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05/25/2012 11:14 #56481

Cloudberries
Category: food
I had the best dream about food ever. It was about cloudberries. Unfortunately, they are not real. Well there are in fact cloudberries but not the delicious marshmallow/bread like pod ones I envisioned in my dream.

They were so amazing. Basically a long pod like a peapod but larger that had a brown husk. Inside of it were the cloudberries like peas in a pod, but longer like beans and fluffier. Each one was the consistency of a only slightly stale easter peep with a yellow/brownish colored surface that resembled perfectly baked bread. They had the most delicate sweet flavor with a hint of vanilla.

In the dream we were caught by authorities for stealing some wild cloudberries which was illegal because they were supposedly endangered. As I walked away from the ranger, I saw him eating the stash he confiscated from me. I confronted him and told him I thought he was just trying to scare me away so he could eat them all. He agreed and laughed.
metalpeter - 05/26/12 19:13
Interesting... I say that dream has something to do with power and how one has to listen to it and obey it even when it is wrong Vs. talking over a solution ? HA... When I saw the name I had no idea of such a thing a figured it was about cloud computing with a black berry glad I read it instead of skipping...

05/24/2012 09:37 #56479

Nightime Bike Ride
Category: biking
Its nice to be able to bike ride at nighttime with a tee-shirt on and not be freezing. However, I was getting tired of all the bugs that wanted to fly in my mouth and my nose.

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05/23/2012 09:24 #56477

The Beautiful Iris
Category: garden
The iris in the backyard looks amazing. I wish we had more of them.

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05/22/2012 08:39 #56476

O3 on elmwood
Category: food
Finally went to O3 on elmwood. The food was delicious albeit slightly pricier than my usual lunch spots. In turn you get some really fresh organic food.

Unforunatly, I was so hungry I forgot to take a picture of my entre. I got the Italian tuna wrap with capers. It was so good and came with some yummy blue corn chips. We also got a house salad. (e:terry) got a Baja chicken wrap special.

On the way out I got some honey fig chocolate truffles and a chocolate chip cookie to go as dessert.

I would totally go back.

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05/20/2012 12:23 #56472

Hiking at Zoar
Category: hiking
We went a different way and started at the other parking lot and headed toward the confluence. The police were out in full force checking for people drinking. The police Guy had on the coolest shoes. Thy had mesh bottoms to let the water out.

We caught he cutest baby snake. It was so friendly.

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iriesara - 05/21/12 19:43
And, wow, I really need to change my user pic. Elijah was literally in kindergarten when this was taken, now finishing 7th grade.
iriesara - 05/21/12 19:42
Remember that snake we caught, oh, gosh, I can't even remember where (we drove through Niagara Falls (NY) on the way back, I recall)? But it escaped from the flannel-shirt-bag we made & crawled through the seat & seatbelt mechanism in my folks' car?!? And it was crawling around the back area & you had to find it whilst I was driving (but of course you couldn't take your seat belt off)?!? Good times. Miss you.
npage148 - 05/21/12 16:32
It looks like an eastern milk snake and the adults can get surprisingly bike (upwards of 4 feet). Even the adults are pretty docile which is a nice change from crappy garter snakes which will bite and crap on you with joy
metalpeter - 05/20/12 14:02
Nice Snake.. I know you said you caught it but did you keep it? I wonder how big it gets... Well that is internet look up able if one knows what kind of snake it is.. The No Alcohol makes sense for so many reasons nice photos...