Heel low:
Last day of Victoria (that'd be QUEEN Victoria and the celebration of her birthday for most of us in the Common Wealth!!) Day weekend and I can hear the ROAR of the traffic past our little patch of dirt. AND the sound of the vehicle counter cords begin hit mighty hard.
Pork Ribs - May 20, 2017
Thankfully, Rick is long, long ago commuted to work and I, well I am staying OFF the streets (yes, yes the world is a much better place with me, safe at home today, eh!).
May 20 - leftover scallops rounds out a nice meal
Good Hearted Woman
Written by Willie and Waylon
(my fav version sung by Waylon~ gone at 64; much, much too young!)
A long time forgotten the dreams that just fell by the way
The good life he promised ain't what she's livin' today
But she never complains of the bad time or the bad things he's done
She just talks about the good times they've had and all the good times to come
Yeah she's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man
She loves him in spite of his wicked ways she don't understand
With teardrops and laughter they pass through this world hand in hand
She's a good hearted woman lovin' a good timin' man
He likes the bright lights and night life and good time friends
When the party's all over she'll welcome him back home again
Lord knows she don't understand him but she does the best that she can
She's a good hearted woman lovin' a good timin' man
I'm a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man
And I love him in spite of his wicked ways I never understand
With teardrops and laughter we pass through this world hand in hand
I'm a good hearted woman lovin' a good timin' man
With teardrops and laughter we pass through this world hand in hand
I'm a good hearted woman lovin' a good timin' man
I'm just a good hearted woman lovin' a good timin' man
But you know the words of James Brown song
".....This is a man's world
This is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing
Nothing without a woman or a girl"..
And my dear Benny, this world would be nothing without men! My heart sings the praises to the fact that we are so lucky to have men (
if only to make women look good!)...
May 21 2017 - Cut up the whole beef sirloin
Roast for Rick, steaks for the freezer, trimmings for dog dishes!
Rick cooked up the beef roast on the rotisserie as planned.
May 21, 2017
Cooked slow and low...smoked with hickory chips
Delicious does not even come close!! 
He chose "hickory" wood chips soaked and believe he did that three times. What a fabulous roast...cut out from a whole beef sirloin, it had just the right amount of smoke crust and was still juicy.
Potato with sliced onion,
corn on cob wrapped in its own husk,
Beef roast
Done well done, that is how he likes it and I like mine basically raw (blue rare) but have come to very much enough well done. We are such polar opposites that it is fun to enjoy what the other enjoys...a peak into their perception of the world, eh!
Forever And Ever Amen
Favorite version sung by Randy Travis
Song written by Don Schlitz & Paul Overstreet
You may think that I'm talking foolish
You've heard that I'm wild and I'm free
You may wonder how I can promise you now
This love that I feel for you always will be
But you're not just time that I'm killin'
I'm no longer one of those guys
As sure as I live, this love that I give
Is gonna be yours until the day that I die
Oh, baby, I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever, amen
As long as old men sit and talk about the weather
As long as old women sit and talk about old men
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
I'll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever, amen
They say time take its toll on a body
Makes a young girl's brown hair turn gray
Well, honey, I don't care, I ain't in love with your hair
And if it all fell out, well, I'd love you anyway
They say time can play tricks on a mem'ry
Make people forget things they knew
Well, it's easy to see it's happenin' to me
I've already forgotten every woman but you
Oh, darlin', I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever, amen
As long as old men sit and talk about the weather
As long as old women sit and talk about old men
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
Well, just listen to how this song ends
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever, amen
I'm gonna love you forever and ever
Forever and ever, forever and ever
Forever and ever, amen
And us old women DO sit and talk about you old men...
Differences like yin and yang, like how we compliment each other...how it takes two of us to manage the children (like tag team wrestlers!), and how we meet, fall in love, join up and then are blessed to have children (I joke about being a quick learner & learning from our mistakes thereby having ONE child!
) which drives the couple apart...but the children grow up, go away (empty nest??) and once again, the couple are alone again...and we discover our relationship and now it is different but the same.
Livin' On Love
Written by Alan Jackson and Alan Eugene
(Been to three concerts in my life; Tammy Wynette and George Jones, Willie Nelson and Alan Jackson...heard this one live and it was wonderful!
)
Two young people without a thing
Say some vows and spread their wings
Settle down with just what they need
Livin' on love
She don't care 'bout what's in style
She just likes the way he smiles
It takes more than marble and tile
Livin' on love
Livin' on love, buyin' on time
Without somebody nothin' ain't worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin' on love
It sounds simple that's what you're thinkin'
But love can walk through fire without blinkin'
It doesn't take much when you get enough
Livin' on love
Two old people without a thing
Children gone but still they sing
Side by side in that front porch swing
Livin' on love
He can't see anymore
And she can barely sweep the floor
Hand in hand they'll walk through that door
Just livin' on love
Livin' on love, buyin' on time
Without somebody nothin' ain't worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin' on love
It sounds simple that's what you're thinkin'
But love can walk through fire without blinkin'
It doesn't take much when you get enough
Livin' on love
Livin' on love, buyin' on time
Without somebody nothin' ain't worth a dime
Just like an old fashioned story book rhyme
Livin' on love
It sounds simple that's what you're thinkin'
But love can walk through fire without blinkin'
It doesn't take much when you get enough
Livin' on love
No, it doesn't take much when you get enough
Livin' on love
Livin' and lovin' the "L's" to happiness unhindered!
Geez, I stay logged in but, it made me log in again to reply to your posts. What's with that - Scott probably knows. He has been mentoring me.
So good to be back here . I even needed Nifty's help. The new BYC kept making me do a two step log in and then each time it would say error and give me new code no. that never worked. Nifty found the problem asap and turned off the thingamajig that said I needed a two step login.
I tried shutting off the constant emails I get from every post but, I still get them and they squeeze out important emails. Luckily I noticed yours Tara, thank you for throwing me a life preserver.
The world would be less without you my Dear...truly you are a blessing for us all.
May 20 2017
Loser lap to the city...ice cream is great but...
I talk about tolerances but the city...
that is whole other world & the girls agree!
Robins are re using...unsure how that fits all I have read about them...the nest by the one Man Porch door...pretty kewl!
Doggone & Chicken UP!
Tara Lee Higgins
Higgins Rat Ranch Conservation Farm, Alberta, Canada
(man oh man...trying to find where the emoticons on the lines are...old B dog learning new tricks...blah!)...
Last goat...likely never... 
I need peaceful happy critters, not turmoil and troubles... 
