Hand shadows are quite possibly our oldest form of art, yet very little is known about it today.
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Lose 20 pounds in three weeks on Chinese Wu-Long tea diet.
Live to 105 on the Mediterranean Grain Diet.
Drink cabbage soup.
This low fat diet is the diet to end all diets.
High fat diet changes the Body Clock.
Diets have been around for a while. In 1087, William the Conqueror, too fat to get on his horse, invented the liquid diet. Unfortunately it consisted solely of alcohol. He died the following year from a fall from said horse, so we can assume his diet was successful. In a manner of speaking.
We drifted along in diet ignorance for about 800 years.
William Banting’s breakthrough book in 1859, the first Low-Carb Diet book ever, was called a “Letter on Corpulence.” He dropped fifty pounds at the rate of about one pound per week. But doctors, who thought obesity was incurable and caused by lack of thyroid hormone, ignored him.
In 1896, the first advertisements for weight loss products appeared consisting of purgatives like arsenic, strychnine, washing soda, and Epsom salts.
The cure might have been worse than the disease.
It wasn't until the early 1900s that chemists Wilbur Atwater and Russell Chittenden did the initial work of measuring food as units of heat that could be produced by burning it. They were called calories.
So for the first time we had a scientific measure to inflict on us.
Armed with that information, a spiritualist named Howard Carrington advocated eating only raw fruits and vegetables. While Horace Fletcher, known as the Great Masticator, didn’t care what you ate, as long as you chewed and, well, chewed.
Gayelord Hauser's book, “Look Younger, Live Longer” was mainly fruit and nuts and it attracted film stars like Paulette Goddard and Gloria Swanson.
The low-calorie diet is a humbug, declared Dr. Herman Taller in his best-selling 1961 book, “Calories Don't Count,” until the FDA counted him out.
Then there’s a new study confirming that dietary change, specifically eating less fat, produces more weight loss than working out.
So what have we learned since William fell off his horse?
If I knew, I’d come out with the J. Peterman Diet book because if you put diet in the title, you sell an immediate 40,00 copies.
I usually subscribe to the Thoreau’s “Everything in Moderation,"except when I’m in France, Italy, Spain, India or any restaurant, in any country, that serves good food.
And you? Whether you're maintaining, watching your weight, or trying to lose it, what do you subscribe to? Diet? Exercise? Both?
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Eat less.
Exercise more.
Works for me.
I currently have a neurologic condition that causes some pretty serious nausea so I've lost just over a 100 pounds, but a friend of mine has had great success with a diet that eliminates almost all sugar...
It might change as I get older and metabolism slows, but fortunately till now, I've never had to go on a diet. I have perhaps some strange rules:
I always eat till just before I get full, I eat more frequently than heavily at one go, thereby tricking the body into thinking it will never starve (i think diets are self defeating because your body is fearful it may not get the next meal, so it stores up), I try not to have cold drinks with meals (I imagine the fat coagulating and harder to dispel). I prefer to go for butter instead of margarine, full cream milk instead of skimmed, cane sugar instead of white, in fact anything that is less processed. I believe you have to be careful about trying to finish left overs, just for the sake of finishing them. They are never going to get to Africa and it is better to make one mistake of cooking too much than two, including finishing them. I am a size 4-5 US size, for my 5'4 frame and weigh just under 110. My BMI is 18.4 which I am told is a little underweight - it doesn't bother me.
Here's a BMI calculator if you like. There is also an interesting global BMI chart
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/
http://chartsbin.com/view/577
For all the fancy this and that, both Lotlot and Spring Fragrance are right. Eat less and exercise more and eat smaller meals more frequently. There was an article in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times that posits that the real culpret is carbohydrates because of the way they are digested. Anything low on the glycemic scale will help - and that cuts out or well down on sugar and sweets as well as bread, potatoes, rice, etc. My doctor says that even a ten minute walk each day will make a difference.
I work at a gym. While body mass index is imprtant, statistical research indicates the hip to waist measurment is more important due to the viscous fat accumulation over the muscles on the rectus abdominus, (belly or six pack muscles). This is the dangerous fat. I learned that keeping white processed foods out of your diet or if you cannot avoid them, then keep them quite low. Think of this, when you put something in your mounth; say will this bring nutrition into my body, will my cells recognize this as living food. One size does not fit all, heredity,metabolism and environment play a role also. Even if you are not fat, you may have more fat and less muscle in the body which is not healthy. EAT ON MY FRIENDS.
Lynn, your post prompts me to remember a comment from a colleague. He shook his head one day, saying he was shocked that I could wolf down one plate of rice every lunch time, he said he would bloat up if he did the same. Yet I know I couldn't handle the same amount of potatoes as my colleagues if I have a western meal. It appears the saying that we are what we eat is quite true as we have food intolerance according to our cultural and genetic make up. Most asians are lactose intolerant; we don't take to dairy products which is staple to you. Europeans have a greater tolerance for alcohol, with very young children in France being given a glass at meal times. Asians have less tolerance, we turning red easily ("Asian glow"). The aboriginals in Australia have seen the lives of their young completely destroyed because of alcohol which they also can't tolerate
Not sure where I was going with this but I wonder if diets should have a cultural component to it!
Well la de da and fiddle dee dee, will not be offering my BMI today. In fact, the only thing worse than being on a diet (moderation & exercise blah blah blah..we are old enough to have a modicum of common sense)is talking about diets.
It seems that I've been on one diet or another forever. Now that I've reached this vast age, I've found that just everybody I know, no matter what, still reverts to body type. Of course everything should be done in moderation, but without surgery, and I'm not going that route, I'm afraid that I look like I look and am stuck with it. I've been working on my personality, try wearing eye make-up, blushing in a little cleavage and nobody knows what you look like -- most eyes are focused, well...................elsewhere.
Surely a diet is about eating what you need not what you want. Need and greed do not make good table - mates. Years back, I was horrified by TV pictures of obese retired people in the US, waddling around stuffing their faces with obscenely large portions of food - if food it could be called. As ever, what is seen in the US is in Britain 10 years later. We are now the fat capitol of Europe. Sorry, if you think you need a between meals snack, try a glass if iced water with a pretty twist of lemon and lime. The population of the UK was never healthier than when war time rationing was in force. Spring F has a good point aboout ethnicity and diet - the country was 'restricted' to anything home-grown. Not eating strawberries flown in from Israel, little green beans flown in from Kenya etc. So you ate what was in season or what you'd had the nowse to preserve, pickle, make jam (if you get could get the sugar) Meat, eggs, butter, lard, cheese, sugar - the list goes on, were rationed. Of course there was a thriving black market, and I think city folk had a harder time - we country people knew how to get a decent meal. I wonder, do Mr P's elegant 'outdoorsy' jackets include a 'poacher's pocket'?
Well, It's fine for me, I have never been a huge appetite person. Same weight (skinny) since age 18. My only 'diet' experience was a few months on a no fat diet as I had gallstones. My, what a boring diet! Fat is what makes everything taste good. So, no credit to me for an iron-willed self-denial, my metabolism decrees that I will be thin. Don't get me wrong, I love food, but in small portions.
Still think my chocolate bar diet is the best one....take your FAVORITE,unopened bar with you on a long walk...place it on the trunk of a car (boot,Hazel)at a stop, chase it when the light turns green---if you can catch it--you can eat it
Still think my chocolate bar diet is the best one....take your FAVORITE,unopened bar with you on a long walk...place it on the trunk of a car (boot,Hazel)at a stop, chase it when the light turns green---if you can catch it--you can eat it
***Tip One:......Depression glassware plates, saucers, bowls, and cups...illustrate proper portion sizes..Remember "Tiara" glassware?..>>>> When I have a dinner party, my guests marvel at the small portion sizes.and always reply.."that was just enough food...!!!!.........Tip two: portion control....moderation...proper menu plannining..Tip three: ....balance: variety: moderation: excercise: Tip four: ....special health conditions call for special menu planning needs:ie., I am gluten-free.....Tip five: Drink Water.....Water Goes In and Water Goes Out! Tip six: coffee, tea, lemonade, fruit punch, Ice Tea, Soda Pop, Diet drinks...are "occassional beverages.."..."not intended to be portion out and consumed in large quantities....of..ie., when you purchase one can of soda pop...contains 12 fluid oz....OK....pour 3 ounces over ice...and that is a serving!!!! TA DA WA LA Waka MA...TA DA.....there is no rule that you have to drink the whole can of Soda POP !!!!!Theres some tips...hope you read all you can about Nutrition......and enhance you mind on sound nutrition....reading about Nutrition will enlightened you...and help you maintain a proper menu plan....yeppie!
EthelRose~ Drinking water .... I freeze ice cube trays with shavings of orange, lemon, lime - makes a pretty drink. Sometimes I add Vodka.
Hazel ~ Enough vodka and you don't worry about the diet any more; everything starts to look great.
HELP!!! MY FRIENDS AND HELP, MY FOES!!! My son, who recently visited noticed that I was not coping alone with a house, an acre and a half of garden, limited finances ..... and has kindly (?) found a house for me with a small garden close to where he lives. Any of you had this experiece? Was it good/bad?
Lighten up people!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK_fHSm1fzg
My advice, Negative calorie cookies, made with real
butter. IVAN has the recipe.
Miss Hazel ~ I have never had the experience of living close to your son. I am sure he is a fine lad. As long as he doesn't stop over every night for dinner, carrying a load of laundry, I am sure you will be just fine. I have enjoyed your time by the sea in your own little paradise.Your other option is to get Tom Jones to move in with you.
PAOLOS, I LOVE THE VIDEO TOO FUNNY! GREAT POSTS, I THINK WE HAVE THIS DIET THING DOWN.GOTTA TEACH A CLASS, SO Y'ALL TAKE CARE TIL NEXT TIME.
Be happy and don't overthink food. Once you clearly define what it is you truly want, the rest will follow and rarely looks like you anticipated. Did a 4.2 walk/run session this morning after working in the office for a few. Had some ice cold melon and now catching up before the holiday. Ice in a tall glass of water is such a luxury. If it could only be like this always - always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe and Aloysius in a good temper..." Nothing like a dose of Brideshead Revisited in July.
Hazel ~ I know you love your home, but think of how your son must love you. It will be nice to have someone nearby (not too nearby) to look in on you now and then. You still have a garden, you still have a house of your own and additionally, you'll have family near. A change, but it sounds like a good one.
PAOLOS...............but then HAZEL would not have any underwear left..........................
MBAILEY...................that has to be very rough, I hope you have periods of relief.............
HAZEL...................I think that sounds perfect, especially when YOU say that it is being difficult. It might take some getting used to, but it sounds lovely.......................
Screw the BMI...............I have to go to town & I will be eating a delicious soft taco w/ queso, chips, & a really fresh salsa at a restaurant & then maybe a frosted ookie frm the bakery..................VIVA la food! I love food, life, & frosted cookies!
ETHELROSE......................were you Seapansy & others before that????????????????????
cookie, not ookie...............doh...........
Both.
HAZEL....your recent purge indicates you are ready for change. It sounds as if you have a wonderful son. I am currently living on the same grounds with both adult children. One part of it is just great, the other not so much. Would you have to leave Wales? How long have you been in your cottage? I too have trouble handling my property etc without physical and financial (well it would be nice) assistance. I would leave here in a heartbeat.
Bebe/paolos ~ despite garments hanging on trees and flapping in the breeze like Tibetan prayer flags, I seem to have an adequate supply of clean underwear.
HAZEL, your son's offer and your thoughtful consideration of it read like magic to me. I can't imagine a problem the two of you won't handle tactfully. (I am biased: my son teaches at a university in Japan; will be home soon for semester break, which, there, is 6 weeks, so I'm delighted as ever. And cannot but be glad it was a Fulbright that took him far away. But it's a different matter, having your son nearby. Rejoice.)
Hazel, it depends on how well you get along with that son and how close is it? It's your own house with a garden? Sounds lovely to me. Just so you can maintain your independence.
Ethel Rose, we inherited my husbands maternal grandparent's wedding china. The dinner plates are only slightly bigger than the luncheon plates in my everyday ware. This was from the turn of the century, 1900's. They had a farm and used the china daily. The farm workers ate off it too. When you read about the meals farm hands ate, remember my plates. Think about a biscuit recipe from the era using a 2 inch cutter. Now look at a ruler or something, 2 inches, when was the last time you saw a 2 inch biscuit at a restaurant. Hazel, I am speaking of the quick bread not the cookie. My husband would think the world had come to an end if I served him a 2 inch biscuit. I also have quite a bit of depresssion glass. I like to make homemade ice cream for dessert in the summertime. I serve it in depression glass sherbet cup. They hold one regular scoop. It's enough. Have any of you ever seen the personalized ice cream bowls that were in some catalogs. They would hold half a gallon. Our portions have definately gotten bigger. We always eat on the wedding china at holidays. It sure does help in that stuffed bloated feeling others talk about.
I was always a "normal" weight growing up. However, in my 40's I put on weight and started getting fat. Almost. I dropped a few pounds over the next few years, but I got really serious about my body about 2 years ago. Turns out, I have some neurological/muscular issues and it is difficult for me to walk. So, I've been exercising a lot. I walk 4 days a week, work out with a trainer 3 times a week and do Yoga once a week. My main goal was not to lose weight, but that's a great side effect. In 18 months I lost 10 lbs and 30 lbs of fat! That was just with the exercise. Now I've decided I want to lose another 10 lbs to have my body be "normal" weight and BMI. It's really not that hard. I love to eat and drink, but like everyone stated above, it's all about moderation and paying attention to what you put in your mouth. I bought a little toy called a Fit Bit that I wear to track my activities and they have a user-friendly website to help track food and calories. So that's fun. I'm in no hurry to lose the weight, the reduced calories I eat need to become my new norm, so it will take time. But what I'm becoming passionate about is the exercise. We humans really have to get off our butts and do something. Physical fitness is so important and instead of taking pills, we should be taking walks and eating less processed foods!
The Great Masticator? That's one title he can keep, I had a hard time not laughing out loud when I read that.
Hazel, whatever works for you and makes you happy. Doing what is really best for you is going to be what is really best for everyone around you.
I roll my eyes whenever anyone says their on a diet, especially fad diets. They never work permanently because they aren't sustainable. The one that really annoys me is the HCG diet, I've seen so many people yo-yo on that diet, and it is essentially a medical fast that isn't supervised by any medical professional. The fact of the matter is that everytime someone says to me "I'm going on the no sugar diet" or "I'm going on the no carb diet" or "I'm going on the juice/soup/smoothie/whatever diet", I know that they will lose weight, as soon as the prescribed time period for the diet is over they go back to their old eating habits and gain it back. Moderation and healthy amounts of physical activity are the key.
For me I try to eat plenty of whole grains, fresh fruit and veg, lean protein, healthy fats (seafood, avacados, hard cheeses...yes your body needs fats, cutting them out altogether can backfire), and lots of water. Anytime I go out to eat I find the portions ridiculously large and my childhood urge to "clean your plate" can take over, so I ask for a take away box and put half the meal in it right at the start and save it for lunch or dinner the next day. I never refuse a dessert or treat unless I am genuinely full, life doesn't have to be completely devoid of fun and tasty experiences. Sweet things are nice and eating something sweet after a meal sends a signal to your brain that the meal is over and to stop eating. I have a much harder time with trying to stop eating when the items are salty or savory than when they are sweet.
Andy Griffith just died. Growing up on a diet of Mayberry every week to go with my TV Dinner and my RC Cola helped me learn the greatest lesson of all. No matter how eccentric or how many problems or what political persuasion those around you were, a neighbor is a neighbor and you learned how to forgive and overlook and laugh at your self. As Banana Yoshimoto, wrote in The Lake, I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself." Little pieces of me die each day along with my old favorites but also bigger pieces of me feel like the puzzle gets put back together in the end. Still a little sad.
Hazel Leeze, just finished the ice cube delights that you suggested, with lemon & limes that I had on hand...looking forward to adding these ice cubes to my sun-made tea...***** To help you understand how my family is coping with my mother......some insight....my mother is 82...and a mother of six children.....After my father passed away, they lived in their retirement years in Crystal River, Florida; she has moved from Crystal River Florida, misses her golf lady friends of 10 years, then she stayed with my brother and wife....for a few months...did I not...mention....she did want to live there in..this lovely place... even though they lived in a mansion in Brentwood......she left..after a lovely visit....then stayed in Pennsylvania in my sister sorta of in laws frank wright house too.........too spend time with her 8 year old grandson...we have a home in the mountains a cabin in the woods..lived there for some time...but she chose to see Minnesota.....where the eldest sister lives....with her philosophical husband professor... 1st born too...they have no children..and it was my sisters dream...and she diecided to choose the obvious choice....the Marshall area in assisted living..but she will be camping in Wyoming..for July; then to see her other daughter, the attorney in Everett Washington....she owns a standup Poodle....for heaven sakes...I am beside myself...with her decisions..but Mom decided and what Mom wants she does becasue she's the Boss and that is that...I love her and have a plane ticket to visit in August...2012 and call frequently...but all this interstate....travel and living is hard on the hearts and minds of me and all the family members....and other familys expeience the same lifestyle decision of what is best for our Parnets......not simple solutions...when family members live abroad from homebase!
Yes, Tommy ~ that dangling your legs under the table being told that you may not get down 'till you had cleared your plate taught me not to have eyes bigger than my belly! If I ask a waiter/waitress for a small portion and they bring out something that looks like the pyramids of Giza, I send it back. What is so difficult about SMALL for heaven's sakes?
Lovebirdmom, I very much relate to the Out-of-hand portions....my students in college would bring a cup, a very gigantic cup, from the Speedy or Scheetz.market.filled with POP!!!...that was as large as a gallon of milk...!! and sit and sip pop ...through the entirety a 3 hour class on Nutrition; I was glad we had a visual teaching tool...to pass around in class...so the students could feel the weight of one purchased soda pop drink.imagine the sugar..how many teaspoons of sugar in 65 ounce pop..THINK!!!! Unfortunately, also, many people buy the Family Chicken meals that can feed six people and consume this food just by one person in one sitting....Obesity is an epidemic....very sad...a very harmful food habit! Back to sewing.....everyone have a nice day...
Your mother sounds like good fun, EthelRose!
I can't even remember the last time I had a soda. I drink water. Sometimes with a little lemon or lime, sometimes with a crushed mint or lemon balm leaf. Usually just plain. I have two cups of coffee in the morning. I don't want to sit and drink calories, and i certainly don't want to drink chemicals that are meant to make me think something is sweet. I will drink calories if it is for something worthy like a really good bottle of wine shared with my husband, or what I like to think of as the perfect martini...dry, shaken, vodka, with a twist of lemon.
Strangely enough what I want today is fried chicken, potato salad, cornbread with honey butter, brown sugar baked beans, salad greens and fresh tomatoes in homemade tomatillo ranch dressing, corn on the cob, and red/white/blue chocolate cake washed down with homemade root beer.
Probably because our big local fireworks show is tonight and when we were kids that was always the meal we had when we all gathered in my parents backyard to watch the display from home (I think I've paid to watch it from the stadium all of once in my 33 years). Sounds healthy right?
I'm about to go into sugar shock just thinking about it, ooooh I forgot mom's homemade caramel popcorn and granny goose popcorn that we eat during the actual fireworks...
lovebirdmom, I enjoy the first sip or two of a really cold soda, but I have NEVER been able to drink a whole can. I don't like the gummy feeling that builds up in my mouth, and I hate how sluggish and bloated I feel afterwards.
When I want a soda I usually take a large glass and fill it with ice and muddled lime wedges and pour half a can of soda over that, then share the glass with my dad who LOVES coke with lime, then give the other half of the can to someone who wants it...and even then I usually only do that about once a month. It satisfies the cravings without feeling like I have drank 12 sugar packets.
Another guilty pleasure is brazilian style limeade...put loads of ice in the blender, squeeze in a couple limes, add some lime zest, some sweetened condensed milk, and a splash of club soda...blend well and serve immediately.
Nothing quenches thirst quite like plain old ice water.
The only time I drink soda is if there is booze mixed with it. I've said that before, and I'll say it again. Cuba Libra's in the Club Car!
beer- Gods way to say he loves us and wants us to be happy
I start my day with fresh fruit. Sometimes,adventurous,vegetable/fruit;tomato&avacado.short time to digest fruit, so, after an email interval, maybe an omlette and coffee, or,(ala some former mention,leftovers). And water to drink,all day, and rarely lunch,and dinner is usually salad based (garbage salad is greens+whatever)...but ahhhhhh, then I can have wine (or beer) and life is good
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA
I made us some Highballs last weekend. I can remember when I was small my mother asking my Dad if he wanted a Highball. I wanted to try it. It is made from rye whiskey and ginger ale over ice. Just smelling it reminded me of an earlier time. No one drinks rye anymore, why is that? It used to be everywhere--if you watch some old movies, they often order and drink rye whiskey. Does anyone know why it went out of fashion? It does taste like Canadian whiskey. I found a bottle at a local liquor store, some fancy stuff made down in Chicago. I made a Rye Club Cocktail a few weeks ago: 1/12 oz rye, 1 oz orange curacao (I used Grand Marnier) and a dash of Angostura bitters.. Zowie!
Over ice, of course.
Hazel ~
Hard to know what to say: I'm up for any and every change as long as nothing is altered.
We would all miss your rural haven but support you in whatever you have to do.
In a Flip video, a little boy leans over to open an eye of an unconscious man lying on his back beneath an open window: "Whaddya doin'?"
"My mother's goons, her driver and handyman, threw me out for talking about… fat, I guess."
"Will they," asked the kid, "ever let you back in?"
"It's my house."
It is hotter, a lot hotter than it usually gets here, and has been for a longer stretch: the kind of days that make you dream of a white lemon slurpee with about four ounces of gin and a hammock.
Georgia peaches are saving the day.
On the bright side, the Cubs have not lost all month.
I'd much rather take my sugar in 65 oz of soda pop rather than by the spoonful, EthelRose. I mean, spoonful by spoonful 65 times is bound to make a person's mouth uncomfortably sticky. Don't you agree?
and not a Lutheran amongst us dare mention the Diet of
Worms?
Imarjorie ~ Winter time for me brings with it a steady diet
of Crown on the rocks. Crown Royal being
a very smooooooth rye whiskey. Ivan praises
another known as Templeton Rye whiskey that is available in Iowa and some
Chicago speakeasies. I have yet to sample it but am willing to stake my
reputation on his word that it is an excellent libation.
Hazel - you have been blessed with living in such a wonderful home in a magical land, and you are also blessed with a loving son who has perhaps found a more doable, less strenuous place to settle into....... Both, i hope, continue to be good choices.
From what i have read i believe you can create the magic of your home and infuse it with your personality wherever you find yourself.
I don't have any advice to offer worth considering but i think a lot depends on how well you and your son know know, understand, and respect each others needs and wants. The love is there for certain.
Be well and happy as you can....
Not to be picky, but even though Canadian whiskey is called Rye whiskey, according to the internet, it is made mostly from corn. Go figure. But I do admit, it has similar flavor. I'm sure Ivan will set me straight if he reads this. The storms keep missing SE WI! We have a small yard, large for a city, but small. We've been watering so everything is still green. We have fresh water in bird baths which is attracting the raccoons! I do want it rain, anyone know an effective rain dance? Park 4, your pyromaniac neighbor frightens me. I know how dry it is by you. How dry I am, how wet I'll be, if I can't find, the bathroom key. Wow--that just popped into my head.
Thanks, dear Peterpeoples for your comments. I have lived here since 1986 - and before then in this locality. The shrubs (do you call them bushes?) in my garden are like my children or friends. You should see the size of some of the trees I planted!!!!! I have a Californian Redwood that came to me in a yogurt pot ... a huge Tulip Tree, a Handkerchief Tree and many azaleas and rhodos. I just so hope that whoever comes here after me will enjoy them - and be unaware of the beloved cats sunbathing away beneath the turf. When you turn off the zoom-zoom tarmac road into my driveway, an archway of ancient woodland trees embraces you and takes you down to what local kids described as 'The Magic Garden' ..... It will be hard to leave and I understand now why I 'saw' several times a man watching me gardening, who on one occasion, lifted his cap to me. I'm sure I will 'haunt' this place, not in a malaevolent way, but to encourage future gardeners to enjoy it.
IM ~if you know anything at all about the easter bunny...I'll never drink Crown again...maybe on specials occasions and days ending in ay. TT ~ a toast to Sheriff Andy Taylor. May he live forever in Mayberry.
That was soooome kiiiiind of fine, I’m here to tell ya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA5sWzTFhqY
HAZEL....the woman from whom I purchased this little piece of heaven was a gardener with a gift such as yours. For nine months of the year there is something in bloom...and everytime one wonderful thing starts to fade something else is just turning fantastic. I thank her every day. I did not know her, I know nothing about her but she enhances all our lives and is much appreciated. I have made a few additions, the most important being a tremendous amount of pachysandra---a lush groundcover that I acquired by snitching some stems the last time I visited the house I grew up in.....many of the plants (shrubs, bushes) that you mentioned are eminently transplantable as I know you know, so you will be able to bring your old garden to your new garden. Whoever is lucky enough to live with your old garden will not forget how it developed. And I join STONEY how much we have enjoyed your cottage and garden...you would be surprised how clearly I visualize it! Certainly do lookforward to tales of Hazel hitting the road and setting up a new shop!!
paolos ~
A lifeline….
http://www.internetwines.com/rws37019.html
Never tried Crown and not completely nuts about Old Overholt but this stuff has been really well received.
CD ~
Sounds crazy in 99° weather, but I'm making a curry… I'll save you a place.
Thanks Stoney. Ivan keeps threatening to head this way with a bottle or two. I don't know that they can ship into Georgia, but I'll be sure to ask. It beats driving to Iowa. The heat wave in our corner of Georgia is over for now, the rains are pouring down. I was anticipating tomorrow's fireworks but the Good Lord started the celebration a little early.I'd be happy to send the rain clouds and cool breezes your way.
Paolos---have those clouds/breezes make a stop in Kansas on their way, would you? D-I-E-T is one of those nasty four letter words to me.
NACHISTA........................hope your trip to LA was good & full of adventure or relaxation..........whichever you were seeking.........what is granny goose popcorn? & caramel corn........mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........................
CHEFD......................I'm w/ you..................talking about diets belongs pretty much where talking about your sex life belongs...................not amongst people..........................
STONEY................when I was in Black Mountain I was baking & went to Ingle's & in the shortening aisle was an organic, nonhydrogenated shortening called Sprectrum...............have you eve used it? ( it is made from palm oil).................
HAZEL....................you have a redwood??????????? That is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Party Mention: a gag gift at the 50's party, that I went to... as I mentioned in the other days post...there a bottle of some "special liquor" was place inside beautiful glitzy gold bag...and as people passed around 1950 vintage gifts..at least 50 of us were present and most of us born in 1950,,,,I "EYe Witnessed"..on obersvaervance of barrels of laughter..on fun people faces...old memories prevaled after each individual examined the contents of the glitzy gold bag.....the gold bag was apologetically passed to the next person...like a hot potato..Oh my, this stuff....it nearly killed me in college....here ya go....you take a swig..".Not me tried but deadly.."..they still make this old damm tonic? What was inside the gold glitzy giftbad nothing other than "..Thunderbird Liquor...!" I had no knowledge that the stuff ever existed...it must of stirred up alot of tummy aches...and fond memories way back when....for this generation....!!!
Mom always said, "if you're hungry, eat! If you're not, don't!"
I believe a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand!!
Hazel, you have to be where you are safe, loved, and happy.
A man can't stock 2 shelves!
I'm happier living near my son than with him!
The 17 Day Diet works, IF you stick to it. However, I agree with many of the others. Eat less, lay off the fried foods and high complex carbs and EXERCISE!!!!!! That is the final key that many (or should I say most) Americans are missing!
Oh, and green tea! That helps, along with cinnamon capsules. I've never felt better than when I started these!
Were you drinkin? Were ya from? OK wheres' the driver of the blue Chrysler Station Wagon? thats...me in the picture...I am 16 years old, Yes, officer, I am responsible to drive my younger brothers and their friends to Mr. Wilderbees fishin farm...lake...No, I do not smoke...never like them Marlboro smokes...I would prefer Virginia Slims though if offered...Wells'we were just getin and... we are packed for fishin...and figurin that I know the muddy backroads....knowin my Dads International is stuck on this very path for a good while at pinerun roadwash bridge..over there...he'll be over to help us bait...tie flies...we are headed over there..... I point my finger out beyond the crowd into the woods beyond a deserted backwoods dirt road... no one spoke a word...and gawked at figurin, we are in deep shit..all were pretty silent and tight lipped....we all..'n' knowin... got a long neck Heinekein in our football tube socks...underneath our groovy bell bottom pants....I thinkin..not worryin at all..that I'll talk a blessin or two..being a girl...all this fusin...and goin fishin..is a right.....and as the Officer waved and yelled, "hope you catch a Trout!"..we explainin, "Have a nice evenin...and thanks for checkin on us...the smoke was thick of Malboro regulars.....dam it and smiles of fishin...
Thanks Bebe, it was a good trip but next time I'm leaving the 18 year old niece home so I can have some fun grown up time...little hard to go dancing or join a friend for cocktail hour (or in my case a coke with lime hour) at Chateau Marmont when the wee one isn't old enough to get in.
Granny goose popcorn is a sweet simple pink sugar solution that is tossed in with the popcorn, not quite as rich or thick as caramel corn, it stays quite soft as well, instead of crunchy. It is apx 3 parts sugar to 1 part milk, with a little butter, salt, and food coloring...boil together until it reaches about soft ball stage, pour over popcorn and toss to coat. For an extra kick of flavor you can add a packet of kool aid or half a small package of jello to the solution while it is boiling. Kids LOVE this stuff.
BeBe wink wink...thats' me....
Yes indeedy, Bebe~ ........ my Redwood is now 40-50 ft tall and a perfect conical shape. I trim his lower branches at Christmas time and bring some into the house - a lovely orangey scent. On a summer day if we get a shower of rain, the shelter of his branches is totally waterproof and it's nice to lean on the rather spongy trunk and enjoy the scents of wet garden.
Carolbabcock~ Oooo no! Plan is to live near not with. He reasonably pointed out that having me five minutes down the road would be easier than having me five hours up the road.
STONEY--perfect for hot weather actually. I'll bring the chutney.
Well all this talk about diet and exercise has made up my mind about what I am going to fix tomorrow. Fried Chicken, Devilled Eggs, Pineapple Coleslaw, American Potato Salad, Cornbread and a ton of icecream with homemade hot fudge. oh yes, and whipped cream. I am going to get a lot of exercise putting all the food out on the table and opening bottles of beer.
Happy Birthday America and Happy Girthday Americans!
btw, you are all invited.
With so many eating out and buying those huge portions, it would behoove restaurants to offer half portions....I know lots of people who would order the half portion...I think Applebee's already does that. So much of America's obesity is the size of portions we have been programmed to wolf down...and of course, the lack of exercise....and cheeseburgers and pizza with extra cheese...and large orders of french fries...and gallons of sodas....and milkshakes....etc.
Lots of psychology involved when even poor folks think that eating more food is a way of having prosperity. Our grandparents in the Depression had few problems with obesity, but after USA became more affluent and food more available, large food portions became a way of "being nice to yourself." We need a national AD campaign to fight the huge portions like they have against drugs and smoking.
Hazel, you have me in tears. You will indeed haunt wherever you've been and whatever you've touched and nurtured, because you've got that beautiful spirit inside you, it never runs out, never leaves you, but leaves traces of you behind wherever you've walked. In Isak Dinesen's book, Out of Africa, she writes this "song of Africa: "If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee pickers, does Africa know a song of me? Will the air over the plain quiver with a color I have had on, or the children invent a game in which my name is? or the full moon throw a shadow over the gravel of the drive that was like me, or will the eagles of the Ngong hills look out for me?" You remind me of Karen Blixen in a lot of ways, not least of which is your connection with your past in Africa, and how deeply you are dug in to the land you now inhabit - so much like Blixen. And the answer to her questions about Africa remembering her is a resounding "oh yes!" just as your cottage and town and garden and land will throw shadows that look like you, the air will shimmer with your very spirit - and be all the better, that place, for you having loved it. You're the best, Hazel L. Whatever you choose to do, it will be good, it will be right, and if you move, I consider your new home and garden to be blessed, because you'll be living in it -- turning house to home, and garden to a magical place that only you know how to create. xx
EthelRose: are you real sure you're not seapansie? You both sew you write the same way, the same cadence...you pulling our collective legs, ethelrose? If not you've got a doppleganger running wild around here.
Will they do half portions at half price?
According to my clock, I should be wishing you happy 4th July and me under my duvet. You would not believe how cold it is here! Coco cat and I will snuggle up for the night. Nos da, dear people.x
CD- all of my favs on that lineup + made with your love = heaven on this side of the Uverse I'm sure...
For me Mango Ginger Habanero glaze on thick grilled chops with a broccoli/corn/bean salad and the season's best H20melon. The melons this year are as sweet as I have ever seen them.
Park4, its' meins' for sure...like foolin...seapansie and I hang out with the river gang at the end of the block...drinkin..Thunderbird...from the ice bucket...will post the moderate white sewin inc knickknockers in a couple of minutes...Happy 4th everyone...
I was surprised with a watermelon, cucumber, onion blue cheese salad tonite. Most delectable. Off in the topless cat to view the fireworks. Hoping for a C Note in honor of Ben Franklin.
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no stedy diet of government cheese for me...... Lamb burgers, cole slaw with homemade boiled dressing and a hand full of dried blueberries, corn on the cob and Key Lime pie! Tonight, a simple summer cooler made with Simply lemonade( Pink version with a hint of raspberry) with a shot of Absolute Citron. The froggie chorus is crankin.......
Hazel - thanks for the good wishes for our 4th....Thanks also for letting us go...liberating the old colonies for their own devices, for better or worse....We have done well in some times, less in others....Still think of the UK as Mother Country.....albeit that we started as the debtors and rejects....We have not done too badly for being redhaired step children of Britannia.
Happy 4th of July and Independence Day to all who care about the day! I am going tot he beach, and will have shrimp and crab claws for dinner! Fireworks off the pier at PCB....Happy Birthday, USA!!
Posted my Knick-Knockers...basically, I take alot of my favorite clothes and re-sew them with lace, rik rak, buttons, trimmings, floral lace, and ribbon...just to give my clothes another look...and extended life...it is fun to sew...I posted 3 pictures of my new dress up looks!
Where ever you all are, whatever you all are doing. keep safe, be peaceful and find joy in the simple pleasures. happy safe forth of july to all of you!
Hazel, I agree with so many here; i love especially the way Park4 has described you.
I think you really have a wonderful son! Does he have a family? Living nearby will allow you easy access to grandchildren. I look at my parents and hear the stories here and I think the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is very very special. Unlike your own children, you can spoil them rotten, and, when it gets too much, you can return them!
From my cultural perspective, we do have our parents at least nearby, if not in the same dwelling. Most of the time, it works out pretty well. But whatever it is Hazel, I know you will carve a little piece of heaven and imbue everyone around you
America is clebrating its 236th Birthday---and doent look a day over 235...
MISS BLUE....................Long time no see! How you be doin'? Your dinner sounded wonderful.....................I would expect no less................have a wonderful 4th!
RY....................it must be the sunblock...................a PARK wink..................
The draw bridge over the Fox on Wisconsin Avenue has broken in the down position on what is probably the busiest navigation day of the year. Some folks will be stuck upriver and unable to get near the fireworks.
bebe ~
We just kept trying shortening to satisfy our well-loved vegans and, as a result found one we use all the time now. I haven't heard of the one you mentioned but give it a try… it's interesting.
Miss Blue ~
We have to do a forty mile car trip for lamb burgers (with feta) at a place called Weasel's. Well worth the drive.
Nice to hear from you.
paolos ~
I'd hate to leave the impression that we go through a lot of expensive bottles. We don't although we played hell with one when Guest, his dad, sister and I spent an afternoon handwriting thank-you messages.
Left to their own, they picked eight ounce cylindrical crystal glasses and a little ice. Kind of like highball glasses if you were drinking from the ladies tee. They ping if you know what I mean?
There will be a parade at 9:00 AM. It was nearly 90° at 7:00 AM and it will come off without us. We have some cooking and baking to do instead.
Our boxer, Daisy, is eight today as if Independence Day needed any help.
WGN radio in Chicago aired safety advice worth listening to before you look down that misfiring roman candle.
Hazel, I think Park4 said it beautifully. Home will be wherever you make it.