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December 2019

Spring Flower Show

    Some spring beauty from around the homestead in 2019. The peonies have been growing in front of the home for many years. They were there in 1996 when I purchased the home. I’ve been told previous owners planted them many years ago. But each year they come up and bloom around Labor Day. The decorative bird houses I made with scrap wood and added this year. The daffodils I planted not long after I moved in the 90’s and have always been the first to… Read More »Spring Flower Show

    Smoked Meatloaf

      After a few years of smoking various meats on my Weber Smokey Mountain smoker I decided to try a simple (low cost) option and smoked meatloaf; 3 parts ground beef and 1 part ground pork. A few seasonings and customized BBQ sauce and it was delicious! Definately will be tweaking this receipe for future smokes! Previous Next Home Page

      In The Year 1949

        What a time to be alive! 4 years aftre the end of WWW II everything was looking rosy to this young couple, my mom & dad. They were still dating at the time as they didn’t get married until 1950. Maybe they went to a dance and heard the then popular songs: A Little Bird Told Me by Evelyn Night, That Lucky Old Sun by Frankie Laine and Riders in the Sky by Vaughn Monroe. Or went to see one of the new movies in the day: Samson and Delilah, On The… Read More »In The Year 1949