Feeding Frenzy

SEASON'S FLEETING: Because of the pandemic, which means we can't go much of anywhere or do much of anything, this has pretty much turned into a gardening blog, and, ironically, it wasn't a great year for growing around here.

Our squash blossoms will be nothing more than pretty flowers, our tomatoes were small and skewed green. We had a big storm blow in at the end of last week, so I had the kids go out and pick what they could before the rains came. Guess some green tomato salsa is in our future.

TEEN TIME: This week included the fourth Saturday of the month, which meant another Teen Feed dinner. Our contribution included the kids making a couple dozen snickerdoodle cookies (they made a batch of 'regular' and a batch of vegan).

Big ol' burritos were on the menu, so we cranked out 20 pounds of chicken (Kennedy contributed another 10 pounds), and a couple friends provided even more protein. We also made four pounds of refried beans, bought dozens of tortillas and big bags of chips. (The side to the burrito was a box of nachos.)

Saturday morning we made 80 little cups of jalapenos. 

We also filled dozens of kinda big cups of salsa.

We packed the Fit to the gills and headed north about 4:30. We were the clean and prep team, staying at the shelter kitchen until about 6 p.m., when the meal service crew came in. 

Thanks to everyone's generous donations, the kitchen crew reported being able to make 120 burrito meals. Yay team!

RERUN: We posted here awhile back about a captivating presentation we sat in on, "Hidden Child of the Holocaust Shares His Story." It featured Peter Metzelaar telling his tale of being a Jewish child in hiding during WWII in Europe. You can now  watch a recording of that event on The Museum of Flight's YouTube channel.

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You can also listen to an interview with Peter on the museum's podcast, Flight Deck, from back in March

FAR OUT FILMS: The Museum of Flight recently announced their participation in CineSpace, a virtual film screening presented by NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society. It features a collection of the best short films created by filmmakers of all ages. 

CineSpace is a short film competition created by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in partnership with the Houston Cinema Arts Society. Amateur and professional filmmakers share their works inspired by, and using, actual NASA imagery.

You can watch the event via the musuem's website. It runs Oct. 4-10. Registration is here: https://form.jotform.com/202585852675163

We're looking forward to checking it out.