Opening Day

Opening day of the Wisconsin fishing season found me in Wisconsin. Kind of unusual for me.

I went to my usual spot that I have been fishing since i was a teenager and it was kind of tough fishing. The fish cooperated well enough but the other CLOWN so called fishermen were the problem. One had no regard for me fishing one spot as he started walking thru the middle of the hole. I did not have kind words for him.





Anyway, the day was a success if you think of success by the amount of fish caught.
Nana and I had these fillets that night so they were quite fresh and good.

Oh by the way these are Brook Trout.

New Resident

A new resident this year behind the garage. aif she site facing NNW I GET 2 MORE TV stations.

I hope to keep everyone updated on the progress of the baby robins.

Grandparents Week

It's official - the Wisc. Grandparents have gotten Evan to eat GREEN PEAS!!!!!!!!!!!




During the kid watch week many activities were done, some of which are included in the pics.






We tried our hand at shooting the bow in the back yard. Evan is getting quite good with the bow. This time he didn't even hit the neighbor's house.











If it is April it is baseball season. Evan had a couple of baseball practices while we were there. It is so much fun watching him grow and the dramatic improvement in his baseball skills year to year.

Go Evan, Go Evan, Go Evan, Go Evan!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grandparents Week

My goodness but it has been a long time since I have updated the blog.




So here we go. Nana and Jonesie were on kid watch for a week while the parents went to CA. for play time.




It was work and some of the most pleasurable work that I have ever done.
















Nana and Emme were best of friends for the entire week of being together.

Around The House With Manny

This week's menu included BBQ ribs. I tried something new and used a pan of water under the ribs while on the grill. I then transferred them to the oven and also had them over a pan of water. They were quite moist.







The dry rub got a little warm this time, my lips are still warm 30 minutes after eating them. All in all they turned out okay. Along with the ribs we had cole slaw, squash from last summer' garden, corn and The Unforgiven Beer.

I am not hungry at this point.

Spring Valley Fishing Derby

The annual fishing derby was this past weekend and as you can see they had a nice turnout. It was close to 30 degrees which is great for Feb. In WI.




My luck was not the greatest as I only caught 2 small crappies and let them go, not even registering them.
I stayed for about 3 hours at which time, and it was only noon, some of the fishing competitors were getting a liquored up and started to race the engines in their trucks. Some were getting a little loud and I really didn't want to hear about all their problems while I was fishing so I drove off the lake on the end that wasn't very crowded.

A Manny's Work is Never Done

So, I have nothing better to do on Thursday evening, Nana asked if I would make Penne with Italian Sausage and Spinach. Sure I will give it a shot and here are the results.










AS you can see it takes a big skillet for this project








The end result was that is was okay. not bad but looked better than it was. After 2 servings I would say that I would make it again but maybe with some other kind of sausage.




In conclusion I think there may be a morning TV show from all of this cooking and baking.
How about "Around the Kitchen with Manny"
"The Manny in His Kitchen"
"Cooking With The Manny"
"Calling All Manny's"
"My Manny"
"Stirring The Pot With Manny"