Here Come The Naked Ladies

It's the end of July, and that can mean only one thing:  it's time for the Naked Ladies to bloom. 

Thankful Sunday

I won't go in detail out of confidentiality to some friends, but let me say that after hearing some mind-blowing stories  the past few days from some friends about their parents and other family members, today I am super thankful for the Lord for keeping the 'Rents in a good frame of mind and body.  Amen.

Another Super Saturday

As I type this, I can hear the wind chimes dinging on the back porch. That means that the wind is out of the north.  And it's pretty breezy.  It's also very, very nice today.  It's only 82 degrees.  At noon today, it was only 70.  That's 25 degrees cooler than it was at noon last Saturday.

The 'Rents and I took advantage of this awesome morning and made a trip over the river and through the Knobs to Hubers to get some sweet corn, green beans and peaches.  Buying the produce from their market made us work up a powerful thirst, so we headed over to their winery and sat out on the patio as we shared a bottle of cold Sweet Marcella wine. 

The blackberries are ripe now, so this brief "cool spell" is what the old school people call Blackberry Winter.  I'm sure it won't last too long.

Super Saturday

The Rents and I were up early this morning, and went to one of our fave local joints for breakfast.  It was awesome as usual.  Then we headed over the Big Water aka the Ohio River to southern Indiana for a trip to Huber's.  We got a bunch of corn, green beans, peaches, and tomatoes (since the squirrels have eaten most of ours).

We stopped to share a nice bottle of Sweet Marsella wine on the patio of the Huber's Winery.  Let me just say that at noon today, the temperature was 25 degrees cooler than it was this time last Saturday.

It was an awesome morning, and the only thing that could have made it better was if friends and family could have been with us.

Flashback Friday

Of course I have this down in the basement in The Archives.  Of course I do.  

Thankful Thursday

I had planned for another post for today, but I am deviating, because I can.

As soon as I came through the door tonight from work, The Old Man said he'd been on the phone for an hour talking with his cousin down in Brecinridge County.  To sum up the convo, Cousin Wayne is going to hook us up with a bushel of sweet corn and a half bushel of green beans.  Score.  We'll have a road trip down to his place on Saturday to gather the harvest.  Thanks a bunch, Cousin Wayne.  You rock.  I'm very, very thankful for Cousin Wayne.  When The Old Man was in this hospital two years ago, Cousin Wayne and his sister drove up from the country three times to visit him in the hospital.  But, you know? That's what family is for. 

Another Spring Meet Horse Racing Update

I had a bad week of almost-rans, and as of this morning, I was down to $26 in my Twin Spires account.  This afternoon I had one awesome race, and have my bankroll up to over $200.  And it was thanks to a race at Saratoga. 

Today is my Life Day, and this is an awesome way to celebrate.  I can't help but think of the line from one of my all time favorite songs, "You're So Vain" - "I hear you went up to Saratoga, and your horse naturally won."