My golf game is now in shambles. Due to the intense heat, threat of thunderstorms and irregularities due to the Chinese virus, I haven’t played in 6 weeks. This means I have lost all momentum and will have to start from scratch in returning to my well-established bad habits. It’s not easy to master, for example, the rocket-ship sand blast. I’ve been working on this unique shot for years. To … [Read more...]
Queen Anne’s Lace
There is a stretch of sheer beauty along Route 29 just south of Ruckersville. For several hundred yards, tens of thousands of Queen Anne’s Lace plants adorn the roadside. It’s almost as white as a January snowfall. I wrote about Queen Anne’s Lace last year and received many responses from others who admire this delicate plant. Some advised that the lace-like flowers could be … [Read more...]
A Three Headed Sunflower
We wondered just how high our giant sunflower would grow. We think it came from a packet of assorted flowers that Nancy scattered along the garden, but unlike other sunflowers that top out at two or three feet, this one went for the stars and reached 11 feet. The reason I know this is because we secured it to a ten foot pole and it grew another foot. The head of the sunflower spread … [Read more...]
Fishing With Angler’s Lane
The James Since 1999 we have guided our home water, the James and know it well. Lynchburg is the southern-most stretch west of the fall line. We focus most closely on the stretches within 40 miles of Lynchburg in each direction. If you are looking to fish the James, we can guide you so you can enjoy its beauty as we work to put you on fish. The James is historically well-known for smallmouth … [Read more...]
Bite Spot! Bite!
This could end up as one of the best seasons for spot in recent memory. For starters, the tasty panfish showed up early this year, in June. Whereas September is usually the prime month for spot, it could be August this year. Small croaker and spot are currently found throughout the lower bay and in the tidal rivers. Anglers fishing at the Virginia Beach Piers and along the beach are … [Read more...]
Fill ‘er Up
There were real, honest-to-goodness service stations in Lewisburg, WV when I was a boy. Not only did they pump gasoline, they offered genuine service. As I recall, we had just two gas stations there in the 1950’s, an Esso station on Washington Street, down and across from the post office, and another at the corner of Church Street and Washington. The second station sold Pure Oil if memory serves, … [Read more...]
Neat Stuff: Leak-proof Storage Lids
Nancy sent me to the store for some canning lids for her pickles. She said she wanted lids for wide mouth jars. Naturally, since it’s the middle of summer, everybody else in Charlottesville wanted canning supplies as well. I scanned the near-barren shelves and finally saw a couple packs of Ball One-Piece Leak-Proof Storage Lids. I bought two 6-packs. But that’s not what she wanted. She wanted … [Read more...]
Yellow Squash Pie
We now have two vegetables in our garden that are threatening to take over our canning shelves and our refrigerator. Tomatoes and yellow squash. We have put up several quarts of stewed tomatoes, but Nancy’s vines continue to produce and mine are just getting started. We also have three healthy squash plants and when conditions are right, three squash plants can feed most of the people in … [Read more...]
Now We Have Black Goldfish
I always thought goldfish were, well, gold. But since we installed our small goldfish pond, I have discovered that goldfish can come in a variety of colors - white, gold, mixed white and gold and even black colors. Our 8 original goldfish (now down to 7, the funeral service was last week) have started to reproduce in their new pond. A couple weeks back, Nancy saw several tiny, white fish, probably … [Read more...]
Timberwood Grill Delivers
Timberwood Grill delivers great food for pickup, but they are also back in action delivering spot-on food in their restaurant on Worth Xing at Forest Lakes. Well, not exactly inside their restaurant – they don’t feel comfortable with that yet, but they are serving outside on their large, shaded patio. Last week – after a bad experience at Texas Roadhouse - we called for reservations at … [Read more...]
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