Beloved commentor and expert photographer Ozark Hillbilly:
Seeing as we are finally getting a real taste of winter, I thought I’d send some topical pictures.
Twins and King’sCup are frost flowers (had to give the braying jackals 2 at least). Not a good year for them, this year. These are from 2019.
Not Snow is a frost formation that occurs only in just the right conditions. I took this pic last Xmas day, which was the 4th or 5th day in a row of below zero lows and single digit highs, at Dillard’s Mill on the Huzzah Creek. The mill pond was largely frozen over but the falls were flowing well and putting lots of moisture in the air, which when it came in contact with the ice formed these strange crystals.
Smokin! is the first smoker I built. I do it the old fashioned way, with a thermometer, a fire chamber that I route the smoke from to the smoker chamber where I hang the meat. Not with the newfangled, computerized “smokers” they make nowadays.where everything turns out “just right” every time. I like how my smoked meats are just a little bit different every time because the wood varies and the temps are not quite consistent, etc.
This smoker barrel only lasted a few years. I have a new smoke chamber now that I built and it is working much better. My fire chamber… Is another story. I’m gonna have to build a new one in the next year or two. Live and learn, live and learn.
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