20110723

Cowboy Facts for NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY

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HAPPY NATIONAL DAY OF THE COWBOY
Hunker down while I share some Cowboy Facts & Trail Trivia
  • The word "cowboy" comes from the Spanish term "vaquero" - vaca/cow and ranchero/rancher.
  • The term "cowpoke" was used for the person who prodded cattle with long poles to load them onto railroad cars for shipping
  • Cowboys called their saddle horn an "apple"
  • Most cowboy deaths were caused from horse-related accidents, not gunfights or other violence
  • Cattle were branded on the left hip
  • Most working trail cowboys were between 20 and 25 years old, sometimes learning on the job from age 12.
  • A cattle herd could travel between 10 and 12 miles per day
  • Cowboys used empty flour sacks for towels while on the trail
  • Cowboys stayed downwind of the chuck wagon to prevent dirt and dust getting in their food
  • Standard trail fare was sour dough biscuits, white gravy, beans, sow belly and coffee with an occasional taste of fresh meat when available
  • There were women - cowgirls - in the Old West but they only came to prominence in the male dominated cowboy society thanks to the Wild West Shows
  • The barbed wire fence was introduced in 1874 and it's use effectively ended the open range
  • The real cowboy era lasted from 1866 to 1886, starting with the building of packing plants and ending with the closing of the open range and the massive die off of cattle during the harsh winter of 1886/1887
Happy Trails, Buckaroos!


                                          

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20110722

IT'S NATIONAL HOT DOG DAY!

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HAPPY NATIONAL HOT DOG DAY!
"May the dragon of life only roast your hot-dogs and never burn your buns!"
~ Anonymous.

Some Fun Hot Dog Facts:
  • Babe Ruth once ate 12 hot dogs and 8 sodas between games of a double header. Reportedly he was rushed to the hospital after the game with a severe case of indigestion.
  • President Franklin Roosevelt served King George VI of England hot dogs and beer during a White House visit in 1939.
  • Americans will eat enough hot dogs at major league ballparks this year to stretch from RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. to AT&T Park in San Francisco.
"The noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it." ~ Lawrence J. Peter.

                                          

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20110708

Celebrate National Ice Cream Month with Pop Art!


JULY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH
Celebrate with some fun
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For my series of Pop Art Food I had to include ice cream. One of my earliest memories involves a Dairy Queen cone, my grandfather's lap and my ponytail.  Combine these together and you get a soft serve covered pony tail painting the chin of a doting grandfather.

Here in my Pop Art Ice Cream Cones I give you ice cream cones in all their permutations - Safety cones, waffle cones, hard ice cream, soft serve with the famous little curly cue tip - all in a rainbow of colors.  There's a flavor here for everyone!  I'm just a big ice cream fan.  (I like ice cream so much I even have a whole section of Ice Cream Martinis over at The Martini Diva!)

Put a little fun in summer and show off your love of ice cream cones with a fun poster, tee or gift covered in my Pop Art Ice Cream Cones.

If you prefer something more along the lines of popsicles, check out my POP ART POPSICLES ART & GIFTS!





                                          



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