Please join friends of Silvia Lange at Mountain View Cemetary in Oakland at 1PM on March 19 for the placement of a cenotaph in her honor.
Please join friends on Angel Island on March 20 for the dedication of the bench in her honor on Mt. Livermore. Take the 10 AM ferry from Tiburon. Bring a picnic lunch and a potluck dessert to share. Bring memories to share!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Wildflower Ramble
Wildflower Ramble Warble
Tune: The Happy Wanderer Lyrics: Silvia Lange, March 1996
We love to go awandering around the Perimeter Road
And as we hike
Identify the flowers that are showed
Filaree, filarah, Filaree, filarah, ha, ha, ha ha, ha
Filaree, filarah
Lavender scissors and clocks
We love to go awandering along the Ridge that’s North
And as we hike
Identify the flowers that come forth
Zigadene, zigadie, Zigadene, Zigadie, die, die, die, die
Zigadene zigadie
White Fremont’s star lily
We love to go awandering down the Sunset Trail
And as we hike
Identify the flowers that we hail
Hound’s tongue, Forget-me-not
Hound’s tongue, Forget-me-not, not, not, not, not, not
Hound’s tongue, Forget-me-not
Blue Hound’s tongue, Forget-me-not
We love to go awandering all over Angel Isle
Don’t touch this plant! Twill make you itch
Twill make you curse and wail
Poison oak, Poison oak
Leaves of red, leaves of green, green, green, green
Poison oak, Poison oak
Three leaves of red and green
Tune: The Happy Wanderer Lyrics: Silvia Lange, March 1996
We love to go awandering around the Perimeter Road
And as we hike
Identify the flowers that are showed
Filaree, filarah, Filaree, filarah, ha, ha, ha ha, ha
Filaree, filarah
Lavender scissors and clocks
We love to go awandering along the Ridge that’s North
And as we hike
Identify the flowers that come forth
Zigadene, zigadie, Zigadene, Zigadie, die, die, die, die
Zigadene zigadie
White Fremont’s star lily
We love to go awandering down the Sunset Trail
And as we hike
Identify the flowers that we hail
Hound’s tongue, Forget-me-not
Hound’s tongue, Forget-me-not, not, not, not, not, not
Hound’s tongue, Forget-me-not
Blue Hound’s tongue, Forget-me-not
We love to go awandering all over Angel Isle
Don’t touch this plant! Twill make you itch
Twill make you curse and wail
Poison oak, Poison oak
Leaves of red, leaves of green, green, green, green
Poison oak, Poison oak
Three leaves of red and green
Silvia's Angel Island song
A…………………..ngel Island
Sung to tune of Okalahoma, lyrics by Silvia Lange 5/16/2002
A……………………ngel Island
Is the jewel of San Francisco Bay
Full of mystery and history
What a wondrous way to spend the day
Chorus:
We know we belong to our Isle
And our Isle that we love makes us smile
So when we say Yip hi yippee yippee yeah
We’re only saying, “You’re doing fine, Angel Island
Angel Island, OK!”
A…………………….ngel Island
We can see your halo shining bright
You can take a hike or ride your bike
You can even camp there over night
Chorus:
A……………………..ngel Island
Where the fog comes right before the rain
And the poison oak is not a joke
The itch can make you go insane
Chorus:
A…………………….ngel Island
Can’t you hear her calling to you now
So put down your booze; lace up your shoes
Come on Raccoons, let’s show them how
Chorus:
Sung to tune of Okalahoma, lyrics by Silvia Lange 5/16/2002
A……………………ngel Island
Is the jewel of San Francisco Bay
Full of mystery and history
What a wondrous way to spend the day
Chorus:
We know we belong to our Isle
And our Isle that we love makes us smile
So when we say Yip hi yippee yippee yeah
We’re only saying, “You’re doing fine, Angel Island
Angel Island, OK!”
A…………………….ngel Island
We can see your halo shining bright
You can take a hike or ride your bike
You can even camp there over night
Chorus:
A……………………..ngel Island
Where the fog comes right before the rain
And the poison oak is not a joke
The itch can make you go insane
Chorus:
A…………………….ngel Island
Can’t you hear her calling to you now
So put down your booze; lace up your shoes
Come on Raccoons, let’s show them how
Chorus:
Monday, January 24, 2011
Haiku
2009 Haiku
January 1
Blank lines in ledger
Redwood trees stand straight and tall
Welcome the New Year!
January 3
Beige dogs frolicking
Brown, tan, sand, russet, ecru
Platinum Neria
January 4
The silvered hillside
Will melt with Sun's golden rays
The force is with us.
January 6, 2009
Flames leaping, dancing
Halloween orange and black
Logs snapping, crackling
January 7
Grey low tule fog
Muffling the wide pasture land
Dandelion fluff
January 8
Brown, round mushroom caps
Lure us deeper into woods
Hansel and Gretel
January 9
The doe, legs leaping
Now lies still under the fence
It happened so fast!
January 10
High on the hill
Sun flashes from window panes
Reservoir reflects
Jan 11
Obsidian birds
Hippity and hoppity
Kwawk! Kwawk! For peanuts
January 14
Honk! Honk! Splashshsh!
Canada geese lifting off
And land in the water
January 17 Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland
Arching wooden ribs
Protect and shelter us all
Surrounded by light
January 18
Happy Birthday me
76 trombones blare
Blow out the candles
January 19
Ambling single file
Black and white in pastures green
Winsome Holstein cows
January 20 Obama inauguration
California
Buzzing bees swarming for warmth
Washington DC
January 21
Black loam, clear plastic
Checkerboard fields lie waiting
For the spring plantings
January 22
Dawn in the valley
Angel hair fog drapes oak trees
Clouding the landscape
January 23
Silence of redwoods
Pitter pat pitter pat beads
Fog drip or rain drops?
January 24
Dark green prickly leaves
Scarlet toyon berries
It is not holly
January 25
Black, white, orange
Colors of calico cat
Angel Island burn
January 26
Against greening fields
Mustard color mustard blooms
The redwing blackbird
January 30
Roaring down the road
Black jackets, helmets, high boots
Angry bumblebees
January 31
Little white candles
The Zigadene blooms early
Zip a dee do dah!
February 5
On nature's canvas
The oil paints smudge together
Fields of green and gold
February 6
Whispers in the night
Soft splatterings on the deck
Winter rains begin
February 10
Green spikey flowers
Slinky stems and spotted leaves
Fetid Adder's tongue
February 14
Curtain of rain drops
Falls to thunderous applause
Bravo! Bravo! More!
February 14
Anticipation
Rainy Day Falls starts to flow
And the other one
2009 Haiku
January 1
Blank lines in ledger
Redwood trees stand straight and tall
Welcome the New Year!
January 3
Beige dogs frolicking
Brown, tan, sand, russet, ecru
Platinum Neria
January 4
The silvered hillside
Will melt with Sun's golden rays
The force is with us.
January 6, 2009
Flames leaping, dancing
Halloween orange and black
Logs snapping, crackling
January 7
Grey low tule fog
Muffling the wide pasture land
Dandelion fluff
January 8
Brown, round mushroom caps
Lure us deeper into woods
Hansel and Gretel
January 9
The doe, legs leaping
Now lies still under the fence
It happened so fast!
January 10
High on the hill
Sun flashes from window panes
Reservoir reflects
Jan 11
Obsidian birds
Hippity and hoppity
Kwawk! Kwawk! For peanuts
January 14
Honk! Honk! Splashshsh!
Canada geese lifting off
And land in the water
January 17 Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland
Arching wooden ribs
Protect and shelter us all
Surrounded by light
January 18
Happy Birthday me
76 trombones blare
Blow out the candles
January 19
Ambling single file
Black and white in pastures green
Winsome Holstein cows
January 20 Obama inauguration
California
Buzzing bees swarming for warmth
Washington DC
January 21
Black loam, clear plastic
Checkerboard fields lie waiting
For the spring plantings
January 22
Dawn in the valley
Angel hair fog drapes oak trees
Clouding the landscape
January 23
Silence of redwoods
Pitter pat pitter pat beads
Fog drip or rain drops?
January 24
Dark green prickly leaves
Scarlet toyon berries
It is not holly
January 25
Black, white, orange
Colors of calico cat
Angel Island burn
January 26
Against greening fields
Mustard color mustard blooms
The redwing blackbird
January 30
Roaring down the road
Black jackets, helmets, high boots
Angry bumblebees
January 31
Little white candles
The Zigadene blooms early
Zip a dee do dah!
February 5
On nature's canvas
The oil paints smudge together
Fields of green and gold
February 6
Whispers in the night
Soft splatterings on the deck
Winter rains begin
February 10
Green spikey flowers
Slinky stems and spotted leaves
Fetid Adder's tongue
February 14
Curtain of rain drops
Falls to thunderous applause
Bravo! Bravo! More!
February 14
Anticipation
Rainy Day Falls starts to flow
And the other one
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Silvia won a prize for this one!
Green Pea Salad....Recyled!
Born of a five day power outage last winter when everything in my freezer defrosted including a big bag of green peas. Pea salad! I was getting real tired of eating it when the electricity came back on. So I threw it in the blender and voila! recycled inot pease porridge cold.
Recipe
1 32 ounce bag of frozen peas, thawed, not cooked
1 cup celery, finely diced
1 red onion, finely diced
1 cup midget dill pickles, small diced
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, small cubed
Combine all these in a bowl and add
Non Fat Dressing
2 8 ounce cups of non fat yogurt
1/2 cup fresh dill, finely cut
1 lemon - scrape zest, squeeze the juice, and add
Salt and pepper to taste
To serve put the pea salad into romaine leaf canoes. Enjoy! And the RECYCLE it into soup. Pease porridge in the pot nine days old.
At the ratio fo 2 cups of pea salad to 1 cup of canned low sodium chicken broth, puree it in the blender. Add romaine leaves after cutting off the white ends. Decorate with a sprig of fresh dill and a dollop of yogurt if desired. And because some DO like it hot, you can warm this but do not boil.
Born of a five day power outage last winter when everything in my freezer defrosted including a big bag of green peas. Pea salad! I was getting real tired of eating it when the electricity came back on. So I threw it in the blender and voila! recycled inot pease porridge cold.
Recipe
1 32 ounce bag of frozen peas, thawed, not cooked
1 cup celery, finely diced
1 red onion, finely diced
1 cup midget dill pickles, small diced
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, small cubed
Combine all these in a bowl and add
Non Fat Dressing
2 8 ounce cups of non fat yogurt
1/2 cup fresh dill, finely cut
1 lemon - scrape zest, squeeze the juice, and add
Salt and pepper to taste
To serve put the pea salad into romaine leaf canoes. Enjoy! And the RECYCLE it into soup. Pease porridge in the pot nine days old.
At the ratio fo 2 cups of pea salad to 1 cup of canned low sodium chicken broth, puree it in the blender. Add romaine leaves after cutting off the white ends. Decorate with a sprig of fresh dill and a dollop of yogurt if desired. And because some DO like it hot, you can warm this but do not boil.
Silvia's "It's not the coconut" chocolate mystery cake
Silvia loved to enter the Marin County Fair food competitions and often won prizes.
Not one, not two, but three mystery ingredients! A taster guessed, "It's not the coconut". But it was. Or rather the sauerkraut whose texture resembles coconut. The other mystery ingredients are beer and crystalized ginger. Debuted at a Friday the 13th bake sale. Very appropriate for April Fool's Day.
Recipe
Preheat over to 350 degrees.
Rinse and drain 2/3 cup of sauerkraut.
Dice crystalized ginger into pea size pieces making one cup.
Sift together the following dry ingredients:
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 1/4 cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda
Cream together 2/3 cup butter, softened, and 1 1/4 cup sugar.
Add 3 eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition. Blend in 1 tsp vanilla or coconut extract.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture alternately with 1 12 ounce can of beer.
Stir in the sauerkraut and the ginger pieces.
Ladle into flower pots - unglazed terra cotta with varying sizes. If using flower pots, spray the inside with cooking spray. Put a small piece of parchment paper in the bottom of each pot to cover the hole. Fill pots 3/4 full and put on a parchment covered baking sheet. Bake about 30-35 minutes in a 350 degree oven testing with a toothpick. Allow to cool and sprinkle with raw sugar and chocolate covered ginger for decoration.
If you prefer, recipe will make two 8" cakes.
Not one, not two, but three mystery ingredients! A taster guessed, "It's not the coconut". But it was. Or rather the sauerkraut whose texture resembles coconut. The other mystery ingredients are beer and crystalized ginger. Debuted at a Friday the 13th bake sale. Very appropriate for April Fool's Day.
Recipe
Preheat over to 350 degrees.
Rinse and drain 2/3 cup of sauerkraut.
Dice crystalized ginger into pea size pieces making one cup.
Sift together the following dry ingredients:
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 1/4 cups sifted flour
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp baking soda
Cream together 2/3 cup butter, softened, and 1 1/4 cup sugar.
Add 3 eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition. Blend in 1 tsp vanilla or coconut extract.
Add the dry ingredients to the butter/sugar mixture alternately with 1 12 ounce can of beer.
Stir in the sauerkraut and the ginger pieces.
Ladle into flower pots - unglazed terra cotta with varying sizes. If using flower pots, spray the inside with cooking spray. Put a small piece of parchment paper in the bottom of each pot to cover the hole. Fill pots 3/4 full and put on a parchment covered baking sheet. Bake about 30-35 minutes in a 350 degree oven testing with a toothpick. Allow to cool and sprinkle with raw sugar and chocolate covered ginger for decoration.
If you prefer, recipe will make two 8" cakes.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Limerick for Dr. Ruth and Song for Bobby
WOOF! WOOF! For RUTH
Sing praises of our Dr. Ruth
CCIs super vet, that’s the truth
She is not a vegetarian
But vhat a vonderful veterinarian
Callooh! Callay! Forsooth!
Callooh and Callay come from Lewis Carroll’s poem Jabberwocky. The Annotated Alice states that these words are from the Greek kalos meaning beautiful, good, or fair. Forsooth! It is Ruth!
Bobby has always been very special to me as he is the sire of my two of my breeder’s litters. His sons Kaden and Bauman, and Terrell fathered the other three. This tribute is to the tune of “Mother-M is for the …”
B is for the bounty of his breedings
O is for his obedience to his chore
B is for the black puppies oh so many
B is for the blond puppies by the score
Y is why, oh why, you ask we love him
EASY! He’s so special in so many ways
Put them all together they spell Bobby
That big, black, beautiful, bodacious stud muffin we celebrate today
Sing praises of our Dr. Ruth
CCIs super vet, that’s the truth
She is not a vegetarian
But vhat a vonderful veterinarian
Callooh! Callay! Forsooth!
Callooh and Callay come from Lewis Carroll’s poem Jabberwocky. The Annotated Alice states that these words are from the Greek kalos meaning beautiful, good, or fair. Forsooth! It is Ruth!
Bobby has always been very special to me as he is the sire of my two of my breeder’s litters. His sons Kaden and Bauman, and Terrell fathered the other three. This tribute is to the tune of “Mother-M is for the …”
B is for the bounty of his breedings
O is for his obedience to his chore
B is for the black puppies oh so many
B is for the blond puppies by the score
Y is why, oh why, you ask we love him
EASY! He’s so special in so many ways
Put them all together they spell Bobby
That big, black, beautiful, bodacious stud muffin we celebrate today
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