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Recipe: Lime and chili roasted pumpkin seeds.

Recipe: Lime and chili roasted pumpkin seeds.

I posted this recipe way back in 2012, but I recently made it again and updated the photography on the original entry (which also explains how to properly save pumpkin seeds, if you’re interested).  This is a really easy recipe, and it has just the right amount of spiciness (you can omit the cayenne pepper if you prefer a bit milder flavour).

Lime and Chili Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

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October blog fun.

It’s been a snowy, blustery, busy autumn so far!  I hope things are a bit quieter (and warmer) in your neck of the woods and you’ve been able to enjoy the changes of the season.

I’m playing it short and sweet on the link front this month:

These examples of typewriter art are fantastic!   Did you learn to type on a manual or an electric typewriter, or have you never used one at all?

Alberta-base…

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Garden journals. Although I'm still waiting on a super late bulb order that I hope makes it to me before the ground is so frozen I can no longer dig, I've pretty much packed in the gardens for the year.

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Flowery (foliage) Friday.

Leafy fun with the scanner on my printer….

The leaves haven’t all fallen from the trees yet, but I’m not sure we have much more autumn left in store here on the Prairies – we’re headed straight into winter, it seems! Plenty of snow in some parts already and, as I write this, the white stuff is accumulating on the ground here in Calgary.

Early wishes to everyone in Canada for a very Happy…

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Alberta snapshot: Crawling Valley Reservoir. Here's a ton of "atmosphere" - rain clouds, sun, and absolutely still water.  An amazing fishing trip in late September....

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Alberta snapshot: Blue Ridge. An amazing late September sky in northern Alberta....

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Seeds!

I spent some time last week going through and packaging up all the seeds I have saved so far this year, and I realized – like probably many of you – that I have way more than I can possibly sow next year (or in the next five years, in some cases!).  One of the most important things you can do as a gardener is to save seeds (and share them if you’re able to do so).  It is not only rewarding, but…

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Dictionaries and potential literature.

Dictionaries and potential literature.

On my other blog The Door is Ajar, I recently reviewed a book by Joe Fiorito, Rust is a Form of Fire (you can read my post in its entirety here).  In his introduction to the book, Fiorito acknowledges the influence of George Perec and his book An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris(1974), as well as a literary movement Perec was a part of: Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle (usually known as…

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Alberta snapshot: Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park. The leaves are turning so quickly this year!  (And falling, too). I guess it shouldn't be a surprise...we had summer-hot weather in April and May, and the whole growing season felt completely accelerated. Hope you have some time to get outside and enjoy someplace beautiful this weekend!

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September blog fun.

Eeep!  I can’t believe it’s mid-September already!

I had a bunch of projects and work to attend to at the end of last month and although I had scheduled a few blog posts during that time, I failed to offer personalized replies to many of your wonderful comments (although I did leave a general message on each entry). I just wanted to let you all know that I really, reallyappreciate all the…

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Recipe: Sea buckthorn and apple jelly.

Recipe: Sea buckthorn and apple jelly.

It’s nearly sea buckthorn berry season here!  I wrote this post almost 4 years ago but it remains one of the most popular on Flowery Prose, so I’m putting it up again for anyone who missed it the first time.  This is a delicious way to enjoy the goodness of sea buckthorn berries year ’round! Original post:  September 27, 2012 by Sheryl @ Flowery Prose

(Photo credit:  R. Normandeau)

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Flowery Friday. I have a lot of favourite roses, but this is my favourite favourite. I found this particular specimen of 'Morden Sunrise' at the Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village in Pincher Creek, Alberta, in mid-August.

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August blog fun.

  Late August: the daylight hours are waning but the garden is still toodling along and I’ve been swamped with a zillion projects. It has taken me nearly the entire month, but I’ve finally compiled my August list of fun and interesting links – I hope you enjoy them! At this school in Gatineau, Quebec, a boulevard of dead ash trees were transformed into art, thanks to some very talented wood…

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August blog fun.

  Late August: the daylight hours are waning but the garden is still toodling along and I’ve been swamped with a zillion projects. It has taken me nearly the entire month, but I’ve finally compiled my August list of fun and interesting links – I hope you enjoy them!

At this school in Gatineau, Quebec, a boulevard of dead ash trees were transformed into art, thanks to some very talented wood…

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Art: Outfit for the Afterlife.

Art: Outfit for the Afterlife.

A former co-worker of mine is currently holding an art exhibit at the Glenbow Museum here in Calgary and I finally managed to take it in yesterday afternoon (it ends on 5 September). Beyond the significance and meaning of the work, anyone interested in textile design and beadwork would be captivated by Pamela Norrish’s “Outfit for the Afterlife,” which features half a million glass beads.  There…

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Flowery Friday. I took this photo while standing inside the one-room Cyr School, now part of the Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village in Pincher Creek, Alberta. The school dates back to 1909.

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Lebel Mansion Rose Garden.

Lebel Mansion Rose Garden.

On a recent trip to Pincher Creek, Alberta, it was absolutely imperative that we stop at the historical Lebel Mansion and view the rose garden created and maintained by the Oldman Rose Society. It was a good thing there weren’t any other visitors, as I couldn’t stop making appreciative “ooh” and “ahh” noises. Also, I may have drooled a little.

A few highlights:

‘Never Alone’ 

‘Prairie Snowdrift’

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