This And That

 Hello friends.

Today is a bit of this and that.

Well the other day we were able to see

the partial eclipse of the sun.

It was at 99%.

To the normal eye the sun looked like this

through my phone.

They predicted cloudy weather for us,

so we were not sure if we would see it at all.

At around 3:00pm the sky started to get hazy.

By 3:10 the sky looked like it was raining without the rain.

The sky just to the Southeast looked like bad

storm clouds it was that dark.

Overhead it was just like it was raining,

without the rain.

By 3:15 the sky started to go back to normal

and the clouds moved in.

Thank goodness they waited.

That's how I would describe it.

It was cool, awesome, mystic, eerie

all at the same time.

A once in a lifetime experience I actually got to see.

Even my mom saw it while she was here.

We were told 8 things might happen during the eclipse.

1. Beads around the moon. Did not happen.

2. Animals would act abnormal and the birds 

would stop chirping. 

Birds kept chirping all of the time.

Tundra could have cared less. 

3. Strange shadows. 

None that I could see.

4. The temperature would drop.

If it did, I did not feel it. It was a nice 65 day.

5. Wind would pick up. 

Not here.

6. Radio interference. 

Did not have any on, so dont know.

7. Solar flares of the sun. 

Did not see any.

8.May see other planets around.

Did not check for those as I was enthralled

 at seeing the eclipse itself.

Now through the lens I was looking at 

the sun was green while the moon was black.

This last pic was me taking a picture of the eclipse

through my lens.

It totally looked green here.

I know Lauren  from Rugs and Pugs 

had the best view being in the center.

That was the this portion of my post.

Now for the that.

 Gramma O's Rolls

2 cups milk

1/2 cup sugar

2 tsp salt

1/2 cup margarine

1 cup water

2 packages quick rising yeast

(Fleischmann's or Red Star yeast)

1 egg

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

8 to 10 cups flour

Place milk, water and margarine 

in a pot and heat until lukewarm.

You can test using your finger.

If it feels warm take off stove.

Add the following to a large mixing bowl.

2 cups of flour, sugar, baking powder,

baking soda and salt.

Mix together with a beater.

Add milk mixture.

Mix together again with beater.

Add yeast and mix together with beater.

Place a bit of flour on a breadboard.

Knead dough.

Add more flour by cupful until it does not

stick to your hands.

Place dough back into the bowl.

Cover on stove with a kitchen towel.

Let rise until dough doubles in size.

(usually a half hour to an hour)

Take out of bowl and place back on breadboard.

Take approximately 2 ounces of the dough

and roll into a ball.

Place your balls on a cookie sheet lined

with wax paper sprayed with Pam.

(In the early days they used melted butter)

Place 2 dozen on a cookie sheet.

Bake 400 degrees for 15 minutes.

Take out and brush rolls with melted butter.

For the remainder of the dough,

you can either another dozen rolls or make 

cinnamon sugar strips.

Mix two parts of sugar to 1 part cinnamon

into a bowl.

Melt another 1/4 cup butter in a pan.

Take the dough and roll into strips.

Dip the strips into the butter and then the 

cinnamon sugar mixture.

Place each strip into a cake pan,

and make a circle of strips starting

 in the middle of the pan.

Go around to the edge of pan with your strips.

Bake at 400 for 15 minutes and you will have

homemade cinnamon and sugar bread strips

you can then pull apart and eat.

Now my mom asked me to put out a disclaimer.

She said that anyone other than a girl in 

our family will probably not be able to make

these rolls.

She thinks her gramma put a hex on this,

as she has given it to quite a few friends...

no one has been able to make them.

I just found this out.

If you try to make these, please let me know 

if it works out for you.

I have not made these although both my

sister and daughter have.

In other news,

later today I have to get my wisdom teeth out.

Will be out of commission for a bit.

All of these years, my dentists had said 

they did not need to come out.

Now one has a cavity, 

so my dentist said its time.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Mine will probably be laying on the couch,

looking like a chipmunk,

trying to eat either applesauce, pudding or jello. 

This And That Blessings To All!

Janice