Kate Jones set up and sold snow cones during the RC & Moonpie Festival in Bell Buckle, Tn. Besides being a budding entrepreneur, she also has a philanthropic side so she decided to use this as a way to raise funds for the New Destiny Dog Rescue (NDDR) She presented NDDR with a $30 donation...

I am in my garden daily, usually twice, and have been diligently scanning my tomatoes for signs of the worm’s arrival. I went from none seen to 17 picked today and most were the size of my index finger. That has to mean they were there for at least a few days and they are voracious eaters...

I saw a discussion on Facebook turn nasty against individuals so PLEASE lets not go that route. Most of you know my only option is to pull the complete post and that is not fair to others who have answered. Those who oppose the tax increase but complain about minimal "progress" in Bedford County are fighting themselves. Progress usually requires more expenditures on schools, law enforcement, fire protection, road improvement, etc., etc...

This article tells of 661 large retailers who are publicly telling Trump what we all (including the Chinese) know about trade wars and tariffs, but just in our ebay business we see that that playing field is not level. It is heavily in favor of the Chinese. While somewhat painful, something needs to be done. Trump has the guts to try and if these 661 retailers publicly acknowledged that the playing field is not level and supported his efforts, what do you suppose China would do?...

Why the emphasis on the young? Because it is their future that is being bought and controlled. Their future dependency and health, not only of them individually, but the world. One of the few times that I agree with the NYT...

This hot pepper plant is actually going on four years but I think it is the first time I looked closely at the flower. I could get a closer shot but the colors of peppers 🌶 in different stages needed seeds by as well. This is rain has been sooo refreshing and pointed out that I need to get straw in the walkways. MUD! I had forgotten what it was!...

Now that might seem self-serving and to a slight degree it might be, because without the T-G I would have to develop my blog elsewhere, which I could BUT I might have never met YOU. Other than this blog, for which I receive no compensation, I am not an employee of the Times-Gazette so I can promote them without appearing shameful...

I wasn't really gone, nor in bad health, just preoccupied. With what? I won't bore you with details and if something is really misspelled here, I blame my cat Mira. She is insisting on reaching across my keyboard and I am tolerating her right now since I have been ignoring her most of the week. Not just ignoring, I've been shooing her away...

Earlier this week I was passing through and found Larry Stone working on the quilt that has been on BB front parking for many years. It was removed earlier this year when water and sewer lines had to be repaired. i can remember a few years of volunteer work groups touching up the quilt but this was a complete redo...

Here is a creative and useful design by Susie Lu for a receipt that helps you visualize how your budget is being spent and if you are one who actually keeps track of categories ..... well then, this is a slice of heaven. The article sales it all so there is not much reason for me to repeat the details, but I suggest we encourage ANY of our stores that have computers keeping track of our purchases to consider it...

There is a lot in the news to discuss but the latest school shooting has me back on a stump to shout out to the world that the headlines of youth and gun violence are for the most part missing a key point. They lead with the GUN and not with the human aspect...

If you didn't, you won't get a chance now because it seems to have been pulled two days early. Why? Here is a quote from Fox News: "A Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Twitter poll asking what type of Supreme Court justices social media users would like to have on the bench apparently backfired when 71 percent of respondents selected “justices like Brett Kavanaugh” compared to just 29 percent who chose “justices like Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”...

What? Well... how about sitting still, reading a book (a kindle does not sound right) with a nice warm cup of your favorite beverage with music playing lightly in the background? Working on your craft with your pet snuggled by your side? Too sedentary? How about something in the kitchen where the activity usually creates "down-home aromas? Like baking some yeastd bread? Oooh, the smell of yeast bread rising. ...

Let’s face it, the Mueller report was a Democrat offensive on the Presidency. They lost the presidency and have now for all practical purposes lost the investigation. How do we stop further expensive witch hunts by the losing party? Anything they want to investigate from the Mueller investigation should be paid for by the Democrat Party. Betcha it would go away quickly if they had to spend THEIR money, not the American taxpayer’s...

I keep forgetting to post that THEY ARE BACK so get your feeders up. I had mine up about a month ago and noticed the fluid was going down but saw no one. Two weeks ago I “thought”! I saw one buzz the feeder so I made a new batch. BINGO, the next day I saw one sitting on it. Ran to get my camera but gone...

My first choice is the "This library has real growth potential" by Dawn Hankins. Great article with some exciting news but in case you don't have a chance to read it, contact Lis Ann Morehart about a seed swap coming up. Lis Ann is the "children's librarian" but it sounds like she has some great information to share for adults as well...

I seem to have a terrible time keeping my bok choy from bolting. But I may have finally cracked it with this Purple Lady Bok Choy and an Extra Dwarf Pak Choy. Not sure why since a few other choys seeded are already flowering bu these two may break my curse...

She loves to go outside but being 90% or more deaf and blind in one eye, we cannot let her out unsupervised. Tonight I found her poised under this lamp and barely moving like she was under a tanning bulb.

Well.... maybe me too. I put some watercress into the pond when I was cleaning the upper stream and the fish have torn it apart. I am not sure if they are eating their Spring greens or just cavorting but they have torn up the clumps nicely...

Or is this me too movement lost control? Maybe just some folks trying to get some extra exposure? I had not planned to vote for Joe Biden if he runs but I may look closer now that other Democrats are trying to give him trouble. Are they trying to sabotage is possible announcement?...