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Celebrating

Having my birthday dinner with my favorite guy!

One of our nice steakhouse was open so we went and had a wonderful time.

Sharing

Sharing my beautiful Mother's Day card....

I was so surprised with it popped up:)

Tidbits

If you have to use a rental this is helpful to know. Is shows you which side to fill up gas.

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What a accident!

The tea bag was an accidental invention.

In 1908, New York tea merchant Thomas Sullivan sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in small silken bags. Many of the recipients assumed that the bags were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers. So, they put the entire bag into the teapot, rather than emptying out its contents.

Tidbits

If you happen to like biscuits and gravy here is a different rendition that is easy and good...

 Take a hard boiled egg (they will stay good forever in the refrigerator if you don't peel them) slice on top of a piece of toast and pour a white sauce (2tb. butter, 2 tbl. flour and 1 cup milk) over top. It is yummy:)

Karaoke

Karaoke (/ˌkæriˈoʊki/, Japanese: [kaɾaoke] (listen); カラオケ, clipped compound of Japanese kara 空 "empty" and ōkesutora オーケストラ "orchestra") ...yes the name Karaoke comes from Japan, it is a  type of dining interactive entertainment or video game developed in Japan in which an amateur singer sings along with recorded music (a music video) using a microphone. The music is normally an instrumental version of a well-known popular song. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol, changing colour, or music video images, to guide the singer.  The global karaoke market has been estimated to be worth nearly $10 billion. 
Hubby and I have been singing karaoke for many years now. We have one of these machines and our own cd's and practice here at home. It has been a wonderful adventure. I know a lot of people wait until they are three sheets to the wind and then get up and make a fool of themselves but for others it is a challenge to see how well they can sing a variety of songs. 
Not able to go now with the virus and sure do miss it. Update: Folks I tried to send you a song but it won't let me send it to my email. Says It is too big and even with doing only one verse but I tried!

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Did you know?

An Airline pilot must learn a special language to fly?

The language of flight, or Aviation English – which consists of around 300 words – is a combination of professional jargon and plain English. It was created to avoid pilots and air controllers mishearing each other and avoid potentially fatal accidents taking place.

One of the deadliest plane disasters in history was partly caused by language confusion.

In 1977, the Dutch captain on a flight to Tenerife, on Spain’s Canary Islands, told air traffic control: “We are at take-off”.

Tragically, the message was confused and coupled with poor weather conditions, the control tower could not see two planes headed for collision.

At least 583 people were killed in what is still regarded the deadliest accident in aviation history.

While the language of aviation is continually changing, pilots are required to pass strict language tests in order to fly planes safely.

PILOT SPEAK — AND WHAT IT MEANS

Affirm : Contrary to popular belief, pilots do not say “affirmative” when they mean yes – the correct term is affirm, pronounced “AY-firm”

Approach: Coming into land

Deadhead: This refers to a member of the airline crew who is travelling in a passenger seat

Mayday: This is one you don’t want to hear. The distress call for life-threatening emergencies, such as complete engine failure. It comes from the French “m’aidez” (“help me”). Pilots must stay it three times at the start of a radio call

MEL – Minimum Equipment List: This means a particular aircraft appliance is broken but is not needed for safe flight, such as the coffee maker

Pan-pan: The next level of emergency down from mayday, it’s used for situations that are serious but not life-threatening. Originating from the French word “panne”, meaning breakdown. You say it three times: “pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan”

Roger: This means “message received”, but it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll comply

Squawk: To squawk is to set your transponder (a device for receiving a radio signal) so that your location can be identified on a radar. Pilots might be asked to “squawk Mode Charlie” or “squawk ident”, which are unique settings to help air traffic control to see where you are

Standby: This means “please wait” and this is usually said when the air traffic controller or pilot is too busy to take a message

Wilco: An abbreviation of “will comply”, it means the pilot has received the message and will comply.

Of course these are just a few.

He has risen!

Spring has sprung at my house

The yellow flowers are on a plant called "Cat's claws" and it has little  claw like things

 on the stems and climbs unending. All those flowers turn into pods which is the not nice part of this plant but it thrives in our hot summers.

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Mask

I made this mask from a scarf I had...

Front

Inside

End to go over ears.

It was simple no sew and below is a video to show you how..Stay safe everyone.

https://www.facebook.com/100007964100586/videos/2611871689088276/

Blood donation

Everyone knows this yet few of us are  prompted to give. Blood donors in Sweden receive a text when their blood is used. Maybe that could inspire us!

To encourage more young people to donate blood, Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, sends a text to donors when their blood has been dispensed to someone in need. A common issue with blood donation, along with other types of charitable donations, is that if a donor doesn’t know the recipient, it’s harder to convince them that donating is beneficial. But with this system, which started in 2012, potential donors in Sweden have proof that their contribution is going to good use.

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Around the neighborhood

Hubby and I took a little walk around the neighborhood and took some pictures to share.

Small baby pine cones on our neighbors tree...

 Some very tall trees.....

Wonderful color combination and yes those are oranges....

One of our trees...
Yes it is spring here.

Yippe

Last year we planted this little tree and I noticed that the leaves were all drooping. We have had more rain than normal and thought it might be dying to you can imagine how thrilled I was when I walk up close to it and saw.......



Lot's and lots of new baby leaves!!

Church services

Many churches around the country is cancelling church services due to the virus but there are many services on TV and my church will be live streaming and you are welcome to join in.
https://vineyardnorthphoenix.com/?gclid=CIH7-IONmboCFcU7Mgod6ggARA

Keep the faith.

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James Parks

How I wish there was a picture of him to show but here is who he is...

Parks was born a slave on March 19,1843 in Arlington Virginia to Lawrence Parks and Patsy Clark.

The first graves in Arlington National Cemetery were dug by James Parks, a former Arlington Estate slave. Parks was freed in 1862 at the age of 19 years under the terms of the will of his former owner, George Washington Parke Custis. He still lived on Arlington Estate when Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed the orders designation Arlington as a military burial ground. Parks served in the U.S. Army from 1861 to 1929 (69 years) by working as a grave digger and maintenance man for the cemetery.

Prior to his death Jim Parks gave specific locations for the wells, springs, slave quarters, the slave cemetery dance pavilion, old roads, icehouse, blacksmith shop, and kitchens. He stated that all of his grandparents and parents were buried in the slave cemetery. At the time the article was written the Departments of Agriculture was in the process of uprooting the sacred ground for a farming area. It is not known what happened to the bodies interred in the slave cemetery.

At he time of his death he left behind one of the few slave accounts on record from much of the restoration of Arlington House was based. His testimony provided a complete record of the people who inhabited the plantation, the slaves and the Custis-Lee family.

When James Parks died on August 21,1929 the Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis granted special permission for him to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. He was buried at Arlington. Rest in Peace.

Hidden treasure

Many years ago now I went to my local goodwill to find some cheap picture frames. I got several and one was really small with a picture of a girl with a balloon. When I removed the back I was shocked to find a beautiful hand painted picture...

This is what was written on the back

Looked it up and indeed her and her husband were painters. It is so small but so detailed..

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A President of first's

Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office and the only President to marry in the White House in 1886.

Cleveland entered the White House as a bachelor and left a married man and father of two. His new wife was a beautiful young woman 27 years his junior named Frances Folsom. Frances was the daughter of a former law partner and Cleveland’s legal ward; Cleveland had literally known her since she was born. When she was 11, Frances’ father died and Cleveland became her legal guardian, remaining close friends with her mother. His pet name for Frances was Frank. Observers thought Cleveland would marry his friend’s widow and were completely surprised when, instead, he married Frances as soon as she turned 21.

In another White House first, Frances and Cleveland’s second daughter Esther became the first child born to a president in a White House bedroom.