How short life is

 For some reason I thought of an old high school friend I had lost touch with some 40 plus years ago.  Because it is 2024, I tried to Google her.  To my surprise I found her obituary.  It seems she passed away in 2018 at 59 years old.  She had aged obviously from her obituary photo, it did not look like the young slim attractive girl in her early twenties that I remembered.  I felt sad at the thought of her passing.  It is a reminder of how short life is.  Now I am trying to piece the memories together of when I last saw her.

Do you Google old friends?  I don't usually.

In other news I am breathing a sigh of relief that my blogger comments are going through quite well lately.  

On tea consumption

 I thought this was interesting.

Sunday Smiles - Spider Webs

Here is the source of that information.

 Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

Happy Sunday!

Tigers and Deer

 

Isn't this interesting?

Friday Art - Ochre collared monarch

 Welcome to Friday Art!  This is an ochre collared monarch ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Welcome to Spring!

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Rabbits and Chinese Broccoli

 Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date's 'Rabbits' theme!  Here are my bunnies just in time for Spring!

For the dinner date I made some Chinese Broccoli using this recipe I found on Instagram.

1 bunch of chinese broccoli (gai lan).

2 tbs oil

water for boiling

Sauce:

1/2 c water, 1/2 tbs cornstarch, 2 cloves of garlic minced, 1 tsp sugar, 3 tbs oyster sauce

Make an incision into the thickest part of the broccoli stems to aid in softening them during blanching.  Bring enough water to cover the broccoli to a boil, add some oil.  Blanche the broccoli for about 3 minutes and set aside.  Mix the sauce ingredients and simmer 3-4 minutes.  Pour this sauce over the broccoli.

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