Organic Raspberries

T's garden is producing monster raspberries. It must be the donkey poo!

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Ribs & Asparagus Cheese Pie

Am I good or what?





Find the Asparagus Cheese pie recipe  here. The rib recipe is my secret!

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Wagon Master Stew

Hot from the Chuck Wagon, aka BBQ Patio.



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I hate landscaping work

Today was a Ranch cleanup and landscaping day. I mowed, weed-whacked, cleared brush, cleaned the garage (somewhat) and grilled.

T did even more work than I did. She baked in the morning, then mowed, weed-whacked and worked her garden. She is more motivated since she actually cares what our neighbors and drive-by people think about the property.

She made most of the dinner and cleaned up, too. I'm a lucky guy.

Now the "lucky guy" is sitting by the BBQ Patio with a fire going. I have a Wi-Fi connection in the garage so I can surf the Web and check e-mail. And write pithy blog entries.

My iPod is connected to the Aux-in port on the garage stereo. A shuffled mix of classical music, cowboy songs and Frank Zappa is playing.

My BB gun is cocked, loaded and ready.

The beer is cold and the fire is hot. T will join me when she's done mucking the stalls. For now, I'm blissfully self-absorbed.

Leave me alone.


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Thanks for the ride!

Bonzi shows his appreciation.



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Stuck In Lodi Again

Well, not actually Lodi. More like the Chicago O'Hare Airport.

This song reminds me of my plight, though.

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Rochelle, Illinois

A farm community, about 70 miles west of Chicago.

Matthew 6:28-29

I walked out the front door this morning and was greeted with this lovely sight! T's lilies are in full bloom.

²⁸And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
 ²⁹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

He's havin' a go at the flowers now!

                                     -- Python, Monty (Life of Brian) @1:12

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Toms River, New Jersey

Here for the week. Staying at a Howard Johnson's motel with a fine WiFi connection.

Killing Kittens

Grrrr. A bunch of foul, ugly kittens *think* they have staked a claim to the crawl space underneath my deck. So my BBQ patio smells like a litter box.

Tonight I will put on camos, blacken my face and sit in the dark. In one hand I will have my iPod. In the other I will have my semi-automatic BB gun with a fresh CO2 cartridge and a full clip.

I will not be trifled with.