Sounds overheard in my neighborhood today:
ducks quacking (in my yard)
pennywhistle music
sirens
dogs barking
dumpster diving

5 Minute Ice Cream

Dan found a recipe online for 5 minute ice cream. In the interest of this being healthy, we tried it. Although, I'd like to say -- it is NOT healthy. There is 2/3 c. of cream and 1/2 c. of sugar in this bad boy. I will amend that statement by saying it is healthy in that the ingredients are frozen fruit, cream, sugar and vanilla extract. No 14 syllable compounds or high fructose corn syrup in here. So, at least one form of healthy, if we stretch what healthy means.

Did you want to see the run down how it was made? Ch-ch-ch-check it out!

We introduce the ingredients (listed above) here. It's 2 lbs. of frozen strawberries, although any form of frozen fruit would work.






















I like to introduce the hardware to the ingredients.





















And then everything gets mixed together like so:

















And you blend until it looks like ice cream. The original directions suggest using a blender or food processor. However, our blender leave huge chunks. So, I used the hand-held so I can control the fruit chunks.







When you're done it looks like this. And it's delicious. The problem, of course, is that now I'm only 5 minutes away from ice cream. All the time. :)

Why Did The Duck Cross The Road?

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To get to our bird feeders. Obviously.

Check out our little friends who have been visiting us off and on this week. They're great at dodging traffic! Although, I haven't seen the male around with the female the past few days. I gave her a pep talk on Friday along the lines of "it's okay, you can make it on your own. You're a STRONG STRONG duck!" I realized I was making too much of the duckies. But they are just so sweet to come visit us.