Around and around the country he goes, when he will stop, nobody knows…- July 2019 LUVERNE, MN Bob often runs into cultural oddities, like this patriotic longhorn skull, when visiting a firm that makes jet fuel out of corn in SW Minnesota. On the right is the firm’s corn-to-biobutanol plant. LOUISIANA […]
From garden and farmer’s market to fork, delectables that survived the varmints – July, 2019 NOT FROM OUR YARD Hannah brought blueberries which found their way into sourdough pancake batter. Bob returned home from Saturday Market with sweet corn, cabbage, cucumber, eggplant, coffee, okra, tomatoes, summer squash, cantaloupe, and sweet red bell peppers.
It was a family month, for sure. We drove north for Camille’s annual family reunion, and Bob spent a couple of nights in Denver with daughter, Emily. We had stopovers in Virginia, celebrated Camille’s 65th birthday, went out on the lake with friends, worked in the yard, discovered some interesting critters, and enjoyed bountiful summer
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We spent a night in Exmore, Virginia on the way north to visit family, and one in Winchester, Virginia on the way home – June, 2019 EXMORE A study in contrasts, Exmore was both up-and-coming with its jaunty banners and centrally-located park, and down-and-out with more than its share of vacant real estate
From Rumson, New Jersey to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, another memorable family visit – June 3 – 8 FRANK AND SHAWN’s Shawn and Frank’s place is the perfect beginning to a week with family. We sit on the deck and get caught up, then move inside for dinner. This year they surprised Camille with birthday
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Bob flies west to work and play in Utah and Denver – June 11 – 16 FRACKING Bob was mesmerized by the telltale signs of fracking on the hills east of Salt Lake City. The scale of the disruption is vast. Some of the access roads are carved into the mountainsides in unbelievable
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Out on a boat with our friends Helen and Ted, tooling around and staying cool in the summer heat – June 23, 2019 THE BEST TOYS Our friends’ truck, trailer, and hot rod boat. I\’m sure Ted has a better name for it. WORK HARD, PLAY HARD Helen, Ted, and Bob have
A fresh, green garden with promises of food to come, uneducated squirrels, a bridal shower, the potato chip tour, okonomiyaki, sourdough, and dovelets. DOUBLE DELIGHT Double Delight, Oklahoma, and Pink Peace came on at the beginning of the month, right on the heels of last month’s Fragrant Cloud. SCENES FROM A WORKING
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Eye-candy and the promise of food-to-come abound during one of the best months for garden viewing – May 2019 PEPPERS AND POTATOES Shishitos are the first pepper to reach eating size in the Sunken Gardens of Moncure, and the potatoes will be ready for digging next month. We planted twenty pepper plants of
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This month we attended a birthday party in Bynum, a wedding at The Plant, reflected upon our own wedding vows, and ambled over to Jordan Lake for their Environmental Futures Fair where we pet a corn snake. We puzzled over backyard flora and fauna, enjoyed dinner with a new friend, got new eyeglasses and a
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