There’s a destination a little up the road
From the habitations and the towns we know. (Beck, 1996)
Before getting back to gardening, a few words after driving 4000 miles. Drive through America, preferably on a Triumph motorcycle, but whatever ride will do. Everyone should move across the country, across back roads and alleys. With the people. Muskogee, Oklahoma… “I’m just an Okie from Muscogee”. I don’t know what I expected, but it was the same as it ever was. The constant, whether it be Moscow or Muscogee, is the innate goodness of people. Thank you America. Barrie
Blackberry Lily - Belamcanda chinensis
The Latest Winner of the Snidely Whiplash Award is…me (or how I wronged the AARS).
Grandiflora Rose Strike It Rich
Grandiflora Rose Candelebra - Missing in Action
Eureka Rose
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Tight shot. Wise words from a trip well traveled it seems. Keep moving on and in and through.
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As an American, I say “Thank you for visiting, y’all come back now, y’hear?”
Seriously…if you ever find yourself in Green Bay, Wisconsin or parts nearby, please don’t hesitate to look me up! I can give you a tour of the local gardens AND bars!
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Lisa,
Yes…but can you give me a tour of the frozen tundra of lambeau field…
just kidding, and i will most definitely take you up on your offer! (both the gardens AND the bars). i, of course, will bring the lime for the tequila.
best, barrie
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AAHHH!!! EX-el-ent!!
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[…] Sue Woo, the B-52’s, and Elvis. By barrie I just finished my annual cross-country trip (see Two Turntables and a Microphone). On these trips I drive the smallest roads I can find just thinking mostly. Well, looking and thinking. On this past trip, I went to Memphis specifically to drop in on Elvis over at Graceland. I figured it was time and that he might be wondering where I’d been and how things have turned out since we last saw each other. I was shocked he hadn’t changed the decor since the last time I was over - that shag carpet is so out that it must be in again. Also, you should know that those photos of him as a great big fatso aren’t really fair. Elvis has a bit of a pudgy face but if you see the cut of his clothes (again, Elvis, update the wardrobe…it’s all so 1977), he’s still fairly svelte. What lead me to share all of this (and more) with you was my discovery of another iconic figure from the South, the mysterious shadow known as Sue Woo. […]