If you were here to read my previous post, you remember the close-up photos of the white tailed deer? Well, since the doe was so close to me as I leaned over the hawk watch platform, I pushed the record button and got a couple of videos....
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Friday morning, I had an appointment at 7 a.m. to get blood drawn for a Lipid panel. As I was driving there to the office, I witnessed a pretty sunrise sky....
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After my walk the other day, I did some shopping. I had a large sack of clothes in the trunk I wanted to donate to Goodwill. As I dropped that off, at the donation station, I saw what I've been looking for at garage sales, and other thrift shops. I haven't found anything until now! What I wanted was a very small wooden table. Preferably antique. This little table was at the door where I dropped the clothes off...no pricing was done on the table. The girl that was writing out a receipt for me for the clothes, I asked her to take the table back to the back room and ask them to price it for me! Cherry wood, iron, a small drawer....I was figuring $20. I got it for $3!!! Nice! And it fits the room perfectly [the shower room in the master bathroom]. Also near the table, was something I would've liked to have to add to the master bath [the wall frames are of wild animals]. Giraffes and a tiger and leopard kitten pen and ink sketch. This one WAS priced and it was $5. Framed and goes with the bath theme and colors. Got 'em home, cleaned 'em up with Scott's Liquid Gold and Windex on the art glass...Bud hung the picture for me. I was pleased.
Loading it all in the trunk of the car, I then made a stop at the store for lunch and ingredients for making a pasta salad for dinner. These individual salads are a great size for the two of us. And the flavors of the BLT are extraordinary. Taylor Farms Salads. Beats messing up the kitchen with dishes and utensils too. With my pasta salad for dinner [and enough for left overs] it's a simple recipe that my mom used to make [only she'd add boiled shrimp].
PASTA SALAD
Cooked shell pasta [cooled]
1 large red bell pepper [chopped]
1 large green bell pepper [chhopped]
1 medium white onion [chopped]
2 TBSPS coarse ground peppercorns
1 pound of cubed cheese [mine is a combination cheddar and jalapeno]
1/3 cup yellow mustard
1/2 cup Helmans's real mayonaise.
In a large bowl, mix all above ingredients, coating the pasta and peppers/onion well. Chill for several hours. Serve with toasted garlic bread. As a light side dish I make a fruit salad with jello.
Note: I've also added celery, thawed corn, ham at times ... the taste is YOUR choice.