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Saturday, April 8, 2023

Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ Tom Selleck ~ Party Perfect Deviled Eggs ~ National Zoo Lovers Day

  


Good 34º morning. 
 
 
Yesterday we started with rain and then it stopped and we topped at 59º.
 
 
Picture of the Day


 
 
Interesting about Tom Selleck ..........


Thomas William Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985. Since 2010, Selleck has co-starred as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the series Blue Bloods. Beginning in 2005, he has portrayed troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone in nine television films based on the Robert B. Parker novels.

 

In films, Selleck has played bachelor architect Peter Mitchell in Three Men and a Baby (1987) and its sequel Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). He has also appeared in more than 50 other film and television roles since Magnum, P.I., including the films Quigley Down UnderMr. Baseball, and Lassiter. He appeared in recurring television roles as Monica Geller's love interest Dr. Richard Burke on Friends, as Lance White, the likeable and naive partner on The Rockford Files, and as casino owner A.J. Cooper on Las Vegas. He also had a lead role in the television western film The Sacketts, based on two of Louis L'Amour's books.

 

Selleck is a California Army National Guard veteran, a spokesman for the National Rifle Association (NRA), an endorser in advertisements for National Review magazine, and co-founder of the Character Counts! organization.

 

Early life

Family

Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1945, to housewife Martha Selleck (née Jagger) and Robert Dean Selleck, who was an executive and real estate investor. He has an elder brother Robert (born 1944), a younger sister Martha (born 1954), and a younger brother Daniel (born 1956).

 

His father was of primarily British ancestry but had distant Serbian ancestry as well, while his mother was of British descent...on her paternal side they were miners from Worsborough, Barnsley, Yorkshire and Martha Jagger's grandfather Thomas Jagger emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1881. Thomas Jagger's grandfather, also named Thomas, was killed in Worsborough mine in 1844 aged 36 and the Jagger family can be traced back at least another three generations in that area. It is estimated that near 30 men of the Jagger family were killed in mines in that era. Through an entirely paternal line, Selleck is a direct descendant of British colonist David Selleck who moved to Massachusetts from Somerset, England, in 1633. Through this line, Selleck is of the 11th generation of his family born in North America.

 

Selleck's family moved to Sherman Oaks, California, in 1948.

 

Education

Selleck graduated from Grant High School in 1962 and enrolled at Los Angeles Valley College, living at home and saving money. Selleck, who stands 6 feet 4 inches  tall, transferred to the University of Southern California during his junior year to play for the USC Trojans men's basketball team. He also was a pitcher for the USC baseball team. He is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity and a member of the Trojan Knights. While Selleck was majoring in Business Administration, a drama coach suggested he try acting and, in his senior year, he dropped out of the university. Selleck then studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, under Milton Katselas.

 

California National Guard

Upon receiving a draft notice during the Vietnam War, Selleck joined the California National Guard. He served in the 160th Infantry Regiment of the California Army National Guard from 1967 to 1973.

 

Personal life

From 1971 to 1982, Selleck was married to model Jacqueline Ray. During that time, he adopted her son, Kevin Shepard (born 1966), former drummer for the American rock band Tonic. On August 7, 1987, Selleck married Jillie Joan Mack (born 1957). They have one daughter, Hannah (born December 16, 1988).

 


Selleck and his family live near Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village, California, on a 60-acre avocado ranch in Hidden Valley formerly owned by Dean Martin. 


In a 2012 interview with People, Selleck talked about living and working on his ranch: "So I like to get outside and work on the ranch, from fixing roads to clearing brush. I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel. And I work cheaper than anyone I could hire to do it."

 
 
From Mr. Food
 

We can’t think of a better way to fancy up your Easter table, or really any table, than with these Party Perfect Deviled Eggs. What makes them so special is the combo of the sour cream and Greek yogurt, along with just the right amount of zing that we get from the mustard and horseradish. And when you top these off with a few fresh-from-the-freezer baby shrimp, it’s the ultimate finishing touch.
 

 

  • 6 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
  • 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 12 frozen baby shrimp, thawed
  • Paprika for sprinkling

 

  1. Place eggs in a large saucepan with enough water to cover them. Bring to a boil, then remove saucepan from heat, cover, and let sit 17 minutes. Drain hot water, then run cold water over eggs. Add ice cubes to water and let eggs cool 5 minutes.
  2. Peel eggs, slice in half lengthwise, and remove yolks to a small bowl. To the small bowl, add yogurt, sour cream, horseradish, mustard, and salt; mix well. Fill egg white halves with yolk mixture using a piping bag or spoon. Top each egg with a shrimp and sprinkle lightly with paprika. Cover lightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve.

 

***Don’t have a piping bag? No worries! Just use a resealable plastic bag with one of the bottom corners snipped off.

 
 
Historically this date..........
1974 – At Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumHank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record.


 
1992 – Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
.........he died in 1993.
 
 
 
And births this date include....
1918 – Betty Ford, American First Lady and founder of the Betty Ford Center (d. 2011)
 



1931 – John Gavin, American actor and politician (d.2018)
 :o(
 



1944 – Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter
Ok, never heard of this guy, but GEEZE with a name like that!!! Wonder if his middle name is Ball. It should be!



1960 – John Schneider, American actor
 
 
 
 
All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Saturday. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom Bobo

Each year on April 8, National Zoo Lovers Day is observed.  This would be a perfect day to visit a zoo and be one of the millions of people who visit them each year. Enjoy seeing your favorite animals swinging from the trees or splashing in the water and have a fun-filled day.
A few zoo facts:
  • The Vienna Zoo is the oldest existing zoo and was opened to the public in 1765.
  • The United State’s first public zoo, Central Park Zoo, opened in 1874 in New York.
  • There are 350 zoos in the United States
  • Approximately 175 million people visit a zoo each year.
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom has had more than 9.8 million annual visitors.
  • More than 3.2 million people visit the San Diego Zoo each year.
HOW TO OBSERVE
Visit your local zoo

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