Marley came to visit again..

Louie and Marley.. Notice Louie has his ball and he is not sharing..
Callie and Marley catching up...

Gus and Marley playing..
Marley came to visit the other night. It has been a long time since we have seen her. We all had a lot of fun catching up..

More herding

Callie heading them off...
All Butts...
Louie, Let me go Mom, I see sheep getting away...
We have a beautiful day here. Lower 70's so Dad has been busy in the yard. We like these days since he just leaves the backdoor open for us. Mom calls us "inside outside dogs".

Saturday Herding..

Gus, in just the right spot..
Callie bringing the to mom.. Always proud of herself.
Louie has his eye on this one...
We had a good day of herding today. Gus was like a pro always in the right place. Callie still goes 100 mph but keeps them all together and brings them back to Mom. Louie had moments of brilliance but still needs a bit of practice to make a master herder...

Norwood's Eyewatch Friday..

Norwood's Eyewatch Friday..
Callie, watching Louie or telling more secrets..
Gus watching the Pest..
Louie and Gus, what are they watching?

Just playing!!

Louie, assaulting Dad's hose again.. Notice it seems to be getting shorter..
Callie, What is that in the water. I am not going near it...
Gus, roaching in the grass.. Mango would be proud...

Another Wednesday?

Mom must have been wishing it was Wednesday yesterday.. Since she did Wordless Wednesday yesterday.. Well here it is Wednesday again.. Sheesh Mom get with the program..

Wordless Wednesday..

Wishing for sunshine..

We had such a pretty day on Saturday and now all it is doing is raining.. Mom doesn't like us playing zoomies in the house... Sheesh
Louie looking for the neighbors dogs again..
Callie chewing her stick... That girl always finds something to chew on..
Not sure how long this rain is suppose to last.. We sure hope it lets up soon so we can play outside again...

Downtime..

Callie snoozing after a long day..
Gus, dreaming of sheep..
Louie comfy laying in front of Dad on the floor.
Well the Texas weather has changed again.. It is sprinkling this am. Perhaps that does mean that Spring is on the way... What is it the say about showers and flowers? Or is it mud and dirty paws?

Saturday fun..

Man here she comes... I can't even roach alone..
Louie looking all relaxed..
Callie listening with that nose again...
We have a beautiful day again today.. Hopefully it will last the rest of the weekend. We have been helping Dad in the backyard and in the garden. We can't figure out why we can't play in that nice soft dirt...

Norwood's Eyewatch Friday.

Norwood's Eyewatch Friday
Callie girl watching the boy's..
Louie looking for the neighbor's dogs.. If they show up and I can sound the siren.
Gus, watching for squirrels..
We have a beautiful day today.. Lower 70's. Perhaps Spring is in the air..

Random Pic's

Callie girl tired after playing zoomies with the boys..
Time out for a drink..
Louie keeping his eye on Gus..
Heeler butts.. Something sure smells good...

Wordless Wednesday..

Egg Cake - Eierkuchen

Eierkuchen
These are approximate measurement. Sis was trying to build the recipe while Mom was cooking..

Fried bacon pieces
12 eggs
1.5 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup milk
3 cups flour
1 can peaches

Crack the eggs into a bowl, add milk and baking powder and flour
Mix well. Mom uses a whisk, Sis's boyfriend says he would use a mixer.
The batter should be the consistency of pancake batter if not add a bit more milk or flour.
Put fried bacon into cast iron skillet.
Pour in batter..
Mix batter until is looks like scrambled eggs still a bit wet..
Smooth it down and let it cook with a lid on for a bit. Shake it to keep it from sticking or use the pancake flipper to lossen it.
Shake the cake out onto a plate.. This is the hard part sometime is falls apart but it still tastes great..
Pour a little more bacon grease into the skillet and flip the cake back in to the pan fried side up.. Let it cook till the bottom is nice and brown.
Ya the finished cake.. Serve with peaches
Grandma always fried it in a pan but one of Mom's older neighbor ladies would just bake it in the cast iron skillet in the oven. 350 until done..

Helping Mom in the kitchen..

Callie, what are you doing Mom. Those biscuits sure look yummy..
Louie, Mom this is getting boring.. Are you going to drop anything?
Blueman, also bored with all this.. When is it going to be done?
Mom was busy in the kitchen on Sunday making brunch for the kids.. She was busy making a German Egg Cake with bacon.. It sure smelt yummy in the kitchen..

Ok Mom thought she would post the chicken fried steak recipe although Mom has a problem with measuring anything she will give you the drift of it.

1. Get some cube steak.
2. Egg mixture - 4 or 5 eggs in a bowl - whip them up with a bit of milk..
3. Flour mixture - equal parts of all purpose flour and pancake mix. (The pancake mix seems to make the batter a bit fluffy)
Salt, Pepper, Mrs Dash, (whatever seasoning you like) put this right into the flour mixture.
4. Dip cube steak into the eggs then into the flour, back in the eggs and then back into the flour patting it so it is quite thick..
5. Drop this into a cast iron skillet with a pretty deep layer of hot grease. (Cast iron seems to get hot enough and makes the coating a bit crispier than other pans)
6. Fry till done, flipping frequently..
I usually serve this with mashed potatoes, white gravy and a vegie of your choice..
As you can see it is hard to duplicate Mom's cooking since she doesn't use those measuring cups much... Her Grandmother taught her how to cook when she was young and Grandma didn't even own a measuring cup..