Brunch Tap Rock ~ Sami's Pictures ~ Deer Block ~ Fawns & Doe ~ Coquette Bread ~ Hill-Liar-y's Email ~ Erika ~ Lemon Drop Martini

Good 50º somewhat cloudy/smokey morning.

The temps weren't too high yesterday, I think the high 80ºs but the smoke came in here heavy by afternoon. The smoke makes for pretty sunsets.... the only good thing! 8:15pm:

Yesterday morning I headed into Grants Pass to to meet Brian Jen Tucker and Sami at Tap Rock for brunch. OINK!!!!

The Rogue River, Caveman Bridge, Tap Rock on the left...

Sami's monster waffles, whip cream, chocolate syrup, sausage, and roll.

Brian's scrambled eggs, bacon, and biscuit and gravy...

Poor Tucker, hasn't eaten in a week!

Jen's oatmeal and strawberries....

Bobo's vegetarian omelette and fruit. (YUMMMMMM!)

Sami wanted to take pictures with my camera.... she had fun. So I made a Smilebox of her pictures....

I came back to RR and stopped in at Ace to get some deer blocks.

The deer love them... something to nibble on. When I got here the momma deer and two of her fawns were inside my front yard. How those babies got over the fence is the question. I walked towards the gate, mom bolted over the fence, and I opened the gate. The fawns were in a panic. I walked to the back door and when I came through the house and looked out the babies were with their mom!

I put out a deer block in the front by the water tub and one in the back on the grass... When I got up this morning the buck was nibbling on the one in the back.

In the afternoon I looked out and momma doe and one baby were in the yard. I finally figured out how the babies get in the yard... they go through the big openings in the fence!

Baby started nursing on mom, taken through the porch rail, you can see how the mom's skin/fur looks really bad.....

The bread loaf I bought at 7 Oaks Farm the other day comes from a local Central Point bakery. If you live in this area you can purchase the bread, not only at 7 Oaks, but also at Rogue Creamery, Ashland and Medford Farmers Markets...

Check their home page... and then check the breads they make:

http://gogetcoquette.com/

This came from email pal, Gator...... Hill-liar-y's emails...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prls6Iz3B3E&feature=youtu.be

Today is a special birthday.. dear friend Erika. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIKA!!! ♥

This photo taken a few years ago at her daughter, Cathy's house. One of Cathy's pups.... Picture on the right is Cathy!

I got to know Erika through Cathy, she worked patrol at ELA when I worked there. She is now retired.

Historically this date....

1907 – Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district inSeattle, Washington, opened.

1942 – World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).

1950 – Hill 303 massacre: American POWs were massacred by the North Korean Army.

1998 – Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.

.............HELLO!

2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.

And births this date include....

1786 – Davy Crockett, American frontiersman and soldier (d. 1836)

1920 – Maureen O'Hara, Irish actress

   retired to her home in Ireland... she's 95!!

1930 – Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993)

(born in El Monte!!!)

1969 – Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer (New Kids on the Block) ... Blue Bloods

After chores I made a lemon drop martini... this time on the rocks. No typical sugar coated rim. UGH. Too sweet. But, this mix is really GOOD!

Wasn't hungry for dinner so had some veggie chips with my martini. Chair time. TV. Blue Bloods and a Hallmark movie

Lucky In Love..   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3356654/

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

August 17th

National Vanilla Custard Day

http://www.thenibble.com/REVIEWS/MAIN/desserts/all-about-custard.asp

August 17th

Blog gonna be an hour or two late today.... xo

Dancing Deer ~ Trained Blue Cattle Dog ~ Olga's Axe & My Dude ~ Veggie 'Chips' ~ Cuke Soup ~ Sami ~ Buck/Doe/Fawns ~ See Jane Date ~ Mojito

Good 46º clear sunny morning. Going to be hotter again today, but nothing like So. Cal and Arizona!!!

 

This will put a smile on your face first thing this morning. A young deer dancing in a creek with a Golden Retriever .... Only 1½ minutes long

http://www.coolestone.com/media/12915/Dancing-Deer-Plays-with-Golden-Retriever/#.Vc9a-JdLHIs

 

And then from pal Nancy (Kujala .. Wilson S'63) is a video of a super intelligent Australian Blue Cattle Dog... Amazing!

 https://www.youtube.com/embed/5I_QzPLEjM4?rel=0

 

Of course speaking of dogs... my friend Olga posted this on FB of her newest acquired pooch, Axe, laying on her foot watching TV!

My Dude likes to lay by my feet and get rubbed by my foot. Here we are on the front porch....

Our pets are heaven!

 

Historically this date.....

1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.

1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free-fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.

1989 – A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.

And births this date include....

1928 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (d.2013)

1930 – Robert Culp, American actor (d. 2010)

 

1930 – Frank Gifford, American football player and announcer (d.2015)

1933 – Julie Newmar, American actress

1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress

1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress

........... same birthday as her husband!

1958 – Madonna, American singer and actress

 

 

 

Dinner was first some snacks..... Wine and the mixed veggie/green pepper/okra chips: 

 

I HAD to make more of that Cold Cucumber Soup! I doubled the recipe. If you missed it, on the left is the index of blogs, go to August 12th. So, this is 3 pounds of cucumbers....

Cut up, take out seeds, cut up and mix with salt and let sit in colander til excess liquid runs out, pat dry, mix with seasonings and yogurt and process in the food processor, or in my case, the Bullet!

A cup of this after the veggie chips and I was full. SOOOOOO good. This will be a staple in this house for sure!

 

Then the eggplant I got at 7 Oaks Farm was on the agenda to cook, but wasn't in the mood. Tonight!!

 

Brian Jen and family were all up at the Motion Matrix, http://www.motionmatrixkids.com/, where Tucker and Sami take gymnastics. They were having a yard sale to raise money for the kid's programs. Jen posted this picture of Sami on FB....

 

Oh, and by the way...................

 

Yesterday afternoon the buck was out in the yard... eating the leaves off the apple tree and grapevines and some grass. Then laying down in the side yard..... all these photos taken through windows so I wouldn't frighten them.....

I was happy to see the momma doe. She spent some time in the front yard, resting on the grass in the shade.

I worry about her, as it appears she has a skin problem. Hadn't seen her for a few days and was worried. Also only say two of the fawns. Yesterday the fawns were out there while mom lay in the yard...

She eventually jumped over the fence and headed their way. I was praying for the Lord to "give her some love" as she looks bad. Then out of the trees come her three babies, jumping and running to her and greeting her. Prayers answered, she got the "love"!!!

 

The other doe joined the buck eating the apple leaves.

 

I texted Brian and Kris that the deer were in my yard most of the afternoon. Brian texted back "a shirtless man" had mowed his front lawn in the afternoon and then mowed the backyard. !!!!! LOL! My son the nut!  ♥ And Kristen texted that the only thing down there was a cat who comes around and makes the dogs bark! ♥ The joys of country life!

After dinner I watched some of the national female gymnastics competition, an episode of Blue Bloods (Tom Selleck....YUMMMM!), and a Hallmark movie, See Jane Date.

Cute, but I didn't like the other characters in the movie... her boss's secretary a total beeeeeotch! Her aunt and cousin, total beeeeeotches! And the stupid men she dated! Finally a good ending. Struggle to get there though~

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371190/

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

August 16th

National Rum Day

 

How about a mojito? (eh, Olga? xo) Sounds good to me!

http://gypsypiratelm.hubpages.com/hub/mojitos-2