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Posted on Monday, July 13, 2015
Brickyard Jackets
Chuck Anderson had called and asked me to get Stacey and Jason together
so he could give them both a jacket and, if I could, to pick him up a
Strange Bait T-shirt. Chuck and I had both known Chuck Strange a long
time. Stacey, Linda and I picked Jason up a few minutes before 5 PM and
drove to Star Point Resort near Byrdstown, KY. Chuck was visiting with
Cindy and Bruce Beck and had made arrangements with them to have a
dinner ready when we arrived. We didn't show up empty handed, Linda had
baked a side dish and two pies to add to what Chuck and the Becks had
already fixed. After the friendly greetings and eating, Chuck and Stacey
exchanged new T-shirts. Stacey had been worried that Chuck was going to
give her a Boston Celtic's shirt, but was completely surprised when he
handed her the Butler Bulldogs' Final 4 shirt. Stacey gave Chuck the
Strange Bait shirts he wanted.
Here's
the funny part, Chuck didn't think Stacey would want the Butler shirt
and he tried to trade her out of it for a Brickyard 400 Jacket, but
Stacey didn't really want to trade. He was a little worried for a minute
or two, but Stacey decided to trade it for one of Chuck's Brickyard 400
Jackets. Before the dealing was over, Chuck gave Stacey two Brickyard
400 Jackets. A few minutes later, Chuck went into the other room again
and pulled out another Brickyard 400 Jacket and gave it to Jason. It was
from the Inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994 that Jeff Gorden won.
Stacey
and Jason were both smiling big time and Chuck was happy to get his
Butler T-shirt back since he is a fan of Butler and Brad Stevens, their
previous coach. We talked with Cindy, Bruce and Chuck for a couple of
hours before leaving to take Jason home and returning to the farm.
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Butler Shirt
We were just going in the house after eating lunch as a
car pulled up to our mailbox, put a package inside, then drove off and
honked several times. Linda went to the mailbox and picked up a Butler
Final 4 shirt that Chuck and Stacey had teased each other about while we
were at Beck's place a couple of nights ago.
Stacey and I made a
picture with Stacey wearing the shirt and a sign to say "Thank You
Chuck".
Chuck Left her that shirt and has been a very
generous friend to Stacey.
Linda and I really appreciate that
generosity and friendship.
Thank You Chuck Anderson!
Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Peach Jam 15
Stacey and I went to Waterview this morning and purchased a half bushel
of peaches. We returned to the farm and Linda peeled and sliced about
half of the peaches while I smashed the pieces. Stacey ran the Ball
Jelly and Jam Maker, then dipped the jam into the jars.
She
placed the lids and rings on the jars and set them in the pot of boiling
water for ten minutes. Then pulled the jars out and set them on the
stove top to cool. As we did more batches, several of the lids began
popping indicating they were sealing.
We
made 26 half pints and 2 pint jars of peach jam today. We should have
enough peaches to do 24 more half pints tomorrow.
Posted on Monday, July 27, 2015
July In Indiana
The temperatures in KY were hitting 90+ everyday with high humidity, so
instead of staying in the house, we decided to go to IN for a few days
before Linda had to return to working at the school. We left the farm
about 8:30 AM on Thursday, arriving a little over 5 hours later. Road
construction in IN are terrible, with almost no way to go without
encountering some delays.
While in Daleville one morning , Linda
fixed biscuits and I was able to enjoy some of the peach jam on warm
biscuits. So good, it tastes like a peach cobbler to me.
We
rode around town on the golf cart and visited with Irene & Gary Sneed
one evening. They have a nice backyard area with a fire pit, covered
patio and a flat screen TV. We also laid a small area of ceramic tile at
the front door entrance after I removed the door sweep from the bottom
of the door. We also visited with Nana for about 3 hours one day and
Linda and Stacey went to see Kim Bourke for about a half day.
Monday
morning we ate breakfast, then packed our stuff, closed up the house and
drove towards KY. A quick stop for lunch at Kingfish in Jeffersonville,
then the rest of the ride to the farm went smoothly.
Posted on Friday, July 31, 2015
Blue Moon Over KY
Pauling, Julie, Kyle & Brent came over early Friday afternoon. After
dark, we went outside to check out the "Blue Moon", which is nothing
more than the second full moon in a calendar month. It was just coming
up over the hilltop when we first went outside, so Brent quickly went
upstairs and brought out the telescope for everyone to take a look.
He
made a few adjustments and then everyone peeked through the tiny hole to
see.
As
interest wained they went back inside the house. Brent and I remained
and were discussing a couple of brighter points in the sky. I mentioned
that one looked too bright to be a star, so Brent pulled out his phone
and opened an app that lets him hold his phone up in any direction and
the stars and planets appear on the screen with their names
superimposed. The light I was referring to happened to be Saturn, so we
trained the telescope on it. Pinning down a very small point of light in
the night sky with a telescope turned out to be quite difficult, but we
did it. We believe we could faintly see the rings as they cast a shadow
across Saturn?
