Guys we went hiking on Saturday. This is a picture of us hiking in January in Hawaii. The rivers of SC basically look identical.
As per the usual, it was a comedy of errors as only we can create.
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outdoors
BFF Pic
Patiently explaining why, even though it’s fun, rolling in other dogs’ shit is not OK because humans think it’s gross and won’t let you back in the house. Comprehension is questionable.
Roasted Pattypan Squash w/ Mint & Feta
YUM!
Look at these little guys!
My grandfather grew them. Did you know what pattypan squash was? My mom had to tell me. She tells me all the important things I need to know.
When I first received these from my giving grandfather, I thought I’d treat them like a butternut or acorn squash – you know, where you curse and cut your fingers off and break nails trying to get the peel off?
WELL, this squash isn’t like that!
Even though it looks like it might be.
I was thrilled. In addition to the skin being totally edible, it IS thicker than a yellow squash or zucchini, which I appreciated because those two vegetables tend to….die…when I try to roast them.
So, we have a texture that is a happy place between dead zucchini and diamond-strength butternut.
Helpful, huh?
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Weekend Planning
Remember awhile ago we talked about the delicious, tangy marinade my crazy family makes for chicken?
Well, if you start marinating your chicken today, it’ll be READY tomorrow or Saturday for grilling.
I like to skewer chicken fingers and grill them, or just marinate larger pieces of chicken!
You can’t go wrong with this recipe. Make it tonight and you’ll thank yourself this weekend.
Fencing, Part 1
When Lindsay and I bought our new house, we knew that we would have to build a fence in the backyard in order to keep the dogs from roaming wild through the neighborhood. We immediately thought of a privacy fence, with a handcrafted top, and lovely jasmine growing all over the fence. Then we priced that dream fence out, and realized that it was in fact just a dream. Next we moved onto a chain link fence, and set our dream bar just a bit lower. However, we were going to get a green vinyl coated chain link fence. We thought it would look nicer, and promote our classiness to our (assumingly) jealous neighbors. Then we priced that middle class dream, and it too turned out to be just a dream. I was all set to go out and get some chicken wire and run it around a bunch of sticks, but then I discovered Split Rail Fencing (cue chorus of angels singing)!
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