Mulan 2020 Movie

I burst out laughing when I read this one:

 

We really enjoyed watching the 2020 Mulan Disney movie, female empowerment to the max! It doesn't seem to have made a lot of money and the reviews were not great, go figure. Covid could not have helped.

Salmon en Croute

 I made salmon en croute (salmon Wellington) recently.  It was so good.  It was based on a youtube video I found.  You need puff pastry and some salmon fillets.  I used some leftover broccoli instead of spinach in mine and slow baked at 300F for 35 minutes.

2 sheets of puff pastry, thawed

2 salmon fillets

2 cups blanched spinach (I used pre-cooked broccoli)

1/2 c cream cheese

1 egg plus 2 tbs milk whisked

Lay out puff pastry

Spread spinach over the sheet leaving a 2 inch border around it.

 Spread cream cheese over the salmon and lay on top of the spinach, cream cheese side down. 

 Brush egg wash around the border of the pastry.  Fold the sides of the pastry over the salmon.  Crimp the edges with a fork.  Flip the pastry over and lay onto a baking sheet.  Brush eggwash over top. Make cross hatch marks onto the pastry.

Repeat with the other sheet of pastry.  Bake 300F for 35 minutes, or adjust to your own oven.  

I sliced 8 portions out of my 2 pastry shells.

Paint Party Friday - My Digital Art Pieces

Linking the 'face' above to 29faces #29faces hosted by Martha at Ayala Art.

Welcome to Paint Party Friday!  I am showing some my first digital art pieces.  The one above is  called 'Horse', done using the Sketchbook(Autodesk) app on our ipad.  I also have the Medibang Paint app installed on our ipad.  Daughter L was over and showed me how to use both of these apps. Sketchbook seemed to be the simpler one.  It was very helpful having someone to show me what to do.

I used the Medibang Paint App for the cupcake piece above.

The piece below was done on my Windows laptop using the Krita app and just the built in trackpad on the keyboard.

Rain's Thursday Art Date - Westerns

 Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art Date!  For the 'Westerns' theme I did an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") portrait of Clint Eastwood.  Husband M is a fan and says the photo I used to draw the portrait was taken from the 1966 movie 'The Good the Bad and the Ugly'.  The only western I really remember was the Bonanza TV series I watched when I was a little girl.

Also linking to 29Faces  #29faces hosted by Martha (Ayala art) 

An interesting link

Here is Bernie outlined in purple from yesterday's meme for those interested.

Jan of the Low Carb Diabetic had an interesting link to the London Fog of 1952. 

The Sympathy Limp

 Here is another 'Where is Bernie' puzzle for  you, sorry for the torture but I found this one easier for some reason.  I will post the answer tomorrow.

And sharing this cute story of  'The Sympathy Limp' with you today.

My February 2021 Calendar Page

 

Welcome to February.

 I chose this mountain scene (18" x 24") I did in acrylic for my February 2021 calendar page. Here is the quote I selected to go with it:

"February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer."

 - Shirley Jackson, "Raising Demons."