Through the Eyes of a Child

Well done. Sure do wish I got to run a tractor when I was a kid.......OK, I still want to run a tractor.

You file the seeds? I never have. Nasturtiums are so easy to grow and such a treat to eat!

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You file the seeds? I never have. Nasturtiums are so easy to grow and such a treat to eat!

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Makes em' sprout a little faster. Filing may be a misnomer. Nail filed, or sanded, is the trick. Yep, they're a treat. They're also a honeypot for some bugs.

I've posted on these before but before you joined I think. The leaves are just perfect for a hamburger. The round shape and size couldn't be better and the pepper flavor ain't bad either. I love giving the flowers to a kid that's never had one. They get that first burst of sweetness that cracks a smile on their lips then they get the warm sensation. You can tell when that happens. The smile leaves and the look of surprise takes it's place.

Filing the seeds is one of those 'secret" garden tricks......I used to do it, but they sorta re-seed themselves....I like to grow them near the compost bin....and a gate trellis.

Yeah, once started the are pretty prolific. They are perennials and they come back year after year, too.

Oh, I forgot to mention I like your "oven" approach on the pizza. She did a great job. They make a flat bread that's about the same size as the mess kit. It just barely raises up on each side so it's pretty small. That's what I use for my pizza crust. Gotta try the oven trick, though.

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Well done. Sure do wish I got to run a tractor when I was a kid.......OK, I still want to run a tractor.

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Here, take her for a spin. Have her back by the weekend, mmmmk?

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Oh, I forgot to mention I like your "oven" approach on the pizza. She did a great job. They make a flat bread that's about the same size as the mess kit. It just barely raises up on each side so it's pretty small. That's what I use for my pizza crust. Gotta try the oven trick, though.

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The idea came from a road trip, a honey glazed chicken recipe.

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Filing the seeds is one of those 'secret" garden tricks......I used to do it, but they sorta re-seed themselves....I like to grow them near the compost bin....and a gate trellis.

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It's kind of a fresh start for me this year. Martha and I have worked our fannies off since Easter on a new garden plot. It's up and running, although I have some "trim" work to do, a masonry walk. I'll start a thread on it in the coming weeks/months.

Summer, every child's dream. No school, trips to the beach, trips to the pool, trips to the Zoo, Vacation Bible School, etc.....etc.....etc...... All of that has left very little Peepaw time, but is good for their body and soul just the same. But, I have savored the time I have been graced with them. BD has only made a few cameos in the past six weeks, I have had two field trips with BB and JMA though. I'll get to the field trips in some following posts, but first a couple pics of BD.

He spent some time in the lab with MaMaw, they were working on perfecting the super secret Vanilla Pudding recipe. And BD was all too glad to help with clean-up. After spooning everything he could, he reverts to a more primitive approach.

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And the fruits of his labor.

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Another BD cameo, we head to the picnic table for sparks to celebrate the holiday.

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After a few strokes, one torched cotton ball.

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He tried his hand with the magnesium, the reamer seemed to offer a little better scraper.

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Left handed, I like the guy that designed this.

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It hit, finally, I just didn't get a pic. That one was tough for him.

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More great lessons for the youngins.

Very touching. Nice pics.

But we get there, eventually.

I've been behind in posting, I start from roughly 8 weeks ago.

As I have said, summer schedules make it difficult for me to gather all the varmints for an outing. I do get time with each, and love every minute of it. We start with BB and JMA on a proposed overnighter. The first night goes well, we of course fuel the engines, and sleep in MaMaws house. Steak, and JMA "mans" the grill.

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Dinner was leisure, bedtime the same. We hit sunrise with what I thought was a game face. At Tudor's, JMA taking a pic of me taking a pic of her, charging all the while.

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Back at the Bat cave, no it is not Angry Birds. At least, I don't think so. They are inventorying packs versus an app.

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They each got a GI ground pad, can you scrub that surplus smell off?

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They each got a GI ground pad, can you scrub that surplus smell off?

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No, not really, it just kinda grows on ya.....No really "IT" grows on you,...... or something does?....used ponchos as well......

I had prepared an old road bed, mowed and weed eated, for tent sites. I had a brush pile from the spring storms. We were just out of site of the roof line, heaven, I thought.

BB sweeps his nest site.

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They both start on architecture.

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MaMaw delivers supplies.

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And the fire is lit.

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Things go a bit sour from here, JMA complains of belly ache, BB complains of headache. I'm perplexed, I call in EVAC.

I am left talking to myself. What did I do? What didn't I do? I looked the brush pile over good before, and again, for any possible toxins. It was a super hot day, for a hillbilly. They did have a new pool in their back yard. Miss America let me know roughly an hour after she got them home that they had a dramatic recovery. Relief for me, but what did I/didn't I do? I carried on, deep in my own thoughts. The answer would not come for a few days.

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Maybe supper will help me feel better.

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And I raid Martha's garden.

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We start this trip with pig and liquid chicken.

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BB has the honors of starting the fire.

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We set up, at the back door. You can see the reason for the troubles from last time in this photo, it's the red bag hanging on my pack. How could such an inanimate object create such issues? It's the name that you give it, shame on me.

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Start some water to boil for lunch

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And prepare to play with the gillsters.

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BB makes a live bait bucket.

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Lunch is served.

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A refreshing dessert

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While BB keeps a close eye on the wigglies.

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JMA tries some bird fishin' first, they weren't bitin'.

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But the gillsters were

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My neighbor served chocolate milk.

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He served me an adult beverage, while assuming the deck hand duties. What a guy!

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All good stuff. Generals will always be left wondering why the troops are discontent. Sometimes there is no reasoning. We often forget that, having been generals for so long, we were once a trooper, too. If we didn't have a reason we often made one up. As I recall, school would often bring on all forms of malady that, as luck would have it, often coincided with test day. Good on you for spending so much quality time with them.