Dogwood Acres Weekly, 06/29/09

DOGWOOD ACRES, 06/29/09, ELANE CRUM

Hello friends. Oh, How I love the cool front that has blasted through. Saturday was the hottest day of June at about 98^ and I had people looking at acreages. Buyers like to explore and I was more than happy to hand them a can of chigger spray and a map while I waited inside the air-conditioned house.

The First time homebuyer tax credit of $8000 and low interest rates are good reasons for buyers to take advantage of all the good buys in our real estate world.

Rick went with me on the last appointment Saturday evening and from there we went to Doyle and Frances Humbyrd’s home for Doyle’s birthday cookout. There was just a little bit of breeze down in their little hollow, but the ice cream did not stay frozen very long. Remember, it was the hottest day of June, 2009!

As the cool front came through Saturday night, we were blessed with almost one-half inch of sweet rain. I loved knowing that it was giving my flowers a good soaking, although I had carried water in the middle of Saturday’s heat. Most of my flowers are within reach of the garden hose, but I have a few looking sad out by the road. While I was out there with a bucket of water, Farris and Wanda Bilyeu stopped by for a visit. They were on their way to cut cedar…While we were visiting; another truck came along so the Bilyeu’s went on. The next truck stopped and fellow in a big cowboy hat said, “I have seen you one time since high school”. I had to admit that I had no idea who he was. It was Ernie Dalton, just coming from a visit next door with Mike and Joyce Stenger, Anna Belle Dalton and the grandkids.

Friday morning I made an early yard sale stop at Newton and Billie Matthews big barn. They were both relaxing in the shade while daughter, Saundra, and granddaughter, Lisa, ran the sale. The barn was full of treasures and I brought home a few although Rick had told me not to bring home any junk. There were enough coffee pots to start a coffee shop, but I’ll bet you could still get a cup of coffee at Newt & Billie’s. They have served thousands of cups of coffee to friends and family in the last fifty or so years, welcoming prayer meetings, family reunions and music parties.

Speaking of reunions, Mary Farris called to tell me about the large gathering of the John and Frances Rowland family. More than eighty family members met on June 14 and a good time was had by all. Mary did not know how many years the family has had a reunion, but she and Ray have attended 53, one every year they have been married. Ray’s mother, Myrtle, was one of John and Frances’ fourteen children.

The Biggs household is busy this week. Bill is on vacation and cooking spaghetti for the house full of grandkids that arrived on Monday. Dakota Bilyeu and Colby Biggs went to Bull Creek Sunday afternoon and I think there is some talk of camping. Surely, not in the back yard; I would not sleep a wink if I thought there was a chance my little nephews and nieces could be carried off by a black bear.

Etzel Tilley passed away this past week. Sean went to family night Sunday night and funeral on Monday morning. He got to visit with cousins he had not seen for awhile.

Rick has two frisky squirrel dog puppies that need a home. They are Treeing Feists, small, energetic and extremely loveable. For more information, call 796-2357. To see pictures look at my blog,

www.dogwoodacresOnline.com or Facebook page, facebook.com/elane.crum. Bye for now.