Soooo, anyone here know Mr. Magoo? Let's just say, when I mow our yard, I have to remove my glasses and put on safety glasses.... And of course I have to pick up sticks and things that will get caught in the mower. I do this as I am mowing......  

Yes.... I did this.....   it was long, brown.....

True story...

Lazy Broke Granny Country Spaghetti made with Deer Meat

So just came in from picking vegetables from our garden.

Realized it was time for me to start dinner.

BLAH.

So, I started with this..........

 Seriously.  

..... I just took the tops off of the tomatoes.
 I  threw them whole into a pot with some water in it...           : /


       Okay, well that is a start.... 


Lazy...  maaaybe....   
I threw in some oregano I had picked from the garden and dried.

then..........
some Basil...

then some ....Parsley.

Oh, why not......

add some garlic........................

Some

some salt...............about two teaspoons......

Peppers that my daughter picked from her garden....

Yes, I did core them.  

But then, I threw them in just like that!

I decided to throw in a can of tomato sauce.......hmmmmm....what else?

That's it!  

 I threw in a pound of frozen deer meat....  yep.....just like this!

I just let it cook like this for alittle bit....about ten minutes...

hmmm....I think I will add some sugar....about a quarter of a cup.....

or you can use honey...but, you guessed it, laziness won....

it was easier to use sugar....  ; )

WellNow just let it cook on a medium high heat for about ten minutes.....

I need something to go with this.......  hmmmm....how about those green beans?

So, I washed the beans.....

And since I don't feel like doing dishes, I will just use scissors.....

DANG, look at all the dirty dishes!  : /

Okay...now we are cooking! 

Let those beans cook for a while, add some garlic, some butter some salt.....

beans need to cook on medium high for a bit....

simmer your sauce in the front....

Dang, I might have time to do some of those dishes after all!

Nah. 

Get the pot boiling for some spaghetti noodles...

Looks like that's what it's going to be!

Spaghetti and meat sauce

with green beans and garlic bread.  

Don't worry any if you drop some spaghetti on the floor, there is always a critter around who is happy to clean up the floor for you!

No need to vacuum!  ; )

Ok, so let's get the garlic bread ready...
I don't have much bread to work with....

So, I will slice it this way

......and add some butter,

garlic, and parmesan cheese....
oooh, and don't forget to toast it!

Oh, man, I think I need to add alittle more oregano, and some parmesan cheese to the sauce....

I also think I want to add some onion taste...

So, too lazy to go get some onion from the garden, I use some scallion that I dried..
it gives that onion taste!

Get the mozzarella grater ready!  Got this one from the Thrift Store!

Let the sauce simmer some more!

Now I couldn't get great pictures, because they ate it kind of fast!

You know, the 'no talking' slurping kind of fast....

 Now the pan looks like this.......

and

AGGh!.........

there are more dirty dishes...........

Don't have an audience mentality in life. Actively participate.

Man sits on girl then fondles her in front of family....WHAT??

In front of her own family?   Were they a stunned audience?

Don't have an audience mentality in life.
Just read where a man on a beach went and sat on a girl in front of her family and proceeded to fondle her.   

HOW?

Have we become so anethesized that we can't react to life in real time?

How could her family and all the other beach goers just watch?

I think we are losing our ability to interact with our environment!

Perhaps we think everything is a television movie instead of real life?

GOD HELP US!

Two classic cakes for Father's Day.

.............the middle gun is a cake!

 This Jeep Cake was made by looking at the picture on the TV

Found Baby Cardinals in the Garden

One of the great things about having a garden, is you often see nature and wildlife that you would not get to enjoy otherwise!

I was out, picking weeds, when I noticed a nest had been built in my pea pods.   To my great joy, I found two pretty blue speckled eggs!   I kept a close watch on them every day.

Finally on May 17, I peeked into the nest and saw these two little cuties!

Okay, so I know some folks may not think they are cute, but to me they were!   One of the babies was still in the shape of the egg!

However, to my great dismay, one of the babies rolled right out of the nest!

I picked it up gently with my gloves and put it right back!

Momma bird and Poppa bird were going crazy!

I was so relieved when, the next day, I peered into the nest and I saw this!
They were both alive and doing well!

On May 19, 2012, the babies were on their third day of life out of the shell!
They were starting to get little feathers!  I still was nervous about the baby that fell out.   He seemed quieter than the other baby.

On the 20th, the babies were starting to get more defined in their bodies.

Look how well they are doing on May 21, day five!

They are energetic and hungry all the time. 

Their little eyes have finally opened!

 They now have a very cute soft cheep.   However,  MOMMA on the other hand, and POPPA ~ THEY are loud!  

And seems like momma is getting bolder!

May 22, The one baby, that didn't fall out of the nest, always seems to have more energy than the one that did fall out. The energetic baby always has His mouth open for food. ~Still keeping an eye on the other baby, hoping for the best.

May 23, They are so vulnerable! I ended up putting a covering over the nest and a small fence around the bottom, in case one falls out....that way they won't wander into dog territory!They are sticking their heads out for food more and more now. They are not afraid of me.   Whenever I come to the nest, they are hoping I am bringing food.   I do not interfere with mom and dad though.   I figure they know what they are doing!

May 24, day eight!  
                                                They grow up so fast!

 This day, one of the babies became adventurous and left the nest!!

However, at the end of their long eighth day in the world, they both snuggled down in the nest for a long nap!

                                           stay tuned for day nine!

Growing Low Cost Healthy Strawberry Plants .

I have had some strawberry plants growing in my garden.  
They reproduced and made more plants.

I wasn't, however getting many strawberries!   
The strawberries that were produced ended up
bitten by bugs,
wilty from water,
stolen by squirrels,
or beaten by birds! 

I pretty much gave up on the plants.   They were just taking up space in my garden.

But...it was either let the plants go to waste,
or do
some
thing
with
them.  
And YOU KNOW,
I am not big on waste!





So with alittle bit of effort, I changed my strawberry strategy.   They became hanging planters!

Of course, I did not want to have to spend money to make these guys work.   The idea is to save money, not spend money!

 So, step 1.   I took the planters the strawberries came in, took the plant out, and saved the dirt.

Step 2. Turn the planter upside down.  Make about 6 cuts , each about two inches long radiating from the hole on the bottom of the planter. (Like rays coming from the sun)  This creates an easy opening that enlarges enough to put the plant in.

Step 3.  Carefully poke the strawberry plant into the bottom of the planter.    The cuts you have made should make this easy.   Once the plant is in. . . carefully pull the planter hole
closed around the plant.

Step 4.   Now, with the plant hanging upside down, fill the planter back up with dirt.  Be careful not to break your plant while you do this.

Step 5.   This is what determines how you hang your plant.   You can make your own hangers in so many various ways.   I cheaped and easied out on this step because I was tired!  

All I did is make a hole on the side of the planter!

then...Step 6.   I hung the planters on the fence post!...and watered!!!

The results have been dramatic!

Almost overnight, the bugs quit bugging, the squirrels stopped stealing, and the water stopped wilting!  The drainage was perfect.   I have only lost one

strawberry so far to a bird!   Unbelievable!  I would never try to plant them the old way again!

Happy Hanging! 

                                           
                                            These just picked!