the sauce comes out for father's day

so, we made that one batch of jamie oliver barbeque sauce, and what a hard-working, mouth-watering sauce it turned out to be! over these two weeks, one jar kindly became the honored guest at one lunch and three dinners, the last dinner being yesterday's Father's Day feast with, well, our fathers. and it was a hit.

i received a dose of antibiotics to scare off the sore throat that had no mercy, and finally felt like myself again yesterday to celebrate with our dads. it was simply a lazy sunday afternoon, perfect 70 degree weather for a backyard summer meal.

happy father's day to our sweet dads! we love you.

dad donovan got a mini Dusty from trudy. sweet little collie became another guest at our dinner table.

roses from grandma mae's garden

dad chuck's handsome hat

tri-tip, loving that grill

perfect man-feast

a little frilly salad to balance out the manly meal - kale, strawberries, candied pecans, fresh goat cheese. and trudy made fresh bread!

and mom made the cover recipe for this month's Fine Cooking - peach blueberry cobbler! it was heavenly.

lil' Dusty

honey and me