Review & Unconscious Mutterings #5

Last night I logged on to my Amazon Prime to watch a movie I wanted to see when it came out last year called "The Age Of Adaline". A far-fetched fantasy film rated PG-13 but I don't recommend it for children. I'm so glad I watched it for it was a nice surprise. Blake Lively as Adaline is lovely and very convincing as a 100+ year old woman living in her 29 year old body. As far-fetched as the whole idea sounds, somehow they made it work. Even the narrator (Hugh Ross) at the beginning and end worked well with the film.


Here's this week's Unconscious Mutterings meme. It's fun and all you do is answer with the first thought that comes to your mind for each question. Usually one word answers will do.



I say ... and you think ...?
1. Unflattering ~ Doesn't Do A Thing For You.
2. Challenge ~ You To A Race
3. Passion ~ Fruit
4. Founder ~ Established
5. Home ~ Is Where The Heart Is
6. Puppet ~ Show
7. Lotion ~ Moisterizer
8. Flavor ~ Lemon
9. Respectful ~ ly Yours
10. Runway ~ Train.

Now you try either on your own blog or answer here in comments.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Until the next time dear friends, have a day of blessings.

Annie's Meme List

I thought I would post Annie's Meme list of questions she had on her blog.

1. Have you ever fell for someone you didn’t expect to?  Not that I can remember, but I doubt it.

2. Don’t tell me lies, is the last person you texted attractive?  Yes! my beautiful daughter.

3. What are your favorite TV shows?  Right now it's NCIS and NCIS:New Orleans. Others I own on DVD i.e.; Poirot, Miss Marple, Midsomer Murders, and Rosemary and Thyme. I watch them often.

4. Do you believe in God?  Absolutely! With all my heart.

5. Where do you buy groceries? Why?  Shop Rite, because they deliver and I order online. I order twice a month to get me through the month. So far no problems the past three years.

6. Can you taste the difference between Coca Cola and Pepsi?  I don't drink any kind of soda so I wouldn't know. I grew up a milk baby and still love it but my favorite drink is coffee.

7. What’s the oldest thing that you own?  Right now, it's me LOL!

8. What is the most interesting piece of Trivia that you know?  Agatha Christie hated Poirot and couldn't wait to kill him off. Which she did in her book "Curtain, Poirot's Last Case" published after her death.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BTW, have you noticed the name change? I wasn't crazy about the one I had LOL! I Hope you join in to Annie's Meme. Until next time dear friends, have a weekend of blessings.

Remember When?

I remember very well childhood and teenage toys and games that bring back many memories. One I still play but only the digital version. Here are a list of five. How many of you played with any of them?

#1 ViewMaster: The original Viewmaster came out in 1939 and evolved through the 50’s when the “stereoscopic sightseeing” evolved in to more of a toy like the one you see here. It’s was the kind of thing that would really got your imagination going!

#2 Lock & Key Skates: I loved mine and once you got the hang of them, you could really move especially on the Bronx streets where I grew up. And how fun was it after you did? Enough that they made a song about it! Here’s how the first line went:
"I got a brand new pair of roller skates, You got a brand new key"....etc..

#3 Original Yahtzee: This classic, family-friendly dice game came out in the late 40’s, but didn’t see much action until 1956 when game developer Edwin Lowe began marketing it across the U.S. Milton Bradley purchased the game and rights to market it in 1973, which brought it in to modern times. I still play it today but on my laptop under the name of "Maxi Dice".

#4 Hula Hoop: Would you believe the Hula Hoop didn’t actually come out until 1958? Like most toys, this one went through different times in waves. It’s one of those things you can come back to again and again and still enjoy.

#5 Slinky: Genius! Slinkys were always cool, and a quintessential childhood toy and an icon of classic fun. With a theme song that sticks with you for life, Slinky has captivated kids with its ability to walk down stairs. Still being enjoyed today by kids and grownups alike.




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Not much going on right now here with me and so I'll leave you with this quote,  "Childhood is the most beautiful of all life's seasons". Have a day of blessings dear friends.

Tuesday 4 Meme #8

Here's this week's Tuesday 4 Meme. This meme will always have just 4 questions each week. I hope you enjoy doing this one along with me and you can always answer in comments or copy and paste and answer on your own blog.

Favorite Endings
1.  What's your favorite type of ending to a movie/play?:   "And they all lived happily ever after".

2.  What's your favorite type of ending to a book/novel?:   Solving the mystery. After all it's the kind of book I read.

3.  What would be your favorite ending to your life story?:   What else! A blessed and happy one of course.
4.  What would be your favorite sentence ending to these ridiculous questions:   "I'm glad this is over with"!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I love the fact that we are finally having Autumn weather here in my neighborhood. It's been too long of a hot and humid summer for me. Now if we can only hold off the cold freezing Winters until Spring sets in. LOL!!

And Now, For The Unusual

Every once in awhile I travel the world  (through the internet, LOL)  and look for unusual structures like trees, houses, strange art, etc. And can't get over the things I find. Here is my latest unusual find from around the world I thought you might enjoy along with me.

Built on a rock on the river Drina near the western Serbian town of Bajina Basta

Toilet-shaped house in Suwon, about 46 km (29 miles) south of Seoul

Airplane house in the village of Miziara, Lebanon

The Heliodome, a bioclimatic solar house in Cosswiller, Eastern France

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I guess my art and wondering mind loves to look for anything unusual. {G}..I love this kind of stuff even though I can't imagine ever living in these homes. Hope you enjoyed seeing it too. Until next time be blessed my friends.

Friday Foto Friends #50

This past Tuesday morning about 8:00am I happened to look out my bedroom window. The sky was blue and clear with the moon in sight. The sun shone bright on the trees in full golden color. I grabbed my cellphone and took these two photos through the window. I thought you would enjoy seeing them too. The photos are untouched and straight from my cellphone. Click on them to see full size.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you're interested in joining the Friday Foto Friends you can visit Debbie by clicking on her name. Until next time dear friends have a lovely weekend.

Another Pumpkin Bread Recipe

I've seen many different pumpkin bread recipes in my time so I thought I'd post another one for you to see or copy to make for yourself and your family.

Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
1-3/4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon extra-light olive oil
3/4 cup canned unsweetened pumpkin puree
3 tablespoons water

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat together the sugar, eggs, oil and pumpkin. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture alternating with the water, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix only until blended. Do not overmix. Spoon the batter into the loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the loaf sit in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

NOTES:  Makes 1 loaf (about 12 slices).

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Tuesday 4 Meme #7

Here's this week's Tuesday 4 Meme. I hope you enjoy doing this one along with me and answer in comments or copy and paste and answer on your own blog.

Autumn Favorites
1.  Favorite Autumn Activity:   Going for a drive leaf peeking and stopping at farm stands and nurseries to buy Autumn goodies and pumpkins.

2.  Favorite Autumn Meal:   Warm Apple and Pumpkin Pie and Beef Barley Soup (not in that order of course)...[G]

3.  Favorite Autumn Drink:   Hot Cup of Coffee and Apple Cider.

4.  Favorite Autumn Weather:   In the high 50's (13c) and sunny.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Last evening feeling better and the first time I left my apartment in a week, my sister Louise picked me up and we went over to our sister Phyllis' for our weekly game of cards. It's always a fun evening catching up on the latest family news, with a lot of laughs and walking down memory lane. We usually play one game called "Hand & Foot" a canasta type game. It's a five step game played with one more deck than the amount of players. Last night was my turn to win. LOL! Today I'm not sure what I'll be doing besides catching up on household chores. Anyway dear friends, until next time be blessed.

Unconscious Mutterings #4

Here's this week's Unconscious Mutterings meme. It's fun and all you do is answer with the first thought that comes to your mind for each question. Usually one word answers will do.



I say ... and you think ...?
1. Luke ~ The Gospel According To

2. Towel ~ Rack

3. Arrest ~ Under

4. Curls ~ For Girls

5. Dust ~ Mop

6. Flipped ~ His Lid

7. Remote ~ Control

8. Swipe ~ Your Credit Card

9. Magazine ~ Cover

10. Cotton ~ Swabs.

Now you try either on your own blog or answer here in comments.

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It's Not My Day!

Well at least that's the way I felt since yesterday. Had a bad night sleeping. I woke up with the start of a sore throat and stuffed nose and another cold, watery eyes, coughing and sniffling. This is not a good way to start a weekend. Hopefully by Monday with rest, tea and honey  (I'm not a medicine taker)  I'll feel more normal and myself.

Went to work on this blog early this morning and because I'm so tired I accidentally deleted my Friday Foto Friends entry. I'm just to tired to do it again.

Not much else going on right now and I'm not sure of the weekend as it will depend on how I'll feel. So my friends, I hope your days are better and blessed.

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I so look forward to your comment as I appreciate your visit here. Today and always, I am thankful for your warm welcome and for being a friend to me.

Apple Walnut Cake

Since it's Apple season I thought you might want to try this recipe. It's a delicious and easy one. I know some of you hate to peel apples like I do, but it's worth it.

Apple Walnut Cake

Diections:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
4 eggs
l cup oil
l/3 cup orange juice
2 teaspoons vanilla
l teaspoon salt

The Batter: Mix dry ingredients, add all other ingredients. Beat l0 minutes.

Directions:

Peel and slice 5 to 6 medium apples. Add: l/2 cup sugar on top of apples plus l teaspoon cinnamon and l/2 cup chopped walnuts and mix until coated. Grease and flour bundt, or tube pan. Pour half of the batter in the baking pan. Cover with half of the apples. Put the rest of the batter on top of the apples and cover with remaining apple/nut mixture. Bake: l & l/2 hours at 350 degrees.

Note - Important: When adding apples try to keep away from sides of pan.

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I so look forward to your comment as I appreciate your visit here. Today and always, I am thankful for your warm welcome and for being a friend to me.

Tuesday 4 Meme #6

Time again for this week's Tuesday 4 Meme. I hope you enjoy doing this one along with me and answer in comments or copy and paste and answer on your own blog.

Favorite Senses
What Is or Are Your...
1.  Favorite Smell/s?:   Spring blossoms and the air after a cleansing rain.

2.  Favorite View/s?:   The Hudson River with the Catskill Mountains in Autumn.

3.  Favorite Taste/s?:   Freshly brewed coffee  (and anything)  lemon dessert and cannoli.

4.  Favorite Sound/s?:   A passing train and whistle in the distance, quiet ocean waves along the shore, and breezy rustling leaves.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Today I'm going out to lunch with my sister Phyllis then drive through the country side "leaf peeking" as we call it and hopefully take some pretty pictures for Friday's entry. Later we are going to my niece's for a birthday coffee and cake celebration for her and her husband. It should be a full day. It's been a week since I've been out of the apartment and I'm so looking forward to it. So, dear friends until next time be blessed.

I so look forward to your comment as I appreciate your visit here. Today and always, I am thankful for your warm welcome and for being a friend to me.

For Those Who Celebrate

Columbus Day and I know some who do and some who don't. LOL! But just in case you do I wish you a blessed and..

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I so look forward to your comment as I appreciate your visit here. Today and always, I am thankful for your warm welcome and for being a friend to me.

Bejeweled List

I thought I would post another 10 question list. This time about Jewelry. Hope you join in and add your list in a comment or copy and paste to add on your blog.

1. If you could only have one piece of jewelry, what would it be?  I have two, my sleeping beauty X-shaped turquoise ring and and my Lord's Prayer silver band ring.

2. Do you prefer gold or silver?  White gold or 18k Italian yellow gold.

3. Do you wear a wedding band, or diamond and wedding band?  Haven't owned them since 1995.

4. Are your ears pierced? How old were you went you got them pierced?  Twice each ear, first time 47 years ago and the second holes 25 years ago. I now basically stay with earrings in the first original holes.

5. Are diamonds a girl’s best friend?  They haven't been mine [G].

6. Do you wear a watch all the time?  Whenever I leave the house.

7. Is there some piece of jewelry that you have dreamed of having?  Nope.

8. If you opened a treasure chest, would you prefer diamonds, rubies or gold?, why?  All three...why settle for less...[G].

9. Do you wear earrings all the time, occasionally, or never?  All the time mostly large hoops.

10. What is the most expensive piece of jewelry you own?  My Italian 18k gold hoop earrings and my sleeping beauty X-shaped turquoise ring.

NOTE: Photo featured found on the Web.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Right now coffee is perking and gently calling my name to come and get it. So my friends I hope your day is a blessed one for you and yours.

I so look forward to your comment as I appreciate your visit here. Today and always, I am thankful for your warm welcome and for being a friend to me.

Friday Foto Friends #48

Anyone that knows me, knows my love for trains and seeing empty tracks at different times and seasons brings out the awe and wonder in me. There is something about those empty tracks that are beautiful besides being forlorn and lonely. I can almost hear the distant whistle and rumbling train coming down these lonely lines. You can find beauty in almost anything in this world if you only look for it.

The Fog and Tracks of Georgia

The Empty Track of Mt. Pocono, Penn.

The Rails and Rainbow of Nashville, Tenn.

The Sunset Tracks of Secret Pass, Nevada

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you're interested in joining the Friday Foto Friends you can visit Debbie by clicking on her name. Until next time dear friends have a lovely weekend.

I so look forward to your comment as I appreciate your visit here. Today and always, I am thankful for your warm welcome and for being a friend to me.

Tuesday 4 Meme #5

Time again for this week's Tuesday 4 Meme. I hope you enjoy doing this one along with me and answer in comments or copy and paste and answer on your own blog.

As A Child, I..
1.  As a child I loved to play...?:   Stick ball, jump rope, ball bouncing, jacks and acting out plays. I hated dolls, my mom said I used to take the heads off and hang the bodies in the closet to hide them LOL!!.

2.  As a child I wanted to grow up to be...?:   A poet/writer, fashion designer or painter/artist. Even then I wasn't one to stick to one career and have done all three in my lifetime.

3.  As a child my favorite thing to eat was...?:   Lemon Meringue pie, bananas, vanilla ice cream on a waffle cone with chocolate sprinkles, cheesecake, and cannoli. You know... all the good stuff that's really not good for me but I still like to eat them today.

4.  As a child my favorite relative was...?:   My mom who has since passed on to be with Our Lord and I miss her dearly.

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Until the next time dear friends have a blessed day ahead.

I so look forward to your comment as I appreciate your visit here. Today and always, I am thankful for your warm welcome and for being a friend to me.

Unconscious Mutterings #3

Here's this week's Unconscious Mutterings meme. It's fun and all you do is answer with the first thought that comes to your mind for each question. Usually one word answers will do.


I say ... and you think ...?
1. Brace ~ Yourself

2. Upgrade ~ For The Better

3. Run ~ As Fast As You Can!

4. Construction ~ Noisy and Never Ending

5. Lazy ~ Days

6. Email ~ Only When Necessary

7. Hide ~ 'N Seek

8. Hornet ~ 's Nest

9. Wonder ~ Of Wonders

10. Hesitate ~ And Lose.

Now you try either on your own blog or answer here in comments.

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I so look forward to your comment as I appreciate your visit here. Today and always, I am thankful for your warm welcome and for being a friend to me.