Bird Haven

We have had more than our share of baby birds in our yard this year. We had a couple of dove who bailed early from the nest and momma had to hang around with them on the ground until they were old enough to fly. Then today, I went outside to check the grill and found this little guy underneath the grill. He tried to fly out into the yard and then eventually over to the large tree near the clubhouse. He tried a couple of times to fly up into the tree, but didn't have the strength to do it. I finally felt so sorry for him, I went and got the shovel and convinced him to step onto the blade, so I could give him a lift up into the tree. This photo was right after that. He then hopped higher up into the tree and when we got ready to come in tonight, we could hear him and momma saying their goodnight prayers. OK, I really have no clue what they were saying, but I could hear them!


I think he may have been after this...


Grilled Lemon Pepper Catfish and Corn. Mmmm ... mmmmm ... mmmmmm!

Makes Her Daddy Proud!

Jana and the kids got me a book with grilling recipes for Christmas. I was cooking Swiss Burgers tonight and needed something to round out the meal. I was trying to find just the perfect thing, and this was it...



For some reason, I got to thinking about Chuy's Creamy Jalapeño Dip and began searching for a copycat recipe, which I found here. There are several versions on the recipezaar.com site, most of which admit to not being the original. (Besides, unless you want to nail fish to your ceiling, it wouldn't be the same anyway!!) However, if you find that your city name does not appear here or here (click on option 4), I would declare this a very good substitute. But don't take my word for it, take Grace's:



The only picture missing is the one where she picked up her spoon and began eating the dip like soup. That's my girl!