Me and my Sweetie in front of our home.

Me at my Big Green Egg BBQ Center

Woodworking Projects

Here are a few of my woodworking projects.

I've made everything from outdoor furniture, indoor furniture, decks, ships, boats, toys, gift-wrapping centers, cabinets, desks and model trucks. I have the most fun making the trucks. I gave away thirty-five or forty to customers when I was doing some safety training and consulting work in the trucking industry. Very few modelers make wooden trucks with the detail I put into mine. Most end up being about 3' long depending on the type trailer and tractor. I have been offered as much as $1,000 each as safe driving awards but I had to temporarily suspend my woodworking due to an eye problem.

Harrisonburg High School Reunion

Harrisonburg From Space

Class of '59

Classes of the 20th Century

Borrowed Luxury

We will be going to Harrisonburg for the 2005 high school reunion on October 22nd. We have reserved a motorhome so we can travel in style and have a place to stay while we are there. Our neighbors, Pam and Tom, are going with us. The photos above are from the 2000 Class Reunion, a View From Space of Harrisonburg and the motorhome we will be arriving in.

Emmilee & Joe Come 'a Visiting

We had a nice visit from Emmilee and Joe Green last week. Emmilee and I grew up in Harrisonburg, Louisiana and have been friends forever. We had a few snacks here (including some of my famous ABT's) before heading down to Old Town Spring for a walk-a-bout and dinner at Wunche's Cafe. Here are some photos.

Enjoying the back porch

Our neighbors, Tom, Pam and Sassy

Beans 'n Ribs

Ribs on the Big Green Egg

Pond, Deck & Porch

Bashful Betty in Pond

Deck and Cooking Center

Table and Gas Grill

Resting Chest for Briskets & Pork Butts (also an ice chest)

Spring Chicken Logo

I've just been enjoying my back porch and deck and pond today.

Successful Cooks on The Big Green Egg

These are some of my many successful cooks on the Big Green Egg.

Texas Spring Chicken's BBQ Center

Early Morning Smoking In The Rain

Smoke Means Good Eat'n

Looks Good Whatever It Is

Cooking Center

This is my Texas Spring Chicken BBQ Cooking Center. The old gas grill on the end is nothing but a storage area now. The Big Green Egg is on the right and all you can see is the top part.

Want to know more about the Big Green Egg? Go to: http://biggreenegg.com/home.shtml

Want to know what us Eggheads talk about? Go to: http://www.biggreenegg.net/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=55&func=showcat&catid=1

Want to see some photos of Texas Eggfests? Go to:
http://www.texas-eggfest.com/index.html

Favorite snack on the Big Green Egg

ABT's (Atomic Buffalo Turds) is my favorite snack on the BGE. They are Jalapenos that have been halved, cleaned of seeds and veins, filled with cream cheese and Little Smokey cocktail sausages, wrapped in bacon and smoked for about 35 to 40 minutes. They are fantastic with beer or rum 'n cokes or margaritas.

Salmon on the Egg

A couple of days ago I smoked a salmon filet on the Big Green Egg and it turned out great. I spread some honey on the meaty side of the salmon and sprinkled liberably with some Dizzy Pig Jamaican Firewalk seasoning. I pre-heated the Egg to 375° and threw in some smoking wood chips. I used the raised grid with a drip pan underneath. I put a cup of water in the drip pan, laid the salmon on the upper grid and let it cook/smoke for one hour. Then I shut the top and bottom vents and let the Egg cool slowly to 200° over the next two hours. I basted the salmon every thirty minutes with a honey & bourbon glaze and again when I took it off. Let it cool a few minutes and served it. Fantastic! Even my neighbors liked it and insist that we do it again soon.

Spring Chicken

Texas Eggfest Info and Photos

http://www.texas-eggfest.com/index.html

2005 Texas Eggfest Photos: http://www.texas-eggfest.com/Eggfest2005/