Well, I did it. I wrote a childen’s book,r recently published by Dorrance Publishing. The book is called “Ava Meets a Gnome.” It’s about a little girl who discovers a garden gnome where her mother works and brings it to life through her imagination. They have wonderful adventures together. It’s a hardback book, meant to last, and professionally illustrated. It’s suggested for children up to age … [Read more...]
It’s May and the Fish are Biting.
It was an exciting weekend on the OBX. Cobia, Bluefish, Drum, Trout, you name it, and they were biting! The boats fishing nearshore this weekend caught Cobia, Red Drum, Black Drum and Spanish! There has been plenty of action inshore lately! Lots of Drum, Speckled Trout, and Bluefish. There have been a few Sheepshead caught around the bridges. Stripers have been biting further inland. … [Read more...]
A Nice Stringer of Fish
This stringer of bluegills and panfish came from Lake Orange, where water temperatures are now in the low 70s and everything is biting. The crappie and bass are mopping up spawning duties and moving out of the shallows. Some walleye are being caught and the catfish is picking up each day. Sound like Lake Orange is the place to be. … [Read more...]
House Painting 101
We bought our first house, a 3-bedroom ranch in the Berkley subdivision. It wasn’t anything special, but it was ours. About 2 years after we moved in, we decided it was time to paint the house. It had been white with black shutters, but we decided that it would look much better if it was a cream color with red shutters. Since it was my house, I decided I would paint it, which was a questionable … [Read more...]
A Lover of Clover
For the past few weeks, as I mowed my lawn, I have noticed beautiful flowers growing where they probably shouldn’t be growing, like violets and buttercups. This week I saw clover blooming. Clover is not at all a weed, but many consider the delicate plant to be invasive. Not me. I plant clover whenever I have a patch in my yard that may need some grass seed. Clover is one of the great pollinator … [Read more...]
Tomato Tips
Last Saturday, Nancy went to a Tomato Seminar with Mark Levisay, hosted by the Corner Store Nursery, and came back with a notepad filled with tips and facts. Mark is a Master Gardener and is known for bountiful crops of tomatoes and peppers. She relayed some of his Tomato Tips to me and here are a few that I remember. Don’t water tomatoes with a hose. Use a sprinkler can and water deeply at the … [Read more...]
Cinco de Mayo Veggie Pie
This is Cinco de Mayo week coming up. Cinco de Mayo (May 5) is a big deal in Mexico, commemorating a great victory in the Battle of Puebla during the Franco/Mexican War in 1862. It is a day of great pride for the Mexican people and a day when Americans eat about 100 million avocados and pretend they know how to cook Mexican food. This includes yours truly. However, slowly but surely, I am … [Read more...]
The Magnificent Iris
I grew up in what could be acknowledged as the Iris Capital of the World - Greenbrier County in West Virginia. Every May, the West Virginia Hills would spring to life with Iris blooms - along roads, bordering driveways, in massive beds and overwhelming the landscape with their beauty. The climate is perfect in this, one of the most beautiful counties in America. Add cool evenings, with warm … [Read more...]
Holland Comes to Virginia
Mark your calendars for the first couple weeks in April 2026. That’s when Holland comes to Virginia. A few weeks back, Nancy said she had a “spring surprise” for me. We hopped in the car and headed for Nokesville, VA. Nokesville? What could possibly be in Nokesville, I wondered? A world of stunning tulips, that’s what. We made a visit to Burnside Farms, which plants 2 million tulip … [Read more...]
Tariff Effects on Residential Lighting
Tariffs are on all our minds of late - a necessary evil, if you will. And this is forcing our lighting vendors and us along with all stores to have to increase prices. Our vendors are now saying prices will increase 20% across the board. A very hard pill to swallow, but I do believe to be short lived. I remind myself to breathe in and breathe out and remain calm. Not an easy thing to do for … [Read more...]
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