Early this spring, my wife Nancy bought a little seed planting kit from Ferry- Morse. It was a Smart Start kit with 8 tomato seeds in capsule form. “Water and grow” were the instructions. Of the 8 capsules, 4 managed to sprout and two finally made it to plant hood. One that did has been keeping us in fresh tomatoes. We get two or three each day and have been for a couple weeks. It is doing so … [Read more...]
Still Unidentified
We have had many bird visitors in our yard, some just passing through, but to date, I’ve been able to identify each one. That is until two weeks ago, when a medium sized gray bird showed up at our sunflower heart feeder, then another. And they have stuck around and I have no clue what they might be. And my Cville Buzz readers have been no help. Someone suggested it was female house … [Read more...]
Finally: Blooms on Our Water Lilies
Claude Monet was quite taken with water lilies. The French Impressionist of the late 19th and early 20th century, brushed some 250 canvases with his splendid oils depicting the water lilies in his flower garden in Giverny. At long last, our little garden pond is now blessed with a blooming lily and to behold this magnificent flower, you can see why Monet was so obsessed with these … [Read more...]
Five Guys: One of Cville’s Best Burgers
I had heard about Five Guys, that they made great burgers, and I stopped by their restaurant at Holllymead Town Center when they first opened. I was pretty hungry and ordered two “regular” cheeseburgers and some fries. They brought me two giant, double cheeseburgers - it was a half of a steer and two counties worth of French Fries from Idaho. I couldn’t eat it all. Not only does Five Guys give you … [Read more...]
Band News
The Charlottesville Band (new name for the Charlottesville Municipal Band) is at it again. Coming off a year of Co-Vid inactivity, the Band will continue in its 99th Season Summer Concert Series with a performance at The Center at Belvedere, located at 540 Belvedere Boulevard off Rio Road near Dunlora on August 3 at 7:30 PM. . It will be Charlottesville Band’s first performance at one of … [Read more...]
Jacks are Wild
Jacks are wild, amberjacks that is. They go wild at the end of a fishing rod. No fish alive - pound for pound - fights harder, and they are fighting fishermen right now from the wrecks off Nags Head to the towers along the Virginia Coast. The Brewer Family, Jimmie, James and Virginia (my son, grandson and granddaughter), tried their luck with amberjacks while fishing with Ace Captain Reese … [Read more...]
Packing Heat in Junior High
We had genuine marksmen in Lewisburg Junior High in 1956. Sharpshooters, you night say. As I would quickly discover, if you didn’t pack heat in self-defense, you would get squirted. Squirt guns, you see, were the weapons of choice among the young people in the mid-50s. Before class, during class and after class, you could hear triggers squeezing off shots, pelting other students with a spray of … [Read more...]
A Certified Frog Farmer
I am a Certified Frog Farmer. Got my certificate in the mail today from the US Department of Agriculture. Not really, but I deserve it. This spring, I purchased 6 tadpoles from Springdale Gardens in Greenville hoping that 1 or 2 might eventually make it to frog-hood. Not one or two, but all six have now lost their tails, grown some legs and have perched themselves at various ambush points in … [Read more...]
Heirlooms are “Heirlooms”
Heirloom Tomatoes are truly “heirlooms”. Farmers Almanac confirmed that this unique tomato plant has come from seeds that have been handed down from generation to generation. Families and farmers saved the seeds from the tomatoes that tasted best and over the years, perhaps the most flavorful, juiciest tomato of all emerged. The Heirloom is a purebred tomato, not a hybrid variety. Yet you … [Read more...]
Unidentified Flying Objects
I had a UFO in my yard this week, but instead of a little green man, it was a strange gray bird like I’ve never before seen, Nancy saw it and called me to the kitchen window. “What kind of bird is that?” she remarked. The bird was perched near our feeders, but not feeding. It appeared more curious than anything else. It was a gray bird, a lighter gray and a little mottled in the chest, … [Read more...]
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