Monday, April 30, 2007

Monday, April 23, 2007

Mein Camp

This weekend, I camped with some folks from work. One of these folks has a piece of land near Swansboro, and a fine campsite it is. It probably won't be so pleasant in August, but it's perfect in April.

He's also got a boat down there, and we spotted this ocean sunfish a few miles off shore:

The dolphins always dove before I could catch them.

The dock and storage shed are the only structures on the property. It was a very fine getaway.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Red and Green: The Stark Duality of Existence

I took this picture through our kitchen window. Minutes earlier, I helped my neighbor lift a pine tree 10" in diameter (it used to live right next to the leaning one you see here) off of his minivan. Minor damage. It was a sudden burst of wind that did it, and it yanked some shingles off of another neighbor's roof. Our house was sheltered by trees, fortunately. I'm able to lift a tree trunk because I'm so big and tough. And the tree was rotten. And I sawed the log in half. And I had help.
I made stuffed peppers because Lindz suggested the idea. When she makes a suggestion, it always turns out to be a good one. Except when she suggested General Tso's Marshmallow Peeps. That sucked.
I used the technique from The New Best Recipe.

Friday, April 06, 2007

Fruhling

It's Friday, and I'm drinking Schneider Weisse.



Lindz took some pics in the yard earlier this week. It's been unseasonably warm and lovely this week, but I just finished putting a tarp over a bunch of new plants in the hopes that this newly arrived cold snap won't kill them.