From Farm and Garden to Sink and Fork – May, 2020 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE We pay up front, and every month pick up an embarrassing amount of produce. FAVA BEANS Our first experience with these fabled beans reveals a sublime treat similar to edamame. SUNKEN GARDENS OF MONCURE We […]
The setting for most of our weekend walks – May, 2020 WALK #1 – CLICK BEETLE A very large bug with fake eyes attached itself to Bob at Jordan Lake Dam. WALK #2 – AUDUBON OBSERVATION DECK To change things up, we drove over to another side of the lake for our
From spiders to bunnies, our world is teeming with fancy animals – May, 2020 TWO KINDS OF FROGS You’ve got your leopard frog and your bullfrog. Our little pond off the front porch is a breeding ground for frogs. KING OF THE DITCH A very large bullfrog is the lord of his
Our yard blooms bright in May of 2020 MOSTLY FLOWERS When the gladiolus bloom we know Camille’s birthday is just around the corner. PEONIES Festiva Maxima! ROSES Our Fragrant Cloud, and a yellow Radiant Perfume from Shaine’s garden. Both smell divine. ALL TOGETHER, NOW May is the
Checking out our friends’ new old plantation house – May 16, 2020 CAROLINE AND HEYWARD Socially responsible, upwardly mobile, and proud owners of a tobacco plantation house built in 1839. BALCONY WITH A VIEW This is the view of Hey and Caroline’s front yard: the lawn with its ancient cedars and circular
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Sheltering at our place is so nice that it’s easy to forget the outside world is a big, hot mess – April, 2020 TROUTS FARM Home sweet home, with the fragrant phlox in bloom, and our mascot, Spot, yakking at us from the front porch. The phlox garden has come a long way.
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Forest bathing at The Bend – April, 2020 WHITE OAK This monstrosity is on our back acre. The giant nest probably belongs to the squirrels. BARK White Oak bark, with it’s page-like scales, and scabby Sycamore. SMALL SURPRISES Camille ran into a rare White Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) on
We put our social calendars on hold this month and plunged into an open-ended period of physical distancing. Here are some of the amusements we used to replace shopping and hanging with friends. – March, 2020 FROG VIEWING A bevy of green-lipped frogs are a lot easier to see now that we’ve reconstructed
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Fun with Heyward and Caroline: Saturday Disc Golf at Rock Ridge Park, and their 2nd Annual Super Bowl Chili Cook-Off on Sunday – February 1st and 2nd PRE-GAME GAMES Hey photo bombs Bob and Camille. Micah poses with his Delta Cart disc caddy and beer cooler. ROCK RIDGE PARK Rock Ridge
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In which Bob travels to Alabama, Mississippi, Maryland, Oklahoma and Texas between January 8 and 17 APOCALYPTIC A typical destination for Auditor Bob. CO-CONSPIRATORS Rebecca and Erin retrieved Bob from the airport and chauffeured him to work sites. SIDE TRIP Work doesn’t have to be all-consuming. This is the mantra of
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