Billy and Shadow
This is my weight lifting brother, Billy, in his garage gym. He’s here with Shadow, the little boy who has adopted Billy. As I’ve said, before, he’s a sweet little boy.
Fun With Baking: French Silk Pie
For the crust: 20 (230 g) Oreo cookies 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted For the filling: 1 1/3 cup (266 g) sugar 4 eggs 8 ounces (227 g) bittersweet chocolate chips, melted 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 1/3 cup heavy cream 4 teaspoons powdered sugar For the topping: 1 cup heavy cream…
Me and My Shadow
A stray neighborhood cat has adopted my brother. He’s such a sweetie pie. I’m a proud auntie. Billy decided to call him Shadow because he sort of crept out of the shadows and slowly nuzzled up to him. Shadow will actually come into Billy’s garage/gym and jump up on the bench. He loves to cuddle.…
A Visitor
A handsome black and white kitty has been hanging around my brother’s back yard. He’s possibly a stray, but he’s very clean and social. Billy has named him Shadow. Shadow seems to have chosen Billy as his human. But he likes me quite a bit as well, as you can see from the pictures. He…
Fun With Cooking: Bill Jr’s Potato Soup
32 ounces chicken broth 6 potatoes 1 large onion 6 stalks celery 4 carrots 1/2 cup flour 1 cup milk 3-4 hard boiled eggs Cube potatoes, chop celery and onion and slice carrots into rounds and place into a large pot with chicken broth. Boil until tender. Mix the flour and milk. Add to the…
Fun With Cooking: Grandma Marks’ Baked Beans
1 28 ounce can Campbell’s Pork and Beans 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1/2 cup yellow mustard 1/2 cup ketchup 1 cup brown sugar 12 ounce package bacon Combine the beans, onion, mustard, catsup and brown sugar in a bowl. Pour into a pan sprayed with non-stick spray. Cut bacon into large pieces. Layer bacon…
Parquet
Nine years ago, my family said goodbye and sent Parquet over the Rainbow Bridge. I was living in Korea so my body wasn’t with him. My soul and spirit were though. Parquet was an amazing cat. You might even say he was a Mighty Kool Kat. He wandered up onto the deck one day and…
The Cats’ Christmas Gifts
The cats got a condo for an early Christmas present. What an adventure that was. I ordered one from Amazon. I got it a few days later. When I went to put it together, it was missing half of the hardware. I called (!!)) Amazon and they said they would send a new one. They…
Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas to my family and friends around the world!
Happy Thanksgiving
Gidgette, Ivory and I would like to wish all my readers a very Happy Thanksgiving. It’s been a hard year, but we made it through. May God bless us with continuing health and happiness.
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