A Silent Visitor

Sometimes you get lucky as a photographer.  You stop on the side of the road, or maybe just look out the window and you find something fascinating to photograph.

Sometimes you are even at the grocery store.  I mean really, where can you photograph an entire chicken wrapped in beautiful blue plastic with a $13.84 price tag attached.  There was not ONE OTHER whole chicken in the store except these.  That pretty much put the kibosh on my smoking idea for the day.  Do people really BUY these??

I kept seeking out the perfect example of barbecue, when what to my wide open eyes should appear but a brisket.  Not just ANY brisket, but a PRIME BEEF brisket and only HALF SIZED.  In other words, I got an exceptional piece of beef that will only feed eight instead of eighteen.  

That adventure is ongoing, even at 4:30 in the morning, so I'll finish the story tomorrow when I know for sure WHO will actually get to eat it.  Me or these guys!!

It's pure luck when you look outside your window and see one of these silent visitors.  Although they do seem to wander through more often during the day THIS year, they are usually pretty elusive.  Isn't he a beauty?

At least he doesn't have glow-in-the-dark eyes from the night vision camera.  I'm loving his red hairdo.  I wish I could do the same!!  He was very calm and quiet until this look came upon him.  Something like I WILL EAT YOU!!!

I'm guessing he saw lunch, as intent as this look is.  He wandered off up the hill very slowly and very intently.  I live for views like this!!

That was interrupted by three phone calls about my iCloud account being hacked.  How devastating THAT news was!!  I played along for quite some time.  I don't even HAVE an iCloud account.  They hung up when I yelled into the phone "HURRY, CLEAN UP THAT BLOOD"!!!!  Oh well, it made my day.

The next call was from LazyDays about my RV loan.  Bank of the West has approved my credit and given me a 15 year loan at 5.25% interest with a payment of $297 a month.  That's a far cry from that $1,000 a month payment.  The interest seems kind of high but I'll double the payments for awhile and then try to pay it off.  No use giving them all that free money.

Dinner was less than expected.  The blackened chicken really was pretty good ... very tasty with a hint of heat.  The carrots ... meh.  Even the Pillsbury biscuits didn't thrill me.  Probably because I was thinking brisket.  

That pile of mushy something on the chicken is onions with gravy.  I scraped that part off and cancelled the Every Plate subscription.

Time to go check my brisket.  This is going to be an epic event since it's 36 degrees outside for the next two hours.  I need to find a blanket to keep the smoker warm.  It's going to take around 12 hours to cook this baby, and of course all babies need to be babysat.  Guess you know what I'll be doing today!!

Pictures tomorrow.