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[Lani]

Good Evening Beakers...SEDs all.

Won't be too long and  the Sun will be ...

I can't wrap my Hawaiian tongue around this word. LOL

[Lani]

Tsk, Tucson is still brown and dry.

Oldguy, thanks for history of rice pudding. We had it hot too... I watched the "Rebuilding the Clinchfield Railroad" video, so sad to see how much the flooding destroyed.. a lot of hardwork going into rebuilding... beautiful river.

Baz, Big 12 conference starts Tuesday too... good luck!

BL, welcome home! I bet pup was happy to see you both! Did you bring your fish home? Or will it be frozen and shipped to you?... enjoyed the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss video. I've near heard that song before, I listened to it twice.

Tig, sweet pic of the butterflies and plants.

Good night!

https://lightingacandle.org/chapel/vigil-beak-room/

Sweet Eagle Dreams, Bggolden, Nora, Jilltosa, Lilbro, Eagles, Pink, Eaglesrock, Baz, Lori, Karen, Puff, Tsk, Oldguy, Lisa, Clynn, Kb, Tig, Blschue, Phyl, BL and Pip, Godiva, Peep, Jaspurr, Ezee, Eburg, Lindy, RubyRed246, ssrl, Firetruck, Weasel, Maxie, Masswatch, Paulie, DeborahG, MpMom and Pete, laniebelle, OnEagleWings, NWarg, Garmohoff, Nrstooge, WendyC3, Tigeag, T40, Ginger, Cwellsla, Nanimal, Rewrap4u, Teamcarnes, Seabeeinch, Walton, Sparky, Tulsaducati, Omasawyer, izzysamlikeseagles, bustopbird, Neva, Yank.

Thinking of and missing, Eagles, Peep, Jaspurr, Jilltosa, Wilson, Godiva, MpMom and Pete, Marrymo, Keystone, TxTeacher, Smb, Naimoj, Thyla/Anne, D7Birder, Indy, Neva, Smb, Alice, and those who have not been with us for a while.

Prayers For Kb's Chris, Tim and Tsk, Phyl, Jim and Maggie, Tig, Clynn and family, Lisa, Jeff and Family, Tsk/Tim's cousin Joe, Lori, grandmothers and family, Baz, Eaglesrock, Eagles and Mom, Tsk's bro and wife Margaret, Karen and Piper, Lisa's FIL, Puff, Kb's friends Vi and Dennis, Paulie, Tsk's DIL Amy, SIL and grandson, Jicaji, Maxie and Larry, Camper's daughter, Ed's sis Gina, Tsk's Barb & Tom, Baz great niece and family, Peep, Jaspurr, Clynn's DIL's mom, Ed's friend Greg, Puff's brother, Masswatch hubby Jamey, Pip's Dad, Ezee, EagleFanDave, Tim's Uncle, Paulie's granddaughter Madison, Emy and family, WW JW, Keystone, Jilltosa, Eaglesrock cousin Michael, Thyla/Anne, Neva's family, Weasel and family, and All here in need of healing and comforting.

Special prayers for All God's creature great and small, For SWFL eaglets E24 & E25, For those who lost pets, and the survivors from California fires, and their rescuers, Hellgate Ospreys, Trempealeau Eagles’ Nest, Big Bear Eagles nest, Tiny Tammy and Paws of War, Harley and his little siblings, Miss Maggie, TRR Sloths, Brooks Fall Brown Bear Otis, Honey and Gunnar, SWFL Harriet, Star, Little One and all the Feral cats, TRR rescue babies, The Fairy Penguins, Berry Mom,  NEFL Juliet, Romeo and Samson, Lucy and Larry, Salt River wild horses, Alaska Bears and Wolves that they be saved, Decorah, E2/D1, Dr Rogers and Black bears Shadow and family and Wildlife Research Institute, and All God's creatures great and small.

[clynndunn]

Good Morning Beakers!

 

Lani, that pup has the watchful eye...!  I had the same feeling as you did, about tig's Mom's 'lard sandwich'. When Cathy and I were kids in England, Miss O'Ferrell served us watercress sandwiches, with thick butter on the bread. It was all I could do to get that down.  Can I have a biscuit (cookie)please? And a cup of tea?  Hope you and Mike had a restful day after your Saturday trip! Is Mike home for the week?

oldguy, always enjoy Lesley's videos, thanks! Interesting video of the Clinchfield Railroad rebuild, what a mess to work with, looks like they are building it in the same space as it was before?  Fantastic view of the volcano in Guatemala!

BL, Kopje was very glad to see you and Pip home...again! Sounds like you had a time to remember in Belize! I agree on the time changes, just pick one or the other!

tig, don't you just love sneaky surprises?  Camper is a very thoughtful guy!

Phyl, love the tulip cake, so pretty!  Go easy on that knee today... 

tsk, I am always wondering where the time goes!  How can it be 2025 already? I had the same reflex as you on the lard sandwich. 'Nuff said. Can't even think about it.

baz, you were totally righteous to choose your lovely meal! 

Lisa, hope you are getting your fill of your favorite food!

MORE CRANES THAN SANDBARS -- An early Saturday morning photograph from an airplane of sandhill cranes on their roost along the Platte River in central Nebraska. Biologists estimate that more than 50,000  cranes have already arrived in the area to rest and refuel before heading on north.

[tsk34]

We will hit 67 today and Friday.  Middle of the week windy again.

PHYL   New word for me.  Would stick on my tongue if I tried to use it  LOL

TIG   Awww  How sweet of Camper. 

OLDGUY  The piece on depression veggies was great.  Dad loved rutabaga and Mom would fix it often.  I have done so periodically.
Never knew Guatemala had a volcano. 

LANI  Good night pup looks guilty 

CLYNN   Love the good morning girl.    When we were young tho I remember lunch was often bread butter and sugar!  What an amazing crane shot.

[clynndunn]

tsk, I remember lunch one time in the 2nd grade. Something reddish, soupy, mushy and chunky on the plate. I asked what it was. Breaded tomatoes. YUK! Here is what we are supposed to get today:  Sunny with gusty winds developing this afternoon. High near 75F. Winds SW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. I guess I don't remember meals like you and tig had decades ago, maybe because my Dad was in the Service? I do remember Spam was a regular dinner meat though!

Paulie, I remembered to ask Mom about the maternity ward in the AF Hospital! She said they didn't have to make their own bed but they did have to go get the babies to feed. She also said they would bring in a huge load of fresh diapers from the dryers and the mothers would fold them. Mom has a picture from when I was born and it looked like this one:

[Phyl]

Nature 365:

https://www.nature365.tv/video/2025-03-10-rideaux-de-neige

https://www.nature365.tv

[Phyl]

Hello Beakers  and  ...             

 
                                
 

Today 68F   unfteenth day with gusty winds  and   Tonight  43F   
       

             


     

CLynn- cheery 'Good Morning' girl

Hi Paulie- hope everyone's fine,

BL- thanks for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

Lani  'Good night'  pup looks  rather guilty

OG- I 've never eaten rutabaga,  My mom was a farm girl during  The Great Depression and she never mentioned mangel-wurzel . Grandpa and Grandma grew lots of veg that were fed to the livestock.  Never knew Guatemala had a volcano. always enjoy Lesley's videos, thanks!

Tsk -nice temp for you; lonesome leaf; on the lard sandwich Blah!

Tig- magically appearing Monarch butterflies from Camper how nice



   Prayers for:  Victims of natural  and Man-made disasters plus those who rescue them. The Fallen / Our Allies in Defense of our country.   Police and First Responders.   'Little Gray' and 'Little One' and  all abandoned, abused , lost cats , stray, unloved, homeless  and feral cats.
The Bluebirds of Cane Ridge, Tennessee,  Sauces bald eagle cam nest, Hummingbirds, Bumble Bees  and Honey bees everywhere . As always, Beakers, Cheers and RRP / families.

         

[Phyl]

March 8, 2025
Dad bluebird #1 perched on back of deck chair looking inside our dinning room
watching me that afternoon.

[Phyl]

This is from February 16, 2025
Mom is perched on top of seed  box feeder pole.

[Puff]

tsk and all -- I also had sugar sandwiches. Remember, I was 1940's generation.  But not bread/butter/sugar.  We had bread/oleo/sugar.  And oleo had to be mix with the ball to get the right color.

Enjoying just thinking of today's temp, 60's 

P

[tsk34]

CLYNN  Boy that's a blast from the past    Bet the Moms didn't mind folding diapers - you could chat during that time.

PHYL   Blues Monday today - but sunny out  LOL  What a good shot of Dad bluebird cooperating with his photo shoot 

PUFF   I do remember the red dot in the oleo bag       I think when Mom said "butter" she meant oleo!

[clynndunn]

tsk, it's 70 degrees here now! Deck door open!

Puff, Mom has told me about the little capsule (?) of coloring that came with the oleo, she and her 2 sisters took turns getting the oleo to the pretty yellow color.  My Aunt June made her own butter, it was always white. Cathy and I did not care for it!! Here's something I didn't know, there was almost a war over coloring the oleo!  https://fee.org/articles/the-war-on-margarine/#:~:text=State%20legislatures%20saw

Phyl, you amaze me at how you recognize your birds, reminds me of Lesley and her Blue Jays!  Chilly 365!

I went to take a picture of the last little shrinking patch of snow. This was the spot where it drifted to 2 feet, I think this is the only snow I see down the whole block! And to my surprise, there was the first Robin I have seen!

[Lani]

Royal Albatross cam

Chick SSTrig, a nighttime visitor 🐁/.  and busy moments watching Ranger Sharyn, Mom visits, etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FuAfC4UDc0

Mar 8, 2025
00:00 Chick SSTrig and and little buddy🐁/Pisklę SSTrig i mały kompanion🐁
00:18 Ranger Sharyn clipping grass/Ranger Sharyn przycina trawę
01:08 Mom GLG arrives/przybywa Mom GLG
01:55 feeding, close-up/ karmienie, zbliżenia
03:26 Mom leaves/Mom odchodzi
03:55 I'm tidying up my “bed”🤗/ porządkuję “łóżeczko”
04:18 Chick: how to cut this grass😁/Pisklę: jak urwać to trawsko😁
04:52 “MSC Cruises” ship is passing by/ przepływa statek wycieczkowy
05:36 snoozing😴/drzemka😴

Courtesy of Cornell Lab Bird Cams and
New Zealand Dept. of Conservation

MCS Magnifica and our magnificent chick.


In this photo you can see 4 nests with chicks. SSTrig Chick is the one in the middle, you can see the cam stand just a few feet away from her. Now you can see where other chicks are located.



Good morning Beakers!
Hello Eagles4, Lisa, Ezee, Eburg, Weasel, Jilltosa, Kb, Tsk, Karen, Oldguy, Puff, Eaglesrock, Emyrauld, Lilbro, Blschue, Lori, Clynn, Tig, Baz, Phyl, Peep, Jaspurr, Pink, BL, Bggolden, T40, ssrl, Maxie, Nrstooge, Paulie, jicaji, LB, and All!

Clynn, Love the Happy Monday girl!! I haven't had watercress since my childhood. We ate it as a vegetable cold or hot. It was part of our staple, like rice... . My grandpa and mom both stir fried it with beef or made into a stew.... delicious!! . I wouldn't eat it in a sandwich with butter. But, I know the English do love their tea time.  ... Mike will work out of our home this week (talon's crossed) ... love the photo of the Sandhills Cranes, gorgeous shot... my MIL and Mike's grandmother loved breaded tomatoes.. I could not eat it.  Nor did I like tomato aspic... Now I loved fresh sliced tomato in a sandwich, but mushy breaded tomato..  ... that looks like our hospital we went to in Hawaii back in the late 50's.... I did a lot of folding diapers. Pampers was available until I moved to Kansas. Mike's mom would mail me a box from Kansas to help with our plane ride from Hawaii.

Tsk, love your morning pic.... never had bread and sugar... but, in elementary school, if you didn't have the quarter for lunch, you were given a peanut butter/butter sandwich with guava juice. There were many times I didn't have money for lunch and nor did we have enough food that my mother would allow me to make for a lunch bag. If you didn't bring either, you couldn't remain with the students whose lunch was brought on trays and served in the classroom. So, I would sit outside and wait. Then the lunchroom lady would come and get those of us without lunches take us to the cafeteria and give us our sandwich, guava juice and shortbread cookie. YUM! Then we would help clean the lunch trays that were returned to the cafeteria on metal carts.

Phyl, A beautiful blue and blue bird day to you!!! thank you for nature video. We may be having more snow Weds and Thurs....

Hi Puff 

[baziunc]

Hello Beakers

A new release from Lesley
Why Robins Are the Ultimate Symbol of Spring   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHtevoQcK5c

25 Forgotten Vegetables That Grandparents Grew to Survive the Great Depression!   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mEpiqw7Yho

Fuego Volcano (Guatemala) went active today with a loud shockwave - start at 2:00 - noise is 26 seconds after the blast - camera is 5 miles from the crater...
Mar 9, 2025: Fuego Wakes up   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snz3Lejgvbo

The Nolichucky River Gorge, still has 1 mile of channel that is untouched after Hurricane Helene...
Rebuilding the Clinchfield Railroad Series ~ 1 MILE TO GO   -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrZUvSJFoiA

Oldguy, thanks for the videos. I loved seeing the 25 forgotten vegetables grown during the depression! There were a few I didn't know about.

While I was watching OG's vegetable video, I saw this video off to the side and decided to watch it. I think there are some Beakers who might enjoy seeing this, too. It's 17 minutes long - skip the 2 or 3 ads that are embedded, so you can see the great ending! I think there might be a couple of Beakers (Tig, maybe?), or their other half/hubbies (Clynn's Ed and Bella perhaps?), who might want to try this experiment at the right time of year. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyW5QciFAhc

I really liked the guy who has that garden channel - he's easy to listen to, so the videos go pretty fast. This is another one of his fun patio gardening experiments that is a bit longer, but very interesting, and also would make for a fun experiment to do with the kids, maybe in a smaller version with fewer plants. Have fun watching how this turns out - this one was started at the beginning of June, based on the 90-day first check-up being on Sept. 2nd, per the info in the video, and he said he started them a little late, so maybe it could've been started a bit earlier in the spring. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK1zt-AcOgg

[baziunc]

Happy Day, Beakers! 


Oldguy, I forgot to say that video of rebuilding the railroad through the Nolichucky River Gorge gives a great view of some of the awful damage there. They are doing an incredible job of that rebuilding! I still cry over the horrible damage done to so much of that beautiful country. I have run parts of the Nolichucky. I don't imagine it will be safe to do so again for a very long time. My heart goes out to all affected so badly by all that destruction.

Clynn and Lani, that dish you're calling breaded tomatoes is what I grew up calling stewed tomatios. I loved it when Mom made it! I make it every once in a while - a winter dish for me, it seems, for no reason, LOL. It takes me back to my childhood. When Mom made it, I was the one who always went back in the kitchen to see if any was left in the pan, and I would always finish it all if there was.    I also recall a rare butter and sugar sandwich when I was very small. I remember the first time I heard someone talk about oleo - my best friend's mom - and I didn't know what she was talking about. I thought maybe she meant something like corn oil. I laughed when I found out she was talking about butter - or rather, margarine, which is what I grew up calling it. Even though it was margarine, we always said "butter." My father's sister, who was 12 years older than him, said her husband wouldn't touch margarine after having grown up during the Depression, and would only eat real butter. So my aunt would save the wrappers from real butter sticks, and re-wrap the sticks of margarine with them so my uncle wouldn't know he was eating margarine. HAHAHA!!

Clynn, great picture - and yay on your Robin! I love the pics of the Munchkins at the lake the other day! Wow on all those eagles!! Did you go yesterday and see the Eagles?

Lani, those were some lean years in your childhood.  I wonder if SSTrig will be close enough to one of those other chick's nests that they will visit when they get bigger, like some of the chicks there do some years? I love it when they do that. You have no worries about your KU Jayhawks making the NCAA Tourney - last I saw they were forecasted to be a 6-seed, but who knows what seed they will end up. That was before their big win yesterday, and they still have their conference tourney to go till we find out next Sunday which teams land where in the big NCAA Tourney's brackets. My team has barely a whisper of a chance to make that tourney. I think they would have to win the ACC Tournament to get to the NCAA Tourney this year, so it is very unlikely they will play again after this week.

Phyl, I never had seen or eaten a rutabaga till my mother-in-law cooked them for part of our Sunday dinner one time my first husband and I visited her. It was yummy! She was a great cook! I have never been able to make them taste the way she did. Your bluebirds are pretty. Mine stay year-round here, and they have been very active just recently. I wish I knew where their nest is, but I haven't discovered it yet.

BL, I'm glad you and Pip had a good return trip home, full of sun, fresh fish, and island beverages and vibes. I'm sure Kopje is loving hearing about all your fish tails, er, tales. 

Tig, I can't remember now - was it your mother who ate lard sandwiches, and other Depression-era "delicacies" when she was growing up? Those were very hard and hungry years for so many people. I think I would've done the same, were I a hungry child during that time. My mother was very young then, but she remembers her family feeding people at their back door after their meals - apparently it was not an uncommon occurence. They were lucky to have been able to have done so. They weren't rich by any means, but they got by better than some during those years. She also said some people took in laundry to do in their homes to make a little extra money during the Depression, but I can't recall if she said her mother did so. That was a fun surprise discovery of the butterflies Camper left for you to find with "Phil." 

Lisa, I'm glad you got down there okay. Yum dinner with your father and stepmom! Did you find any King Cake to enjoy, post-Mardi Gras? All that good food you're getting to enjoy! I'm dreaming of it! Have you visited your niece yet? I hope she "does you proud" with how she has been getting along. I know you must be meandering down lots of memory lanes, especially some that include your mother. Hugs. 

Karen, I should've frozen some of my chili, like you did with yours, but I didn't think it was going to go as far as it did. LOL. There's some severe thunderstormy weather, and tornadoes, too, today, south of you in Florida. I hope it does not come your way! You and Piper keep your ear to the weather, and hopefully you will only get some drought-busting rain. It sounds like, from what you said, you might get enough rain to fill your backyard pool back up... but hopefully it will sink into the soil fast... It's getting too close to mosquito season now, with the warmer temps, to have water standing in the yard for more than a day or two. They pop out here every Spring sooner than I think they will. 


Waving to All the Beakers!