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Guest Blog Inspired by Hotdish

dc, the Florida guy, is a blog follower and frequent commenter. His words make me laugh out loud! He’s the one who doesn’t care for mushrooms. 😉

dc was inspired by the Minnesota Hotdish blog post (thank you Audrey!)

Here’s what happened after he read the collaborative post I did with the help of Audrey H of Minnesota Prairie Roots blog.

dc wrote

What is the difference between hotdish and casserole?

Definition: Casserole is the name of the dish used to cook with, whereas hot dish is the meal itself. Ingredients: Casseroles can contain any ingredients under the sun practically, where hot dishes have set ingredients they have to have.

“Today’s post was an inspiration. Photos to follow.”

Here are the photos dc sent me throughout the day

Just needed a few more things
Ready to go into a hot oven
Looks like a tater tot Hotdish cooked in a Casserole
I asked if he’d put on a flannel shirt. He said he’d dress for dinner

Thanks dc. That was fun. I know it tasted good.

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“Something you don’t see everyday”

That’s what Erika said as Maura (14) took this photograph. Maura texted the pic and asked me “do you know what this is?”

Thanks Maura. Another fun guest blog photo.

Looks like a Fire Hydrant delivery
Great capture Maura

Here’s a post on fire hydrants https://rutheh.com/2022/02/18/fire-hydrant/

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Silver Dollar Pancakes Guest Blog

My sister Mary sent these two photos from New York City as she indulged in a pancake breakfast a day early.

She and a friend are headed to the orchid show on Tuesday and no pancakes at the Botanical Garden. When we were growing up, many churches had Pancake Suppers in the church basement on Shrove Tuesday *

The End

“Mardi Gras (fat Tuesday) refers to events of beginning on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday the beginning of Lent which is also known as Shrove Tuesday “

“….final day before the austerity of the Lenten fast, Shrove Tuesday

also has many customs pertaining to food. Pancakes are traditional in a number of European countries because eggs, sugar, and fat, commonly forbidden during the Lenten fast, are used up so they will not go to waste”

Past years I posted about the Polish pre Lenten Tradition of Paczki (click link to see the filled doughnut like treats )

Pączki Sales are Hot for Fat Tuesday

*The word shrove is a form of the English word shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one’s sins by way of Confession and doing penance. Thus Shrove Tuesday was named after the custom of Christians to be “shriven” before the start of Lent.

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Geographical Center Guest Blog

The geographical center of Ohio- Centerburg. Granddaughter Maura was on the right side of the car in the back seat on the way to Kenyon College to watch Michael and Jack’s swim meet. Maura was able catch a pic the sign as we drove by. Mark said there’s an identical sign on the other side of town and he’d like to know where the specific coordinates (of the exact center of Ohio) are located! It’s the town where fictional character Homer Price is from if you ever read Robert McCloskey’s books. My sixth grade teacher read it aloud to us. I remember the donut machine.

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Granddaughter Anna Tree Update

Anna was guest blogger on Oct 18th-you can see her gorgeous fall tree from that post on her campus in the third photo.

She texted me tree photos on Monday and today. She’s guest blogger today with a tree update.

A tree study. Why is this season called FALL?

Wednesday October 26th
Monday Oct 23rd. She texted Tree losing leaves

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Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Guest Blog

Guest blogger Eileen from Massachusetts went with her family to

Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at

“Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island. They do this every year for the month of October. It’s a walk through the woods surrounded by Jack o’ Lanterns. This year’s theme was television through the decades. Started with 1950’s. Ended with 2010’s. From Sgt Bilko to Game of Thrones. In between were some familiar ones to me; Addams Family, I Love Lucy, MASH, etc. Lizzie and Kevin needed us to identify them. 😀”

Great job capturing the thousands of Jack-O-Lanterns. Thanks Eileen. Looks like a wonderful evening and happy we could join you virtually.

Skilled carvers transform Pumpkins into works of art
M*A*S*H
Lucy

“Proceeds from the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular support the Zoo’s ongoing animal care, education programs and conservation initiatives. Thank you for helping us save wildlife and wild places!” Zoo website

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