Friday Birthday Kitday

Happy Birthday To Kit!

Chalkboard Art

Cribbage scoreboard on our garage wall

Chief Hawk Tail

Hawk sitting on top of our deck

Kit snuck a picture of this guy sitting on the roof of our deck. At this typing, I'm not sure what kind he is (any help would be appreciated - click on picture to zoom in). Now we know what's been happening to our dwindling sparrow population. As we've been feeding our small birds during the winter, Mr. Hawk's probably been eating them like popcorn.

Cribbage Cave

Playing cribbage in the cave

"Capture as many happy moments as you can." was a saying of Dr. James Miles. Dad pretty much lived his life according to this philosophy. Here is one happy moment that I captured: Kit and I playing cribbage in our cave (our living room in the garage). Note the acorns, which are used to remember what street we're on, in the game. Even during winter months, a few small heaters make our insulated garage a comfortable place (especially since we have real furniture out there).

Pork Wellington

A resting pork wellington

Kit tried a pork wellington tonight. It's resting now. It's a pork tenderloin stuffed with semi-pulverized dried apple rings, then wrapped in prosciutto bacon, and then rolled up in a mustard-brushed puff pastry. Brush the outside with egg & cook @ 400 for about 40 minutes. Enjoy!

Toast To Ourselves

An Add-On Poem by Kit & Johnnny

Title: Toast To Ourselves

Date Written: March 5, 2010

(Line 1: Johnnny, Line 2: Kit, etc.)

Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved.

Toast To Ourselves

From the dock, throw a rock, make a splash

Beware that small ripple may spread like a rash

Rings of itch affecting people like me

Only love is the balm that will set us all free

Rise up over clouds of mutual destruction

To hear more bubbles, and far less sucktion

Try to pump the flood, instead of flood the pump

Ride your waves of karma like Forrest Gump

Grumpy frown clown still waits for a laugh

Watching the intern explain his pie graph

Dessert in the den with some add-on poems

Usually includes some beers with foams

Toast to ourselves with some jelly and jams

Hopelessly adrift, but happy as clams.

An Add-On Poem by Kit & Johnnny
Title: Toast To Ourselves
Date Written: March 5, 2010
(Line 1: Johnnny, Line 2: Kit, etc.)
Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved.

Blue People

The new movie Avatar has introduced a new perspective on life. This movie is the next Matrix. Even tho I have not yet seen it, I do see it being apart of my future.

Our friends John & Lori recently visited our greatown. We met at the local Thai restaurant. They seemed rather blue that evening.

After you go see a 3-D movie, is there any danger in not being able to go back to 2-D? Lately, it seems the Blue Man Group has opened offices in my neck of the woods.

John & Lori will enjoy Avatar as soon as they get shoveled out from their recent blizzard. If you're going to get the winter blues, it's best to be blue together.

Who's that guy over John's shoulder, taking pictures in a public restaurant?

ChiliTown

Tonight, Kit made a batch of chili!

This will be my department's entry into my company's chili contest luncheon for United Way fundraising.

Kit stirs the pot full of secret ingredients. However, for this special occasion, the official ingredients list will be disclosed (without amounts, of course):

London Broil steak, diced tomatoes, onion, green pepper, garlic, beef broth, kidney beans, oregano, paprika, and a pat o' butter.

The final ten ingredients all start with the letter "C":

Chili beans, Coriander, Cumin, Cinnamon, Cayenne pepper, Cholula hot sauce, Chili powder, Chocolate, Corona, and a home-grown poblano Chili.

Thanks for the chili, Kit!