What did ya do today?

[Lady Onogaro]

Took my car to the shop to have the brakes done again (I just had them done in December, but they kept squealing and screeching; this is the second time I have brought the car back because they missed something!)
Went to Lola Pink (fabric, quilting, embroidery store) to get my friend a gift card for her birthday. Ended up buying that and $100 worth of fabric for me.
Ran other errands like the bank, grocery.
Came home and graded. Had dinner. Graded again. Watched an episode of Inspector Morse on BritBox ("Death is now my neighbor" in which he reveals his first name is Endeavour).
Graded again. Finally finished.

We watched the last everl episode of Endeavour last night and saw that they are available all on ITVX along with all of the Morse episodes.

Endeavour will be on our PBS channels in a few weeks.

I like Endeavour, but I just don't see how Shaun Evans's Endeavour becomes the gruff Chief Inspector Morse. But it's probably because I liked John Thaw so very much. It broke my heart when he died.

I think Endeavour takes place in one of the other multiverses, like Star Trek Discover, Strange New Worlds and the Star Trek movies with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. I know Discover and Strange New Worlds are supposed to be prequels to the original series, but I just can't wrap my head around them, and no one will ever really be Spock besides Leonard Nimoy, as much as I like Zachary Quinto. I just wish they would all make up their own space stories and leave Star Trek alone.

I get BritBox which carries all the Morse episodes. I also have Acorn and just finished Detectorists, which I loved so much! I also liked Holding. I am watching Wild Bill now.

[Lady Onogaro]

Lastly - sweet potatoes. Wife and I gobbled down that little pot of chili. I usually prefer them "make your ears ring" sugary-sweet, with pecans (and no marshmallow, please). I'll eat them baked (with lots of butter) if I have to, and the occasional foray into sweet potato fries is no longer novel or appealing, so I wasn't sure about the chili at first. They're super healthy, and now I've found at least one healthier way to eat them.

We were eating gumbo at a popular Lafayette restaurant yesterday, and the discussion of whether to eat potato salad in your gumbo came up (it's not uncommon around Acadiana for Cajuns to put potato salad in their gumbo along with their rice; it probably is due to the German immigrant communities around here, like Robert's Cove). Anyway, she said she always puts sweet potatoes in hers. I had never heard that before. She said her family has always done it, but they were farmers and grew sweet potatoes. We used to have a sweet potato canning facility around here for many years, so I suspect that's why she uses sweet potatoes.

FYI: I have potato salad on the side but take a forkful and dip it in my gumbo. I like the mix of hot and cold.

[dneal]

Wife and I had lunch with the boy. He chose Cracker Barrel. The worst thing about that place is deciding between breakfast or dinner. Breakfast can be eaten at any time of day - even for supper. Fight me (lol). The meatloaf won out over Uncle Herschel.

We have 5 types of woodpecker around the house. Downy, Hairy, Red Bellied, Pileated, and the Flicker. The first 3 are always at a feeder, and the Downies are damned near tame. You hear the pileated in the treeline, and occasionally catch a glimpse or semi-decent view of them (they look like Woody, with the red-crest; and raise all kind of commotion with their jabbering).

The flickers are hard to spot, also shy, and are usually on the ground eating bugs. They're also often paired. This afternoon, they were just outside the back door next to the patio.

[Sailor Kenshin]

We have Downies, Hairys, Red-Bellieds, and Flickers (not at all shy, see them all the time). No Pileated, no Cracker Barrel. 😢. Want both.

[dneal]

The Downies sit in arms reach and watch my wife fill the feeders in the morning. The Flickers take off as soon as they see you.

Here's a video of two Pileated last summer.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Awesome! Downies are fearless, but so are our flickers. We'll be sitting on the patio while they root in the ground two inches away for insects, and they look at us like, 'I'm doing you a favor!'

[RobJohnson]

70 years old today. I sat and remembered all those that I have known that are no longer around and for those who gave their lives to make the world a better place.

Took in a neighbours one eyed lonely rescue cat, he doesn't like the rain and was home alone, gave him some bacon. He wandered around, played football with the plastic top from a detergent bottle and then told me to follow him when he wanted to go back outside.

Making some Hot Cross Buns and a Simnel Cake, both are Easter favourites.

[Lloyd]

70 years old today. I sat and remembered all those that I have known that are no longer around and for those who gave their lives to make the world a better place.

Took in a neighbours one eyed lonely rescue cat, he doesn't like the rain and was home alone, gave him some bacon. He wandered around, played football with the plastic top from a detergent bottle and then told me to follow him when he wanted to go back outside.

Making some Hot Cross Buns and a Simnel Cake, both are Easter favourites.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROB!🥳🥳🥳

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[Sailor Kenshin]

70 years old today. I sat and remembered all those that I have known that are no longer around and for those who gave their lives to make the world a better place.

Took in a neighbours one eyed lonely rescue cat, he doesn't like the rain and was home alone, gave him some bacon. He wandered around, played football with the plastic top from a detergent bottle and then told me to follow him when he wanted to go back outside.

Making some Hot Cross Buns and a Simnel Cake, both are Easter favourites.

Happy birthday! 🍻 🍰 🎉

Yesterday on a suburban street, we saw a doe fail to make her jump over a black iron fence (this is rare; they can do standing jumps at heights over five feet). She was okay, and ran into the woods.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Today we are recovering from the Memorial Day Weekend by dashing to the store, returning Amazon purchases, doing laundry, and struggling to master roasting a chicken on a new rotisserie (hint: the chicken's winning).

[Dougc]

Dropped off grandkids that have been with us for a week.
Nuff said...

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[Lloyd]

Dropped off grandkids that have been with us for a week.
Nuff said...

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Were they YOUR grandkids or just a random herd of them that invaded your home?

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[Chrissy]

Dropped off grandkids that have been with us for a week.
Nuff said...

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Phew. Now for some recovery time.

[Dougc]

Not sure... they were just too fast . They did EAT like ours do.

Recovery is tomorrow. Cleaning is today.

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[Sailor Kenshin]

Following a long, hard battle, we conquered the rotisserie bird.




Nom.

[Carpio]

Hello,

I've read all the pages in this thread, and I've taken a leaf out of your book(s)..... Emptied 2 pens and refilled 3 pens. (only warm water used)
I ordered a new pen. YAY! A Pelican M200 Brown Marbled. I am so chuffed. I saw it on Amazon, and thought 'I 'avin that, thank you very muchly'. I so almost bought it their and then, but then I thought, nope, check elsewhere first. So I looked on several UK sites and spotted it at 'Cult Pens'. I swear, I nearly fell out of bed. I didn't hesitate to order from them. I saved,.... go on, guess?....aww, ok, I'll tell you. £63.00. I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or give birth to kittens. Oh, and sorted my yahoo fantasy baseball team out.

Carpio

[Lady Onogaro]

I sandwiched a quilt today. I also started makin g a pair of pants; saw they were laughably too big, so my friend who is teaching me to make pants is going to show me how to correct the problem (tailor them).

[Sailor Kenshin]

Ran to store. Cleaned a pen that is going back. Started a letter. Mowed grass. Fought a different sort of chicken battle today. This was a draw.

[Kobaken]

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[Cyril]

I am working on my" Portfolio Photography' web . which needs badly upgrade and house cleaning as I have several submissions to do this month.