Quarantine gains weight

This blog seems to be turning into a food blog. Made these excellent steak fajitas. Marinated in soy sauce, lime juice and ....

...this. It is so good. 

Accompanied by these. 

Another perfect tomato sandwich. 

Sophie asked for my eggplant casserole recipe for Sital. I don’t have one and really make it by feel and looks. I tried my best to come up with one. My date planner was close and had PLENTY of empty pages so I used it. 😆

Here is Jill’s dog Tiffa. She lays on the diving board when we swim at her pool but this is what she does when I get out my phone. 

Ordered a new bed for Truff. Somehow she knew it was hers. 

She likes it. 

Quarantine clicks on

As I was having coffee in my chair this morning I heard distinct tiny ticking noises. I narrowed it down to an area near our back door. Headed to the pool and forgot about it. Well Ed heard it since it was right by his chair. 

We assumed it was one of his devices. But no, it was coming from the wall. When he tapped on the wall, it tapped back. He decided it might be that the plug in the wall was going bad and sparking. He unscrewed the plug plate and a bug fell out. What kind of bug makes a tapping sound? 

A CLICK Beetle!!! We really are going to have to move. The click is their defense system. Well his didn’t work too well.  

Quarantine still trapped

Want to know how the roach story turned out?

Still pending. I keep waiting to see when Ed will turn it over and he is waiting to see when I will. 

Couldn’t resist this one. Even casting it’s own little shadow. 

Truff says it is nap time. Ed is so wrapped up in genealogy that it might not happen today. 

Quarantine bugs out

Since y’all managed to get through that long A last post, I’ll make this one short. 

So. We have been invaded by giant spiders, and now those huge disgusting roaches that come in occasionally. They get sick from our quarterly bug spray but manage to stagger around or hang on the wall for a while. Ugh. So one was in our bedroom and I shot him with wasp spray. Oh did I mention I also killed a wasp in there too? Well he was still running so I clapped the trash can over him...yesterday. Neither one of us wants to deal with it. 

Beef finally quit costing an arm and a leg so this happened. Made it in Mamaw Brown’s deep iron skillet. Tried a new method where you cook it high (425) for 20 mins and then low (300) for 2-3 hours. It turned out great. Those are potatoes, carrots and turnips. 

Quarantine shoulders on

They are here! Chilton County peaches. They would be better enjoyed at the beach but you know...quarantine. No comments on the rest of the bowl contents. They got me thinking about peach cobbler. They are too good to waste in cobbler so I bought some canned peaches. 

I know this sounds crazy but you put in peaches.  Then yellow cake mix gets packed in and then you pour SPRITE over it all. It bubbles up like this. 

Some kind of chemical magic happens. 

It comes out crunchy on top and gooey inside. 

And then this of course. 

So good. Want more mushrooms? 

Apparently orange is the new black. 

Doughnut. 

This log is lichen orange as well. 

Love this little guy. 

Orange popsicle. 

More puffballs. 

These 2 were so delicate. 

Some of my focus was not good because I was so stinking hot and mosquitoes were also enjoying the weather along with my blood. 

Look at this big ole boss hog. 

A little perspective. 

Tending like we are at the beach. Yes. The corn was good. And then this finally happened. 

Perfect backyard tomatoes. Chris grew them. They were the best part of a BLT that couldn’t wait to be photographed. 

And then because spending hours chopping, boiling etc seemed like a good idea. I made soup on the hottest day of the year. It is Pasta a Fagoli soup. Turned out good. 

And finally there is this. Been waiting for the library to get it. Yes, I’m ok. 

Quarantine celebrates the Fourth

Or I think it is celebrating. Fireworks cancelled. No cookouts. At least not our family. I think everyone is cooking their own 4th feast. Went to Kroger to stock up. Also every other Madison neighbor was shopping too. I have heard this is the biggest grocery day of the year. I got ribs, steak, salmon and shrimp. And all the good things to go with them. Sweet friend, Doris brought over some Chilton County peaches. Yum. 

More mushrooms. 

I guess they love the combo of thunderstorms and heat. 

Isn’t he cute?

Looks like someone is having mushrooms for their 4th 

One last one with a bite. Happy 4th of July!

Quarantine looks for material

Banana popsicle. The best flavor. Must not just be me because it’s the only flavor you can buy a whole box of. 

Truffles is having hip trouble and is slipping on the hardwood floors. I got her some gripper socks. 

She is such a good sport and was very patient as I struggled to get them on. 

They seem to help. I don’t tell her they look foolish. Unfortunately her condition is most likely degenerative. 😞

Cute old pitcher that Candy gave me for my birthday. All shined up from the dishwasher. 

Finally got the floating shelves up at the Harms house. I took Chris with me to help me arrange them. Taking advantage of his height! They hadn’t put a finish on them. Ugh.