GINGER THE TORTOISE FOUND AFTER DITCHING HER GARDEN LOVE IN THE TIME OF TORTOISES
In a tale that proves love knows no bounds ( or speed limits ), Ginger the tortoise has finally returned home after a full year of wandering the English countryside at what can only be described as a majestic crawl. Her mission? To find love. Her pace? A blazing 0.00012 mph.
and a better memory. “Amazingly, somebody remembered the posters we put up nearly a year ago, and we then got the call,” Muirie told the Southwest News Service. (Well, it’s not every day you see a missing tortoise poster … )
Muirie suspects Ginger had just emerged from hibernation (probably dreaming of tortoise speed dating and the summer sun). “She is that well camouflaged, we thought there’s no chance we would ever find her,” she admitted. Now back home, Ginger is living like a queen and reclaiming her rightful spot in the garden. She's got snacks, sunshine, 40 years of memories to reflect on, and presumably, a well-earned nap or 10 ahead.
Ginger, who had recently lost her lifelong tortoise companion, Fred, decided that enough was enough last June. Widowed, single, and apparently filled with romantic ambition, she tunneled under a garden fence and vanished on a mission of the heart. Her owner, 51-year-old Sarah-Jane Muirie, who’s had Ginger since she was just 10 years old, did what any tortoise-loving human would do: She blanketed the neighborhood in missing posters and hoped for a miracle.
As Muirie said, “To have a pet for 40 years is so special.” Especially when that pet embarks on a slow but steady quest for love. Welcome back, Ginger. May your romantic days be ahead of you, but much closer to home this time.
That miracle took an entire year, but it finally arrived. Ginger was found lounging behind a pub ( because, of course, she was ) by a horse rider with a good eye
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EATS WITH ELLIE
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE ICE CREAM BARS
INGREDIENTS •
1 pt strawberry ice cream 1/4 cup strawberry preserves
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1 5.25-oz package crispy sugar cookies
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1 0.8-oz package freeze-dried strawberries
1 pt vanilla ice cream
DIRECTIONS 1. Stir strawberry ice cream in a large bowl until spreadable. Fold in preserves until evenly streaked throughout. 2. Stir vanilla ice cream in a separate large bowl until spreadable. 3. Spoon 1 1/2 tbsp of the strawberry mixture into the bottom of 8 (1/3-cup) popsicle molds. Spoon 1 1/2 tbsp of the vanilla mixture on top of the strawberry mixture into the molds. Repeat, alternating the 2 mixtures, until each mold is full. 4. Place sticks into the popsicles and freeze until solid, 4–6 hours. 5. In a large zip-lock bag, crush sugar cookies with a rolling pin until pieces are rice-size; pour into a shallow dish. 6. Repeat with freeze-dried strawberries and stir the pieces together. 7. Run the ice cream molds under warm water to release popsicles from molds. 8. Coat bars evenly with cookie mixture. 9. Eat immediately or place on a cookie sheet and freeze.
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