Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving
Hope everyone has a safe journey to their destinations for Thanksgiving on Thursday. Enjoy the weekend away from your jobs. This is the weekend that kicks off the Christmas season, so I eliminated all my regular songs on PLAYLIST and brought up the Christmas songs. I may add more Christmas songs later.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Jack Pulled Up The Yellow Hostas Yesterday

Jack Pulled Up The Yellow Hostas Yesterday
We have had a frost that yellowed our green hostas so Jack pulled up all the yellow hosta leaves yesterday. Don't worry. They will come back up in the spring nice and green. It suddenly is beginning to feel like November with the grey skies and the foggy mornings. Days are getting so short. I admit that that I don't like. I like light. But the days will not gain light until after the winter solstice in late December. By the end of January there should be a little more light at night.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Scenes Of Fells Point In Baltimore, Md

Scenes Of Fells Point In Baltimore, MD
This is where the water taxis bring tourists to Fell Point from the Inner Harbor
The old cobblestone streets are still there.
So are the old street car lines that are no longer used.
A nice looking brick building in Fells Point.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Eating In Fells Point In Baltimore, MD

Eating In Fells Point In Baltimore, MD
Jack and I spent two days last week in Baltimore, MD. It seems like every time we go go Baltimore we have seafood---crab cakes or oysters. This time we also had them. The oysters were at the Oyster House where Jack had a great oyster soup. We usually have the crab cakes at Phillips Restaurant at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. The Inner Harbor is where a lot of museums are and it caters to tourists as well as locals. But on this most recent trip we had the crab cakes at the Tremont Hotel where we shared a meal. I think these were the best crab cakes I have ever eaten. All crab, no filler with a just a hint of Old Bay Chesapeake seasoning. Yum,yum!

Now I want to tell you about a restaurant that we discovered on a corner in Fells Point. The place has been in business for over 6o years in the same location. It is called Duda's Tavern and it was founded way back in 1949 by Walter and Pauline Duda to cater to blue color workers. In the 1980's when the Inner Harbor was developed the owners added a small kitchen to the tavern. Well, to make a long story short Jack and I discovered a fall lunch special on the menu that got us very excited. Sausages (brats and other types) served with mild sauerkraut and hot potato salad. Weordered that lunch special and were pleasantly surprised. The sausages were were good, the sauerkraut was good but the star on the plate was the hot potato salad. It was the best hot potato salad that I have ever tasted. Yum, yum!!!

The food at this simple tavern was so good that I had to ask our waitress for a menu to add to my large menu collection. The waitress obliged us and even gave us a golden sticker to add to the top of the menu. The sticker was for the tavern's 60 years of being in business in Fells Point.

Come back tomorrow and I'll show you a photo of my latest collected menu.

Monday, November 14, 2011

What To Do With The Fallen Leaves

What To Do With The Fallen Leaves
Some folks rake them into piles and then put them in plastic bags. Some folks like Jack use the lawnmower to pick them up and place in the trash cans. Our dear neighbor Dickie whose Dragonquilter blog is down below on the right has a fancy dancy device that sucks up the leaves into an attached bag that can be emptied into the trash cans. Dickie notes on her blog that to her the bummer is that not all the leaves fall at the same time. That means you can get the leaves picked up in some fashion one day and by the next day or week your yard is again filled with fallen leaves. For Jack and I the last trees on our property to lose their leaves are our three Bradford pear trees that are just now approaching full fall color. Two of our neighbors who have a certain type of oak tree, which does not lose its leaves until mid spring when the new leaves emerge from the trees. Now for me that is the real bummer. Picking up the leaves in the fall is one thing but doing it in the spring is no fun at all when you are thinking early spring flowers emerging and blooming.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Lazy Sunday/ I Slept In

Lazy Sunday/ I Slept In
Have a good day everyone.
Watch your favorite football team play ball.
Redskins lost again. So what else is new.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

A New Man In Town

A New Man In Town
My Jack stepped down at the October NARFE meeting as the Manassas Chapter president. The new president of the NARFE Manassas Chapter is David Doliber who was for many many years the NARFE secretary. In the photo above he is the gentleman with the cane. The other three men being sworn in at the October meeting are keeping their same possessions as treasure or vice-president.
In this photo you see Pierce Johnson who graduated from the Naval Academy and who is a retired navy admiral doing the honors of swearing the officers into office for the coming year.
Are you a retired federal employee? Do you belong to your local NARFE chapter? You should belong. NARFE is the only organization working to keep our federal retirement benefits.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Say Thank You To A Veteran Today

Say Thank You To A Veteran Today
Today is Veterans Day all across American. If You know a veteran, go up to them today and thank them for serving in the military. And remember all those veterans who have served and have died. God bless them all.

Oh Dear, Those Dang Deer!

Oh Dear, Those Dang Deer!
Guess what. The deer that come strolling over from the golf course to our yard have the gosh darn nerve to chew the blossoms off my blooming mums. Bambi you are driving me nuts!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Still Decorating For Christmas

Still Decorating For Christmas
Still changing from fall decor to Christmas decor and while we are decorating we are listening to the TV politicals discuss the republicans running for president. I can't ever remember such a diverse and unusual group of republicans running for office either at the state, congressional or presidential level. Interesting but a little bit strange too.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Change Months/ Change Decor

Change Months/ Change Decor
Whew! Busy! Busy! Soon as October and Halloween are gone it is time to change decor. Quick! Put away the fall and Halloween decor and start to decorate for Christmas because these days Thanksgiving means not only giving thanks but the beginning of the Christmas season. So on Monday Jack and I put away this wreath and started pulling out and decorating the house for Christmas. And with the time change and the darkness beginning around 5:30 P.M. it is really nice to see the twinkle of holiday lights around the house.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Our Three Favorite Halloween Visitors

Our Three Favorite Halloween Visitors
Our grandson Jack Aidan as a dog with his parents as super heroes.
Take a look.
Hope everyone had a memorable Halloween.