“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?“
Lose yourself in the surprisingly touching story of two homeless Sims – Kev and his daughter Alice.
Good god, it’s hot. The last few days have been in the upper 90s, and there isn’t much relief in sight.
For dinner on Saturday night we made Chicken Jalfrezi using Patak’s simmer sauce:
Cube up some chicken, put it in a casserole dish with the sauce, bake for about 45 minutes and serve over rice. I love the cool yogurt sauce called riata that is served at Indian restaurants, so I made my own version with plain yogurt, shredded cucumber, minced garlic and salt. So delicious! If you love Indian food, and you love easy, you need to get some of this sauce pronto. There are other varieties, but we’ve yet to try any but the Jalfrezi, also called Sweet Peppers and Coconut sauce.
On Sunday, I braved the heat and went to the annual Father’s Day car show in Stanberry, Missouri with my dad, sister and ex-step-mom. One big happy family cruising around northwest Missouri in a Seabring convertible. My sister and I were in the back. I had forgotten how fun, and yet literally hair-raising it is to ride in the back of a convertible.
There were lots of classic cars at the car show. I liked this one:
Can I get a beep, beep?
My sister liked this pink one, because it looks like a Barbie car:
My sister, the Barbie.
We stayed in Stanberry for about an hour, and would have stayed longer if not for the heat. Did I mention it was hot? So hot that we put the top up for the return trip.
We liked our Saturday meal so much, that we made the same thing Sunday night. We accompanied our meal with a few episodes of The IT Crowd. If you are a computer nerd or work in a place who relies on an IT department, or both, give this show a watch. It originally aired in Britain for three seasons. We’re on season two, and it has an ever-growing Seinfeld vibe about it – a bunch of misfits get themselves into some ridiculous situations and end up looking like idiots. With jokes.
What else… what else… hmm… we’ve had some rather interesting back yard visitors recently. The groundhogs, Phil and Rita, had babies that are dubbed Brandon, Punky and Henry. They usually come out during the day to eat clover, but haven’t been around in the last few days due to the heat. They are also difficult to photograph. We’ve considered hooking up the camera to the telescope to get a shot, but that would involve moving the enormous telescope, something neither me nor Mr. Awesome are wont to do. We did get some pictures of some other visitors from last week:
Bambi passed through.
We thought this guy was lost, but a short time later we saw him with his mom.
Yet another reason to keep your cats indoors.
This coyote (Acme) hung out for a few hours the other day, sunning himself in the field.
Foxy.
This fox (Tod) and another one (Copper) played together for about half an hour last week, right in the middle of the day.
It’s not like we live in the sticks or anything. There’s a large field behind our house, and ours is the only house in our neighborhood that isn’t seperated from the field by a row of trees. So we get the pleasure of watching the critters play in peace. Increased construction of North Brighton has forced the area wildlife to relocate, and it appears many of them have chosen our back yard.
As if the furry creatures weren’t enough, we set up a couple of bird feeders in the last few weeks:
These goldfinches like the finch feeder… while the red guys like the mixed seed:
We’ve seen some bluebirds around our house, but have yet to catch them at the bird feeder. We were awoken last Saturday by a woodpecker who decided to mark his territory by pounding on our house, though. I had to shoo him away at 6:30 in the morning, and was not happy about it.
Planet Sub has turkey subs for $2 the day after the Kansas City Royals win a game. To save you the hassle of having to track down a score, some friends set up this site a couple of years ago:
There is a rumor that some nefarious types have recently set up their own version of this classic site, but ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS. Plus, the graphics on the original site are far superior.
/end endorsement
Now if the Royals could just win a game, I could save some money on lunch…
We were out in the back yard the other evening, and Finnie decided to fly:
Apparently our human concept of gravity is of no consequence to her.