8/30/2022

Who are the best cooks in your family?

Mary, Tim, and Vicki are all good cooks.

Mary learned from her mother, and little from her father. Her father's job was primarily cooking. We lived in Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Hammond, Indiana, but her father worked and lived in California. She worked in restaurants. She had friends who were good cooks. Mary Polk is just one example. She worked and cooked at a Kroger store in Houston, Texas. She was a waitress at Foley's Department store in Houston. She  was a hostess at Zuider Zee seafood restaurant. She worked in a rehabilitation center, which served food, in Harmarville, Pennsylvania.

Tim went to high school in a school which taught food preparation. The name of the school was Batey. It was near Pittsburgh, Pa. He has over forty five years of cooking experience. He cooks regularly for himself, Mary and I. His meals are very flavorful and tasty. We had breaded tender pork chops. He makes his own french fries, his mashed potatoes are yummy, and he makes sweet potatoes. He has an oven and equipment to use to prepare food.

Vicki has over forty five years cooking experience. She learned from her mother Mary, but she does things on her own. Her husband, Danny, is a good cook also. So, she learned from him as well. Boiled eggs and spinach are a favorite of hers. We went to many holiday dinners at Vicki's house, when we were in Pennsylvania; Vicki did most of the cooking.


What things are you proudest of in your life?

 High school
     I was offered and accepted a teacher job after graduating from high school.

US Army

     The USA means a lot to me.

     Capitalism, Conservative, Believer, Constitutionalist

College

     Michigan State University
     Bachelor of Arts Degree
     Business Administration

 Graduated in the top 14 of 4,000

     Invited lifetime member of Phi Kappa Phi

     Invited lifetime member of Beta Gamma Sigma 


Owner-operator

     I have owned three trucks at different times over several years

This truck belonged to Angelo Fonzi. I drove it several years between Gary, In through Canada, to Buffalo, NY. It was one of three rigs that were the same. James Farler and Jerrold Luipold drove the other two.
Volvo truck with 400 horsepower Volvo engine. Double pay; this truck earned twice as much as an eighteen wheeler. This truck can be backed up hooked up. Fortyeight wheelers have to be unhooked and trailers backed separately to load.

Don Wolfrum, August 30, 2022





8/29/2022

Royal Botanic Gardens | Hamilton, Ontario

 Don, what is one of the most beautiful places you have ever been?

The Royal Botanical Gardens, near Hamilton, Ontario. It’s in Burlington, Ontario.


By Leonora (Ellie) Enking from East Preston, United Kingdom - African Marigolds, CC BY-SA 2.0,

HTTPS://COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORG/W/INDEX.PHP?CURID=79870014 '

Link to Royal Botanicanl Gardens images page.

HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?Q=ROYAL+BOTANICAL+GARDENS+HAMILTON,+ONTARIO&NEWWINDOW=1&SXSRF=ALICZSYOJ9DNPOOKRRUY7OINYW2F4ELFXW:1661706890218&SOURCE=LNMS&TBM=ISCH&SA=X&VED=2AHUKEWI82QXHHOR5AHW5DEQIHSYODRIQ_AUOANOECAIQBA&BIW=1396&BIH=656&DPR=1.38

Don Wolfrum, August 28, 2022

What’s in bloom at the garden

HTTPS://WWW.RBG.CA/GARDENS-TRAILS/BY-EXPERIENCE/WHATS-IN-BLOOM/#SEASON

Don Wolfrum, August 28, 2022

Iris
HTTPS://WWW.RBG.CA/GARDENS-TRAILS/BY-EXPERIENCE/WHATS-IN-BLOOM/IRIS/

Don Wolfrum, August 28, 2022

Horticulture and Collections
HTTPS://WWW.RBG.CA/PLANTS-CONSERVATION/HORTICULTURE-COLLECTIONS/

Browse all collections here.

Don Wolfrum, August 28, 2022

Rose Garden
HTTPS://WWW.RBG.CA/GARDENS-TRAILS/BY-EXPERIENCE/WHATS-IN-BLOOM/ROSE-GARDEN/

Don Wolfrum, August 28, 2022

Weddings
HTTPS://WWW.RBG.CA/VENUES-RENTALS/WEDDINGS/
There are other events
Children’s birthday parties
Corporate events, etc.

Don Wolfrum, August 28, 2022


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8/28/2022

Did you walk or talk in your sleep?

 Do I walk or talk in my sleep?

I don't walk in my sleep.

My wife says that I moan, groan, and holler, and say stuff that don' make sense.

8/22/2022

Steve Martin and Kermit the Frog in "Dueling Banjos"

What is the funniest thing you ever did?
I posted this on Twitter
People liked it!





Ray Stevens - "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival" (Music Video)






Ray Stevens - The Streak (with lyrics)


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