Spring is just around the corner and though the temps are still cool in Maine, 90% of our snow is gone.
.
.
Of course that doesn’t stop His Royal Highness from finding the one batch left in a shady corner and getting stuck in the middle of it.
.
.
And since the snow has melted?
.
.
Lord Dudley Mountcatten was rolling.
.
.
In some stinky fallen bird seed and loving every messy minute of it.
.
.
Needless to say he got a thorough brushing and wipe down before re-entering the house.
.
.
Eggs.
It literally hurts to buy them these days. $9.09 for a dozen, $12.75 for 18.
Damn.
.
.
The husband and I took full advantage of this primo parking spot at the grocery store the other day. Hell, with what they’re charging for eggs they should offer valet service too.
.
.
Easter is coming.
.
.
You’re welcome.
( hollow out eggs and mix filling with above ingredients )
A rare photo of Lord Dudley Mountcatten walking in the snow a few weeks ago.
.
.
That winter stroll lasted all of two minutes. His Lordship does not like cold feet. 🥶
If you’re a vinyl collector like me, you’ve flipped through endless stacks of records in flea markets and antique stores looking for an elusive LP. More often than not what you find is Herb Alpert. Specifically, the Whipped Cream album. Seriously, it’s everywhere.
If you can relate to that frustration, this next bit is for you.
.
.
Lord Dudley likes to watch television. And the other night he came running into the living when he heard a bald eagle screech.
.
.
To say he was fascinated is an understatement.
.
.
No. Just… no.
I love my margaritas but refuse to add beets.
Blech!
🤢
Misspellings annoy me. Which is why I joined a funny group on Facebook called the Grammar Police where people share photos of grammatical blunders.
The husband and I found a (not so new, but new to us) brewery in Lewiston recently.
.
.
Baxter brewing is housed in the old Bates mill complex …
.
.
And has a fabulous tasting room space.
.
.
I love when companies repurpose old buildings. This was a hydro powered textile mill back in the day and if you look closely in the far corner of that picture you’ll see a raw rock wall. During heavy rain storms it weeps… wear waterproof shoes if you sit there.
.
.
The beer?
Yeah, there’s lots of it on tap.
.
.
That chocolate orange stout?
Primo!
.
.
They also have a full bar and since I’m a sucker for fresh herbs in my cocktails…
.
.
I sampled the thyme after thyme mule with pear and lime ginger beer. Yum!
.
.
At the bar we spied an outdoor mural we missed on the way in.
.
.
Along with the beer?
Food.
.
.
Sadly it wasn’t as good as the booze.
The husband’s French onion soup was sent back because it was basically just a bowl of soggy bread.
.
.
My dumplings were tasty but a bit overdone with hard edges.
.
.
The generator that powered the mill.
It’s massive and would have cost a fortune to remove so they just painted it and left it in place.
.
.
The husband liked his chicken tenders, though I thought the coating was too heavy and too dry.
.
.
I should have known better than to order a smash burger… I don’t usually like them as they’re thin and well done… but the bartender said the maple honey cream sauce was amazing so I took the plunge.
Sauce aside, it was a dry hockey puck.
Am I the only one who hates this smash perfectly good meat to smithereens trend?
.
.
Poor pub food aside, the atmosphere and beer were good enough to warrant a return trip.
.
.
We’ll just order something it’s harder to screw up. Like nachos, or salad.
Because they’re more bored than I thought humanly possible?
.
.
I stand corrected, there are one thousand and two uses for duct tape.
.
.
Right now I’d settle for reaching back before the past few administrations.
.
.
Sh*t just got real.
😳
.
.
Of course they did.
.
.
What?
.
“While Texas grapples with its worst measles outbreak in decades, its Republican lieutenant governor has moved for the state’s restaurants and groceries to change the name of the “New York strip” steak cut to the “Texas strip” in what he evidently hopes is a blow to liberals.
And, perhaps anticipating reproval for his choice to focus at least some of his attention on renaming meat after a child in his state became the first person in the US to die from measles in a decade, Patrick’s statement said: “In a world filled with serious issues that address every day at the Texas capitol, this simple resolution will help better market Texas beef.”
.
Unvaccinated people are at risk…. so he wants to rename a steak?
This only makes sense in Texas.
🥴
.
Where there's only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
River's world..... 