A Useful Herb

In January, Lois Sutton, PhD, presented "Winter Herbs for Houston Gardens" to the Norchester Garden Club.  She is a great speaker and shared cuttings from some of her herbs in her presentation.  I took several of the Rosemary's since I hadn't worked with herbs.  Your can view the Herb Society web site by CLICKING HERE 

 I learned that a green Rosemary twig will root very readily in water.  Here is my Rosemary Cream Cheese Eggs Recipe that is easy and quite different.

Rosemary Cream Cheese Eggs

From Star of Texas Bed and Breakfast in Brownwood Tx

4 eggs              ¼ cup cream                3 Tbsp. cream cheese

3 Sprigs fresh Rosemary (snip off small pieces)

In a bowl, whip eggs with cream.  In a greased skillet, scramble egg mixture with rosemary until slightly runny.  Add dollops of cream cheese and melt into eggs to make creamy.   Serve hot with                                                                                              fresh fruit and Canadian bacon..  Serves two.

If you get sprigs of fresh rosemary from the store.. strip off the lower leaves and place in a glass of water and they will root.  Then put in a pot to have your own supply

What's Happening

We have not had much to report the past couple of months.   Chores around the house, new water heater, new kitchen faucet, etc... 

I have been enjoying filling the new Tool Chest Carol got me for Christmas (temporary labels)  With this, I'll be able to get rid of a number of old kitchen cabinets that looked rather bad.  







I have been walking each day in the park or mall, depending upon the weather. It is working as I have lost 17 lbs. since mid Sept.   

In this blog on Sept 20, 2013,  I had a post that described a way to keep cords and ear bud headphones "tangle free."   I continue to find this very helpful. It takes only 20 sec. to store; much less than the time it takes me to un-tangle.  In the daily use of my iPod and tangle free case since then, I have come up with a modest innovation that makes its use even easier.   

 The earlier post linked to a 3 min. UTube video that I made of how to do it.  I have now updated that video a bit, adding a step to mark the center of the cord.  It allows pulling the wire bundle out much more cleanly. 

The video in that earlier link has not been changed.  But if you have an interest, you can see the new version by CLICKING HERE  It will just open with the video ready to go. It works best in full screen mode and runs 4 min. with sound. 

Last Day Wildlife

Carol fixed a nice breakfast casserole which we enjoyed with the Diehls this morning. They then left for home.  We had a very heavy rain last night and the temp dropped to 47.  A sunny and windy 76 right now at noon.  We will enjoy the rest of the day reading, then likely suffer through another Texans game as they play the 49ers tonight.  We are heading home tomorrow.

I saw these guys across the pond from us early this morning through the mist and got out my telephoto lens. Must be some kind of goose but not familiar to me.

That is a red leaf on the ground .. not a crest on the one on the left

A Pleasant Saturday

Another "almost" down day.  We did drive the 4 1/2 miles to the local HEB for some groceries for a breakfast casserole tomorrow.  Low 80s and breeze.  Partly cloudy.  A great day to read and relax.  I walked Cody across the small bridge to the park area across from our rigs.  This is a nice view from our patio.

And here is a view of the rigs.  Lots of nice open spaces.

This fine old tree caught my eye.... 

And Cody and I caught the eye of this guy....

Kerrville Economy Suffers Setback

Yes... too bad for the area, but  today was a "down day" for the Diehls and the Bennetts.  We didn't leave the RV site.  Highly unusual given that WalMart and gift shops are only about 15 minutes away.  However to relieve the dull ache of nonshopitis, the ladies had a craft day.   Carol and Barb applied their considerable talents to improving the appearance of some dry gourds.  Clearly this was more productive than our U.S. Congress can claim for the day.  With brats for lunch and pork chops for dinner, however, Bob and Chuck were able to get through the day just fine; only slightly more productive than the congress. Sunny, warm, and breezy.

Wed and Thurs

Visits to Kerrville and Federicksburg areas for shopping, plant looking and lunch.   Both days were hot and sunny.  Not bad in the shade as a good breeze.  

After "The Gardens on the Ridge" by Kerrville, we visited "the Pinnacle" Golf Club overlooking the surrounding valleys.  

 









Then on Thurs to Fredericksburg for a traditional stop at Wildseed Farms

All pictures on the web HERE

Back at Buckhorn Lake RV

Monday the 30^th we left the TV “Government Shutdown” chaos behind and drove the 250 miles to our favorite Texas RV park near Kerrville, TX.   While we enjoyed a week here in the spring, this time we are joined by Bob and Barb Diehl from Plano, TX.  So, like today, we can expect a week of shopping and if Bob and I are “lucky” a lunch at a Tea Room or two.  We are in the very nice sites on a little creek and just across from a nice wooded area with a dog park.

 Today we visited Camp Verde, a historic site from pre-Civil War days, where they operated with a squadron? of camels as part of a test of their suitability for use with the army.  As the girls can attest, they have great shopping here as well as a very nice restaurant which was a nice way to spend Barb’s birthday. 

Too Much Lunch ??