Soup Sharing?

Saturday, Jan. 31
11am - 1pm.

Trinity United in Rose Bay will be hosting "Sharing Soup" tomorrow,

Enjoy a bowl of home-made hot soup, crackers and cookies in exchange for an item of gently used warm clothing or non-perishable food which will be forwarded to needy people.

Tea, coffee and juice will also be available.

Soups available: Chicken noodle, Hamburger and Vegetable. (no meat broth used in the vegetable).

What's on This Weekend?

A lone entry for this weekend, courtesy of the good folks at the Lunenburg Legion:

Breakfast
Royal Canadian Legion #23,
Lunenburg,
January 31,
7:30- 11:30 a.m.
Adults $6;
ages 5- 12, $3.
Takeout available for pick-up $6.50. 634-4215

While we're on the breakfast theme, here's a recipe for a breakfast 'bake'

2 12 oz. packages - ground pork sausage
1 green pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
3 cups frozen diced potatoes
1 cup biscuit baking mix
2 cups milk
4 eggs, beaten
8 oz. package shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1/4 tsp. pepper

Brown sausage in a large skillet over medium heat. Add green pepper and onion. Saute just until vegetables are tender; drain. Transfer sausage mixture into a lightly greased 13"X9" baking pan. Add frozen potatoes; toss to mix. Combine biscuit mix, milk, eggs, mixture, mixing well. Bake, uncovered at 400 F for 40 minutes, until set. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake for an additional 5 to 8 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly. Serves 12.

Note to self....do more redundant backups

Well folks, I've learned the hard way...back up your work, and back it up frequently.

My hard drive just died and I lost the last 2 weeks of my photographs. So, enjoy the pictures on my blog from the last couple weeks they are all that remain of my recent works..... Now, gotta go home and start burning off the copies of my pictures I still have!

Here's another skating shot that I salvaged from the 'sent items' in Outlook. Good thing I emailed it to a friend!

Another nice sunrise...

....though this doesn't bode well for the weather that's coming...

Sheesh, this temp. is 'balmy' in comparison....

...it was -20 when I woke up this morning, brrrr......

The ice was like....ice!

Intrepid skaters braved the winds yesterday to enjoy the first good lake skating of the season:

What's on this weekend?

We are in a 'dry spell' for community grub, but there are a few options this weekend:

Brekkies

Sat. Jan. 24
Parkdale/Maplewood Hall
7-10:30 am
Bacon, eggs, sausage, pancakes (with real maple syrup), toast, juice, tea and coffee
Adults $6
Kids 5-12 $3
Under 5 - Free!
Info: 644-2877

Suppers

Sat. Jan. 24
Spaghetti Supper
Forties Community Center
5-7 pm
Spaghetti, garlic bread, ice cream, maple syrup
Everyone welcome
Game of dominoes follows the supper at 7:30 pm

This Friday is the first for a new addition to my blog, comfort food recipes! Enjoy...

Crispy Chicken Bites

1 1/2 cups corn flake cereal (crushed)
1 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. onion powder
1/2 cup milk
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut in to 2 inch pieces)
1/4 cup butter, melted
Garnish: favourite dipping sauce

Combine cereal and seasonings in a shallow bowl; set aside. Pour milk into a separate bowl. Dip chicken pieces into milk, then into crumbs and coat thoroughly. Place in single layer on a baking sheet sprayed with non-stick vegetable spray. Drizzle butter over chicken, sprinkle with additional salt, if desired. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, or until no longer pink in the middle. Serve with your favorite sauce. Serves 4
salt and pepper to taste

Nice sunrise!

Every now and then I see this vertical sunbeam on the way in to work....finally stopped and took a picture. Too bad it wasn't on a section of road with now power lines in view, oh well.

Luckily I tried adjusting the EV compensation to make it darker, slowly learning!

Anyone who's been in the ole' farmhouse...

....will recognize this wallpaper. Vintage!

Oh, crap...

You guys were supposed to tell me it was the apocalypse today!

Awesome sunrise last week during the 'deep freeze'...

As you can see, I like it cold...

Well, maybe 'like' isn't the best word to use....

I keep the house cold, to save on oil costs. No sense keeping a drafty old farm house 'hot' at night, right?



You can tell it's old...no celsius on this baby!

More Xmas surfing

I like the way you can see this guy 'slicing' the wave during his take off:

Blast From the Past: Midville Branch Brake Burns

I feel like I've been neglecting the brake burns since winter's arrived, here's a set from Midville Branch:

More hall decking...

Deck the halls...and all that good stuff...

More Xmas day surfing...

You can go your own way......

More party wave peaks on Xmas.....the local 'cut off king' is not on this wave, for once!

Party Wave!

Christmas Day surfing, chilly offshore breeze...apparently the waves were "way better" earlier in the day. Typical.

Here's the beginning of a classic 'party wave'!

Too good to pass up: Homemade Motorcycle!

I'm not a huge blog 'scraper', but this craiglist post fits the truck tractor theme...respect!

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/atl/917410616.html

found via cookie...via boingboing..via google reader. ah....bliss.

Santa Claus is....

RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

(so that's why they tell me to "better watch out")