It is fascinating how the world works in ebbs and flows. I recently had a bug day, where I saw more photo-worthy bugs in one day than I had in two weeks. Was I a little more alert that day? Was I thinking more than usual about bugs? Did catching bugs in Animal Crossing bleed over into the real world? Or where there just more bugs out where I could see them? I’m not sure the answer, but I will share the photographic fruit.
The hens are slowing down on laying eggs in the heat of the summer. I still get one to three eggs a day, but I thought I would get out the powdered eggs from the freezer and see how they do in crepes with my Heritage Wheat flour! Spoiler alert, the crepes come out well.
Combine the powdered egg and water and let sit for about 10 minutes (I start this, then gather all my supplies, melt the butter, and preheat the pan to medium). Add the milk, flour, oil and salt and whisk until combined. Brush melted butter onto the hot skillet, then pour 2-4 tablespoons of batter into the pan (depending on the size of your pan) and quickly rotate the skillet to distribute the batter evenly. Cook until the edges are slightly golden and the crepe is easy to lift, then flip it and cook for a few more seconds. Fold the crepe in half, then in fourths and transfer to a paper towel lined plate.
What has the antenna of a butterfly, eyes of a house fly, wings of a dragonfly, and rests like a damselfly? (I guess I gave it away in the title, huh?) I have never seen an owl fly before. This one was resting on the wall of the house under the light when I went out for my morning walk. iNaturalist gave me the ID, and internet research tells me they are predators of flying insects and are often mistaken for dragonflies. Hm. Maybe I have seen one before, then. How easy is it to see those distinctive antenna in flight?
I had an idea on how to get a rainbow cake with just four pans. If I colored two portions of cake batter for each pan I could have eight colors. I separated the batter evenly between eight bowls and colored each bowl with drops of gel color. Since the convention is to name seven of the rainbow colors, I made the eighth color pink (although it was tempting to make it greenish purple like octarine as a nod to Terry Pratchett). I put one color in each pan, then dolloped the second color on top before spreading it out to get a slightly marbled effect. The cake came out more like a spectrum! Hurray!
I was just sharing in an online chicken group that my hens act like I’m trying to poison them whenever presented with a new treat. I had some seeded grapes that were deemed not worth the effort by my children, so I took them out to the coop for the chickens, video camera ready. They loved them. Went straight after them. Were not suspicious or cautious at all. So here is a still taken from the video, since the video itself was humdrum!
