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I also make Hatch green Chile stew when the wife is away. cubed pork shoulder drenched in flour and browned. Base is chicken stock with Rotello diced tomatoes and green Chile, plus a good helping of my homemade Hatch green chili salsa. I add either white pesole or pinto beans. with flour tortillas, I eaten it breakfast lunch and dinner for 5 days straight. she is taking off Friday for 5 days, I’ll survive.

Our favorite is simple. Fresh caught Dungeness crab, steamed in saltwater. Melted butter or Mayo. The wife is the major cook, I typically grill stuff. She has a large pantry and too many recipes to count. my specialty is Greek dolmades, wrapped grape leaves stuffed with 1lb ground lamb, 4 cups cooked white rice, garlic to taste, a package of minced fresh mint, cayenne, olive oil, and lemon juice. Stack them vertically in a large sauce pan, half water, and more lemon juice and olive oil. Bake at 400 for 45 minutes, eat hot. Typically around 50. Typical serving is 8. Takes a lot of time to wrap, but well worth it. I use “Orlando” grape leaves, large and easier to roll. Sometimes I use ground buffalo. we also grill fresh oysters from our beach, with melted butter and garlic. I add Tabasco to my butter.

Our biggest dog is around 10lbs, thinking “his” is bigger? We had a 20lb tabby who got tired of the dogs and moved to a neighbors house. Everyone was happy. we once had 4 cats, “gifted” to us from teenage daughters shortly after they moved out, after 6 months. one, named Ozzie, was a hunter. You never walked thru the house in the dark for fear of stepping on rat parts. He left a rats head in the dog food bowl one morning. He got torn up on a regular basis, $400 per vet visit. Had to nurse him back locked in my office, with the cone of shame. He finally didn’t come home, figured he outlived his nine lives. We were in the yard maybe 6 months later when he jumped over the fence to say hello. He was wearing a new purple collar. Sat with us for a few minutes then went back over the fence. All 4 found new homes on their own.

The big nutcrackers were Nordstrom display pieces, found in a local antique store. They weigh around 60lbs each, all wood. 6 feet tall.

Too many collections here, can’t walk in an antique store without finding something. Blenko, antique canes, knives, Czech crystal perfume bottles, SW pottery and jewelry, “butthead clay sculptures, political tokens, civil war and hard times tokens. and dogs… (the nutcrackers belong to the wife.)

American picker!!!

What about cats?🙃🙃

A brick and 3 assorted slags…

That is a hard question to answer..

If it is, it’s a killer!!

I agree on this one, more pics please…

“Stuck with it”🤣🤣🤣

I’ll ask, what is the purpose of the case? Haven’t seen one like that before.

TMI, art

Is it ID’d in his new book? Didn’t buy it, he wanted $300 at the Portland show.

“Trannys”??? first time I’ve heard that applied to a marble🤣🤣🤣

No idea, but it is awesome!

That one won’t roll away if you drop it, and doesn’t need a stand!

Didn’t know that was his ID. So, it’s not in his book?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225694836412?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Ciih1p5iSpa&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=bXaTUpW8TnK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY is there such a thing?

I found a glass measuring beaker in a local store but he wanted $40 for it. Hard pass.

Dope…🥴 Ron ID’d it as an MK patch, got it backwards. it was in 2020… I’m losing my marbles🙃🙃🙃

I’ll look for it, but search skill sucks. I had also thought it was MK when I first posted it. Steph has its little brother in 5/8”, IIRC.

Nope, a Pelt. There is an old link on this mib, I originally thought it was MK.

Ron ID’d this as a pelt after much discussion. 1” patch. IMG_6130.mov