Breakfast Anyone?
Month: March 2024
An Ordinary Day
How the day was progressing
That’s a color photo above- see grass peeking
End of day
Two Views on the Drive Home-Guest Blog
Granddaughter Maura (15) sent me these two views she photographed on the way home from swim practice. She was a passenger not the driver – yet.
Clouds covering the moon and the moon showing itself. The moon on the right almost lines up with the street light pole.
I like that she took the pics and shared them with me. We both see the moon in the night sky even though we are two hundred miles apart.
Response to Aprons Then and Now Post
Saturday afternoon I received this photo from blog follower dc. A frequent commenter and friend. He says he wears this apron when he prepares “Hotdish” I was going to add it to the Aprons Then and Now post but I was attending a Fiber Fest in Delmont PA and didn’t get to add it. Then I thought no one would see it if I just added it to the original post so now I’m giving this great response its very own post!
Just a couple of weeks ago
February 22-Zanesville Ohio, pit stop. Gas and bathroom on way home to Pittsburgh
Jesus at the Giant Eagle
Giant Eagle Market District on Centre Ave
Shadyside Pittsburgh
Act Ur.
A Marble Fidget Square
Shana S. Cohen designed this Marble Fidget Square.
There are tons of fidgets out in the world but this one doesn’t make any noise and can fit easily in your hand or a pocket. (Click link for her pattern which is free to download. ) I read about her on Ravelry and she’s an architect! She designed this with her son in mind. I’m sending one to my grandson.
The first square I knit, I followed her directions to the letter, using the smooth waste yarn at cast-on but then I used a Turkish Cast-On for subsequent squares.
What a fun pattern.
“A fidget toy is typically a small object used for pleasant but purposeless activity with the hands.
Some users believe these toys help them tolerate anxiety, frustration, agitation, boredom, and excitement.[1] They are also commonly used by those with sensory difficulties.” Wikipedia
Crocuses or Croci ?
One the vernacular, one is proper Latin terms according to the article in Gardens Illustrated
But look at this field of plural crocus! My sister visited the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Sunday afternoon and she sent me some photos that featured signs of Spring.
at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Thanks Mary.
Remembering Cj
Cj was born sixty years ago today.
March 2, 1964.
She was a wonderful teacher, an excellent mother, a beloved sister, an inspired writer and a good friend.
Unfortunately she passed May 23, 2018.
To see more photos, poetry and memories click this link which takes you to the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project Poe Art Page from 2011.
She taught in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and was fluent in ASL. I remember her signing with such fluid skill and feeling at a concert in East Liberty as the choir sang “Go Tell It on the Mountain”. In addition to being a fellow of the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project she was a Madwoman Poet at Carlow University
“Unwritten” Play this song Cj click link
Cj used to motivate us to get writing during the WPWP Summer Writing Institute for Teachers at the U of Pittsburgh by playing this song.
Missing you Cj.
Black and White or Half and Half Cookies
My sister sent me a Black and White Cookie Natural Rubber Baby Teether she saw and purchased at MOMA ( Museum of Modern Art) in New York City.
She gave me that NYC bag a few years ago which features the Black and White Cookies. My friend Eileen says in Massachusetts they’re called Half and a Half Cookies. Underneath these items is Ina Garten’s cookbook Modern Comfort Food with the recipe. I found it here at the Barefoot Contessa’s website in case you want to bake a batch.
Pasticceria Rocco window on Bleecker Street
They are found in New York City, Boston, and Florida but I found some small ones on sale in Ohio and Pittsburgh.
Editors addition from dc in a Florida 3/03/2024
“Black & white cookies are famous because they’re such a quintessential New York dessert. It’s believed that the cookie was invented at a Manhattan bakery called Glaser’s, which was founded on the Upper East Side by Bavarian immigrants in 1902 and closed in 2018.”
Our family enjoys them on occasion see blog post here