Hope

I have a picture on my dining room wall similar to this one.    Reminds me to ask for a blessing on the foods I eat.  So many tales out of the food industry as to what is in the foods we eat.   Now we are learning that the products have added ingredients that are not healthy and the wonder is why there is so many obese folks walking around in ill health and wonder why.    Read the labels, watch out where the foods are coming from.  Did you know Dole's pineapple products come out of Thailand?  I didn't know that . . .  why, when our 50th State is where they are grown.   I guess more reasons why we are in the shape that we are in. 

A special vacation spot in Africa 

friendly giraffe likes to walk up to the dining room window and be fed by the patrons.   The giraffe is really a beautiful and graceful animal. 

Back in Port Orchard, Washington, the Art Gallery is filled with art lovers.   Toni Nelson had a special showing for her water color students.    I was lucky to make friends with her when I visited Port Orchard and listened to her brag about the work her students did.    It is no wonder as she is a beautiful talented lady and very proud of her students as she teaches them how to make beautiful art work..     

Meanwhile daughter Christine taught a knitting class at the Gallery last evening.   I am waiting to find out how many came.    I know she has made granddaughter Erin a knitter.    I used to love to knit and crochet until the fingers decided to lock on their own.   It was and is, to this day, a very relaxing hobby and one where you can wear and or use the items you produce.    Another form of art.

 

This picture came in on  'newser' , a computer news letter which regales interesting tidbits of what is going on in our world.   This week it showed this picture of a pork pie.   It certainly is different than the pork pie I make at Christmas time.    The  whole story was not told, only that it was served at a wedding and there was a huge fight.  It would have been nice to know the outcome and the whys.   All it did was remind me that the traditional Christmas Eve pork pie was served after Midnight Mass as the older members of the family got together to put together whatever toys needed to be completed.   I believe it was a French tradition, at least it was the French family on our street that introduced the pork pie to us.   It really is a delicious dish and easy to make, so next trip to the market buy a package of your favorite pork, some Bell seasoning, and an onion.   Get out your big black skillet and cook up the pork, breaking it up so it cooks thoroughly, add chopped onion and the seasoning to your taste (a good tablespoon full, at least) and cook it thoroughly.  Meanwhile put a pie crust together and add the pork ingredients and bake at 350 for a half hour or until the pie crust is nice and brown.    You can add a cream soup to the mix and it doesn't hurt it at all, either way it is delicious.  Try it you may find you like it.

Hump Day seems to come around quickly.    Our rain was heavy for a short while yesterday evening but didn't continue through the night.    The weather man tells us that we are warming up again and that is okay too as the daffodils are up and looking lovely.   There is one bunch between my neighbors yard and mine, right on the sidewalk.  It has been there for years and the bulbs never separated.  I wonder what they will be like in another few years as the one or two are now at least seven or eight blooms.    Pretty little flowers and another sign of spring, although it will take many more days before the actual spring should arrive.   A Topsy-turvy weather pattern this year.    So, go out and enjoy it n matter what it is;  be thankful not only for your food but for your new day to spend as you wish.     Don't forget you have chores to do, good deeds to accomplish, a banquet to served along with a hug or two.     Be good, be kind, be gentle, love one another today, all day.  Hugs to all.