The
man is painting the deck now. From what I can see it will look much as it did
before he started – but we will be much poorer.
He
moves with the speed of a drunken snail dragging an elephant through a
shag-pile carpet covered with molasses.
The
lights which Joe put under our big tree work a treat - and I should imagine can
seen from space. They go on at dusk and off at dawn. I would not be surprised
if we get a ‘cease and desist’ order from NASA.
I
am knitting small eye masks for the squirrels so that they can get some sleep
at night.
I
have ordered my Traeger and have received advice from Lenny about which pellets
to use. There are just so many that it is very exciting thinking about the possibilities.
I am studying my Myron Mixon book for ideas. He is a world class barbecuist.
Of
course they have barbecuing contests here. They have every kind of contest
here. On the weekend for the Indy 500 they had a bacon eating contest – which I
must admit sounds pretty good.
There
are also tractor pulling and hawg rasslin. It would not surprise me if there
was a contest to see how far you can drive a squirrel with a Big Bertha. My
money would be on Bubba Watson.
Tomorrow
we have guests coming for dinner. These are the Australians who live a few
blocks away and to whom we are somehow related. This is even too weird for me
to come to grips with.
Anyhow
I am making Hungarian Goulash soup using paprika I bought in Hungary. I am also
making Patates Batasi which is a favorite Turkish dish. These are my go to
dishes which are almost impossible to mess up. I said almost.
Cooper has lots of nicknames, and 'Bubba', 'Bubba Bear', 'Snorty Horse' (for when he sneezes) are three frequent ones. I caLL him Bubba more often than anything, including Cooper. It took me a second or two to figure out the Big Bertha, because I first thought 'German artillery'.
ReplyDeleteMmmm....Patates Batasi sounds a bit of alright. I did a google search and it came up with all the times you've made this dish and that was about it. I think you might have made it up!
ReplyDeleteAny chance you would share your recipe?
*rofl* Love your G-search results! Only Badger ... ;-)
DeleteI read recently that illuminating gardens all night is bad for birds, for many reasons. Here are a few sources:
ReplyDelete- Artificial Night Lighting Affects Dawn Song, Extra-Pair Siring Success, and Lay Date in Songbirds
- The Fatal Light Awareness Program
esb:Hmmm....how far could the German Big Bertha fire a squirrel.
ReplyDeleteFreefalling: It is out of a cookbook - send me an email and I will forward it to you.
Merisi: I will pass the info on to Cate who will get me one of those looks.
Hmm, I am thinking Big Bertha might have put a squirrel into low earth orbit.
DeleteYep, followed along with Merisi and looked up the Patates B stuff and it all came back to you. Okay, lets have the recipe.
ReplyDeletefmc: Ok I will publish soon.
ReplyDelete