Comments | pameladean: Well, here we are

pameladean

Well, here we are

Jan 03, 2016 23:37

I just took down the 2015 Minnesota Weatherguide Calendar (it does not do to be hasty about these things), the December photograph in which was a lovely one of a snow- and icicle-encrusted evergreen branch in the foreground, with a wave caught breaking in white spray behind it, and snow- and evergreen-encrusted islands on the horizon, somewhere on ( Read more... )

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sovay January 4 2016, 05:50:35 UTC

the portable museums he'd contributed to the Kickstarter for. They are small blocks of lucite in which are embedded very small bits of museumy objects, like dinosaur skin and bone and a bit of tape from an Apollo mission's music selection. I liked the Japanese star sand the best (it's microfossils), but it was all well worth looking at and pondering.

That's extremely cool! Do you have a link?

Happy New Year!

guppiecat January 4 2016, 15:59:55 UTC

The link is here: http://www.minimuseum.com/

I have both the first and second generation (different items in each). The second is still available for purchase, but the first is only available exorbitantly on eBay.

They do not come with a flashlight or magnifying glass, but those can be purchased anywhere. (My magnifying glass came out of my 2nd ed OED.)

pameladean January 4 2016, 18:19:38 UTC

Thank you! I knew I was using the wrong term. There is something called Portable Museum, but it's not what you had.

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Rosemary Shortbread! lsanderson January 4 2016, 06:04:56 UTC

I thought the last two pieces were great!

pameladean January 4 2016, 18:20:09 UTC

I'm very glad that you got some. Some years you miss out.

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mizkit January 4 2016, 08:18:42 UTC

Happy anniversary, Happy Christmas, and Happy New Year! All that food sounded wonderful and it even made me want to try the turnips!

pameladean January 4 2016, 18:20:37 UTC

And the same to you! The turnips get very sweet, but they do still have a turnipy bite.

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mrissa January 4 2016, 11:46:32 UTC

Man, that vanilla of carbonel's! Finding worthy uses in all its homes!

pameladean January 4 2016, 18:21:00 UTC

I sometimes double the amount recommended by the recipe, and it makes things better!

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carbonel January 8 2016, 17:42:18 UTC

Different form, though. All the Romance Exchange people got a bottle vanilla extract as a winter holiday gift.

I'm glad other people are making use of theirs. I kept a bottle for myself, but I've only used it a couple of times. Luckily, I believe it will keep for several years if it's tightly sealed.

mrissa January 8 2016, 17:50:24 UTC

Ours is entirely gone into either hazelnut cakes or peach vanilla bean gelatos OM NOM NOM NOM.

rolypolypony January 4 2016, 13:15:01 UTC

Happy New Year!

pameladean January 4 2016, 18:21:18 UTC

Thank you so much! And the very same to you.

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