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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.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

It's That Time of Year Again!!!

Yup -  It's amazing what a little sun, rain and cool weather can do here on the mountain.


That entire hillside is loaded with


Oh Yea!!  They're better this year.  A whole lot bigger than last year.  It only takes about 45 minutes to get a gallon.


I'm tellin' ya these are terrific.  Cathy made me some Blackberry Jam, about 6 pints worth.  I can't wait to dig in.  Even the seeds won't bother me.   My neighbor, Joe, came over about 7AM and away we went.  It was in the high 50's and we didn't even break a sweat picking berries in the full sun.  After we finished filling our buckets, we parked our backsides in the shade and swapped sea stories for about 30 minutes.  What a way to begin a day.  I've picked about 2 gallons and there's sooooo many more out there.  I watched as deer were taking their fill of them right next to the house.  I never knew they ate blackberries.  They have to compete with me and Joe, the turkeys and black bears up here.  It's a wonderful life!!

1 comment:

Patricia said...

Wow, that looks wonderful. We have to go to the coast to get them that big. They're blackberry raisins by the time they turn black here. Too dry and this year's extreme drought conditions aren't helping.

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Back Porch View
Eastern view off our back porch