Porch Sittin Time for Scooby: May 2012

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Solar eclipse

What an exciting evening at Lake Erie. Many arrived to share the views of the partial solar eclipse before sunset. The moon passed between the sun and the earth and took a little nibble out of the bottom of the sun.

Notice the moon in lower right corner

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Pink Old Ladies....(repost)

Just wanted to share these beautiful Victorians one more time. Todays post theme, Pink Old Ladies ...ha! Was it what you expected? These georgous, stately old gals were a grand discovery in Buffalo this week. many were getting prepped and gussied up for the world's most beautiful garden tour. The Buffalo Garden Walk is an annual event that takes place the last weekend of every July. The gardens are breath taking manifestations of the resident's imaginations coming to life. Visitors decend from all over the world to walk and view and beyond, more about that when I return to view them in late July.

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Deliver some Mother's Day Surprises

Mini cupcake are just plain cute! Only a couple bites to leave you satisfied, plus they're so fun to create and decorate.Packaging them up can be easy by going to a party store that sells inexpensive to go boxes for mini cupcakes. This week, why not make some to celebrate the moms at work , teachers , a local food pantry to tuck some into food baskets.. or send 1/2 a dozen around to your neighbors...I plan to make several dozen and deliver them to the "unexpecting" moms I know.
Happy Mother's Day!! Huggs!!

Lemon iced with a lime curd (tart)

Strawberry filled Lemoncake with creme cheese icing

Orange Iced Devil's food filled with orange creme

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Hey Cleveland!

Cleveland Today! An ongoing, work of beauty in progress
Today's pics are about places in my town..Cleveland. Think you know Cleveland? Look again. Those old jokes and nicknames about the industrial, steel making cities of the Northeast; Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Buffalo.. have been put to rest.
Often we take our cities for granted and there is so much beauty to recognize and appreciate.

Fountain?/Pool?/Aquarium?/|It's the entrance to the Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic, world class health care for everyone.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Severance Hall ,home of The Cleveland Orchestra. Severance Hall ,winter home of The Cleveland Orchestra. Under the direction of the inciteful and talented leader, Franz Wesler Most. Clevelanders have the good fortune of being able to attend their amazing , uplifting, sold out performances.

Severence Hall, one of the World's most beautiful concert halls, displays several design styles inside, from Classic to Modern to Art Deco and still provides state of the art sound quality for the concert goers enjoyment! A tribute to the many decades of patrons who continue to see the need for generous support.