Easter dinner at my house.

I was treated  this morning to our traditional Easter breakfast of hard boiled Easter eggs and a cinnamon roll  after having enjoyed my private sunrise meditation and then coffee and conversation with my wonderful wife. A great way to start the day.

We then took a ride in the country and found a rural house with a stand of bamboo still tan from the winter cold but showing a hint of green at the bases of the canes.  There were also many new green shoots making themselves known.
It was a good day for bamboo I guess.  On the way home we spotted a house 8 or 10 blocks from ours with a small stand of bamboo also.  We parked and I got out to inspect the bamboo and try to determine the variety. (Arrow bamboo I believe)  and met the new owner of the house.  He had just bought the house from a Vietnamese couple and said he didn't care for bamboo and I could have all I cared to dig up and take away.  I will attend to that in a few days.  Free is a very good price for bamboo plants.

My wife then spent most of the afternoon and early evening getting flowers for the table and preparing an outstanding dinner.  We had herb roasted chicken with red skin new potatoes, asparagus, & celery,  followed by a new desert recipe for semi guilt free Rhubarb Crisp.  Think of apple crisp but with the tart sweet flavor of Rhubarb.  It was all fantastic.

I think I will clean up the kitchen while she watches Desperate Housewives.

Announcement

I received this from a friend on Facebook and thought you all might appreciate th4 information.

From:  Les Voorheis

PLEASE READ - THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE WHO USES FACEBOOK FOR BUSINESS OR PERSONAL REASONS!! Forgive the invite. This is not really an "invitation", so no real need to press "attend" - Facebook likes to make changes and not really tell everyone. This is an easy way to get the word out - and currently the only way to assure that everyone can see it. Have you noticed that you are only seeing updates in your newsfeed from t............he same people lately? Have you also noticed that when you post things like status messages, photos and links, the same circle of people are commenting and everyone else seems to be ignoring you? Don't worry, everyone still loves you and nobody has intentionally blocked you. The problem is that a large chunk of your friend/fan list can't see anything you post and here's why: The "New Facebook" has a newsfeed setting that by default is automatically set to show ONLY posts from people who you've recently interacted with or interacted the most with (which would be limited to the couple of weeks just before people started switching to the new profile). So in other words, for both business and personal pages, unless your friends/fans commented on one of your posts within those few weeks or vice versa - you are now invisible to them and they are invisible to you!! HERE'S THE FIX: On the homepage click the "Most Recent" title on the right of the Newsfeed, then click on the drop down arrow beside it and select "Edit Options", click on "Show Posts From" and change the setting to "All Of Your Friends and Pages" (you can also access the "Edit Options" link at the very bottom of the facebook homepage on the right) Note: Business pages do not have a newsfeed however page owners should adjust the settings on their personal accounts. The good news is: now you can now view all of your friends and fans again. The bad news is: YOU ARE STILL INVISIBLE to a large portion of your list. You must get the word out to ALL of your friends and fans by inviting them to this event or creating one of your own so they can read the post and adjust their settings. To invite your friends: Click on "Attending" at the top and then you will see an option to invite your friends at the top left. It’s public so everyone who logs onto facebook can view it and even the friends who can’t see your posts WILL see the event invitation. You can also tweet about it, create a blog post or send out an email to your subscribers in hopes of reaching them all.See MoreSee More