Off the Grid  Retirement at our remote log cabin in Colorado

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Clouds: Going and Coming

I hope you share my fascination with cloud formations because otherwise this will be boring for you!

First photo was taken this morning on our way in to town to pick up the Ranger with its winter tracks. I love the con trail that looks like a zipper, and well, I think the clouds are pretty awesome too. I did not have my camera so I had to resort to using the camera on the iPad instead. No tweaking was done, these are straight off the iPad.

This was on the way home. We are almost home in this photo and the clouds were centered over our property.

The West never disappoints.

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Pork Chile Verde in the Wood Stove

As our winter preparation projects wind down and we move into winter, you are likely to see more food-oriented posts on the Off the Grid blog. Here is what we had for dinner last night:

This is a Pork Chile Verde (Green Chile Stew) recipe that you can find on the web site.

It is pretty easy to make with minimal ingredients. You just need about 4-5 hours to let it cook. Since it cooks at a low temperature, we decided to cook it in the oven of our wood burning stove.

The "old fashioned" wood burning stove.

The stove actually has a large oven. We've done a 13 pound turkey in there before!

Of course, keeping the oven at 225° means adding a stick of wood now and then. And, eventually, the cabin gets quite warm. We had the front door open by the time the stew was done.

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