Day 572 – (AD 1,731) – 24.3 Miles –Jim’s Trek Part V – Mars on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Happy 4th Day of Christmas.

Today I pedaled 24.3 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals are now 37,568.3 miles; 60,460.4 kilometers.

I have plotted a new path and goal destination, Ascraeus Mons. I am now located at 91.62%.

Only 633.3 miles remaining in Jim’s Trek.

Something to think and make sure to do something about –

Jim’s Gotta Eat – https://jimsgottaeat.blogspot.com/

This week begins an experiment and a challenge to me.

The experiment – Repurpose Holiday leftovers. Leftovers are, and each will be the primary ingredient in each individual dish and meal – Smoked Sausage; Mac & Cheese; Pulled Pork; Mashed Sweet Potatoes; and Rice.

Last night repurposed supper gets flying colors.

Japanese Cucumber Sunomono Salad.

Leftover 4Rivers Sausage Pasta and Cheese.

Leftover 4Rivers Sweet Potato Casserole - Repurposed as a Pseudo Jamaican Sweet Potato Pudding.

Supper #3 of the Challenge – Leftover 4Rivers Pulled Pork. Check back tomorrow to find what happens.

Quilting – https://quiltsb.blogspot.com/

Our Cranes Quilts Update -

All labels have been attached to 50 quilts of our Hope Project.

We have counted 330 Crane blocks in 10 quilts plus 1 coat. We’re guessing about 1,200 more Crane blocks in the 40 quilts of the Cranes Spectrum.

Next Steps -

1. Determine the color and shade order of the 40 quilts of the Cranes Spectrum. We do not have a Spectrophotometer readily available. We will be using our Red and Green Color Evaluator filters.

2. Measure each of the 50 quilts of our Hope Project.

3. Make wooden hangers for all the 50 quilts.

4. Checklist for January 10 delivery and setup at the UUC Octagon Art Center in Clearwater.

Our Hope Project setup date is scheduled for January 10. We will be sharing an Artist Reception between 1-5pm at the UUC Octagon Arts Center on Saturday, January 12 in Clearwater.

Genealogy – https://agenealogyhunt.blogspot.com/

This is my 1,764th post. Per Blogger Jim’s Trek has recorded, as of this writing, 214,352 Pageviews.

I welcome comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact, email me at Jim’s Trek. (This link is my email address - jsmith58a@gmail.com.)

Have a healthy day and smile,

Jim

Day 571 – (AD 1,730) – 24.6 Miles –Jim’s Trek Part V – Mars on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Happy 3rd Day of Christmas.

This morning I pedaled 24.6 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals are now 37,519.34 miles; 60,381.8 kilometers.

I have plotted a new path and goal destination, Ascraeus Mons. I am now located at 88.1%.

Only 657.6 miles remaining in Jim’s Trek.

Something to think and make sure to do something about –

Jim’s Gotta Eat – https://jimsgottaeat.blogspot.com/

This week begins an experiment and a challenge to me.

The experiment – Repurpose Holiday leftovers. Leftovers are, and each will be the primary ingredient in each individual dish and meal – Smoked Sausage; Mac & Cheese; Pulled Pork; Mashed Sweet Potatoes; and Rice.

Last night repurpose supper gets just a passable grade – Leftover Asian Shrimp Rice – Rice Casserole

Biscuits are Pao de Queijo – Tapioca Cheese Biscuits.

The biscuits were the best part.

Supper #2 of the Challenge – Leftover 4Rivers Sausage and Sweet Potato Casserole. Check back tomorrow to find what happens.

Quilting – https://quiltsb.blogspot.com/

Our Cranes Quilts Update -

All hanging sleeves have been attached to all 50 quilts. Hangers are still to be constructed. Labels have been printed and are now in process of being framed before being attached to each Crane Quilt.

The labels for the quilts in the Cranes Spectrum will go from # s 01.40 through 40.40. Andy and I still must determine which one is 01.40 and so on. Our idea is a progression of shades as each one of the Cranes Quilts represent 40 different shades of color in batik.

Our Hope Project setup date is scheduled for January 10. We will be sharing an Artist Reception between 1-5pm at the UUC Octagon Arts Center on Saturday, January 12 in Clearwater.

Follow our updates, progress and history at our Quilts SB Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsbySB/

Genealogy – https://agenealogyhunt.blogspot.com/

This is my 1,763rd post. Per Blogger Jim’s Trek has recorded, as of this writing, 214,088 Pageviews.

I welcome comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact, email me at Jim’s Trek. (This link is my email address - jsmith58a@gmail.com.)

Have a healthy day and smile,

Jim

Day 570 – (AD 1,729) – 24.1 Miles –Jim’s Trek Part V – Mars on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

On the 2nd Day of Christmas, I don’t need any more pets. Fours dogs are quite enough. And Happy Boxing Day to one and all.

This morning I pedaled 24.1 miles on my Schwinn 170. Totals are now 37,519.34 miles; 60,381.8 kilometers.

I have plotted a new path and goal destination, Ascraeus Mons. I am now located at 84.54%.

Only 682.2 miles remaining in Jim’s Trek.

Something to think and make sure to do something about –

Question: Why is it that some persons feel that the older the get, the more entitled they think they should be?

The math approximates, but an approximation is better than the lies coming out of the Oval Office. From The Washington Post, “Based on Trump’s detailed diagram of his slat wall, here is some advanced mathematics”, by Philip Bump, Dec. 23, 2018.

“What’s more, a nine-inch gap wouldn’t necessarily keep people out. In 2010, a prisoner in a jail in Tennessee escaped his cell by covering himself with grease and squeezing between bars set 4.5 inches apart. He would have found the steel slats — with gaps between that are twice that size — practically roomy.”

Jim’s Gotta Eat – https://jimsgottaeat.blogspot.com/

From Shadowgame.in About “15 Amazing Foods that Burn More Calories than they Contain: Weight Loss”, Aug 3, 2018

Almonds
Apples
Artichokes
Avocados
Bananas
Black Beans
Blueberries
Broccoli
Brown Rice
Cabbage
Garbanzo Beans
Grapefruit
Greek Yogurt
Tomatoes
Carrot


This week begins an experiment and a challenge to me.

The experiment – Repurpose Holiday leftovers. Leftovers are, and each will be the primary ingredient in each individual dish and meal – Smoked Sausage; Mac & Cheese; Pulled Pork; Mashed Sweet Potatoes; and Rice.

The challenge – Make a great Biscuit.

Quilting – https://quiltsb.blogspot.com/

Our Cranes Quilts Update -

Labels have been created for all Cranes Quilts. Next on the agenda - sleeves, Spectrum shade orientation, hangers, and write-ups.

Here's hoping my PC will hold up, between crashes of my graphic card.

Our tally of Cranes Quilts that will be included in our Hope Project - 50 quilts and 1 coat

40 Quilts in the Cranes Spectrum - Jim and Andy
9 Cranes Quilts - Jim and Andy
1 Hand Sewn Cranes Quilt - Madhu Mathur
1 Crane Coat - Marijke van Welzen, Jim and Andy

We're counting the number of Cranes. Looks like we're closing in on about 1,300.

Mark your calendars for January 12 at the Octagon Arts Center in Clearwater.

Read our initial notes at Quilts SB - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2018/04/origami-cranes-our-obsession.html

Follow our updates, progress and history at our Quilts SB Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/QuiltsbySB/

Mark your calendars -

Andy and I have booked 4 Shows of our Quilts for the first part of 2019.

Octagon Arts Center, Clearwater Jan-Feb = Hope (Cranes Quilts) Project https://www.artstampabay.com/organization/octagon-arts-center/

Charles J. Fendig Library, Tampa Feb-Mar = JSAB Art Pieces (tbd) https://www.hcplc.org/locations/charles-j-fendig

Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa Mar-Apr = Hope (Cranes Quilts) Project http://www.carrollwoodcenter.org/ http://www.carrollwoodcenter.org/the-crane-project/

Mirella Cimato Gallery, St. Petersburg May-Jun = JSAB Art Pieces (tbd)
http://stpeteopera.org/art-in-the-mirella-cimato-gallery/

Genealogy – https://agenealogyhunt.blogspot.com/

This is my 1,762nd post. Per Blogger Jim’s Trek has recorded, as of this writing, 214,039 Pageviews.

I welcome comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact, email me at Jim’s Trek. (This link is my email address - jsmith58a@gmail.com.)

Have a healthy day and smile,

Jim

Jim's Trek - Merry Christmas and Bah Hum-Coffee

Merry Christmas,

And it is time for another tale from the BS Coffee Saga.

This Christmas Morning, bright and early, with all gifts wrapped and food-stuffs readied, I felt it was time to settle down for a pleasant cup of coffee from my infamous Orenda Coffee Machine.

"Yes please", I hear through the darkness, as AB slowly gets out of bed.

# 148 coming right up, I answer instead.

Everything set, beans, water, filter, and cup in place, I search for my IPhone to query the Orenda App space. The Internet is working and the wireless connections sets off. The grinder, not that one, the Orenda one does it thing and it whirs, and burrs and crusheds the beans. A fantastic aroma of fresh new coffee grounds fill the Christmas, albeit Florida, air.

The Orenda begins its dances. It splishes and splashes, and the stream of Over-Brew hot water cascades over fresh gems of coffee grounds.

# 148 done. Come and get it.

Okay, done, now #149.

The beans get ground, the hot H2O has sprung, with a whir and a buzz, the gleaming and shiny Orenda Coffee Machine comes to a sputtering stop.

Bloody hell, not again, I says to myself, but I do know how to manage and clean this non-friendly consumer contraption.

30 minutes, and I keep the coffee ground cloud to a minimum, I unscrew this piece, and pull out that one. I clean and I rotate, I spic-and-span the counter. I bloody well make sure I do not lose the 2 minute screws.

I've cleaned, and I struggled, and the Orenda is steady, but what to expect but no cup of jo is ready.

The hot brewed water is now no longer spritzing into the waiting of the cup's mouth below. Damn, double damn, I wish it t'weren't so.

I am puzzled. No instruction explanation, but I notice a tab right where the brewed water should pass. I pull and the piece extracts with a jerk. Aha I think, this passage needs work.

Yes, the trial works and now on to cups # 150 and # 151. That's $2.87 a cup.

And as I wish you all Season's Greetings, remember to note that Santa is thinkin'. No longer a chunk of coal for those ne'er do well, but an Orenda Coffee Machine, that can go to hell!!!

Days 568 & 569 – (AD 1,728) – 23.4 + 24.7 Miles –Jim’s Trek Part V – Mars on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

PC's back in the house. Had to get it from the shop, even not completely fixed. The shop is closed until after Christmas.  And of course, I have too much work to get done in preparation for our Hope - Cranes Quilts - Project on January 10.

Yesterday morning I pedaled 23.4 miles on my Schwinn 170. This morning I cycled 24.7 miles. Totals are now 37,495.3 miles; 60,343.0 kilometers.

I have plotted a new path and goal destination, Ascraeus Mons. I am now located at 81.04%.

Only 706.3 miles remaining in Jim’s Trek.

Think of this. I only have about 33 more pedaling days to go and I will reach my total goal of 38,201.6 miles.

Something to think and make sure to do something about –

Jim’s Gotta Eat – https://jimsgottaeat.blogspot.com/

Supper last night was an excellent Winter Melon Soup with Pork Meatballs.

It is the first time I have ever used Winter Melon. It most definitely will not be the last. https://omnivorescookbook.com/recipes/winter-melon-meatball-soup

Quilting – https://quiltsb.blogspot.com/

Our Cranes Quilts Update -

The transfer of our quilting design is done. We’re using a variegated blue thread in the body of the Monster Crane. The fabric is allowing us to follow a sort-of stippling pattern. We’re using a variable random pebbling on the background, albeit moon, using a close-matching white thread.

The First, The Last, The Hope, the Journey
Jim Smith and Andy Brunhammer
December 2018

Today’s the day we bind our latest Crane Quilt. We have named it “The First, The Last, The Hope, The Journey”. Sort of a mouthful, but it has become the epitome of our Hope Project.

Mark the date of January 12th on your calendars. More details of the showing of our Hope Project to follow.

Read our initial notes at Quilts SB - http://quiltsb.blogspot.com/2018/04/origami-cranes-our-obsession.html


Genealogy – https://agenealogyhunt.blogspot.com/

This is my 1,760th post. Per Blogger Jim’s Trek has recorded, as of this writing, 213,481 Pageviews.

I welcome comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact, email me at Jim’s Trek. (This link is my email address - jsmith58a@gmail.com.)

Have a healthy day and smile,

Jim