T Stands For Croissant in the Kitchen

 

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It appears the problem has corrected itself.

Now back to T Tuesday.

Please join me today at my kitchen table for 

a drink and a croissant lunch.  It's not often I eat at my kitchen table, where there is much less formality. 

 

Let's get my required drink reference out of the way.  As you can see, it's grape juice I picked up at Sam's the last time I went.  I've still got many and don't want the "best by" date to expire before I can consume all 48 of these.  That's the good thing about Sam's.  You can buy in lots.  It's also the bad thing about Sam's.  You must buy items in lots.

 

I love croissants and picked up too many the last time I was at Sam's.  Now I'll be eating them often.  I broke this one as I was placing it on the plate.  That's when I decided to eat it at my kitchen table today.

 

This is the last of the pea salad I made using Ranch dressing instead of mayonnaise.  I won't make such a large batch again.

 

While grocery shopping the last time, I stopped by the deli.  The lady gave me a sample of this marinated tomato salad.  It was delicious.  I purchased a pint.  When I got home and ate a spoonful, suddenly, my mouth was on fire.  It was HOT, HOT, HOT!  I'll be eating it sparingly for awhile.  

 

I also splurged and purchased a pint of mixed fruit at the deli.  I didn't want to purchase all the ingredients to make it myself. 

 

One final look before I consume this meal and juice.

 

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.    

 

 

I would also be remiss if I didn't remind you it's time to dig up your Second on the 2nd.  Any genre, any style, any length is acceptable, as long as it has been published sometime in the past.

 

If it's Sunday, it's Rocking Horses

 

I count lots of hearts and 11 rocking horses in the photo below.  Bleubeard and I are also joining Nicole for Sunday in the Art Room or SITAR, and Gillena for the very last Sunday Smiles.  

You may also notice this has become a haven for several of my completed altered books (AB).

 

We'll start here on the plant stand.  This is what it looked like before I removed the Halloween AB.  When I tried to put it back, I couldn't get the candle warmer to fit on the tray.

 

All I could do was take photos of what might have been and once was.  I love having this warmer in this room because it has hearts on it.

 

I have three of these glass rocking horses that hold candles, but they are all different sizes.

 

I love this terra cotta rocking horse, but it doesn't show up well in this photo.

 

This is a much better look at this rocker that holds a secret.

 

It's hard to see, but to the right of my watermark is a plug.  Remove the plug and fill the horse with essential oil.  The scent will waft into the room, especially if it is near a warm window above a heat vent.

 

This is one of my tiniest rocking horses.

 

I don't remember where I got it.

 

I've got several rocking horses that look like the wooden one on the right, but they are all different colors.

 

I also have several ceramic horses, but again, 

 

they are either different sizes or different colors. 

 

 I received this beauty from Mia last Christmas.

 

 I originally had it on my dresser, but I kept knocking it over, so I had to find a different place for it.

 

This metal rolling horse

 

comes complete with its own dinosaur.

 

This wooden rocking horse

 

sits in front of a candle and holder that has bent due to the heat of the sun.

 

My final rocking horse is small, metal, and quite uniquely shaped.

 One more look now you have seen them all on this side of the room. 

 

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The final haircut day

Today Elizabeth has turned the reins over to me.  My name is Bleubeard and I am the face of our blog.  That's Bleu as in 

  bleu cheese  and beard because when I was a kitten, 

I had a distinct beard which has mostly disappeared over time as I aged.  Now we have the obligatory face or faces out of the way, I will guide you through the last of the herbs while Elizabeth gets her hair cut.

 

We left off when Elizabeth showed you her milkweed that has never flowered.  She hopes the monarch larva will still stop by.

 

On the right, sitting on a stool is what Elizabeth calls either an airplane plant, or a spider plant.  I'm not fond of spiders, so you know what I'm calling it.

 

Elizabeth's peppermint, which sits below the airplane plant, is doing well.  She told me to remind everyone it overwintered indoors and is doing well this year.

 

The empty pot in front of the peppermint once held dill, but the swallowtail larva ate it all.  Although it looks like the spearmint is about to die, Elizabeth assures me after all the rain we got last week, it is now doing quite well.

 

This is Elizabeth's fourth time cutting her basil.  She claims it always comes back stronger than ever.

 

While Elizabeth was gone, I checked and saw several new bell peppers.  One is directly above Elizabeth's watermark.  

 

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What's the attraction?

 

This was the scene yesterday 

   outside Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, Kansas, a suburb just minutes north of Wichita.  POTUS was on a whirlwind tour to get various senators reelected who were in fear of losing their incumbency to a challenger.  This one was for Roger Marshall who was being challenged by Adam Hamilton.  Hamilton is slightly ahead in several polls and people like his down-to-earth way of talking to people.  Marshall has told lie after lie and Hamilton has called him on it.

Kansas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1932.

 

 The above are words by POTUS.  Hamilton has shown that he and his congregation helped put the "predator" behind bars.  That first paragraph above is absolutely false and Hamilton can prove it.

According to The Wichita Eagle (newspaper): 

Trump’s visit comes as Marshall is locked in a bitter campaign against Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton, pastor at the largest church in the state. The close race has put the Kansas Senate race in the national spotlight as a battleground state as Democrats look to potentially win the Senate.

Further:

President Donald Trump on Monday urged Kansas voters to reelect U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall in a wide-ranging speech that largely attacked Democrats and faced opposition from several protesters.

Protesters interrupted the speech on several occasions as Trump criticized a slew of Democratic candidates on the ballot this year, but the Trump-friendly crowd shouted over the protests. “The choice in this election is clear. You can vote for the radical left, dumocrat, communists,” Trump said. “Or you can defeat the dumocrat communists.”

I guess you see where that puts me!!  Go Hamilton.  BTW, Hamilton describes himself as "middle of the road."

T Stands For Croissant and A Recipe

 

Please join me for T at my dining room table today.

Yes, I am sharing another croissant for T this week.

 

I also have a recipe I will share with you.

 

Let's get my drink out of the way.  As you can see it's a diet Dr. Pepper.  As an aside, Dr Pepper was first used commercially in 1885, created in Waco, Texas by pharmacist Charles Alderton at Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store. It became nationally known when it was introduced at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.

 

My plate includes

 

a bunch of red seedless grapes that were on sale,

 

my cheddar cheese croissant, and

 

my homemade potato salad.  

 

I'm going to share the recipe today.

Ingredients 

5 lbs potatoes (I used Yukon Gold) 

16 oz container sour cream

24 oz (1 16 oz and 1 8 oz) containers French onion dip 

2 16 oz cans whole black olives cut in thirds

1 dozen eggs, hard cooked and chopped

1 bunch scallions cut in 1/2 inch lengths (I used some from my herb garden)  

 

Instructions 

While potatoes are cooking, assemble the other five (5) ingredients. 

Mix well.  Refrigerate.

When potatoes are cooked, cut to size and refrigerate.  

Once cool, add to mix and stir.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Enjoy. 

Freeze extra portions.

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book, as I have done.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.