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Dragonflyyies and Danger...

5/31/2023

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It was Dulbbe who finally had to ask.  Being new to the royalty business, this excitement about a dragonfly was beyond him.  Sure, he had chased his share of them (and not to tell the others - he had even swatted a few of the more annoying ones), but why was a dragonfly important enough to call a council meeting.  He thought it had to be important as he never even read about it in the many scrolls he had researched.
"Dowager, I don't mean to be rude, but I don't know why a dragonfly is so important," he said when it was quiet again.  The Baron realized that he should say something as his mother seemed to sometimes think that everyone else should just 'understand' what was going on.
"Mother, I think that some of the youngsters in the room might not have heard about Dragonflyyies since many of them were not around Dragons very much (if at all) before they left.  Maybe you should tell them about the coming of the Village on the Wall and how it happened because of a Dragon," he told her.
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"Maybe later, what's important is that they understand the importance of receiving a Dragonflyye," answered Griselda.  "What all of you must understand is that when the Dragons were here and plentiful, there were several of the Great Fae who helped the clans keep the peace between Dragons, Fae, and the Outies after the Great Age of Befuddlement.  Most of these Fae are now gone (who knows where... but we hope they are having a good time), but a few are still here in the Realms in case the peace is disturbed again."
As Griselda paused, it was Awena who now spoke.  "According to the ancient scrolls, the Great Fae used Dragonflyyies to send important messages to the Dragon clans.  These special Dragonflyyies were one of the few creatures that could speak both to Fae and Dragons.  Only the 'Outies' could not understand the messages they would deliver."
Nodding her head, the Dowager continued when Awena paused.  "That is correct.  As a member of the Wish Dragon clan I would routinely see the Dragonflyyies delivering messages to the clan elders.  I was so shocked to have one appear at the Mansion before leaving to this meeting that I almost forgot about the meeting."
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"I was one of the those Dragons?  Right Awena? But now I am a Moon Dragon," asked Dree the newly transformed Dragon.  "Dowager, did they have a clan for Moon Dragons too?"  Before the Dowager could answer, Dree asked another question.  "Can I still be with the Wish Dragon clan too?"
​Unable to hold his patience any longer, Snoop, who could feel a terrific story coming but he still did not have enough to print in the Bellwether,  jumped up from his chair.
Snoop pointedly asked,  "What did the Dragonflyye say and who sent it!"  When he realized what he had just done, blushing from embarrassment, he quickly apologized to the council and sat down but not without having his pencil out and paper ready to write it all down.
"Before the interruption," Griselda glared at Snoop, who continued to shrink further into his chair, "I was about to say that the message was very short.  All it said was 'They are returning' and it was signed Aralt the Herald."
"Dowager, who is returning and who is Aralt?" Queen Ffion asked as she was just as confused as the others in the council chamber.
"That my dear, is a long tale that I need to tell all of you so everyone understands the dangers that are coming to the Realms.  It all began when Goodie4U appeared before me while I was enjoying my favorite tea..."
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Calling the Meeting...

5/24/2023

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"Quiet!  Quiet everyone.  I am calling this meeting to order," the Dowager said forcibly without raising her voice. Awena nodded her head knowing the chant she had cast earlier was helping her friend be heard over the crowd. Everyone started moving toward seats in the chamber.  Some assigned and some for whomever sat in it first. 
The Baron sat on the left of his mother, the Dowager Griselda, while Awena was on her right side at the front of the room.  Everyone else gave respect due to the new royalty of the Realm - the new Queen Ffion and Troll King Dulbbe, who sat facing towards the head table wondering what this meeting could be about.  The Gooblin King was not into protocol.  He preferred to sit off in the grey hidden shadows of the back of the room observing what was going on.  He told others that he preferred to be off to himself, but most believed it was because he couldn't stand all the bright lights.
"There are several things I need to bring to this Council's attention that are very important.  But before I do, I want the Council to be aware that just before I arrived at this meeting I received a Dragonflyye!" exclaimed the Dowager.  That started the muttering around the room to go in several different directions.  
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​In the section reserved for the minions (so they could be called upon to deliver edicts from the council) Arnie had taken one of the seats because she had never sat at council before.  It's not like a 'Borrower' is invited to many functions since they have a tendency to 'find' things that they take with them when they leave.  Leaning over to Meen she asked in a low voice "What's so important about a dragonfly?  I chase them all of the time when I am not out borrowing."
Meen whispered "I am not sure if it's the same thing.  It could be I suppose, but I remember once that the old King of Shadows' referred to having a relic of one posted in an ancient scroll.  It was an ancient way of sending important messages when the Dragons where around."
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Throwing up her hands into the air with a shrug Arnie asked her companion, "Who could be sending a Dragonflyye to the Dowager?  How could they even know to send it to her?"  

​Who indeed???
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VMP Arrivals...

5/16/2023

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As Snoop quietly snuck across the street and into the alley beside the council chamber, he could now see clearer through the window. There she was, Granny Flare, and she was doing the cleaning. 
At first he thought she was sweeping with her broom, but realized that she was actually holding a Dusty Myte and pointing it towards the floor as it was sucking in the dust. ​
It was that new style of cleaning she had shown to some of the other house Brownies at her last convention that he had written about.  She called it 'vak-u-ming' (whatever that was).  "It will never replace the broom," Snoop thought as he continued watching her clean.  "There must be a meeting going to happen today," he realized when he also saw the brewing tea pot and cookies.  "There sure are a lot of cookies and cups, so it must be for a full council meeting.  Maybe even some VMPs (Very Magical Persons) " Snoop muttered to himself.
Since he knew all of the best hiding places to observe the towns people, he soon was sitting comfortably in an old chair outside of the Hicaberry Tea Shop.  Here he could sit at one of the best places for a cup of  tea and could watch the council chamber too as he hid in the shadows of the eaves.  Snoop had long ago set aside a small expense budget for just this purpose because the Tea Shop made him buy something when he just sat on their porch and watched things happening.  
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​"At least the tea is better than what I brew at the Bellwether," Snoop thought while he slowly sipped a little.  "I might have to make this cup last a long time since it doesn't appear that anyone has arrived yet but Granny Flare."
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It was then that he noticed the troll.  It was Dulbbe, the new King of the Trolls, and standing besides him was Drat.  "Where did they come from," he wondered.  "They had not been there a minute ago."  Listening closely as he leaned over slightly (another reason he had picked this spot), he could just barely hear Dulbbe talking to Drat.
"You were right," Dulbbe said to Drat.  "It was uncomfortable besides being dirty too.  I don't want to have to use that route again unless we absolutely have too.  I mean, I can usually see well in the dark, but not in that pitch black hole you took me through.  I don't know how you did it because I could not see my hand in front of my face!  And don't tell me what was making that sound when were were walking around down there... I don't even what to know who or what it was," Dulbbe finished with a shudder as he brushed his clothes with his hands.
"Sorry Sire, but you did say you wanted to get here fast," Drat answered (but not before Snoop noticed that the rat had answered with a small smile on his lips).  Still smiling, Drat stepped aside and motioned for his King to enter the council chamber first as he followed.
"Interesting," thought Snoop.  "I wonder who else will appear."  Just as he said that, the coach with Queen Ffion pulled up being pulled by no less than four Nytemares.  "She must have been in a hurry," he decided.  "This must be important!"  
As Snoop continued to sip on his tea, he was able to observe several more arrivals for the meeting.  There was Hewy, Hir'aeth the Gooblin King, the Goodie sisters, Awena from the Sleeping Sisters, the Baron and his mother the Dowager, and even Dewin the Wizard.  All VMPs indeed!  It was the last guest that appeared the made Snoop realize that he had to get into the meeting somehow.  It was that young Wish Dragon who had transformed into a Moon Dragon, Drai'ochtluan.  "I am glad that he likes to go by 'Dree' for short," Snoop sighed to himself.  "I would have to look up the spelling every time I want to write it down."
As Snoop was trying to figure out some means of getting into the council chamber, he did not notice that a Pyksee had been sneaking up behind him until she pulled on his sleeve, making him jump several inches into the air.  It was Meen, the new Queen's minion.  "Don't do that," he told her.  "You made me jump."
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Not realizing that Snoop meant it as a bad thing because she liked to jump everywhere, she shrugged his comment off and pulled on his sleeve again.  When she thought she had his full attention, she delivered the message she was sent out with.  "The Council asks if you would join them in the council chamber.  They said they did not want to start without you."
Snoop was flabbergasted... how did they know that is exactly where he wanted to be?
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What, Why & ...

5/9/2023

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"The Food Fight was just going to have to wait since receiving the summons from Griselda," thought Goodie4U.  It didn't take very long for her to put on her shoes and grab her hat. Her sisters stood in the kitchen waiting for her as she donned the hat and as she started for the door she asked them what they were waiting for. "Come on you two, we shouldn't be dallying," Goodie4U told them as she opened the door and started outside. 
Her sisters only looked at each other while shaking their heads from side to side.  As Goodiegood was the last out the door, she waved her hand and fingers in such a way that as she closed the door, the circle of twigs inside of the cottage over the door twisted together and locked it.  Goodiegood heard the clicking sound and thought, "Better to be safe than sorry," as she heard Goodie2shues say "Now off to the council meeting".
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Soon the three sisters were walking on the trail to the Village on the Wall.  As Goodie2shues was casting a protection spell to keep her shoes from getting dusty from the trail, she was also re-telling her sisters again the message from the Flutterby.

"I wonder what could have made Griselda change the location?" Good4U asked her sisters.

"Personally, I would rather have had it at the Baron's Mansion," Goodiegood said.  "It is so much nicer than that chilly old Council Chamber in the village especially as the Baron's batman, Fiddlefaddle, does make such a savory cup of tea."
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"I am sure the Dowager had a good reason why," replied Goodie2shues.
For a while afterwards they continued down the trail in silence.  Each of the sisters thinking about how much could she tell the others at the meeting.  It was Goodie4U who started talking first.  "Sisters.  It is all my fault for the meeting.  As I was visiting the Outie world, I had a vision.  It was the return of the Dragons."
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Before she could continue, Goodie2shues spoke.  "I too had a vision while using the Baking Spoon.  That we decided to help Hungry, Oops, I mean Drai'ochtluan (AKA Dree) is why the Dragons could return.  At first I could not understand why that would be a problem.  We have all missed them since they left, but then I started thinking about possibilities.  Some of the whys and therefores did start to concern me.   Oh Batter!  Sisters. Have we bitten off more than we can chew?"
​For several more paces no one spoke, but the two youngest sisters kept turning to look at their eldest sister to see if she was going to add anything.
Just when they thought she wouldn't, Goodiegood started to speak.  "Yesterday I was using my ol' scrying baking bowl because something was nagging at me.  At first, I thought it was a new recipe trying to get out so I could write it down in my cookbook. Then I realized that it was something else."  Goodiegood continued to describe on how her bowl looked in the vision.  "At first the inside of the bowl appeared full.  Then partially empty, then to empty, and then back to partially full." 
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​"But this was the strange part - when the bowl was partially empty, it looked more like a crescent shape and on the opposite side of where it was the first time, before going back to full," finished Goodiegood.
​"This happened several times before it stopped.  When it did, I too saw a Dragon... but it wasn't Dree I don't think.  It was flying in front of the moon and all I could see was an outline but it seemed smaller than Dree.  As I have been thinking about it as to who this could be,  then this message came from the Dowager, plus you both having seen the return of the Dragons, it is definitely a sign.  The problem is that I don't know what is baking!" Goodiegood continued.
As the sisters approached the village, they still had not decided amongst themselves what to tell the council or if there was a way they could control what might arise in the conversation.  "This can definitely be a recipe for disaster," thought Goodiegood as she entered the council chambers after her sisters.
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Food Fight...

5/3/2023

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Oh no! Goodie2shues was in a pickle indeed!  It was that time of year again when the Food Fights start!
Now a food fight in the Realms is a little different than what an 'Outie' might think.  Here food flying around is normal and not because it is being thrown.  With magical wands and spelled dishes one almost needs a traffic control officer.  But what makes the Food Fight special is because in this event is where the Best Cook wins!

​This is the time when different recipes are created and conjured.
The one who creates the tastiest morsel that everyone thinks tastes the best is the victor in these battles (no cooks were injured in the last several battles except that time when a thrown spoon landed in the hot syrup - but that's a different story...).  Plus the winner wins the opportunity to gain temporary ownership (until the next winner is proclaimed) of the magical BAKING SPOON!
The Goodie sisters have had the Baking Spoon for so long now that they considered it theirs by default.  It enhances their magic and allowed them to see more vividly into the future.  Which at this time might be a good thing to have with all the Dragons coming back and the chaos they might be bringing too.   Now is not the time to be thinking of loosing the Baking Spoon.
But what really has Goodie2shues in a dill pickle is her two older sisters.  "You would think they would know better," she whispers to herself. Her sisters are so wonderful and sweet until this time of year.  Then off comes the oven mitts and out comes the magical recipe books complete with their wands and attitudes.

​While preparing for the competition, the two sisters are extremely focused to the point of annoying.  Of course Goodiegood knows what is best while Goodie4U knowing what is good for you!
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Both sisters take this competition very seriously as each always thinks she has the winning recipe to save the family honor and keep control of the Baking Spoon.  Goodie2shues problem is that as the youngest sister she is stuck in the middle being the judge for deciding which sister has the better chance of winning the Big Food Fight challenge.  
But this year Goodie2shues is thinking she just might get outside help.  So, can you help?  Below are Goodiegood's and Goodie4U's entries into the Food Fight.  Which one do you think might win for control of the Baking Spoon?
Goodiegood thinks her recipe is best because it is like a tropical burst for the tongue that will have you dreaming of lazy days on the beach while enjoying her sweets.  Plus with apricots, pineapple, almonds, and a touch of spice, what could be better than a frozen treat to enjoy that is healthy for you too?
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​To see Goodiegood's recipe for her Apricot Ambrosia click here:
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https://www.misplacedolls.com/my-brambles/goodiegoods-apricot-ambrosia
Now Goodie4U is not to be outdone.  Being one that always knows what is good for you almost makes her somewhat cranky when she isn't listened too (A situation which Goodie2shues can testify to).
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Goodie4U knows her Date Delights are very tasty  and also contain healthy fiber for the body too.  

With just dates, prunes, and coconut, these Delights are so easy to mix up that it takes very little magic to create them. 

To see Goodie4U's recipe for her Date Delights click here:
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https://www.misplacedolls.com/my-brambles/goodie4u-date-delights
Will you help out Goodie2shues and still keep her sisters happy while trying to keep the Baking Spoon in the family?  Leave a comment as to who you think has a chance at winning the Food Fight.  Or, if you think their recipes both sound good enough to enter the final competition, do we let the Competition Judges decide, getting Goodie2shues off the hook?
Plus now receiving the Dowager's emergency council meeting summons adds to the stress.  Will the Food Fight be delayed or even cancelled?  Not on the Goodie sisters' watch if they have anything to say about it. 
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Goodiegood's Apricot Ambrosia...

5/2/2023

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Nothing Goodiegood likes better than to try out a new recipe.  Especially when it is gluten free, dairy free, and in this case, no sugar added.  Very healthy indeed if one knows what's good for them.

Goodiegood also loves sharing these easy-peazy types of cookies as these don't require cooking either.  Just make them up and store them in the freezer.
The Ingredients:  Dried Apricots  -- Almonds -- Pineapple (in their own juice) and then she adds a little cinnamon and cardamom for the tropical zing to top them off.  
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​She starts with roughly 1 and 1/2 cups of dried apricots and 1/4 cup of pineapple (Drained - no juice).  The pineapple helps the apricots not be too dry - that is why the pineapple juice isn't necessary.  

Add a little cinnamon and/or cardamom to what ever level you like for taste.

Place everything into a blender or food processor. 
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The almonds are for rolling the fruit puree mixture in.  Goodiegood simply placed the almonds in a plastic bag and used her rolling pin to crush up the almonds.

​Then poured into a bowl so it would be ready for the puree. 
Once the apricots and pineapple is blended - it is ready to roll.  Also she did a little batch with some carrot grated into this mixture.  Again, add the spices (or not) when you blend as it tastes great either way.
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Take a small amount and drop into the bowl of crush almonds.  She likes to roll it around in the bowl as this also draws the almonds into the middle of the ball as well as on the outside.  Once rolled and coated, put into the freezer.  Let them freeze for a good hour and then simply enjoy this tropical bite for the summer fun.
Goodiegood's Apricot Ambrosia
* makes approximately 30-35 balls per 32 ounce bag of apricots* 
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Goodie4U Date Delights...

5/2/2023

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​Now Goodie4U likes to try out a new recipe too.  Because who knows better what is good for you than her?  Especially when this delight is gluten free, dairy free, and in this case, no sugar added.   


Goodie4U is also known for sharing these easy-peazy type of cookies as these don't require cooking either.  Just make them up and store them in the freezer. 
The Ingredients:  32 ounces of regular pitted dates  (NOT Medjool dates unless you want it really sweet)  -- coconut -- 9 ounces of pitted dried prunes.
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​Goodie4U adds roughly a cup of dates (she made three mixtures out of the 32 ounce bag of dates) and about 1/4 cup of prunes.  (Again, she divided up the 9 ounce bag to make three batches of these delights.)  Nothing else was added.





​Next she places the dates and prunes mixture into blender or food processor.
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​Once blended, she drops small amounts into a bowl of flaked coconut and roll them around.  By rolling it around in the bowl instead of your hands, one can get more coconut in the middle of the ball as well as the outside of it.  Once rolled, then place in freezer.  Freeze for at least an hour.


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Goodie4U Date Delights
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*Makes approximately 30-35 balls to the 32 ounce bag*
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