Mute swan

This afternoon we saw two mute swans at Jackson Harbor Yacht Club and here is one of them:
http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/mute-swan

Photo: Marge Ishmael

The Third Coast

Walking the dog by Lake Michigan today and watching the waves out on the lake. I suppose this is why they refer to the Great Lakes as the Third Coast:

Photo: Marge Ishmael

The missing whales

https://www.thedodo.com/whales-annual-trip--1538944738.html

German red cabbage

This is my husband's old family recipe for German red cabbage. His mother and grandmother were German and taught him how to make this delicious sweet and sour cabbage dish:  

Red Cabbage (6 servings)

2 tablespoon vegetable oil

½ yellow onion (sliced)

1 apple (diced)

1 potato (diced)

1 head of red cabbage sliced into 1/8^th inch strips (use Cuisinart!)

1 tablespoon sugar

Pinch each of ground cinnamon, cumin, salt and pepper to taste

½ cup red wine

½ cup red wine vinegar (or ¼ cup of balsamic vinegar)

½ cup water

1 bay leaf

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Heat oil in enameled pan and sautee onion and apple for five minutes. Add everything else and cook over low heat, simmering, for one to two hours (the longer the better).  Better yet, cook for one hour the day before and one hour before serving on the day!

France bans single use plastic bags

France is outlawing single use plastic bags in 2016:
 http://www.france24.com/en/20141011-france-outlaw-single-use-plastic-bags-2016/

Let's hope it will be more successful than Chicago's 2015 ban:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-plastic-bag-ban-0622-biz-20150622-story.html 

The Pogues & Kirsty McColl - Fairytale Of New York

I'm not overly keen on Christmas pop songs but I do like this one from 1987:

Say Something

I'm putting this on here so that I don't forget how much I like this 2013 song, Say Something, by Great Big World and Christina Aguilera.