Making a delicious meal

So, yesterday I was gardening, and got quite distracted by the grill, so I took a break...

and decided to make beer can chicken. It's quite easy. You start with a chicken and a can of beer.
Drain out half of the can of beer...no silly, don't throw it away, enjoy it!

 Then you put the beer can in a specially made stand (if you don't have a stand, you can balance the chicken over the can. Try to resist the urge to dance with said chicken).

 

Next, use your most favorite dry rub (This one so kindly given to us by the folks over at Cedar Hill Nursery ) and pat it all over that sucker.

 

 

You want to make sure your grill isn't too hot (I only used the back and middle burner on low).

Then place that baby on the grill and let it sit for 1.5 hours (ok, I rotated mine every 45 minutes)

 

And, VOILA, you have an amazingly tender, succulent, flavorful meal with almost no effort!

The boys certainly enjoyed it...

Sigh...nothing like a belly full of beer can chicken

An Angel Has No Nerves

The nourishing of life, and how it flourishes
On death, and why, they utterly know; but not
The hill-born, earthy spring, the dark cold bilberries.
The ripe peach from the southern wall still hot
Full-bellied tankards foamy-topped, the delicate
Half-lyric lamb, a new loaf's billowy curves,
Nor porridge, nor the tingling taste of oranges.
-An angel has no nerves.

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Sorry Angels, but you're missing out on some of the most explicitly beautiful tastes of summer...

Like fresh-grilled kabobs with chicken, red and green bell peppers, and white pearl
onions  marinated in Asian sesame viniagarette

And granola laden with fresh blueberries and strawberries, drizzled with honey

So tantalizing, Sawyer wanted some as well...

Sorry kitty, not today...

Peace, Beauty and Devotion

Little things...

Windows down, sunroof open, warm, humid breeze flowing through the car in the early morning on my way home from work.

Catching all green lights down Fullerton Ave.

Two purring kitties greeting me at the door.

Acquiring free perennials...life doesn't get much better

Starting with discouragement...

Ultrasound this week...very healthy, but very empty womb...abnormal ovaries, may have PCOS, large cause of infertility...