Putting Together a New BBQ Grill

With our old grill rusting away and 

no longer producing a flame

Sam and I decided it was time for a new one.

After an extensive price, model, and 

feature comparison search.

We finally decided on the 
Walmart "Backyard Grill" brand.
It was a great price at $198.00!

We wanted to try a combo grill for the occasional  

times we prefer to taste the special flavor  

charcoal adds to meat and for the times 

we might be out of propane.

Set up was easy with a simple, easy to follow, 

step by step instruction book.

\Cher was out and ready to lend a paw.

"Is this going to take long?"

Step one, unpack and layout all the pieces.

Elvis pops out to investigate

"Doohickey, check!"

"Wheels, check and check!"

"Looks like it's all here!"

"Let's get started!"

"Oh, Mr. Nosy has to take a look, too."

"Mmmm...Umm hmm...yup..."

"Everything seems to be in order"

With K9 approval, I begin the assemblage.

Elvis heads for some shade.

"You're not done yet?  

Why is this taking soooo long?"

"There's a piece over here, Dad!"

"The plans call for this piece!" 

"You're definitely going to 

need this piece!"

"When are we going to be 

eating cheeseburgers?"

This is the mechanism that raises the 

charcoal tray up and down.

By turning the handle.

These are the gas burner tubes.

Handy-dandy hanging knobs and bottle cap opener.

"I certainly don't smell any 

hamburger cooking yet!"

Overall a pretty simple build.

Now I've got to get to cooking,

 before somebody bites my leg.

Thanks for stopping by and happy grilling!

A Purrrrfect Halloween Ornament

Look at what Hallmark

is offering as a Halloween ornament

this year!

get one here

A Dia De Los Muertos sugar cat head!

I just adore smiling cats, plus it 

compliments last year's sugar skull nicely.

Rats, Now I'm in the Halloween mood already!

Thanks for stopping by

and happy hunting!

Check Out That Ass!

Look what wandered into our front yard!

A cute little burro standing there 

by the dry riverbed 

We named him Mojave, meaning "by the river".

What's neat is he looks like he's made of terra cotta,

but that's just paint, he's actually solid concrete 

and as heavy as an elephant.

We found him at our local outdoor 

garden statuary store "Little Baja".

We were looking for a giant tortoise sculpture

till we stumbled upon this little guy.

image source

Since we have wild burros running around 

the desert on the outskirts of town, 

we thought he would look

right at home in our yard.

So here he stands, his job is to greet visitors and 

scare the birds away from our berry bush.

Thanks for stopping by and

happy hunting!