~ SUNSHINE! ~ Almost Spring! ~ Eagles ~ Soba Noodles ~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good 40º cloudy morning.

 

Yeah, the sun came out yesterday again!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And it does look like Spring may, after all, show up here!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The apple tree.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the little cherry tree....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is interesting.... I ordered 50 bunny beads from Oriental Trading for Easter earrings. 

They arrived but 26 of them were broken. I scanned a picture of the broken ones and sent that along with a letter to Oriental Trading telling them they should find a better way of packaging them to mail. They just sent me an email that they are sending me 50 more bunny beads at no charge! Wow. I'm impressed.

 

 

 

Snow in Iowa and the eagles nest camera was covered with it so I didn't see them yesterday but Erika got this picture of both parents keeping the babies warm....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then this morning it was just Dad sitting there...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The little eaglets are getting big!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look ... our gas is now 4.17 !!!

 

 

 

Historically this date...

1926 – Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.

1939 – Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany

1945 – World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.

1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.

2008 – Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race.

 

 

And births this date include....

1808 – Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1873)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1889 – Adolf Hitler, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, (d. 1945)

 

 

 

 

 

Before and after "trim".

 

 

1893 – Harold Lloyd, American actor (d. 1971)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1904 – Bruce Cabot, American actor (d. 1972)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1908 – Lionel Hampton, American musician (d. 2002)

 

 

 

 

 

Boy, what music he could make!!!

 

 

 

 

1941 – Ryan O'Neal, American actor

 
 

   Adam Henry! Don't go out ANYWHERE without your shirt on!

 

 

1949 – Jessica Lange, American actress

 

 

1959 – Clint Howard, American actor

 

 Brother of Ron.

 

 

1970 – Shemar Moore, American actor

 

 

 

 

    ... Criminal Minds, a fav show of mine! They guy has a great smile and he's nice to watch! He just seems like he's a really nice person.

 

 

Yesterday I got the birdhouses put up high on L brackets. The bluebirds that were making a nest in the red/white/blue house returned after I moved it and seemed ok.

 

 

 

 

I went to the Post Office , then to the market, then to Ace. Such excitement here. When I came home I decided dinner would be a bit different. I had bought some soba noodles and shrimp. Either rinse the noodles (they are pre cooked and you find them in the deli case) with warm water or pop them in the micro for a minute. I stripped the shrimp and cooked them in some EVOO along with some broccoli. Then added some broccoli slaw, sliced grape tomatoes, hoisin sauce and sesame oil, mixed in and added the noodles until hot.

Really really good!!!!

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy Wednesday

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

April 20th

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day

 

Burrrrr.... ~ Grants Pass Steam Laundry ~ Elks ~ Garlic Day

Good 27º morning. It was 24º when I got up at 6am. The moon was full last night and the sky was clear. Burrrrr.... I was up briefly about 2am and the moon was shining through the windows. Beautiful. Too sleepy for photos!

But this morning all four of my geese were out there so I took out corn and they were happy.... No turkeys around. Too cold for them I guess!

Yesterday was fun. I left here and did some errands. I picked up my new shiny black mud flaps for my truck from Roe Motors. Pete had forgotten about my order, but redeemed himself! Then I stopped in Brian's office, before stopping at Chet's Nursery to shop. Then to meet Jeannie and Candy at Hannah's for wine at 2. I had gone into some of the local stores, finding some interesting things. One of which I'll show you Monday, since it's a gift for someone .... And all the shop keepers I came in contact with had the same things to say about Hannah's. Sadly. All said the food was mediocre to poor, the service was horribly slow, and the prices were too high. Darn.

The building, an old laundry... neat.

The interior is really beautiful and nicely preserved.

So as I walked around (not one person came to the front desk) looking for the bar.... Ah ha... camera ready and Jeannie saw the camera and jumped out of the way! LOL You can see her leg...

We enjoyed a chat and wine for a couple of hours.

Billy had dropped Jeannie off and Bob, Candy... and then the men went to the Elks to wait it out. I drove the girls over there and both of the guys had their pooches in their vehicles. We first visited with Baron...

He was kissy happy to see his mom. Sweet dog!

Then Chaka....

.... who also wanted to show her mom how much she loved her...

 Even I got some doggie smooches!

We sat in the Elks for a bit and had some libations. Candy decided  to try some pickled egg. Don't know if she liked it or not, but her face does tell some of the story...

 As Billy watches the process.






Of course since I had my camera, Bob gave me a bad time and wouldn't pose!

Historically this date.... (Boy, a lot of stuff happened on this date... not all of it good!)

1892 – Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1919 – Leslie Irvin of the United States makes the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump using a new kind of self-contained parachute.

1927 – Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.

1943 – Bicycle Day – Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann deliberately takes LSD for the first time.

1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.

1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders.

1989 – A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

1993 – The 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.

1993 – South Dakota governor George Mickelson and seven others are killed when a state-owned aircraft crashes in Iowa.

1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, is bombed, killing 168. That same day convicted murderer Richard Wayne Snell, who had ties to one of the bombers, Timothy McVeigh, is executed in Arkansas.

1997 – The Red River Flood of 1997 overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.

And births this date include.....

1787 – Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary (d. 1837)

.... at first I was wondering why in the world someone would be named "Deaf" but then I discovered that was only his nickname and his real name was Erastus. Oh gag me on that one! WHY name a little baby Erastus!!!

1877 – Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor (d. 1934)

... Ah ha! Inventor of the outboard motor!!! We knew a cat named Evinrude, because he purred so loud!

1903 – Eliot Ness, American lawman (d. 1957)

1925 – Hugh O'Brian, American actor

 

 (Mrs. O'Brian)

1930 – Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994)

1933 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (d. 1967)

1935 – Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian and composer (d. 2002)

 

1937 – Elinor Donahue, American actress

 

1968 – Ashley Judd, American actress

Hubby Dario Franchetti race driver.

1969 – Jesse James, American television personality and motorcycle builder

 (Creep!)

1979 – Kate Hudson, American actress

with her mom, Goldie Hawn

All I know. Need to grocery shop for what I'm making for Easter.

Happy Tuesday. Nuff said. Ciao.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

April 19th

National Garlic Day

Cut off the top of the bulb, set it in some foil, sprinkle on some sea salt and black pepper, and drizzle on a tiny bit of olive oil. Wrap foil around bulbs and bake at 400º for 30-35 min. Squeeze out the garlic when cool to the touch and spread it on sourdough or French bread toast ... or mix it into mashed potatoes... or  mix with sour cream and top baked potatoes!  Oh my Good!