IF IT'S BBQ YOU WANT,,,FAT FELLAS, NEWPORT, NC, IS THE BEST!



You want it, they'll bring it!



Following the pig.

Maybe "Designers' Showcase" needs to see this!

 

Frank Benton, regular, to say the least!

Should bought this tee shirt!!!  Next time!

Some "regulars"-or did they come with the building?  Frances and Frank, with Arianna.

 

 

I remember the trains rolling through town, somehow always exciting.

Thanksgiving 2012

The Desert hit of the day:  Apple/Cranberry pie-with ice cream!!

Still MY favorite:  Sweet potato pie and Jackie makes the best

FGNIII

Erin, aka, "the girl", and poor little Hairy, always the subject of love!

Note amount of whipped cream on pie.

Hairy wants to just lie in front of the 'fridge and be warm.

Freddie the Foot Warmer

Ready to cook potatoes and Brussel sprouts

Ready, table set, EAT!!

 Chef Fred

The object of our food lust, ready to be cooked on the grill.

Collard Festival 2012

 The table, with the traditional collard leaf as center piece.

The ORIGINAL Collard Fest group less one, "G".  L - R:  Martha, Jean, Stevie, Bill, Jackie, and Andrew (busy w/camera).  Missed you, "G"!

Celebration/Welcoming of our new Rector, The Rev. Dr. Scott White, Nov. 11, 2012

 Getting ready

The Sanctuary

 The Bishop's Chair

 Reception in Fellowship Hall

Jackie talking with our guest speaker, the Bishop the Diocese of North Carolina, The Very Rev. James Currie.  And what a preacher he is!

The Honorable Susan Dotson-Smith

 Smitty's swearing in as District Court Judge,

 Madeline & Heather and Smitty & Serena

 Judge Dotson-Smith & daughter, Serena

 

 

The New Courthouse (??), "Justice" Center??

Going up where the Board of Elections building stood.  Working hard on becoming steel canyons here!

Hurricane Sandy-Not!

As Hurricane Sandy pushed up the coastline, wreaking havoc across NJ, NY city and points north, the weather folks here announced and implied that we too were about to experience our own weather Armageddon.  Well, have a look.  At the bottom of the mountain there was not a flake on the ground.  Madison County, mostly close to the TN line got snow, as did Haywood County.

Hauling...

Finally got around to cutting that mass of "sea oats" type grass all over the hill and hauling it to the dump.  Thanks Jessie for the use of your truck.  And thank goodness for the ladder to climb up there and tamp the stuff down.  Loaded this by hand, thanks, JW!

A Story you can't Bear to Miss!

A story you can't bear to miss:  An email from our neighbor, Russ:

While walking this morning I met Tom Spradling by John Mutersbaugh's. While chatting, Tom mentioned that John's birdbath had been overturned and thought a bear had done it. A few minutes later I was nearing the Craig's property and detected a strong musky odor typical of bear. I looked at the underbrush which showed signs of animal movement and as I was near the spot where the Craig's put their trash, lo and behold, a black bear jumped up and started running. This was about 5 minutes before eight AM. It ran toward the mail box, went behind it (I thought it was going to go down hill), made a quick left turn, ran across Sunny Ridge at an angle and went down into the ditch area. The size was of a young adult; probably the "yearling" we've been seeing around the area. Another great moment of living in the Sunny Ridge Estates.

[This, just after Mr. Bear had mauled our trash can and had come up with only three plastic bags of cat poop!]

Sunset, Wednesday, October 3, 2012