Portraits of the Countryside 1876, by Gustave Caillebotte
When women didn’t have smart phones, they had knitting and embroidery.
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Now ya’ll have done it – got my taste buds wanting smoked pork… and I ran across a John in Bibs Freeze drying video where he did a pork loin 😉 Of course he did his oven roasted then freeze dried it with gravy… I’m thinking we need to do one that way and another cooked in the smoker/grill BBQ… Read more »
I’d do unspeakable things for some pork spare ribs. Haven’t had any in over two years.
Mesquite and Huizache.
Both are invasive species from Mexico.
Been going on for thousands of years.
🙂
Lazy Bee Honey hives are all within a 60 mile radius of Washington County (Brenham). Not exactly mesquite country. But there is a bit of huizache. 🙂
Kroger had pork ribs on sale, so Handsome Son got invited down for dinner. Most of the veggies came from my garden: lettuce, tomato, green beans, onions, cucumber, banana peppers. Since I didn’t pick during the rain nor yesterday because I was hoping the mosquito problem would die down a bit, there were quite a few new green beans to… Read more »
The Corn Syrup mafia is just as deserving of Super Max imprisonment as is Big Pharma.
I’m pretty certain that refined sugars and sugar in general is what is killing us all off.
Honey is from God and his bees and flowers. It’s probably okay in extremely limited quantities.
Well, Gramps, I really wanted Breakfast for supper tonight. Which happens with some regularity since I have skipped breakfast most of my 68 years, though I love it. So, it was 3 fried eggs over-almost-hard, and some Jimmy Dean pork sausage patties – well done. The special part was the surprisingly acceptable, cheapo, HEB brand canned biscuits. But that was… Read more »
More signs of the California Apocalypse. Unbelievable.
See the video. Gape at the horror.
Only Israel Wants To End the ‘Forever War’For example, the renewed fighting in Gaza’s north is the subject of this lead from the Wall Street Journal: “Seven months into the war, Hamas is far from defeated, stoking fears in Israel that it is walking into a forever war.”This is a very Western, and indeed American, way of looking at it. Because when… Read more »
WE have power, my neighbor and I repaired our common fence (3 new posts) and I have a batch of bread cooling in the oven. Life is good.
Dr. Mercogliano explores the Preliminary Report from the NTSB on the M/V Dali -Baltimore bridge accident.
There’s been a joke floating around the internet about how riding a cruise ship is cheaper than living on land. Now there’s a cruise ship that’s going to make it happen: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/cruise-line-offers-retirees-concerned-about-inflation-new-way-life
But I did just giggle a bit at the “special effects”. I do remember that they didn’t have all the computer gadgets that we have today.
I was looking for something to watch on Pluto TV while I rested the back (making a second attempt at a fire on the pit – I’d never make it as an arsonist). On the “Classic TV” channel I found “Sea Hunt”. Geez, I can’t remember the last time I watched that show. That’s one thing I like about Pluto… Read more »
We have deer visitors in our front pasture today. And it got a bit confusing a few minutes ago when we saw a doe in the middle of the front pasture and her fawn parked along the fence line near the paddock in front of the barn. We went outside to see the sleeping baby from a distance across the… Read more »
I hope M Harper is recovering from her fall and is comfortable at home. I am sure she is very concerned about caring for her cats: they are family. Perhaps her veterinarian could recommend someone to help with caring for them so she can rest as needed and not worry. Sending a prayer to St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron… Read more »
We just got back from grandson’s Hebrew School graduation and are having the Mother’s Day lunch we missed last week.
Rolling the asphalt on the Talladega Motor Speedway in 1969.
FWIW; I remember seeing that picture in the Sunday edition of the Montgomery Advertiser.
Also when My buddy Steve and I were at Talladega in 1970 a service truck rolled over on the back curve because he was going too slow.
The three hardest things to say :
* I was wrong
* I need help
* Worcestershire Sauce
About my UAW post, since we are in Alabama this has been on the news. Pro-union ad featuring former Alabama coach Nick Saban was done without permission and was taken out of context. ”he says. The ad by More Perfect Union Solidarity is airing as more than 5,000 Mercedes workers in Alabama vote this week on whether to join the… Read more »
Kyle Larson top 12 qualifying run yesterday.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i37sDcme9Bk
Bless Tedtam and Shannon for going to MHarper’s home and helping her.
Indeed, Dear Lady, please use your walker rather than your cane for safest balance.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson is attempting “The Double” next Sunday, running in the Indy 500 then that night the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte. That’s 1,100 miles of racing in one day. As of yesterday, he has qualified for the Indy race placing in the top 12, he has also recorded the fastest lap a couple times in practice.… Read more »
That’s great news on the Mercedes plant, the earlier stories made it sound like it was in the bag for the union.
Never heard of Wordle? Me neither but one year after it was introduced 4.8 billion, (with a “B”) folks were playing the game.
Oh and Mornin’ Gang
Well at least the Mercedes auto workers had sense enough to vote down the UAW. If you remember a VW factory in Chattanooga unionized last month. Mercedes workers in Alabama reject union, dealing setback to UAW. VANCE, Alabama, May 17 (Reuters) – U.S. workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama handed a stinging loss to the United Auto Workers on… Read more »
This has to be the meme of the month.
An imam linked to prominent Michigan Democrats like Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Rep. Rashida Tlaib said in a sermon this month that pro-Israel members of Congress were “stooges” of the Jewish state who should be charged with “treason.”On May 3, Hassan Qazwini, the imam of the Islamic Institute of America, railed against lawmakers who days earlier voted for the Anti-Semitism… Read more »
First we have Cracker Barrel going woke/broke and now check out this absurdity… Dodge, Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis Is Following the Hemi Out the DoorNobody should envy the person at Dodge that has to convince a sales base of high-horsepower V-8 muscle car owners to eventually switch to electric power, but that person won’t be Tim Kuniskis, who is retiring… Read more »
This is how Biden and the Democrats bring progress and economic expansion to a grinding halt. The idea individual buildings qualify as “infrastructure” is ridiculous. From the Annals of Unintended Consequences filed under Clueless & Careless: Idaho had long ago planned and gotten VA approval for three such homes, in Boise, Lewiston, and Pocatello. Recently, however, the federal government said… Read more »
Here’s a WIP for ya’.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/05/the-week-in-pictures-trying-times-edition.php
Get Woke go broke, 3.10 Cracker Barrel Invests $700M to Entice Customers After Traffic Plunges 16%, Stock Craters as Chain Struggles with ‘Woke’ Backlash. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, the iconic restaurant chain known for its Southern-style cuisine and nostalgic decor, has unveiled a sweeping $700 million strategic transformation plan aimed at revitalizing its brand amidst dwindling sales and customer… Read more »
I’m so glad Shannon and Tedtam checked up on mharper that sounded down right scary. I just hope that she is OK mentally. Not to be rude but sometimes reading between the lines I wonder about her. BTW; Do y’all have her neighbor’s number?
More chaos in Church, thanks to pachapapa – a group of nuns have left the Church, going independent and entrusting themselves to an excommunicated bishop that they trust.
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/spanish-poor-clares-announce-break
I pushed MHarper to use her walker instead of relying on her cane. She acted like she would. A walker is much better for her, especially since she says she found a big bruise on her hip/thigh. I’m sure it does wonders for balance.
I just heard a story: Woman in Dallas is having a C-section, and asks her doctor to tie her tubes. Doctor forgets, but still bills her insurance for the procedure after he lies to the woman. A few years later, woman goes to France to celebrate her divorce, and returned with a little French bun in her oven. She goes… Read more »
If Marilyn Harper is going to live alone with no assistance and no one to check on her, no cellphone, she should at least get enrolled in Lifeline. Anyone who doesn’t have the upper body strength to pull themselves into a chair off the floor after almost 48 hours would be insane to not do this.
Harper only has landline, no cell. Her land line was down for a long time after the storm or she would have called her neighbor.
Got back from dinner. I had some so-so barbecue, but the company was good. I actually got to see Handsome Son, since he went to the car show today and he and his father like to visit. He tagged along for dinner.
Ace is back up.
very kind of you unck and TT to check on mharper.
just wondering.
Does she not have neighbors that check on her regularly?
when an elderly woman lived next door to me for several years I checked on her frequently as did other neighbors.
and especially during and after weather events.
This is a pretty good layman’s article about the nature and history of “derechos”. They have always existed around the world but it’s only recently they were identified as a meteorological category. Walls of WindScientists have long recognized that organized lines of thunderstorms can produce widespread damaging winds. Gustav Hinrichs, a professor at the University of Iowa, analyzed severe winds in… Read more »
It looks like ACE is down. Bummer, it is a great news source.
Power restored here about an hour ago (does snoopy happy dance).
Yikes about Ms. Harper. She will be in my prayers. Sounds like all y’all suffered through a nasty storm. Stay safe out there.
It is a long weekend up here, not that it matters to me, and I have a whole bunch of family coming out to the farm tomorrow. Smoking some chickens.
The original cell of that storm actually had its origins near San Saba, as David Paul showed yesterday.
God Bless you guys, Shannon and Tedtam. Thank ya’ll for doing that. Not a good situation over there at all.
We had 2 posts that are rotten and broken. One has bee replaced and one to go. It’s too hot to work right now and I am completely out of shape. It’s effing embarrassing. We’ll get the next one set in the morning and rehang a couple of panels a day or so after that.