Weather ~ 10-23 ~ Picture of the Day ~ Colorblindness ~ Tortellini Crock Pot Meal ~ Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day

  

Good 47º super dark cloudy raining morning. 

 

Yesterday we topped at 62º.

 

 

10-23 radio code for 'stand by'.... or 'just wait!'

 

 

Picture of the Day

 

 

Interesting about Colorblindness....

 

If you've ever been tested for colorblindness, the eye doctor probably had you look at a series of circles, crowded with multiple random-sized colored dots. For most people, the dots within the circle reveal a symbol, such as a number or letter. This group finds the test to be relatively simple; they can easily see the figure within because the dots appear to be two different colors.

However, for the colorblind, this type of test, known as an “Ishihara Test”, may prove to be literally impossible. While there are many types of colorblindness, the most common type makes it challenging, at best, to differentiate red from green. An estimated 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are affected by the condition.

The color-perception test was named after its designer, Shinobu Ishihara

 a professor at the University of Tokyo, who first published his tests in 1917. The full Ishihara test consists of 38 circles (known as “plates”), but the presence of a severe red-green deficiency is usually apparent after an individual views only a few. Since its introduction, the Ishihara Color Blindness Test has become commonly used worldwide because of its easy use and high accuracy.

At present, there is no cure for inherited color blindness, but most people find ways to cope with it, having never known anything else. Children with color blindness may need help with some classroom activities, and adults with the condition may be restricted from holding job positions which require seeing true colors.

 

 

 

 

I published this recipe a few years ago...

 

Do you like easy crock pot ideas? How about this... I posted this on my blog previously. Just darned good!!!

 

Tortellini Crock Pot Meal:

 

1 bag tortellini

2 cans Italian style diced tomatoes (the ones with roasted garlic and basil are good!)

4 cups vegetable broth

1 package cream cheese

1 bag fresh spinach

Put all ingredients in crock pot, chunking up the cream cheese, and cook on low for 5 hours. 

If you wanted, you could also add in some cooked shredded chicken, or un-cooked and cut into bite sized pieces, or cut up ham, or anything that floats your boat!

 

 

 

Historically this date.....

42 BC – Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army. Brutus commits suicide.

 

1915 – Woman's suffrage: In New York City, 25,000-33,000 women march on Fifth Avenue to advocate their right to vote.

 

 

 

1929 – The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.

 

 

1942 – All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner are killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs, California. Amongst the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii").

1973 – Watergate scandal: President Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

 

1982 – A gunfight breaks out between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured

 

1983 – Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.

 

 

 

2001 – Apple announces the iPod.

And births this date include...

 

1925 – Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)

Boy, he was a favorite! Funny man.

1956 – Dwight Yoakam, American singer

Keep the hat on, boy!

1959 – Nancy Grace, American former prosecutor

 

1962 – Doug Flutie, American football player

..played for a lot of different NFL teams and is now a drummer in the "Flutie Bros Band". !!!

 

1976 – Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

On October 23rd, the Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day marks the migration of thousands of swallows. 

The famous cliff swallows of San Juan Capistrano leave town every year in a swirling mass near the Day of San Juan (October 23). They head for their winter vacation spot 6,000 miles south in Goya, Corrientes, Argentina. Each year, they return on or about March 19th – St. Joseph Day. Their migration has been marked for generations. 

Cliff swallows are cousins of barn swallows and purple martins.

Swallows have long, narrow wings, forked tails, and weak, tiny feet. Incredibly graceful in flight, they feed on the wing, catching insects in their wide mouths; they can effortlessly make abrupt changes in direction or speed as they feed.

 

They come back on March 19th... read more about them here:

https://sanjuancapistrano.com/san-juan-capistrano-swallows/