Good 54º clear sunny morning.
Yesterday:
You could see the moon...
And my "desert laugh" has started blooming. (Yucca)
We had a bit of heat... it hit 86º yesterday. Prediction for warmer today.
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.
Here are some old photos of my dad, Leslie Laney. Missed and
loved....
The playhouse in the background, he built:
At one time he did smoke cigars (and in the house?!) This was
Christmas:
Robert E. Lee's Mansion:
Daddy and Lucy in front of the playhouse/fort he built for Kristen and
Brian...
Daddy was an Alabama boy and still had a trace of a Southern accent... he
called me "Shu-ga"... (sugar)
Two other GREAT dads:
My son Brian and his Tucker and Sami:
And step-son Aaron with his Maddie:
Two special birthdays today, my email pal, Brooklyn Vivia.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLFRIEND! I hope you have a GREAT day!!!! Glad you got the
birthday present AC from your son!!
Here is where she lives in Brooklyn:
Also today is former Wilson High School 1959 graduate Arlon
Webb's bride, JoAnn's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOANN!!!
Historically this date...
1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872
presidential election.
1900 – Empress Dowager
Longyu of China orders all foreigners
killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.1983 – Space Shuttle
program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first
American woman in space.
And births this day
include....
1913 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker (d. 2008)
1917 – Richard Boone, American
actor (d. 1981)
1942 – Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, and The Fireman)
OK, for those of you with the Air Fryer here are super good easy Egg
Rolls!
Ingredients:
Cheeseburger Egg Rolls:
8 oz raw extra lean ground beef
1/4 t. garlic powder
1/4 t. onion powder
salt and pepper
1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
3 T. cheddar cheese
3 T. cream cheese
2 T. ketchup
1 T. mustard
6 hamburger dill pickle chips, chopped
6 large square egg roll wrappers
Put beef in skillet, add seasonings, bell pepper, onion. Cook
stirring about 5 minutes over med high heat.
Remove from skillet and add cheeses, ketchup, and mustard.
Mix.
Transfer to bowl and fold in chopped piclkes. Lay out egg
roll wrapper and put about 1/3 cup of beef mixture in center of wrapper. Mositen
edges with water and fold sides towards the middle and roll up the wrapper,
sealing with a dab of water.
Cook in single layer in air fryer at 392º for 7-9 minutes.
You can see the video here:
Yesterday I saw Mr. Coyote in my pasture. I went out on the porch with my
camera and he stopped and looked at me. I said "hello" and then he ran a bit and
stopped again....
I found some old chips in the cupboard, so I smashed them up and tossed
them out back for the birds. We have a couple crows who frequent out there.
Noisy guys! So, instead of the crows showing up, the turkeys did.....
I needed an afternoon cocktail and snack... a little of Jerry's favorite
tequila in a Texas (he was born there) shot glass and some 'in store made'
Safeway guacamolé.... and rice crackers.
YUMMMMM
Later dinner was air fried sirloin, green beans with parmesan cheese, and
tomatoe. Perfect. Steak in Air Fryer for 15 minutes at 400º. Crispy on the
outside, pink on the inside.
All I know. Nuff said. Happy Father's Day. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
June 18th
Father's Day
History of Father's Day in US
Modern
version of Father's Day celebration originated in United States of America and
thereafter the tradition spread in countries around the world. The world owes
thanks to Ms Sonora Louise Smart Dodd a loving daughter from Spokane, Washington
as it is because of her struggle that Father's Day saw the light of the day.
The
idea of Father's Day celebration originated in Sonora's mind when she per chance
listened to Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Fairly mature at the age 27, Sonora
pondered if there is a day to honor mother then why not for father? Sonora felt
strongly for fathers because of the affection she received from her own father
Mr William Jackson Smart, a Civil War veteran. Sonora's mother died while
childbirth when she was just 16. Mr Smart raised the newborn and five other
children with love and care.
Inspired
by Ms Anna Jarvis's struggle to promote Mother's Day, Ms Dodd began a rigorous
campaign to celebrate Father's Day in US. The Spokane Ministerial Association
and the local Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) supported Sonora's cause.
As a result Spokane celebrated its first Father's Day on June 19, 1910. Though
there was initial hesitation the idea gained gradual popularity all over US and
Fathers Day came to be celebrated in cities across the country
Looking
at the heightened popularity of Father's Day in US, President Woodrow
Wilson
approved of this idea in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge too supported
the idea
of a national Father's Day in 1924 to, "establish more intimate
relations
between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the full
measure
of their obligations". After a protracted struggle of over four decades,
President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third
Sunday of June as Father's Day in 1966. Then in 1972, President Richard Nixon
established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the
third Sunday of June. Sonora Smart Dodd was honored for her contribution at
the
World's Fair in Spokane in 1974. Mrs. Dodd died in 1978 at age
96.
