My friend Beverly Carson called this week to ask my opinion about a freak thing that happened to her. Beverly lives out in the boonies, in the woods. Her house is about ¼ mile from the road and she always puts a cover over her automobile when it sits in. her driveway. But one morning she came out and saw that the top of her cover had been ripped to shreds, Not the hood, just the top, and she knew … [Read more...]
Snakeskin Skirmishes
Last week I found a snakeskin in our flower garden, the same garden with our small lily pond, which happens to have a baby frog. Snakes have gone for my resident frogs before, so I was concerned about the snake, not for myself, but for my frogs – I have others in our new goldfish pond. Discarded snakeskins are the result of molting, which occurs regularly in snakes. When the old skin … [Read more...]
Emergency Tuna Salad
On that fateful day in March when I thought Governor Ralphie might close all the grocery stores, I closed up shop early, headed for the closest grocery store and bought nearly every non-perishable in sight. Since then, I have been chipping away at my “emergency” stash in the basement and have slightly reduced my inventory, though I have no idea what I will do with those 8 cans of fruit cocktail, … [Read more...]
Cage Free Squirrels
I have planted my last garden. Unless, there is a cage around and over it. By this fall, that will happen. A backyard gardener faces many obstacles. A deer can level a garden, decimate it. Likewise a single groundhog. I have had both and no longer have that problem, but I do have squirrels and they can be disruptive and extremely destructive to a garden. This summer, they have picked off my … [Read more...]
Oh No! Not Stein Mart
Like a number of larger retail stores, Stein Mart was unable to weather the crippling economic effects of the Chinese virus. It announced bankruptcy just this week. They will close all their stores. I was devastated. Stein Mart had become my personal favorite place to shop. I don’t buy a lot of clothes, but when I do, I like classic styles and colors and I like fair prices. Stein Mart … [Read more...]
Chopsticks Express
About once a month we do take out for Chinese. Our go-to place used to be Flaming Wok – great food, good prices and super quick turn-around, but The Wok is no more. Some brilliant real estate agent decided he could sell that entire strip of property on 29 north as a site for a hotel, so they didn’t renew the lease for the established Chinese restaurant, That was about five years ago, and the … [Read more...]
Red Drum Run Continues
It may never stop. Catches of big red drum got off to a hot start in the Chesapeake Bay back in April and they show no sign of letting up. Large schools of huge drum continue to pop up and anglers with a rod ready are casting and hooking up with some big boys to 70 pounds. Both the larger red drum and the cobia are plentiful throughout the lower bay and along the coast. Anglers are catching them … [Read more...]
Back To School
I was in Wal-Mart this week to buy some birdseed and passed through a huge section of back to school stuff – backpacks, pencils, notebooks, calculators, lunch boxes and other paraphernalia. The section was like a ghost town. Nobody was shopping because basically there is no back to school. What a shame. I feel sorry for the merchants and I especially feel sorry for the children. They … [Read more...]
A Round at Tanyard
I hadn’t swung a golf club in almost two months, but I teed it up with my Golf Amigos at Tanyard in Louisa last week and wondered what kind of golfer would show up after all that rust. I hit five ordinary shots on the first hole and was pleased to record a bogey. Bogey golf is about my speed. Then, on hole number 2, a short par 4, I laid up nicely with a six iron, knocked the ball on the green … [Read more...]
Lots of Vines, No Beans
I planted four short rows of Blue Wonder Pole beans back in May, and after keeping the rabbits away, the vines took off, reaching for the heavens. They bloomed about a month later, but no beans, then they bloomed again, but no beans. What gives? Sherman Shifflett in Louisa has the same problem and an agricultural agent said others are experiencing the same results. Perhaps … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 219
- 220
- 221
- 222
- 223
- …
- 451
- Next Page »