People are starting to go back to restaurants as the Covid Panic subsides. They may be in for a surprise. Restaurants took a major hit, many didn’t make it, and most lost employees, good employees and they may be slow to return. Expect slow service when you visit a restaurant. We ate at Vivace’s on Ivy Road this week, a great Italian Restaurant. The food was out of sight, but the … [Read more...]
Sewing Seeds
One of my (many) weaknesses as a wanna-be farmer is the actual sewing of the seeds. My garden is not smooth and loamy. It’s more the consistency of a rock pile as the clods of red clay dominate. Therefore, it’s difficult to create that fine soil for planting that young seeds prefer. But I’ve found a way, a better way for me, anyway. I have been hoeing and chopping the garden as … [Read more...]
My Friend Flicker
All present and accounted for, Sir. The roll call for my backyard birds has been called and every bird that should be there is there. Catbirds, yep. Thrashers, yep. And the last to make its spring appearance was a Flicker. Northern Flickers are woodpeckers, and I believe they are the most beautiful bird to grace my yard. I found one dead in the front yard a few years back that had either … [Read more...]
Night Guard Solar Update
It may be too soon to tell for sure, but so far the two Night Guard Solar Pest Control lights we installed have kept the critters away – namely a thieving raccoon that was getting in our pond, eating snails and fish, turning over water plant pots and making a general nuisance of himself. We installed two lights – facing in each approaching direction and there have been no more … [Read more...]
Outer Banks Driftwood
If you can’t go to the Outer Banks, bring the Outer Banks to you. That’s what we did a year ago. After a great four-day getaway, we stopped by Outer Banks Driftwood in Kill Devil Hills on our way back home and bought three pieces of beautiful driftwood. One is now overlooking our goldfish pond. It’s a classic cypress stump that washed up on shores of the Outer Banks, no telling how many … [Read more...]
Spinach Pie
I’m not proud of it, but I made a Spinach Pie with a Filo Crust. If my Golf Buddies find out, I’m toast. They don’t like playing with Snowflakes. But even Manly Men like Popeye the Sailor like spinach and I had a spinach craving. Spinach is one of those rich vegetables that needs a little help, otherwise it can be too much of a good thing. I was shuffling through recipes and saw … [Read more...]
The Blues Are Back
On the saltwater scene, lots of anglers have “The Blues”, as in bluefish. Blues are surfacing on the lower Chesapeake, along the Virginia Beach Shore and at Nags Head on the OBX. Jenette’s Pier reported some nice catches of bluefish. Spanish were also taking Gotcha Plugs from the pier jockeys. Inshore boats were picking up blues, Spanish, a few Kings and some cobia. The cobia action … [Read more...]
The Old Iron Skillet
The old iron skillet sat on the stovetop most of the time. There was a place for it in a cabinet below, but we used the frying pan so much - why put it away? The well-seasoned black pan had been with us since Mother and Daddy got married and we moved to Seattle. I think Mama Ida had given it as a wedding present. Looking back, I can’t remember when it wasn’t there – ready to fry up a … [Read more...]
Peony Time
Every year since we moved into our current house back in 1973, the peonies have bloomed around Mother’s Day. The previous owners had an affinity for these lovely red, pink and white beauties and had thriving beds near the carport and in the back near the patio. They are still there. The blooms can be sort of scroungy looking. They begin to fall apart about a day after they bloom, but there are … [Read more...]
Whole Foods for Fresh Seafood
Boy I miss Anderson’s Seafood. Not so much the last one near Barracks Road, but the fresh seafood from the good old days where the Anderson Family sold seafood beneath their make-shift tents at Hardee’s. Most every Friday after work, I’d pull in, ask Mr. Anderson what was good, he’s show me and I’d buy it. Anderson’s had a direct connection to the watermen in the Chesapeake and we enjoyed many … [Read more...]
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