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I'm endlessly fascinated by the curly little tendrils my cucumber seedlings are shooting out from their furry, cucumber-scented stems.
Compositionally Challenged August Bonus is A Taste of Summer.
This is a home-grown cucumber picked this morning. The bread triangles are for this photo; I don't do anything fancy when it is just my lunch.
Cucumber plant growing indoors under a TaoTronics LED Grow Light. (feel free to use the photo, just attribute to www.LEDGrowLightsHQ.co.uk)
Cucumber Plant Flower - A tiny yellow star of a flower, this seen on a cucumber plant in a New Mexico garden. So, who knew there are male and female flowers for the cucumber plant! I went online to look for information and found this interesting page, but I have no idea which sex flower I photographed, still, ha ha! Heck, I never even knew there were flowers with cucumbers. completegarden.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/cucumber-how-to-i...
"Dendrosicyos socotrana"
The only tree to grow cucumbers, its swollen trunk is a source of food for livestock, so it is actually a rare sight, as it gets cut down in times of food shortages.
#467 - Test shot with my newly acquired Minolta-Maxxum AF 50mm f/1.7 Normal lens.
Used the built-in flash with a home-made diffuser.
ZeroImage 6x9 shot on fujifilm acros Neopan 100 of cucumber water falls ohiopyle park approximately 1 and a half minute exposure 1 hour semi stand development HC110 ilford rapid fixer 5 minutes
Cucumber has multiple skin benefits. One of the many is it helps hold in moisture, it also helps with eye puffiness. Cucumber is also rich in Vitamin E. Cucumber is the signature ingredient in the Sean Cassidy Cucumber Toner because just by itself it has been known to be able to help tone the skin.
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Cucumber Toner is good for us, some of us know the benefits of eating them such as digestive, antioxidant, electrolytic, cancer fighting, memory saving, bone strengthening, and of course, hydrating powers, but did you know the super powers it has when it comes to the largest organ in your body? (for you non-biologists, that is your skin).
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Hotel Nikko San Francisco
Begin making this one day ahead, and serve with a platter of oysters on the half shell.
Ingredients
* 1 1/2 cups gin
* 1 cucumber (about 9 ounces), cut into 1/3-inch-thick slices, plus 6 thin slices for garnish
* 2 tablespoons (or more) dry vermouth
* Ice cubes
Preparation
Mix gin and thick cucumber slices in pitcher. Cover and chill overnight or up to 3 days.
Strain gin, discarding thick cucumber slices. Pour half of gin into cocktail shaker. Add 1 tablespoon (or more) vermouth, then fill shaker with ice. Shake vigorously; strain into 3 glasses. Repeat with remaining gin and desired amount of vermouth. Garnish with thin cucumber slices and serve