July 4, 2020 at 4:24 PM
· Filed under Food and Dining, Holidays
Posted by Bob
Happy Independence Day from the little flag-waving town of Wickenburg, AZ!
Our local American Legion Post religiously plants flags all over town on every holiday as seen in the background image above. That image was taken (credit Verna) along the main part of Wickenburg Way (a.k.a. US 60) in the old historical part of town. I added the greeting with a graphics utility I use from time to time.
To celebrate the holiday, Verna prepared Star Spangled Chili for dinner yesterday. The dish included a medium-hot chili base with lean ground beef, sliced Hebrew National kosher franks and chopped beef tenderloin chunks garnished with avocado, sour cream and an olive. It was pretty awesome.
The beef tenderloin chunks were leftover meat from a whole tenderloin I butchered myself. Once you separate the “chain” and the “wing” from the main tenderloin, I set those aside to be chopped into the aforementioned chunks.
I cut the rest of the main tenderloin into steaks, a couple of small roasts (Chateaubriand) and tenderloin medallions or small steaks. There is a bit of fat and silver skin that goes to waste, but most of the meat gets used in some form or another. Considering that butcher shop tenderloin steaks (Filet Mignon) are upwards of $20 per pound, butchering our own saves us a considerable amount of cash.
There are a couple of pretty good videos on You Tube (here and here) that guide you through the process of butchering a whole beef tenderloin.
In the meantime, despite all the COVID-19 and BLM/ANTIFA chaos, we’re having a nice holiday weekend here in our little piece of the good old USA and hope that everyone else will be able to enjoy it like we are doing. Happy Birthday America - may she keep on going strong!
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March 17, 2020 at 4:39 PM
· Filed under Culture, Family, Holidays, Photography, Retirement
Posted by Bob
Verna and I posed for this today as we were getting ready for a couple of errands. Wishing all a Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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February 14, 2020 at 3:39 PM
· Filed under Arizona Home, Holidays, Something Shiny
Posted by Verna
My gift from Bob was this nice little Waterford Heart Box with a nice card. Click on the image to enlarge.
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February 2, 2020 at 4:55 PM
· Filed under Arizona Home, Holidays, Home & Garden
Posted by Verna
It’s February again and that means it is time to decorate for Valentine’s Day! This is the mailbox down by the road in front of the house. I used red and white plastic flowers and a heart-shaped wreath to adorn it.
The mailbox is set into an old milk can and stuck into the ground with concrete stabilizing things. I stuck the flower stems down into the can and fastened the wreath to one of the handles on the milk can. I also have a heart-shaped Mylar balloon that I was going to add in the mix, but it broke away from the stick it was mounted to. I’ll glue them together and add the balloon decoration soon.
Now, neighbors and visitors to the neighborhood will see the decorations appropriate to the season. Next month, I will place some nice spring flowers in the can. Click on the image to enlarge.
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December 24, 2019 at 9:42 AM
· Filed under Blogosphere, Holidays
Posted by Bob
Here’s wishing Verna a very happy and wonderful birthday!
Image taken on our wedding day in 1998.
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November 28, 2019 at 9:55 AM
· Filed under Culture, Holidays
Posted by Bob
“Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the LORD is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.” —Psalm 100:4-5
Let us be thankful for the good things on this day.
We hope all of you have a blessed and happy Thanksgiving Day!
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July 4, 2019 at 7:10 PM
· Filed under Family, Food and Dining, Holidays
Posted by Verna
Aside from a couple of minor chores, we relaxed and enjoyed the Independence Day Holiday today. We ate pulled-pork sandwiches and Cole slaw with a root beer float. It was an excellent dinner! We’ll be watching fireworks this evening from the courtyard, where we have a limited view of the Sunset Park fireworks exhibit five miles west of our place.
I took this picture of these patriotic flowers back in July of 2007 (sorry, no larger image available), which are shown here on throwback Thursday in honor of the Independence Day celebration.
May God Bless and keep our Freedom in America!
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