Good 34ยบ must be cloudy 'cause I can't see any stars morning.
Stayed sunny and pretty all day yesterday except for a couple drops of rain in
the morning. Scattered clouds. This was the drive home from Grants
Pass......
Today would have been Maggie's 15th birthday, born in 1999.
One month exactly before my grandson Jackson! She's been gone since August and
not a day goes by without missing her terribly! She was a love!
She wasn't Irish but pretended just for one day a year. She
was Scottish, a McNab, named for the man who bred these dogs.. Generally McNabs
are black and white and "occasionally red and white"... being a "red head" and
Scottish I named her Maggie after my red headed Scottish mother,
Margaret.
Alexander McNab was originally a sheep herder in
the Grampian Mountains in Scotland, and emigrated to Mendocino County, CA in 1866.
He settled on a 10,000 acre ranch, which he named the McNab Ranch. McNab,
dissatisfied with the working ranch dogs available locally, traveled back to
Scotland in 1885, to find the type of dogs he had worked with while raising
sheep. He eventually bought two Scotch Collies, Peter and Fred. He returned to
California with Peter, while he left Fred in Scotland to finish his training. He
imported him back to his ranch later.
Being males, McNab had Peter and Fred bred with two females
supposedly of Spanish origin, brought by Basque sheep herders from the Basque
region of Northern Spain. Other sources claim that they were, in fact, bred with
other Scotch Collies. McNab later imported several more collies from Scotland,
some of which were red and white Fox Collies. Some McNab dogs share this
coloration, as previously mentioned. The McNabs were bred as the perfect cattle
dog, that could both head and heel. They are still used in California ranches
and stockyards today.
McNabs are not recognized by the National Kennel
Association, although they are slowly becoming more and more common and
popular.
Yesterday was great. Met up with Jennifer, Dee, and Nancy
(whose birthday is Sunday) for lunch at Blondie's Bistro.
L-R Nancy me Dee and Jennifer
Dee and Jennifer had the chopped salad..
and Nancy and I had the seared Ahi tuna, wasabe/soy sauce, ginger, and avocado...
(OMGAWD it was SOOOOOOO good. I could eat that for every
meal every day!!!!)
Fun lunch ladies!
Historically
this date....
The Ides of March (Latin: Idus Martii
or Idus Martiae) is a day on the Roman
calendar that
corresponds to March 15. It was marked by several religious
observances, and
became notorious as the date of the assassination
of Julius Caesarin 44
BCE.
...............see, even my dog was born on a special
day!
1916 – President Woodrow
Wilson sends 4,800
United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico
border to pursue Pancho
Villa.
1985 – The first Internet domain
name is
registered (symbolics.com).
2011 – Beginning of the Syrian civil
war.
And births
this date include....
1767 – Andrew
Jackson, 7th President of the United States (d.
1845)
1941 – Mike
Love, American musician (The Beach
Boys)
1970 – Derek
Parra, American speed skater
1975 – Eva
Longoria, American actress
All I know. Happy Saturday. Nuff said. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
March 15th
National Peanut Lovers Day
(Jerry kept his smoker in the barn and was always smoking
salted in the shell peanuts ... soooo good! and he'd share with Maggie. She
loved peanuts and peanut butter!)
They're the best part of Crackerjack and the main ingredient
in mixed nuts. It's no surprise, roasted and salted peanuts make for great
snacking. But peanuts are highly nutritious and make good, healthy foods like
peanut butter and are an ingredient in many Middle Eastern and Asian dishes.
Peanut oil is a versatile cooking oil. What's not to love? We're talking peanuts
here!
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