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NATIONAL SPIRIT OF ’45 DAY

National Spirit of ’45 Day honors the can-do attitude of an entire generation affected by the trials and hardships of World War II. Observed every year on August 14, communities around the country hold events and memorials. Each one honors those who have inspired us, sacrificed, and preserved our nation for future generations.

The day ideally sets out to illustrate the people of the Greatest Generation. Over the years, iconic images have been imprinted on our minds. However, they only tell a part of the story. Still, thousands more remain to be told. Spirit of ’45 Day urges us to explore the history. Listen to the stories. Get involved and help preserve the memories of those who lived it.

Around the world, servicemen and women stepped up to the task in the Pacific, Europe, the Mediterranean or Africa. At home, men and women provided valuable food, parts, and labor. Everyone did their part. The youngest of them managed farm work and took on duties on the homefront. Often, supplies of certain items were low – rubber for tires or leather for shoes for example. And gas, too. Rationing was not uncommon.

The generation innovated. They sacrificed. And roles shifted. While they did, technology advanced, too. As a result, manufacturing faced a new horizon.

Those motivated to do their duty often did so a personal cost. While migrating great distances, sometimes the only means of communication was the post office. Journalists filled in the blanks via radio and newspaper. Their words filled the airwaves or emptied bottles of ink onto pages with their stories. And the nation paid attention.

NATIONAL RASPBERRY BOMBE DAY

National Raspberry Bombe Day on August 11 recognizes this tantalizing frozen dessert. A raspberry bombe creates a beautiful finale to any summer meal. The dessert will be the centerpiece of your meal and tastes delicious, too!

Throughout August, raspberries are ripening. That’s why this is the third raspberry holiday in the month. Who doesn’t love the sweet, juicy berry? And they’re even better frozen into a delicious dessert.

A typical bombe contains sherbet, heavy cream, sugar, chopped nuts, candied fruit and a dash of rum. The dessert is layered using a spherical mold and frozen overnight. With raspberries as the main ingredient, the result creates a terrific centerpiece.

Since one raspberry bush can yield several hundred berries per year, make more than one raspberry bombe. That way you can celebrate two days in a row or share with a friend. While the raspberry bombe is already an eye-catching dessert, add some rose petals to the finished product. Why? They will be a conversation starter. Then you can tell your guests that the raspberries are in the genus Rubus of the rose family.

@sheba2011

I arrived home a few minutes ago. It was a long day since I left early afternoon. No shopping. When I arrived hubby had his eyes closed and I thought he was sleeping. But then he heard my voice and he smiled. I think this is what happened. I didn’t go to the Rehab for a few days and it must have really made him concerned. He never thought of asking the nurses to contact me to see why and what for. If he had he would have known that being outside those two days drove me to bed and then a shower. The heat and the humidity really got to me even though I was highly hydrated. The sweat was coming from my eyes and the entire body. I had made lemonade and it was in the frig and I poured a full glass and went to the bedroom. When I started to feel better, it was too late to drive to Rehab. Anyway, on the days I didn’t show, I don’t think hubby ate anything. The only liquid he drank was to take meds. So, the episode I saw yesterday was the result of not only being dehydrated, but low in sugar. Today he ate a little bit. The Rehab purees everything because he starts coughing. They say it is due to a narrow esophagus and the muscles are not working as they should. I order Asian takeout, and I was told that I could ‘not and should not give him any food. I did give him a little of the house lo mein. What I ordered was soft. However, I will admit that the food was not that good and I doubt I will be ordering from this restaurant anytime soon. Then when the Aids were changing the linens and he was naked as well, they noticed a reddish purple thing on his back. It finally dawned on me that the itches were really bothering him and he was using the back scratcher. Guess he was scratching too hard and thus the outcome. I took the back scratcher home, but will leave it in the bag I use so if he needs it I have it. He really could have used a nice lukewarm shower this evening and a good leg and back scrub. I think he is allergic to t he soap that the Rehab uses. I also need to use Clean Boss on the bed and mattress. However, his roommate is on oxygen and I feel that the Clean Boss may hinder his breathing especially if there is a slight order. OMG I just heard thunder. Will write tomorrow..

@shoelady60,

Good evening to you and I am so glad your sister made it safe and sound. 😎🎈💕
I know your mom is having a very good meal and sis will be worn out by the time she
goes to bed tonight.

Kick back you did a great job with Mom. 😘❤️🎈💕

Hey tomorrow last day of the Games and I am not missing anything. 🎈😎

Salud😎💕

@xango,

Good evening the way the plane hit the ground it was out of control my heart goes out
to each and every soul on that plane. 💕

The time we are here is just a tiny speck of time and we all learn to cherish that time. 😎

I think you are an excellent cook and I am sure your husband recovery has a lot to do with
your good cooking. I can only hope you two will be alright for a while.

I too look at my animals through our security camera hey this is OZ we don’t play around
here. 😎I love those animals and I run back and forth to make sure they eat a healthy meal
I am all they have. I like that the animals all trust me. No easy feat in the animal kingdom. 💕

I am catching up on some of the Games but tomorrow well all good things must come to
an end. 😎🎈

I am sending some cooler weather for you OZ is in the 60’s and the good lord has a lot to do
with that. I am happy for the animals they need a break.

Hey take care of your husband and I am so glad he beat Covid. Xango I have had it hubby
and I at the same time due to a visit from my brother and his wife from Colorado. I had to
take meds for mine but I was fine when all was said and done. I am fully vaxxed. 🎈😎

Alicia Keys Lyrics
“Girl On Fire”

She’s just a girl and she’s on fire
Hotter than a fantasy
Lonely like a highway
She’s livin’ in a world and it’s on fire
Filled with catastrophe
But she knows she can fly away

Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
She got both feet on the ground
And she’s burnin’ it down
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
She got her head in the clouds
And she’s not backin’ down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She’s walkin’ on fire
This girl is on fire

Looks like a girl, but she’s a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try, but you’ll never forget her name
She’s on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls, say

Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
We got our feet on the ground
And we’re burnin’ it down
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Got our head in the clouds
And we’re not comin’ down

This girl is on fire (Fire, fire)
This girl is on fire
She’s walkin’ on fire (Fire, fire)
This girl is on fire

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Everybody stares as she goes by
‘Cause they can see the flame that’s in her eyes
Watch her when she’s lightin’ up the night
Nobody knows that she’s a lonely girl
And it’s a lonely world
But she gon’ let it burn, baby, burn, baby

This girl is on fire (Fire, fire)
This girl is on fire
She’s walkin’ on fire (Fire, fire)
This girl is on fire

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh

She’s just a girl, but she’s on fire

Jazzman
Song by Carole King

Lift me, won’t you lift me above the old routine
Make it nice, play it clean jazzman
When the jazzman’s testifyin’ a faithless man believes
He can sing you into paradise or bring you to your knees
It’s a gospel kind of feelin’, a touch of Georgia slide
A song of pure revival and a style that’s sanctified
Jazzman take my blues away, make my pain
The same as yours with every change you play
Jazzman, oh jazzman
When the jazzman’s signifyin’, and the band is windin’ low
It’s the late night side of morning in the darkness of his soul
He can fill a room with sadness as he fills his horn with tears
He can cry like a fallen angel when risin’ time is near
Jazzman take my blues away, make my pain
The same as yours with every change you play
Oh lift me, won’t you lift me, with ev’ry turn around
Play it sweetly, take me down, oh jazzman

Pieces of Me
Song by Ashlee Simpson

On a Monday, I am waiting
Tuesday, I am fading
And by Wednesday, I can’t sleep
Then the phone rings, I hear you
And the darkness is a clear view
‘Cause you’ve come to rescue me
Fall, with you I fall so fast
I can hardly catch my breath
I hope it lasts
Oh, it seems like I can finally
Rest my head on something real
I like the way that feels
Oh, it’s as if you know me better
Than I ever knew myself
I love how you can tell
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me
I am moody and messy
I get restless and it’s senseless
How you never seem to care
When I’m angry, you listen
Make me happy, it’s your mission
And you won’t stop ’til I’m there
Fall, sometimes I fall so fast
When I hit that bottom crash
You’re all I have
Oh, it seems like I can finally
Rest my head on something real
I like the way that feels
Oh, it’s as if you know me better
Than I ever knew myself
I love how you can tell
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me
How do you know?
Everything I’m about to say
Am I that obvious?
And if it’s written on my face
I hope it never goes away
Yeah
On a Monday, I am waiting
And by Tuesday, I am fading
Into your arms
So I can breathe
Oh, it seems like I can finally
Rest my head on something real
I like the way that feels
Oh, it’s as if you know me better
Than I ever knew myself
I love how you can tell
Oh, I love how you can tell
Oh, I love how you can tell
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me
All the pieces, pieces, pieces of me

Jackie Blue
Song by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Ooh, Jackie Blue
Lives her life from inside of her room
Hides a smile when she’s wearin’ a frown
Ooh, Jackie you’re not so down
You like your life in a free-form style
You’ll take an inch but you’d love a mile
There never seems to be quite enough
Floating around to fill your lovin’ cup
Ooh, Jackie Blue
What’s a game girl, if you never lose?
Ask a winner and you’ll probably find
Ooh, Jackie they’ve lost at sometime
Don’t try to tell me that you’re not aware
Of what you’re doing and that you don’t care
You say it’s easy, just a natural thing
Like playing music, but you never sing
Ooh, Jackie Blue
Making wishes that never come true
Going places that you’ve never been
Ooh, Jackie Blue, you’re going again
Ooh, Jackie Blue
Lives a dream that can never come true
Making love is like sifting through sand
Ooh, Jackie, it slips through your hand
Every day, in your indigo eyes
I watch the sunset but I don’t see it rise
Moonlight and stars in your strawberry wine
You’d take the world but you won’t take the time
Ooh-hoo-hoo, Jackie Blue
Lives her life from inside of a room
Makes you think that her life is a drag
Ooh Jackie, what fun you have had
Ooh, Jackie
Ooh, Jackie
Ooh, Jackie
Ooh, Jackie
Hey, hey, hey, hey

Peace Out Peeps enjoy your evening. 😎

@sheba2011

Hello Sheba 🌹

I am watching the artistic swimming duet event, so pretty.

Thank you for your kind words, I will convey your well wishes to my hubby.

It’s always sad news when a plane crashes and kills everyone on board. It seems it’s been happening to often around the world. The news said
62 people lost their lives in the Brazilian plane crash. The plane actually fell out of the sky.
I have no doubt that you don’t sit still for very long. Leo’s are movers and markers.
I love massages and facials, there’s a really good spa in Winter Park. Just outside Orlando we go to called Euro Day Spa and Salon.

I must say, I wish we have some of that low temperature here just for a couple of days. I wish to be able to open the patio door and all the windows in the house. It’s just not possible, it’s so hot and humid 😫. We don’t get the days to do that, msyone only three or four days a year. It’s either to hot, or to cold.

I have ordered some items from Temu. One is an Air Fryer, very nice looking and it’s works beautifully. I already made several things in it. Right now I have tomatoes cut in half with olive oil and oregano. In the last few minutes I will add minced garlic so it won’t burn. Hubby loves it and likes to make sandwiches with it, using his diabetic bread.

I am looking into the camera to the front lawn, the the bunny is there having a good afternoon in the shade.

Take care Sheba