Pumpkin Bread
Posted on 26 November 2024 | No responses
Ingredients
- 2 cups roast squash* (or 15 oz can pumpkin puree)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp cloves
- ¾ cup raisins (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 4 Handi-foil bread pans
In large bowl, mix together pumpkin, brown sugar, and white sugar. Add eggs 1 at a time then mix in oil and milk.
In separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, spices, baking powder, and baking soda until combined.
Fold dry ingredients in with wet ingredients in large bowl. Add in raisins and mix well by hand.
Divide evenly into pans (makes about 4 loaves)
Bake for 40-45 minutes. Then check and bake an additional 5-10 mins, if needed.
After baking, let rest in pan for about 1/2 hour then remove from pan and cool completely.
* To roast squash: Slice squash in half. Place cut-side down in shallow (10×15) casserole with ¾ cup water. Bake in 350 degree oven for 1 ½ hours
Halloween 2024 Movie List
Posted on 31 October 2024 | No responses
Here we go again, folks! Time for the Halloween “spooky” movie marathon. Unlike in previous years, this year I tracked all the movies I watched, not just the ones I hadn’t seen before. Some of these films I’ve seen before but there are quite a few that are new to me. As I did last year, I’m introducing the girls to horror movies and trying to stick with the “classics” before getting into the newer, meta movies (like Scream, Cabin in the Woods, etc).
- 13 Ghosts (1960)
- 12 Monkeys (1995)*
- 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
- 28 Days Later (2002)*
- 28 Weeks Later (2007)
- Altered States (1980)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)*
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
- A Quiet Place (2018)
- A Study in Terror (1965)
- The Black Cat (1934)
- The Blair Witch Project (1999)*
- The Brides of Dracula (1960)
- The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- Carrie (1976)*
- Cat’s Eye (1985)
- The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
- The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
- The Deadly Mantis (1957)
- Demon City Shinjuku (1988)
- Doctor Sleep (2019)
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
- Event Horizon (1997)*
- The Faculty (1998)
- The Frighteners (1996)
- Fright Night (1985)
- Fright Night (2011)
- The Funhouse (1981)*
- The Giant Claw (1957)
- The Green Mile (1999)*
- The Haunted Palace (1963)
- The Haunting (1963)*
- The Hunger (1983)
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)*
- Interview with the Vampire (1994)
- Invaders from Mars (1953)
- Invaders from Mars (1986)
- The Lost Boys (1987)
- Mimic (1997)*
- The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
- The Mummy (1959)
- Poltergeist (1982)*
- Rope (1948)
- The Shining (1980)*
- The Sixth Sense (1999)*
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)*
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (2003)
- The Thing from Another World (1951)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
* watched with the girls
Postcard: SS Santa Rosa
Posted on 24 October 2024 | No responses
Built especially for Caribbean and South American cruises, the SS Santa Rosa was a passenger and cargo ocean liner built for the Grace Line. Launched in 1932, she was the first of four sister ships and her regular route included inter-coastal service between the east coast and the west coast of the US via the Caribbean and the Panama Canal.
Postcard: SS Queen Mary
Posted on 23 October 2024 | No responses
Continuing the Postcard series, here is another old postcard from the vault: this time it’s the SS Queen Mary. At 1015.5ft in length and 118ft across, she could accommodate 3200 people and make the Atlantic crossing in 4 days.
Postcard: Coney Island Cyclone
Posted on 23 October 2024 | No responses
I have a large postcard collection and thought I’d share a few items. First in the series is the Coney Island Cyclone.
Opened to the public on June 26, 1927, the Coney Island Cyclone was a wooden roller coaster at Luna Park in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The Cyclone reached a maximum speed of 60 mph, has a total track length of 2,640 feet, and a maximum height of 85 ft. The roller coaster was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. In August 2024, the coaster was shut down indefinitely after coming to a stop mid-ride.
