Rain ~ Los Angeles 1949 ~ Robins ~ Passed Away in 2015 ~ Saturday/Sunday Football Playoff Games ~ Back Therapy ~ Spaghetti Et. Al. ~ Shades of Blue

Good drizzling dark cloudy morning. Rain started in the night and so far 1/5".

 

On this date in 1949 Los Angeles got snow! I remember it well. Our Christmas tree was in the backyard and covered with snow. I got up from my nap and was amazed. Played in the front yard happily until a neighbor boy came and threw a snowball at me! I cried. I was only 3 at the time! Daddy told him to "go home!". His name was Matthew!

 

Yesterday there were dozens and dozens of Robins in my pasture. Hard to get their pictures...

Are they confused? It's not Spring yet!!!

 

 

Died in 2015:

Rod McKuen, poet, d. January age 81

Jackie Collins, novelist, d. September age 77

Rod Taylor, actor, d. January age 84

Anita Ekberg, actress, d. January age 83

Leonard Nimoy, actor, d. February age 83

Christopher Lee, actor, d. June age 93

Omar Sharif, actor, d. July age 83

Wes Craven, director, d. August age 76

Maureen O'Hara, actress, d. October age 96

Robert Loggia, actor, d. December age 85

Lesley Gore, singer, d. February age 68

Ben E. King, singer, d. April age 76

B.B. King, singer/guitarist, d. May age 89

Paul Prudhomme, chef, d. October age 75

Mario Cuomo, NY Governor, d. January age 82

Ernie Banks, Chicago short-stop, d. January age 83

Frank Gifford, NY Giant, d. August age 84

Yogi Berra, NY Yankee, d. September age 90

 

 

Today and tomorrow are NFL playoff games... schedule:

Super Bowl is Sunday February 7th.

 

 

Historically this date...

1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.

  

1857 – The Fort Tejon earthquake strikes California, registering an estimated magnitude of 7.9.

1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.

1947 – Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.

2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone.

 

 

 

And births this date include....

1913 – Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)

 

1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (d. 1982)

1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)

1935 – Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)

 

1940 – Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009)

"I saw momma kissing Santa Claus..."

 

1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer

(Too much hair. Too long. Yuck)

 

1955 – J. K. Simmons, American actor

 

 

Yesterday was so filled over the top with excitement. Dishes, vacuuming, cleaning out the fridge, etc. Then my back therapy appointment with Stacy Thetford in RR. First she does an ultrasound massage, then a deep tissue massage then electrical nerve stimulation....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_ultrasound

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcutaneous_electrical_nerve_stimulation

Afterwards I feel soooooooooooooooooo relaxed.

 

 

Last night I wanted to be creative in the kitchen.

Angel hair pasta, artichoke hearts, reconstituted dried mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, olive oil, baby spinach, shallot, garlic spread, celery..... butter and cream cheese!

Cooked and drained pasta. In the large pan I heated olive oil and garlic sauce. Sautéed the mushrooms, celery, and shallot. Added in the diced tomatoes, artichoke hearts. Stirred in the pasta and added in baby spinach. Then topped that with a couple pats of butter and some cream cheese...

Everything was stirred together and heated well...

   Oink oink oink.... AWESOMELY GOOD!

 

 

Later it was chair, wine, TV. I had recorded a new show, Shades of Blue two nights previous (there are several listings for the pilot at different times and channels) so watched it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4118584/

Jennifer Lopez plays the main character and Ray Liotta is her boss. It's all about police corruption and not following the laws.  I was very unhappy with the show. Now is not the time for showing police in a bad light!! And as far as Lopez's acting goes... not great, mediocre to fair. Will not waste my time with any more of the episodes.

 

 

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

January 9th

National Apricot Day

 

January 9th is National Apricot Day. We’re not sure why, since apricot season in the U.S. is from May through August (any fresh apricots found in the winter months have made a long trip from the southern hemisphere). Yet, you can toast the day with an apricot brandy sour, have apricot jam on your toast or sandwich (cream cheese, goat cheese, ham, turkey), make a pork roast with dried apricots, or use the jam as filling in a Sacher Torte.

Being A Cat ~ Couple On Safari ~ Sunshine ~ Birds ~ Bruiser ~ LA River ~ Looting ~ Toffee

Good 36º very foggy morning.

Yep:

I got this from high school pal, Mary (Fancher) Zavala... OMGOSH! The husband and wife are on an African safari and they see a cheetah chasing down a small antelope. The husband remarked that the antelope might escape. The wife answers, "If that antelope survives this one, I'll give you sex every day for the rest of your life." For the results, click on the link ...  only 20 seconds long!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/DYDIwOnXNc8

Yesterday stayed gloomy and foggy til about noon... and then SUNSHINE!!!

And the birds were out and happy...

We warmed to 57º by 2:15. Heat wave! Turned off the heater. Bruiser came in for a nap on my printer/scanners....

And then the sun went away at 2:30! Clouds came in....

Historically this date...

1935 – The United States national debt is 0 for the only time.

1981 – A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".

1994 – Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.

2011 – An attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills 6 people and wounds 13, including Giffords.

And births this date include....

1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress and entertainer (d. 1970)

1912 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (d. 1992)

Married to Rosemary Cloony and had 5 children.

1926 – Soupy Sales, American comedian (d. 2009)

1935 – Elvis Presley, American singer (d. 1977)

1942 – Yvette Mimieux, American actress

1947 – David Bowie, English musician

*********************************************************

Here is some history of the LA River. If you grew up there like I did, this is interesting. ..... and a picture of it today, filled up from all the rains ...

When the Spanish government decided in 1777 to construct its first agricultural settlements in California to feed the missions and presidios, they picked a site on high ground west of the river they called El Río de Nuestra Señora La Reina de Los Ángeles de Porciúncula.

The namesake settlement of Los Angeles became the second city in California after San Jose, with a water ditch — the zanja madre — diverting flow to the city.

The river, its tributaries and artesian wells made Los Angeles County one of the biggest cattle and food producing centers in the nation. Fishermen caught steelhead trout in the pools, and waterwheels ran flour mills in the currents.

But as Yankee newcomers poured in during the 19th century and settled on lower-lying areas, they suffered catastrophic floods.

After epochal rains in 1862 turned much of the basin into a lake, residents began clamoring to raise the banks of the river and build upstream dams.

What made the river so tempestuous was topography. Pacific storms stall against the San Gabriels, some of the steepest mountains in the world, with sparse vegetation to slow down the rainwater as it plummets down granite canyons.

Water from 834 square miles of rugged terrain, some higher than 7,000 feet, drains into the L.A. River. Excluding the mountain washes that feed it, the main river drops 800 feet from its source in Canoga Park to its mouth in Long Beach, 51 miles away. The Mississippi drops that much over 2,300 miles.

*********************************************************

Shared by Cyndi! LOL!!! True.

Later it was reruns for dinner... chair, wine, TV.

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

xo Sue Mom Bobo

January 8th

National Toffee Day

Who would think, to look at a cup of sugar and a bar of butter, that combining the two at high heat would produce wonderful toffee! Thank goodness for adventurous cooks.

Toffee is basically caramelized sugar and butter...but follow the trail after that and the story gets confusing. Read all about it in The ABC’s of Toffee (including the difference between toffee and buttercrunch).

A favorite is Cary's Of Oregon for toffee. They make a trail mix that is fabulous!!! Made with toasted almonds, dried cranberries, raisins, and large chunks of their toffee. http://www.carysoforegon.com/

Cary's is located in Grants Pass on Union Street behind Three Rivers Hospital. You can purchase their products in person on on line at the above website.