2025-04-27: first bbq of the year

nothing fancy. chicken marinaded in italian dressing for my partner. a couple smokies for me. bbq'd potatoes in tinfoil. grilled corn on the cob. one of our standard summer meals, and easy. the kind where i can just sit by the bbq with a finger of rye and watch the blackbirds and sparrows jumping around the feeder.

the weather very slowly starting to turn. warm by mid-day, no jacket needed, but often frost in the mornings, still. two weeks until we get our bedding plants — we ordered them as part of a school fundraiser, and found out they actually get here pretty early. frosts still a risk in early may. when we get the plants on our own, we typically do the week after may long. we haven't turned the water back on yet, and probably won't for a while. i guess we'll keep them in the garage until things start to settle a bit, then pick a weekend and see if my back holds.

should be almost done with the winter meals. put the slow cooker in the back of the pantry. start making cold brewed coffee for the mornings. wake up to the sound of birds. summer, hello, you're almost here.

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