Blogging from my iPhone

I just found this blogger app that should let me blog from anywhere I am with my new toy. This is a test. Since it seems to work, I will download the full app so i can also post pictures i take with my phone. Wonders will never cease

Bacon for Brasket

I'm on a roll with blogposts.  You might not hear from me again for awhile.

Anyway, I love this picture of my son when he was little.  I love the way he is examining his bacon.  So I played in PSE and made this page:

End of February

February breathed its last yesterday.  It was windy all day, and bad storms last night (which missed us except for the rain).  Today is March 1 and it is gorgeous.  No wind.  No rain.  Which means this month is really gonna get us at the end.  Oh my.

Anyway, in attempt to become a better food blogger, I took photos of the dinner I made last night.

Phillipine Vinegar Chicken legs, rice, and wilted kale with garlic and balsamic.  Delicious.  I admit to forgetting the whole peppercorns and it tasted just fine, without having to pick out all those peppercorns while eating, so I recommend to omit that ingredient.  Just grind in more pepper.

Fresh strawberries, sprinkle with brown sugar and let it dissolve a bit.  Then for the aha finish....I opened a bar of dark chocolate and took out my garlic grater and grated some chocolate on top.  Oh my.

Squirrels

I have been having fun looking at all the free wallpaper pics available to my iphone and downloading them to play with in PSE.  I saw this picture of a squirrel and decided to share my squirrel story with you.

Yes, he is cute.  I have a lot of squirrels in my backyard.  Probably because I have so many trees.

Many years ago I decided to get a bird feeder.  I went and bought one designed like this one:

You see that rod at the very front?  Well, it is what the bird has to stand on it to get food to drop into the feeding tray.  If a squirrel lands on it, the seed feeder slams shut and nothing comes out.  The squirrel is too heavy.  OK.  That is exactly how it works.  

My squirrels spent hours trying to figure out how to get into it.  Without success.  Then one day I saw a squirrel literally hanging from the feeder, holding on by his paws, which were gripping the sides of the feeder, not touching that pressure sensitive rod.  His chin   was pressing on said rod in order to get to the food.  His head is the same weight as a bird.

Guess what I did?  I marched outside, unhooked the feeder, dumped out the rest of the seeds, and shoved it into my garage.  Several years later I took it to Goodwill Donation Center.

By the way, don't think my actions caused the birds in my backyard to be underfed; neighbors to either side of me have built  bird havens for the feathery friends.  I get to enjoy them as they fly back and forth.

So that is my squirrel story.