Music and Cats

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Something smells really good…

August 13th, 2006 by Kimberly

…in our back yard.

grilling the day's catch

As we are currently without a kitchen, we (by which I mean Paul) occasionally fire(s) up the charcoal grill in our back yard for a real home-cooked meal. (In our family, grilling and coffee-making are man’s work. Of course I could do either of them, but why?) What you can’t see in this photo is that the grill is surrounded by construction paraphenalia: old plumbing fixtures, our contractor’s work table, lumber scraps, and more.

Our back yard looks like a junkyard, but right now it smells delicious.

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  • 1 srp Aug 14, 2006 at 4:01 pm

    That’s a lot of potatoes! I love the little yellow ones and red ones. Cut them up leaving the skin on, put in a steamer for about 6 minutes, then put on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with garlic salt and fine, fine, finely minced fresh rosemary and bake for about 15 minutes or until the edges start to brown a little. Heavenly.

  • 2 Barbie Aug 14, 2006 at 6:15 pm

    The grilled vegetables look great. Is the multistory animal house camouflaged by leaves still part of your back yard decor? Barbie

  • 3 anne Aug 14, 2006 at 8:22 pm

    GORGEOUS photos. I don’t know whether I like the sunning black cat or the vegetables more. I keep coming to look, and feel great doing so. Thanks!!!

    (P.S. Do you use a phenomenal camera or are you a phenomenal photographer?)

  • 4 Kimberly Aug 14, 2006 at 10:36 pm

    srp: We went a little overboard with the potatoes, so there are plenty of leftovers. I love them roasted w/ garlic and rosemary, too.

    Mom: You mean this animal house? Sadly, it has lost its top, but most of it is still there.

    anne: Thanks! I have a phenomenal camera, which I’m working hard to learn to use well (although I haven’t yet read the manual). I’ve had it 10 1/2 months now, and just downloaded image #3335.

  • 5 Melanie Aug 15, 2006 at 7:32 pm

    Something looks really good, too. Wish we were there!

  • 6 sophie Aug 15, 2006 at 7:36 pm

    My Sweetheart just got the same phenomenal camera. I have to wait until he gets over the honeymoon stage so I can start to use it some. I suppose the junkyard explains the (fabulous) close-up. :-)

  • 7 ‘mouse Aug 16, 2006 at 7:41 am

    Enough with the beautiful food, cats and flowers already, where’s the construction update? Maybe a little Still Life With Detritus series of the junk in the back yard.

  • 8 Jaspenelle Aug 16, 2006 at 8:48 pm

    Oooo now I am hungry, inspite of my kitchen incident (something set on fire other then my pride…) I must go make potatoes now.