DOA on TV : Sheriff Country

 

I was behind on the episodes for Sheriff Country, but caught up this weekend.  The first season of the show has been consistently good with new mysteries weekly.  

In the last set of episodes, it was a wild ride with Mickey's father Wes heading a "commune" of weed growers, making deals with Bulgarian cartels trying to edge into the area, and a deal gone wrong that makes Wes think stealing three million dollars back from the DEA via armored car robbery was a good idea.   He almost pulled it off, but he was unaware there was another local player bent on taking over all of the farms and going commercial in order to save their family business.

This player had an inside man in the DEA, who was "tying up loose ends".  Unfortunately for Mickey, she'd fallen in love with the rogue agent.

In a huge twist in the finale, Mickey's dad is released from prison to help fight the cartels closing in on Edgewater.  He's supposed to work with Mickey, who hates him now, but both are shocked to find that the head of the DEA is Mickey's mom, Wes's wife, who was supposed to have died years ago.

Pretty great stuff going into season two. 

DOA's Saturday Puzzles A Cryptogram

 What I did today instead of posting a puzzle:

 

 

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Librariandoa's Saturday Puzzles An Answer Key for the Retro Rock N' Roll Match Game

 No shame if you got caught up in a YouTube run through of old rock groups.  Happens to me all the time.

 

Mary's Recipes #24

 

 

Retro teenage Mary :)

 

 

 

 

 

DOA On TV The Rookie and Will Trent

 

It’s been over a week since the finales of Will Trent and The Rookie. I’ve been a bit unhappy with the Rookie this past season and I’m not sure why. I think I liked it more when it was a police procedural, showing the daily life of cops.

Will Trent has piled on the character deaths this season in such a way that I may not return to it when it reappears in January 2027.

The Rookie  The Bandit   Season Finale

The episode revolves (again) around ultra rich and well connected Heath Everett’s cohorts carrying out an elaborate escape involving a car and a helicopter. They carry him off to a secret ship that will take him out of the country. 

A team of LAPD’s finest alongside the FBI go in at night before the ship leaves port, and snare Everett back.

Tim and Lucy who led the attack finally get a few moments alone on the beach at sunset, and Tim proposes to Lucy. A well earned sweet moment, but suddenly a smiling couple walks up and stabs each with a syringe, payback from Everett.

I really dislike all powerful villains, who beat your heroes at every juncture.

Will Trent  Be of Service  Season Finale

The main plot of the show was the abduction of a high school student that turned out to be tied to a human trafficking ring that has operated throughout the season. This storyline will apparently continue into season five. 

Meanwhile Angie and Seth head to the hospital to deliver the baby. They were always such a great couple and Angie deserved the life she had with Seth. It’s over in a flash as another car rams them on Angie’s side. Angie and the baby are fine, but Seth, on the other side of the car sustains internal injuries though he seems fine initially. Left alone for a moment while Angie is rushed to surgery, Seth collapses and dies alone, sprawled on the floor in the hallway.

There’s a montage of Angie curled in bed for months while Will and Nico and Betty step in to watch over little Edie and get her started in life.

The showrunners are all about re-setting the show and characters, but I am beyond unhappy with how they’ve done it.

Written on my iPad, logo added later.

DOA In The Garden 5/16/26

 

I've been so busy raking, buying and potting up plants, watering, spreading 4 yards of mulch (the mulch spreading hand in hand with Mr. DOA), and this week mowing season began.  I am out of shape, but hope all of this activity gets me into better shape.

So much to do, particularly if I'm going to meet my goal of having the garden planted by Memorial Day.  The actual day. I'm good at meeting goals, so let's see what I've got in the tank.

Impatiens and Fuchsias 

English Daisies

Fuchsia that is purple but doesn't show that way on film.

Another Fuchsia, a Black Petunia (actual names hopefully added later), Impatiens, Hollyhock, Lavender,  Rosemary, Coleus.

A beautiful tuberous begonia and a calibrachoa. 

Another Tuberous Begonia (It might be "Groovy White" though it has pink touches) and very fragrant white Alyssum.

A pink geranium I buy every year.  You'd think I would know its name.  A woman at the nursery had a cart load of them.

Sea Thrift and Blue Flax.

Another English Daisy

I can't resist Angel Wing Begonias.  I'd like a white one too.

Lobelia, Ageratum and I can't recall what the green plant is. I just thought the three would be pretty in a pot.

Long view of the garden east to west #1

Long view of the garden east to west ##2

Long view of the garden west to east #1

Long view of the garden west to east #2

Librariandoa's Saturday Puzzles: A Retro Rock N Roll Match Game

 I had the Rock N Roll theme idea while drinking my coffee. If you can imagine, I was originally going to make a crossword puzzle with the phrases.  Nope, nope.  Here's a pleasant match game using some of my favorite rock n roll artists.  Top 40 all the way, baby.

 

 

LIbrariandoa's Saturday Puzzles An Answer Key for the Mary's Recipes Word Find

 Hope you had fun finding the recipes!

 

Mary's Recipes #23

 

Mary's residence is in a parade every July.  She loves parades!

 

I had trouble reading the name of this recipe. It looks like Zucckini Baltic to me :) 

 

 

 

Librariandoa's Saturday Puzzles A Mary's Recipes Word Find

 Just in the nick, I figured out a puzzle for today.  Here's a word find based on recipes from Mary's collection.  Enjoy!