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We would like to welcome you to Cathy and Chuck's blog. We try to make at least twice monthly entries but sometimes get lax and neglect our blog. BUT we try to make up for it with hopefully interesting and informative articles. Happy Reading

About Us

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I'm Cathy, a 67 year old retired Navy wife. Spent 24 years as a Navy wife until my husband retired after 27 years of service. We traveled all over from Washington D.C., to Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Maartin, Martinique, Japan and Korea. We re-located to this beautiful state of TN from Central FL. We live in the mountains on 5 acres with our 10 cats (5 indoor). I'm Chuck, the Other Half of the equation. I'm a 68 y/o sailor at heart. While in the Navy I was a Cryptologic Tech (Intel type). My most memorable tours of duty were in Submarines (Scorpion, Skipjack, Triton & Ray), as Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Deputy Director National Security Agency (RADM C.F. Clark), and my last tour as Operations Chief at NSGA Homestead, Fl during Hurricane Andrew. It was a good time to retire. We have been looking for this home since 1965 and thank the good Lord that we're finally here.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Black Berry Time



Well Now - It's that time of year again. Chuck went out today and came back with about a half gallon of black berries. This year there seems to be a lot more black berries than usual. They're a somewhat smaller because we have not had the rain we need but when you look close to the ground you can still find some larger berries, about the size of your thumb. They'll be around for about another week. The turkey's are really getting them early in the morning and late afternoon, so we'll have to try to beat them to the punch. They tend to strip all the ripe berries off the lower branches and obviously that's where the best ones are. Turkeys ain't dumb and they been picking them a lot longer than we have. These berries make an oooohhhhh sssssooooooo good cobbler

Back Porch View

Back Porch View
Eastern view off our back porch