London calling
12/29/05 4:45 A.M.
30º F, Snow flurries, N wind 4 mph.
Good morning,
Looking at the weather reports and pictures from Europe, it seems the normal London weather is here and our normal weather is there! It has been another drippy, dreary day yesterday, with some ice coating most things thrown in for good measure. It sure makes a body lethargic. Looks to be more of the same for the next couple of days with some rain, thanx to the hot weather we are experiencing. Guess the weather is better than hurricanes, wild fires, earthquakes, landslides, or other things around the country though.
So we picked up our "New Year’s dinner" main course yesterday. We drove over to Bearcat’s fish store and picked up a couple pieces of salmon fillet. Very expensive, but probably will not have it until next New Year’s dinner. Margriet has a recipe preparing it with a shrimp sauce that is excellent. I think that is what she has in mind. Hope so. Don’t know what we will have with it, but am sure it will be good too.
Bearcat’s has really grown since the first time I bought fish from him, probably 30 years ago. They he rented a very small shop on the harbor with one used refrigerated meat case from a grocery store, selling mostly his own catch plus some from other fishermen in the area. He also had a smoke house out back and that really made his business. A few years ago he purchased a place up river some and is doing a land office business. He and his wife really work hard and long hours. I don’t think he is on the water any more, but his sons may be. Yesterday I was noticing he offerings have really increased. I have never seen so many shrimp in one place before. Every kind of shrimp I think the Good Lord created. He now has many freezer cases filled with so many different kinds of seafood, that I almost can’t count them all. Of course the fish and the smoke house really make the place smell very pleasing too. It is very easy to buy too much. About the only thing they were almost out of was Lutefisk. There was only one piece left and that was over 10 pounds, so didn’t take it. Might have it were about a ¼ that size.
The real reason for going to Algoma was to pick up a couple of toilet seat bolts. One of them broke some time ago. I have never seen that happen before. The newer bolts are now made of plastic rather than brass as they used to be. Actually the plastic bolts are a better idea than metal. Much easier to remove when necessary. When I stopped at the store, I found them without any trouble, but my head was still thinking brass. When I was about to put them in, I discovered I had the special bolts to fasten the toilet to the pipe connection rather than the seat! Don’t work! Guess we will make another trip to Algoma today!
New Year’s eve, we have an early church service and a soup and sandwich meal afterwards. The other day we stopped at church to see if there was a sign-up sheet to contribute to the meal, as we had not heard, or remembered hearing, of any request. It turns out that Howard missed getting one put out with all of the events surrounding Marsha’s Dad dying. Howard just planned to do the meal himself, with a couple of daughters home and helping. I volunteered to bring a pot of soup for the event. He didn’t hesitate a moment to accept. I started the building of bean soup yesterday. It will have some Polish sausage in it for the meat instead of the usual pork hocks or neck bones. I also will make it a bit more spicy for a change too. Don’t want folks falling asleep after the sermon!
Probably will play in the frozen clay/mud more today and building of the soup. Wonder if it would be easier and better to have a real outhouse? Time top get the day a-going,
In Christ Our Saviour,
Chris <><
30º F, Snow flurries, N wind 4 mph.
Good morning,
Looking at the weather reports and pictures from Europe, it seems the normal London weather is here and our normal weather is there! It has been another drippy, dreary day yesterday, with some ice coating most things thrown in for good measure. It sure makes a body lethargic. Looks to be more of the same for the next couple of days with some rain, thanx to the hot weather we are experiencing. Guess the weather is better than hurricanes, wild fires, earthquakes, landslides, or other things around the country though.
So we picked up our "New Year’s dinner" main course yesterday. We drove over to Bearcat’s fish store and picked up a couple pieces of salmon fillet. Very expensive, but probably will not have it until next New Year’s dinner. Margriet has a recipe preparing it with a shrimp sauce that is excellent. I think that is what she has in mind. Hope so. Don’t know what we will have with it, but am sure it will be good too.
Bearcat’s has really grown since the first time I bought fish from him, probably 30 years ago. They he rented a very small shop on the harbor with one used refrigerated meat case from a grocery store, selling mostly his own catch plus some from other fishermen in the area. He also had a smoke house out back and that really made his business. A few years ago he purchased a place up river some and is doing a land office business. He and his wife really work hard and long hours. I don’t think he is on the water any more, but his sons may be. Yesterday I was noticing he offerings have really increased. I have never seen so many shrimp in one place before. Every kind of shrimp I think the Good Lord created. He now has many freezer cases filled with so many different kinds of seafood, that I almost can’t count them all. Of course the fish and the smoke house really make the place smell very pleasing too. It is very easy to buy too much. About the only thing they were almost out of was Lutefisk. There was only one piece left and that was over 10 pounds, so didn’t take it. Might have it were about a ¼ that size.
The real reason for going to Algoma was to pick up a couple of toilet seat bolts. One of them broke some time ago. I have never seen that happen before. The newer bolts are now made of plastic rather than brass as they used to be. Actually the plastic bolts are a better idea than metal. Much easier to remove when necessary. When I stopped at the store, I found them without any trouble, but my head was still thinking brass. When I was about to put them in, I discovered I had the special bolts to fasten the toilet to the pipe connection rather than the seat! Don’t work! Guess we will make another trip to Algoma today!
New Year’s eve, we have an early church service and a soup and sandwich meal afterwards. The other day we stopped at church to see if there was a sign-up sheet to contribute to the meal, as we had not heard, or remembered hearing, of any request. It turns out that Howard missed getting one put out with all of the events surrounding Marsha’s Dad dying. Howard just planned to do the meal himself, with a couple of daughters home and helping. I volunteered to bring a pot of soup for the event. He didn’t hesitate a moment to accept. I started the building of bean soup yesterday. It will have some Polish sausage in it for the meat instead of the usual pork hocks or neck bones. I also will make it a bit more spicy for a change too. Don’t want folks falling asleep after the sermon!
Probably will play in the frozen clay/mud more today and building of the soup. Wonder if it would be easier and better to have a real outhouse? Time top get the day a-going,
In Christ Our Saviour,
Chris <><
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