Mid-October Sweet peas
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I have included my poem, My Outdoor Kitchen, typed below (I’ve placed videos between the stanzas of my poem). I have just shut down my outdoor kitchen for the season (unless we are given some smelly fish to cook – that’s better done outdoors any time of year). I have also included my song, Mid-October Sweet peas, which I sung to a Sweet pea blossom in my garden. You will find it in an attached video.
My Outdoor Kitchen
James is eating fried potatoes now
(that I had made upon my outdoor grill).
Outdoors is all the cooking I’ll allow
(because it’s hot) but James will get his fill.
I cook outdoors when it gets hot outside
so I’ve set up a kitchen on my deck.
I won’t be heating up my house inside.
I have an outdoor plug – so what the heck?
My outdoor kitchen’s great (and quite complete).
I stir fry; grill my veggies; and cook rice
(but rarely barbeque – I don’t eat meat).
Though summer salad days are pretty nice,
I like my outdoor kitchen’s fare a lot
and outdoor cooking means my home’s less hot.
I wish more people would set up an outdoor kitchen (not just a barbecue, but everything – electric kettle, toaster, wok, etc.) outdoors for the summer months. I just cooked James shrimp outdoors yesterday. I don’t have an air conditioner. Even if you do, it just makes sense to not heat the house up just to have to cool it down again.
I checked the forecast, and it looks like it’ll be the end for the sweet peas (and other garden plants) within the week. It sure has been a beautiful fall for flowers, though.
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