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Things about the house
Smokin in a Brinkman vertical smoker
I bought a cheap(ish) smoker on Craigslist and set it up to smoke a Boston Butt. This one runs on charcoal and I tossed plenty of hickory chips into the pan with the charcoal. Turns out maintaining a temperature is harder than it should be with this model. It didn’t help that it was cold and rainy out.
After 9 hours in this smoker I gave up and tossed it into the oven to finish. The smoky flavor is pretty good but I’ve done better with my propane grill.
Rescued turtle.
Driving home I spotted something in the road. Of course I aimed to miss it so it had my attention. When I realized it was a turtle I stopped and picked it up. This little guy swam as hard as he could for the entire drive to my house. So I set him down near the lake and suddenly he got shy. I picked him up again and he popped right out and started swimming again. I set him down just a couple of inches from the water. This time he saw the water and climbed into the lake and swam away. I predict he’ll be pretty happy there. Certainly better than found on road dead.
Truly March Madness
Snow March 25th is crazy enough but we were outside in SHORTS on the 24th. We ended up with several days of snow that didn’t amount to anything but did coat our deck a few times.
Getting Stones
A load of river rock in the bed of my truck. Nat’s been making rock gardens out of our gardens. I told her they won’t grow.
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