24 April 2012

The old aphorism about the weather in Vermont (if you don’t like it, wait five minutes) certainly was true today.  A mix of almost everything, with emphasis on the cold and windy.  In between rain showers I got some more siding put onto the north wall.  Fussy work, as the end shingle in each row has to be trimmed to fit just so… and these first dozen or so rows only have two or three shingles each.  Vermont has been in drought conditions up until this week, so had to put off having a campfire until tonight lest I set the whole county on fire.  Heard on the radio the other day that hamburger has a very high bacteriological contamination rate, but that adding oregano to the burger (1 tablespoon per pound) before cooking destroys the nasty bugs.  Tried it; ain’t sick yet and the burgers tasted great.  Of course I also put in some barbeque sauce, lots of garlic, salt, and pepper… plus what doesn’t taste great cooked over a wood fire?