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In the Kitchen
BUTTER BRICKLE BARS
Ingredients:
Club crackers
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
2 cup chocolate chips
2 cup chopped nuts
Directions:
Line a cookie sheet with foil. Cover with a
single layer of crackers. Bring butter and
Weather Aphorisms
Winter's back breaks about the
middle of February.
My favorite winter activity is
going back inside and putting my
pajamas on.
I want to spend February in Florida,
where the only things frozen are
my drinks.
sugar to a boil in a saucepan and cook
for 2 minutes. Pour over crackers and
bake at 350⁰ for 5 minutes. Remove from
oven, sprinkle with chocolate chips and
spread evenly as they melt. Sprinkle with
nuts. Let cool, cut in squares and store in
refrigerator.
KENTUCKY STATE PARKS
Gardening Fun
Old Appalachian tradition says it's
good luck to steal herbs.
A snowy winter portends a good
year for crops.
The top five easiest indoor plants
to keep alive are:
Spider Plant (Chlorophytum
comosum)
Snake Plant (Sansevieria
EVENTS
Regional Notes
Once upon a time, in Buckhannon, WV,
two deserters from the British American
forces during the French and Indian
War spent over two years living inside a
sycamore tree. Pringle Tree Park marks
the spot where brothers John and Samuel
Pringle pulled off this tree-mendous
desertion, and the sycamore growing
there now is supposedly a third generation
descendant of their hollow hideaway.
Thru early March, Elk Tours at Jenny Wiley State
Resort Park, Prestonsburg, KY, parks.ky.gov
1-2, Big Lick Comic Con, Roanoke, VA, biglickcomiccon.
com
15, Chocolate Wine & Shine Festival, Morgantown, WV,
chocolatewineshine.com
15, Fasching (German Mardi Gras), Helen, GA, helenchamber.com
22, Tennessee Winter Beer Fest, Townsend, TN,
tennesseewinterbeerfest.com
22-23, Battle of Aiken Festival, Aiken, SC, battleofaiken.com
28, Arts Ball at Cross Creek Country Club, Mount Airy, NC,
surryarts.org
trifasciata)
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)
Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema)
Areca Palm (Chrysalidocarpus
lutescen)
What's that you said?
If you toss myrtle twigs into a
fireplace and softly gaze into the
fire, eventually you'll see your
future love.
FEB MONTH AT A GLANCE
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SIGNIFICA
3 Woolworth store sit-in, Greensboro, NC, 1960
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Groundhog Day
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Astronaut John Glenn launched into orbit,
1962
George Washington born, 1732
Children receive first polio vaccine, 1954
President Andrew Johnson impeached, 1968
Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born, 1807
February's full moon is the Snow Moon.
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skywatch
 New moon - 27th
) First quarter - 5th
 Full moon - 12th
( Last quarter - 20th
Norman Rockwell born, 1894
Charles Lindbergh born, 1902
Daniel Boone captured, 1778
Ronald Reagan born, 1911
Charles Dickens born, 1812
Boy Scouts of America founded, 1910
William Henry Harrison born, 1773
Thomas Edison born, 1847
Abraham Lincoln born, 1809
St. Valentine's Day
First 911 call made, 1968
President's Day
Thomas Jefferson elected third U.S. president,
1801
sunrise sunset
Feb. 2 - sun rises 7:25; sun sets 17:39; length of day 10h 14m
Feb. 9 - sun rises 7:13; sun sets 17:55; length of day 10h 41m
Feb. 16 - sun rises 7:05; sun sets 18:02; length of day 10h 56m
Feb. 23 - sun rises 6:57; sun sets 18:09; length of day 11h 12m
Experience is that marvelous thing
that enables you to recognize a
mistake when you make it again.
We all admire the wisdom of
people who come to us for advice.
-Jack Herbert
Did you know?
Ten gallon hats only hold about six
pints of water.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or
do without.
Reuse single-sided printed pages
for scratch paper.
Find new homes for clothing
and linens, or use them for rags,
patchwork and other projects.
Bring a reusable mug to the coffee
shop.
Bring reusable takeout containers
with you to restaurants (it saves
them money!).
There are 26 tunnels on the Blue
Ridge Parkway, but because of
how rugged the mountains are in
North Carolina only one of them is
in Virginia.
FEB
FEB
http://parks.ky.gov http://www.biglickcomiccon.com http://www.chocolatewineshine.com http://www.helenchamber.com http://www.tennesseewinterbeerfest.com http://www.battleofaiken.com http://www.surryarts.org
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