Short and Sweet

Hopefully , you don't drop in here   ...... expecting up to the date , verified truth or shortness.

Imagine , its your job to read the blog , sort of as therapy for you ( well , me )

On the soup front , VG to excellent. Flavouring was soya sauce and Magi ( a herbal seasoning w/ MSG ).
Magi was mentioned on the radio , as , it seems , everyone's traditional flavouring , sort of the taste of back home. Home was Hungary , France etc. As I said everyone.
Normally , I wouldn't put MSG in my food. many Chinese restaurants flaunt their ' no MSG ' signs as , an example of healthy choices.
 MSG is what my brother called ' brain laceration ' food. He read or heard an article that listed  glutamic crystal formation in the brain  leading to lesions or cuts in the brain tissue.

However ,  Magi  does perk up the flavour. I added a few drops and a few drops but not teaspoons.
The stock was home-made from bones and heated w/ onions, carrots and celery salt.
I re-heated the stock w/ sauteed onions and carrots.
As well, I boiled noodles which are Japanese ramen noodles, these noodles are boiled and rinsed , but not fried. In the pre-made ramen , the most famous brand is Sapporo Ichiban ( and the most expensive ) , the noodles are fried. The fat content in these packages is very high - no surprise , there.
The ' creation ' is home -made ramen. And a big success.

Yesterday , the canvas art arrived. Yipee !
For years , I've toyed w/ the idea of ordering a photo placed on canvas as a hanging mural. Somehow these last months , something snapped and not only did I order one but two.
Same photo of our view in FL from our room in JA - FE.

To explain , a on line company Groupon offered a $ 100 off ' coupon ' at a Canadian firm. I opted for the medium sized canvas.
Added charges for delivery and tax , added to the $ 49 coupon cost but the $ 67 was close to 1/ 2 of what other firms charged. Ah , internet purchases , certainly , causes some trepidation on my part.
Heck ,for $ 49 , I'll take a flyer.
The second , also , online , was from CVS , the drug store down south ( U.S. ). We were planning on visiting friends in OH and while on line , CVS offered 25 % off , all orders. I can't resist a sale...... 25 % , !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  , of course.

We've now seen both canvas hangings. the gift canvas seemed sharper and more yellowy or golden. The one delivered , yesterday , is larger ( natch ) , less defined and tending to the blue or off blue.
The larger canvas will have the tendency to be less defined - less sharp , the pixels from the digital photo , tend to get spread .  
We like ours and think the gift canvas was extremely well done.

Weather is dodgy , cool , dampish and rain is a possibility. The look ahead is for warm or warmer  ( 70 ? ) for at least 2 days.