Verna and I got out the smoker this weekend and cooked up a chicken breast and a salmon steak. The former for her and the latter for me. She isn’t much interested in fish, so we had a “surf ‘n’ barnyard” meal. Would have been surf ‘n’ turf save for the lack of anything on the hoof included. Just for the record, both were delicious served with roasted/grilled corn-on-the-cob, asparagus and rice/lentil medley. Click on the salmon entree to view the chicken plate.
Yesterday, my Mom, Kate, passed from the Earth to her heavenly repose. She was 93½ years old. Ironically, she departed on what would have been my Dad’s and her first husband’s 99th birthday. Verna and I will miss her charming smile and vibrant personality. Click on the image to enlarge.
Second Spring is upon us. The Cimarron sage bushes by the driveway have erupted with tiny purple flowers. I took this photo this afternoon as the sun was getting low in the western sky. I look forward to a lot more flowers, not only on the sage, but cacti and elsewhere before fall sets in. I’ll be taking pictures, of course. Click on the image to enlarge.
Verna cooked up this wonderful combination of beef tenderloin chunks, broccoli crowns and sugar snap peas in the wok today. This delightful combination of ingredients was served on a bed of white rice. Click on the image to enlarge.
I took this picture of Bay Bay at the dog park yesterday. I turned on the hose to fill the tub when we first got there. Later, when I saw that the tub was overflowing, I ran to turn the water off. Before I could get there, however, Bay Bay zipped past me and jumped into the tub. He then proceeded to splash around in the tub. We did not teach him this – it came as a built-in behavior. Click on the image to enlarge.
Last night was the Harvest Moon. I took a photo of the moon rising behind the saguaro cactus in our front yard. Click on the image to enlarge.
