Music Monday: Twinnies!

This is day 12 of the August Happiness Challenge. My happiness today is that anywhere you find people, some of them are singing or playing music. This is a sign to me that we still have what it takes to change the world!   Enjoy Die Twinnies!

You Gotta love kids who can roller skate while playing an accordion, and while singing, too!

I'm still dealing with prickly pears, so missing things like Sunday Stealing, which is a lot of fun, too.  Next week!  

Well, I did Sunday Stealing.    Although I got no pictures of this day's process,  I actually managed to strain and cook the juice along with sugar (lots) and lime juice (from our lime trees) this evening when the weather cooled off.   Instructions for doing it that way came from HERE.   

Tomorrow I have to find the canning jars, wash them, heat them in hot water bath, and then cook the fruit puree with the pectin and can.  Whatever doesn't fit into the jam jars for processing I will have to just put in preserved jars and freeze.  Freezing jam is a good way to preserve it, actually. 

I'll be getting pictures of that to show off the amazing golden color of this Opuntia's fruit.  This is an heirloom plant from my mother.  I can just see her standing in the garden blessing it with such an incredible amount of fruits this year.  Thanks Mom!

If you want to watch a lovely, lovely film about the small pollinators, this is the one for you:  




I've seen our tiny Allen's Hummingbird do that same Aerial combat twirl with an Giant Green June Beetle earlier this summer.  Want to SEE MORE BEETLES?  Bug Alert!  Anyway, I love them.  Some new beetles were on the Opuntia cactus this year.  They are part of the pollination squad.

Have a great week.   If something starts torquing your head, just think, "It's only a thought."