Willow Is Just Hanging Around

Harvest Moon Tonight

I heard on the radio that tonight was the Harvest Moon. I found the dates and times for full moons on the Farmer's Almanac website.
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They also have more details about each moon here.
This is the real moon in Missouri at approximately 10:15 from my house.


• Full Harvest Moon - September This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice the chief Indian staples are now ready for gathering.

Nan would have been 100 today!

My grandmother (we called her Nan) was born October 4th, 1906. She liked to cook German meals for us,
like Hasenpfeffer and Cow's Tongue with Raisin Gravy.
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I always hated to see that cow tongue in the refrigerator.
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But, in honor of one of her favorite meals, I am preparing a different version of Nan's cow tongue:

I found this recipe here for Cow Tongue Cookies

• 2 c. sugar
• 4 c. flour
• 1 1/2 c. Crisco
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 c. molasses
• 4 tsp. baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp. ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Mix Crisco and sugar. Add eggs and molasses. Mix dry ingredients and add to above. Shape into balls and then roll like a finger. Roll in sugar and bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes 5 dozen.

Willow Washing

It's very hard to take a picture of a cat washing.
I found this out when I tried to capture it!

Hotter Today?

This weather information is from Dave Murray's Blog at MyFoxSTL
(Dave is the Chief Meteorologist at Fox 2 in St. Louis.)

Hottest for October 3rd in St. Louis: 92 degrees in 1954

Hottest ever in St. Louis in October:
94 degrees on both 10/2/1953 and 10/11/1963
Normal high temperatures are around 73 degrees for the first week of October.

And today we may break the record again!
And here is a look back to our summer tomatoes that loved the heat...

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And who doesn't love fresh basil with home-grown tomatoes?

It's Summer in Autumn

I believe that we reached a high of over 90 degrees here in St. Louis today.
And tomorrow is expected to be even higher. Might even beat another record.

Today's Forecast was from MyFoxSTL.com:

8 AM 70°F Sunny A warm start

12 PM 88°F Partly Cloudy Summer in October

5 PM 93°F Partly Cloudy A record high. The record is 92

RAMS GAME DAY 4: Lions @ Rams

UPDATE WEEK 4: (w 41-34)

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It's another late afternoon game at 3:05 PM.

This will be Mike Martz's first time back to the Dome,
not as a Ram but a Lion, along with a few more ex-Rams.

HOWEVER
I STILL HAVE TO SAY: "GO RAMS"