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A few things that get my attention.

Color in Charleston

Red and green on a street in Charleston, South Carolina

Shakes

Somewhere in extreme southern middle Tennessee.

I had to include one with the sweet little dog who enjoyed our visit and wanted to have his picture taken in front of his building.

Sharing with Rubbish by Roan

Different

Contrasts - in color

Contrasts

How many contrasting elements can  you name in this photo?

Mixture

Late afternoon/evening autumn sun around the yard.

Hedge apple green

A contrast to the bright pinky red mum of yesterday.

I picked up these hedge apples at the golf course.  I certainly hope they don't mind.

Here is last year's hedge apple post.

Color is good

in more ways than one.

Tracks - Rurality 16

There are many, many fields of wheat around north Alabama this year.

This was taken a couple of weeks ago, and it is beginning to turn yellow now.

Colorful

It's cold and we're staying in and away from flu germs as much as possible.

There's always something in the house to photograph.

It does snow in Alabama

January 2011 in north Alabama

So I can join the snow photo bandwagon I found something from a couple of years ago.

We drove in falling snow from Nashville on Saturday.  No accumulation to stress me so I enjoyed it.  

Here's to a better 2013 for all.

(I am not able to give credit for the texture - too long ago.)

Marathon Motor Cars

Marathon Village, Nashville, Tennessee, U. S. A.

Nuts and twigs

I have been making granola at home the last few months.
(I think of Wilford Brimley when I see granola.  If you are younger than about forty-five you might not know what I'm talking about. lol)

It's easy.  I read several recipes on the internet and just made up my own from there.

Mix together in a large bowl:

1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup vegetable or olive oil (yes, olive oil is OK.  This last batch I used half of each, but I have used just olive oil and it was fine)
1/4 cup brown sugar

Then mix in:

3 cups oatmeal.  I used part oatmeal and part multigrain cereal shown in the photo.
Nuts of your choice and the amount of your choice.  Unsalted is better.  I use plain almonds, sumflower seeds and pumpkin seeds.  Walnuts are good for you also.

Mix this well until everything is coated.  The cereal will create lumps with the honey mixture so just keep breaking them up until it is consistent in texture.

Spread on baking sheet.

Bake at 275 degrees for about 20 minutes.  Stir at least one time during the 20 minutes.

NOTE:  It will be sticky after the twenty minutes.  Don't put it back in the oven or it will get too brown.  It will get dry after it cools.

Allow to cool on pan.

Add dried fruit of your choice after it is cool.

Pack and in keep in freezer.  I use canning jars.

And in my bowl with plain greek yogurt, honey, and cinnamon, dried cranberries and apricots. I just add dried fruit to my bowl each time rather than to the entire batch.  Of course, I stirred it up before eating, but spared you a photo since it isn't that appetizing to look at.

Doin' laundry and a vegetable follow up

 These kittens jump in my son's laundry basket every chance they get.

I wonder if it's the socks?

 My friend, Kerry, correctly ID'd this plant from yesterday's post.

My husband does just about everything with an eggplant (everything food-wize, that is).

Parmesan, marinated salad, or just sliced, breaded and fried.

 Yes, eggplant, aka, aubergine, is pretty to look at, but it's not for me to eat.  Blech.

It's bitter and the texture is spongy.  I just can't take it.

One website I visited to find interesting facts said that long ago people thought eggplant was linked to

insanity, cancer, and leprosy.

Sounds like a good reason for me to just shoot it and find something else to eat.

Nothing better than home

We are home from a few days vacation.

Thank you, everyone, for all the nice comments the last few days!
I hope to get caught up with them in between laundry today.

I pre-scheduled a few posts before I left and I took the iPad thinking
that I would keep up, but that didn't work out.

Friday's Fences

Doesn't get much better in southern landscaping than a huge crepe myrtle, azaleas, ferns,

and a brick and black iron fence.

Linking with:

Friday's Fences @ Life According to Jan and Jer