~ Waffles and Gravy ~ Eagles ~ Cherry Blossoms ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good 38º morning.            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday, in a cooking mood, I made gravy from the chicken drippings, added milk, cream cheese, and the round of spices. Then I canned two jars of it for future use. Then I made some waffles, since it was waffle day, and added to the Bisquick and milk some shredded cheese and crumbled cooked bacon. I put some chicken gravy over all. Such a Southern treat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

I also watched the eagles on the nest in Iowa. The mother had left and dad was sitting on the three eggs. He was there 5 hours, then after much finger drumming and whining she returned. Probably getting her talons done! Here are 4 pictures.... first 2 of dad adjusting the eggs. Males like them in a straight line. Then mom comes and adjusts them into a circle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She sits on the nest all night. He shows up in the

morning and takes over so she can have a feeding

break ... or go to the salon or lunch with the girls!

 

 

 

Historically this date....

1812 – An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.

1934 – The driving test is introduced in the United Kingdom.

1953 – Jonas Salk announces the first successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.

1999 – A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man.

 

 

 

And births this date include....

1911 – Tennessee Williams, American dramatist (d. 1983)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1916 – Sterling Hayden, American actor (d. 1986)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1919 – Strother Martin, American actor (d. 1980)

 

 

I always thought he was too weird

for words!

 

 

 

1931 – Leonard Nimoy, American actor and director

 

 

1940 – James Caan, American actor

 

 

 

1940 – Nancy Pelosi, American politician (and Adam Henry!)

 

 

 

1944 – Diana Ross, American singer (Supremes)

 

 

1946 – Johnny Crawford, American actor

 

 

1949 – Vicki Lawrence, American actress and singer

 

 

 

 

1950 – Martin Short, Canadian comedian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1960 – Jennifer Grey, American actress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1968 – Kenny Chesney, American singer

 

 

(Hey Suz, you celebrating

for/with him?)

 

 

 

1973 – T.R. Knight, American actor

 

 

 

Today is 'tax day'. Yes, finally. Sigh. Hate doing this. I don't like paperwork. What a chore. I hope you all have a great Saturday!

Me thinks Tim is coming over today to work on the gate. It was pouring yesterday afternoon when he finished his other job and he said he was soaked from the rain. I told him to go home and take a hot shower and come back when it's not raining. HA. Like when will that be????

 

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

March 26th

National Cherry Blossom Festival Washington D.C.

 

Turkey Fornication ! ~ National Waffle Association ~

Good 34º raining morning.

Looks like we've gotten 1/2"

since yesterday.

At 3:pm yesterday....

just over 1/4".

This morning....

Rains started in hard for awhile then tapered off and there was snow on the top of my mountain for a short time.

I looked out when it was raining pretty good and all the turkeys were just standing in it... except for the only smart one in the bunch, a hen....

Later I looked out in the back and OMG... fornicating turkeys! Not having been around fowl very much, except in passing, I had never realized how they mate. I was so blown away at this Tom standing on the back of the hen.....

He just kept standing there and sort of

"marching in place"....

until she lifted her tail and then..

When he was 'done' he walked away

and the poor hen looked as though she'd

been through he** !

He, of course, puffed all up showing off

as she snuck away....

Then one of his buddies showed up

to help him gloat! LOL

I have to say, Mother Nature sometimes blows my mind!

This morning I can see through the clouds my mountain is

covered with snow...

....and my daffodils are blooming...

Historically this date...

Lots of stuff happened, but nothing that flipped
my skirt enough to share!

And births this date include...

1911 – Jack Ruby, killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967)

1918 – Howard Cosell, American sports reporter (d. 1995)

1921 – Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)

1928 – Jim Lovell, American astronaut

1938 – Hoyt Axton, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 1999)

1940 – Anita Bryant, American singer

1942 – Aretha Franklin, American singer

 (nice hat)

1943 – Paul Michael Glaser, American actor

1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress

Maggie only ate a little of the chicken I gave her

yesterday, so this morning I tried scrambled

eggs with a little bacon. She ate most of it. Yeah!

All I know. Nuff said. Ciao. Happy Friday!!!

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

March 25th

National Waffle Day

Celebrates the patenting of the waffle iron by
Cornelius Swarthout of Troy,
New York on August 24, 1869.

This cracked me up!!!

~ Tick! ~ Meatloaf ~ Chocolate Covered Raisins ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good 37º morning.

 

Yesterday started out cold and stayed that way. Winds got sort of wild. I remembered to empty the rain gauge... since my car is clean I knew the rains would come! It looked like it by 5pm....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But, they haven't yet! Hmmmm....

Maybe today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like all the radar is in No. Cal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was running around like a crazed person cleaning the house and working on projects most of the day. Tim and PatC stopped by early yesterday morning to take a look at my gate and see what the problem was. They will be back here at about 8:30 this morning so Tim can fix the hinge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I took a break and was sitting here at my computer when I felt something hurting on my inner thigh. Weird. I rubbed it through my jeans. Still hurt. So I took down my pants and there was a TICK! OH GROSS! It was a teeny teeny tiny one... like the little one here...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but dang it was burrowing in and it HURT~! I pulled him out, examined him in the sink, and flushed him down the toilet! Put some triple antibiotic on the spot. WHERE in the HEQQ did he come from? AND why in my pants????  

 

 

 

 

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner was meatloaf. I used hamburger, grated in some corned beef, mozzarella cheese, 2 eggs, Citrus Sea Salt, Sonoma pepper, chicken gravy, mayonnaise, garlic bread crumbs, onion, sliced garlic, and pepper infused olive oil. I put a mixture of catsup and sweet hot chili sauce on top.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 OMG, it was sooooo tender and good! Meatloaf

sandwich today!

 

 

Historically this date...

1958 – Entertainer Elvis Presley is conscripted into the U.S. Army.

1989 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (42,000 m³) of petroleum after running aground.

1998 – Jonesboro massacre: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.

     These two should have been hung! Read about them now..

 

 

 

And births this date include...

1874 – Harry Houdini, (Weisz Erik), Hungarian-born magician (d.1926)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1909 – Clyde Barrow, American criminal (d. 1934)

 

 

 

 

 

1911 – Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (d. 2006)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1915 – Gorgeous George, American professional wrestler (d. 1963)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1924 – Norman Fell, American actor (d. 1998)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1930 – Steve McQueen, American actor (d. 1980)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A former US Marine, saved the lives of 5 other Marines, a Republican.... campaigned for Lyndon Johnson but voted for Nixon!

 

1944 – R. Lee Ermey, American actor

 

 

 

 

 

 

1953 – Louie Anderson, American comedian

 

 

 

 

 

1976 – Peyton Manning, American football player

   (Just for you Bri!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Thursday. Ciao.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

March 24th

National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day