Clever Crows & Blood Oranges

First off ~ video from New Zealand showing yet more on the cleverness of crows & their ability to problem solve creatively through the use of physics:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6148553/Science-proves-crows-are-no-bird-brains#share

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The other evening we made clove-studded pomanders. The best oranges I could find for them (and they need to be organic, as otherwise they won't dry out & preserve properly) were blood oranges which seemed an excellent nod to the Sicilian part of my heritage! Their fresh scent is such a lovely awakening for the senses in an otherwise frosty Wintertime:





~ Kambriel