Heaven!

Okay, I'm not trying to be cruel with all these photos of chocolate and deliciousness, I swear, but tonight I found out that they sell GRAETER'S ice cream at Kroger here! In Texas!! Graeter's is a fabulous Cincinnati brand of ice cream that I haven't had since.. well, since I was in Cincinnati. Everyone's favorite flavor, in my experience (because it is amazing!) is their black raspberry chocolate chip - which I have only ever heard referred to as "black raspberry chip." The chocolate is frozen into the ice cream in big sheets which they then break up into big chunks! It's soooo good :D

The way I found out is by happening upon a post from someone I've never met on a mutual friend's facebook wall. She and I got into a whole conversation about where they sell it. She's a fellow Xavier person, and now lives a half hour away from me here in Dallas, it turns out! Small world. So, facebook is useful for some things. Namely ice cream ;)

Pleasant surprise

LOOK WHAT I FOUND while foraging in my fridge tonight!





Know what it is??





It's Ghirardelli chocolate! Don't worry, it hasn't been in for there very long. Just long enough for me to have forgotten it was there. I'm eating it RIGHT NOW. :)

Late ABC Wednesday! S is for...

S is for Saint under some Spanish Moss


At least, I think he is a saint. Does anyone happen to know which one?

Update: He is St Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and the environment :) I think it might be the exact statue pictured on wikipedia, in fact. Thanks to Janie and an anonymous reader!

We find Spanish moss all over the South, but especially on our Live Oaks. Don't let its pretty face fool you - it's actually harmful to the trees. It is also not a moss (or a lichen), but I guess it looks like some varieties; hence the name.








I took the first shot at the previously featured Destrehan Plantation in New Orleans. The second is from kayaking on the South Carolina barrier islands last Thanksgiving.



I guess Saturday night is a bit late for ABC Wednesday, but I'm headed over to the site now to see what 'S' posts we have this week, so I thought I ought to go ahead and post mine, too ;P



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