Martin ~ Linda ~ Blondie's Bistro ~ Hachi

Good 45º foggy morning. Predictions are for partly cloudy and 66º. Rained hard on and off all day yesterday.

Martin came over yesterday morning and stacked the huge pile of wood he had dropped off a couple weeks ago.

He also cut up the stump, in the pouring rain, cut that wood, and stacked it. Cleaned up my wood storage area. Will come back and take care of the raised beds and trim up grapevines, etc. Hard worker!

 

Linda arrived yesterday about 2-ish. She ran into a lot of rain on the way. We went to Grants Pass, I introduced her to Jennifer at the Kitchen Company and then we went to Blondie's for early dinner.

 

Linda had the shrimp scampi and I had the chicken picatta .... both SO GOOD!!!

 

 

We came home, got comfy in our chairs, poured some wine and watched a movie Nancy Perry loaned me... Hachi ... A Dog Tale.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028532/

About an Akita puppy shipped from Japan and found in the train station in the states by Richard Gere, a professor. Touching!

Then we watched Chicago Fire, one of my favs. ( http://www.nbc.com/chicago-fire/ ) Linda kept saying, "Wow!". LOL. Firefighting is not something I'd want to do!!!

 

Simple Simon met a pie man going to the fair.
Said Simple Simon to the pie man,
'What have you got there?'
Said the pie man unto Simon,
'Pies, you dumb ass' !!

 

Historically this date...

1580 – Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.

1687 – The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.

(when I was there a few years ago...

1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.

I have my Daddy's Al Malaikah fez.....

1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don’t shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.

1970 – The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres

1981 – Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.

1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

2009 – Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.

And births this date include...

1895 –George Raft, American actor (d. 1980)

1914 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutritional expert (d. 2011)

1926 – Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)

...sexy lady. sexy name.... born 'Gayle Peck'!

1942 – Kent McCord, American actor

......McCord recently (Oct 2010) retired as a Reserve Police Officer from the Los Angeles School Police Department. He had attained the rank of Lieutenant before retiring. (so la te da... so did I from LASD!)

1956 – Linda Hamilton, American actress

 

All I know. Happy Thursday. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

September 26th

Pancake Lover's Day

 

 

also...

 

Johnny Appleseed Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed

John Chapman (aka Johnny Appleseed) was born on September 26, 1774.