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Talking about easy earlier...this veggie soup is that. 50-50 chicken broth and V8, some cabbage and whatever veggies we had around. Parsley, marjoram and red pepper flakes.

If in Cody, and want something other than fishing, I'd highly recommend the Buffalo Bill Center of the West museum. https://centerofthewest.org And, watch for Big Boy outside Wapiti! https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/40377

Love The Onion!

More and more we're going for simple. We'll host Christmas and that won't be real simple though. We'll do a bunch of holiday favorites including tooooo many sweets. Baby brother is doing a strip loin with a Bernaise sauce, which I am really looking forward to.

Geez. No way I'd get closer than a hundred feet from that beast!

Mom's beef stew. I've been making this for a long time. My sister hosts a bunch of her girlfriends every holiday season and has this stew. She said year 36.

Looks and sounds nice!

I meant to ask if it would be fly rods. Good fer you guys.

Good luck, everyone! And, you kids make good choices!

Nice shot again. Now, about that cork...Tenuta di Arceno by chance?

Every year I hear about this I think, 'Maybe next year.' It would be nice to meet some more of the members here, and I'd also like to explore that area more. I've only fished just below the mill and down as far as I felt I could without getting myself in trouble. Our family did many reunions down at Roaring River, and we typically stopped at Jolly for a bit on the way.

I've been a fan of The Onion newspaper since their founding in 1756. Smoove B and Jim Anchower, columnists from the 20th century, were some of my favorites. This recent story gave me a chuckle

Didn't take a pic, but this morning's day-after breakfast was the traditional cornbread dressing and gravy. I woke up thinking about breakfast😀 Baby brother has done the Thanksgiving turkey and gravy the last several years. For the gravy he does the real thing: homemade stock made from a bunch of turkey wings, etc. Makes a ton for friends and neighbors and for our gathering. Good stuff. Turkey pot turkey pot turkey pot pie

Brian Wise has (had) a drift boat and did guide trips, but I haven't heard from him in quite a while. His website is deactivated so he may have moved on to other things. I'll sniff around and see if I can contact him and/or get some ideas. Hopefully someone can help because it sounds like a great plan in the making.

Finished up the Limoncello this weekend. The zest gives up everything it has and is kinda stiff, with an almost crispy texture at this point. It's interesting that you get all 750 ml back after soaking the zest for a few weeks. I run it though a coffee filter and it's perfectly clear. But, once you add the simple syrup it goes cloudy. Not sure what the science is behind that. Popped a small sample into the freezer for a while to get it ice cold. Pretty tasty! Pretty easy recipe and doesn't take any special equipment to do. Scrubbing and zesting the lemons is the hard part.

I've seen recipes like that, and always think they sound good, but I've never done one. I'd be interested to see what you come up with.

I'm either at Chris' 461-1928 or Kevin's 254-2727😀

Chili Colorado using dried Anaheim and poblano chiles from the garden. Twas delicious! Missus approved too.

254-7954🤪

I don't think they'd believe me😀

Opened another of #11 today. This was bottled 10/2024. Very nice but I think it has plateaued. I've learned to let it age a minimum of 6 months. Started another three gallons a few days ago. That'll be gifted next Christmas. Also started another batch of Limoncello for this Christmas. This is really easy; the hardest part is scrubbing the wax off the lemons. 12 lemons zested, 750 ml Everclear. I always feel like I need to explain why I'm buying Everclear to whoever is checking me out😀 That'll soak for three weeks and will come out a bright yellow. Squeeze it all out and dilute with a simple syrup to about 33% ABV. Our version is not too sweet. Word on the street is there's some brewing going on over in Ballwin @ColdWaterFshr

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From Chat GPT Nice — I put together a concise table of the known comet candidates most likely to be of interest between 2025–2026, with visibility notes for someone in Kansas City, KS. I also saved it as a CSV you can download. What I included C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) — best near-term naked-eye candidate (Oct–Nov 2025). C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) — possible late Nov 2025 candidate; behavior uncertain. 3I/ATLAS (interstellar) — re-emergence expected Dec 2025; unpredictable. 24P/Schaumasse — modest, binocular/telescope target around Jan 2026 (not naked-eye). C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) — possible mag ~5–6 early 2026 but close to the Sun (hard to see). Important caveats Predictions change. Comet brightness and visibility estimates are updated as objects are observed more — they can brighten suddenly or disintegrate. The best ongoing trackers are Aerith (Seiichi Yoshida), JPL Horizons / SBDB, COBS (Comet Observation Database), EarthSky and TheSkyLive. For years 2027–2035, no reliable predictions currently list new comets that are guaranteed to be naked-eye; discoveries can happen anytime, so keep monitoring the sources above. Download the table Download the CSV of upcoming comets 2025–2026 If you want, next I can immediately do one of the following (pick one) — I’ll run it right now: Generate a printable sky map for C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) for Kansas City on the night of its closest approach (Oct 21, 2025), with direction/altitude and best time to look. Make a simple 10-year watchlist (2025–2035) that automatically polls the key sources and outputs an updated table you can refresh later (note: I’ll include instructions and links — I can’t run background monitoring). Send observing tips and a short checklist (when to go out, where to point, binocular recommendations, phone apps to use). Which one do you want me to do now?

@BilletHead You mentioned not being able to see the lights your phone picked up. The comet picture I took and showed earlier in this thread only happened because someone there told me where to point my camera. I couldn't see it myself.