Month: November 2013

  • Top Ten minus Three, Nine and Ten

    I'm going to finish  this top 10 list,  if it kills me.... in no particular order

     

    1. Your top ten foods.

    1.) lobster with drawn butter,

    2.) the stuff that's left after you clarify butter - omg!!!!

    3.) oysters on the half shell - small cold and salty

    4.) asparagus

    5.) steak, preferably Filet mignon  grilled and rare  - although if  the squeamish family is here I go med rare .

    6.)  trout caught out of the creek behind the house, smoked with pecan wood from the tree behind the house

    7.) mangoes - I wish I had a tree behind the house, but I'd have to move the house.

    8.) avocados

    9.) key lime pie - (no kitty you can not have my pie :)

    10.) seafood etoufee

    2. Your top ten people in history living or dead to invite to a dinner party.

    1.) John Wayne

    2.) Jane Goodall

    3.) Willie Nelson

    4.) Paul Newman

    5.) Albert Einstein

    6.) Jimmy Buffett

    7.) Ken Burns

    8.) Rachel Carson

    9.) Georgia O'Keeffe

    10.) Katharine Hepburn

     

    3. Your top ten favorite songs.

    see post before last....

    4. The top ten ways you’d like to spend your Saturday.

    1.) swimming in the gulf of mexico

    2.) swimming in a clear mountain lake

    3.) swimming in the atlantic ocean

    4.) swimming in the pacific ocean

    5.) swimming in the creek behind the house

    6.) reading

    7.) star gazing

    8.) playing with puppies

    9.) watching hunnered year old movies

    10.) water skiing

     

    5. Your opinion, the top ten inventions / discoveries of mankind.

    1.) fire

    2.) antibiotics

    3.) looms

    4.) wheels

    5.) printing press

    6.) velcro

    7.) computers

    8.) telephone

    9.) electricity

    10.) preservation - as in canning and preserving food

    6. The top ten ways you would spend money if money was no object.

    1.) good healthy food  for everyone

    2.) health care for everyone

    3.) education for everyone

    4.) a home for everyone

    5.) build my own observatory

    7.) roof my house in slate

    8.) go off the grid

    9.) own an island in the florida keys

    10.) help animals

     

    7. Your ten best qualities or talents.

    1.)  accounting

    2.) organizing

    3.) loving children

    4.)  compassion

    5.) talking to animals

    6.) driving

    7.)map reading

    8.) memory

    9.) cooking chili

    10.) making cornbread

    8. Your ten best friends.

    1.) my husband

    2.) my children

    3.) my siblings

    4.) my mother

    5.) my cousins

    6.) my boss

    7.) the ladies group from church

    8.) Linda Stout

    9.) Lynn Stout

    10.) if you add these people up it's way more than ten....so I'll stop here.

    I'll also have to finish this list next week...it's time to go home again....Have a Wonderful Weekend - ilym

     

    9. Your top ten best memories.

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    10. The top ten things you wouldn’t want anyone to know about you.

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  • itsy bitsy spiders

    The weather was beautiful and mild this morning when I came to work.

     

    Since then a blue northern has - well - blown in

     

    and it's cold outside.

     

    I have one tomato plant, in a big container, I brought it in.

     

    Now I have about a dozen baby spiders spinning webs

     

     

    between my computer and some upright files.

     

    They sure are busy!!!!

     

    Have a Great Evening!!!!!!

    ilym

     

    I'm going home.

  • Chanson du jour

    • Aloysius_son  wants to know whats top on our list of favorite things, although I don't think he has posted any favorites, not even one    =/
    • I stand corrected - John did list his favorite foods in his list of comments, it was the first comment, but his comments run in reverse order, so I DIDN'T SEE IT AT FIRST!!!!!! BUT - I WILL GIVE YOU A BUTTER HEADS UP IF YOU GO OVER THERE....

    here's the list:

    1. Your top ten foods.

    2. Your top ten people in history living or dead to invite to a dinner party.

    3. Your top ten favorite songs.

    4. The top ten ways you’d like to spend your Saturday.

    5. Your opinion, the top ten inventions / discoveries of mankind.

    6. The top ten ways you would spend money if money was no object.

    7. Your ten best qualities or talents.

    8. Your ten best friends.

    9. Your top ten best memories.

    10. The top ten things you wouldn’t want anyone to know about you.

    I'm only going to list my favorite songs today, since it's past time to go home, and I still have to make a deposit before the bank closes.

    In no particular order:

    1. "Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants" - Jimmy Buffett

    Now young Mr. Moon flew away in the night
    With his best friend Magnus right by his side
    They soared through the Milky Way counting the stars
    Once around Venus, twice around Mars

     

     

    2.) "Blackbird" -  the Beatles
    Blackbird singing in the dead of night
    Take these broken wings and learn to fly
    All your life
    You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

    And he asked me
    Why do you ride for your money
    Tell me why do you rope for short pay
    You ain't a'gettin' nowhere
    And you're losin' your share
    Girl, you must have gone crazy out there

    4.) "Moon River" - Audrey Hepburn

    Moon river, wider than a mile
    I’m crossing you in style some day
    Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
    Wherever you’re goin’, i’m goin’ your way

    5.) "Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke

    Everybody get up
    Everybody get up
    Hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    I can't post many more of the lines of this song...they are awful!  But you can do some dancin to this song.  I just dance, I promise I don't listen to the words...I haven't even watch the video ( or much of it anyway )

    6.) "Sittin on the Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding

    Sittin' in the mornin' sun
    I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
    Watching the ships roll in
    And then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

    7. " Hey Ya" - Outkast

    One, two, three, uh!

    My baby don't mess around
    Because she loves me so
    And this I know for sure.

    8.) " A gift of a Thistle" - Horner - preformed by the London  Symphony Orchestra 

    from Braveheart - the whole sound track is just dang good.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQkSDwsn1I

    9.) " You Are My Sunshine" - Willie Nelson

    You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
    You make me happy when skies are gray
    You'll never know dear, how much I love you
    Please don't take my sunshine away

    and because it's been that sort of couple of weeks;

    10.) "Angel" - Sarah McLachlan

    Spend all your time waiting
    For that second chance
    For a break that would make it okay
    There's always some reason
    To feel not good enough
    And it's hard at the end of the day

    odd sorta list isn't it....

    no one ever said I wasn't sorta odd

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    Here's a sky update for the weekend:

     the North Taurid meteor shower should peak on the 11th"

    Watch for shootin stars - Monday should be the best day but you should look for shootin stars whenever the night skies are clear....you just never know.

    Although the North Taurid meteor shower is not expected to peak until early next week, the meteor rates may be comparable throughout the weekend. In a dark sky, you might see 5 to 10 meteors per hour. This shower favors the Northern Hemisphere, but no matter where you live worldwide, the best viewing hours are usually in the wee hours just after midnight.

    and the Moon is a beautiful waxing crescent....hanging around with Venus

    Moon and Venus on November 6, 2013 as captured by Kat Baker in northern Italy.  Thank you, Kat!

    thanks to Earth Sky for the image!

    Ya'll have a great weekend and Veterans Day!

    Hug a Veteran - shoot - hug anyone who needs a hug - even if they don't know they need one.

    ilym

  • Strive to be Happy!

    This is is a good little story:

    It was the coldest winter in anyone’s memory, and one animal after another perished in the icy weather. The porcupines saw this and decided the only way they would survive is if they grouped together to share their warmth. Only trouble was, the quills of one porcupine wounded the one next to it, and that one hurt the one next to it, and so on and so on. They stayed warm, all right, but the pain they suffered was just too great. After awhile they edged away to shiver alone. But one by one, they froze to death.

    Even porcupines could see that was never going to do. The only way to keep from disappearing from the earth was to move back together and put up with their neighbors’ painful quills. And that’s what they did.

    So the porcupines learned to live with the little wounds caused by close relationships between companions. Even more important, they learned the gift of life giving heat that comes from being together.

    The moral of the story:

    The best relationship is not the one that brings perfect people together.
    It's when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others
    and appreciate the other person’s good qualities.
    This is is a good little story.  @[1189650590:2048:Britton Maynard] and @[1575991218:2048:Chris Maynard] @[100002572649254:2048:Jeremy Lindsey McBrayer]</p>
<p>It was the coldest winter in anyone’s memory, and one animal after another perished in the icy weather. The porcupines saw this and decided the only way they would survive is if they grouped together to share their warmth. Only trouble was, the quills of one porcupine wounded the one next to it, and that one hurt the one next to it, and so on and so on. They stayed warm, all right, but the pain they suffered was just too great. After awhile they edged away to shiver alone. But one by one, they froze to death.</p>
<p>Even porcupines could see that was never going to do. The only way to keep from disappearing from the earth was to move back together and put up with their neighbors’ painful quills. And that’s what they did.</p>
<p>So the porcupines learned to live with the little wounds caused by close relationships between companions. Even more important, they learned the gift of lifegiving heat that comes from being together.</p>
<p>The moral of the story: The best relationship is not the one that brings perfect people together. It is when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person’s good qualities.

     

    Let's make the best of what we have.

     "Be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,

    and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

    Be cheerful.

    Strive to be happy."

    ~
    Max Ehrmann
    ilym
  • meteors fly in dark of the night

    Grab a blanket and watch the show!!!!!

    Look for the thin waxing crescent moon and the dazzling planet Venus in your southwestern sky shortly after sunset.

    The first thing you want to do after sunset tonight, is to catch the waxing crescent moon and the planet Venus low in the west-southwest sky. The moon sets first and Venus sets next, but both are long gone by the time that Taurus fully climbs over the eastern horizon at mid-evening.

    Setting time of the sun, moon and Venus in your sky

    The planet Jupiter and the Gemini stars, Castor and Pollux, rise around mid-evening.

    The planet Jupiter and the Gemini stars, Castor and Pollux, rise above the horizon somewhere around 9 to 10 p.m. local time at mid-northern latitudes.

    The constellation Leo the Lion and the red planet Mars rise over the eastern horizon around 1 to 2 a.m. at mid-northern latitudes.

    The constellation Leo the Lion and the red planet Mars rise over the eastern horizon in the wee hours between midnight and dawn.

    South Taurid meteors fly in dark skies in early November. Read more

    The South Taurid meteor shower is expected to be at its best from late evening on Monday, November 4, till dawn on Tuesday, November 5. This shower greatly favors the Northern Hemisphere, but the best viewing from anywhere worldwide is usually during the wee hours just after midnight. Best yet, there will be no moonlight to ruin the South Taurid tonight!

    The other Taurid shower – the North Taurids – should add a few more meteors to the mix. The forecast calls for the North Taurid shower to be raining down the most meteors a week or so after the South Taurid peak, on the night of November 11/12. But the moon will exhibit a bright waxing gibbous phase, adding a lot of light to the sky.

    As a general rule, the Taurid showers do not exhibit strong peaks. The two Taurid showers tend to overlap and to plateau in activity during the first few weeks in November. On any given night, these rather slow-moving meteors produce the greatest numbers in the few hours after midnight, perhaps up to 10 meteors per hour. Although a modest shower, the Taurids can surprise you with a flamboyant fireball or two!

    The radiant points for these two November meteor showers – the South Taurids and North Taurids – are both in the constellation Taurus the Bull. If you trace the paths of shower meteors backward, you’ll find the meteors appear to radiate from a distinct point in the starry sky. As can be expected, the radiant point for the South Taurids is found in southern Taurus, while that of the North Taurids is found in northern Taurus.

    Taurus the Bull – the Taurid showers’ radiant point – climbs upward during the evening hours and reaches its highest point in the sky after midnight. As a rule of thumb, the higher that Taurus appears in your sky, the more Taurid meteors that are likely to fly. Taurus itself is full of interesting things to see such as the Pleiades star cluster, the V-shaped Hyades cluster with bright Aldebaran in its midst.

    The three stars of Orion

    Click here for a larger chart.

    EarthSky’s meteor shower guide for 2013

    You don’t need to find Taurus to watch the Taurid shower, for these meteors streak all over the sky.

    Bottom line: Watch the South Taurid meteor shower show its stuff in early November 2013. Because the Taurids are known for putting out bright fireballs, you may see one or two on a dark November night.

    On a more Somber Note....We've lost two members of our small community

    Frank L. Casey

    December 16, 1919 - November 3, 2013
    Place of Birth: Georgia, Cave Spring

    Silver Star - Awarded for actions during the World War II

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Air Corps), [then First Lieutenant and Second Lieutenant] Frank L. Casey, United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action while serving as First Pilot and Element Lead Pilot on heavy bombardment operations of the EIGHTH Air Force over Continental Europe from 8 May 1944 to 16 January 1945. Participating in an exceptionally large number of hazardous missions during this period, Captain Casey consistently exhibited courage, skill, and gallantry of the highest order. Returning from a mission 8 January 1945 in heavy weather, he brought his aircraft across the channel on two engines only to experience the loss of all power upon reaching the coast. Displaying dexterity and airmanship seldom witnessed, he accomplished a "dead stick", "wheels up" landing without injury to any member of the crew. Captain Casey's disregard for personal safety, tenacity of purpose, and devotion to duty, were a constant source of inspiration and served as an incentive for his fellow flyers to strive for greater accomplishments. The courage, flying skill, and unyielding fighting spirit displayed by Captain Casey are in keeping with the finest traditions of the Army Air Forces.

    General Orders: Headquarters, 8th Air Force, General Orders No. 101 (June 26, 1945)
    Action Date: May 8, 1944 - January 16, 1945
    Service: Army Air Forces
    Rank: Captain
    Division: 8th Air Force

    Distinguished Flying Cross - Awarded for actions during the World War II

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Frank L. Casey, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as a Pilot of a B-17 airplane on many heavy bombardment missions over German occupied Continental Europe during World War II. Lieutenant Casey's marked professional aptitude in the handling of his aircraft and capable leadership as airplane commander aided in the successful destruction of many enemy military objectives. The courage, coolness and skill displayed by Lieutenant Casey on all these occasions reflect the highest credit upon himself and the Military Forces of the United States.

    General Orders: Headquarters, 3d Bombardment Division (H), General Orders No. 449 (August 15, 1944)

    Action Date: World War II
    Service: Army Air Forces
    Rank: First Lieutenant
    Regiment: 3d Bombardment Division (H)
    Division: 8th Air Force

    Distinguished Flying Cross - Awarded for actions during the World War II

    Captain (Air Corps) Frank L. Casey ), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight during World War II.

    Action Date: World War II
    Service: Army Air Forces
    Rank: Captain

    Mr. Casey was also a wonderful Husband and Father, devoted to our Church and the community!  He will be greatly missed!
    And today Holly Moore lost her battle with Cervical Cancer.
    The Inspirational way she proceeded through all of her battles with Cancer is an example to those that would say " I cannot do this, this is hard". She never let up, she fought with a positive, firm and quiet strength that is inimitable.  Her example of love and kindness and determination made her an unforgettable indomitable spirit that will live on in the heart of those that knew her!  Let us take up the Gauntlet for the causes and defeat the Evil that is Cancer. My Sympathy to those you loved and left behind. Let them find Peace in knowing that you lived a remarkable life that mattered.
    She was also a devoted Wife
    Peace
    ILYM