Mid summer conditions in Houston

I would like to say summer has just arrived but the reality of it is that Houston is as hot as anything just now. We had our first rain shower the other day and it actually rained for a couple of hours however most of the water that fell, ran straight off the rock hard earth into the drain so I could not get out of watering again!
We haven't done a BBQ for a while so decided to make kebabs with the antelope meat given to me by one of my colleagues after her hunting trip in south Texas. It was a fine beast and tasted pretty good too!
Because there has been no water the mosquitoes are not too bad making it good for all of us outside – dog included, but because of the heat we actually resorted back to eating inside in our working air conditioning!
Amy and I sent the boys off to the bar the other day while we stayed back to work out what we were going to buy with our monies from the jewellery party. I may be forgot to write about that – Amy and I hosted a Stella and Dot party at mine for about 15 ladies. The great thing about it you get money to spend based on how much all your guests spend. Our ladies spent lots so we had over two hundred dollars each to buy things and it sounds silly but I was actually having difficulty spending that much – it was almost greedy, however we managed!! Once we had finished we drove to meet up with the men and Laura who were sitting outside Watson’s – a British style bar nearby. By the time we got there they were all fed up with the waitress who can only be described as a dumb blonde, Amy quickly discovered they were correct when it took her a couple of attempts to remember our drinks order!
Stuart is sticking to his paleo diet and the other night we both tried something new – spaghetti squash. We had seen a cooking programme with it and it looks just like a bowl of spaghetti once cooked and scraped out. We had a piece of oven-roasted Mahi Mahi on a bed of spaghetti squash topped with a tomato and basil sauce (sauce vierge) using Bill’s garden tomatoes – all very tasty. Anyone wanting the recipe will have to talk to chef Stuart. To accompany I had a glass of wine in my new wine glasses – essentially a wine glass with the stem cut off therefore less risk of spilling it!

	A foody collection!

Well I haven't done a big Gretchen picture collection for at least a week so here is some more of her from the other night. I wanted some artistic ones but I wasn’t quick enough snapping and she moved her head!