Jason's Art

Jason and Laura did an art project together and I for one think they did a wonderful job.

Old Pictures

I was looking through really old pictures the other day and ran across this owl picture, taken in Cumberland Iowa in about 1995 or so. I wondered at the time why it stayed still and let me get this really good photo but in trying to identify it I discovered it is a Great Horned Owl of the juvenile variety. So the answer is it didn't know any better!

Beautiful morning, Beautiful Day

This morning I awoke to this beautiful sunrise!

Last nights trivia group was a little larger and the questions were a bit tougher. Despite the more difficult questions, we all had a really good time.  We had two winners, Team SmartyPants came in first and Team Boobie finished second.

Going through some pictures and I found a recipe that Keri shared with me and due to a glitch I had misplaced it. Feel free to give it a try. If it is Keri's recipe you can count on it being a winner.

A Big Deal in Jefferson Iowa!

Read all about in the link below.

http://greenecountynewsonline.com/2018/12/10/silicon-valley-execs-tell-of-their-plans-for-jefferson/#more-49887

Poor Fruitcake(:-(

I have a wonderful recipe for fruitcake and I would love to make it but the ingredients (maraschino cherries and nuts) would cost over $30 to make and then you would have to beg people to eat it!

Here is the recipe and if you decide to make it I would love a slice!

Recipe:   Bernie's Fruitcake     12/16/2007

Category: Holiday

Author:   Bernie Craig

2 C Flour

1 1/2 C Sugar

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

4 eggs

3 T butter-room temp.

4 -8 oz. Jars Whole Maraschino Cherries (Drain 3 jars)

2 C Pecan halves or pieces

2 C Walnut halves or pieces

1 LB. Raisins

Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in eggs, one at a time. Add

remaining ingredients one at a time in the order listed, mix gently.

Pour in an ungreased tube pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 45 minutes.

Increase heat to 325 degrees and bake an additional 15 minutes. Let cool in pan

then remove. Wrap in foil or plastic and store in the refrigerator. Allow 1 to 2 days for

flavors to mingle before serving.

I never liked fruitcake until I tasted Bernies. :-)

Sunday in the Park

Butch promised to get up early so we could go to breakfast before the rush. And he did! Butch and I have sort of made a tradition of going out to eat on Sunday morning and then doing our grocery shopping. For years we preferred the El Dorado in Alamo TX and that is now where we live-in Alamo, so it was a natural to go to the El Dorado being our favorite and all. But in the nature of things, nothing stays the same and we have been disappointed in the food and the service the last several times we have been there. So a couple of weeks ago we went to the El Dorado in Weslaco across from Big Lots! and for breakfast it has been excellent.  Weird, isn't it?
So back to the beginning we ate at the El Dorado in Weslaco this morning. Shopped at our favorite HEB, also in Weslaco, stopped at our favorite WalMart in Donna before returning home to get our walk in. Butch has been telling me about the Jack Rabbits on the golf course so we circled the course on foot and we indeed did spot one.
And here he is!

I must admit it is fun to watch them run! They run really fast!!

Butch and Dave are now playing golf and I am posting this and going through some old pictures. Liz and Kristi asked me to go shopping with them but having just "shopped" I declined. Hopefully, they will ask again.