Smoked Pork Roast

Really not much going on this weekend. I mostly relaxed and practiced violin. I also practiced a bit on a new instrument that I bought the Irish tin whistle.
Through the day Phil and I smoked a nice big pork roast in the smoker. I used the cherry wood chips that I had bought. They weren't as sweet smelling as the plum wood is but it was still excellent.

Late this afternoon Michelle looked out the window. We have been looking out at the bird feeders in the back yard a lot lately because a flock of pine warblers has found the feeders and they are usually loaded with birds. Anyway, she asked me, "Is that a vulture standing over that duck?" I knew it couldn't be a vulture and I was right (as I ran to the back door). It was a hawk and he had killed the duck. Phil came out and shot at it with the pellet gun but never hit it and didn't scare it off far. It hung around up in the trees for quite a while.  I had to go put the ducks back in their pen (they had all run in there anyway, I just had to shut the door and fill their water pan in there) and will have to leave them there until I am sure they will be ok in the back yard again. Rather depressing but hawks have to live too and they are beautiful birds (though I can't say that I was appreciating this ones beauty while I was screaming at it).