Weather/Rainbow ~ Picture of the Day ~ Interesting About Missouri ~ Country Mac 'n' Cheese ~ Daylight Savings Time Ends

  

Good 39º foggy morning. 

 

Yesterday rain started first thing, then stopped and we actually got sunshine and some blue sky peeking through the clouds! 

We topped at 56º.

I had been out driving and came into my gate and saw this rainbow!!!

      Wow!

 

 

Picture of the Day... funny business name!  Eyeglass store!

 

 

 

 

Interesting about Missouri.....

Missouri is known as the “Show Me State”.

 

The ‘Show Me State’ expression may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, “I’m from Missouri and you’ve got to show me.”

 

The most destructive tornado on record occurred in Annapolis. In 3 hours, it tore through the town on March 18, 1925 leaving a 980-foot wide trail of demolished buildings, uprooted trees, and overturned cars. It left 823 people dead and almost 3,000 injured.

 

At the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea.

 

Also, at the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold ice cream.

 

Missouri ties with Tennessee as the most neighborly state in the union, bordered by 8 states.

 

Warsaw holds the state record for the low temperature of -40 degrees on February 13, 1905.

 

Warsaw holds the state record for the high temperature recorded, 118 degrees on July 14, 1954.

 

State bird–native Bluebird March 30, 1927

 

Kansas City has more miles of boulevards than Paris and more fountains than any city except Rome.

 

Jefferson National Expansion Memorial consists of the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and St. Louis’ Old Courthouse. During a nationwide competition in 1947-48, architect Eero Saarinen’s inspired design for a 630-foot stainless steel arch was chosen as a perfect monument to the spirit of the western pioneers. Construction of the Arch began in 1963 and was completed on October 28, 1965.
The Arch has foundations sunken 60 feet into the ground, and is built to withstand earthquakes and high winds. It sways up to one inch in a 20 mph wind, and is built to sway up to 18 inches.

 

In 1889, Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented at St. Joseph, Missouri, was the first self-rising flour for pancakes and the first ready-mix food ever to be introduced commercially.

 

The tallest man in documented medical history was Robert Pershing Wadlow from St. Louis. He was 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall

 

 

Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, Missouri is the largest beer producing plant in the nation.

 

During Abraham Lincoln’s campaign for the presidency, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat named Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri, swore that he would never shave again if Abe were elected. Tapley kept his word and his chin whiskers went unshorn from November 1860 until he died in 1910, attaining a length of twelve feet six inches.

 

Missouri was named after a tribe called Missouri Indians; meaning “town of the large canoes”

 

In 1812 Missouri was organized as a territory and later admitted the 24th state of the Union on August 10, 1821.

 

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

Our Country Mac 'n' Cheese is so easy to make, you might actually feel guilty about it. Your slow cooker will do all the work while you sit back and relax. Cooking doesn't get much easier than that!

 

• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 3 1/2 cups milk
• 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
• 1 teaspoon instant minced onion
• 1 (10-3/4-ounce) can Cheddar cheese soup, undiluted
• 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• 1 (8-ounce) package pasteurized prepared cheese product, cubed
• 1 (16-ounce) package elbow macaroni, uncooked
• 1 1/2 cups cubed cooked ham (optional)
• 1/4 cup French-fried onions

 

 

1. Coat a 4- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
    
2. In prepared slow cooker, combine all ingredients except French-fried onions, mix well.
    
3. Cover and cook on LOW setting 2 to 2-1/2 hours, or until tender . Let stand 10 minutes; stir before serving. Top with French-fried onions.

 

 

Historically this date.....

1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.

1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.

1983 – 1983 United States Senate bombing: a bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No people are harmed, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.

 

 

2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.

 

And births this date include....

1918 – Billy Graham, American evangelist  (d.2018)

 

1952 – David Petraeus, American military commander

 

1959 – Keith Lockhart, American orchestral conductor

..... Boston Pops, a big favorite of mine!

 

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Sunday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

 

Daylight Saving Time ends on the first Sunday in November at 2:00 AM.

The practice of Daylight saving time (DST) (also known as summer time) advances clocks during the summer months. It causes us to lose an hour for one day. However, the practice allows people to get up earlier in the morning and experience more daylight in the evening. Typically, users of DST adjust clocks forward one hour near the start of spring. Then, they change them back again in the autumn.

The system has received both advocacy and criticism. Setting clocks forward benefits retail business, sports, and other activities exploiting sunlight after working hours. However, the practice causes problems for evening entertainment and other activities tied to the sun or darkness. For example, farming and fireworks shows are both affected.

Although some early proponents of DST aimed to reduce evening use of incandescent lighting (formerly a primary use of electricity, modern heating and cooling), usage patterns differ greatly. Additionally, research about how DST currently affects energy use is limited or contradictory.

Problems sometimes caused by DST clock shifts include:

• they complicate timekeeping
• can disrupt meetings, travel, billing, record keeping, medical devices, heavy equipment,
• it especially impacts sleep patterns

Software can often adjust computer clocks automatically, but this can be limited and error-prone. Programming is particularly problematic when various jurisdictions change the dates and timings of DST changes.

The New Zealander George Vernon Hudson proposed the modern idea of daylight saving in 1895. Germany and Austria-Hungary organized the first implementation, starting on 30 April 1916. Many countries have used it at various times since then, particularly since the energy crisis of the 1970s.