Image from the Martian surface #NASA #Space #FridaysinSpace

• NASA ID: PIA22871
• Center: JPL
• Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
• Date Created: 2018-12-06
• Visit JPL Website

This image from InSight's robotic-arm mounted Instrument Deployment Camera shows the instruments on the spacecraft's deck, with the Martian surface of Elysium Planitia in the background. The color-calibrated picture was acquired on Dec. 4, 2018 (Sol 8). In the foreground, a copper-colored hexagonal cover protects the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure instrument (SEIS), a seismometer that will measure marsquakes. The gray dome behind SEIS is the wind and thermal shield, which will be placed over SEIS. To the left is a black cylindrical instrument, the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe (HP3). HP3 will drill up to 16 feet (5 meters) below the Martian surface, measuring heat released from the interior of the planet. Above the deck is InSight's robotic arm, with the stowed grapple directly facing the camera. To the right can be seen a small portion of one of the two solar panels that help power InSight and part of the UHF communication antenna. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22871
 

What's happening in January on Romance -  Sweet to Heat

26 – SPOTLIGHT – Jamie Buckley - Chronicles of a Hero

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - SPOTLIGHT – David Court – Scenes of Mild Peril

29 – Critters on Tour – Marianne Petit

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

31 - NEBT – Sierra Brave -Bridling Lucy

What wonderfully exotic place have you visited? Idle Thoughts on Daryl Devore's Romance - Sweet to Heat #shouldbewriting

So as I write this it is cold COLD COLD! COOOOOOOOOOOLD. I've often wondered why my ancestors didn't pack up and move somewhere further south where it's warmer. Like the Cayman Islands.

We've visited the Cayman Islands a few times and loved it. It's a great spot for scuba divers which my hubby, dad and daughter are.
Mom and I stay on the beach and soak in sunshine.  I do snorkel and have learned a valuable lesson snorkeling. You can't say, "Barracuda!" with a snorkel in your mouth. Try it. Notice on the B there is a puff out. Well, your snorkel pops out of your mouth.
I did learn to grip it with my teeth. I also learned I don't like being followed by a barracuda. Yes, I am bigger than it - but it looked mean.

 I used the Caymans in one of my stories. I thought it would be a wonderfully exotic locale in an erotic book.

What wonderfully exotic place have you visited? Have you ever used a place you visited in a book? See you next week.

What's happening in January on Romance -  Sweet to Heat

25 – Fridays in Space

26 – SPOTLIGHT – Jamie Buckley - Chronicles of a Hero

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - SPOTLIGHT – David Court – Scenes of Mild Peril

29 – Critters on Tour – Marianne Petit

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

31 - NEBT – Sierra Brave -Bridling Lucy

The two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 #NASA #Space #FridaysinSpace

• NASA ID: KSC-20181205-PH_AWG07_0011
• Center: KSC
• Date Created: 2018-12-05
• Visit KSC Website

The two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the SpaceX’s Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 1:16 p.m. EST, Dec. 5, 2018. On its 16th commercial resupply services mission to the space station, Dragon will deliver several science investigations to the space station, including the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation lidar (GEDI). GEDI will provide high-quality laser ranging observations of the Earth’s forests and topography required to advance the understanding of important carbon and water cycling processes, biodiversity and habitat.

What's happening in January on Romance -  Sweet to Heat

19 – SPOTLIGHT – Clea Simon - A Spell of Murder

20 - Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

21 – NEBT – Alyssa Bailey – In Pursuit of Molly

22 – SPOTLIGHT – Marc Jedel – Uncle and Ants

23 - Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

24 - Thursday #Yoga

25 – Fridays in Space

26 – SPOTLIGHT – Jamie Buckley - Chronicles of a Hero

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - SPOTLIGHT – David Court – Scenes of Mild Peril

29 – Critters on Tour – Marianne Petit

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

31 - NEBT – Sierra Brave -Bridling Lucy

Thursday's Ramblings - A Quick and Simple Recipe - Chicken Pot Pie #ThursdayRamblings

My ramblings for the next few weeks are going to be recipes or thoughts or just pictures.
Why?
Just because.

Today's recipe is a simple Chicken Pot Pie. I make 3 or 4 of these at a time and freeze most of them. Keeping 1 for dinner - lol. It takes about an hour in a 350 oven to reheat a frozen one, so it's a super go to meal on a busy night.

Most of my recipes are from scratch, but this is a cheat recipe. It uses a can of soup, frozen veggies and I use premade pie shells.

If - ever - there is a time when I'm really bored, I'll make the pie shells from scratch.

Note - the can of soup flavour - I suggested 4 different ones - they all work and it depends on your taste - but it has to be "Cream of..."

Also - please note - I'm not an expert at writing out recipes - I'm a romance writer. So if there's an issue - let me know and if you don't understand - ask.

Where did I get this recipe? Who knows - I've had it for well over a decade.

Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients
2 premade pie shells - thawed
1 can soup (Cream of Potato, Cream of Celery, Cream of Chicken, Cream of Mushroom)
1 cup Frozen veggies - the mixed kind - carrots, peas corn
2 cups cooked diced chicken
Milk - 1/2 a soup can - add more if it seems really dry - shouldn't be sloppy
1/2 tsp thyme - adjust to taste
1/2 tsp pepper - adjust to taste
1 egg - beaten

Turn oven to 350. (Sorry I don't know what that is in the other measurements).
In a bowl mix all the ingredients from soup to pepper. Pour into 1 pie shell. Carefully place other pie shell on top. With a pastry brush, egg wash the beaten egg over the top of the pie crust.

Place in preheated oven and bake for 40 minutes.

Reheats great for leftovers.


This recipes is very forgiving. You can add and subtract things based on your personal preferences.

What's happening in January on Romance -  Sweet to Heat

18 – Fridays in Space

19 – SPOTLIGHT – Clea Simon - A Spell of Murder

20 - Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

21 – NEBT – Alyssa Bailey – In Pursuit of Molly

22 – SPOTLIGHT – Marc Jedel – Uncle and Ants

23 - Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

24 - Thursday #Yoga

25 – Fridays in Space

26 – SPOTLIGHT – Jamie Buckley - Chronicles of a Hero

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - SPOTLIGHT – David Court – Scenes of Mild Peril

29 – Critters on Tour – Marianne Petit

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

31 - NEBT – Sierra Brave -Bridling Lucy

Photo of a very young star, LL Ori taken by the Hubble Space Telescope #NASA #Space #FridaysinSpace

• NASA ID: PIA22914
  
• Center: JPL
• Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/STScI/AURA
• Date Created: 2018-12-10
• Visit JPL Website

This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a bow shock around a very young star, LL Ori. The bow shock shows where the star's heliosphere collides with the interstellar medium. Our star, the Sun, is also surrounded by a heliosphere. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22914

What's happening in January on Romance -  Sweet to Heat

12 – SPOTLIGHT – Fiona J.R. Mitchell & Matt Carter - The Prospero Chronicles

13 - Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

14 – NEBT – Ashe Barker – Her Celtic Masters

15 – Critters on Tour – Valerie Ullmer

16 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

17 - Thursday #Yoga

18 – Fridays in Space

19 – SPOTLIGHT – Clea Simon - A Spell of Murder

20 - Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

21 – NEBT – Alyssa Bailey – In Pursuit of Molly

22 – SPOTLIGHT – Marc Jedel – Uncle and Ants

23 - Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

24 - Thursday #Yoga

25 – Fridays in Space

26 – SPOTLIGHT – Jamie Buckley - Chronicles of a Hero

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - SPOTLIGHT – David Court – Scenes of Mild Peril

29 – Critters on Tour – Marianne Petit

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

31 - NEBT – Sierra Brave -Bridling Lucy

Colorful swirling clouds in Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt #NASA #Space #FridaysinSpace

• NASA ID: PIA22695
• Center: JPL
• Secondary Creator Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Bjorn Jonsson
• Date Created: 2018-12-06
• Visit JPL Website

Colorful swirling clouds in Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt practically fill this image from NASA's Juno spacecraft. This is the closest image captured of the Jovian clouds during this recent flyby of the gas giant planet. The color-enhanced image was taken at 2:08 p.m. PDT (5:08 p.m. EDT) on Oct. 29, 2018 as the spacecraft performed its 16th close flyby of Jupiter. At the time, Juno was about 2,100 miles (3,400 kilometers) from the planet's cloud tops, at approximately 14 degrees north latitude. In other words, the spacecraft was about as close to Jupiter as San Francisco is to Chicago, which is quite close when racing over a planet that's 11 times wider than Earth. Citizen scientist Björn Jónsson created this image using data from the spacecraft's JunoCam imager. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22695

What's happening in January on Romance -  Sweet to Heat

5 - Critters on Tour – CeeRee Fields -  

6 - Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

7 – Author Spotlight – Seelie Kay - Infamy

8 - Critters on Tour – Jennifer Lowery

9 - Author Spotlight – Liza O’Connor – A Better Life

10- NEBT – BJ Wane – Saving Mia

11 – Fridays in Space

12 – SPOTLIGHT – Fiona J.R. Mitchell & Matt Carter - The Prospero Chronicles

13 - Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

14 – NEBT – Ashe Barker – Her Celtic Masters

15 – Critters on Tour – Valerie Ullmer

16 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

17 - Thursday #Yoga

18 – Fridays in Space

19 – SPOTLIGHT – Clea Simon - A Spell of Murder

20 - Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

21 – NEBT – Alyssa Bailey – In Pursuit of Molly

22 – SPOTLIGHT – Marc Jedel – Uncle and Ants

23 - Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

24 - Thursday #Yoga

25 – Fridays in Space

26 – SPOTLIGHT – Jamie Buckley - Chronicles of a Hero

27 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

28 - SPOTLIGHT – David Court – Scenes of Mild Peril

29 – Critters on Tour – Marianne Petit

30 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

31 - Thursday #Yoga