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Cherry Crisp

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I’m posting this as a memory aid for myself and as info for you, dear reader. I’m getting closer to a really good cherry crisp – this is where I ended up with the last batch of the season’s cherries:

  • Start with this recipe.
  • Double the cherry qty – I used almost 5 cups. Lowball the sugar – fat 3/4 cup to scant 1 cup.
  • Add some almonds to the topping after the butter’s been incorporated (that would be a metric ‘some’, not an English ‘some’).
  • More almonds on top of the topping.
  • 9″ square baking pan.

Orchid Flickrstream Redux

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I’ve mentioned Karlboms orchids’ Flickrstream before. It actually turned out to be a pretty popular post – ought to add it to the ‘Greatest Hits’ category – wait, getting off topic here… Some of their recent photographs are so interesting that I’m moved to post them here in addition to favoriting them on Flickr.

Bulbophyllum saltatorium var. albociliatum

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Lepanthopsis barahonensis – now that’s micro!

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Bulbophyllum dearei

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Pleurothallis penelops

The Garden of Eden

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“I had a hunting territory in Africa at the bottom of the Olduvai Gorge.”

A month back, I noticed and commented on this BB post. Like other commenters I recognized it from the Life Nature Library (Early Man, to be precise). My primary partner in workcrime has a complete set of the books in his classroom, so I’ve scanned the illustration Mark F referenced and two others I particularly liked. I’m going to leave cleanup and stitching for another day…

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A little chest puffery – my original ID of the antelope as a Topi was dead-on. For an interesting post on early human/hyena conflict by Steve Bodio, click here.

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Jay Matternes’ web site (he did the work above) is here.