Day 334 - A Birthday Party

Today the Thai Society that my wife belongs to had a surprise birthday party for one of their members.  The party was held outdoors in 30 degree temperatures.  We were there for 3 1/2 hours and my feet were cold, however the food, as usual was delicious.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/EF-M 22mm  @ Aperture Priority set to f/3.5

Some of my favorites was theses grilled Mackerels 

And these grilled sweet rice cakes.

Thanks for looking

Tom

Day 332 - Thanksgiving Day

Well today I was up at 5 AM to rotated the turkey in the brine, then back to bed for a couple more hours.  After dropping the wife's car off for some maintenance, I finished preparing the turkey then into the oven @ 10:30 AM.   From 10:30 AM to 4 PM was spent in the kitchen cooking and getting the table set:

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/EF-M 22mm  @ Aperture Priority set to f/3.5

Except the last image @ f/8

Turkey was out of the oven and on the table

at 3 PM

The remainder of the food was done and on the table @ 4 PM

As we all gathered to give thanks

Happy Thanksgiving to you all

Thanks for Stopping by

Tom

Day 331 - Pre-Thanksgiving Cooking

Today was spent cleaning the house ad started to do some pre-cooking for tomorrow's dinner.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/EF-M 22mm  @ Aperture Priority set to f/3.5

Started out making my Kale & Peppercorn Stuffing...

Not sure why I cry every time I make this.  Is it because of the many memories of

Thanksgiving past or is it because of the number of onions that I have to chop

for the stuffing?

The final product...

ready to be popped into the oven tomorrow.

Next was to work on the Giblet Broth...

To my surprise there was no liver or heart with this turkey, so only the

neck & gizzard for the broth.

Along with the above, made the Honey Brine for the turkey to soak in overnight, and currently have the candied sweet potatoes baking in the oven.  When they come out, done for today.

Lastly, had a surprise for today...

A dear old friend stopped by and took me to lunch.

He was in the area closing on the sell of his house,

so he decided to stop before heading back to Myrtle Beach, NC.

See you all tomorrow.

Tom

Day 286 - Evening Shots in Bethlehem

Today, after church, I spent 3 hours studying.  Then took the wife to meet up with my daughter and granddaughters where they went to a make a cup cake party.  While they where in there I spent another 2 hours in the car studying.  Finally as the sun was quickly setting, we headed home and I decided to stop in Bethlehem to get a couple of images before the sun completely disappeared in the horizon.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ Aperture Priority set to f/3.5

These images are HDR images made from 3 images each.

Thanks for stopping by.

Tom

Day 283 - Halloween Pie

So after cleaning the floors, bathrooms, vacuuming and dusting the house, I headed downstairs to study. Before I knew it, I was there for 8 hours, so when my wife got home from work there was no time to go out and get a picture as it seemed to have been raining all day.  So what to take a picture of?  Then it dawned on me, why not take a picture of a slice of Apple Pie my wife made the other day.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ Aperture Priority set to f/3.5

Now you are probably wondering why I call this a Halloween pie?  Well when she made it, the recipe called for orange juice and lemon juice.  Since she had neither, she substituted  Lime juice.  So when I first bit into the pie, it tasted like a key lime pie.  So hence we have here a key lime pie disguised as an apple pie.  Believe it or not, it really taste pretty good.

Thanks for stopping by

Tom

Day 279 - Garlic Festival

Today we headed down to Easton for the Garlic Festival.  We could only be there for a little while as I had to get back home and continue my studies.  I did get 7 images for today's blog.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ Aperture Priority set to f/3.5

Thanks for Stopping By

Tom

Day 270 - Lunch @ Kome

TGIF.  Friday's are our date afternoon where the wife and I go out for lunch before we pick up the grandchildren.  Today we we decided to use the last of the money on our Kome gift card and have lunch there, where my wife love's their sushi and I enjoy their seafood noodle dish.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ Aperture Priority set to f/3.5

Now we've been to Kome's so much that our waitress automatically brings out our green tea

 Then looking for a photo, sometimes all you need to do is look up

Have a great day

Tom

Day 264 - House Blessing Party

Today we headed up to Northern New Jersey to a friend of my wife's home.  Where she was having the Thai Monks bless her new home.  We arrived late for the blessing ceremony but in time for some lunch.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ Aperture Priority set to f/3.5

One of the Dishes was some Thai Curry

Also attending the Ceremony was the President

and 1st Vice President of the Thai Association of Northeast Pa.

And my wife who is the 2nd VP

Time to say goodnight

Tom

Day 259 - Reality Hits

So today was our 1st day back to work.  No room service to deliver the coffee,  no choice of dining establishment to choose from to eat.  And no one to come and make the bed.  Yes vacation is over and it's back to getting leftovers for dinner.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ Aperture Priority set to f/3.5

So this was my choice for dinner today

Thanks for stopping by

Tom

Day 244 - Homemade Pizza Day

So for today we had the grandchildren make their own pizza for their dinner.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/ EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ f/3.5

We started out by dividing the dough and setting out the fixings

Next we got them seated and started teaching them how to roll out the dough.

Am I done yet Pop-pop?

Now we start to add the toppings for the pizza

Their finished Pizzas

Starting from top left

Granddaughter 1, Granddaughter 2

Grandson Pizzas

Time now to eat what we made

Bonappetit

See you all tomorrow

Tom

  

Day 219 - Gingerly

Didn't go down to Musikfest today.  Had to do some banking, bill paying, the mundane stuff you need to do to keep things going.

So trying to figure out what I was going to take a picture of, I heard this commotion on the kitchen counter.  So I gingerly approached the counter and this is what I saw.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/ EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ f/3.5

Yes, they are back...

To be continued .....

Day 217 - Musikfest Day 4

Today was my first opportunity to walk around Musikfest.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/ EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ f/3.5

Panoramic Image of the Fest Site on the Northside of Bethlehem

Entrance into the Tropic Platz

Of course Musikfest is not just about music

Now this is a Low Calorie Snack.

Loaded Ribbion Fries

And then there is the music

And the Beer

Then there are the street entertainers

This guy was making Ballon Animals for the Children

More images from Musikfest Tomorrow

Tom

Day 190 - A Hefeweizen Tuesday

After work, the wife and I headed down to the local brew pub for a quick dinner and a brew.  I then took her to a meeting & I headed over to the Steel Stacks until her meeting was done.

All images are taken with the EOS-M w/ EF-M 22mm f/2 STM @ f/3.5

Good to the last drop

Cheers

Wheat Field

Bethlehem Steel Mill

8 Image Panorama

Thanks for Looking

Tom