Good 43º foggy morning...
Here are 205 artichoke recipes:
The California Poppies are blooming.... and the Red Hot Pokers are starting
too..
Here is Smilebox #3... the last leg of our journey from Laughlin back to Oregon... A stop along the way to visit with Kristen, Alex, and Jack. Dinner. Back to Linda's in Woodland, then home to my Dude and Bruiser.....
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Today is a very special anniversary... high school pal and fellow Job's
Daughter Mary (Fancher) and her hubby (also high school pal) Gil Zavala are
celebrating their 50th Anniversary. CONGRATULATIONS kids!!!
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Historically this date....
1789 – On the balcony of Federal
Hall on Wall
Street in New York
City, George
Washington takes the
oath of office to become the first elected President of
the United States.
1900
– Casey
Jones dies in a
train wreck in Vaughn,
Mississippi, while
trying to make up time on the Cannonball
Express.
1927
– Douglas
Fairbanks and Mary
Pickford become the
first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's
Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf
Hitler and Eva
Braun commit
suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory
Banner over
the Reichstag
building.
1993
– Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed
fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen
Cup in Hamburg, Germany
And births
this date include...
1877 – Alice B. Toklas, American
businesswoman (d. 1967)
... if you
ever wondered where that term for marijuana laces brownies came from... read
this
1926 – Cloris Leachman, American
actress (d.2012)
Interesting
about her life and family.....
1933
– Willie
Nelson, American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and
activist
1938
– Gary Collins, American actor (d.
2012)
1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American
actress (d. 2010)
1945
– Michael J.
Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1975
– Johnny Galecki, American
actor
This is an amazing video... a rescued dog rescues a hummingbird!
Scroll down from the 1st video to two other short ones with the dog and
hummingbird.
Yesterday the Sears guy came to fix my washing machine. What a treat Pat was. Good looking! And really nice. Anyway, back to washing laundry. Yeah! It is of the new electronic age and had to be recalibrated!
Then it was haircut time. Glad the repair guy got here and I wasn't late
for my appointment. On the freeway I saw this black cloud overhead...
when I got under it, the rain poured down!! Then it was gone and the rain
stopped!
I took Leah a late birthday present... she loves frogs like I do so found
this solar lit frog for her new deck...
For dinner I roasted some veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, yam, carrots,
asparagus, shallot) ... tossed with olive oil and garlic seasoning, roasted 400º
30 min. Then had those with crab cakes topped with Dijonnaise.
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Saturday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo
April 30, 2016 is
National
Raisin Day
It’s National Raisin Day! People have been dehydrating
grapes to make raisins for thousands of years. The practice dates back to 2000
B.C. and originated in Persia and Egypt. Raisins were also highly prized by the
Ancient Romans, who used this delicious snack food to barter. They also awarded
raisins as prizes at sporting events!
Raisins are low in fat and contain important nutrients like
iron, copper, calcium, and antioxidants. Raisins first became commercially
popular in 1873 when a heat wave destroyed acres and acres of California grape
vines. One grower decided to sell the dried grapes and marketed them as a
“Peruvian delicacy.” Today, California produces half of the world’s raisin
supply!
To celebrate National Raisin Day, snack on a box of raisins
or bake a delicious batch of oatmeal raisin
cookies!
