Full Moon ~ Bad Memory ~ Cherry Dump Cobbler

 

 

Good 44º rainy morning. Started about 4am. 9/100ths of an inch.

Be careful...full moon!

 

 

 

 

 

 Looks like it will stay wet today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have to see this. Precious. Guilty!

http://www.maniacworld.com/which-is-the-guilty-dog.html

 

 

 

This from my friend Ann in Hiouchi. (That's a fun name to say! Hiouchi, not Ann.):

 

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Friends are like underwear...some crawl up your ass...some snap under pressure...some don't have the strength to hold you up...some get a little twisted...some are your favorite...some are cheap and just plain nasty...and some actually do cover your ass when you need them to.

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The pest control guys showed up about 11am. They put an all natural power under the house where my bathroom is...ants have been coming in. Then they sprayed for termites in the barn. Checked for Mr. Mole. Didn't find him. Maybe he moved.

 

 

 

They left and Jason came up and went all around picking up wood and stuff for the burn pile. It's HUGE now. He'll come back after it has some hot sun on it for a few days (no guess when that will be!) and start the burn in the morning early. It will burn all day, no doubt.

 

 

Tucker had a baseball game 5:30 yeaterday, this time in Rogue River! Yeah. I got there, set up my chair, had umbrella close as it lightly sprinkled on and off...  Then when Tucker came up to bat, hit the ball, ran to 1st base ... I got a great series of pictures. Then I discovered the card for the camera was still stuck in my computer! AAAARUGHHHH.......    After an hour of cold winds and I was freezing, I came home. Had put artichokes in crockpot earlier so they were ready when I got back.

 

 

When I went out to take a picture of my mountain, the wood peckers were chatting up a storm..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday I took out the dead rose from the barrel and planted the mums Jean gave me for Mother's Day and the lupine my neighbor Cindy gave me.

 

 

Mr. Flying Pig whirls and twirls in the wind.

 

 

 

Historically this date....

1902 – Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.

1974 – Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.

 

 

 

And births this date include.....

1911 – Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d. 1998)

 

Mia Farrow's mom.

 

 

1936 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (d. 2010)

 

 

 

 

1956 – Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1956 – Bob Saget, American actor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1962 – Craig Ferguson, Scottish actor and comedian

 

 

 

 

..and wife Megan

 

 

 

 

 

1966 – Hill Harper, American actor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1982 – Tony Parker, French-American basketball player

 

 

 

 

 

Former, for about 20 minutes, husband of Eva Longoria.

 

 

... and today is the birthday of my crusin' pal Joan's daughter

Patty

 

 

 

 

and her granddaughter Amanda

 

 (with her dad, Jose)! Cute, both of you!

Hey, girls HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 

 

 

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

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

May 17th

National Cherry Cobbler Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 box yellow cake mix or chocolate cake mix

2 cans cherry pie filling (or 1 cherry and 1 can crushed pineapple)

2 sticks butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking spray.

Pour 1/4 box of cake mix into bottom (Do NOT make the cake batter - pour the cake mix in DRY.) Pour the cherry pie filling on top of the dry mix. Pour the remaining 3/4 box of cake mix on top of the cherry pie filling. Cut butter into pats. Place the pats over the top of the dry cake mix in a checkerboard pattern. Bake for 45 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream. Enjoy and go back for more.

~ Old Photos ~ Mo' Rain ~ Coquilles St. Jacques ~

Good 39º morning. Had more rain yesterday, almost 1/4". 50%  chance today.

Yesterday was filled with excitement.... house cleaning duties. Yippeeee....  Yawn. Maggie and I did take the trash to the can and put it out on the road. On the way back we stopped and talked to Frank and Cindy and Maggie and Lucy had a sniff fest. Cindy gave me a tomato plant, so when the weather promises not to freeze anymore, I will put it in the ground.

Again, I found a bunch of old photos and have put them in envelopes and will mail them to respective participants in the photos. Some from a wedding in 1967, some family photos, I emailed a picture of my old high school friend Anne and her boyfriend, I'm thinking from 1965 or 66.  My my, we were young!

In this one, Sandy Todoran and Kathy O'Brien .. next Patty Hite, and can't remember the other girl. This was our friend Sue Shewalter's wedding. She married John Hite. (Just FYI for you Wilsonites)

Historically this date....

1836 – Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.

    Ewwwwww.........

He was 27, and died at age 40.

1843 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.

1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and

replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.

1866 – Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer.

1929 – In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out.

1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.

1960 – Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 spy plane flights over the Soviet Union thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris.

1965 – The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.

1988 – A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.

And births this date include....

1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)

1919 – Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987)

1921 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor

1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor

 

(Just for you, Tootie!)

1955 – Debra Winger, American actress

 

1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer

So, pest control guy coming out today to take care of the mole in the back, termite prevention in the barn, and ants in my bathroom.

Be careful out there with that nearly full moon!

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

May 16th

National Coquilles St. Jacques Day (Scallops!)

This is one of my most favorite recipes...

Except Rachael Ray uses vermouth for the sauce and I add lemon juice instead and several pats of butter. Makes a HEAVENLY sauce.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/sea-scallops-with-vermouth-recipe/index.html

~ Neko ~ Tigger ~ Pasta with Leeks ~ Police Memorial Day ~

 

 

 

Good 43º morning. The 80% "chance" of rain last night turned into 100%. We got over 1/4". Looks like more today also.

 

 

So, I went to town yesterday and got my hair cut. Had a fun chat with Leah, my hair person. She is a lot of fun. Then went to Ace because they were having a huge Purina Dog Food promotion. They had a petting zoo and Leah's daughter Marley

 

 

 

 

 was there helping out. They had rabbits, a black and white rat who was Steve and a girl rat, a turkey hen (Dorrie's and she could pet her!), baby goats, baby chicks, and baby ducks. All darling. Well, except for the turkey hen. They are just not attractive.

 

 

Then to the new little produce stand in town and got a lime for cocktail time. Hey!! 'I'll make a rhyme about a lime for cocktail time!' Taaa daaa... And I got some asparagus. Geesh, that doesn't rhyme with anything. Oh wait, 'Asparagus slides down your esophagus.   :o( Sorry. Hard word to rhyme.

 

 

PJ and Dave sent this picture of their Neko. She crawls into a pillowcase and does a u-turn and then peeks out the opening...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, my Tigger (T-I-Double Gaaa-R) when she was young (this is about 1976 or 77) she would crawl into the still warm dryer after I had removed the clothes ...

 

The eagles look like they are getting big enough to fly now...

Mama still keeps a close eye on them....

 

 

 

Maggie and I took a ride up to Patty and Cliff's and had cocktails and chatted for a bit. Came home and I had some leeks in the fridge so dug out some whole wheat angel hair pasta, Philadelphia Italian Cooking Sauce, chopped the leeks, some red bell pepper, drained canned sliced mushrooms, chopped asparagus, sliced radishes, and added grape tomatoes to the fray.

 

 

Cooked the pasta. All the veggies went into a large pan with melted butter and olive oil. Cooked til tender and added the cooking sauce and the pasta.

 

 

The Philadelphia cooking sauce is great! Very tasty. Think I'll have some leftovers for breakfast! You could also leave out the sauce and just toss the veggies with the pasta.

 

 .. and by the way, just for my pal Judy, the leek is the national symbol of Wales.

 

 

We had a snuggy fire, the rain had just started, and I watched the sad ending to the Dodger/Diamondback's game. 1 to zip! Aarughhhh...... 

 

 

 

Historically this date....

1905 – Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.

1928 – Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy

1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.

1969 – People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot called Bloody Thursday.

1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.

 

 

 

And births this date include....

1918 – Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (d. 2008)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1936 – Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress

 

 

 

1937 – Trini López, American musician

 

 

 

1940 – Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer

 

 

 

1955 – Lee Horsley, American actor

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said.

xo Mom-Soupy-Sue

May 15th

Police Officer's Memorial Day

 

 

 

 

 

Honoring Brothers and Sisters who have fallen in the line of duty.

.... including my friend Raul Gama. RIP