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Norwegian trains vs. Bob Ross.

It seems like we have a subscription to almost every streaming service imaginable: YouTubeTV, Netflix, PrimeVideo, Hulu, Disney+, Peacock for Premier League soccer, CBS for Champions and Europa League soccer and ESPN+ for MLS, USL and Serie A soccer. Whew! Even with all those streamers, we still absolutely love PlutoTV. Pluto is 100% free TV and movies with 100s of TV channels and 1000s of movies. Did I mention Pluto is 100% free?

Most of the time, I listen to PlutoTV while I’m working during the day. I love it because I can pick a channel and watch the same program for as long as I want. I don’t have to try to find something new to listen to every hour when new shows come on. PlutoTV is perfectly splendid.

PlutoTV is constantly updating their lineup and adding new channels. Just recently, they removed one of my very favorite channels, SurfTV. Nothing but surfing shows 24/7. It was awesome. But sadly, it is no more. And that’s perfectly dreadful. But one of our other favorite channels on PlutoTV is SlowTV…

SlowTV is nothing but beautiful, scenic train rides through the countryside of Norway 24/7. The scenery of the Norwegian countryside is just gorgeous. We love it. And we fall asleep to SlowTV almost every night.

But Pluto just added a 24/7 Bob Ross painting channel….

The new Bob Ross channel might give SlowTV a run for it’s money for the channel we fall asleep to every night. We’ll have to give it a try.

Norwegian trains versus Bob Ross. It kind of sounds like a grudge match for the ages. 😀📺🛤️🖼️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 23, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2020, As seen on TV, Bob Ross, Cincinnati, Home, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Norwegian trains, Oct23, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Pluto TV, Seen and noted, Slow trains, Slow TV

Posted by Thadd F. on October 23, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/23/norwegian-trains-vs-bob-ross/

A Thursday evening treat.

It was very foggy this Thursday morning…

Good morning from Northside…

The Champions League got underway on Tuesday. And Europa League kicked off this afternoon. I talked myself into subscribing to CBS All-Access for $5.99/mo. Last season, I was paying $2.99 for each Arsenal Europa League match through B/R Live. The way I see it, CBS All-Access is actually saving me money each month. Now I can watch ALL the Europa League matches and ALL the Champions League matches. That’s a pretty good deal if you ask me. While I was working this afternoon, I listened to Leicester’s 3-0 win against Zorya, Arsenal’s 2-1 win against Rapid Vienna and Milan’s 3-1 win over Celtic.

After I was done working for the day and after the soccer matches were over, we walked over to Tickle Pickle to pick up dinner…

Tickle Pickle’s burgers are so good. I love the Breadzepplin burger. Genifer’s go-to has been the Eagles chicken sammich. But mostly, we both really love their milkshakes. They milkshakes are just amazing. It was a wonderful Thursday evening treat.

After dinner, we took the dogs on their evening walk…

Good evening from Northside…

I’m happy that tomorrow is Friday. For being just a short week, it’s sure has felt pretty long. 😀🌄🌫️🍔❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 22, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2020, Burgers, Cincinnati, Clouds, Foggy, Good evening, Good morning, It's what's for dinner, Look up in the sky, Northside, Oct22, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sunset, Tickle Pickle, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on October 22, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/22/a-thursday-evening-treat/

Wednesday Pad Thai.

Good morning from Northside. They sun was out this morning…

It’s beginning to look a lot like fall in pockets around Northside…

Good evening from Northside…

From atop the hill at the end of our street, it looks like the colors are just starting to change around the rest of our neighborhood…

We tried a Pad Thai meal kit for dinner tonight…

It was really good. Surprisingly good. For dessert, we tried an Apple Pie Kit Kat…

It tasted just like apple pie but in Kit Kat form. I thought it was pretty good. Genifer didn’t like it at all.

I was putting the trash out for collection and the sky looked really pretty…

Hello moon…

We had another pretty good Wednesday. 😀🌄🍜🥧🌔❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 21, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Posted by Thadd F. on October 21, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/21/wednesday-pad-thai/

Pizza for a dreary day.

It was very dreary, grey and rainy morning…

Good morning from Northside…

This morning I got to start eating the Sweetwater’s long johns that I brought home from with us from Kalamazoo. I brought home two vanilla-filled and chocolate-filled long johns…

Their donuts are just so amazing.

For dinner tonight, we got ordered pizza from the Dominos in Clifton…

We usually get out Dominos pizza from Finneytown. We didn’t realize there was one in Clifton. Clifton is so much closer to us…

Genifer like the hand-tossed with pepperoni and I like the pan with sausage…

And we got Dominos Marbled Cookie Brownie™…

Dominos was really good stuff. It definitely hit the spot.

And good evening from Northside…

We watched game one of the World Series. I hope Tampa Bay beats the Dodgers. And that was our rainy Tuesday. 😀🌄☁️🍩🍕🌧️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 20, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Posted by Thadd F. on October 20, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/20/pizza-for-a-dreary-day/

Pure Michigan.

We drove up north for a long weekend in Michigan to visit my parents…

Even though we’re still firmly in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic, we still managed to get out to do a surprising amount of stuff…

We sampled some terrific beers that my parents gathered on their travels like New Belgium’s Atomic Pumpkin. We went out to VerHage Fruit Farm and Cider Mill for donuts and fresh apple cider. We had lunch at Bell’s Eccentric Cafe and Presidential Brewing and COVID Carryout dinner from Four Rose’s in Plainwell. We also got Biggby Coffees and Sweetwater’s Donuts. And most importantly, we got to hang out with my parents because it’s been way too long since we’ve seen them. It was a great weekend. We hope the powers that be can curtail the pandemic soon and we can get up to Michigan more often next year. 😀🗺️⬆️❤️

Click to see all the photos we took on our long weekend in Michigan.

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by Thadd F. on October 19, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in After these messages, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2020, After these messages, Bell's Eccentric Cafe, Biggby Coffee, Four Roses, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Oct19, October, Odds&Ends, Presidential Brewing, Pure Michigan, Seen and noted, Sweetwater's Donuts, Travels, Verhage Fruit Farm and Cider Mill, We ate this, We'll be right back, Weekend morning coffee

Posted by Thadd F. on October 19, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/19/pure-michigan-2/

Willshire Drive-In.

On our way up to Michigan, we stopped at the Willshire Drive-In…

Genifer got a Oreo Flurrie and I got a butterscotch malt…

And she got a cheeseburger basket…

I got corn dogs because I love corn dogs…

The stuff at Willshire Drive-In was terrific. I love little ice cream shops like this. Everything is always amazing. 😀🍔🍟🌭❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 16, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, After these messages, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2020, Burgers, Cheeseburger, Corn dogs, French fries, It's what's for lunch, Oct16, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, We ate this, Willshire, Willshire Drive-In

Posted by Thadd F. on October 16, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/16/willshire-drive-in/

After these messages…

We’ll be right back. We’re heading up north to visit my parents for a long weekend in Kalamazoo. It’s been way too long since we’ve seen them.

Follow along on our pandemic Pure Michigan adventure on our F lickr. 😀🗺️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 16, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in After these messages, Odd & Ends

Tagged #gtfKalamazoo2020, 2020, After these messages, Cincinnati, Home, Home Sweet Home, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Oct16, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Pure Michigan, Seen and noted, Travels

Posted by Thadd F. on October 16, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/16/after-these-messages-14/

Good morning from Northside.

Good morning from Northside…

And we’re almost on our way…

We’re about to head out on an adventure up north. 😀🌄⬆️❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 16, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Good morning, Home, Home Sweet Home, Look up in the sky, Northside, Oct16, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted

Posted by Thadd F. on October 16, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/16/good-morning-from-northside-154/

Hello from Northside.

This morning, there were some pretty little grey clouds above the hill at the end of our street…

Good morning from Northside…

It was really pretty this morning but it got kind of grey by the evening…

And good evening from Northside…

Later this evening, we ran Oscar and Bear out West Chester to stay with Geri for the weekend. She is going to watch two of our guy’s while we go up to Michigan to visit my parents. On our way back to Northside, we stopped at Walgreens to get a few things for our trip…

When we got home, we packed up some stuff to take with us on our adventure up north tomorrow. 😀🌄☁️🐾❤️

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by Thadd F. on October 15, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends, Suburbia

Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Clouds, Good evening, Good morning, Grey, Home Sweet Home, Look up in the sky, Northside, Oct15, October, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Suburbia, Walgreens, West Chester

Posted by Thadd F. on October 15, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/10/15/hello-from-northside-20/

Another day of pretty skies.

It was another very pretty morning…

We walked to the end of the path atop the hill at the end of our street to watch the sunrise this morning…

Good morning from Northside…

As soon as I’m done working for the day, we’ve been trying to go in the backyard to play ball in our backyard while it’s still light outside. We collected all the tennis balls and put then in this bin. I didn’t realize that we’d accumulated so many tennis balls…

I like this bin because it has open slats across the bottom. Hopefully when it rains, the rain water will rinse some of the dirt off the balls and then drain away.

Bear does an amazing job of bringing his tennis ball back to you. He wants to play with only one ball the entire time we’re in the backyard. If you try to throw him a different ball, he’ll wait for the ball he’s been playing with. Mack is just the opposite. Mack will chase a ball, leave it and then come running back so you can throw him a different tennis ball…