Thursday, October 23, 2008

Road to our house!



Another picture of the ridge road that leads to our house.....as you can see the view is fantastic!



This was taken from the front porch.....look at all those Christmas Trees!!

Yesterday, a White House Committee was in Ashe County to choice the official White House tree! Last year over a million trees shipped out of this little spot in NC....when you buy your tree this year....it could be one of ours!

Monday, October 20, 2008

A Little More Color









Here are some more pictures of the colorful neighborhood.......last weekend was "the Peak" so it will be gone soon....Enjoy!
















Also.....Mia and Max waiting for Nick to come home........There he is!! Maybe he'll take us for a ride!?








Thursday, October 16, 2008

Fall has come to the High Country!










The day started off a little strange......on the east side of the porch the sun was topping the mountains and on the west side the moon was still high in the sky!! These pictures were taken about 7:10 am this morning!!




According the the local weather guys...today was the last day of Indian Summer......the rains and cold temps are due in sometime tomorrow.............So on the way home today I took a few pictures of the color on the road home. The leaves should peak this weekend!!




Most of the pixs were taken on the road to the ridge above our house....I pass a beautiful farm and many open fields...then you hit the ridge and look down on our property, you can't see our house but, you can see the red-tin roof of my parents home thru the trees......down the ridge and the cattle farm on the east side and up the drive to the hard woods behind my house.

Monday, October 13, 2008

What's happened! Another rant!


To you remember ....back at the beginning of a new year.....the then candidates promised to run a clean campaign!!? What happened?! Negative adds are all over the air-ways!! The state-wide elections are bad enough.....but, what happened to the national?! How much more mud can they toss!!


Greedy CEO's....need I say more!!


Gas prices...... the closer we get to the election.....the less we pay for gas......is this a good thing?.....or will it go back up when there is a new guy in office?!


Food prices.....can we blame this on gas prices?......or is this more greedy executives?! The best bargains here are the road side stands......I know these people work for their money!


The housing market.....Ok...bail out all those companies and those who defaulted on their mortgages?!....how 'bout us hard working people that are struggling to pay our house payment each month.....is there a bail out for us?!
Where do I go to be fitted for my "Golden Parachute?"


Cutting the school week to four days ....do you really think that the students will learn more in an extended day?!......and what about the cost of feeding them twice or in some cases three times a day.....will this save enough in gas, salaries and benefits to balance what will be done to the kids?!


Here's a good one......if we had the technology to build an energy efficient car 10 years ago.....why didn't we do it?! ......AAAAAHHHHH....those CEO's again!


Repair people (I'm being PC here) who don't show up on the day or at the time "they" scheduled!


Telemarketers......the last one that called...I got her name and doubled check the company...then nicely asked to be removed from the calling list or I would sue them for harassment....haven't had a call in almost 10 days.....maybe the word is out about me!!


Of course I'm still pondering those "dust bunnies," car salemen and baseboards......Thanks, I feel better....this was a good rant!
I really do love my life here in the country......in some ways it's like living in the 50's again......what a great time that was! Remember Mom wore pearls...........brBoomer

Monday, October 6, 2008

Well fall is slowly creeping into the mountains...everyday the temps are a little cooler, the leaves are a little more colorful....the local are decorating the yards with pumpkins, scarecrows, hand-made ghosts and goblins...not to mention a black cat or two!!


however...there is also a strange new critter appearing in the area ...could these strange creatures be alien? locals? some unknown new form of wild life? or just my nutty neighbors having a little fun?!!





I'm not sure, they seem to blend in......they're dressed like us.....haven't heard them speak yet....don't know if they pay taxes!......But, each year them seems to be more of them...do the young go to school?....do they have pets?


Maybe it's a new form of alien invasion.....keep you posted!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Hello.......Big Red!!



When "Little Blue" bit the dust last Friday and it quickly became apparent that there was no way it could be fixed......sooo......Hello....Big Red!!
Dodge...of Course!!
Bigger and Better...Ram 1500..V8.....4x4
Let's hope this one will give him another 10 years!! like the last!!
We'll miss the little blue truck...but, the new red one awesome!
More later......fall is just around the bend.................BRBoomer