Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ NY Giants Football Team ~ Fancy Schmancy Tuna Melt ~ Rick Castro ~ National K9 Veterans Day

 

Good 28º everything is frozen again morning. 

 

 

Yesterday we started at 28º all frozen. Then the sun came out and we topped at 69º.

 

 

 

Picture of the Day ... perfect timing....

 

 

 

 

Interesting about NY Giants Football Team.....

 

The New York Football Giants were founded in 1925 by Tim Mara, who paid $500 for the franchise. He stated that "any team in the city of New York was worth that much." It was an oddity at the time for a team to be located in such a large city in the NFL as many clubs were located in towns such as Toledo, OH, Pottsville, PA, Decatur, IL and Canton, OH.

In 1926, the team was close to bankruptcy and was saved only when the Giants hosted the Bears before 70,000 who paid to see Chicago’s Red Grange. The club rebounded and won the NFL Championship in only its third season.

At the time, every NFL club introduced their offensive players before every game. Around 1956, the franchise became known for its defensive stars, such as linebacker Sam Huff and defensive end Rosey Grier. This marked the first time fans put more emphasis on the defense and would chant "De-fense, de-fense, de-fense" during games. This was the first NFL team to do this.

In the 1980s, the team drafted LB Lawrence Taylor who would go on to become one of the game’s greatest defensive forces. Other notable players are Frank Gifford, Eli Manning, Y.A. Tittle, Harry Carson, Mel Hein, Fran Tarkenton, Roosevelt Brown and Phil Simms.

In 1970 when the NFL merged with the AFL, it was decided that the two AFL teams which shared a geographic region, the Jets and the Raiders, would have to be relocated. Wellington Mara, Tim Mara’s son who was now running the Giants, suggested that the Jets were too entrenched and were now a viable part of New York. Therefore, the Jets were allowed to remain in New York.

Tim Mara originally named the team after the National League baseball Giants, who were a longtime favorite in New York. At the time, baseball was the king of professional sports so owner Tim Mara wanted the same name recognition in hopes that fans would support both clubs. By the way, the baseball Giants got their name from all the giant buildings that made up New York City.

The franchise has won eight NFL titles (third most), four of which are Super Bowls. One note of interest: in all four Super Bowl victories, the Giants were losing at halftime.  

Origin Facts:

Established: 1925

Original Owner: Tim Mara

Original Colors: Royal blue, red & white

First Stadium: Polo Grounds, seating 55,000

Retired Jerseys: No. 1 Ray Flaherty, No. 7 Mel Hein, No. 50 Ken Strong, No. 4 Tuffy Leemans, No. 32 Al Blozis, No. 42 Charlie Conerly, No. 16 Frank Gifford, No. 40 Joe Morrison, No. 14 Y. A. Tittle, No. 11 Phil Simms, No. 56 Lawrence Taylor

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

"Oh my, you're so fancy!" That's the reaction you'll get when you put a plate of these Fancy Schmancy Tuna Melts out. It's warm, dressed up tuna with a double dose of melted cheese on a "not your everyday" type bread. These yummy melts are sure to please even the toughest critics!

 

• 1 (12-ounce) can tuna, drained and flaked
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 rib celery, sliced
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 slices rye or pumpernickel bread
• 4 slices mozzarella cheese
• 4 slices Cheddar cheese

 

1. Preheat oven to 375º. Coat a 10- x 15-inch baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. In a medium bowl, combine tuna, mayonnaise, celery, onion powder, and pepper; mix well. Spread equal amounts of the mixture on each slice of bread and top each with a slice of mozzarella then a slice of Cheddar cheese.
3. Place on prepared baking sheet and bake 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Serve immediately.

 

Today is a special birthday.. our long time friend Rick Castro (LASD ret and married to the vivacious Lynda.. also LASD ret) HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICK!!! xooxox

 

 

Historically this date.....

1930 – The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory.

 

1938 – World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.

1943 – The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.

1957 – Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.

1991 – The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

1997 – The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.

2000 – Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino retires from the National Football League after 17 seasons.

2008 – Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000 per ounce for the first time.

 

And births this date include.....

1935 – Leslie Parrish, American actress

 

1939 – Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter

 

1950 – William H. Macy, American actor

 

1956 – Dana Delany, American actress

 

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

March 13th recognizes National K9 Veterans Day and the dedicated K9 units who’ve served since World War II.

A lot of things changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. We rationed oil, leather, and rubber. The military draft men into service. Women rolled up their sleeves and built war supplies.

And dogs were called to duty. During the first world war, the United States took notice of the European use of canines as sentries, message carriers, and several other functions.

A private citizen, Mrs. Alene Erlanger initiated a program called Dogs for Defense. Along with the American Kennel Club and a handful of breeders, the group aimed to train the dogs for military use.

By November of 1942, the military prepared the first Dogs for Defense for duty in North Africa. While at first, they were gun shy, they proved to be well trained.

As the war progressed, Dogs for Defense was unable to keep up with the demand, and the Remount Branch, Service Installations Divisions took over the training of the dogs.

Over the years, the military, police, and rescue have developed a variety of training methods for K9 units. Their training is tailored to meet the demands of the job, and each animal and handler carries out his or her duties to the fullest.

NATIONAL K9 VETERANS DAY HISTORY

National K9 Veterans Day is celebrated on March 13th on the official birthday of the US Army K9 Corps, which was formed in 1942.  Joseph White, a retired military working dog trainer, originated the idea for the day.

Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ US Postal Service ~ Country Club Fruit Salad ~ National Girl Scout Day

 

Good 28º everything is frozen morning. 

 

Yesterday, again, we started cold and foggy. Then the sun came out and it was beautiful.... we topped at 64º.

 

 

Picture of the Day ... what some of us think when you are going the speed limit and some idiot rides your bumper and then passes you going over the top speed.....

 

 

 

Interesting about the US Postal Service....

Things you didn't know ....

 

On February 20, 1792, President George Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office. Here are five interesting facts you probably didn't know about the U.S. Postal Service...

 

Blue Mailboxes

The postal services mailboxes are distinguishable thanks to their color. It would be hard to imagine them being anything other than blue. But the postal service didn't actually start painting their mailboxes blue until as recently as 1971. Prior to the 1970s, mailboxes ranged in colors, including army green just after the First World War.

 

Mules still deliver mail in one part of the country

It may be hard to believe, but there is still one part of the US where mules still deliver mail. While this may sound like a scene from Little House on the Prairie, it's a real scenario played out in a small village in Arizona. Mail is still being delivered in this pioneer way because of the location of the village of Supai at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Mules and horses have to trek 8 miles to deliver mail to the local Havasupai tribe that lives there.

 

The Post Office has an unofficial mascot

The US Post Office's unofficial mascot is a dog named Owney. The terrier was found abandoned at a post office in Albany in the late 1800s. The dog stuck around the post office and would only allow postal workers to pet him. Owney was eventually honored with a commemorative stamp in 2011.

 

Over 200 billion pieces of mail are delivered every year

We all know how busy mail carriers can be, but it may come as some surprise at just how productive they really are. There are currently over 40,000 post offices across the US, delivering 212 billion pieces of mail every year to over 144 million homes and businesses.

 

The Postmaster General earns more than the Vice President

Only one federal government employee earns more than the Postmaster General: the US President. The Postmaster General earns more than the Vice President of the US as a federal employee, earning $276,840 a year compared to the vice president's salary of $235,100.

 

 

Terminal Annex Post Office Los Angeles.... my dad worked there for 30 years.  He wasn't involved with the mail, he was in charge of the heating and air conditioning in the building for the workers. He gave me a tour of the building when I was about 10. Back then the mail wasn't sorted by machine, but by workers. I was amazed the mail ever got sent as these workers were "slower than molasses in January"! They did more talking to each other than they did sorting mail.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Post_Office-Los_Angeles_Terminal_Annex

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

Turn your kitchen into the private dining room of a country club when you serve up this fresh fruit salad at your next get-together. Our recipe for Country Club Fruit Salad is dressed up in a lively yogurt sauce that makes this fruit salad all the better!

 

• 1 (8-ounce) container low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1/4 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cantaloupe, peeled and cut into chunks
• 1/2 honeydew, peeled and cut into chunks
• 2 oranges, peeled and sliced
• 2 kiwis, peeled and sliced
• 1 pint fresh strawberries, washed

 

1. In a medium bowl, combine yogurt, honey, orange juice, orange peel, and salt; mix well and set aside.
    
2. Arrange assorted fruit on 4 individual plates and drizzle with yogurt dressing. Serve immediately.

 

***To make a deluxe fruit platter, add a scoop of cottage cheese or fruit sorbet to each serving. Also, make sure to add any other favorite fruit.

 

 

 

Historically this date.....

1912 – The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.

1918 – Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.

1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill over 600 people.

2009 – Financier Bernard Madoff plead guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street history.

 

And births this date include....

1923 – Wally Schirra, American astronaut (d. 2007)

 

1931 – Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, American actor (d. 1980)

  

 

1933 – Barbara Feldon, American actress and model

 

 

1946 – Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress

 

 

1950 – Jon Provost, American actor

LOVED the Lassie show!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo 

As part of Girl Scout Week, National Girl Scout Day on March 12th honors the history and legacy of Girl Scouting in America each year.

Girl Scouting in the United States of America began on this day, March 12, 1912, when Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Scout troop meeting.  At this first troop meeting in Savannah, Georgia, there were 18 girls present.  For these girls, Juliette Gordon Low organized enrichment programs, service projects, and outdoor activities and adventures.  Since the time of the first meeting, Girl Scouts has grown to over 3.7 million members.

• The organization’s original name was the Girl Guides of America
• By 1920 there were close to 70,000 members
• By 1930 there were over 200,000 members
• In 2005 there were over 3.7 million members

Motto“Be Prepared”

Slogan“Do a Good Turn Daily”

“Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.”

HOW TO OBSERVE

Celebrate all that the Girl Scouts have done to empower girls and what the organization has done for communities across the country.

• Support your local troops.
• Learn more about the Girl Scout organization and its impact on girls and young women.
• Share your experience with girl scouting. 
• Volunteer to be a leader.

Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ Kazumura Cave ~ All In One Breakfast Bake ~ Joan Petitclair ~ National Johnny Appleseed Day

 

Good 34º foggy morning. 

Yesterday we topped at 48º. 

 

Picture of the Day.... unusual tree trunk!

 

 

 

Interesting about this cave...

 

Kazumura Cave is a lava tube and has been surveyed at 40.7 miles  long and 3,614 feet deep making it the longest and deepest lava tube in the world. The cave is located on the island of Hawaii on the eastern slope of Kilauea. Kilauea is the most recently active volcano on the Big Island. The Aila'au lava flow that contains Kazumura Cave originated from the Kilauea Iki Crater about 500 years ago.

By 1993, a single year of extensive surveying established that it was the longest in the world. Originally Kazumura was two separate caves known as Upper Kazumura and Old Kazumura. Kevin Allred and Mike Meyer connected the two caves after seeing a small connection between the two caves and enlarging it to permit entry. More connections were made later at Paradise Park Cave when it was connected to Kazumura through a breakdown pile. Later, a culvert was installed to keep the passage stable.

The Kazumura Cave Atlas lists 101 entrances, all on private property. Under current Hawaiian laws, landowners must be asked before entering any lava tubes on their property. At least one landowner runs paid adventure tours through his section of the cave as of 2016.

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

With Mother’s day right around the corner, we have an all-in-one dish that Mom is going to love. It’s loaded with a handful of our dairy- and freezer-aisle favorites and is super easy to make. All you have to add is the TLC and dig in.

 

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 (6.4-ounce) packages fully cooked sausage links, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 1/2 cups liquid egg (see Tip)
• 1 (30-ounce) bag frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed
• 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 1/2 cups small curd cottage cheese
• 1 1/4 cups shredded Swiss cheese
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

 

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
•  
• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Cook sausage and onion 5 to 6 minutes or until onion is tender.
•  
• In a large bowl, combine remaining ingredients; stir in sausage mixture. Spoon into a baking dish.
•  
• Bake, uncovered, for 35 to 40 minutes, or until set and golden.

 

 

Special birthday today... my travel pal, Joan Petitclair is celebrating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOAN!

 

 

Historically this date.....

1945 – World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.

1946 – Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.

2011 – An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.

 

And births this date include....
1934 – Sam Donaldson, American reporter

 

1936 – Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice (d.2016)

 

1956 – Joey Buttafuoco, American criminal

 

An interesting read about Buttafuoco, then click on his gf's name and read about Amy Fisher and what she became and then about his wife Amy shot, Mary Jo. Click on his name above and their links are on there.

Tuesday I was having a plumbing problem and Mike Artoff of Artoff Plumbing came out and fixed it. 

Serving the Rogue Valley... 541-582-0853

He also put a new filter in my well pump and then told me there was a leak in the pump.

Yesterday Steve Pergin, owner of Well and Pump Service, came out and fixed the leak. Also serving the Rogue Valley ...541-582-4357

Both services are recommended. I have used them both several times.  

 

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

 

 

March 11th – On National Johnny Appleseed Day, we remember a man who made apple (and pear) trees bloom across the nation. The day celebrates a kindly legend who lived by sage teachings and labored to bring the shade of fruit trees across much of the United States.

 

John Chapman

He was born John Chapman on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel and Elizabeth Simons Chapman. Not much is known about his early life other than his mother died when he was two. His father packed up Johnny and his sister (an infant brother had died the previous year) and moved to Springfield, Massachusetts. His father served as a Minuteman and fought at Bunker Hill.

Then in 1797, Chapman shows up in northwestern Pennsylvania, propagating his apple seeds. He worked his way steadily into the frontier of West Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana. Eventually, Chapman became known as Johnny Appleseed and worked his way as far west as Illinois and Iowa and as far north as Michigan and Wisconsin.

In his wake, he left orchards and the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish spiritual leader. Appleseed would buy his books with whatever payment he might receive for his endeavors. In turn, Johnny would give the books away as he traveled and planted.

Mostly, though, he planted his seeds and seedlings for free along with his wisdom, his broad-brimmed pasteboard hat keeping the sun from his eyes as he went. Often shoeless, he traveled mostly by foot and sometimes by horseback or canoe. His appearance was nearly as noteworthy as his accomplishments, but so was his kindness. Farmers and frontier folk always found a place at the table if Johnny Appleseed came visiting.

There are many stories told that the man would travel many miles to nurse an ailing orchard when word would reach him of its poor condition. Bringing the trees back to health would be his chief endeavor while dispersing wisdom, care, and kindness as he did.

Landmarks

Across the Midwest, landmarks pepper the countryside honoring the man that brought fruit to the frontier. Warren County, Pennsylvania, lays claim to Johnny Appleseed’s first tree nursery.

Mansfield, Ohio, honors the man with a monument in South Park.  The last known Chapman tree still lives! In rural Ashland County, Ohio, the tree struggles to survive, but half of it still manages to bloom in the spring.

In his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts, there is an entire park named after the man who nurtured the land and made apple trees bloom across a young nation.

Two dates celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day, either March 11th or September 26th. The September date is Appleseed’s acknowledged birth date. However, many people across the country prefer the March date due to the planting season. While some vagueness surrounds Appleseed’s death and burial, he became ill in early March and passed soon after. In Fort Wayne, Indiana, in Johnny Appleseed Park, a grave marks the spot where the legendary sower of apple seeds rests.