Maybe, just maybe a little relief from the miserable heat is in store for the next few days. I got to tell you, folks are getting MEAN. The various weather reporting services are all over the place. But as I write this, it’s 12:45pm and it’s not yet 80 degrees and the humidity is much [...]
Entries from July 30th, 2010
relief?
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Sources, musings, wildlife
Tags:baked beans·groundhog·Wytheville Farmers Market·Wytheville Library
i’ll have one with slaw
July 29th, 2010 · 3 Comments · faces and places, food
“‘Tis dogs’ delight to bark and bite,” Thus does the adage run. But I delight to bite the dog When placed inside a bun. The chili dog is one of life’s guilty little pleasures. It’s as American as…well….hot dogs and apple pie. The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council estimates that Americans consume 20,000,000,000 (that’s [...]
Tags:baked beans·chili dogs·hot dogs·skeeter dogs·umberger·wytheville
cookin’ at the market
July 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments · faces and places, food, recipes
all photographs for this post courtesy of Suzie Richert Yesterday was cooking demonstration day at the Wytheville Farmers Market and I got to be the Ol’ Rock’n Roll Chef one more time. Folks, I had a blast. I’d like to thank all of you who stopped by to say hello. It is truly gratifying to [...]
Tags:free-range eggs·omelets·organic vegetables·Wytheville Farmers Market
little wayne is a weird dude
July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · photos, wildlife
Anne and I are deck people. We have had a deck for most of the last three decades, and during good weather we spend a lot of time on it. At the end of the day, we relax with a drink, often have supper, and do a lot of entertaining there. Basically, the deck is [...]
ain’t life a bitch?
July 18th, 2010 · No Comments · faces and places, musings
A week or so ago, I got a letter from a retired police officer who is interested in leasing the Franklin County farm as his private hunting preserve. You know Franklin County, the moonshine capital of the world. Franklin County, the place Anne said that as beautiful as it is, it will be a cold [...]
Tags:Floyd Country Store·Floyd VA·Franklin County VA·Mickey G's·moonshine·Wytheville Farmers Market
signs of the times
July 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments · musings, photos
single-wides and double-wides
July 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments · photos
SINGLE-WIDES DOUBLE-WIDES The above were taken in less than 15 minutes at the local Wal-Mart. There are 7 more I could have included. Chips and Ho-Hos anyone?
butterflies and maiden flies
July 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · flora and fauna, photos
Tags:butterfly·maiden fly
Happy Fourth of July!
July 4th, 2010 · No Comments · faces and places, musings
. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ********** We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure [...]
Tags:Constitution of the United States·Declaration of Independence·Lincoln's Gettysburg Address·Muslim·Statue of Liberty
roughing it in charlottesville
July 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · faces and places
Normally when you think of Charlottesville, you think UVA, tradition, old money, and the genteel way of life. Or, there’s C’ville, a hip, sophisticated, Southern college town with good restaurants, shopping, music, art and a rockin’ city market. What you don’t think of is having to grin and bear it and camp out in your [...]
Tags:anniversary·c'ville·charlottesville va·microburst·petit pois