Monthly Archives: October 2010

Green beer drinking…

                                                                        No, this is not in reference to that favorite Irish holiday when silly Americans go out and fill up on cheap food colored infiltrated beer.  I am talking about the famous if you live in Hickory, North Carolina “Farm…

Beautiful Berries

Many times plants are purchased because of their pretty or colorful blooms. Then a week later it is just another plant, lost in the sea of green. That is not the case with the native deciduous shrub Callicarpa americana aka Beautyberry….

Bike Week Memories

The bikers have come and gone and hopefully what is left is a bit of extra money and a few good memories. I am a fan of bike week and bikers.  It is amazing how the rumbling sea of black…

Just a thought…

I was watching a documentary on the Paskowitz family called Surfwise not to long ago.  This quote was  made by the father Doc Paskowitz and it kinda affected me, so I painted it on the door.

The “Dog Days” of Summer…

Well folks it seems as though I am starting to feel like a person again.  After speaking with a good friend I have come to realize that perhaps my love of summertime had turned into the blues…accompanied by several hundred…