And thank goodness for THAT!

Good morning, everyone!

Sally

It's PECAN DAY - so we can act a little nutz!

TODAY'S TRIVIA:

1668 - 1st horse race in America takes place
1807 - 1st railway passenger service in England
1863 - 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded
1896 - Modern Olympics begin in Athens, Greece
1939 - Billboard Magazine starts hillbilly(country)music chart



TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:

1133 - Henry II, King of England (1154-89)
1908 - David Lean, director (Dr Zhivago)

1934 - Gloria Steinem, feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine)

1947 - Elton John, singer (Rocketman)
1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, actress (Sex in the City)

Good Morning all....Spring has sprung in NC...

Oops that was supposed to be two different pictures...sorry...UB

It's...

Chocolate Raisins Day

It greatly reduces "chocolate guilt" if you hide some fruit inside, so this must be the reason they invented chocolate covered raisins. Now... if we can just figure out why they came up with chocolate covered ants! Maybe to add protein

Lets try this again...UB

Picture too big and cancel post does not work for me....Guess I will just quit...Have a nice day everone...UB

CHOCOLATE RAISIN BARS

INGREDIENTS

2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1/2 cup cocoa
3 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup cold butter, cut into pieces
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup peanut butter chips
1-1/3 cups raisins
1 cup chopped walnuts


DIRECTIONS

1. Heat oven to 350°F.

2. In a medium bowl, stir together the crumbs, cocoa and sugar. Cut in the butter until crumbly.

3. Press mixture evenly on the bottom and 1/2-inch up the sides of 13x9x2-inch baking pan.

4. Pour the condensed milk over the crumb mixture and sprinkle on the peanut butter chips and raisins. Sprinkle nuts over the top and press down firmly.

5. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. Cover with foil and let stand several hours before cutting into bars.

ENJOY!

Good morning Sally, Rusty and Uncle Bob. Slow on the cams today, but I managed to snap a couple of Charlotte this morning. Annie B.

Hi Everybody!

TopKick, gotta love that blue sky, green grass and ?flowering pear trees! I'm still chopping ice on the patio out back here in Massachusetts.

Ya'll been watching the birdie?





Can Grendel come out an play?



Sailing sailing...

mornin' annie b, sally, topkick and rusty...uncle bobby, absolutely beautiful! i love the terrain in NC rusty, ok, name that bird...on the webcam thread, it stayed there for 10 minutes so in the same spot (thought jake had planted a joke on us)...what kind is it???

G'mornin' Everybody!! That bird looks like a heron to me. Is that your neighborhood, Uncle Bob? The forsythia and the pears are blooming here also. Beautiful!

I've been sooooo busy I haven't had time to contribute to the insanity, but I'm enjoying yours!

Looking forward to Beneath the Sea this weekend. I'll get to meet Freddie and maybe some other BTers.

BTW...where is that Freddie?

Cynde - it's a bluebird of happiness! I wish it had turned around a bit so I could see its head. Heron?



Had some visitors:

Gotta go!

Lots of boats today!
Here's my sailboat.

Caught one!!

...A pretty parrot...

Hi Margarite, yes that's my neighborhood and this is my house...

Hi Margarite, yes that's my neighborhood and this is my house...

That was my mailbox in the first picture...

This is the shot of spring blooms in my front yard that I was trying to post this morning...UB

Thanks for the super pics, Uncle B. Where's NC? or rather, firstly, what is NC short for? Ahhh!!! North Carolina? Yeh! Could be! And I think tha tis down south.

Had a busy day, and now got a break - client cancelled - before running a meeting this evening. May be able to check in later for sunsets, or just as they end.

Looks like we have divers a-coming

and we do......

zippety doo da, zippety day, oh what a feeling, oh what a glorious day! [well it's something like that :-)]

OK OK OK you can have some of the limelight too. Where you shooed those divers off to?

gotta go run a meeting

byyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeee

Who mows that gigantic yard, Uncle Topkick? You and Aunt Betty would never have to join a health club with a yard like that.

Jenni, You are right NC Stands for North Carolina located on the East Coast down south..just little ways south of Washington, DC..
No, Margarite Betty and I do not cut that grass..I have a man from El Salvador that takes real good care of it... Here is the picture that I never could post this morning. I think this might work..LOL..UB

Annie, you are cruel...Chocolate Raisin Bars..that is torture for a man on a diet. Oh, does that sound tasty...UB

hey all....topkick, thanks for sharing the pics...it thought the same thing as your niece when i saw the size of that yard! are those cherry trees in bloom? beautiful!

That's my boat,UB...That must be you on your skidoo.

Your nephew came home from work just now and is already asleep on the sofa.....

So adorable!!

Hey, Bluetang, you are so right...Mock Cherries... Margarite, Jimmy is dreaming of being on that skidoo next June...LOL.. UB

topkick, they are beautiful. when i lived in d.c. i loved the cherry blossom festival!

Sorry 'bout the chocolate torture TopKick I don't like the stuff myself. LOL Annie B.

Night Divers.

thanks for the sunsets annie