Month: August 2010

  • Southern Hotness!

    Yikes! As I write this it is 98 with a heat index of 105! That is actually not as hot as it was supposed to be today. Of course, the day is not over. When it is this hot, turning on the oven is just not something I want to do. Actually, cooking with any…

  • Southern Figs

    Figs are in season right now and oh, how I love them. I used to have a fig tree. It was a brown turkey fig tree. It would bear a few figs in the late spring and then really start to flourish in the late summer, early fall. I tried moving it around with me…

  • Southern Summer Birds

    While summer is in full swing we have fewer birds at the feeder. There are abundant insects and berries for the birds to feast on. Now is a good time to make some plans for fall feeding and maybe just add a little extra for the few birds that do regularly visit the feeder in…

  • Southern Sunday

    It is time for another I wrote the following post when it was really hot. Guess what? It still is! Oh well, that is what summer is all about 🙂 From July 14, 2010: Southern Sunny Table It is hot, hot hot here! As I write this, the heat index is 101 – down from…