Cooking Over the Fire

Mr Chiots and enjoy cooking this over the fire. It’s fun and relaxing, not to mention the food is great and it doesn’t heat up the house. Earlier this week we roasted a chicken on the fire out back. We BBQed it, shredded it and enjoyed it on some freshly baked sourdough bread with some homemade mozzarella cheese. Now that’s a delicious summery meal!

We find ourselves using the fire in any way we can, roasting peppers for canning as well as boiling down our maple syrup in the spring. We’re lucky that we live in an area where open fires are allowed, I know many towns have rule against them.

Do you ever cook over a fire? Do you have any weird rules about open fires where you live?

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Too Busy to Work in the Garden

I’ve been pretty busy lately with office work. Sadly, that means I’ve been spending a lot of time indoors working on my computer so I haven’t been doing a ton of exciting things in the garden. At least I can enjoy the gardens during my work day since I work from home.

Sometimes it’s nice to look at the gardens from inside, it’s a different point of view than I’m used to. I have a small garden outside the office window that got an oakleaf hydrangea that’s about to bloom a few lovely hostas and some astilbes. It’s quite lovely when viewed from the inside.

Do you ever enjoy your gardens from indoors?

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Quote of the Day: Kahlil Gibran

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

-Kahlil Gibran

I’ve been wanting to take a photo like this for a long time, featuring dirty bare summer feet. One of the things I love about the coming of warm weather is the ability to go barefoot or wear flip flops all the time. Of course this means a good foot washing every evening before bedtime, but it’s so nice after a long winter of knee-high wool socks.

Are you a barefoot person when the weather gets warm?

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Happy Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.

We celebrated Memorial as most Americans do, gardening, eating and hanging out with friends. On Saturday, my mom and I planted sweet potatoes and peppers in her garden. We enjoyed a cookout with friends on Saturday evening, completes with hamburgers, hotdogs, baked beans. We played corn hole, or bean bag toss, or whatever it’s called in your area. And of course we finished out the evening sitting around a fire.

Whatever your celebrations are this weekend, make sure you take some time to think about the real meaning of this holiday and give thanks to those that have lost their lives in service for our freedoms.

How do you celebrate this weekend if you’re an American? If you live in another country do you have a day to commemorate those that died in military service?

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I Can’t Believe It’s been 12 Years!

It’s really hard to believe that it’s been 12 years since Mr Chiots and I tied the knot. It’s been 12 years filled with all kinds of adventures our newest being gardening.


Thanks for enjoying the last couple years with us.

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