Smoked brisket

Bought a brisket two weeks ago and aged in the fridge. Smoked for 5 hours at 220 F and finished off in oven at 350 for two hours. Most tender brisket ive ever had.

Ham radio

Back in 1994 I took the exam for my GROL (General Radiotelephone Operator License) which qualified me to operate shipboard radios and repair them, but never need it much as my career path veered away from radios.
Recently at the suggestion of a friend who is into Amateur radio, I decided to take the amateur radio test and today received my callsign: KF5YMC. the radio bug has come back to me after 20 years!
(like i really needed another hobby!)


cheers

FCC test

Well,
 today I took my Technician amateur license exam and passed.
after I get some experience under my belt with the 2m radio, I'll start cramming to take the next levels.

2nd top bar hive

 last week i finished building my 2nd top bar hive but this time i added a side viewing window so i can monitor their progress without disturbing them.
shown here with the side cover open and looking through the window.
i also moved the 1st hive to this new spot as the original location was in my firing range and bees don't like to be shot at!
LMAO

"Cagney & Lacey"

 Okay, so it's an old title of a cop show from years ago, but it was about two female detectives who always hung out together and never shown on a date with a man (or otherwise). I've been watching these two doe for the past three seasons and never seen them with fawns so I gave them the nicknames Cagney and Lacey. it seemed fitting.
they have lost a lot of body mass this summer from the drought and lack of food.
A good thing I got the corn feeder out when i did as i don't think they would have lasted much longer.just skin and bones