This wonderful piece of original art was created by ME, in response to a strange search via which somebody visited my blog. They were looking for a "one eyed baby with horn" so I didn't want to disappoint them should they ever return.
This blog is a complete sentence, correct spelling, and proper use of upper and lower case letters blog. My aim is for you to leave here with a pain-free reading experience!
Stepping away from the computer means I'm working on projects. Today finished a book - The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch. It was all right - I will most definitely use it for book talks in the spring. The story had potential, but fell a little flat. A little too good to be true. No problem - I'm sure there are kids looking for that sort of ending.
Also, I managed to finish a small embroidery project. I found a nice mushroom line drawing a while back, and just pinned the paper I printed it on to the fabric I wanted to stich. It worked all right, though it wasn't ideal Here's the finished product...
Haha. It does look like it's blasting off! Probably should have used a lighter thread color for the stem. Michael says I should add flames and such to the picture. We'll see...
The full video of "When Mitt Romney Came to Town" was released today, and it's worth a watch. Even though he's the Republican front-runner, it seems that people are looking at each of the other candidates in turn in hopes of finding the best non-Mitt choice. There really seems to be no other feasible candidates (and in my opinion, they are all awful for one reason or another). So here you have Mitt Romney - job destroyer and from the looks of it, pathological liar.
This film was put together by an independent filmmaker, who then offered it up to anybody that would pay for it. Newt Gingrich was the only one to bite. Interesting, considering the film not only destroys Mitt Romney but also paints a very bad picture of the current business climate in America. Kind of strange. Just watch for yourself, and see what you think.
I've been having a great evening watching the genius videos of Leslie Hall. It was a long day at the library - her videos have really lightened up my evening. That and I didn't have anything really pressing to do, other than a bit of reading which got done earlier. She's sort of like a female Weird Al - but not spoof songs - everything is original. And SOOOOOOO original! Here's another great one ~
The garden has been going like mad this year, and one vegetable that has really benefited from the cool weather and rain has been the cauliflower. I've harvested several massive heads - really perfect looking.
Now that we have all that cauliflower, we need to do something with it! Fortunately Michael has several great recipes tucked away in his genius mind - here's one of our favorites.
Ingredients
One head cauliflower Two carrots 2 1/2 cups chicken stock (homemade is best) 1 onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 pound kielbasa, roughly chopped 3 Tbs butter 1/3 cup flour Salt & pepper to taste Cheese - as much as you see fit (Tillamook medium cheddar is our choice)
The recipe, as dictated by Michael:
Head of cauliflower, cut into florets Two carrots, thinly sliced
In a saucepan, with 2 1/2 cups of chicken stock (preferably homemade); cover and simmer until tender.
Lightly blend and set aside.
In same saucepan, brown one chopped onion, 3 cloves of minced garlic, and about a pound of kielbasa (roughly chopped)
When browned, add 3 Tbs butter, 1/3 cup flour, salt & pepper to taste - mix well and cook for about a minute, remove from heat and slowly stir in 2 1/2 cups of milk
Heat until it thickens and is bubbly, on medium high - stirring continuously - simmer for two minutes
Add as much cheese as you see fit (we use Tillamook medium cheddar)
Over medium heat, add cauliflower carrot mixture and heat for ~5 minutes
Serve with buttered and salted baguette slices for mopping up the soup!
Here's a lovely, very creative song highlighting many of the creatures living here on earth...
Aren't we so fortunate to share the earth with all of these animals?! And aren't we fortunate that humans have developed to the level of being capable of creating such clever and amusing tributes to the creatures we share our one and only earth with?!
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