Way back when Carrows Restaurant went out in Springfield, it left a real lacunae in this towns dining scene.  For decades it had been the go-to location for 24 hour sit-down and linger food.  Without it, something was just wrong as there was nothing really like it to take it's place.  At long last came Sharis; out on Pioneer Parkway ...

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It's Halloween!  Need an alternative to the stereotypical Jack-O-Lantern?  If you got nasty old windfall apples, you got apple spiders in the making.Sticks for legs.  Google eyes are $1 a pack at the dollar store.  Makin em can keep the kids buzy for a while.  What the heck?

Just got ours today.  Turns out it came in about $15 LESS than last year.  I was wondering what sort of hijinx they had in store for me this year.  In my individual case, taxes stayed about the same. (Now let's see if this posts!  The last several times I've tried leaving a message on this site it hasn't taken)

Thanks for the come-back, wxman!It's good to know that I'm not alone in this.  Not sure I wanna try to even grow peppers if they take that much water.  Sounds like I'd best leave these peppers and melons alone.

A background story to start. Few years ago, my wife encountered a desperate fellow alongside the road. She could see his rig was starting to burn under the hood, and the guy was getting a little frantic. But I was sure to buy a brand new extinguisher for her rig, when we bought the car. She retrieved the tool from it's special ...

''... I reported for a personal attack on you and myself, So buzz deleted... ''Gotta watch out for that Buzz.  A regular cyber Visigoth I tell you.

Curiosity got the better of me today.  Had some extra time on my hands; after we had driven under the it yesterday - the Thief bridge had been on my mind.  I tossed the bike on the rig and hauled it off to the backside of the Gateway mall.  Parked behind Sears, fired up the old Raleigh and hit that new bike path.Firstly, I would like

I'm wondering about something going on in my raised bed.Our bed has  good store bought ground; and have been using it for maybe 5 years.  I fertilize with compost tea (suppose more like worm casting tea) and usually use sphagnum moss to mulch (though this year am just using newspaper.)When we plant tomatoes things grow well.  ...