of the tangerines - from Thanksgiving on, right through Christmas! They were delicious and sooo easy to peel and eat...a real treat!~~~

I did some juice today with some of the fruit we picked just before this spell of freezes hit us!
These pics I'm posting are from an earlier juice operation, however...just after Christmas!


















I WILL NOT agonize over my lost Honey Bells...even though they make the best juice in all the world !


It is what it is!


Junie Rose

Mellow Yellow Monday_Nov 30, 2009-It's a Florida thing!

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Junie