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Apples fried in butter and glazed with brown sugar, the whole thing drizzled in maple syrup. 1/2 whole wheat, 1/2 white flour pancakes, recipe largely from the Joy of Cooking.
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Max says "wipe my hands", overlooking the fact that he probably needs a shower as well. This is what happens when you don't supervise a dinner of rice noodles.
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We couldn't decide which of the two pictures was cuter.
This webcast has a segment 2 minutes in on our html head earrings. Yay, we're on fake TV. Now I need to get back to work and make more as we're out of most of our geeky stuff right now.
This is why I love America.
Various Stages in Making a Girandoni Receiver
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Ok, only one air rifle picture, this is the ugly green Crosman 400 I resealed this week. The stock is now stripped and stained a walnut brown, and I reblued the metal parts, and painted areas where the original paint rubbed off. I'll post a picture of the completed project later...
Happy New Year!