Thursday Thing-along

A true sing along ...

Way Back When-sday

This is my Uncle Tony, Mama's brother. She would want me to say he is her older brother. This is one of his favorite picture-taking poses. Camera came out, middle finger went up. Check out the sideburns.

This photo was probably taken in the late 70s or early 80s at Uncle Tony's house. He and Aunt Barbara still live in Roxboro, N.C., the town he and Mama and Daddy grew up in. He was a teacher and educator for years and years ... and in many ways, still is.

Here are photos in a flickr photo pool with a Roxboro tag.

Summertime

I mounted my camera to the bikes and a scooter while some of my nieces and a nephew rode around in front of Russell and Wendy's house this weekend. They talked some and sang, unfortunately the wind noise and a rattling sound drowned their voices out. So I just put music over it instead.

At right is a picture of Emily (from left), Trevor and Autumn. The picture was taken through a mailbox. Later in the day I let Emily use one of my cameras for a while. I'll upload some of the pictures and videos she took soon and share those with you.

I love home-cooked ribs

So I tested my "grill rebuild job" a bit more today by cooking some ribs.....
I wasn't a big fan of country music when I was younger, but it's grown on me as I got older and the genre has become a part of my very eclectic music selection. I guess country was also in my genes since Mama is a big country music fan. The song on this video is George Strait's "I Hate Everything."

One thing I don't hate is good ribs. To them I say, "Get in my belly!"

And in the sad but true category, this video also came up in the search for the above video of Fat Bastard doing his Baby Back Ribs bit ... You'll need to be an over 18 YouTube member to see it. I'm feeling a bit queezy right now ...

Thursday Thing-along

Red Hot Chili Peppers doing a cover version of "Brandy."
Fun stuff....

Grill is working again

I rebuilt my grill today (installed three new stainless steel burners) and these wings were the first thing to get cooked. I think I'll go out tonight and get some ribs to cook tomorrow.

I just got the grill last year and the burners shouldn't have gone bad that fast. Two out of the three of them went bad (split). But I didn't feel like dealing with the almighty warranty wait, so ... Yeah, I'm the kind of customer they must love.

Way Back When-sday

This is a picture of my youngest brother, Brandon, when he worked as a chef at a hotel in Williamsport, Pa. Brandon is the tall skinny one in the middle. He's still tall.

I believe this photo is from the early 1990s. Now he's the chef at Crossfire Cafe in Chestertown, Md.

Horses in the fog

Another photo of horses near Chesapeake City .... these are in a field partially shrouded with fog after a rain on Tuesday.

Shrinkage....

While at Russell and Wendy's house on Sunday, Trevor decided it was warm enough to go swimming.

He may have thought so, but the pool water was still pretty chilly. Check out his reaction... and the reaction of my niece Autumn as she cheered him on. It's less than a minute in length if you're strapped for time.

This reminded me of the Seinfeld episode about shrinkage and swimming pools.
It's probably the only Seinfeld episode I remember since I didn't watch it that often.
Here's the first shrinkage clip.
Here's the second clip.

Horses

I saw these horses and some of their young on my way back from Russell and Wendy's house Sunday. There are a lot of horse farms around the town. These photos are of horses on Winbak Farm. Click on the photo to go to a page where you can see each photo on its own by clicking on the names.

Happy Birthday Mama

Flower power....

It's garden tour and car show day in Chesapeake City. From 11 this morning until four in the afternoon, people are free to walk around the gardens and yards of participating homes in town.

There are also antique and classic cars on display. I'm not sure if I'll get a chance to take pictures of them before I leave for work, but maybe I'll do a video drive-by.

UPDATE: [1:17 a.m. 5/18/08] Here's a video drive-by. It's pretty bad -- I wasn't holding the camera very steady and was paying more attention to all the activity around the truck so I didn't hit anyone -- but it gives you an idea of the town.