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I keep swearing I'll do more of these... Especially now that the weather is good and we're actually doing more things on the weekend.

Saturday.

According to the weather guessers Saturday was supposed to be as glorious as Friday, and actually dawned glorious, so we headed up to Port Townsend to do some shopping and photography. Of course, as is the way of the world, when we were halfway there a layer of clouds drifted in and ruined the light. (And of course the sky cleared as we were on our way home!) Still, I got to drool over some nice wood at Edensaw and Brenda picked up some needed art supplies, so it wasn't a total loss on that front. As always when we go to Port Townsend, William James (Bookseller) lightened our wallets considerably.

I did get some nice photos at the marina, but nothing like I'd hoped since the colors were so subdued. Ah well, practice is always good.

The real gem however was the discovery of an out-of-the-way little BBQ joint with some really, really good BBQ. We were there during a slow spell, so I got to spend some time with the owner philosophizing about BBQ which is always a plus.

Sunday

Sunday was actually the glorious day we were promised for Saturday... Which meant of course that we got to enjoy the glorious day while doing housework. Still, it was nice to open the windows for a while and air the house out.

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Since the smoker I bought this spring turned out to be a bit awkward to carry about, I built a cart for it. (Finishing just a couple of hours ago.)




Full details on construction can be found here on the Lumberjocks woodworking site.
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Mmmm... Love the approach of spring! Among other things, that means BBQ! I've been especially anticipating this one as we bought a smoker over the winter.

Yesterday, pulled it out and smoked some country ribs: Here they are ready to come out of the smoker, be wrapped in foil, and finished in the oven:



After an hour in the oven and an hour resting:



I almost couldn't cut them - they just wanted to pull apart.

I rough chopped 'em, tossed 'em with some Lexington Style dip* and served 'em forth with corn on the cob, grits, a green salad, and sweet tea. Except for the corn, country culinary heaven! (We bought frozen corn, bad, bad idea. We'll do without if fresh isn't available next time.

*That's North Carolina for 'sauce', kinda. Lexington style sauce is thin and vinegar/ketchup based, not the thicker and/or sweeter stuff found elsewhere.

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