October has come and gone and once again it is time to open a new thread for the Gabfest.. During October we did finish the movie WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, complete with musical score, as planned. We launched it into distribution with its own World Premier. The Stars and most of the Supporting Cast were there appropriately dressed for their glitzy walk down the red carpet. Unfortunately co-stars EJ & ODEN and family were unable to attend as they are all currently on migration to Africa. Keith surprised us with some very interesting bird & wildlife reports direct from the Sahara Dessert and from his own equatorial Island in the Sun. His on-the-spot factual reports helped us to understand the dangers our osprey face once they complete their long hazardous journey. Our first music night was a smashing success that left everyone eager for the second.
October has come and gone and once again it is time to open a new thread for the Gabfest..
During October we did finish the movie WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, complete with musical score, as planned. We launched it into distribution with its own World Premier. The Stars and most of the Supporting Cast were there appropriately dressed for their glitzy walk down the red carpet. Unfortunately co-stars EJ & ODEN and family were unable to attend as they are all currently on migration to Africa.
Keith surprised us with some very interesting bird & wildlife reports direct from the Sahara Dessert and from his own equatorial Island in the Sun. His on-the-spot factual reports helped us to understand the dangers our osprey face once they complete their long hazardous journey.
Our first music night was a smashing success that left everyone eager for the second.
Then we ended the month with a wonderfully thoughtful and caring discussion of the benefits or possible harm of the tracking of osprey and other birds. NOVEMBER will bring continued reports and DISCUSSIONS of our own “Special Three“, Tore, Bynack and Rothes who have arrived safely in Africa. We will be watching especially for news of Bynack who has been in an area that seems to be potentially dangerous. We will be watching also for updates of young Ozwold who was VERY reluctant to leave Bonnie Scotland, but is finally taking a stopover in Spain where Roy Dennis says he can safely winter. So, will Ozwold stay in Spain? or will he move south?, on his own unique time schedule? We will also be following the adventures and misadventures of other tagged osprey, including Einion who had us holding our breath while he made a huge circle over the Atlantic, his siblings from the Dyfi nest and others that may come to our attention. All this and much more is discussed on the Gabfest. We expect to have The Second Gabfest Music Night toward the end of the month. The theme is yet to be discussed & determined. This is the Freedom Forum, where fun, fact and fantasy combine to make a very unique thread. So come on in and chat a while with us. Our fire is bright and the latch is always open.
Then we ended the month with a wonderfully thoughtful and caring discussion of the benefits or possible harm of the tracking of osprey and other birds.
NOVEMBER will bring continued reports and DISCUSSIONS of our own “Special Three“, Tore, Bynack and Rothes who have arrived safely in Africa. We will be watching especially for news of Bynack who has been in an area that seems to be potentially dangerous. We will be watching also for updates of young Ozwold who was VERY reluctant to leave Bonnie Scotland, but is finally taking a stopover in Spain where Roy Dennis says he can safely winter. So, will Ozwold stay in Spain? or will he move south?, on his own unique time schedule? We will also be following the adventures and misadventures of other tagged osprey, including Einion who had us holding our breath while he made a huge circle over the Atlantic, his siblings from the Dyfi nest and others that may come to our attention. All this and much more is discussed on the Gabfest.
We expect to have The Second Gabfest Music Night toward the end of the month. The theme is yet to be discussed & determined.
This is the Freedom Forum, where fun, fact and fantasy combine to make a very unique thread. So come on in and chat a while with us. Our fire is bright and the latch is always open.
June we buy the made up mincemeat too and make pies with flaky pastry usually eaten at Christmas time.
The dumpling is more cake like, but even although its filled with fruit its not solid if you know what I mean. I love it, especially when its still hot, oh my mouth is watering now ha ha....
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Yes mincemeat & pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving & Christmas. My mouth is watering too, just looking at your pictures!
All's quiet over on the main blog. Havent checked any other sites yet.
Goodness me,left early yesterday and look what I missed,all this talk about cakes and BIG ones at that,then nice pics of food today.
MaryGK, I have never heard of a Clooty Dumpling before and enormous it is.
Lowry it does make you hungry but I have eaten so many sweets left over from Halloween I am starting to feel sick. Next year I will never buy so many but then I will be mobbed like the previous year.
Throw some sweeties here B&B,next year sit in the dark like black jaguar then they won't come to your door.
Hello all, giant dumplig, giant cakes... yum yum!
Lowry, it did the trick and worked a treat lol
I didn't have any trouble with the monsters...
B&B my friend says the cake shop has meringues the size of footballs
June that'll be the round soccer type ones lol
All for one and one for all.
B&B - you will sometimes see them in food halls in maybe Dobbies, or House of Bruar, but its best if you can get a taste of a homemade one. You can have it with custard as a dessert too. Hope you get a taste of a real authentic one some day!!!
It all sounds good. I'm reminded of an old song called "One Meatball". Or how about "Who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's chowder?" The latter is suppossed to be Irish, but I'm wondering if it is Irish or strictly American. Anyway a delightfully funny song. Do you know it?
Just having a litle fun, Mary. No reflection on your delicious food & beauiful photography.
They do sell giant cookies now, the size of dinner plates, that are decorated with messages like a birhhday cake.
Mary, I would love to try one but do know I am not capable of making one. I know when dinner is cooked when the smoke alarm goes off. They do look and sound very interesting and maybe something for June to try as I know she likes to try different food.
Black jag, those cakes are enormous and it had me laughing for ages at the size of them. They are individual cakes and not meant to share lol. I know what your friend means about the meringues that is would stood out to me for sure. I am not sure but I think it is up for sale and I have never seen a cake shop like it lol. If I lived there they would have to have weightwatchers annonymous next door.
black jaguar,glad you had no problem with the monsters,you will have to the same again next year.
B&B have been looking up the cake shop,and it does look as though it's up for sale shame.