It’s been a good year for buzzards. When deer get careless and don’t look both ways before they cross the road, it means the buzzards dine in style. And buzzards do us a great service. They keep carrion to a minimum. But I worry a little about the surge in black buzzards, or black vultures as they re also called. In Virginia, we have two types of vultures/buzzards, the more common turkey … [Read more...]
Obrigado’s In Louisa
I got an interesting email last week raving about eating beets at a local restaurant. Beets? Either these were amazing beets or maybe that was the best the restaurant had to offer? Sherman Shifflett, who ate there with Ava, said the beets were as good as advertised and the meal – at Obrigado’s in Louisa - was sensational. Said Sherman: “I don't know if you like beets or not. We grew them in … [Read more...]
Comfort Food
When it’s cold outside and spitting snow, there is nothing like Comfort Food to chase away those winter demons. Comfort Food is a loose term meaning carb-loaded food that’s easy to make, guaranteed to fill your belly and make you fat. But it tastes so good! Stuff like meat loaf, mac and cheese, a pot roast and chicken stew easily qualify as charter members of the Comfort Food category. I cooked … [Read more...]
Best Bet? Trout Fishing
The outdoor forecast has turned into the same-old, same-old and will continue for a few weeks, unless we get a sudden surge in temperatures. The diehards on the larger lakes are catching some bass, especially Lake Anna where deep dropping finesse bait will attract an occasional strike. The Chickahominy Lake continues to give up a few bass, but the crappie bite has slowed. It’s still too cold … [Read more...]
Cobia Management
Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council are soliciting public input on proposed management changes for Atlantic cobia as they consider revising the current management system. Public hearings will be held via webinar with public listening stations beginning January 22, 2018. Information on the proposed changes is now available from the Council’s website at: … [Read more...]
Do Your Best
What Boomer can ever forget that first uniform of his or her youth, likely from being a member of a Cub Scout or Brownie troop. I clearly recall that royal blue shirt with the bright yellow kerchief, my Cub Scout uniform in 4th grade. As a new scout recruit, I was fascinated by the badges and emblems, and I wanted as many as I could pin or have Mom sew on my uniform. They didn’t cost … [Read more...]
A Golf Ball for Duffers
The golf pros endorse this ball or that one because they perform better on the greens. The greens? When the pros speak of greens, they mean hitting the ball close to the flagstick on no worse than the second shot. It sometimes takes me that many to get to ladies tees. They also may suggest another brand because it goes high, spins on command, rolls for a hundred yards after it lands and … [Read more...]
Soup’s On
When the thermometer gets stuck under 10 degrees as it did a couple times last weekend, it’s soup time. Course, soup is always good, but especially so when it’s so cold that iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida. Plus, soups and stews are among the easiest meals of all to prepare. If you have a crockpot and stuff in the refrigerator, you’ve got the makings of stew. I am … [Read more...]
The Loyal Titmouse
My backyard bird friends come and go. Robins, for example, will be packed in my yard like sardines one week and disappear the next. Even my resident bluebirds take a leave of absence, usually after the last brood has hatched. But the titmice rarely leave. They hang around from winter to spring, from summer to fall. They are lovely and loyal little birds. I noticed a pair at my feeder … [Read more...]
Lock In On Geese
When it’s a high in the twenties – in the daytime - it takes a little of the edge off going fishing, unless you have a death wish. Striper season in the bay has ended. Deer season is over. So what’s an outdoorsman to do during the awful weeks lying ahead? Well, you can hunt ducks until January 28, you can pretend there are actually grouse somewhere in the mountains and try that, or – … [Read more...]
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