A Grand Day

Another warm day with sunshine.  Soon the snow mountains will all be gone.   I saw and heard my first red winged blackbird this afternoon when Nicky and I were out walking.    He is just turning into an outdoor fiend.   I can't blame him for liking it out there.   All new smells and his feet don't get cold.

Bobbie and I went to the Kohler Demonstration Kitchen for their Irish Cooking Class.   Lots of fun.   We learned how to make Irish bacon from a loin cut.   We learned how to make corned beef hash from the last or just leftover corned beef, how to poach and hold eggs and how to make a Green Velvet Cake.  Actually Bobbie makes poached eggs.   I never have.

We, of course, got to taste everything plus two beers.   I tasted them and they were not bad.   Kind of sweet and one was also citrusy.  I forgot what they were, but that is OK.  I probably won't want them anyway.

Everything was good, except --- The chef demonstrator put balsamic vinegar in the hash and frankly, I did not care for it.  As long as the poached egg lasted, it was edible, but I couldn't finish it.  Bobbie and I decided that we just have a refined palate.

The choir sang at mass tonight,  I was lector too.  This has happened twice and is workable.  If I am communion minister, I change with somebody because I would miss some of the singing, but lectoring and singing don't happen at the same time.     Scott, our director, was proud of us tonight.   We could tell that we did well also.   It feels good when we do.   He is picking some really gorgeous music, I must say.

Tomorrow, Escanaba in Da Moonlight, at Memories with Bobbie and Bill.

I love time with them.   We always have fun.

I am blessed.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Just got back from Shamrocks and Shenanigans at the Plymouth Arts Center.   Mary Calvey really outdid herself this year.   She had a super group of musicians supporting her and they sang and played traditional and Irish American  music that warmed the soul.    Glad I went.  I sat with three friends.  Sonia Prichard,  Kathy Flath and Jena Hoftiezer.   We had a glass of wine and chips together and just enjoyed the music.

Must get to bed.  Tomorrow I go to an Irish cooking class at Woodlake with Bobbie.

Yee Haa.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Shopping this morning.   The only time I had to leave the complex.   I had loose plans to go to 52 Stafford this evening, but Pat, my neighbor who wanted to go, was not feeling well, so we figure there will be lots of Wednesdays that we can go.

I am probably just as well off resting for the next day or so as the weekend THROUGH St. Patrick's Day is Packed.  I don't like to miss anything, you know, but I do get worn out sometimes.

So.   I spent time sewing, and working on the Gathering and trying to find lost things.

Isn't that the most annoying thing.   You know Exactly where something is and then you go to get it and it is Not there.  EEEEEUUUUUUU


So tomorrow chiropractor and choir practice.   I have felt pretty good except for afternoon and evening headaches.   I just don't want to take mid day meds.


Dia Dhuit

Mary

Another beautiful day in the 50s.    The snow is almost gone.   The deep drifts that the plows left are still there of course.  There are also "mini lakes" in the low spots.    Fortunately, Nicky is not fond of puddles and mainly avoids them.   We had a couple of nice walks today.   The last couple of days, we have ended up walking with one or the other of our neighbors and he seems to be  calming down a bit.   Now exactly welcoming but much better.

I picked up my ticket for Shamrocks and Shenanigans.  Sonja Prichard joined me at PAC so we could sit together.   There will be lots of other friends too.   That will be the beginning of five days of activities.   I need to REALLY rest on Friday. 

Sonia and I had lunch at Antoinette's.   I got a Mexican plate so have a burrito and half a chimichunga left for lunches, the next couple of days.

Had errands at the post office and Walgreens too.   Did get home by 2:30PM today.   Put another part on the Black Pig stitchery.  

Tomorrow, grocery shopping early then I am joining a friend at 52 Stafford for a bit of music in the evening.

Just about time to take Mr Nick out for his last bathroom call and get ready for bed.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

A super busy Monday made busier by a silly mistake.

Bible Study at 9:30AM.   There were just four of us.    We finished out discussing of Acts 20.   A lot to discuss in this one as Paul is instructing his followers in Ephesus how they should behave and continue as he would never see them again in this life.   Lots to talk about.

Then I went to visit Mother.   She seems good.   She says that she is so weak but did also say that she felt better today than she had felt the past couple of days.   I think the warmth and the sunshine will perk her up.

Then I picked up Sy Regan and we went to the Sheboygan Writers' Club.   There are always at over 20 people at this meeting.   This meeting those who had accepted, read from and assignment to write 300 words or less on an item or picture that we had.  I wrote a poem about my Heeland Coo.   I shared the photo that I took of the one that I almost petted  in Scotland.

Here is the poem.

 

Tatie, the Highland Coo

Those huge black eyes looked deep into mine.

She had to be at least twenty six

though she did not look a day over twenty.

She stood at the fence

expecting a treat

which I did not have.

I reached to brush her furry locks.

She calmly pushed my arm away

with the huge long horns that graced her head.

Her demeanor said, “Do not touch my body!”

Those horns were enough for me.

She was agreeable to pose for photos,

probably used to paparazzi snapping shots.

It was at this point that I fell in love

with my new favorite animal

this noble creature known in the Scottish Highlands

as Heeland Coo,

a name that surely suits her.

Dia Dhuit

Mary

Just got of the phone with Richard and Brenda.   All the protests in Madison made me feel that I should talk to my kids there.  They are fine and getting ready for their trip to England.

Today was a good day.  I was home all day except for a quick trip to Rhine Plymouth to finish my targets for the pistol league.   I knew that I could not go next Friday, so needed to get out there.  You know how I hate to not complete a task.

Nicky and I had a couple or three of really nice walks.   I went out at about 1PM and met Marilyn, one of my neighbors.  He usually barks like crazy at her and seems quite aggressive, but with our walk, he calmed down a lot.  I am hoping that this is a sign that he will warm up to people with interaction as summer comes on.

The week is rather quiet.   I am so glad as starting on Friday, the St. Patrick Day events are really piled up.


Daylight savings time is on us.   So far so good.  I actually stayed in bed a bit longer this morning but cannot do that tomorrow.

So. Until tomorrow

Dia dhuit

Mary