A guest blog
Friend and blog follower Kristin and her husband Rick are visiting Australia. While snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef they saw this wine bottle covered with barnacles. And guess what! They thought of me.
Yes it’s a great find for a post. Thank you
Photo by granddaughter Anna.
Athens, Ohio January 6, 2025
These already prepared Black Eyed Peas (no soaking) were an impulse buy. I didn’t want to do major cooking. When I lived in Georgia decades ago I remember going to the General’s Quarters on New Year’s Day and that’s where I learned about the traditional dish. They weren’t a part of my growing up. Eating a spoonful insures good luck for the new year.
Click the link for a vegan recipe.
There are tons of recipes with ham hocks, sausage or bacon too.
Received this great photo from friend and fellow photographer Andrew Wagner. You’ve seen his work here before.
“Notified today that my entry “Down the Drain” won third prize in Pennsylvania Resource Council Eye on Litter photo contest in the adult division.” AW
Congratulations to you, Andrew ❤️
My sister sent me this photo of the Christmas tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Thanks Andy. Love that I came to mind! You got a great one❤️
And texted to me. A Google image search told us the name of the sculpture and artist. Jerzy Kedziora
More on other sculptures by Kedziora in the Park click to see Girl With Yo-Yo and The Rower
Here’s an article Gravity Defying Sculptures Totally Transform Schiller Park Click to see more sculptures
Six years ago I posted a photograph of one of his works at the Columbus library Duo with Chair suspended from the ceiling
Note: Just added this little poem shared by Judy Kindergarten teacher extraordinaire.
There was a boy,
A tiny mite,
Who tried to fly
A mighty kite
But then at last
It came to pass
Both boy and kite flew out of sight!
One of my favorite kindergarten poems❤️ Judy
I read it every year to my kindergarten class. Then each child had to predict what happened to the boy and /or draw a picture or how do you think his mother felt when she saw him?
One of the best pictures was Superman saved him!!! We read it every March! We painted kites and made pattern kite tails. Oh how I miss those days!! Judy S
Does anyone want to chime in with a Thanksgiving or an Easter cactus? Scroll down for info on how to identify which cactus is which.
So many wonderful comments and stories of Christmas cactuses and geraniums which endure for generations. I heard from loyal blog follower and dear friend and neighbor today. Thanks Tookie
“Dear Kindred Spirit, Reading everything you’re posting about your mother’s Christmas cactus. Please add me to the list of those who have and cherish my mother’s Christmas cactus. I can remember it on her kitchen window sill when I was in grade school and on and on. She shared part of her plant with me when we moved to our apartment in Aspinwall in the early seventies. People fuss at me to repot it in a larger, clay pot. I do not, but left it tight and pot bound in the original plastic pot in which she gave it to me. I love how we value so many of the same things!!!
Love, Took and Jack too”
“A Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) is a popular, long-lived, rainforest-native houseplant known for its vibrant flowers that bloom in the fall, often at Thanksgiving. It differs from a Christmas cactus by having pointed, spiny-looking leaf-like stem segments, while Christmas cacti have rounded segments. To care for it, provide bright, indirect light, high humidity, well-draining soil, and water when the soil is dry to the touch. Bud set is triggered by short days and cooler temperatures, so starting a light-dark cycle in September.”
Info on the different types of cactus
