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- JUST BLOOMED TODAY
- THE ADVENTURES OF TEXTFROMDOG
- TWEET TREATS
- DID YOU KNOW...?
- GARDEN UPDATE
- LOVE, FAITH AND UNDERSTANDING
- FAUNA
- GARDEN GIGGLE
- GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECIPE #0050 ZESTY SKILLET STICKERS
- WHAT IN THE WORLD? OVER THE FENCE
- FEEDBACK
JUST BLOOMED TODAY
THE ADVENTURES OF TEXTFROMDOG
Bringing you the online adventures of textfromdog by October Jones. You can find him on Facebook. He has discovered that his dog, "Dog", a bulldog, can text him. Each day we will share his texts with you. October's remarks are in green on the right side of the screen, Dog's are on the left.
TWEET TREATS
bringing you the quirky, funniest and most interesting tweets from Twitter that we came across.
DID YOU KNOW...?
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| Would you marry a tire on national television????? @madeleine_rae |
A snail can stay asleep for 3 years.
GARDEN UPDATE
Well, the thermometer reads 96F, but with the wind it doesn't feel like that.
Last night it was so windy that the hummingbird feeder blew off the apple tree and smashed on the ground. :(
LOVE, FAITH AND UNDERSTANDING
Do you remember the gentle times of childhood where time had no meaning except that you had to be in the house by the time the streetlights were on?; Where summer meant no shoes, being in the sun all day and family trips to the beach? Do you remember running through the sprinklers with the neighborhood kids and not caring that your hair was a tangled mess?
Or what about the night the Comet flew by and you and your whole family laid on the top of the old Chevy and watched the sky for hours?; Or going to sleep in your PJ's at the drive-in. These are truly the memories a happy childhood is made from.
This windy, brisk weather brought fond memories today of my Dad, Mom and siblings flying kites in the park, or at the end of our cul-de-sac. Always a diamond shaped kite, and we made the tail really long with old sheets ripped into strips, that Mom kept just for that occasion.
Dad would hold it up and we would run fast with the string holder. Then he would run up and show us how to let out the string, a little at a time, gently so the kite would finally catch the wind and nose its way upwards. Then, oh the joy! to watch its exciting dips and flips in the clouds! It was always sad to see it come down, and crash to the earth; But by then we were on to more kiddie things, like the absolute joy of riding down the big grass hills on a big piece of cardboard. You felt like you were really going fast, until your brother went flying by you. Inevitably, you'd crash at the bottom, and then the big trudge uphill to do it all over again!
There are many memories we hold dear of the innocence of childhood. How lucky are we to be the ones who had parents who understood the importance of child-play and family; of learning life's lessons in a safe environment, with love, faith and understanding.
Well, the thermometer reads 96F, but with the wind it doesn't feel like that.
Last night it was so windy that the hummingbird feeder blew off the apple tree and smashed on the ground. :(
LOVE, FAITH AND UNDERSTANDING
Do you remember the gentle times of childhood where time had no meaning except that you had to be in the house by the time the streetlights were on?; Where summer meant no shoes, being in the sun all day and family trips to the beach? Do you remember running through the sprinklers with the neighborhood kids and not caring that your hair was a tangled mess?
Or what about the night the Comet flew by and you and your whole family laid on the top of the old Chevy and watched the sky for hours?; Or going to sleep in your PJ's at the drive-in. These are truly the memories a happy childhood is made from.
Dad would hold it up and we would run fast with the string holder. Then he would run up and show us how to let out the string, a little at a time, gently so the kite would finally catch the wind and nose its way upwards. Then, oh the joy! to watch its exciting dips and flips in the clouds! It was always sad to see it come down, and crash to the earth; But by then we were on to more kiddie things, like the absolute joy of riding down the big grass hills on a big piece of cardboard. You felt like you were really going fast, until your brother went flying by you. Inevitably, you'd crash at the bottom, and then the big trudge uphill to do it all over again!
But I think swinging on the swing was my most favorite thing. The feeling of weightlessness, of touching the sky with your toes outstretched as you climbed higher and higher into the clouds.The pure joy of being in flight, the wind breezing through your hair and the sun kissing your arms and face.
GARDEN GIGGLE
Ten Games For Old Age
- Sag, You're it
- Pin the Toupee on the bald guy
- 20 questions shouted into your good ear
- Kick the bucket
- Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over
- Doc Goose
- Simon says something incoherent
- Hide and go pee
- Spin the Bottle of Mylanta
- Musical recliners
FAUNA
GARDEN GOODIES~SHARE OUR GARDEN RECIPE #0050 ZESTY SKILLET STICKERS
This is one of my most favorite recipes...makes an unusual and incredibly yummy egg-roll-like appetizer. The hardest thing about this recipe is finding gumbo soup...I have tried other soups and they definitely do not taste the same, so hold out for the gumbo one.
You Will Need:
(1) 15 oz can of Gumbo Soup
(1/2) cup Orange Marmalade
(1/4) tsp ground ginger
10-12 (3 1/2 inch) square wonton wrappers
(1) tablespoon oil
Instructions:
Drain liquid from soup can into a small saucepan, reserving the 'innards'(rice/meat/veggies).
Add marmalade and ginger to the reserved soup liquid. Bring to a boil, whisking until marmalade is dissolved. Lower heat; simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally 5 minutes or until thickened.
Place about one tablespoon of the "innards" in the center of each wonton. Fold one corner of wonton over, fold in side corners, then roll wonton towards remaining corner to close filling.
In a medium-sized nonstick skillet, brown skillet stickers in hot oil in two batches, about two minutes per side, using 1/2 Tablespoon of oil for each batch.Drain on a paper towel.
Serve with soup/marmalade sauce. Makes 3 servings.
1775 The U.S. Postal System is established
1797 John Quincy Adams marries Louisa Johnson
1878 Officer Wyatt Earp fatally wounds a drunken cowboy
1908 The F.B.I is founded
1931 Swarms of grasshoppers hit the MidWest destroying millions of acres of crops. The swarm was described as follows: They explode from beneath your feet. There's sort of a rolling wave that forms out it front of you. They hit up against your body and cling against your clothes. It's almost like being immersed in a gigantic living being. Locusts and grasshoppers undergo a significant transformation when they become part of a swarm. Their wings and jaws grow, enabling them to travel greater distances and increasing their appetite.The July 1931 swarm was said to be so thick that it blocked out the sun and one could shovel the grasshoppers with a scoop. Cornstalks were eaten to the ground and fields left completely bare.
1941 The U.S. freezes Japanese assets
1945 Winston Churchill resigns
1947 President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act
1952 Argentina's First Lady Evita Peron dies of cancer at age 33
1975 "The Hustle" is the #1 music hit
1990 President George H.W. Bush signs the American with Disabilities Act
2012 A Judge appoints a temporary guardian for the Jackson children
2 comments:
I would add to your list:going to the library and checking out as many books as you could carry, swimming lessons and free swim,weeding our giant hill and TPing friends' houses
I was wondering do you know or can you recommend any pet friendly weed killer and/or fertilizers? We need to apply some to our back lawn and are concerned about the dogs. They don't have a dog run where we could put them while we take care of things. so I am looking for something we could use while they were around. Thanks!
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