02.02 2020

AKA  THE GEOGRAM WEEKLY


                         HOW COOL IS THIS???
Not often one can post such a date!!!!!  

What does this mean? Today is February 2, 2020, or 02/02/2020, which means the date as digits reads the same both front and backwards, regardless of what format your country writes the date in.

Both the MM/DD/YYYY format and the DD/MM/YYYY format read 02/02/2020 on this day, or simply 02022020.

According to CNN, the last time a palindrome date in all formats occurred was 909 years ago on 11/11/1111. Most of us won't be around the next time it happens again in 101 years on 12/12/2121.

Fun fact: Early this morning it was 02:02:20 on 02/02/2020.

What are you doing to celebrate the global palindrome date?

INTERNATIONAL PALINDROME DAY......

Why I like January in the PNW.

Just when you think your house  will float away down the Columbia River and out into the Pacific Ocean or your ground will suck you in or you feel you have been experiencing a 5 day continuous hard shower, the gray sky parts and one sees blue and a vaguely familiar round light in the sky.  
SUN BREAK!! That is what it is called.  That phenomenon is happening TODAY, Saturday, January 25!

I went out for a photo walk, after 5 days of rain and staying inside because of an achy tooth.

Even with living here for over 7 years I am still thrilled with the outdoor scene in January.  So much Wisconsin April/May weather right here and now!

My first repsonse to landing in Portland many years ago, even with gray sky was, "Green grass in January! White is NOT the color of the entire world.  Nor is zero degrees the average temperature.  

Later in the day, Kahana picked me up to attend an Indian vegetarian cooking class.  

 

Garbanzo bean soup

I am wearing a large red scarf a lady friend brought home from India.....

Saul helping to make patura...deep fried flat bread with seasonings 

 garbanzo bean soup with rice and patura

drink of mango pulp and home made yogurt

Harpel demonstrated to me how to make home made yogurt.  I watched as she showed me and then tried it a couple days later at home.  
Bring a small amount of milk to scalding, let it cool to  medium hot, 
stir in "starter", a spoon of already made yogurt

wrap it up overnight....don't move it for at least 6 hours

Checked it out the next morning....
it was thin, a little lumpy, sour tasting.

I'm a bit unsure of what I made but I have eaten a little mixed in with boughten yogurt the past 2 nights. 

Might be my new health craze or habit. 

That, Folks, wraps up my GeoGram week....along with a Red Hat Mamas'  pot luck brunch to plan activities for this year, still doctoring with an infected tooth...
 
AND....mailing out several 
2020
GeoLou Schmidts calendars....featuring a picture of the  45 year reign of the  Schmidthouse that has slid into history... complete with the sheetmetal shop, the basketball hoop and Big Lou's red truck...So Long trusty house, you served us well.....it was built about 1895.  

Gram G has some busy weeks coming up....check back to find out what!

This has been a good late January GeoGram week in the life of Grandma G.

"O Lord, you preserve both man and beast.  How priceless is your unfailing love!  Both high and low among men find refuge is the shadow of your wings."  (Psalm 36:6-7)