Povey Prattle

 ----------   when I peeled cooked beets in the prep to make BORSCHT. Goodness me, I've never before eaten borscht, let alone made it.  But "something" urged me to hone my cooking skills by making borscht today : some for me:  some for my friends Jack, Donna and Ashley,  and some for my friend Muriel Q By golly it looks good; and it tastes even better than it looks. No thanks to me - except for the ability to read and follow a recipe. (below). " Ra ra ra" for Russian and Ukrainian peasant food. https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/borscht/#recipe6191

  The water leak in my laundry room (fortunately separated from the main part of my Condo) having been solved; I set out to purchase a new washing machine and dryer. "New?" you said.  So did I.  New appliances  (bottom of the range) would have set me back some $1300. Pre-owned is my style (and fits my budget). Sarasota's  "Appliance Max"   to the rescue!  I am now the glad owner of a pre-owned washer and dryer for the modest sum of $549; delivered and installed. A local rather than a Big Box purchase. Why buy new when pre-owned will outlive you? "Maytag"  a pretty good brand. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'll have to go to school to figure out the controls!

  Lunch today and for the next couple of days.  My intuitive recipe. Baked Cod and Steamed Cauliflower; m ashed together.  Two raw eggs and a one third  cup of bread crumbs added to bind the fish and cauliflower.  Remoulade sauce added for flavour.   Baked for thirty or so minutes at 365.       Pretty darn good (even 'though I say it myself!)

......   can look good in winter.  Photo' in Brookline via Bruce L

Some of the regular walkers early morning walkers taken pleasure at the beauty of misty mornings. Ringling Bridge barely visible High Rise buildings shrouded in mis Unplanned photo'.  I thought that I was turning my cmera off. I pressed the wrong button Lonesome boat Lonesome GBH Ringling Bridge now hidden,  (Bird Key in the background) ------- Mist cleared, Zion gets his daily treat from Kent T.  Kent's dog Dewey looks on

  Abandoned or placed on a bench

  Faithful readers will have noted my post about my great start to the day on Sunday 24th:- https://jmichaelpovey-retiredpoveinsarasota.blogspot.com/2021/01/sunday-24th-january-2021-great-start-to.html Today I also had a great start, but in a different way.  As I browsed the internet early this morning I happened upon a wonderful video of a German hymn.  English speaking Christians will know the words and the tune from a fairly well known hymn,  "Holy God we praise Thy name" .  In truth the hymn is a paraphrase (by a German Catholic Priest) of the ancient Christian text called the "Te Deum".   You'd have to be an Anglican/Episcopalian of my vintage to remember when we sang or said  the Te Deum as a part of the now almost dead service of Morning Prayer. That aside, Anglicans, Lutherans and Protestants often sing "Holy God we praise Thy name" at a dirgy pace. Back to this morning.  I was stirred and energised at the start of the day ...

  I walk at Sarasota's Bay Front Park most days.  On Sundays, if the timing is right I encounter this woman. 2016 photograph I saw her on Jan 24th 2021 -  lucky me. Barbara Williams Ford-Coates Great wife and mother. Former dedicated Girl Scout leader. Member of St. Boniface Church, Siesta Key, FL Sarasota County Tax Collector without doubt the most respected and liked public servant in the County. What a fabulous start to yesterday, and to the week.

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