Clover

 This is a patch of clover on my neighbour's lawn.  Sometimes I forget what it looks like.  My sister actually bought clover seeds to plant on her lawn for the environment.  I spend a lot of time digging it out of my lawn, hmm.  Maybe it's time to stop.

Friday Art - Moose

 Welcome to Friday Art.  Here is my 'Moose' ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Berries and Chickpea chocolate chip cookies

 Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date!  This is my 'Berries' ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in acrylic marker and watercolour pencil.

For the Dinner Date, I am sharing Chickpea Chocolate Chip cookies, a recipe  my daughter concocted.  They are really good considering they are chickpeas and oatmeal.

Here is her recipe:

• 3/4 cup oats (blend until powder form)
• 1 can chickpeas, washed and drained
• 1/4 c zero calorie  syrup 
• 3 tablespoons milk 
• 5 tbsp peanut butter (melted for 50 secs in microwave)
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla 
• 1/3 cup semi sweet or dark chocolate chips (or more if you like) 

Blend oats until powder forms. Add in baking powder… add in syrup, chickpeas, milk, melted peanut butter, vanilla. 

Blend until all smooth. Scrape into bowl and add choc chips. 

Put dough in fridge for 30 min (optional, but makes it less sticky). Spoon onto baking sheet. 

Bake at 350F for 15 min (or until golden edges).  My cookies took 30 minutes as they weren't as dainty looking as in her photo below.  Daughter L is a good cookie baker.

Wednesday Memes

 

The bank email

 So I got this email from the bank saying my account ending in **** has not been used in over a year and if it goes dormant there will be a cost.  My daughter got the same email with the same account number.  Unfortunately I clicked on the embedded link in the email and signed into my account to check.  You should always log in to your account on a separate bank link.

I went to the bank thinking I had been scammed although my accounts seemed to be in order.  Luckily the email was legitimate and there was no scam.  The account really does exist although it wasn't showing up in my online screen.  They closed the account and  I asked for a new debit card anyway.

I am not so trusting anymore, we all have to be observant and cautious in today's world.

Scammed

 Well daughter L finally scratched her birthday gift card that we gave her from Walmart.  Her birthday was back in April.  It had a zero balance!  We were scammed!  Their customer service says the card was used the day after purchase.  They say the card was not tampered with and that we used it.  I feel they should remove the gift cards from the open shelves they are somehow being compromised. This happens a lot these days.  I called the customer care number at the back of my credit card and they have opened a dispute case for me.  Hopefully I can get a refund after investigation but nothing is certain.  

Be careful out there! My neighbour says she gets e-gift cards but I think those can get scammed too.    

Sunday Smiles - A Fun Afternoon

Rosemary bread appetizer and Kale salad

White Sangria

Sausage and Onion Pizza

Tiramisu with gooseberry garnish

 The weather was perfect this past Friday.  Some friends came over and we walked to Main Street for lunch.  The food was delicious and we had good conversation.  It was a fun afternoon.

Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.  Her link is in my sidebar, Blogger doesn't seem to be adding links properly these days.