Subj : Round Tuits [1] To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Tue Apr 23 2024 13:00:42 Hi Dave, DD> I've got a lot of "round tuits" many of which may never be gotten DD> around to. But I do get a sense of satisfaction when I mark one off DD> the list. RH> My list is probably longer than I realise but it does feel good to RH> get items marked off from time to time. DD> I should mention that it's a "mental" list. If I had a hard-copy list DD> it might prevent getting duplicates - which I have done. My list is more mental too, when I see something that I want to do, I'll try to make (mental) note of where it is. Then, depending on what's ahead of it on the list, I'll stash it where I should remember it when the time comes to work on it. Trying to get my sewing room more organised that way too. DD> Some people call that a bucket list. RH> Either way, it's something to aim for. I told Steve earlier today that RH> the quilt kit we picked up last September at the RV/radio net rally in RH> TX will probably be put together next year. I'm trying to devote most DD> My mental picture of that is a cloth jig-saw puzzle that's the DD> embodiment of "some assembly required". Bv)= We cut up perfectly good cloth only to sew it back together again. (G) RH> of this year to UFOs but not getting as many done as I hoped to--latest RH> hold up is a fall last Friday that didn't break anything but gave me RH> some deep bruises on the left side of my back. DD> What is a "UFO"? I assume that UF means unfinished. But what does the DD> "O" signify? Object, UFP (project) doesn't quite have the same ring to it. (G) DD> I know about the deep bruising. I stubbed my toe coming in a door due DD> to a higher than usual threshold. I had a roll of waitress bait (gold DD> dollar coins) in my pocket which gave me a deep thigh bruise. Been DD> walking funny the past few days. I understand, I'm not walking funny but just very carefully and trying not to twist in the wrong direction. DD> I was young and energetic. These days I'm north of 80 and getting DD> tired. RH> I'm not there yet but times I feel much older. Other times I feel RH> I'm too young to be this old. (G) DD> I know I have some clear memories of a couple of things from WWII - my DD> more knowledgeable friends tell me that such memory is unusual since I DD> was three years old when the war ended and my brain wad still forming. And I was born after the Korean crisis. My parents were planning to get married on Oct. 7, 1950. Before Dad went to NJ to be an usher at my mom's sister's wedding, he stopped off at the Naval recruiting office to pick up his reserve extention paperwork. He put it in the visor of his car when he parked at the airport. The day after the wedding, the news broke about Korea--when Dad flew back home and got to his car, the first thing he did was to tear up the paperwork. He and Mom got married 5 weeks later, engraved invitations and the whole 9 yards. He got his discharge paperwork around Thanksgiving--about the time Mom found out she was expecting my older brother. DD> But we all know someone our age (or a bit younger) who is in far wprse DD> shape than we. Exactly! And as long as I can, I'm going to try to keep my mind active, my body, as much as I can. DD> I know the words to that song. Time has been kind to my physical shell DD> and many people are amazed when they learn that I'm the age I am. "You DD> sure don't look that old." To which my standard comeback is "Try DD> looking through my eyes" Bv)= RH> Work/keeping you active has probably kept you going. DD> If it were onl;y possible to be old without getting old. Bv)= RH> Did you ever see the movie or read the book "Tuck Everlasting"? We RH> caught a bit of the movie one time, basically a family discovers a RH> fountain of youth thing (we missed how) and their relationships with RH> the "outside world" over the years. Don't know how it ended up. DD> Definitely not the movie. I've seen the book on offer but reading the DD> jacket blurbs and the synopsis have not encouraged me to go further. I DD> have read everything that Robert Heinlein (Admiral Bob) has published, DD> starting with Rocket Ship Galileo when I was 8 years old. Also all I DD> have come across by Lewis Lamour (westerns - many made into movies) & DD> my new favourite James Lee Burke. And carry my Kindle with me every DD> where I go. I do a combination of real books and using my Nook, the latter being more useful for travel. Our Legion post just started a library--in the donated but we don't want so free for the taking basket, I grabbed the Natchez Burning trilogy by Greg Iles. It's kept me occupied while waiting for the back to heal enough to be more active. DD> 8<----- EDIT ----->8 RH> I picked some up at one of the local grocery stores this afternoon. RH> More strawberry salads and maybe a strawberry pie in the near future. DD> I'm beginning to see them in some of the stupormarkups at a high DD> value. Suttill's Farm or Jefferies Orchard (local Farm stands) are DD> offering onion set and seed potatoes on their signage. Apparetly DD> nothing much is "in" just yet. And the current outdoors temp as I DD> type this is 33oSo it will be a bit before the plants take off. RH> We'll have local berries from now until late May, then the local RH> blueberries will take over, until early August, then we'll get local RH> peaches. DD> One of Illinois' counties is known for peaches. When I see the DD> roadside pick-up trucks with the "CALHOUN PEACHES" sign I will grab a DD> bag to take home at least once. Soe things need fresh peaches. Others DD> work better with canned peaches. Bv)= I probably need to make a batch of peach and a batch of blueberry jam this year. Probably should do peach butter too, it's actually easier than the jam. There's usually a vendor from SC at the farmer's market in July/August with peaches but I'll see if I can get some local ones. May can some as well. DD> I've had something very much like this in the past. It wold be very DD> easy to make with a pre-made graham cracher or chocolate cookie RH> crust. DD> Title: Big Guy Strawberry Pie DD> Categories: Pies, Pastry, Fruits DD> Yield: 6 Servings RH> Among the recipies Steve's mom gave me when we first got married was RH> something similar to this. Not quite as involved but probably just as RH> good; I've made it probably most every spring since we've been married. RH> I'll do one later this week with Steve helping to do the crust, etc as RH> my back isn't in shape for things like that yet. DD> As I noted using a pre-made crust simplifies that recipe wonderfully. DD> When your back gets better you might like this: DD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 DD> Title: Peach Cobbler Dump Cake DD> Categories: Cakes, Desserets, Fruits, Nuts DD> Yield: 15 servings It does look tempting. But as for the crust, we've got some lard on hand asking to be made into pie crusts so............. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .