Fabulous Friday

For Today:

Looking Out My Window:  Well, there are only a few pelicans left on the lake which is now void of fish and probably full of pelican poo.

My Weekend Plans Include: Ed and Elizabeth are heading to Waco, Texas for her undergrad adviser's retirement party from Baylor.  So I will be baching it. I'm hoping Jessica and Martin will be up to make me a Mother's Day Brunch.

I’m Reading: The Postmistress by Sarah Blake, which is the story of 3 women in 1940.

Movie Marquee: Secretariat. 

Something Quiltie: I have been doing quite a bit of machine quilting this week.  Stashbusters is coming up and I am the speaker this month so I've had to get my motivational quilt ready.  Like any skill the more you practice the better you get.  I've been doing more intricate designs rather than the overall stippling.  It definitely takes more time, but the results are a lot more interesting.

One of My Favorite Things: I love the new little  mini buns that Sara Lee is making.  Have you seen them?  Sliders are in now. I've been using them for all kinds of sandwiches. It's the perfect size for a burger or a BBQ Chicken sandwich.  Fewer calories too.

What’s For Dinner:There's leftover Chicken in the frig and I'll make a  fresh Strawberry Spinach Salad to go with it.

A Favorite Photo:

Happy Mother's Day

Until Next Time-

A Plethora of Pelicans

Each spring pelicans come to our lake.

Usually just a few that leisurely swim together, stirring up the water

and then catching a few fish.

Today was quite the spectacle.

First there were a couple, then a dozen.

More kept flying in until there had to be

a couple of hundred. 

Pelicans are the tug boats of the bird world.

 Watching them swim together in a synchronized pattern

is delightful and fun.

I didn't know how to add music to my video, but hum

the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies and you'll

catch their timing and rhythm.

 What you hear is a goose honking, not a pelican and 

don't watch this full screen, way too grainy.  

Guess I'd better just stick to still photos.

Until Next Time-

Sherman's March

Last week was vacation.

Like General Sherman in 1864, 

 we marched through 

Charleston and Savannah in 2011 style.

Instead of burning and looting, we were

touring and eating.

With our friends, Rudy Bob, and Kay Lyn

Eddie Ray and myself, Kyle Anne,

we discovered the charm of both cities.

Starting with hush puppies in Charleston,

tasting a fried green tomato BLT salad

and a whole pan seared scored flounder

at the Old Pink House in Savannah

(Eddie Ray and Kyle Anne)

Throw in a few pralines,

some grits at Hominy Grill in Charleston,

shrimp, butter bean, mac and cheese and fried everything

at See Wee's in Charleston

and milkshakes at Leopold's in Savannah

we managed to roll out of bed everyday to 

learn something new.

It was a great vacation in a beautiful part of the country.

Until Next Time-