Hanging Tight
The Northern Red Oak is still hanging tight to about 50% of its leaves. Again, the winds are a steady 25 mph from the north with gusts into the 40s.
The chili using bear ground meat and ground beef tastes wonderful. I added bullion roasted onion. The concentrated bullion is a paste. I purchased the concentrate in onion and garlic. It really works slick to add flavor easily. I know there are other flavors as I have seen them advertised. With the meat for the chili I added chili powder, black pepper, one can of tomato sauce, one can of tomato soup, one can of red beans, one can of black beans and four cups of water. No salt.
Today we drove down the highway 15 miles to Madelia for the single express purpose of purchasing flat egg noodles for beef stroganoff. Same store brand in each of the towns, but St. James appears to have a different distribution link. Not to worry, I purchased plenty.
As we drove home on the Hammond highway, there was mile after mile of rail crews adding new ties. The equipment was varied and the man power was huge running different aspects of the equipment. I couldn’t help but think . . . dad, Raymond, would have pulled over his little blue Chevy Luv pickup along side of the road and sat there watching the process. All things mechanical intrigued him. Dad had a very mechanical mind as his workshop had attested to. Sweet memories.
I still have some time before serving chili so hitting the studio it is, starting to square up flannel baby quilt blocks.