All I’m saying is if it works for you go for it. Poison? C’mon, let’s all use a little bit of common sense.
You’re right, except that common sense isn’t that common.
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Muscadines, aka scuppernongs, are large and have thickish skin. Vivian Howard’s PBS series, A Chef’s Life, featured them in one episode. A friend who lives in Charlotte NC told me they don’t see them in supermarkets.
I guess I didn’t phrase that right. I meant if you want to try green tea, grapes and dark chocolate then go right ahead.
But using poison? No way!!
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I knew you were right. Just remembering the sad report of people who swallowed fish-tank cleaner because of something they heard.
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Someone gifted this box of goodies for me this morning.
I think this definitely constitutes “good news”. Covid, or no Covid.
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My inlaws in Georgia have grown them as well. My sister lives in Durham. Both in laws and sister have introduced me to crazy beetle bugs that I do not see here in Nor Cal. Yikes! We have IS that?
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I love trains and Christmas and the decorations. A neighbor put up what I call the Santa train with Santa Claus driving a steam locomotive with three cars full of presents. It wasn’t up last year but is back and and I couldn’t be happier.
It’s the best Christmas decoration I’ve ever seen! 
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For those wanting a white Christmas - my brother’s house in Anchorage. Just beautiful, and I was wishing for snow here right before I got these pics! Like so much this year, will have to enjoy vicariously.
I don’t see many babies these days because of not going out. A new grandnephew, brought by the Christmas stork, apparently.
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Congratulations … Oh so sweet …
Beautiful photos …
All our best wishes during these highly challenging times and the Season´s Best …
Happy New Year 2021.
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Thank you so much, and same to you and yours! As well, be safe too, and we’ll hopefully be out of this global pandemic in another few months @Barca.
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Growing up in Houston we could usually count on running around barefoot on Christmas or New Year’s but one year it was 7 degrees on Christmas, must have been nice and balmy up north.
I recall snow once during the holidays on Christmas Eve. It snowed in the evening and I had to work of course. The Wifeacita kept going out checking on the snow, it’s a big deal down here because it rarely happens.
She ended up locking the regular lock and the deadbolt and retired to bed.
She didn’t wake up as I pounded on the door so I had to throw coins at the window to wake her up as I froze in my windbreaker, the total extent of my winter gear. At least it snowed.
For those wanting a white Christmas
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Ugh. I never wish for a white Christmas: it’s cold, it’s wet and it makes getting to the gathering place a hassle.
The Christmas Stork delivery, on the other hand, is worth the hassle. He is beautiful (and beautifully attired 
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@gaffk - know it’s a big pain for most, but we have it only occasionally and it makes everything so gorgeous, unless you have to drive in it…
I also like to chill bottles of OJ, wine or bubbly out there, pretty handy!
Have had a few white Xmas’s during the years I’ve lived here, and according to the forecast, we could be getting snow here in the next few days!
But I’m wishing you a warm and dry holiday! Hope you and your mom enjoy all in good health.
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We enjoyed an outstanding socially distanced dinner at our friends home last night. They have an awesome collection of miniature iconic Manhattan buildings. I thought I would share a few pictures.
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Enjoyable collection. Thxs for sharing.
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Thanks Dan. It’s even more awesome in person with a bunch of moving parts including a train which I didn’t get a picture of.
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Impressive. And I thought mom’s Dickens village (more a metropolis) was extensive. She too has a bunch of moving parts, including a train. Setting those displays up is truly a labor of love.
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Yes it is a true labor of love. They also have a massive Dickens type of village as well that takes up a whole room. They have been collecting them for years.
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