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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-01-12, Page 5Times-Advocate, January 12, 1978 Page 5 By ELAINE TOWNSHEND Odds 'n Ends Snowflakes Remember the childhood game of trying to catch snowflakes on your tongue? Remember the delightful taste? Snowflakes were Light important in plant care Many home gardeners fail with houseplants because they do not choose the right type of plant, says R.A. Fleming, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food ex tension horticulturist, Mr, Fleming says in most cases light is the limiting factor in house plant success. Light is not as easi ly controlled as moisture and temperature. “Flowering plants usually require more light than foliage plants,’’ says Mr. Fleming. , Green-leaved foliage plants will grow moderately well in shaded locations. Some will tolerate quite dark areas of a room while colored-leaved plants re quire more light. The closer natural con ditions can be simulated, the greater the success in grow ing houseplants. For the beginner, Mr. Fleming recommends plants such as Wandering Jew, Spider Plants, Moses in the Bullrushes, Prayer Plants. Grape Ivy, and Calathea. These plants are easy to grow and will withstand our warm homes and subdued natural light conditions. Home gardeners may want to consider fluorescent lighting to grow flowering plants. fascinating things. They came in a million different shapes, sizes and designs, and it seemed as though no two snowflakes looked ex actly alike. Some had needle-like points, while others fanned out more delicately. Some were large enough.that we could faintly discern the minute, fragile patterns; others were mere specks. Some stung our faces a lit tle when they hit us. Others felt wet and sticky, and they clung to our hair and melted on our glasses. Some danced to the ground one at a time; others fell in bunches so dense that they seemed to draw a cur tain around us. They seemed to disappear as soon as they hit the ground, but gradually a white film covered the grass. Before long, a mound of snowflakes glittered in the sunlight. When enough snow had ac cumulated, we built forts and used snowballs for am munition. Our creativity ran wild as we sculptured snowmen and other figures. When we got tired, we just flopped onto the soft snow, and then scrambled to our feet to see the shape we had left on the ground. What fantasies we children could weave as we watched more snowflakes fall! As we grew older, scien tists gave us logical ex planations for the mysteries of snowflakes. They consist of water vapour in the air that had crystallized into geometrical forms. Common sense tells us it is true, but sometimes even we adults revert to our childhood fantasies as we watch snowflakes drift past our windows. ■ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem entitled “Snowflakes” Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields for saken, Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow. Even as our cloudy fancies take Suddenly shape in some divine expression, Even as the troubled heart doth make In the white countenance confession, The troubled sky reveals The grief it feels This is the poem of the air, Slowly in silent syllables recorded; This is the secret despair, Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded, . Now whispered and reveal ed To wood and field.” Francis Thompson described a snowflake this way: “What heart could have thought you? Past our devisal (0 filigree petal!) Fashioned so purely, Fragilely, surely, From what Paradisal Imagineless metal, Too costly for cost? Who hammered you, wroughtVou, From argentine vapour? “God was my shaper. Passing surmisal, He hammered, He wrought me, From curled silver vapour, To lust of His mind: Thou couldst not have thought me! So purely, so paley, Tinily, surely, Mightily, frailly, Insculped and embossed, With His hammer of wind, And His graver of frost.” A LOT OF BOTTLES — Members of the Huron Park Brownie pack held a bottle drive in Huron Park on Saturday. Leaders Rosemary Jackson and Linda Burgess estimated that over $100 was raised from the collection. Brownies who took part in the drive were Tracy Winger, Denese Dunlop, Cary Degraw, Bonnie Kooy, Michele Rock, Shawney Brunslow, Susan Pinter, Sheila Randall, Karen Schenk, Lynne Jackson and Pauline Jackson. T-A photo Low calorie eating with eggs So you have eaten your way through the holidays and plan to cut down in the new year. Here is a recipe that not only can help you keep your resolution about eating more wisely but is perfect to serve to guests anytime during the year. The Crustless Quiche is very simple to make and tastes great! Serve with a cooked vegetable and a crisp, tossed salad for a nutritious satisfying meal. The eggs contribute protein, iron, vitamin A, B vitamins and a number of other essential nutrients. Made with evaporated milk instead of cream, this quiche is higher in protein and calcium, lower in fat. Each large serving contains only 344 calories and costs about 34 cents. Calorie counters should keep in mind that an egg has only 80 calories. Try cooking eggs without fat, either poached or in the shell. Remember one tablespoon of butter contains 100 calories, 20 more than one egg. A hint for a low calorie treat is devilled eggs, substituting yoghurt for the mayonnaise. A devilled egg made with 2 teaspoons of plain yoghurt, dry mustard and chopped onion contains only same devilled mayonnaise calories. 1 1 4 1 86 calories. The egg made with contains Crustless tjuiche tbsp, butter or margarine cup sliced onion eggs can (lib.) evaporated milk 34 tsp. salt tsp cayenne (optional) 34 cup grated Swiss cheese (3 oz.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In medium skillet, melt butter or margarine. Saute onions, stirring occasionally, until limp but not brown. Spread in buttered 9-inch pie plate. Beat together until just blended eggs, evaporated milk, salt and cayenne. Pour over onions. Sprinkle cheese on top. Bake 30-40 minutes, or until center is set and top is golden. Cut in wedges and serve at once. Makes four servings. For variety, one or more of the following may be added to or instead of the onion: cooked bacon, chopped ham, sliced mushrooms. Heat leftover quiche in 325 degree oven uncovered, for 15-20 minutes or until thoroughly warm. 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