CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

INGREDIENTS:

2 quarts water
1 whole chicken
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon onion powder
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 cups sliced carrots
1 cup frozen corn
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 package egg noodles (12 ounces)



DIRECTIONS:
1. In a big stock pot, combine water, chicken, salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer one hour, or until chicken juices run clear. Remove chicken and shred it. Strain the broth and reserve it.

2. In a skillet over medium heat, cook onion and garlic in olive oil until slightly browned.

3. Combine in the pot: the browned onion and garlic, shredded chicken, strained broth, carrots, corn, and celery. Simmer 20 minutes.

4. Add parsley and egg noodles and simmer for 10 minutes more

Fall Harvest at a Wisconsin Farm

A farm near Dave's place, in Poynette. Almost three thousand apple trees, quite a bit of work.

One of the buildings was converted into a store. With honey, apples, maple syrup,
winter vegetables for sale.

GRANDAD'S PEAK

Don, Dave, Dick, Dale. From Left.
The view from Grandad's Peak. Here Wisc, Iowa and Minn meet.


Your host at the telescope looking out into the valley below.
Along the way

COLORAMA IN WISCONSIN

The leaves are piling up...
A bay, in early autumn
Amish buggy, we passed a number of them on the road.
A farm spread out amongst rolling hills and farmland.

LISA VISITS AFRICA

Here is home for some African family.

A line of children at the school.

Here daughter Lisa is in South Africa, 20 members of her church are there working at the Kwasa Center, which has a preprimary and community center. This is a small town of quite poor people. About an hour from Johannesburg, they also will visit a clinic and orphanage.

AUTUMN IN WISCONSIN

A rose bush along the road way.

Pathway leading down to the lake.


The arbor ateum, a scenic area near the zoo. Set aside for people to walk through and enjoy. The trees are labeled. Wild turkey and deer. Also a large area of flowering trees.

A biker riding through the arborateum


Row of trees in color, although trees are just beginning to change color in the area.

ITS A BEARISH MARKET

Seven trillion dollars has been wiped out in the market place. At some point, people will begin to feel we've reached bottom and prices will look attractive again. This is an era they will write about; your great great grandchildren will write about 2008 in their history essays.

BIRTHDAY PARTY IN WISCONSIN

Jaden (there is a video of the birthday, right side of page)

Jaden and Mother Kari

Jaden and uncle Chris. Jaden, who just turned 13, is 6'2" and size 13 shoe.

Grand Mother Lynn and Great Grand Mother Delores

Table upstairs, people talking.

Table Down stairs, football and baseball going on down here.

LISA COMES TO VISIT !

Lisa was in town for a couple days! Here she is heading back to Virginia and then to South Africa.

Driving back from Milwaukee Airport.

Couple geese stopping for a rest before continuing south bound for the winter.

FLASH OF GENIUS - THE MOVIE

The true story of Robert Kearns, who invented the wind shield wiper that pauses. The auto companies took his idea, and he didnt think that was right.