Sunday Selections # 695

 Long ago, Kim of Frog Ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections. 

A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please. 

Nothing rude or vulgar though.

And we don't mind at all if other bloggers care to join us.

The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look.

Wisewebwoman has also been joining us occasionally.

beginning with the Calendar page for June which I forgot to show at the beginning of the month

followed by the calendar page for July which I think is a prettier one

The jades (crassula) in my garden have begun flowering

here we have a couple of my garden "pets" Roscoe (dog) and Rosie (cat)

Roscoe's nose has been replaced since the original rusted away to nothing

while Rosie's face seems fine. Both have rusted away feet buried in the mulch there. I think Roscoe's tail is also gone now.

Genevieve having fun with a sticker book, they are puffy stickers whch can be placed and peeled off and replaced as often as needed or wanted

Anastasia joining the fun

stickers on their faces

and later on their hands too.

here we have the four most commonly used dried herbs in my kitchen, parsley, oregano, dill tips and  thyme. I'm not a fan of rosemary, and buy fresh basil if I need some for a pizza.

and dried garlic granules, I find them tastier than garlic powder, though I also like crushed fresh garlic. I mix this into my pizza dough.

some of the lesser used spices: mixed spice, powdered ginger, mustard powder, smoked paprika, nutmeg, curry powder and white pepper

and on the bottom shelf, sea salt and black pepper in grinders, celery salt blend, cayenne pepper, cajun spice blend.

garlic powder, onion powder, cloves, allspice and cinnamon. Some of the spices are old and have probably lost all flavour so I shall toss them and only buy new when I need them. 

here is the dinner I made that night, salt and pepper fronm the grinders on the oiled steak right before placing it in a hot pan for two (three?) minutes each side, the vegetable mixture is onion, carrot and cabbage all thinly sliced and stir fried in a little butter with celery salt blend, add a tiny bit of water, maybe a 1/4 cup, clamp on the lid and allow to steam until the water is gone, then serve.

Now a couple of wonderful murals I saw at Yorkshire Pudding's blog and asked if I could use them.

Taken in Glasgow, the tag in the bottom right corner reads "SMUG" and YP tells me it was painted by an Australian man named Sam Bates

Also taken in Glasgow, but no indication of who painted this one.

I won't be home to answer comments, the twins delayed birthday party is today 💖😀