When life gives you a carpenter, make a salad table. You can use a carpenter for other things as well, but for now let's concentrate on the salad table. Our friends Emma and Candy posted these plans taken from the University of Maryland Extension Home & Garden Information Center on What's GrOwIn' On? Facebook Page … Continue reading The Coronavirus Diaries – Salad Table
On our way to Savannah we stopped at Andersonville National Historic Site - a mega POW camp. The Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter), a Confederate POW camp at the end of the American Civil War between February 1864 and April 1865. The site contains the the POW camp, a National Cemetery and a … Continue reading Andersonville National Historic Site – A Mega POW Camp
Next destination is Savannah where we are supposed to meet up with our daughter, but we took a small detour west to get new tires, visit more family, and visit The Habitat for Humanity Slum Theme Park. Yeah, you heard right. A slum theme park. I am sure you've heard of Habitat for Humanity , … Continue reading Habitat For Humanity Slum Theme Park
April 25th, 2020 proves to be the perfect date. The sun is shining, it's not too hot and not too cold and everyone seems to be in better spirits. It's also a good date because we see growing signs of positive attitude around us. The people we encounter in the forest, keep their distance, but … Continue reading The Coronavirus Diaries – A Perfect Date
Back to B.C. (Before Covid). In our last post we left Pensacola and Falling Water State Park. A new travel post may help take our minds off the current mayhem and madness even if our hindsight is a bit blurry now. Our destination: Tampa area to spend some family time with our cousins. We drove … Continue reading Dilly “Dali” in Florida
If you want to stock up on anything, go for beans. Not just the canned variety, but the dry beans as well. What other food can you store for years, plant, and make either chilli or whipped cream with? If you read all the way to the bottom I will share with you bean-magic that … Continue reading The Coronavirus Diaries – Beans And Ice Cream Sandwiches Are Your Friend
Pensacola does heritage interpretation really really well. We stopped there on our way between Big Lagoon State Park and Falling Water State Park and were totally impressed. Heritage and archaeology The town's historic district is a history buff's paradise. Visitors can walk through the heritage district, pop in and out of the designated heritage buildings, … Continue reading Pensacola
It took us three days to drive the 100 miles between Pascagoula and Pensacola. We took our time inching eastward along the coast and making frequent stops. The weather is warmer although a bit dreary and grey. We are a bit pissed since it looks like one of our lithium batteries died. Bummer. Despite efforts … Continue reading Pascagoula to Pensacola
We left the POW camp and made our way back to the coast to the birds of Biloxi and Ocean Springs and the most famous American artist that you have never heard of. As you will quickly find out the theme of this post is birds. The old port in Biloxi proved to be a … Continue reading Birds of Biloxi and Ocean Springs And the Most Famous American Artist You Have Never Heard of
Whitney Plantation is not a Gone With Wind type tour of a romantic plantation in all its doubiouse glory. Although it does have a plantation house, the house is mostly empty and bit shabby. It is a poignant memorial to the slaves that worked, lived, and died here and indeed to all slaves —especially children … Continue reading Whitney Plantation