Random Soup

You know how sometimes you take all the leftovers from the refrigerator and throw them into a pot together to make soup?  Maybe you do that, and maybe you don't, but anyway, I call that random soup.  This blog post today is going to be of the random soup variety.   I'm clearing all the pictures off the camera and throwing them in together here for some random blog soup.  So if you're looking for a well-organized post with a theme and a beginning, middle, and end all tied together neatly with smooth transitions and clever segues, this isn't it!  Now that you've been warned, if you're still willing to stick around, here we go.

I made these Mini Upside Down Pineapple Cakes for a church potluck last weekend.  There were two plates full this size, and I didn't bring home any leftovers, so I guess they turned out pretty well!  (You can click on that link if you'd like to have the recipe.)

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I think the squirrels are taking over our yard.  One day this past week I looked out and saw seven squirrels all at once sitting in the front yard eating maple seeds.  That seemed like a lot to be out there all at the same time. This is the view taken from my living room looking out through our large picture window. (I circled them in red to make them easier to see, but you may have to click on the picture to enlarge it.)

Seven squirrels at once seemed like a lot until I looked out another day and saw eleven of them all feasting together in the front yard.  I wondered if maybe this was their Thanksgiving get-together!

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The indoor animal (Max the poodle dog) chose to ignore the squirrel take-over, opting instead to help me "fold" the clean laundry still warm from the dryer that I had dumped from the basket onto the couch.  Aren't I lucky to have such a willing helper?

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We have had a lot of pretty sunrises lately.  Most of the time I don't have the camera with me to capture them so I enjoy them all to myself.  I did take this picture, but this sunrise, although pretty, wasn't as pretty as some of the ones I didn't get to photograph.  You'll just have to take my word for it and use your good imagination for the really beautiful ones I missed with the camera.  hahaha!

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This is me in the Children's Department at the library where I work.  (No, those two mice aren't on top of my head.  They are actually sitting on a bookshelf behind me!)

I was in the Children's Department because this big crowd was about to show up there, and I was getting ready for them to arrive.

Why was this big crowd coming to the library?  I'll let you know that in my next post.  See how that works out?  You can consider this random blog soup post as an appetizer and come back for the main course blog post next time!  (Well, I hope you come back, anyway!)