Smokey Skies ~ Foreman Anna of Trees Inc ~ Dave's Koi ~ Rain In So Ca ~ Golfer's Song ~ Alfalfa & Michael Banks ~ Salad & Homemade Dressing ~ Temps ~ The Bruise

Good 62º hazy sky morning. There are two wildfires currently burning in Shasta County in No. California just to our south. It has made for very hazy skies... Last night at 8:15:

And at 8:40:

Breakfast.... cottage cheese, tomato, avocado, siracha mayonnaise, roasted garlic sea salt, and two low fat mozzarella sticks.

 

 

Yesterday about 7:45 am the Trees Inc crew was back to finish up. They were done and outta here by 9:30. Here is Anna, and I found out her title is 'foreman'... Cute as a bug!

Only three trucks up here yesterday....

I went down to PJ and Dave's with Dude... Watered plants and fed the fish...they get sooooooooooooo excited!

Kristen sent me a text it was raining in San Gabriel. Lucky them. This is the school yard where she works at Coolidge Elementary

Ok, tonight is the full moon. Called a "blue moon". This phenomenon takes place when there are two full moons the same calendar month. The last full moon was July 2nd. This happens every 2 or 3 years. The last took place August 31st, 2012. The next blue moon will be in 2018.

 

You golfers will understand this:

                                         http://youtu.be/miPE-cf_5UY

 

 

Historically this date...

1941 – Holocaust: under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question."

..........there are just no words to describe what sick monsters these people were, Hitler in particular. 

2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.

And births this date include....

1929 – Don Murray, American actor

1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (d. 1979)

1939 – France Nuyen, French actress

1965 – J. K. Rowling, British writer

 

People who died too young... These I didn't know. Did you?

Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer of the original Little Rascals died at 31 when he was shot and killed over an argument concerning $50!

Michael Garber known as Michael Banks from Mary Poppins died at 21 from Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis caused from contacting hepatitis in India the previous year.

 

 

Later I decided on starting fixing my dinner early. Wanted a salad with lots of veggies and salmon and homemade dressing. 

So, re-hydrated some green beans, diced potatoes, mushroom slices, peas, and celery..

Then I stir-fried some broccoli stir fry (LOL) with lemon infused olive oil and a little water and garlic salt. When finished, just al denté, it went into the colander...

Next I chopped a green bell pepper and cut the canned artichoke hearts in half... into the colander they went too...

I added all that and the re-hydrated veggies to a big bowl and refrigerated.

The dressing was 1 cup of mayonnaise, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup O Olive Oil ( http://www.ooliveoil.com/ ) Orange Blossom Champagne Vinegar, 1/8 cup lemon juice, 1 tsp Trinidad Lemon Garlic, and 1 tsp lemon salt (sea salt & lemon flavor and tumeric). Whisked well and put in jar in fridge...

 Kept in the fridge until I was ready to eat.

Then I put some fresh baby spinach in the dish, sauteéd veggies, re-hydrated veggies, and half the can of salmon... Topped with the dressing. Had a rice cake to go along with.

                                          OMGOOOD!!

 

Temps started yesterday at:

7am   56º

10am 78º

10:10 80º

10:45 85º

11:15  90º

noon  94º

12:10  95º

1pm   99º

Turned on AC

1:05  100º

1:20  101º

1:40  102º

2:10  103º

2:20 105º

3pm 106º

3.20 107º

3:40 107.8º 

 

Bruiser would go in and out and then decided it was much better inside! "Do I look cool and casual, or what?"

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

July 31st

Mutt's Day

This was my Lucy. She was a mutt.... half Collie and half German Shepherd

....and of course Dude is a mutt.....half Lab and half Rottweiler  

 

It's Mutt's Day.  Mutts deserve their day in the spotlight, as much as a pure breed. If you own a mutt, or you are a mutt (reading this), then you know this day is for you.

 

By definition a mutt, sometimes called a "Half-breed", is a dog that is of mixed breed.  They come from two to several breeds. Purebred owners, and sometimes the public in general, view them as lesser in many ways. Mutt owners know better. They value the diversity and uniqueness of their mutts. Sure, a mutt doesn't carry the expensive price tag that a purebred with papers has on its head. To the mutt owner, however, the mutt is invaluable. In addition, mutts don't walk around needing to prove anything. You won't see them strutting around any dog shows trying to prove they are the best.

 

To all mutts and and mutt owners, we hope you thoroughly enjoy Mutt's Day. Spend the day relaxing and doing all the things you and your dog like to do. Do so with both of