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We took a day trip up the parkway and headed to that ever popular Mabry Mill. There were quite a number of folks doing the same thing, eve...

Here is our Jack-O-Lantern for this year. I learned a little too late that you can prevent the mildew by putting Vasoline onthe inside of ...

Here is the latest and the last of my Wii Tennis achievements. I actually lost a few points after winning a game against Sarah and Elisa (...

And I am going higher still...

I somehow thought that 2000 was unreachable, but here I have broken it with this 2002. So what is the limit, if there is one? We shall see...

Here is a pic of an "oreo cow," or at least that's what the kids call them. We saw thesThey are actually "Belted Gallowa...

We went to visit a neighbor who lives somewhat in the mountains. She had this home built so that she could be closer to her family during r...

Here is my latest and greatest achievement in Wii Tennis. I don't think any real person has ever made it to 2000, although one of the c...

Here is the start of another pumpkin, since the first one didn't make it. Let's hope this one does make it.

I saw this message at a church (not mine) as I was driving by, "Stop, drop and roll will not work in hell." Most of the time th...

Here are some more pics of Eli. I think parents are letting their kids have cell phones much earlier these days.

We have one huge okra plant!!!

Here is the start of a pumpkin. You might see Linus and Snoopy in this patch before long.

We had a good visit with Sarah, Ben and Eli in Louisville. Here are a couple of shots to get started. I'll post more later.

Here is a mushroom I found at the bottom of my yard today. I don't think I would try eating this one.

It is really amazing how much taller this one okra plant is above all the others. It is about as tall as I am.

Well, I hate to "bug" you guys, but here are som more bug pics. One is of the cicada that we hear rattling in the trees, and the ...

Well, here I am on the 9th day of August and I notice I have no post for this month. So here I am getting busy and getting it done. What s...

We had a nice visit with David as he stopped in NC on his way home from France. We spent the last couple of days at the lake with him. We ...

Here is a shot of an officer on a segue. This was taken at the Charlotte airport as we were taking David back for his trip home. Oh yeah, ...

Here is an open-and-shut case. The plant, Okra has a flower that blooms and apparently closes up when in the shade. The okra, (the good pa...

Normally I don't think I am someone who complains a whole lot. But I gave blood a week ago last Thursday and here is the way my arm loo...

Have you ever seen a half- ripe tomato? Here are a couple of pics of one we grew in our garden. Half of the tomato is ripe and the other...

I suppose I could always resort to digging ditches since I have had a bit of experience with that this week. (Pat and I both had experienc...

Here is a better shot of what could be a shark's tooth. My neighbor doesn't think it is one, and he is a real expert on the subject...

Here is the first German Johnson of the season. From the pic you can't really tell the true color of it. I think it will make a good ...

I had my first tomato sandwich (of the season) the other day. It was made from the one pictured here, a beefstake hybrid.

f Back to gardening now. Here is a shot of one day's harvest of cukes. Even though we have had dry weather, they don't taste bitte...