songbird's crazy world

I walked outside to get the newspapers the other morning and I noticed that the lawn looked a bit …white.  Yes, our first frost.  Guess it’s time to take out the winter coats. Driving home last night was a little bit weird.  Some of our neighbors still have their Halloween decorations up. Some have decorated for Thanksgiving.  And a few have started on Christmas.  It’s like there’s just one big holiday that extends from October through December. Ever hear of FROG jam?  Drew and I and one of our friends went to the  Jericho Cider Mill  the other day, and I was pleased to see they sell all kinds of specialty jams, jellies and preserves, things you won’t find in a supermarket.  FROG jam sounds exotic, but it’s actually just a mixture of figs, raspberries, orange juice and ginger, could be interesting on a charcuterie board.  Something  to add to our Friendsgiving menu. Drew took the snow blower to the repair shop to be serviced.  ...

  That Funny Feeling Welcome to  Saturday: 9 . What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you ato visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme! Saturday 9: That Funny Feeling (1965) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it  here .   So, before I answer the questions … back in August Drew and I saw a Broadway show, Just in Time.  It’s Bobby Darin’s life story.  My blog post from that night can be found  here . 1) In this song, Bobby Darin admits he cares more for the girl than he should. What's something you have recently overdone (eaten too many potato chips, stayed up too late, etc.)? We went to a new BBQ restaurant, and I really...

So … When Drew and I decided to move in together, each of us had a cat.  Duchess was Drew’s cat and Shadow was mine, We feed each cat separately,  Duchess gets Royal Canin, expensive cat food that’s easy on her delicate digestive system.  Shadow gets Fancy Feast and Meow Mix.  Duchess can’t eat Shadow’s food, it upsets her stomach. We feed them in separate rooms and at different times.  But you know they try to eat each other’s food.  I think it’s a dominance issue, because they’re also chasing each other around the house Duchess is spying on us. Her couch,  I bought this cat tree for Duchess long before Shadow existed.  She gave up using it when Shadow decided to use it, but now Duchess is reclaiming it.

Interesting cloud pattern Fall foliage  #skywatchfriday  

 Yeah, you can tell I’m not feeling well … I was in the supermarket awhile back and spotted some Pyrex dishes that I had to have. They were identical to dishes my mother once had. My mother would serve desserts in these dishes.  I already had dessert dishes but couldn’t resist buying these. And the first time I used then I made vanilla pudding, Why is that significant? 1999, I had such a bad case of pneumonia that my doctor sent me to the hospital.  I was there for several days.  My roommate was a woman in her 80’s.  She had broken her hip and needed surgery, but the doctors couldn’t operate on her right away because she was taking blood thinners.  The doctors had to wait until the drugs were out of her system. So she was scheduled for surgery one day, but the surgery was canceled because her drug levels were still too high.  But no one had ordered food for her, because she was supposed to have surgery.  The nurse brought her a turkey sandwich. ...

 My recent visit to the dentist meant I had to eat a “soft diet” for two days.  It brought back a memory from 1989. I had my wisdom teeth pulled.  Afterwards, Drew drove me home, got me settled into the green recliner — the one that had been my mother’s but she no longer wanted —and made his favorite comfort food for me.  He made pastina. Pastina is a very small pasta, often used in soups.  But Drew prepared the pasta as if it were a cereal.  He cooked it in milk, one cup of Pastina and two cups of milk, cooked until the pasta absorbed all the milk.  Then he added more milk and some butter to the cooked dish.   Soft, bland and comforting. It became one of my go-to comfort foods,   Gluten free pastas don’t act the same way when cooked, I’d have to cook the pasta in water then add milk and butter,  I think.  I’ll have to give it a try,