A typical morning at our house.😊

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to you! We hope you enjoy your Monday! Pax and Peck remind us to please watch your back. Take care and stay safe. 💕

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A peaceful start to the day is always nice.😺

Peck and Pax hope you have a great Friday!
Please take care and stay safe.💖

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Family togetherness is a joy...while it lasts!🥴

Pax, Peck and Daphne wish you a good morning, or a good evening! We hope your Sunday is pleasant and safe. Please take good care of you and those you love!💖

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I Have The Answer!

I know where Peter Piper’s pickled peppers are! They are in my kitchen. At least, about a third of them are.

I had some peppers in my refrigerator that were not going to be used up before they shrivelled up, so I decided to pickle them. I had pickled some peppers a couple of months previously and was quite pleased with the result, so I decided to use the same recipe again.

I used to do quite a lot of canning when my children were still children, and I have kept the canning bath, the jar grabber, and some jars and lids. So, I was ready!

After the process was complete and the hot jars were cooling on my kitchen counter, I was reminded of the old tongue-twister about Peter Piper that was first published in John Harris’s Peter Piper’s Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation in 1813:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

So, that got me wondering, how much is a peck?

When I Googled it, I was told that a peck is 9.3 quarts, which is equivalent to 8801 millilitres. I had five 500-millilitre jars for a total of 2500 millilitres. That, I decided, was near-as-dammit a third of a peck.

So, there you have it. About a third of Peter Piper’s pickled peppers are on my kitchen counter. They are accompanied by some pickled carrots because I had excess brine.

Now to find out why putting things in jars is called canning.

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Afterthought: The pecks keep coming. I just remembered the Doris Day song that includes the line “I love you, a bushel and a peck,” and the peck is a reference to a measurement, not a kiss!

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Pax and Peck are starting the day slowly. I think I'll follow their lead! 😊

We hope your Sunday is enjoyable. If you are weary, we hope you can take time to rest. Whatever you end up doing, please guard your health and stay safe.💖

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For the time being, Peck has run out of mischief to pursue. I'm sure he'll soon drum up some shenanigans with his "sister" Pax.😊

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You've heard the expression, "belly up to the bar"?
Well, that's what I think of whenever this doofus sits like this.😊

Peck is one of the wandering marauders in our home. Pax is his youngest "sister."

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Pax, the gang, my husband and I, wish a Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 and Happy Holidays to all who celebrate! A wonderful Thursday to all! 😺💕

Here are scenes from our Christmas morning, ranging from Pax enjoying our dog Kukla's green monster toy, to Pax and Peck fighting over a wand toy. Note the airplane wing ears on Pax!😊

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#euro #peck Peck: carciofini a 1.100€/kg, il lusso estremo!

https://www.notizie.buzz/articles/2025/12/24/peck-carciofini-a-1-100-kg-il-lusso-estremo.html