President of Ireland's Dog Steals the Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_YaPVdR5PY

So cute!! You can tell that Bernese Mountain dog loves his owner. Thank you for  sharing..

I think if I were an Irish citizen, I'd give my president a break and respect, just because of his behavior with his dog.

  Joy wishing you a 

May you have a wonderful birthday on May 6th.

Patricia, he was so patient with the dog.. we have always wanted one  but they do come with a huge price tag.

Hitting the hay, I have a case of Jane's slam shuts so I had better go or I will wake myself up!

I'm off to the haystack!  My slamshuts are in full mode!  I'm so tired I can hardly move.  I think yesterday finally caught up with me and I'm getting ready for company for the weekend tomorrow.  My Gardener (name of daughter, Christy) will be coming to get the gardening started for this summer. 

Tomorrow and the next day are both supposed to be rainy.  If that happens, it'll slow down the gardening! 

AMY, I guess the "slamshuts" are catching!  I should have worn my mask over my eyes.

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy Spring day tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

well I am right behind  JaneS has been a full day, Good night and sweet dreams.

Lloyd

I'm off to bed as well, long day and I'm happy to see it end. Had a good visit with the place that will make my glasses, they will be ready in a week. Too tired to talk except to say...

Happy Birthday, Joy!  

JOY........HAPPY BIRTHDAY 

🎼HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU 🎂

🎼HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU 🧁

🎼HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JOY 🍰

🎼HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU❣️

Special Birthday wishes to you today on your DAY 💐

Good morning..

No frost this morning, that's a good sign .

Nothing planned here, just taking the day as it comes. Well one thing is planned better make Kyle a pie today. Have the shells already in the freeze so no big deal.

Need to sort out the preserves and get the shelves ready for more this season. This is a job that can wait for a rainy day.

Jane, the slam shuts hit me when I was watching the news.....and I figured I had better hit the hay when they wouldn't stop.

Lloyd, good morning  to you and Nancy!

Enjoy your day and stay safe.


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Good Morning Everyfriend!  It's time for me to get started again.  My starter has entered slow mode and it's harder and harder to make a connection!

Christy will be here early tomorrow and our first objective is to take my old sewing machine (which is now her's) to the Mennonite sewing machine guy who used to fix it for me.  He's making a special compensation for her because he doesn't usually do repairs on Saturday. 

AMY, can we expect pie in the Hidey Hole today?

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOY!  

Pie in the hide hole?  Did I hear PIE?  I can't have any, but I sure can take a look and see how yummy it would be‼️‼️ Oh wait, I forgot, I can eat anything in the hide hole.....no calories / no guilt😻😻

We are going to have a beautiful day, so I hope to go with Bob again this afternoon to pick up the boys and possibly go to Grandson Matt's lacrosse game.  We have been invited to have dinner with Dave and the kiddos as Dave's life long friend is having Lou Malnati pizza delivered from Chicago for their dinner tonight‼️

We have cable repair coming this morning to hopefully fix a on going and very annoying internet problem.  Also have PT coming too. 

Have a wonderful day, EVERYFRIEND.

Jenny

Jane, yes pie in the hidey hole soon. Just put it in the oven so in about 30 -35 min it should be done. Do you want vanilla ice cream or whipping cream on it?

Jenny, don't you love cyber eating? I must admit it would be nice not to have all those calories in ALL the good stuff....like pie,cake,tarts ,cookies and my dark chocolate. One good thing about the chocolate though it is from a bean, beans are a vegetable so eat your veggies )

Good Meddle of the day to you all. well it is doing it to me again I make a post and the gremlins eats it before I get it posted. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOY!  It is 70º and bright sun here. the weather guesser says mixed sun and clouds but he/she is mixed up. Have a good rest of the day.

Lloyd

Amy, no calories? Sign me up please!

Now pie crusts are one thing I cannot do no matter how or what recipe I try. And over the years, there have been many so-called surefire ones! I can do graham crackers and cookie crusts, but not regular ones. It reminds me of my dad and garden peas. You could put his plants right in the middle of a garden. And while everyone else's row was healthy green and blossoming, his center one would be brown, dragging, and infested.

Today will be cooler with scattered showers, which would have been our past Marchs' standard weather. But the next few days will be more in line with the mid-sixties and early seventies. My leg is healed and only aches when my osteo does, so that's good news.

I've been picking up the boxed holds on my balcony and in the hallway walk-in for a trip to the downstairs boxes room. That stuff has sat in taped boxes in the corner of my balcony since 2013, not that I procrastinated much.   

 Now, my kitchen, I have an excuse for. I had purchased and received kitchen cupboard and refrigerator shelving, and glass condiment holders in early February before the fall. Best laid plans, right? Anyway, that's what I've been doing lately. Actually, that's what I've been doing, one way or another, since 2013! This summer, I hope to finish it.

I have an issue with my freezer. I'm so used to putting things by and kept for some rainy day. However, I no longer eat as I used to and have been cutting back and trying to use up what's already set by. I'm trying to make and use smaller single servings, and it's not easy to change a generational mindset. I've given away a lot of stuff already, and I'm ignoring or trying to ignore all those new interesting freezer recipes.

There are no Amish here to my knowledge, Jane. Although in the Big Delta area, we have several Old Russian Believers settlements that are the Russian Orthodox version of Amish. As well as some Mennonites that moved here some years back. They're between twenty-five and fifty miles from here, but when the farmers' markets reopen, they'll come up for that. Here's a smattering of what's or will be available soon.

https://www.localharvest.org/fairbanks-ak

https://www.localharvest.org/search.jsp?lat=64.8337&lon=-147.7186&scale=8&ty=0

Lloyd...
...those "gremlins " get everywhere, dont they...

Patricia, I have had no problems with pie crust. The trick is to have everything cold and don't handle it too much. My mom made excellent pie crust and thankfully I got the knack from her. Dad did not want a shadow pie, put the filling in it!!
I know what you mean about cutting back, I still cook as though I was on the farm and for just the two of us it is way too much. Thank goodness for neighbours 
Thoroughly enjoyed the sites you posted.

Our day ended up filled with blood work, picking up meds then back into the dump and onto the feed mill. We brought home 10 more bags of triple mix and the pots are all set for the squash seeds now.

Supper is chicken cordon bleu with veggies, salad and blueberry pie..that should tide us over till tomorrow..
 

Amy, dinner sounds good to me! Mine will be leftovers from a previous roasted chicken and veggies pan sheet dinner. I lucked out as someone left a new box of parchment paper on the donations table.

I have one nagging issue. A friend flying out to move in with her family gave me two bags of red/yellow apples. The ones whose taste tends to bite back? I have two sets of homemade applesauce frozen already and don't know what type these are or what to make with them.

Now that my balcony is cleaned and swept, I'm thinking of what to put out there. Right now, it is tempting to buy plants, but since we had three rainy past summers and the balcony is recessed,  facing  Northwest, it hasn't gone well in the past. I have two deck chairs but never sit out there. Since they cut down all the trees on its back-side, I don't see that changing.

Patricia, I think the yellow ones may be Granny Smiths....not sure what the other ones are. Empire, Cortlands?

Hmmm..Gala?


https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/types-and-varieties-of-apples-article

Found it, or at least the closest looking


https://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?msg=197504


4. McIntosh Apple
This apple is the least firm of all the ones rounded up here. The soft flesh can be described as "creamy" or "mealy," which makes this variety a good candidate for eating raw or for applesauce or apple butter, but not necessarily for baking. If you bake with McIntoshes, use a thickener to keep the apples from becoming too mushy.

They're firm, not mealy but perhaps just fresher? And shipped earlier? They definitely taste tart!

Patricia, now what to do with them all! Apple crisp,muffins and apple sauce all kinds of goodies.

I already have several units of homemade apple sauce, which is what started this whole rigamarole. I think perhaps grated into recipes or cooked with pork.

Patricia, for eating I'm only after red delicious (I like sweet) but about anything suits me to fry in a skillet of butter until soft and throw in brown sugar (depending on how many). A dash of salt for everything (from my mother) and they slide down or can be left over or even frozen. I have never had any left over to freeze. Doesn't take much brown sugar.

My father liked to just cut the core out & fill with brown sugar & bake in the oven.... skins on, but my tummy doesn't like the skins. When I showed up at the house one evening after Mother died, he was delighted to share a whole cookie sheet full of apples he had just baked. They ate apples all the time, even dried them & stored in a gunny sack (remember those) in the attic and would get a handful out & put in a bowl of water to cook. Rare meal that they didn't have applesauce on the table.

So far I have not accomplished a thing today. The wind is blowing like crazy & guess I will never get used to it, we moved to Kansas in late November of 1960. I love the mountains of CO but not the altitude and enjoy the woods & lakes of MO, but the humidity & bugs are awful in summer.  Think I am getting too lazy, but will get out of this mood & be ready to travel soon.

I am not sure how the Corp of Engineer campgrounds will be this summer since they say "only reservations"... and I NEVER reserve because if it is stormy I don't want to be in a motorhome under those big trees. I am going to give it a try & just pull in & if not a reserved tag on a post will hook up for the night. For years I've done it this way & the camp host shows up on his scooter or truck in the morning & I give him the money. I pick up the deposit slips as I go in & have them all made out. I am not one of those people that try to sneak out without paying, for me, I do appreciate the trees & electric hook ups! They have a post with lock to leave the money if the host doesn't get around, experience warns to go mid week & miss the crowds.

To camp in Colorado National Forests we do make reservations, only a few sites in the campground we prefer are "walk ins". My son makes the reservations so we can be side by side & I pay him back for both. I'm already having second thoughts about whether to go "one more time"... It has been a big part of life since my boys were 12 & 14 years old. The youngest has a birthday next week.... 58! They have both been camping with me every year since Cas died (8 years ago).

Oops, you snuck in, Amy... for apple pie I still prefer Golden Delicious. They don't need quite as much sugar & are soft but not mushy. I used to watch for the bushels from Missouri but they don't seem to have them anymore. Like KS, so many of the orchards have been torn down to put up "developments".... how sad is that??? The Grimes Golden Delicious were the best, mouth is watering....

And now to get something done, no more stalling~~

Thanks, Shirley, you gave me some good recipe ideas! I do know that a little bit of salt can actually make a recipe sweeter.

Shirley, we have lots of apple growers around here. Òne of my favourite apple for pie is Mutsu , not easy to find but worth the search.
We like applesauce with our pork.Kyle also eats apples each day.

Well, I've been researching apples... had never heard of the Mutsu. Can see why you like it, Amy. Have you ever eaten/used the Grimes Golden Delicious?  They were my mother's fav for lots of uses, but for me the Red Delicious ranks first just to eat. Cas liked the Gala's and I spoiled him by buying the organic one time & he was never happy with the others after that! I haven't tried the organic Red Delicious so far because I'm afraid I'll get hooked. I'm guessing they need to be picked & shipped ripe since they don't have all the bug killers & preservatives pumped in. Isn't  that what "organic" actually means? When I think of apples what comes to mind was when Gloria would go help her son.... oh, to think of having tree ripe apples!!!  I also grew up thinking you had to have applesauce with pork & still keep a big jar of Mussleman's in the frig most of the time.

The wind is still howling. I've been to the river & had a hard time tossing the bread into the water because the wind kept blowing it back on the bank!  The geese that come thought I was doing it just for them. The geese used to act afraid of the big fish but now they just reach their beaks to grab same as the fish.

Came back to the house & made a loaf of bread into French toast to freeze. I put 8 eggs, cup of sugar (dash of salt), milk & teaspoon of vanilla. I vary on the milk but think between half & cup. I had to get a couple more slices of bread from my loaf of "Butterbread" to use up the rest of the mixture. So that was supper. Actually been snacking all day.

And now I bid y'all Good Night, sweet dreams and God Bless... Shirley

My all time fav apples are McIntosh.  I don't like sweet and I really don't like Delicious...Red or Yellow!  My second fav is the Gala and there are a couple of other that I have to see to remember. 

Easy Applesauce....peel and slice up a couple of apples, add enough water to produce steam and when they get mushy throw in a handful of those little cinnamon candies they sell at the movies.   Stir like crazy until the candies melt. Ummmm Ummmm good and easy!

I'm heading for the haystack.  I was watching Perry Mason and he nevery made it to the courtroom.  TJ Hooker invaded his territory!  I guess my eyes had entered slamshut mode.

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy Spring day tomorrow.  And may God bless us, every one!

Good morning...

Calling for rain then a thunderstorm later today ,Babe won't like that! Today is hazardous waste drop off and we have paint cans and spray cans to go.

Laundry day and whatever else needs done day here. Picked up 10 more bags of triple mix and have used 3 already in pots that squash will be planted. May try to get a bit of gardening in if weather permits.

Shirley ,our Mennonite market had the Mutsu and they were huge apples!! Raw apples don't agree with me but I can and do eat them cooked. Have yet to try the delicious in applesauce. I use to live next door to an orchard and would put  some bushel basket in the front end loader on the tractor and go pick  apples and pears. We need Gloria here and she will tell us about the apples. Hope her son has better luck this year with the trees.

Jane ,hope today is a good day for you and Christy  to work outside. Are you putting in tomato plants also? The kids are planting your crooked neck pumpkin , the dogs won't eat their food until they get a spoonful or two in it. Tried to explain that  the plant loves to wander and will even explore their neighbours yard. Guess they will find out

Hope we hear from Callie, I have heard there is bad weather in the area and hope it was away from here.

Gloria, Joy and Lloyd good morning hope you get a chance to pop in.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..