The moon lives forever

I remember being somewhat spun out years ago because the moon came in the night, it came in the day, it never really went away like the sun. The moon has always fascinated me. It just plain looks good even. And I still love to go outside when the moon is full and see my shadow on the ground. My moonshadow hey (go Cat Stevens). I make pete go and do it now and then. When it's so bright you can read things by it.
The other night (last week?) the power went out again, in the middle of the night and i woke up cos pete's computer backup thing started going berserk and making weird noises. I looked outside cos i didn't know whether it was just us or not with the power, and all the street lights and house lights were off, and the moon was near full and i wanted to run around outside but i had to get up early in the morning :)
I mean if you go out the bush and don't have any lights you can see the moon and everything, but it's not often you get to see the town without even just the streetlights. It just looks different :)
I tried to take a photo, but it didn't work. maybe if i knew what special setting i was meant to put it on. bit hard in the middle of the night :)

Potatoes

Potatoes are very easy to grow, but I'm never sure when to dig them up. I had to make some difficult growing decisions this year :) and potatoes didn't make the list. They're cheap enough in the shop anyway. Well you know how much I love potatoes. I feel like Bubba in Forrest Gump describing all the ways you can cook shrimp. Potato salad, mashed potato, baked potato, roasted potato, hot coals baked potato, hot potato chips, potato chips in packets, potato gnocchi, potato pancakes, potatoes in gravy, scalloped potatoes (you know baked in cream, etc), potato cakes (i.e. with chips), potatoes sliced and cooked on the bbq, potatoes boiled and then fried in egg and breadcrumb batter, potatoes 'lyonnaise' (my cookbook calls it that) boiled a bit and then sliced thick and fried up with onions. Potato 'lasagne'- some weird recipe i have that involves potatoes and pasta/lasagna sheets, baked. Stuffed potatoes. I'd say boiled potatoes to be pedantic, but i never eat them that way. Just thought I'd share my love of potatoes. They don't get much attention otherwise.

The Purpose Of A Blog

You know I'm glad I started this blog cos I already forgot some of the stuff that happened that I wrote a month ago. Talk about a short-term memory. Maybe if I do lots of crosswords or something I can regain/ increase my short-term memory capacity. Good plan sez.

Me & Pete just watched 'Marty'. It was a very goofy 50's movie. It was better than I thought it would be. Pete says a lot of his family were just like that. I can see it i tell ya.

I have a new tv show that I watch for 20 minutes while eating breakfast. Seeing as Bottletop Bill is a thing of the past. Everybody should give Jakers a try. OK?

Can you tell i'm having a thing about sticking links in at the moment? I'm on a roll....

Really I have something else to share. It's in my head cos it was on the tv and now it's gonna stay there for weeks so I might as well share it around. What's worse is that it gets in my head and I only know half the words. Well I've remedied that now, haven't I. .......

The Marines Song

From the Halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli
We fight our country's battles
On the land as on the sea.
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
Of United States Marines.

Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in every clime and place
Where we could take a gun.
In the snow of far-off Northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job --
The United States Marines.

Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve;
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve.
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes,
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.