CoTT 2 House of Cards

[dughlas]

14 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

You don't need to eat the whole thing in one sitting. Save some for later.

[dughlas]

13 hours ago, clochette said:

That's Thistle   that dog is more pampered than me!

Well he will stand up and walk on his back legs like this.

[Valkyrie]

21 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Well he will stand up and walk on his back legs like this.

I had a cat I taught to stand on his hind legs and walk for a treat.   

[dughlas]

G'day y'all. The temp and dewpoint have both crept up overnight. Not oppressive yet but heat and humidity are in the forecast. I'll need to turn the ac back on later this morning. We had a pleasant walk this morning and then headed to market. Stocked up on a few things. Two stuffed chicken breasts and a smoked ham hock went into the freezer to take along to Mum's when we head back. Also, bought some potato salad, sliced roast beef for sandwiches, a small fresh peach tart, ginger-lime shrimp salad (think something along the line of shrimp stir-fry but without cooking the veggies). Oh and an 8×10 slice of tomato bread (I would call it tomato focaccia). I'll sprinkle it with fresh grated parmesan cheese and warm it in the oven. It will come out with a slightly crispness to the bottom crust. I'll eat with a fresh green salad for lunch on Monday. Currently we're enjoying a bit of quiet sitting out under the tree. In a bit I'll go to the grocer for things not available at market. I'll also get lunch there. This weekend they are serving fresh fried bluefish, yes, it's really bluefish, sandwiches from their outdoor pavilion. Each weekend, Fri-Sunday, from April through October they serve something special. Under normal circumstances patrons could sit at several shaded picnic tables to eat but with COVID the food is only available for takeout. The fish sandwiches are very good. They also offer crabcake or fried oyster sandwiches. You can but just the sandwich or add french fries or onion rings and a soft drink to make a meal. Much better than anything available from the fast food places.

[Valkyrie]

1 minute ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. The temp and dewpoint have both crept up overnight. Not oppressive yet but heat and humidity are in the forecast. I'll need to turn the ac back on later this morning. We had a pleasant walk this morning and then headed to market. Stocked up on a few things. Two stuffed chicken breasts and a smoked ham hock went into the freezer to take along to Mum's when we head back. Also, bought some potato salad, sliced roast beef for sandwiches, a small fresh peach tart, ginger-lime shrimp salad (think something along the line of shrimp stir-fry but without cooking the veggies). Oh and an 8×10 slice of tomato bread (I would call it tomato focaccia). I'll sprinkle it with fresh grated parmesan cheese and warm it in the oven. It will come out with a slightly crispness to the bottom crust. I'll eat with a fresh green salad for lunch on Monday. Currently we're enjoying a bit of quiet sitting out under the tree. In a bit I'll go to the grocer for things not available at market. I'll also get lunch there. This weekend they are serving fresh fried bluefish, yes, it's really bluefish, sandwiches from their outdoor pavilion. Each weekend, Fri-Sunday, from April through October they serve something special. Under normal circumstances patrons could sit at several shaded picnic tables to eat but with COVID the food is only available for takeout. The fish sandwiches are very good. They also offer crabcake or fried oyster sandwiches. You can but just the sandwich or add french fries or onion rings and a soft drink to make a meal. Much better than anything available from the fast food places.

The heat and humidity are ramping up here too.  I got up early and went grocery shopping, so now I have lots of nice, fresh food.  I was also able to stock up on a bunch of meat that was 'reduced for quick sale'. I'm going to make chicken cordon bleu soup tonight.  It's a recipe I've never tried before, but it sounded delicious.  I think fried bluefish needs to be the official food of CoTT    

[Headstall]

8 minutes ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. The temp and dewpoint have both crept up overnight. Not oppressive yet but heat and humidity are in the forecast. I'll need to turn the ac back on later this morning. We had a pleasant walk this morning and then headed to market. Stocked up on a few things. Two stuffed chicken breasts and a smoked ham hock went into the freezer to take along to Mum's when we head back. Also, bought some potato salad, sliced roast beef for sandwiches, a small fresh peach tart, ginger-lime shrimp salad (think something along the line of shrimp stir-fry but without cooking the veggies). Oh and an 8×10 slice of tomato bread (I would call it tomato focaccia). I'll sprinkle it with fresh grated parmesan cheese and warm it in the oven. It will come out with a slightly crispness to the bottom crust. I'll eat with a fresh green salad for lunch on Monday. Currently we're enjoying a bit of quiet sitting out under the tree. In a bit I'll go to the grocer for things not available at market. I'll also get lunch there. This weekend they are serving fresh fried bluefish, yes, it's really bluefish, sandwiches from their outdoor pavilion. Each weekend, Fri-Sunday, from April through October they serve something special. Under normal circumstances patrons could sit at several shaded picnic tables to eat but with COVID the food is only available for takeout. The fish sandwiches are very good. They also offer crabcake or fried oyster sandwiches. You can but just the sandwich or add french fries or onion rings and a soft drink to make a meal. Much better than anything available from the fast food places.

Damn, I want one of those sandwiches. Hey, bro.  

[Headstall]

4 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

The heat and humidity are ramping up here too.  I got up early and went grocery shopping, so now I have lots of nice, fresh food.  I was also able to stock up on a bunch of meat that was 'reduced for quick sale'. I'm going to make chicken cordon bleu soup tonight.  It's a recipe I've never tried before, but it sounded delicious.  I think fried bluefish needs to be the official food of CoTT    

  Morning, Val.  

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Headstall said:

Damn, I want one of those sandwiches. Hey, bro.  

It was fresh and steamy hot, tender flesh and ... oh yeah, so was my fish sandwich plus it had a crispy coating ... they have a team of young guys working "Under the Tent". In all seriousness the sandwich was very good. The grocer has been the "Under the Tent" weekends for several years now before that they would hold sporadic fish frys on the summer holidays, i.e. Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day plus a lobster boil for Father's Day. It's very popular.

[Marty]

17 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

Yours is 20 years old... you wear it for hours on end, and it's been all over the world with you.  Wasn't sure if you meant the jacket or the hottie in the picture     

No, I was definitely talking about the jacket!

Actually, I think the hottie wearing it in the picture may well have still been at school twenty years ago...

[Marty]

3 hours ago, dughlas said:

The fish sandwiches are very good. They also offer crabcake or fried oyster sandwiches. You can but (buy?) just the sandwich or add french fries or onion rings and a soft drink to make a meal. Much better than anything available from the fast food places.

Sounds delicious.

[Page Scrawler]

15 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Cliff collapses in Grand Canyon revealing 313 million-year-old footprints, park says

Footprints? I'm sure you mean "tire tracks". Apparently the Martian visitors drove a Ford Range Rover 300 million years ago.

[Marty]

29 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Footprints? I'm sure you mean "tire tracks". Apparently the Martian visitors drove a Ford Range Rover 300 million years ago.

The newly discovered tracks record the passage of two separate animals on the slope of a sand dune. Of interest to the research team is the distinct arrangement of footprints. The researchers' reconstruction of this animal's footfall sequence reveals a distinctive gait called a lateral-sequence walk, in which the legs on one side of the animal move in succession, the rear leg followed by the foreleg, alternating with the movement of the two legs on the opposite side. "Living species of tetrapods―dogs and cats, for example―routinely use a lateral-sequence gait when they walk slowly," says Rowland. "The Bright Angel Trail tracks document the use of this gait very early in the history of vertebrate animals. We previously had no information about that." Also revealed by the trackways is the earliest-known utilization of sand dunes by vertebrate animals.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200821120756.htm

Seems likely that the tracks are so close together because it was a slow moving vertebrate (possibly an extinct lizard type of animal), that didn't stand too high off the ground,  that was travelling through sand...

[Albert1434]

2 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Footprints? I'm sure you mean "tire tracks". Apparently the Martian visitors drove a Ford Range Rover 300 million years ago.

You drinking again Page

[Albert1434]

2 hours ago, Marty said:

 

 

Seems likely that the tracks are so close together because it was a slow moving vertebrate (possibly an extinct lizard type of animal), that didn't stand too high off the ground,  that was travelling through sand...

I believe your right Marty

[Marty]

27 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

You drinking again Page

Well, he has to stay hydrated in this hot weather...

[Marty]

So here's my week 21 offering of my attempt to take and upload a new black and white photograph every week for 52 weeks...

Spoiler

This one is showing part of the damage that Storm Ellen did to my garden.

(Those rose blossoms were all upright the day before the storm hit.)

Edited August 21, 2020 by Marty
Clarification

[Albert1434]

South Georgia Island in Antarctica UK

[Albert1434]

Here is something for Val

[clochette]

Today I've left the potatoes I had grown in baskets and soil bags. Half a bucket with 2/3 of it small ones and the rest of good size to bake or make mash so not too bad of a harvest. 

Oh and yeah the rise bed is finish you can see it in the next tweet

Next step is to transfer the strawberry plants from planters to the rise bed. And sow some veggies for the upcoming season 

[clochette]

3 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Here is something for Val

That reminds me a few days ago I watched  a documentary on wildlife on Antarctica and it said that to find penguins groups from a drone wildlife specialists are looking for penguins' shit traces as it's the only thing of color visible from above 

[Marty]

1 hour ago, clochette said:

Today I've lifted the potatoes I had grown in baskets and soil bags. Half a bucket with 2/3 of it small ones and the rest of good size to bake or make mash so not too bad of a harvest. 

Looking good, clo!

I lifted the rest of my early potatoes last weekend. About 20 kilos from 1.5 kilo of seed potatoes.

I'll probably start lifting the main crops shortly. I had intended leaving them for a few more weeks, but unfortunately the wind from Storm Ellen completely destroyed the shoots.  

[Page Scrawler]

4 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

You drinking again Page

 

 

4 hours ago, Marty said:

This one is showing part of the damage that Storm Ellen did to my garden.

A lovely photo, Marty, but it's a shame about the roses.    

[dughlas]

16 hours ago, Marty said:

So here's my week 21 offering of my attempt to take and upload a new black and white photograph every week for 52 weeks...

  Hide contents

This one is showing part of the damage that Storm Ellen did to my garden.

(Those rose blossoms were all upright the day before the storm hit.)

I love the qualities of the photo but am saddened by the damage to your garden. The bright spot is the roses survive to bloom again. Thanks for sharing your talent.

[dughlas]

19 hours ago, Marty said:

 

 

Seems likely that the tracks are so close together because it was a slow moving vertebrate (possibly an extinct lizard type of animal), that didn't stand too high off the ground,  that was travelling through sand...

I read that they believe it to be the tracks of two separate critters travelling over the sand dune at differing times.

[dughlas]

G'day y'all. There has been a distinct turn to the weather from yesterday. Warm, humid and mostly overcast. It was 73/23° with 87% humidity with nary a breeze when the pup and I left for our walk at 5:30. Both temp and humidity have increased slightly since then. I'm going to try puttering about at some outdoor chores until my head says no more. I already feel the effects of the weather as a dull swollen ache.