Garazon’s Den

Jane S. Weikel

September 13, 1933 – June 23, 2009

from our trip to Cape Hatteras last weekend

Yet another case against teaching children to spell it like like it sounds (hooked on phonics). This was at a local dollar store nearby. If only 3 screws are missing missen , then its probably a good deal! ;)

Neat little iframe containing feeds and links to various pages concerning the swine flu outbreak.

disco style ;)

and just for the record, I had a burning permit  :P

Happy Easter!

Even though it was very cool and very windy this morning, Alison and I braved the weather and set out for the nearby park this morning to have our first Easter together. The park, Maple Park,  is about a 10 minute drive from home, right next to the Currituck Airport. Maple Park Its built on what used to be the county landfill I think. Well I know its built on the site where the landfill used to be, but I am assuming they did what a lot of similar landfills across the country have done and that is to cover them up and create parks where once was an eyesore. This particular one has a nice size man made water area, supporting fish and several species of wildfowl. There are about a dozen or so geese generally there on the water as well as several varieties of songbirds and usually a pair of wood ducks that we usually see every time we go to the park. We didnt see them today which was rather strange realy. Not sure if they have taken off for the season or they were just in the bushes trying to make a family! ;)
We’ve got some pictures and vidseos of the these two ducks one of us will post sooner or later, either here or Alison will put it on her blog. I cant say the ducks and geese are completely tame although you can get very close to some of them and the ducks have several times come up and taken bread right out of Alison’s hands. This particular park in the county has several areas around the park where you can grill. There is a good size pavillion where large groups can be accommodated and 3 or 4 gazebos

around the park near the water side that each have a grill and table. Being as cold and windy as it was but still very sunny we looked first to see if any of the spots were having even the slightest bit of sun hitting even one seat.  Unfortunately it wasnt to be today and we had to brave the cool breeze and  deal with it. Being familiar with the sort of grilling that goes on around holidays in Cyprus and which Alison has posted about recently on her blog, I thought it would be nice to try and recreate the atmosphere a bit, even if it was on a smaller scale than what they do there by making up a few lamb kebabs. It was also my first time trying lamb actually and I have to admit I liked it! :) Its got a unique taste and I suppose to some its not appealing but I found the taste very nice and flavourful and very tender too.Well maybe that part had somethign to do with the preparation by having a skilled meatcutter remove all the gristle and cutting the lamb leg up into nice lean pieces. ;) I coated the meat with olive oil and a little oregano and salt and pepper and then threaded them on the skewers, alternating with pieces of onion.

It was really just a bit too cool to be out doing this sort of thing but we had our minds made up and plodded on through. In the midst of trying to get the grill going and trying to get things going quick we forgot to put the potatoes and onions on the grill first as we had planned, but only remembered them about the time the kebabs were nearly done. Well we put some more coals on the grill and had a flame going that would fuel a nice nice furnace and a few minutes of having those packets of aluminum foil wrapped potatoes and onions atop that heat had the contents nearly steamed in minutes! ok not as good as they would have been if slow cooked but edible none the less and by this time anything warm was great eating!

this post or any on this blog wouldnt be complete without me mentioning how wonderful and amazing life and love can be. Another in a  long list of signs we have seen over these last few years is this heart shape that formed at the bottom of one of the Easter eggs Alison made yesterdaywhen she set it in the tray to dry. I guess some could say its just coincidence, but irregardless it made me smile and know that everything is meant to be in this world. We may never understand the whys and hows, but love never fails

Happy Easter to all!

Flying Pickets – Only You

These guys mesmerize me with this song and their acapella style

Light my fire

or is it “Smoke gets in my eyes? ;)

Grilling in the rain, now that’s dedication! :)

I just can’t resist picking up these abandoned shopping lists in stores when I find them.

Alison rolls her eyes now when she sees me picking these things up and reading them. I think she’s more worried I am going to post one she’s made and put it on the site and make some kind of comment about the differences in the British and American english… I probably will ;)  lol

Anyway that’s for a later date. Today we went to WalMart to try and find a couple of things for the kitchen,  we didnt find what we were loking for but thtas another story too.  ;)

This list was just laying in the shopping cart we happened to take from the cart area so it was begging to pciked up and read anyway. Of course I obliged! It looks an interesting list really. Makes the mind wander a bit, just trying to decipher a few things that jump out. First being the $30 card-stamps… My guess is they are byuing a gift card and some postage stamps to give to someone? Maybe… Only thing that comes to my mind really. I suppose Walmamrt sells postage stamps too, I know our grocery store does. Guess I’ll never know for sure unless the author of this list sees it here and writes to me. Next item is simply “comb”. Short and sweet. Just makes me think this may be an older gentleman, not likely to be one to embellish things too much.. he simply wants a comb. Sounds like a clue that at least he has some hair left! And he needs a movie.. just 1 mind you, guess any movie will do huh? next to get from the list 2 AA batterys. well that should be batteries shouldn’t it? Not that  am the best at spelling sometimes either, just making note in case its pertinent.

heres a possible clue… Irish Spring Soap… this soap had its debut in the 70’s. Wonder if he/she has been using it all along?! They had some rather strange tv commercials I thought. Gave the impression all these folks from Ireland showered outside in a forest or something! lol well maybe he just likes feeling “fresh and clean as a whistle” (are whistles really that clean?? think about it! ;)

Ok hes got his movie and going to get his shower and comb his hair, then I guess he could be making a dip from the soup mix to have some nibbles while watching the movie maybe.

Now heres where my mind gets a bit scattered… scull cap… is this the herb or is it a misspelling of skull cap? Does Walmart even carry either of these products?? Ive not seen them if they do. maybe they mean a shower cap? the guy may be tring to protect what little bit of hair he may have left!

Ok the last line is Zac Brwon Band. I wasnt sure about this and had to look it up, its a country group. Havent heard of them really as I dont follow country too much really. seems they have a hit called Chicken Fried.  Not really something that I would be liking enough to write down on a shopping list, but thats what is great about music and the variety, something for everyone.

I really wish I could see and talk to some of these people who make these lists. That acull cap entry has me puzzled!