Tonights Dinner.......Yummy

Hey.....I just made the BEST chicken!!!!! Here is what you do

Cut your chicken in half (or in pieces, what ever you like, I like it in half). Rub with salt and pepper. Brown in a little oil in your cast iron skillet (hope you have your Mama's like I do). Drain off fat, put back in cast iron skillet and bake for about 45 min to 1 hour, uncovered,  depending how it's cut. Needs to be at 165 on your meat thermometer. When it's almost done make the baste by doing the following:

3 tablespoons butter melted in saucepan and add the following:

2 tablespoons grated onion
2 cloves garlic, grated
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon stone ground mustard
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce ( I used 1/2 teaspoon of Louisiana Red Hot Sauce)
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar

Cook for about 5 or 6 minutes then spread on chicken. Cook about 20 more minutes or until 165 on your thermometer. Let stand 15 minutes before serving. YUMMY!!!

Moon Ilusion

What a beautiful sight! The "super perigee" moon tonight is the largest in 20 years. It is 15 to 30% larger than normal. It's known as the "moon illusion". It appears so large because it's at the "perigee" point in it's orbit around the earth, the closest point in the orbits ellipses. It will be a long time before it happens again. I tried in vein to get some good photos but no luck. Will post what I got anyway. Moon photos are HARD!

Butterflies, Hummingbirds and Bees

The mountain laurel is in full bloom and boy do the butterflies, bees and hummingbirds love it! The beautiful purple color and sweet smell is wonderful. I enjoy sitting on the deck with my cup of coffee (in my Elvis mug ya know) watching them suck up the tasty nectar. When you were a kid did you ever pull the stamen out of a honeysuckle bloom and suck on it? I wonder if the hummers, butterflies and bees find the taste as sweet as we did........