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Good 33º ice covering the barn roof morning.

 

 

Yesterday we topped at 57º.

 

Veterans Day.... Thank you all for your service. God Bless you!

 

 

To all Veterans on this special day of remembrance I salute you! 

 

All the veterans I am related to:

My Dad: Leslie Laney USN WWI

Brothers-in-law: Joe Mueller USAAC WWII, Bill Plumbridge USN

Nephews: Jim and Bob Plumbridge USN

My *Jerry Maxwell, Brian Pendleton, Alex Corsoro, USMC

Friends:

USMC: *LASD ret

*Sid Heal, *Rod Johnson, *Jon Austin, Mel Nix, Lynn Crowell, *Sally Harwell, Andy Nantz, *Terry Bonyea, *Neil Ornstein, *Bill Patterson, Garry Dukes

All the Rogue Valley Marine Corps League

Navy:*LASD ret

*Joe Kirk, *Don Davies, *Lynn Helbing, *Moon Mullen, *Spike Dammer, *Ben Hunt, *Ron Wisberger, *Jim Pierce, Spencer Norman, Jim Harper,  Greg Lundell, George "Gator" Hill, *Michael D Nelson, *Ollie Taylor Navy Reserve, *Dennis Slocumb, *Rich Steinhurst aka 'Steiny', *Dave Clark, *Bill Riordan

Army:*LASD ret

*Dale Yellin, *Gabe Ramirez, David Perry, *Larry Tomes, *Ike Saben, *Wayne Low, *Bill Stonich

Air Force: *LASD ret

*Dan Patz, Ron Maxwell 

(If there are any of you I missed, please let me know!)

 

Picture of the Day

 

 

Interesting about artichokes....

 

The globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus), also known by the names French artichoke and green artichoke in the U.S.,^[2] is a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as food.

 

The edible portion of the plant consists of the flower buds before the flowers come into bloom. The budding artichoke flower-head is a cluster of many budding small flowers (an inflorescence), together with many bracts, on an edible base. Once the buds bloom, the structure changes to a coarse, barely edible form. Another variety of the same species is the cardoon, a perennial plant native to the Mediterranean region. Both wild forms and cultivated varieties (cultivars) exist.

 

This vegetable grows to 4 ft 7 in – 6 ft 7 inches tall, with arching, deeply lobed, silvery, glaucous-green leaves 19+1⁄2–32+1⁄2 inches long. The flowers develop in a large head from an edible bud about 3–6 inches diameter with numerous triangular scales; the individual florets are purple. The edible portions of the buds consist primarily of the fleshy lower portions of the involucral bracts and the base, known as the heart; the mass of immature florets in the center of the bud is called the choke or beard. These are inedible in older, larger flowers.

 

The English word artichoke was borrowed in the sixteenth century from the northern Italian word articiocco (the standard modern Italian being carciofo). The Italian term was itself borrowed either from Spanish alcarchofa (today usually alcachofa) or directly from the source of the Spanish word—medieval Andalusi Arabic  (al-kharshūfa, including the Arabic definite article al). The Arabic form kharshūfa is still used in Maghrebi Arabic today, while other variants in Arabic include kharshafa, and Modern Standard Arabic khurshūfa. These Arabic forms themselves derive from classical Arabic (harshafa) singular word of the plural  (ḥarashef) Scale (anatomy). Other languages which derive their word for the artichoke from Arabic include Israeli Hebrew, which has the word חֻרְשָׁף (khursháf). The original Hebrew name, which predates the Arab conquest, is kinars, which is found in the Mishna.

 

 

^{If you want to read a lot more, go here:}

^{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artichoke}

 

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

If you're looking for a chicken and pasta dish with a kick, then you've just hit the jackpot. Our Potluck Pasta Fiesta will have your gang begging you for seconds!

 

• 1 (12-ounce) package bow-tie pasta
• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (1 to 1- pounds total)
• 1 teaspoon salt, divided
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (14-ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and cut into halves
• 1 (11-ounce) can Mexican-style corn, drained
• 1 (10-1/2-ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 (7-ounce) jar roasted peppers, drained and cut into 1/4-inch-wide strips
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce

 

1. Prepare the pasta according to the package directions; drain, rinse, and drain again. Set aside in a covered dish to keep warm.
2. Meanwhile, sprinkle the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and the black pepper. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium heat; add the chicken and garlic. Cook for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through, turning halfway through the cooking.
3. Remove the chicken to a cutting board and cut into 1-inch cubes. Add the remaining ingredients to the skillet and bring to a boil over medium heat; add the chicken and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or until thoroughly heated.
4. Toss with the warm pasta and serve immediately.

 

 

 

Two special birthdays today...

Nancy (Kujala) Sammons is celebrating. Happy Birthday to my high school locker partner and pal! xoxo

 

 Us a few years ago....

 

 

 

And here we are in our high school annual photo.... me in the middle on top row and Nancy on the left in the bottom row....

 

 

 

Also celebrating is Ben Hunt (LASD ret). Happy Birthday Ben! xo

 

Interesting about Ben.... he told me he was born 11 minutes after 11pm on 11-11-43. He's also veteran born on Veterans Day!

 

 

Historically this date..........

1889 – The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd State of the United States.

 

1921 – The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.

1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System, including U.S. Route 66, is established.

1967 – Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.....what an Adam Henry Hayden was... and of course the ex spouse of Jane Traitor Fonda!

 

And births this date include...

1885 – George S. Patton, American general (d. 1945)

1960 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and director

 

1964 – Calista Flockhart, American actress

 

1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

Veterans Day on November 11th honors military veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces. The federal holiday coincides with Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which marks the end of World War I. These observances reflect the end of significant hostilities at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. Initially, the United States observed Armistice Day as well. However, it evolved into the current Veterans Day in 1954.

 

Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day or Armed Forces Day. Veterans Day celebrates all United States, military veterans. However, Memorial Day is set aside for remembering the men and women who died while serving. Additionally, Armed Forces Day recognizes the men and women who are currently serving in the United States military.

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Since Veterans Day is a federally designated holiday, many businesses and schools close for the day. Additionally, employers may recognize their veteran employees through special events. Throughout the day, local, state, and federal organizations host Veterans Day ceremonies.

Non-essential federal government offices close on this holiday, including all United States Post Offices. As a result, postal workers make no deliveries. Additionally, all federal workers are paid for the holiday. However, those who are required to work, sometimes receive holiday pay in addition to their wages.

Attend a ceremony and take a veteran you know out for a meal. Organize a veteran appreciation luncheon at your work or in your community.

The United States Marine Corps customarily observes its birthday (November 10, 1775) and Veterans Day as a 96-hour liberty period.

Veterans Day Spelling

While it’s grammatically acceptable to write or print the holiday as Veteran’s Day or Veterans’ Day, the United States government declared that the attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling.

 

VETERANS DAY HISTORY 

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day on November 11, 1919. At the time, he said, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.”

 

The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926. The resolution requested that President Calvin Coolidge issue another proclamation to observe November 11th with appropriate ceremonies. A Congressional Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U.S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday: “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.

Raymond Weeks

In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, expressed an idea. Weeks proposed to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans who served in the U.S. military. Weeks led a delegation to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who supported the idea of National Veterans Day. Then in 1947, Weeks led the first national celebration in 1947 in Alabama. Annually, the country recognized its veterans until his death in 1985. President Reagan honored him at the White House in 1982. Weeks earned the Presidential Citizenship Medal as the driving force for the national holiday. Elizabeth Dole, who prepared the briefing for President Reagan, called Weeks the “Father of Veterans Day.”

1954

U.S. Representative Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill establishing the holiday through Congress. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954.

Congress amended this act on June 1, 1954, replacing “Armistice” with “Veterans,” and it has been known as Veterans Day since.

1971

Originally, the country observed Veterans Day on November 11th. However, starting in 1971, the Uniform Monday Holiday Act required the federal holiday to be moved. Congress scheduled the observance for the fourth Monday of October. In 1978, Congress moved it back to its original celebration on November 11th. While the legal holiday remains on November 11th, if that date happens to be on a Saturday or Sunday, then organizations that formally observe the holiday will normally be closed on the adjacent Friday or Monday, respectively.