Ramblings

-


 The orange cat was back 




The reason he was looking over his shoulder?


Yeah, another visitor. First time I’ve seen this cat.  I’m sure he was following my orange friend.  The bushes in front of my house are a real feline gathering place.

Later the newbie investigated the back yard.


This alert said there was a “person” in the yard,



Starting to plan the menu for our Thanksgiving.  We host a dinner the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend.   Must have turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes …maybe I’ll make an interesting appetizer.

Did you know that Hanukkah comes late this year?  We light the first candle December 25.  Christmas Day. That’s the latest it’s ever been.  That means we light the 8th candle on New Year’s Day.  

Back in 2013 we celebrated Thanksgivukkah.  That was when Hanukkah coincided with Thanksgiving.  Remember my menurkey?



Yeah, a menorah in the shape of a turkey.  That was fun. Turkey dinner and latkes, an interesting combination . Won’t happen again until 2070.  

I haven’t been able to walk this week. I like to walk after work,  but it gets dark so early now!  Sigh.  There’s always the weekend.

Maybe this weekend I’ll drive down to the beach for my walk.  Haven’t been down that way in ages. I think the last time was in December, when we saw the holiday lights.

Yeah…I’m starting to get that holiday feeling … And totally ignoring the election …



Comments

  1. LisaNovember 5, 2024 at 1:59 PM

    Let us know what you decide for an "interesting appetizer!" I'll be ignoring the election until later tonight. Nothing will be decided tonight, unless there's a surprise. It would be nice to have a nice surprise!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Liz A.November 5, 2024 at 4:02 PM

    Lunar calendars are so interesting. Especially when compared to our familiar solar one. I will be curious what your interesting appetizer is, too.

    ReplyDelete
  3. John HoltonNovember 5, 2024 at 7:06 PM

    The orange guy might want a new home... He really seems to like your yard...

    ReplyDelete
  4. peppylady (Dora)November 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM

    Your right about getting dark early.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

It’s all coming back to me now

-
 So you should know that I am not a “shopper”.  I live in shopping mall heaven — I’m ten minutes from the Broadway Mall,  15 from Roosevelt Field and 25 from Whitman Shoppes — but I seldom go to the mall.  I prefer to shop on line.  And when I do venture into a store, I usually know what I want and buy it as quickly as possible.  I’m not one to browse through stores just to see what’s for sale. There’s a local chain,  Baked By Melissa , that specializes in mini cupcakes.  They’re primarily in Manhattan.  A few years ago Becca introduced me to their product - delicate little cakes, exquisitely decorated, very tasty.  I walk past their shop on 7th Avenue whenever we go to the theater. Well, last week I remembered that they used to have a second shop on 7th, right next to the original shop, but selling gluten-free versions of all their cupcakes. The gluten-free shop closed, but the company continues to make a gluten-free version of their product. So I thought that gluten-free cupcakes wou
Read more

Music Monday

-
Image
Another “your choice” week. How about new music from icons of the 60’s and 70’s? Let’s start with Jimmy Buffett’s posthumous hit, “Bubbles Up”. The Rolling Stones released a new song in 2023, it’s called “Angry”. The surviving Beatles (with some  help from AI) released “Now and Then”. And then Billy Joel …    The AI effects in the video blew me away… A note about the AI effects … the Beatles used it to isolate John’s vocals on an old demo.  Billy Joel had a young man play the piano then superimposed his own face onto the image of the younger man.   
Read more

Ultimate Blog Party!!!!

-
Image
thanks to suzanne , I decided to join the party. I got into blogging last year because of Suzanne. I've known her on message boards for awhile, but I've gotten to know her much better since entering the blogosphere. I've also met several others whose blogs I am starting to love, and look forward to meeting even more bloggers now that I've joined the party. So I guess that means I have to introduce myself. I am a single mom from Long Island. My older daughter, Jen, is a college freshman, going to school in New England. Younger daughter, Becca, is a high school junior. I am also an attorney with an insurance company, with offices in Jersey City, NJ, a really "wonderful" commute. I sit on the board of trustees at my synagogue (which means I do a lot of volunteer work there!), and I am active in various fundraisers for the American Cancer Society, currently planning for this year's Relay for Life. I like ot take photos, so you'll see many of them in
Read more