keeping up appearances

went out front and trimmed and mowed....just as much as you can notice if you are driving by.....the back is getting a little tall, but it will have to wait for a bit.....today is going to be a little cooler they say, some good breeze.....I might have a couple of ribs and some bread-and-butter for lunch, with the Argentine burgundy.....and a pickle? This evening I'll fix a small piece of steak and the artichoke......at least the girl tending the robotic stations yesterday at the grocery store knew what an artichoke was, unlike her manager that time he was manning a lane......where do they grow them around here I wonder?