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About Me Official Beta Tester Illustrator Mark AndreeMale/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 3 Years
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Journal Entry: Thu Nov 19, 2009, 7:52 AM
I love Thanksgiving turkey... it's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare but they are consumed in just twelve minutes. Half-times during football games generally take twelve minutes. This is not a coincidence.
Erma Bombeck

There's More to Thanksgiving than the Turkey!
The holidays are upon us and I get asked often this time of year for my Sausage, Barley, and Gumbo Soup. It goes great with any holiday meal. . . . . . . .

Sausage & Barley Gumbo Soup

1 can Diced tomatoes
1 can Cream of chicken soup
4 cups Chicken Stock (3 cups for thicker soup)
½ cup uncooked barley
2 cups diced kielbasa or turkey sausage
2 cups diced Andouille sausages
½ cup pepperoni cut in thin strips
8-10 baby carrots sliced
1 cup celery, diced
½ cup diced red pepper
½ cup diced green pepper
¼ - ½ cup jalapeño peppers
1 small yellow onion, diced
3 – 4 cloves garlic
½ tsp. Paprika
1 tsp. Ground Ginger
2 Bay Leaves (during cooking)

Cook sausages until slightly brown. Combine all ingredients including sausages in a slow cooker for 3 – 4 hours. Stir occasionally adding spices to taste.
(If done in a kettle on the stove, bring all ingredients to a boil & simmer for 2 hours.)

A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?"
The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."

And now, a few pieces from some wonderful artists / photographers . . .
:gallery:
:iconnhorrspantheck:
:iconwiebestavast:
:iconmonsieurfantasy:

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  • Mood: Artistic
  • Listening to: Porcupine Tree
  • Reading: How a Fly Walks Upside Down
  • Watching: The birds (outside not the movie)
  • Playing: My acoustic guitar
  • Eating: Chocolate! Of course!
  • Drinking: Coffee with chocolate creamer

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Just me and a friend.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Wacousta, Michigan
  • Interests: Kristine, Illustration, photography, writing, cooking, bicycling, music, guitar, winter camping,
  • Favourite movie: The Fisher King, Shrek II, Pirates of the Caribbean, Life as a House, What Dreams May Come
  • Favourite band or musician: Mike Oldfield, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Michael Hedges, Jon Anderson, Will Ackerman, Moody Blues
  • Favourite genre of music: New Age, Irish/Celtic, rock, jazz, classical, blues
  • Favourite artist: Brian Froud, Arthur Rachum, Maxfield Parrish, all on DA
  • Favourite poet or writer: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Tolkien, Robert Frost, WomanOfThePage, Lewis Carroll
  • Favourite photographer: Paivi, Lisa Jane
  • Favourite style of art: Fantasy, anything drawn or painted on glass, fractals, photography - both 35mm and digital
  • Operating System: Windows XP, Ubuntu & Sun Solaris
  • MP3 player of choice: Creative ZEN Microphoto
  • Shell of choice: The UNIX Korn Shell
  • Wallpaper of choice: My own originals
  • Skin of choice: Kristine's
  • Favourite game: There are no games, it's all real!
  • Favourite gaming platform: Wii, Wii Fit
  • Favourite cartoon character: Shrek, Robin Williams (Hey he's a cartoon character)
  • Personal Quote: Love to me shouldn’t be so much the way I feel as the love I want the one I love to feel - MA
  • Tools of the Trade: KOH-I-NOOR pens, air brush, ink for film, Nikon, GIMP, CS3, CorelDraw, Apophysis, Wacom, Painter

Shoutbox

~classic-silence12:iconclassic-silence12:
keep up the good work! I love your DA. :peace:
Thu Jul 30, 2009, 2:37 PM
~Galandir:iconGalandir:
thank you mdandree ;)
Wed Jul 29, 2009, 2:25 AM
=just-joking:iconjust-joking:
hello there :hug::wave:
Thu Jun 18, 2009, 4:53 AM
=altergromit:iconaltergromit:
Tag, you're it!!! No tags back for 3 days...now tag 10 people in their shoutbox!!! :giggle: :hug:
Sat Apr 18, 2009, 3:37 AM
=DarlingAngel0565:iconDarlingAngel0565:
:hug:
Wed Feb 11, 2009, 5:50 AM

Comments


:iconlouisolah:
Thkx very much for faving my work..

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Il faut partir du simple au compliqué pour arriver au
simple par les voies supérieures.
Blaise Pascal
:iconmdandree:
You're very welcome! :)

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If you like them, you like them, if you don’t you don’t, but you know what? They are mine, they are original and they are art . . . and that’s what it’s all about!
:iconmonsieurfantasy:
Thanks for the featured pics Mark, that was really kind of you.:)

I must get Jane to look at that gumbo soup recipe of yours, she's a big fan of soup of all sorts.
:iconmdandree:
You're very welcome! :)

--
If you like them, you like them, if you don’t you don’t, but you know what? They are mine, they are original and they are art . . . and that’s what it’s all about!
:iconaladecuervo:
Dear Mark, many thanks for the favs :wave: :hug:
:iconmdandree:
You're very welcome! :hug:

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If you like them, you like them, if you don’t you don’t, but you know what? They are mine, they are original and they are art . . . and that’s what it’s all about!
:icondezhire:
Your work has been featured here...[link] :aww:

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:love:~~Love isn't finding someone you can live with,
It's finding someone you can't live without~~~:kiss:
:iconmdandree:
WOW! Thank you so much! :smooch:

--
If you like them, you like them, if you don’t you don’t, but you know what? They are mine, they are original and they are art . . . and that’s what it’s all about!
:icondezhire:
You're welcome, dear friend! :hug:

--
:love:~~Love isn't finding someone you can live with,
It's finding someone you can't live without~~~:kiss:
:iconmdandree:
:hug:

--
If you like them, you like them, if you don’t you don’t, but you know what? They are mine, they are original and they are art . . . and that’s what it’s all about!

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