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Whose birthday am I celebrating on Tattoo Tuesday?
September 24, 2013
Today is the birthday of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets.
Henson’s creative genius brought to the television screen the Sesame Street characters and the Muppet Show and he created films such as the Muppet Movies and the Dark Crystal. Henson would have been 77 today.
Here are some Muppet tattoos:
And my favorite:
What am I sappy cat blogging?
September 20, 2013
Cats and knitting.
And my push-me pull-you, 2-headed cat – Sam-Murphy.
They are also “helping” me quilt.
What am I celebrating today?
September 19, 2013
Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day! And I thank my friend, Art, for the reminder.
Here is an article from TIME that talks about the event. The story includes a very handy Pirate Name Generator.
For the rest of the day, you may refer to me as Capt. Angelina Firepants, or just stick with my true pirate name, Anne Bonney.
See:
Aaaarrrrrrr!
Why am I looking down?
September 18, 2013
I love these colorful manhole covers from Japan.
Here are some others:
From Seattle . . .
I don’t know where this one is from.
This is one of my photos from San Diego
You know the water meter covers that you see on the street? My mom always told me that if you step on one you will have good luck. However, she said, if you step on a gas meter cover, you will just get gas.
What is tattoo Tuesday about?
September 10, 2013Today is bean soup day. What bean soup is more well known than Senate Bean Soup. Here is a reference from the U.S. Senate commenting on the possible genesis of Senate Bean Soup (which is on the menu everyday that the Senate is in session.
I offer a recipe from Food.com:
Ingredients
1 lb dry navy beans
1 meaty ham bone
1 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup chopped celery
2/3 cup mashed potato flakes or 1 1/2 cups mashed potatoes
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons pepper
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon basil
1 bay leaf
salt, to taste
Directions
- Wash and sort beans; in large kettle, cover beans with 6-8 c hot water.
- Bring to a boil; boil 2 minutes; remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour.
- Add another 2 quarts of cold water and ham bone.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
- Stir in remaining ingredients; simmer 20-30 minutes until beans are tender.
- Remove ham bone, trim off meat and return meat to soup; remove bay leaf.
- Serve hot; freezes well.
And the tattoos:
Lima Bean
Mr. Bean
El L Bean
So raise a mug to salute this musical fruit and let everyone know como frijoles, or how you bean.
What birthday am I celebrating?
September 9, 2013STAR TREK first began its mission to explore strange new worlds, and so on . . . on September 8, 1966. The link is from Science.com.
Click on this timeline to make it bigger:
This blog is Gunsmoke and KNITTING, so to celebrate the birth of Star Trek, here is a knitting project for your little Klingon. And speaking of Klingons, did you know that Michael Dorn has a role on Castle? (If you are interested, there are a lot of links in the previous sentence.)
See more like this on All She Wants to do is Knit.
What is sappy cat blogging about this week?
August 30, 2013
I know this is not anything to do with sappy cats, but I thought it was interesting. I found it on Why? Because Science.
This is sappy cat blogging:
What is tattoo Tuesday about?
August 29, 2013
Okay, so I missed Tuesday this week. We are on vacation. However, August 30, is Toasted Marshmallow Day! Fire up the campfire, find some long sticks, and prepare by watching Ghost Busters.
King Arthur Flour has recently posted a recipe for homemade marshmallow fluff: recipe here.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 