Saturday, May 11, 2019

Springtime Harvests

Kicked off a sunny morning with breakfast and The Backyardigans. "Sinbad Sails Alone" has Tyrone as the famous seaman of legend off to find the end of the rainbow. Pablo wants to be a sailor too and tags along. Tyrone keeps insisting that he doesn't need any help, especially the bumbling messes that Pablo gets him into. He might need more help than he thinks to defeat the games of Siren Uniqua and Medusa Tasha!

Headed out around quarter of 10 to run errands. First stop of the day was the Collingswood Farm Market, which opened last week. It was packed elbow-to-elbow with people buying produce for Mother's Day dinners, barbecues, and college graduation parties. Strawberries are out, and so are asparagus, green and wax beans, radishes, spinach, and other leafy greens. I picked up mushrooms, scallions, Florida carrots, and spinach for spinach bacon salad.

Spent the next two and a half hours riding around Haddon Township, checking out their town-wide yard sale. Disappointingly, there wasn't much. Most of the stuff on display was either junk, clothes, or toys and other items for very young children. One man was selling books and DVDs. I picked up the 1992 Robert Downey Jr. vehicle Chaplin, on the life of famous movie comedian Charlie Chaplin. Found a lovely Raggedy Ann doll in perfect condition at another sale, along with two notebooks.

Needed a few things I forgot at the Acme yesterday at Target on the way home. The raspberry preserves were even more expensive there than at the Acme. I'll hold off and get them elsewhere. I did pick up brown sugar and cake mix, though. I checked out a few sales in the neighborhoods behind the Ritz Theatre after leaving Target, but didn't find anything else I really wanted and headed home around 1:30.

Had an orange-banana smoothie for lunch while watching more Smallville. "Visage" brings back Whitney Fordman, a former boyfriend of Lana's who joined the Marines and was shipped overseas. He seems a little too eager to start things up with Lana again, to Clark's annoyance. Turns out there's a reason for him to be frustrated. Whitney isn't what he seems. Meanwhile, the woman Lana's newly-discovered dad is married to gently warns her away, worried that her husband won't have time for her and will forget about her.

After lunch, I took the trash and recycling cans downstairs to give them a good scrub. Charlie got the hose working again. I washed them, then used the hose to wash off my dirt-covered bike. I clean the bike and the cans twice a year, in May when it gets warm enough to use the hose, and in October right before it becomes too cold to. The recycling cans aren't big, and it never takes me more than 20 minutes to get it all done.

Worked on writing for a while as the cans dried. Luke picks up flying with a jet pack easily. In fact, flying comes naturally to him, thanks to his air and light powers. Even when he's shot down in the thick of battle, he hears Ben's voice in his head that encourages him to use the remaining light of day to fly on his own.

Broke for dinner at 5:30. Did another Smallville episode while eating leftovers and making very moist Banana-Blueberry Strusel Muffins. "Insurgence" takes us into crime thriller territory. Mrs. Kent is upset when Lionel Luther forces her to work on her anniversary. Things take an even worse turn when they're held hostage at the main LutherCorp building in Metropolis by thieves who want everything in the vaults...and Mrs. Kent finds out why Lionel really hired her.

Moved on to Lego Star Wars while the muffins were in the oven. Completed the very long "Through the Jutland Wastes," including all of the pieces and the red brick. Got the red brick in "Discovery at Kamino," but somehow missed a piece.

Finished the night with Mother Wore Tights in honor of my own mother, who loves this movie. I go into more details on Betty Grable's favorite of her movies at my Musical Dreams Movie Review blog.

Mother Wore Tights

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