Good Grief! Can there be anything better in late spring than a sweet juicy Georgia Peach? Just ripe enough to be a little firm, yet the juice tries to squirt out of your mouth with each bite, sliding down your chin while your tongue goes flapping after, trying to not miss a drop of sweet nectar.
The Kudzu Wife (KW) came home with a half bushel sack yester-afternoon late. She'd carried the eldest grand daughter up to Toccoa to pick up her new spectacles. Pandora.....aptly named as she's likely to loose all kinds of hell amongst the male of the species round these parts.
She, her mom, dad and younger brother live just a hop, skip and jump as the crow flies, between Canon and Carnesville, within peach pit spitting distance from a long established peach orchard.
I'll be peeling and slicing the rest of these bad boys tomorrow afternoon after the KW and I return from the foothills near Cornelia.
Cobblers are anticipated. Also succulent slices sprinkled with just a smidge of Splenda and a dollop of real whipped cream atop. (reminder to self. Stop at Dill's and get two pints of real cream.)
We also have a small bowl of fresh blackberries washed and laid out on the kitchen counter. Just a few more may call for blackberry cobbler also. The KW has a way with cobblers......quick, easy and plenty of real cow butter.
Hey, you can't hate me because I'm beautiful, but, it wouldn't be amiss to let your stomach dream of country goodness.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Down from the pine tree
It's time to get down anyway. The pitch was beginning to stick to the hairs around my ass and besides, I had to get a haircut.
Things have been proceeding apace, as they say, here at Periwinkle Farm (sounds better than New Place, don't you think.)
We've had a lot of rain for this time of year, especially the last few years of drought and semi-drought. The grass is growing and the birds and insects are busy chirping and buzzing.
I hired a guy with a tractor to bushog the orchard and pasture (what will be the pasture if I ever get it fenced. He cut for 5 hours and the front end drive shaft broke off and kept him from cutting again for 3 weeks, then he cuts for 4 hours and it came loose again but fortunately didn't break, so now he's carried it to some guy who says he can fix it. We'll see. He still has about 4 hours of work left to do. He's sure not going to make any money to keep on this job. Me..........I'd still be hopping about on one foot because I broke the other kicking a tire and cussin'.
While up the tree I could see that the same ol' political and financial shenanigans that have plagued the world every since rulers and governments first discovered how to debase the currency are still here and likely to remain so. Sure there will be uprisings and quarrels, but the fix is in and the sheeple will still come marching in to be sheered whenever called.
Me........I'm gonna continue to refuse to come when called, but it's sure to be hot what with this heavy fleece coat.
Things have been proceeding apace, as they say, here at Periwinkle Farm (sounds better than New Place, don't you think.)
We've had a lot of rain for this time of year, especially the last few years of drought and semi-drought. The grass is growing and the birds and insects are busy chirping and buzzing.
I hired a guy with a tractor to bushog the orchard and pasture (what will be the pasture if I ever get it fenced. He cut for 5 hours and the front end drive shaft broke off and kept him from cutting again for 3 weeks, then he cuts for 4 hours and it came loose again but fortunately didn't break, so now he's carried it to some guy who says he can fix it. We'll see. He still has about 4 hours of work left to do. He's sure not going to make any money to keep on this job. Me..........I'd still be hopping about on one foot because I broke the other kicking a tire and cussin'.
While up the tree I could see that the same ol' political and financial shenanigans that have plagued the world every since rulers and governments first discovered how to debase the currency are still here and likely to remain so. Sure there will be uprisings and quarrels, but the fix is in and the sheeple will still come marching in to be sheered whenever called.
Me........I'm gonna continue to refuse to come when called, but it's sure to be hot what with this heavy fleece coat.
Friday, April 2, 2010
You can find me at
www.redhillkudzu.blogspot.com.
Trying to write about two aspects of my life as if they are separate within me is not something I do very well.
As a result this bit of wit and wishes is over.
I can be found at my main blog above if you have any interest.
God Bless
Trying to write about two aspects of my life as if they are separate within me is not something I do very well.
As a result this bit of wit and wishes is over.
I can be found at my main blog above if you have any interest.
God Bless
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Backtracking
I've been neglecting this little bit of giggles for several weeks.
I have however been posting a few thing over on the other blog that relates to starting over if you are of the opinion that we are going to have to start the political process in this country over in a fashion more in line with the founders intent, as am I.
I don't think our Creator ever intended for us as sovereign individuals endowed with free will to ever become slaves to the largess of a Federal Government, and certainly if you look back at history you can see that the times of our greatest peace and prosperity were in times when individuals were free to create and keep most of the wealth they created.
We were created (if you prefer not to believe a divinity it doesn't matter to me, you can instead say "we were born") with the right to our life, if we can keep it, either through our own efforts or with help from parents, with the right to liberty (again if we can keep it) and the right to property (need I say it) that we acquire or create through either the sweat of our brow or the use of the brains within that brow.
We (as a collective of sovereign individuals) have the right to defend our lives, our liberty and our property from the encroachment of any other individual or group of individuals to the death or to the point at which we choose to give of our free volition any of that property to anyone else of our choosing.
Today we are faced with the prospect of having those with whom we have entrusted the obligation to defend us with the force of law (which if you think about it includes the right of lethal force) using their power, to violate us (their lawful masters) against our will. (read the polls)
Will we stand for it; or will we resist in ways that are at this point in time unclear.
Those ways might include the use of the ballot box, or the use of deadly force, or passive resistance, or simply ignoring the dictates of what has increasingly become a class of people who are not deserving of either our support or respect.
We could begin with such a simple thing as beginning to grow a bit of our own food; perhaps a couple of tomato plants in the back yard. You can grow them in a big planter or if you wish stack two or three old tires atop one another and fill with soil and compost. All it'll cost you is a bit for the plants or seeds and a little of your time and effort. Water can come from used bath water if you don't choose to pay for additional water from the city or county.
If you think about it for a bit you could probably thing of several other items that wouldn't require a lot of effort to produce.
You can carry these effort as far as you wish and have the ability, right on up to the point of buying a piece of land big enough to feed yourself and your property.
You might also begin to do without that cup of coffee from McDonald's every morning.
Search your own mind and heart for things you can do that will in some small or large way re-establish some control over yourself.
It might even become fun.
I have however been posting a few thing over on the other blog that relates to starting over if you are of the opinion that we are going to have to start the political process in this country over in a fashion more in line with the founders intent, as am I.
I don't think our Creator ever intended for us as sovereign individuals endowed with free will to ever become slaves to the largess of a Federal Government, and certainly if you look back at history you can see that the times of our greatest peace and prosperity were in times when individuals were free to create and keep most of the wealth they created.
We were created (if you prefer not to believe a divinity it doesn't matter to me, you can instead say "we were born") with the right to our life, if we can keep it, either through our own efforts or with help from parents, with the right to liberty (again if we can keep it) and the right to property (need I say it) that we acquire or create through either the sweat of our brow or the use of the brains within that brow.
We (as a collective of sovereign individuals) have the right to defend our lives, our liberty and our property from the encroachment of any other individual or group of individuals to the death or to the point at which we choose to give of our free volition any of that property to anyone else of our choosing.
Today we are faced with the prospect of having those with whom we have entrusted the obligation to defend us with the force of law (which if you think about it includes the right of lethal force) using their power, to violate us (their lawful masters) against our will. (read the polls)
Will we stand for it; or will we resist in ways that are at this point in time unclear.
Those ways might include the use of the ballot box, or the use of deadly force, or passive resistance, or simply ignoring the dictates of what has increasingly become a class of people who are not deserving of either our support or respect.
We could begin with such a simple thing as beginning to grow a bit of our own food; perhaps a couple of tomato plants in the back yard. You can grow them in a big planter or if you wish stack two or three old tires atop one another and fill with soil and compost. All it'll cost you is a bit for the plants or seeds and a little of your time and effort. Water can come from used bath water if you don't choose to pay for additional water from the city or county.
If you think about it for a bit you could probably thing of several other items that wouldn't require a lot of effort to produce.
You can carry these effort as far as you wish and have the ability, right on up to the point of buying a piece of land big enough to feed yourself and your property.
You might also begin to do without that cup of coffee from McDonald's every morning.
Search your own mind and heart for things you can do that will in some small or large way re-establish some control over yourself.
It might even become fun.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Are you copying their ideas?
Who's ideas?
Why the Governments of course.
Even though the law has been passed and signed many years ago that the Federal Government is supposed to balance the budget every year, can any of you think of a time when that has actually happened?
I ranted a little on Red Hill Kudzu today about some of the shine they try to put on their numbers for the sake of those who are still true believers.
You can google the Chart on the budget and deficit for your self.
The question is....Are you trying to do the same thing with your finances? Does there seem to be just a little too much of the month left when the budget runs up against your stops.
If you are not in that position now......how many paychecks would you have to miss to reach that point?
It's not uncommon......I've been there. I know what it feels like to be pulling out the cushions on the couch for loose change to pay the light bill with on the day before they cut them off. I've been behind on the mortgage......far enough behind that I got those lawyer letters; and not just on one mortgage.....on two or three at the time. (I once had seven mortgages at one time) The banks reached the end of the line and sold my property (63 acres0 on the court house steps along with one of the rental properties I had. I sold two properties for $20,000.00 less than I owed on them just to get a little breathing room. Had to pay off the balance at $500 a month for another 4 years. This month was the final payment. (Thank you Lord) We sold the remaining property worth at least $100 K for less than $20 K and moved into the only rental property I had, which thankfully had a 30 year fixed rate mortgage on it. The renter was behind anyway and so was I. The end of the rope was slipping out of my fingers. There didn't seem much reason to go on other than the fact that if I ended my own life I'd leave my wife in a worse situation than if I lived. Alive, there was at least hope..
...as well as a burning determination to turn things around.
We're still in that house (although we have a dream of moving one day), the mortgage is caught up (we're paying a little extra each month) The taxes are paid and the insurance is withdrawn automatically each month.
I'm not bragging, just letting you know that I've been there, seen the movie and ate the popcorn.
When the end seems near you have to really decide what is important in your life. Most of the things you think you can't do with out.....you can. Food for your family first, secondly a shelter of some kind for them, third some source of income to keep the first two thing a part of your life. Everything else comes next.
We were fortunate, while I had not much education beyond high school, the time in the army and all the business I'd been in over 35 years taught me that I can do anything I set my mind to. One thing I had picked up was a small skill that could literally be used almost anywhere. I had for all those years been learning new things, taking on new challenges, then when I had a passing acquaintance with that one going on to the next.
Are you a one trick pony. Have you only one thing you are trained for? Better make sure it's a good one then. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to take a correspondence course in your spare time..
...a couple hours a night for however long it takes. It is too late for that when everyting is falling down around you.
What are you doing to prepare for whatever may come? I'd love to read your ideas.
Why the Governments of course.
Even though the law has been passed and signed many years ago that the Federal Government is supposed to balance the budget every year, can any of you think of a time when that has actually happened?
I ranted a little on Red Hill Kudzu today about some of the shine they try to put on their numbers for the sake of those who are still true believers.
You can google the Chart on the budget and deficit for your self.
The question is....Are you trying to do the same thing with your finances? Does there seem to be just a little too much of the month left when the budget runs up against your stops.
If you are not in that position now......how many paychecks would you have to miss to reach that point?
It's not uncommon......I've been there. I know what it feels like to be pulling out the cushions on the couch for loose change to pay the light bill with on the day before they cut them off. I've been behind on the mortgage......far enough behind that I got those lawyer letters; and not just on one mortgage.....on two or three at the time. (I once had seven mortgages at one time) The banks reached the end of the line and sold my property (63 acres0 on the court house steps along with one of the rental properties I had. I sold two properties for $20,000.00 less than I owed on them just to get a little breathing room. Had to pay off the balance at $500 a month for another 4 years. This month was the final payment. (Thank you Lord) We sold the remaining property worth at least $100 K for less than $20 K and moved into the only rental property I had, which thankfully had a 30 year fixed rate mortgage on it. The renter was behind anyway and so was I. The end of the rope was slipping out of my fingers. There didn't seem much reason to go on other than the fact that if I ended my own life I'd leave my wife in a worse situation than if I lived. Alive, there was at least hope..
...as well as a burning determination to turn things around.
We're still in that house (although we have a dream of moving one day), the mortgage is caught up (we're paying a little extra each month) The taxes are paid and the insurance is withdrawn automatically each month.
I'm not bragging, just letting you know that I've been there, seen the movie and ate the popcorn.
When the end seems near you have to really decide what is important in your life. Most of the things you think you can't do with out.....you can. Food for your family first, secondly a shelter of some kind for them, third some source of income to keep the first two thing a part of your life. Everything else comes next.
We were fortunate, while I had not much education beyond high school, the time in the army and all the business I'd been in over 35 years taught me that I can do anything I set my mind to. One thing I had picked up was a small skill that could literally be used almost anywhere. I had for all those years been learning new things, taking on new challenges, then when I had a passing acquaintance with that one going on to the next.
Are you a one trick pony. Have you only one thing you are trained for? Better make sure it's a good one then. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to take a correspondence course in your spare time..
...a couple hours a night for however long it takes. It is too late for that when everyting is falling down around you.
What are you doing to prepare for whatever may come? I'd love to read your ideas.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
I'm not jealous
...really I'm not.
But Pam just has a better way of writing and describing someone than I.
Partying Pig Pelosi at the Taxpayer Trough: Hundreds of Thousands on In-flight Booze and Food
But Pam just has a better way of writing and describing someone than I.
Partying Pig Pelosi at the Taxpayer Trough: Hundreds of Thousands on In-flight Booze and Food
With No Money
If you lost all you had in your bank account and had to leave your home to foreclosure, what would you have that would allow you to start over.
It may not be in the immediate future for you and pray God it never does, but it might be worth while to give at least a little consideration to the question.
The Bank I have been using for checking and savings for at least 5 years was closed by the GA Regulatory Commission and assumed by another bank yesterday afternoon at 5:00 pm. Of course no one at the bank called ahead of time to warn me. Of course through friends who also bank at other branches I had been hearing rumors for a while and one friend called yesterday and passed the word that is would be taken over yesterday.
I hustled my butt down and drew out all but enough to cover any check outstanding. Not so much worried that I'd lose any of my very small account (that's what the FDIC is for, doesn't that make you feel better) but the fact that I prefer to bank with a local bank and this bank while a large bank with quite a few branches, it had a reputation of value in the local town where it originally started.
But suppose you had to leave your home with no bank account? Would you be able to provide your family shelter the next evening? Could you purchase food for your children? Would you have enough money to put gas in a car.
It might be a good idea to have something portable you could take with you that had some value. A stack of money you'd hidden under your mattress, maybe a pocket full of silver coins to use as trading goods. Maybe a single gold coin tucked under a flap in your wallet. Maybe just a laundry basked of canned goods and a few matches.
Maybe it's past time you started asking yourself some of these questions.
It may not be in the immediate future for you and pray God it never does, but it might be worth while to give at least a little consideration to the question.
The Bank I have been using for checking and savings for at least 5 years was closed by the GA Regulatory Commission and assumed by another bank yesterday afternoon at 5:00 pm. Of course no one at the bank called ahead of time to warn me. Of course through friends who also bank at other branches I had been hearing rumors for a while and one friend called yesterday and passed the word that is would be taken over yesterday.
I hustled my butt down and drew out all but enough to cover any check outstanding. Not so much worried that I'd lose any of my very small account (that's what the FDIC is for, doesn't that make you feel better) but the fact that I prefer to bank with a local bank and this bank while a large bank with quite a few branches, it had a reputation of value in the local town where it originally started.
But suppose you had to leave your home with no bank account? Would you be able to provide your family shelter the next evening? Could you purchase food for your children? Would you have enough money to put gas in a car.
It might be a good idea to have something portable you could take with you that had some value. A stack of money you'd hidden under your mattress, maybe a pocket full of silver coins to use as trading goods. Maybe a single gold coin tucked under a flap in your wallet. Maybe just a laundry basked of canned goods and a few matches.
Maybe it's past time you started asking yourself some of these questions.
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