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- How are you?
- Everything all right?
- Like to hear from you.
- Love to see you soon.
- Obviously I miss you.
Bigsis Pat has created a Memorial Page for Lois' husband, Bruce. Just one more wonderful example of just what a loving and caring group The World Wide Web Circle of Friends is!
What happening in your corner of the globe that you would like to share with us. Send it to me and I will be happy to publish it in the newsletter.
Meet the Members
Say hello to Lois of North Carolina. I am proud to say that Lois has been a good friend of mine for many years now and she is also one of our founding members.
Do take a moment to visit all the wonderful member profiles and if you have not completed your survey yet do be sure to do so now -- you never know you may be the next one to be featured in Global Express!
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WALKING
Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $5000 per month.
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. Now she's 97 years old and we don't know where the hell she is.
The only reason I would take up exercising is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there.
I have to exercise early in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.
The advantage of exercising every day is that you die healthier.
If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
And last but not least: I don't exercise because it makes the ice jump right out of my glass.
Submitted by Lena from Ontario, Canada.
Butterfly Cafe
JUST BECAUSE you don’t have a large yard doesn’t mean you can’t have a butterfly garden. In fact, a grouping of just a few flowerpots is all you need to start a butterfly garden at your doorstep according to Birds & Blooms.
Since butterflies are small, they’re perfectly happy spending their feeding time in cozy places. At night, moths are attracted to fragrant flowers, too. Decks, patios, porches, balconies and window boxes all work just fine for mini gardens packed with nectar-rich flowers.
You’ll attract a variety of flying flowers to even the smallest corner if you keep a few things in mind:
- Do a little homework first to learn which butterflies are common to your area and what types of plants they like best. (Unless your deck or patio is huge, you’ll want to think small when choosing plants.) Be sure you include some "host" or food plants for the butterflies’ caterpillars, too.
- The best gardens start at the drawing board. Planning is especially important for small gardens because of limited space. Sketch out a plan before selecting the plants.
- Use an assortment of sizes, shapes and types of containers for a pleasing arrangement. Terra-cotta, wooden planters, half barrels and hanging baskets look great together. Fill them with a good potting soil mix and add some time-released fertilizer to help encourage continuous blooms.
- Remember to water your plants frequently because moisture evaporates quickly from containers. Check them daily. You may want to use water-retaining crystals to help keep your soil from drying out.
- have at least one flowerpot with bright pink pentas and red salvias. These flowers will bloom most of the summer and are always a favorite feeding spot.
- Another popular choice is old-fashioned purple heliotrope (which smells like cherry pie). Plant heliotrope in a large tall pot with dusty miller, baby’s breath and cascading pink petunias. Lemon-yellow snapdragons are the perfect complement to red salvia. As a bonus, salvia serves as a host plant for buckeye butterfly caterpillars.
- Other standbys are small asters, marigolds, sweet alyssum, impatiens and dwarf zinnias. Trailing plants like lantana, verbena, fuchsia and cascading petunias work well, too, especially in hanging baskets.
One of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends' best kept secrets is Jeanette's Garden Room. Jeanette from the Land Down Under has set up this site for all of those who love gardening - like she does, and loves to be creative in making garden junk. Do take some time to visit and join her site and share ideas, seeds, photos of your garden and plants, laughter and great sites to visit.
Bigsis Pat was looking for a new and different poem to use on the Members' Photo album site when she found this one which I would like to share with you in this week's edition of Global Express.
Friendship's Journey
Friendship is a chain of gold shaped in
GODS most perfect mold
Each link a smile, a laugh, a tear, a touch of the hand,
a word of cheer.
Steadfast as the ages roll, binding closer soul to soul,
No matter how far or heavy the load,
Sweet is the journey On Friendship's Road!
Thank you for being MY FRIEND!
In this issue...
- Ruby
- Pet Corner
- Cooking Around the World
- Crafts
- Department of Vital Statistics
- Planet Kryzys
- Meet the Members
- Messages from Members
- Gardening
- Just For Fun
- Member Vacations
- Member Websites
Crafts
Fleece Hats
This soft and cozy cap is just the gift to give for fighting brisk winter weather.
WHAT YOU NEED
- Tape measure
- 1/2 yard fleece fabric
- Scissors
- Needle and thread
- Buttons, appliqués, or felt pieces for decoration
- 1 yard decorative cord
- Step 1: First, determine the size of the hat. (To avoid ruining the surprise, measure the head of someone who is similar in size to the recipient.) Now cut a piece of fleece that?s 16 inches wide and as long as the measurement you took plus 2 inches.
- Step 2: Fold the fleece in half, right side in so the 16-inch edges match up. Sew a 1/2-inch-wide seam along this edge, stopping 5 inches from the bottom (see A). Just below the last stitch, make a 1/2-inch cut in from the side. Turn the material right side out. Now sew a seam along the last 5 inches of unsewn fleece (see B).
- Step 3: Roll the bottom of the hat up two turns, so the cuff conceals the bottom part of the seam. To keep the cuff from unrolling, sew on a decorative button, an appliqué, or a felt cutout.
- Step 4: Finally, gather the top 3 inches of the hat and tie a colorful cord around it.
Member Vacations
Hi,
Hope all is well ... we returned from Tombstone yesterday afternoon ... Tombstone was an interesting place with a lot of history ... Main Street was shut down to all traffic and we saw the OK Corral among other historic places ... ate in a restaurant called the Crazy Horse and they had reenactments of gun flights etc .... many shops and antique stores .... they had stage coach rides too ... I was told by a waitress that they had colder winters than we do here in Phoenix and have snow ... we took a ride to an old mining town called Bisbee ... very interesting place with homes built right into the mountain or at the edge ... on our way to Douglas we saw a pit mine which must have been at least 800 feet deep and acres and acres wide ... a lot of work put into just digging out these pits in the mountain to get to the copper ...
We saw Pistachio orchards, (pecan too) .... Larry and I stopped at a Farmers Market stand on the way home and bought Pistachio's and some fruit that had been candied and homemade peach preserves with all natural ingredients ...
We took a lot of pictures and once they are put on the comp and edited I will send them along ... while we were looking at the old cooper pit mining and elderly man struck up a conversation with us (he too was a tourist) asked us where we were from and we told them NJ and NY ... he replied NJ huh? .... I would never live there and with that laughed and asked me where in NJ I had lived ... I told him and he had lived in a town near the town I lived in and small world for sure but he knew my aunt and her hubby ... who would think that thousands of miles away from NJ you would meet another from the same place ... WOW!! ... take care and have a great day! Love, Arlene. Please enjoy this Angels Our Friends greeting.
Take the Tombstone Arizona Online Tour
Messages from Members
- This is the hotel where Romina has found work. Somewhere near the top on the 50th floor in the panoramic observatory ticket office. This hotel is the biggest in Europe and the it is the tallest building in Spain, situated in Benidorm near Alicante on the Mediteranean coast. She said there are loads of English tourists there and that last Saturday there was a race for running UP the stairs (about 1,000) with the winner doing it in 4 mins 35 secs. She and her section appeared on Spanish TV that night. One of the first things she noticed on arrival in Spain, was that it was a "throw-away society" - she and her husband (who is still waiting or his work permit) have already aquired a brand new coffee maker, a cool/hot air circulator and an almost new automatic washing machine, for when they are able to rent their own place - all these things were out in the trash.!!
Tomorrow (Thursday) is the Submariners Gala night!! love from Daphne in Argentina
- I am having a hard time with hotmail again so please use this address: craftylady@eaglecom.net Thanks Jayne
- JUST WANTED TO THANK U, I REALLY ENJOYED THIS MORN. I GOT 8 WELCOME E MAILS FROM THE CIRCLE, AND SIMMONS BEAR HUG EVEN SENT ME PICTURES OF ELVIS, GREAT I E MAILED HER AND TOLD HER I DID NOT KNOW HER BUT I LIKED HER ALREADY LOL I THINK I WILL REALLY ENJOY THIS GROUP THANKS AGAIN TALK LATER BYE FOR NOW Lena from Ontario, Canada
- Hi All, Autumn is now closing to an end here in Australia and on the 1st June we celebrate the coming of winter. This month has been magical here in Melbourne during the days with lots of sun and the plants are saying what is going on are we having summer again.
I have planted all of my bulbs now and should have a wonderful show in the spring time.
Unfortunately I have fractured my arm so it has slowed me down a little - managed to fall down the steps into our sunken lounge room and fell on the right side of the body - but lets look at the positive side I am so lucky that I was not placed in hospital with an operation - so that is great.
These are some autumn photos of a creeper that I have planted up the back yard - the leaves turn red in the autumn - very beautiful.
I have planted out 40 cyclamens under the trees and they are growing just beautiful - will take photos of them when they come into bloom - hope that all is well - love from Jeanette - Melbourne, Australia
- Maxine from Ontario, Canada sends us The Trouble Tree
- This Birthday Calculator is interesting to say the least...mine hit the nail right on the head...make sure you click on the blue highlights...they will take you to different places about you...have a good day and enjoy! Love Arlene
HAVE A GREAT WEEK
Member Websites
Be sure to take a moment to visit Linda from China's blog.
Planet Kryzys
Tread A Little More Softly Upon Our Earth
Even with the best of intentions, it's not always easy to know what to do. Here are a few tips, suggestions and things to ponder.
- Pick-up and properly dispose of one piece of litter each day.
- Take a "working" vacation participating in hands-on conservation.
- There's a lot to do closer to home. Count the numbers and kinds of birds at your backyard feeders during the winter months, as bird populations are an indicator of environmental health.
- Work with your neighbours to create a community garden in an unused open space like an abandoned lot, hospital or school grounds, or ravine.
- Join a naturalization project in your community and help bring a stream, wetland or field back to its natural state.
- Take Ottawa's One-Tonne Challenge to reduce your annual output of greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent.
- Buy food from local growers. Less energy is used to get the food to market and you support your local community.
- The average child who take a disposable lunch bag with plastic-wrapped food and single-serving items like pudding to school each day generates 30 kg of garbage every school year. Buy reusable food containers and refillable drink bottles and pack it all in a durable carrier.
- Help orgaize a litterless lunch program at your child's school and/or at your place of work.
- Keep your pet cat indoors. One outdoor cat kills, on average, 40 small birds and animals a year, upsetting natural predator/prey balances.
- Know and obey your municipality's bylaws for disposing of household hazardous waste, whether at a separate curbside collection or drop-off depot. Things like antifreeze, any type of battery, medications, mercury thermometers, syringes, oil, gasoline, paints and solvents should never be tossed in the garbage, poured down a drain or storm sewer or dumped onto the ground.
Be sure to check out our Recycle Message Board on our MSN Community.
Raising awareness is always the first step to action. Join our Planet Kryzys" (Crisis) Team today and come forward with things about your own area. We start off with awareness, and follow up with what we can do about it.
- Site manager, Daphne (BA, Argentina)
- Western Canada Coordinator, Sharon (BC, Canada)
- Eastern Canada Coordinator, Pat (Ontario, Canada)
- Eastern US Coordinator, Becky (Maryland, US)
- US Coordinator, Claudia (Chester, IL)
The Planet Kryzys" (Crisis)site has been updated. Check out the latest news!
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Chocolate Pudding Cake
- 1 cup All-Purpose four
- 2 1/4 cups sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
- 1/4 cup melted buter, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups water
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Sift together flour, 3/4 cup sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt over a large bowl. Add milk, 3 tablespoons butter, and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Set aside.
- Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Remove from heat.
- Place a 10-inch cast-iron skillet in a 375 oven 15 minutes. Place 1 tablespoon melted butter in preheated pan, swirling to evenly coat pan. Add batter, spreading evenly over pan. Pour water mixture slowly over batter; do not stir (mixture will bubble).
- Bake at 375 for 28 minutes or until cake is set. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Check out all the wonderful recipes being collected in the WWWCOF Cookbook Cooking Around the World
May 27th is our own dear sweet Ruby's Birthday.
Bigsis Pat has created a special birthday page for her which includes a Photo Album and a Guest Book for people to send their wishes and more.
Ruby's site is updated!
Does Ruby have your name on the list of people for her to come and visit?? Email Daphne today, and she will make sure you are added
Look forward to hearing from all of you.
Follow up on Ruby's travels so far here.
I hope you have enjoyed this week's issue.
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