Landscapes from Seven Continents

Posted on March 30, 2020 by vanbraman

On Facebook today I have been seeing a lot of landscape pictures with the following:

Join the boredom challenge of posting a picture of some landscape from a place where you’ve been, where the main requirement is that you NOT appear in it. Just a picture, no description.
The goal is to flood profiles with landscape photos to give a twist on the situation we’re going through.
Copy the text to your status, post a photo and let’s travel virtually around the world.

So, I decided to share some landscape pictures that I have taken and take you on a virtual trip around the world.

There are landscapes from all seven continents in this post.

Central Valley Hills, California, Green hills, winter colorSouth Africa, Johannesburg, Country, VeldYorke Bay - Falkland Islands - Malvinas - Gypsy Cove - Penguins - Magellanic PenguinsParadise Bay Antarctica - Ice and Snow in Antarctica - Antarctica rock reflectionhistoric stone bridge, jena germany, burgau bridgeRoman Road - Tarsus Roman Road - Steps of Paul - Cilician RoadBadaling, Great Wall of China, Ming Dynasty Wall, Reconstructed WallUshuaia Argentina - ReflectionsBlue Mountains - Australia - Rock Formation - Katoomba - GeologySteven

p.s. If I get some requests I will write a new post with descriptions and locations.

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Llama CupCakes

Posted on March 29, 2020 by vanbraman

Recently I ran across an interesting box of limited edition Hostess CupCakes.

Hostess Cupcakes, snackcakes, llams, cake, hostessThese would be a good snack for someone who loves llamas.

I was surprised to see these as I really am not aware that llamas are popular. Are they popular enough to merit a limited edition CupCake?

Update: Well, after writing the post, but before posting, I have come back to this question. It seems that llamas have been rising in popularity because of the book Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney. There is a Netflix adaptation of this book with Jennifer Garner voicing one of the characters. So this is why they are popular.

limited edition cupcakes, hostess cupcakes, llamas, andean cultureThey are colorful and full of sprinkles.

limited edition cupcakes, hostess cupcakes, llamas, andean cultureWhen I opened the box I was hit with a nice aroma from the cakes. Also, a bit of nice lavender color.

limited edition cupcakes, hostess cupcakes, llamas, andean cultureThe frosting is lavender with different colored sprinkles and is topped by a nice yellow squiggle. There are not very many sprinkles on this one compared to the picture, but others had a better distribution.

limited edition cupcakes, hostess cupcakes, llamas, andean cultureThere was even a bit of color in the cake, but not much.

They tasted like CupCakes to me 🙂 Not too sweet and a good consistency. Just a yellow cake cupcake with some colorful frosting and decorations.

I will have to watch out for more Limited Edition CupCakes after we are past the shelter in place requirements.

Stay safe,

Steven

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