Crows

Crows are Super Smart, Albuquerque, New Mexico International Balloon Fiesta, Homemade Pumpkin Donut Holes

Monday morning greetings friends and buh-bye September 2024. Crazy to me how the months just seem to zoom by. Not just weeks and days -- but months! Collected these wonderful pieces of interestings to share today --
Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas

Apple Cobbler, Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas, History of the Iconic Bic Pen

Hello Monday and hello friends - How was your weekend?  My was uneventful and productive. My favorite combo for a weekend for sure.
LASAGNA SOUP

Lasagna Soup + House Favorite Garlic Bread, Apple Recipes, Labrador Greeters at a 900 year old Abbey

Greetings Monday - Good day to start a great week! How was your weekend? Wonderful here. Did a little fall cleaning projects outside and then did a few little tasks inside. Good vibes inside and out. Excited to share the collection of coolness I found! BEGINNING WITH:
Slow Motion Captures Animals

Fall Apple Recipes, Slow Cooker French Onion Soup, Rescue Animals, Outta the Mouths of Babes Wisdom

Monday morning greetings - May your coffee be strong and your Monday be fabulous! Terrific = Fun Collection of interestings to share today. BEGINNING WITH:
Cinnamon Sugar Muffins

Clever Ways to Use Coffee Filters Besides the Obvious, Robin Williams and Martha Stewart Make Tacos and Giant Laughter, Lemons in the Dishwasher

Hello Monday and Welcome September! I so love the art illustration today. For whatever reason, the colors of the woman's headdress makes me think of Lady September ushering in fall for us all. I totally enjoyed collecting these great - little - big - somethings to share today! BEGINNING WITH:
Cracker Jacks History

BLACK BEAN TACOS, GRILLED SWEET POTATOES, CRACKER JACKS, FAMILY DOG

Hello Monday and hello last Monday of August 2024 - Can ya believe it? August is about to be in the rear view mirror.  Seems like August just greeted us with a hot summer kiss -- like day before yesterday -- and, now, soon leaving us until next year. I know my yard and gardens and, frankly, I am ready to do the bye-bye to August wave. Had a ton of fun collecting these treasures to share today! BEGINNING WITH:
Homemade Artisan Crackers

ST. LOUIS GATEWAY ARCH, BEST WAY TO BAKE A POTATO, EASY RECIPE FOR TAMALES, HOMEMADE ARTISAN CRACKERS, CHRISTOPHER WALKEN DANCE MOVES IN 50 PLUS MOVIES COMPILATION

Monday marvelous greetings, friends! I had a happy weekend. Uneventful which to me = happy.   ha Happy Dance shout-out to my longtime, dear friend + Daymaker, Cynthia, who became a first time grandma --  "Grandma B"  on August 14th to Emery Wayne! HOORAY! - Emery Wayne and Grandma B and Grandpa B. Welcome to the world baby boy. "Emery Wayne, as I personally know your G and G B quite well - life is gonna be a cool, happy place full of love, laughter and adventure." Had a lot of fun collecting these goodies to share with all today!
Clever Uses for Pickle Juice

LEFTOVER PICKLE JUICE IDEAS, GREEN GODDESS SANDWICH, FIRST TIME EVER BREAK DANCING AT THE OLYMPICS, CHURCH BULLETIN BLOOPERS

Monday is back! As it always returns after the weekend. And the whole cycle thing begins again. Isn't it wonderful? New week. New beginnings of possibilities. Before going further ... Drum roll -- SHOUT OUT to Birthday Girl, Carol - Happy Birthday, Daymaker! So let's get started with the gems I collected to share today - pretty sure will be enjoyed by one and all. BEGINNING WITH: TESTING OUR EYESIGHT From this piece of "Puzzled Fox" from 1872. I failed the test miserably. However, after the reveal -- I saw all of them. 17 CLEVER USES FOR PICKLE JUICE All very clever and noteworthy.
How to Clean Birkenstocks

HOW TO CLEAN BIRKENSTOCKS TO LOOK BRAND NEW, AMAZING ANIMAL FACTS – HILARIOUS AND AWE-MAZING – EGGS IN MOVIES MONTAGE,

Hello Monday - We greet you with open arms and a happy smile for the coming week! Super fun collection of interestings to share today. BEGINNING WITH: AMAZING ANIMAL FACTS THAT WILL LIKELY BLOW YOUR "WOW" FACTOR AWAY: My 3 favorite take-aways are: A blue whale weighs as much as 3 elephants and is as long as 3 Greyhound buses. What?! Elephants have a specific alarm regarding humans are near. WOW! Dogs' senses of smell is about 100,000 times stronger than humans. However, they only have 1/6 of our taste buds. No wonder they're cool with the bagged dog food. Ha! HOW TO CLEAN BIRKENSTOCKS TO LOOK BRAND NEW As a proud owner and wearer of about 10 pair of Birkenstock (different colors and styles) sandals - this cleaning them article has my full attention. I've been wearing Birkenstocks for more than *cough* 35 years. If you don't have a pair. Might wanna check them out. They're fantastic! 12 BEST FRUIT AND CHEESE PAIRINGS I don't have a favorite take-away. All the dynamic duos make pairing sense! ZOO SIGNS ARE CLEVER = LAUGHTER! TOP 20 ANIMALS PEOPLE WANNA SEE IN THE WILD Hands down agree. ... as long as I view them from a distance in the wild and in a secure safari-type vehicle. Ha RECIPES! ZUCCHINI HOUDINI BOATS - thumbs up! Another creative recipe to enjoy the zucchini bounty of summertime! CHICKEN KA-BOBS Grilled summertime dinner on a stick. PARSLEY PESTO - would've never thought about parsley pesto, but I trust any and all recipes Shutterbean brings to the "table" - and the numerous examples of how she serves it! Call me the leader of the parsley/pesto fan club around here! GREEK STYLE SHRIMP SAGANAKI Totally has my curious ready to make the dish this week or next week at the latest. Easy to prepare +over 600 5 star reviews. Uhhhhhh - 'nough said! WATERMELON SMOOTHIE Doesn't sound all that unusual of a blender-whirl - save the part where the watermelon chunks are frozen first (!) + add strawberries. That's the secret to success! HORCHATA Oh, how I love you Horchata!! Morning time, noon time, mid-afternoon pick me up time, Dessert time. Sip by sip you're bliss. And now - thanks to this recipe, I (we) can make you conveniently at home!

Giant Sand Beach Art Sculptures

Monday's back! Last Monday of July 2024. Hope all had a great weekend.  I sure did. As many of you know, Friday was my birthday. Stacy treated me to an extraordinary lunch at a very upscale Mexican restaurant + brought a bag of cool gifts!  We're talking body spray, scarf to wrap on my bag, a super cool market bag that looks like an old school brown paper bag - but not,  candles ... We hung out and enjoyed each other's company and Cervezas for several hours and found laughter - lots of it. And then Carol and Toby rolled up in their Rolls Royce bearing gifts - a beautiful bouquet of flowers - colors of lime green, lavender, peach and white in a keepsake tea cup + Carol's one-of-a-kind piece of watercolor art birthday card featuring a lineup of cowboy boots (I will be framing this card and find a perfect spot for it) + a fabulous, decorative recipe box that I will put the best of the best recipes in it. My mom and sisters gifted me the cutest skirt EVER from Title Nine. Pretty sure I'll be sporting that skirt for the rest of the summer and probably into fall. AND!! So many texts + calls from friends and family (songs) wishing me a happy birthday. I love and adore you all. I am so spoiled! Feel like royalty. Thank you Stacy, Carol and Toby, and Beautiful Friends and Family for your giant love remembering my day. Bet Mick Jagger didn't have such a grand day as I! Yep, it's warm (some whine -  hot) around these parts. Same as I'm guessing around your neck of the woods.  Ha! It's the end of July about to be August. It's a given that the thermometer and outside the door temperatures let us know it's just that time of year. Just like this time last year, and the year before, and the year before that, and ... Zero chance it'll be sweatshirt weather next week - not so fast - but coming soon. Collected these FASCINATINGS to share today!
Smoked Salsa Recipe| Top of the Morning April 1st

TRUE FACTS ABOUT LESSER KNOWN SUPER POWERS OF PIGEONS SUPER POWER, HISTORY OF BARF BAGS, SMOKED SALSA RECIPE + PASTA PRIMAVERA RECIPE, HUMOROUS BURNT OUT SIGNS

Greetings friends - Here's to a stellar start of the week! How was your weekend? All chill around my part of the world. Well, it wasn't chill per se (as in the summer temps) but was quality and happy. Collected soooo much fun and coolness to present today. Hoping you enjoy as I enjoyed collecting! BEGINNING WITH: TRUE FACTS ABOUT PIGEONS' LESSER KNOWN SUPERPOWERS I love this read/watch/listen. I have always thought pigeons were pretty in their own way.  But superpowers? Turns out they do! It also reminds me of a job a while back when working on a giant-production Texas Lottery commercial in downtown Dallas. While camera and others were setting up for a big scene with hundreds of extras, scripted to run down the street in unison, in wild excitement -- I stood on the sidewalk visiting with Art Director, Bruce Curtis, who I consider a cool, zany, exceptionally talented friend. Pigeons were all around and I had some trail mix from Craft Service that I tossed to the birds as we chatted.  They flew down and eagerly pecked up my trail mix offering.  They happily pecked and ate away. Bruce laughed, "You know pigeons are just rats with wings, right, Cheryl?" "And? " I smiled. Bruce suddenly excused himself and quickly walked away -- he had an improv, light bulb moment. He approached one of his department people and dispatched her to a local store. A short while later, just before camera was ready to roll, the art department assistant (via Bruce's instructions) began tossing birdseed by the handfuls on the big downtown street and a hundred or more pigeons came flying in, landed and pecked at the seeds on the street. "ROLL CAMERA!" "ACTION!"  the 1st AD yelled out on a bullhorn.
Outdoor Gatherings

HOW TO KEEP SIDES COOL WHEN ATTENDING OUTDOOR GATHERINGS + RECIPES + HUMOR

Rise and shine! It's a brand new week full of possibilities and opportunities! How was your weekend? Hopefully full of chill - as in relaxation - after tasks you may or may not have had on your to do list.  I had a few tasks that I accomplished and I did find some chill and enjoyed it. Super-duper cool collection I found to share today. BEGINNING WITH: 100 LIFE SIZE ELEPHANT SCULPTURES On tour across the United States.  Incredible! These magnificent sculptures totally brought back to my memory the amazing story of the Elephant Whisperer:  Lawrence Anthony. If you have the time - it won't be wasted watching this little YouTube piece about Lawrence Anthony.  An amazing human being. These "rogue" elephants Lawrence took in on his reserve eventually bonded with him and loved him.  Most importantly, trusted him because of his kindness and care and patience.  And when Lawrence passed away, the elephants somehow knew that he had died and they made the however long trek, single file, to the Anthony's home to pay respects - and stayed around the perimeter of the home for over a day before going back into the bush on the reserve that was now their home thanks to Lawrence Anthony. It's goose bump stuff. Here's the link - ((*Unforgettable Tale of the Elephant Whisperer **))