Tuesday, July 29, 2008

DOGWOOD ACRES, JULY 21, 2008, ELANE CRUM

Hello friends. Although I do not have a garden, we are enjoying fresh harvests of Arkansas peaches and melons from Missouri’s boot heel.

Rick and I went to Eureka Springs for a couple of days last week and visited their Farmer’s Market where we loaded up on fresh baked bread, peaches and vegetables.

Jim and Kendra Harris brought a trailer full of watermelon and cantaloupe to church on Sunday and we will be feasting on them all week.

Christie and Sean picked blackberries Saturday morning while Madison was their “bear spotter” in the cool car. Jim and Dawn picked Sunday evening so there are probably not enough berries left to make it worth a bear’s time to visit.

Bill Biggs came home with a sunburn after spending several days in Joplin at a Farm Show out in the middle of a field. Christie had volunteered to go and spend the weekend with him until she found out the show was not going to be inside a nice cool Convention Center.

Ashton, Erin and I worked outside picking up rocks most of the day Saturday and finished our day with a cool dip in Swan Creek. I found a spot to sit where the water was running all swift and bubbly, something like a “hillbilly spa”.

Several folks from our church attended a benefit auction in Ava Saturday night for Sean and Rhonda Dobbs. Once again, local folks showed how much they care by spending amazing amounts of money on pies, cakes, watermelons, quilts and even luau attire. I heard that the grass skirts I donated went home with Kevin Clayton after a fashion show by models, Neal Crum and Brad Siler.

Greg Blair..

56.5# STATE RECORD STRIPER

The Blair boys have really made news with their record breaking Striper fishing. I heard they even made it to church Sunday morning after hauling in two big fish with a total weight of over 90 lbs. Rick said there were a lot of fellows at the fishing hole with sea going equipment hoping to catch another of those big fish. He came home with Walleye as usual, but something bigger got away with one of his lures, leaving only a little metal eye behind.

Congratulations to Greg on his record breaking Striper. It must have been quite a thrill to pull that big fellow in.

Our sympathy goes to the family of Irene Luttrull of Sparta. Irene was the mother-in-law of my cousin, Bonnie Bilyeu Luttrull (little Bonnie to our family). Bonnie’s mother passed away right after Christmas and now with Gary’s mother passing they will have two big empty holes in their hearts. Bye for now.

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