Another dinner outdoors

With so much wonderful cool weather, we've really been taking advantage of eating outside. Last night, Taylor and I fashioned a wonderful little grill made from bamboo and leftover chicken wire.

We grilled up some shishkebobs, loaded with tomatoes, mushrooms, beef, onion, zucchini, and squash. Marinated in a wonderful concoction of all kinds of sauces, it was just delicious.

Dinner in the pit

We've been blessed with so many wonderful nights lately. The weather is cool and clear, without being outright chilly. We decided to dinner in the fire by the fire.

On them menu? Tomatoes and bacon with some green beans from our garden, squash and zucchini with onions, and a delicious seafood dish created by Mr. Phils.

We double-wrapped everything in aluminum foil and tossed it in the fire for a while to cook. It was all super delicious.

With the seafood, some of the fish kind of burned on to the bottom and turned into this crispy morsel of deliciousness. We followed everything up with some baked apples and cinnamon.

The fire pit is my favorite addition to the garden.

Leaping flames

A couple months back, Mr. Dennis provided us with the materials to build a small fire pit. The weather has finally been cool enough to start lighting some fires, which we've really been enjoying. There's all kinds of downed pine and oak around here, and plenty of palmettos to get them started.

Taylor gets such a kick out of playing with fire, and I love just relaxing next to a blazing fire. It's a wonderful way to relax after a long day.

Fire Pit

We seem to always be adding to our little garden oasis. Today we dug and quickly put together a small fire pit near the beds and bunnies. With any luck this will be yet another location for us to make some wonderful memories - once the mosquitoes go away...

The new fire pit