We need real rain. Not this heat haze again. And look what is happening on Maui in Hawaii – Hurricane Lane and now a brush fire in Lahaina. Oh dear. And John McCain has given up any treatment for his brain cancer. The news is BAD.
Author: Janet McKee
I currently wear many hats. My interests are genealogy, history, reading, knitting, and more. I now live in an assisted living retirement community.
Orange Moon
I didn’t get a picture but the past 2 nights the moon has been incredible – an orange oval in the night sky. Looks like an egg. Beautiful.
Orange moon at night and red sun in the morning – but not this morning. It was refreshingly wet!
June 1945 for the Navy
USS Langley, June 1945
After sending Sherman’s US Navy Task Force 38.3 to Leyte for a rest period, Halsey ordered RAdm. Radford’s Task Force 38.4orce northward on June 2 to strike the airfields on Kyushu, the southernmost Japanese main island. Halsey and McCain remained off Okinawa. When Radford returned on the afternoon of June 3, Halsey sent Task Group 38.1 southeast to rendezvous with Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary’s Service Squadron 6. Ships and search planes reported a tropical storm moving up from the south.
The Missouri and Shangri-La headed southeast with Radford’s group, and Halsey ordered the amphibious command ship Ancon to monitor the storm. On the evening of June 4, Task Group 38.4 joined Clark’s force and Beary’s fueling squadron, and they all headed E-SE. At this time, radar operators aboard the Ancon sighted a typhoon, but the ship’s report did not reach Halsey until 1 the next…
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Another Day Of Heat Haze
So hot that the only thing to do was to read my book about the life of a Finnish-Swedish immigrant to the Northwest in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s. The Legacy of Ida Lillbroanda. Wonderful book!
5 Reasons We Love Knitting Afghans
“One of the reasons I love designing and knitting afghans is the wonderful flexibility they offer,” says renowned knitwear designer Martin Storey and author of the book AFGHAN KNITS. Here are five more motives for giving your knitting needles a chance to play with an afghan pattern (or seven!):
1Because the patterns are so straightforward, you can go to town on a great range of textured stitches or brilliant color ways, or a combination of the two.
2Projects composed of afghan squares or strips are so portable, you can knit on trains, boats, and planes, on your lunch break or on the beach, all with your knitting project fitting conveniently into a small bag.
3For knitting addicts, there’s room to play, for novice knitters, nothing could be simpler.
4With size, the sky is the limit! It is easy to change a small project into a…
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Hiding From The Heat Haze
The air quality is particularly bad today. I found our neighbor’s cat sheltering in the foliage near our house.
Meanwhile our cat is in one of her usual sheltered positions.
Everyday Moments
Everyday Moments
(Photo challenge from blogger Debbie at The World is a Book blog site)
The Islamic feast of Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) takes place next week. In the week leading up, Muslim families will travel to the animal markets to select their particular sheep or goat (normally). So maybe not an ‘everyday moment’ throughout the entire year, but the buying and selling of animals is an everyday moment for that particular week in the Middle East and throughout the Islamic world, for many hundreds of years past.
Family Legends
Napoleon
This weeks 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks topic is Family Legends. My family has several, but not one makes a very long story. So I have decided to list a few here.
Family Legends:
- We are related to Napoleon. First of all I don’t know why anyone would want to admit that they were related to Napoleon. I’ve traced that line back to the early 1700’s and I can find no relation to Napoleon. This story came from my maternal grandmother about her mother’s family. My mother asked one of my grandmother’s aunts. The Aunt said that she had never heard that story, however she had heard that someone had fought in the Napoleonic Wars. My father used to joke that he believed it because my grandmother and mother were like dictators. I believe the aunt was right and my grandmother was wrong.
- My 2nd great-grandfather was a…
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Omelet with chanterelles
Omelet with chanterelles
We had amazing omelets in our life more than once. I know I had it in the morning, evening or lunch with meat or without, mushrooms or herbs, lots of great recipes. One of the best recipes for omelet is the one with chanterelles.
One of the best mushrooms in the world, chanterelles are orange, yellow or white, meaty and funnel-shaped. They are generally described as being rich in flavor, with a distinctive taste and aroma difficult to characterize. Many chefs consider them on the same short list of gourmet fungi as truffles and morels.
Ingredients:
- 2 large eggs, beaten until smooth
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1 tablespoon chopped dill
- 1 hand fresh and chanterelles
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon butter
Directions:
Whisk together the eggs and sour cream. Heat the oil and the butter in a small cast iron skillet or a small…
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Lost Princes
Throughout history there are instances where fine young men and women who survived infancy were destined to be king but died before they ascended the throne. As historians, it’s always an intriguing exercise to examine their lives and the consequences of their death. Here are just of sampling of some of these princes who died too soon.
William Aetheling
William Aetheling, born in 1103 in Winchester, was the son of King Henry I of England and Matilda of Scotland. Known as Adelin (meaning Prince), he was the pride and hope of his father for maintaining his dynasty. Henry invested William with the title of Duke of Normandy during his lifetime. William fought capably with his father against the French King Louis VI. When Queen Matilda died in 1118, William replaced her as regent in England.
In November of 1120, William and his retinue were planning to sail from Normandy…
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