How did this happen?

Bob Early sent me down Arbuckle Road to find this strange occurrence. How, one has to wonder, does a piece of tin roofing end up folded tightly over a branch fifteen feet off the ground?

Pizza Truck!

 We finally checked out the Hog Hollow Wood-Fired Pizza truck. They set up in Burnsville most Thursdays, but it's best to check their Facebook page. The pizza is good. Calling ahead to order is not a bad idea. 

Yup, they have a wood-fired oven in the truck.

A poor choice of a meal

Steve Hill sent this rather astonishing picture of the remains of what they think was an Eastern Fox Squirrel that clearly perished after taking a bite of an electrical wire. They found it in a heating duct.

Listen to the Spring

So Jeff wanted to make these large, nine-sided cones to use like giant ear trumpets. For listening to things. Here's Kenan cutting parts.

Component assembly.

It took some head scratching to find the best way to put these things together.

With several heads working together, we eventually figured it out.

Opal was relatively unimpressed.

The spectators were supportive.

Cosmo climbs.

Matt looks.

Brenda listens. (Dick took this one.)

Almost finished. (Jeff took this one.)

Jeff tries one out at the soccer field. (Gretchen took this one.)

A pair of listeners. (Dick took this one.)

They are waiting for you up at the soccer field. (Jeff took this one.)

Oh, right, you want to know if they work. Yeah, they work. You might say they create an enhanced acoustical space. You can hear stuff. It's really fun. They also work like megaphones if you feel like shouting.

Come listen to the spring

Thrice the Ice

Music happens

Yves Giroud and friends making music at the Lucky Candle Cafe.

Tunnel of Ice

This is one of the reasons they don't want you driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway this time of year. (The other reason is the sheet of ice on the road.)