Quarantine lathers on

Took a shower.  May lie down the rest of the day

Quarantine heads to the hospital

Since I had a full day of pre-op prep on Mother’s Day we indulged in a little social distancing visit on Saturday. 

Got together six feet apart at the Patrick’s. Sooo good to see them in person. 

We talked and talked (what I miss most) 

Wouldn’t be complete with out the grandogs. 

They gave me a pretty soap dispenser and a kindle gift card

Prep was awful next day. But real Coke!

The best thing about the hospital. 

Candy brought flowers and a great goody bag. So much good food from family and friends. Just haven’t felt like photographing. Will be back soon though. 

Quarantine skips merrily on

Got a craving for scalloped potatoes. Since the kids were little I had been using dehydrated boxed potatoes. And we loved them. But I had a nub of Velveeta still hiding in the back of the fridge so... I set out to look for a recipe. Turns out there is a somewhat famous one featuring the Melty One. 

Candy helpfully pointed out that the meltability factor is what makes it most unhealthy. 

What a pitiful picture of all that was left. That is because it was so good! You boil the potatoes first, then layer with onion and cover with sauce which included dry mustard. 

Had to have a salad the next day to atone. Look at that cute bowl Linda gave me a set of one birthday. 

More good books. 

Truff with her favorite book. 

2 minutes later she was done. Old ladies don’t play as long as they used to. 

Quarantine lopes on 2

Thought I would add this to my radio post. 

For anyone interested. Mom, do you remember when y’all bought it? Was there a Montgomery Ward store in town?

Quarantine lopes on

The ultimate comfort food...Aunt Charlotte’s brownies. Moist inside , crunchy on top. Perfect

Also in the perfection category... Ed made ribs. Rub a dub dub. Also nod to Mamaw Ellis with her enamel pan which I use constantly. 

Corn salad to go with ribs. 😍

We have a really red squirrel lately in our yard. Caught him riding my pig!

Also...if your fridge light goes out...do you lose all hope?

Ok. Cousin Karen sent me a picture of a cute cabinet for sale  that was supposedly a radio cabinet. She is always on the look out for cool old things. I sent her a picture of our Grandmother’s radio cabinet. When I got this it was black and what refinishers call “alligatored”. Crackled finish. I stripped it to find all these lovely different woods. 

Karen remembered turning knobs on it. Here they are. 

My mom remembers coming home from high school and turning this switch to hear news of the war or programs. 

 The dial to change stations.  “Tune in”. 

The actual radio is still there. I doubt it could still work. I remember going with Dad to get new “tubes” for the TV. Crazy? You can see it is an Airline radio from Montgomery Ward. 

Quarantine lurches on

You know I’ve got nothing when I have to post cooking pictures. Trying to use some odds and ends I came across this one pan pasta dish. Started with a couple of stray Italian sausages. 

Then I had some cheese tortellini in the freezer along with half a jar of spaghetti sauce. Why does anyone have half a jar of sauce? I cook for 2 so only use half at a time. You put sauce, pasta and a little water in. Pit the lid on and simmer! One pan. No colander etc. serve with cheese. 

Then I made Taco Bell sauce. MADE it. I needed some for tamales. Not homemade. 

I suppose I shouldn’t complain. Beautiful day, good book, very good dog. Don’t judge us for our clothes on the sofa arm. When the weather goes from late winter to hot summer in one day you have to keep changing. And yes it is a gym bag mouldering in the background. 

Quarantine shuffles on

Bear’s Breeches about to bloom. 

That hasn’t happened in a while. 

Went by Candy’s for a social distance visit.  Chris made me a bouquet along with a lovely bag of arugula he grew. Haven’t had a man give me flowers in a while. 

But this morning Ed brought me one. I had asked him to cut back our magnolia. It doesn’t bloom much and blocks the view from our porch. 

It went from closed up to this in a few hours! Smells so good. 

Got a few more to open. 

It was so pretty today that Ju Ju ventured out. 

He got enough outdoors very quickly.