Fun at Sci-port and The Duck POnd

So Saturday Maly and I went to Sci-port with her Nephew, Jonas.  He's 5 so there was very little that kept his attention for to long.  Although there is a playhouse on the 2nd level that he found fascinating for some reason.  I wasn't sure if we could take pictures, so I opted not to just in case.  We had lunch at "Counter Culture"  right there in Sci-port.

After our nice lunch we headed out to meet my My Bestest friend Melissa, her husband Joe, Their adopted boys and the two boys her mom Adopted.   We had fun watching the boys play and interact.  Since Maly gets Jonas on some weekends he might like having a playtime with boys close to his age.  They played on some trees, and on a pirate ship, and played some tag football.  They were all having fun.  We also got to see a few types of ducks, a crane, and far off were some type of geese.

Hope everyone had a great weekend, I know I did :)  Enjoy the few pics!

I think this is a Whooping Crane

I know it's hard to see them, but there are three ducks on the

railing of the dock

Boys being Boys :)

A Sight to See

This past Saturday I headed out to grab some Indian food to go from my favorite place, Indigo.  As I was backing out of my parking space and moving to the exit, I saw a yard long ribbon fluttering across the drive.  Then I saw the Mockingbird fluttering into the tree by the exit that was holding on to this Ribbon.  It's not something you see every day in the city. So somewhere I’m sure there is a yard long white ribbon woven nicely into a momma Mockingbird's nest.

You know, come to think of it, my whole weekend was centered around Mockingbirds (I'm sure it has nothing to do with having several living in the trees where I work.)  Yesterday (Sunday) when I got off for work I saw a black bird being hounded by two Mockingbirds. Then when  I opened my car door and tossed in my purse I saw a grey little bird chirping and then hop under my car.  It was a baby Mockingbird of course, and momma wasn't too far away chirping back from a sign post.  Making sure the baby was well away from my car, I waited before leaving to watch it. As it was learning to fly by jumping off a curb, Trying to get back to its momma. I can only guess that's why the blackbirds where being hounded.  Babies and eggs were abound and they were protecting them.

Sadly I got absolutely nothing for pictures of all this.  So instead I'll leave the picture I took at a friends several years ago of a baby Mockingbird that was hiding in her cedar tree.

Pizza Balls: The 2nd Roll

Corny title aside :)   My friend "Maly"  and I made another attempt at the infamous Pintrest/Facebook  Pizza Balls.   We nailed it!!!!  (As an after thought, Maybe I should call these Pizza Muffins)

I apologize now.  I forgot to take pics of some of the steps.  So Sorry, I was just rather hungry and eager to make them!! :)

OK Again,  Counter of ingrediants (Damn banana's Got in the picture again!!)

Again I forgot to show it, but i Peeled apart the layered Grands Buicuits so i'd have two thinner peices to work with.   WE sprinkled Italian seasonings and garlic on them and rolled them flat adding 2-3 peices of pepperoni, spoonful of Ragu spaghetti Sauce and a thicuk slice of cheese.

Placed in the muffin Tin after coating it with Sprayable Pam Cooking Oil. Sprinkled the tops with the grated Parmesan cheese and garlic powder

Baked for 15 minutes I think.  We pulled them out when they were golden brown.  Only one cheesy explosion occurred this time :)

Set them out to cool a moment and to take a quick snapshot!

Served them with a small Side salad :)

I need to point out, the secret to this success was the supervisor we had watching us the Whole time to ensure we didn't burn any thing.  Her name is Buttons